Mayday while taxiing?

[Skyscraper]

Hi there!

I just noticed that something with the thrust levers went wrong while I was taxiing to the runway, actually holding short @ the runway. I
could only move lever #1, the #2, 3 and 4 showed no reaction, obviously resulting different N1 and N2 values.

Now this of course sure is a reason not attempting to take off and I tried declaring an emergency (CTRL-SHIFT-M), which didn't work.
Then I set squawk to 7700, hoping FSP would praise me for being a wise guy, always watching the gauges.

My question now is: was that a bug within FS9, or a failure that was made by FSP? What is the proper procedure when noticing a failure
when you are still on the ground?

Thank you very much!

[Nasder]

I was actually going to ask just the same question!

What should you do if you get an emergency while still on the ground?

[Dhrystone]

I had a flaky engine during the runup once, and simply ended my flight at that point. I got lots of praise and points for that one. I think you
just end it without a mayday or 7700 or anything if you haven't taken off yet.

[Jetflyer]

I don't think its possible to declare a mayday on the ground.

[pagir]

Exactly. Jetflyer. Do not declare emergency, and end your flight.

You have to do that ONLY when you have an assymetric trust failure at takeoff. (Beware: if only a lever is working it is NOT a FsP failure,
but it's because you selected only one engine. To select all engines, you have to press "E" then 1,2,3,4 on keyboard ( well... I'm
not that sure about the "E"...)

Pagir

[psolk]

Hey Pagir,
You are right, it is the "E" key. The situation described above is usually when you accidentally hit the E key while taxiing. FDC actually disables
the E key so that doesn't happen. I don't know if removing the key definition entirely is possible or if it would have any negative affects.
-Paul