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I know there's an option that is probably related to that but it was rather irritating to be presented with a severe DC shortage the moment I turned on the Strobe Lights to signal ground operations I was going to switch on the APU πŸ˜•Β after a long and fastidious flight preparation 😞

Maybe you could find some other way to detach the GPU, like for instance when the wheel chokes are removed?

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1 hour ago, jcomm said:

I know there's an option that is probably related to that but it was rather irritating to be presented with a severe DC shortage the moment I turned on the Strobe Lights to signal ground operations I was going to switch on the APU πŸ˜•Β after a long and fastidious flight preparation 😞

Maybe you could find some other way to detach the GPU, like for instance when the wheel chokes are removed?

It is an option you can deselect. It also happens in the real world, trust me on that! Red faces all round.

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2 hours ago, jcomm said:

I know there's an option that is probably related to that but it was rather irritating to be presented with a severe DC shortage the moment I turned on the Strobe Lights to signal ground operations I was going to switch on the APU πŸ˜•Β after a long and fastidious flight preparation 😞

Maybe you could find some other way to detach the GPU, like for instance when the wheel chokes are removed?

you only do it once πŸ™‚

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3 hours ago, haza2 said:

It is an option you can deselect. It also happens in the real world, trust me on that! Red faces all round.

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Wow! Now I'me learning something!!!

Do you mean that even IRL when the crew switches the beacon lights on, that also signals the marshallers that the GPU / ACU can be disconnected ?Β 

If that's the case then this is actually a "realism" feature πŸ™‚

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19 hours ago, jcomm said:

Wow! Now I'me learning something!!!

Do you mean that even IRL when the crew switches the beacon lights on, that also signals the marshallers that the GPU / ACU can be disconnected ?Β 

If that's the case then this is actually a "realism" feature πŸ™‚

Sometimes the ground crew pull the ground power without asking and you haven't started the APU, or the GPU trips out. Or you request push and start and find out you still still have ground power attached and no APU....

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