Here's one for our resident RFP expert ......
I have managed to start this beast up from "Dark & Cold" a few times and go on to take her on a flight....
BUT.... yesterday when I tried, I got all of the engines started ok, shut down the APU etc, but when I tried to set my FLAPS, they wouldn't work... I had lost all Hydraulic pressure....
I opened up the 747 RFP's Hydraulic panel and noticed that all 4 Hyrdaulic guages were showing NO pressure !! (Not generally a good idea to take off then with highly limited flight controls!).
The other 4 guages below these confirmed that my hydraulic quantities were too low..... but how on earth do you top these up ?
ANY IDEAS ON WHY THIS MAY HAVE HAPPENED, OR HOW TO CORRECTLY SET UP THE HYDRAULICS, IF THEY WEREN'T DONE CORRECTLY AT ENGINE START ?
Captain
First Officer
I landed at 730,000 lbs That thing slammed down, swayed left and right, I burned up the entire runway!!!!! I should have dumped fuel. It dumps fuel pretty quickly, But the double dumb
that I am, I didn't 