I came back and watched this again. Nobody realizes what it took over time to get this process down to flipping a few switches and hitting a button or two. Amazing technology.

DUDE THANK YOU! I love these little technical insight videos, puts a lot of context on what you're up to, and why, while we watch you fly the aircraft. One of my favorite things is Tech Tuesdays on Corporate Pilot Life, and I'm appreciative to have a little "how to" from you. Good stuff!

I have never started a jet (yet) but that process looks a lot simpler than most that I have seen. Thanks for sharing!

Loved it Max .. little things like this that most would never get to fully appreciate so up close and personal ... i love the fact that you understand this and are so willing to share it with us ... Thank you

Max, you're bringing back many memories for me when I see you're in Erie, Pa. A friend of mine owned the flight school behind you there in the North Coast Air building. His Sea Ray cabin cruiser was docked next to mine at Bay Harbor Marina's East Basin. Many great memories of all the fun times on Lake Erie & the surrounding area. I lived onboard my boat for 7 years, from mid-April through the end of September. A great way to spend my summers.

KERI my hometown.Nice place as long as you can handle 100+ inches of snow a year. The tower audio in the background indicated there was the usual runway 6/24 crosswind.

Thanks for the description. I really enjoy your videos.

Thanks Max! Keep them coming!

Excellent, clear explanation. Thanks much.

Outstanding! Like these informative clips. MORE!

That was awesome!! I've always wanted to be a pilot and wondered how they started jet engines. Thank you for sharing, and safe journeys.

its always good to watch your videos

Love seeing some tech videos like this. Thanks for sharing.

Wow! I used this for Microsoft Flight Simulator, and it worked incredibly! Thank you, Max!

Loves these types of videos Max! Hope to see more!

Always great, thanks Max.

Boy, that number 1 sure lights fast. That's awesome.

Very cool Max!! thanks for sharing !

Love that engine sound.

Good stuff as usual!

Cool video Great talk through

Cool video, Max! Such a great plane!

So informative and educational! Love it and I’m a huge fan! Thank you and blessings for your continued success 🙏🏽👍🏽🤩

Love the tech videos.

Fantastic Max! Awesome job...exactly what I was hoping to see in some of your vids. Thank you for posting. 👍🏼

Great video! Enjoyed 😎

Cool stuff Max! 🤙

Very interesting !

That m2 is beautiful!

Very interesting. Man, you're definitely living the dream! Thanks for sharing this video.

Enjoyed the video Max 👍🏼..Only thing want more...Looking forward to your next video as always......✈️

Thanks for the tech video really enjoyed it and want to see more this kind of videos

love it looks just like the longititude, the dashboard

Really cool video. A video like this really emphasizes the experience of running a small jet, much different with a starter-generator spinning the turbine rather than using bleed air - both visually with electronics dimming, and aurally with the type of sound the starter makes, and hearing the electronic fans spin down as a ton of power is sent to the starter-generator. It's definitely a feeling that I haven't seen a flight sim capture very well yet.

Amazing video. Very informative.

Great video. Thanks for sharing. Cheers from Brazil

101 From A Pro. Very Nice Max, Thank You From Lakeland🤜

Nice vid, Reminds of watching Steveo1 start his TBM but your's looks even easier. Thanks for sharing, very cool !

That's cool. Thank You

Awesome !!

Excellent

BEAUTIFUL bird you've got there!

A simple and sophisticated system

Nicely done! Thanks for showing this engine start sequence. :)

Interesting. Thanks!

It appears the hardest part about starting your jet is getting yourself in the pilot’s seat! 😁😁

Thanks Max!! Love the tech vids...looking forward to a follow up...how to start a CJ3+!

So cool its the same in the mustang in the simulators too

Understood about half of what you said, I'm not real aviation tech savy, but I sure loved the sound of those engines starting up. Now to me, that was cool. Thanks

Thanks for the video. This will help me be the next Bare Foot Bandit!

thank you great video

Simple yet effective video. Very well done Max. Hope you're well sir.

I have spent 3 yrs watching videos like this., just started my sport license, i dont think i could have gottent through the book work of the first 21hrs without videos like this... my instructor said he felt as if he was getting punked because i knew everything already...only problems so far are with radio and lingo

Thanks that's awesome :)

Excellent 😊👍

Didn’t see the n1 and fan spool up on the graphic close enough to see what was going on. Thanks Max for sharing how to start the Citation. It looks like a much cooler start up then on some of the smaller jets. I’ve seen some like the primier and gulfstream peg almost to the end of their safe zone before they begin to cool down to normal idle temp.

Love the video, although I am not a pilot, I love all kinds of aircraft, and have always wondered about some of the technical details like this :)

Thanks. Very interesting. Saludos !!!

Can't wait for the CJ3+ videos!

this guy is a legend

Hello ✈️ yes I appreciate the basic training. 😊 Fly safe and enjoy! 👍

Thanks Max. Love all of the tech stuff. Keep up the great work and say HI to your mom for us.

Hell yeah!!

Love it. M2 is my dream airplane. I love Cessna aircraft. I'm looking forward to GulfstreamMax.

nice!

Looks like I can go get in one of these and start it right up and on my way!!!!!!

Nice. That’s much simpler than the cj1 I flew. Never flew the mustang but i saw them going down the line when I was at cessna school in Kansas.

Super helpful video. I noticed in the past you were pushing the power lever from OFF To IDLE fairly quickly after initiating the start. Now that I see it's fully automated, I understand why. It's not actually introducing fuel right away, it's just allowing it to add fuel when it's Darn Good and Ready(tm). Didn't know about the N1 requirement as the N2 spooled up, that's good to know. I also appreciated seeing the loads on the electrical system. 40 amp base draw, then 240 amps when the starter is engaged. Sure is different than the piston world! Thanks for the awesome walkthrough!

That's a great FADEC on that machine. In the early 80s I had a chance to fly once in a Citation II and it wasn't quite this easy to start!

Max, I just missed you. I go into Erie every month to visit my dad. Hopefully, this wasn't a one off. I'll have to keep an eye out for you. Great video.

So much easier and simpler than any recip I know of or any of the old Jets I know. Sweet. Thank you.

I’ve been waiting to see a video of engine start of a M2. Very inspirational. Next could you do a detailed preflight with walk around ?

Sweet! :)

Erie/..cool only 2 hrs south in Pgh...know Erie well safe trip home my friend..enjoy all of your videos..

Thanks

How did you become so cool👍🏻? New subscriber!! Love your vibe!! Thx

Thanks, Max. I always find the pre-flight check-list process and start-up so interesting. Hope you had a good flight back to Jackson Hole.

Great! Now that I know how to start it I want to see the video "how to give my buddy Gary a ride in a Citation M2"!

Try a manual start on a TPE 331 now a days it just a button push the older 731 classics are fun too lol

Thanks for showing up...

Love the beard!

Very cool! Starters draw batteries down from 25 volts to 15 during startup pulling 200-300amps, crazy amount of power required getting the turbine to spin up!

Be careful, keep your hand right by the throttle the entire time during start up. The second you take your hand away to mess with comms, it’s going to spike the EGT and you’ll need an overhaul because you were messing with the radios. Don’t get complacent!

Sounds like the Batman the Animated Series Batwing!

Good! Well! Now we need find M2 for training.

nice ;)

Great information on how to start the jet, looks simple.

I've seen a number of jet startup videos and it's interesting how they vary depending on the aircraft, mainly in what's manual and automatic. All jets seem to have the same startup sequence, (starter, N1 and N2 target speed, ignitor, fuel, monitor EGT and keep the starter on until N1 - or is it N2? - reaches 20-25%). The citation seems to automate the ignitor and starter shutoff, while some aircraft, like the UH6 helicopter, requires the pilot to manage all aspects of the start.

Would really enjoy meeting you one day !!

Thanks Max.. This aircraft really nice to flight and very equipped and simple to started ... appreciated your way to teach ... thank you as always All the Best !!!

0:07 don't apologize for it coz u can't control the nature we can understand it

Alrighty!! Now I know how to steal a jet. LOL

OK... now that we know how to start the engines.... where do you HIDE THE.KEY to get in THE DOOR ??? :) Great job Max !!

Awesome video brother, epic as always!

Thanks Max, can't wait to see the video with the CJ 3. God Bless

Brilliant - this is my plane of choice for MSFS - I was wondering where I can get one of the handy checklist cards

I love this one too, Max. I've wanted to see someone run through the start sequence in the Citation. You lost me on the N1 and N2 speeds. Pausing the video I saw fuel flow, oil pressure and ignition but I still couldn't figure out the fan rotation speed and compressor speed. Where were you reading those numbers? Thanks Max. I love your videos! Keep them coming! Looking forward to flying my own M2! Oh, btw, are you tailwheel endorsed? Just curious. It's a totally different genre of flying but still really really fun!

You mean you don't just turn a key and it starts? Hehe j/k. Been playing the MSFS 2020 and I can never remember the startup sequence on the Citation Longitude. I can't imagine being in the real thing! Really enjoy your videos.

Max, easier start than the F18 in DCS 😁

Good stuff Max. Nut's and Bolt's info is always welcome.