# Why are there so many steps to starting an engine on a plane? Why not a turn-key start? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 25, 2020, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-steps-to-starting-an-engine-on-a-plane-why-not-a-turn-key-start/916306 "2020-07-25T09:15:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 116
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-steps-to-starting-an-engine-on-a-plane-why-not-a-turn-key-start/916306/116 "2020-08-21T23:14:39Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I want it to be known I was not posting that to “prove” anything and suggest you and others were wrong. > … > I thought it illustrated what I was looking at when I posted the OP really well. > > Honestly, I have been restraining myself from asking a dozen other flight related questions. No worries. As to representative, you picked a pretty fancy airplane. If you find a vid of a basic Cessna or Piper or Diamond trainer being prepped for flight that’s a much closer analog to firing up your Camry for a run to the grocery. Still a bunch more steps than a Camry though. Start as many threads as you like. It’s not like we charge by the word. We also have this omnibus thread for all things about light planes and a smidgen about the big iron. > [@The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-general-aviation-thread/600499): > > This is it. Your new home for discussion of General Aviation. Anything and everything about GA. Questions! Answers! Experiences! Bring it all to the table! There have been [a number](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=628292) of [threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=628292) [recently](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=624956) [centering on GA](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=627831) that have been the inspiration for this one. I suppose an argument can be made for this to go in Cafe Society, and I’m open to the idea. At any rate, my hope is that this thread will grow and always be a place people can come to for discussing GA. Now have at it! It’s 9 years old with 1349 posts on an endless variety of airplane topics with the most recent just a couple weeks ago. There’s a treasure trove of trivia and air adventures in that thread. Don’t forget that once the thread is on your screen you can hit the [End] key to jump to the bottom in just a couple seconds. (That’s on a PC, there is a some Mac option-shift-whatever equivalent). --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-steps-to-starting-an-engine-on-a-plane-why-not-a-turn-key-start/916306)._