strikeeagle

The fuel gauge on all F-15's read 12,500 on the needle side. The totalizer reads how much gas is in the entire airplane. Why you may ask? Because MacAir said so. As far as the quantity selector knob and its readings, when the knob is rotated to the far left and held, all 4 readings roll to zero for a BIT (built in test). FEED rolls the left and right indicators to see how much fuel is in the feed tanks (tanks 2 and 3). Next is INTL WING (self explanatory). TANK 1 is the largest tank. When the knob is rotated to that position, the right indicator reads zero and the left will read how much is in that tank. EXT WING, EXT CTR, and CONF TANK should be self explanitory.

OMG A POINTY HEAD! RUN FOR COVER! Jk :P

You mean paint the surfaces over at the barn from out the crate? Nice to see a fellow Crew Dawg. A Strike Crew Dawg at that :thumbup:

No need for apology my friend :)

Hmmmmm....at first you said "C". The "A/B" is different from the a "C" as well. When it comes to the basic airframe of the F-15, all are the same. Key word "airframe". There are a couple Strikes that when funds were allotted, those airframes were "D's". As a matter of fact, during the initial construction those airplanes were indeed "D's". If you pull the CFT's off the Strike and fly it with -220 motors (Seymour Johnson jets) it will perform just like any other "tub". -229 airplanes (WA, MO, and LN) would perform better. However, the airframe is basically the same. When I used order horizontal stabs, I had to be careful in which stab I ordered because when you take it out the crate, it could be light or dark gray. Rudders, flaps, ailerons, ramps, canopy's, and speed brakes had to go to the paint barn because those parts where all light gray. Wings aren't made from scratch anymore. If a Strike needs a new wing, it comes from a jet in the bone yard. Depot down in Warner Robbins has the ability to take a "D" front fuselage and graft it to the center of a "E". Same can be said with the other fuselage sections. The LN jet that cart wheeled when landing after coming from a Red Flag, although it's not flyable, has a "B" front fuselage attached to it and is being used as a weapons trainer at Sheppard. So, besides a panel here and there, the basic airframe is the same shape and size. Yes different flight control computers, larger actuators, different cockpits, but airframe is the same :thumbup:

Besides the CFT's and a extra cockpit...what are the major differences between a -220 albino and Strike?

That airplane was supersonic when they ejected and pointed nearly straight down...not in a spin. The shockwave killed the WSO. I was working the flight line in the 333rd when this accident happened.

...needs to be red or blue for Lakenheath "E's" not black like the "C" model squadron.

Yeah, you didn't capitalize the "C" in Chief's....:smartass:

I'm gonna use it myself :megalol:

Y'all know that is a test airplane right?

Space does not start at 50k. There are many business jets that fly at that altitude. Google Karman Line and then do the math.

I agree. Fix what's broke in your product first then impliment the"eye" candy.

What's wrong w/this picture? AIM-7's are too far forward on station's 3 and 6

Any chance of just fixing the bug first before coming up w/new airplanes to fly, maps to use, or tanks to drive? No? Didn't think so...

AoA isn't the only thing that the ADP uses to control ramp position. Pitot and static pressures are the major factors in ramp positioning. The ramps always move during flight and it does so independently from one another.

Forgot about the ramps: The F-15 has five ramps. The first ramp (the big one everyone is talking about), the second ramp, third ramp (which is hinged to the second), diffuser ramp, and bypass door (on top). At about .85 mach, the first ramp should be locked in the full up position, bypass door opened, third, and diffuser down. In flight the ramp is controlled by two computers called air data processors (ADP). On the ground they are controlled by two devices called 50% switches...an I'm not getting into how they work.

US F-15's do not have turkey feathers and no F-15 has an APU. It has a JFS and a CGB. The JFS only provides power for the ready light, map light, ground comm, and AMAD fire protection. No hydraulics and total aircraft electrical power is provided by the secondary power system. The nozzle actuators do not whistle. On -220/-229 powered jets, you're hearing the air from the exhaust of a component called the convergent exhaust nozzle controller (CENC). 13th stage engine bleed air and fuel pressure from the main fuel control (MFC) operate the CENC where two "flex shafts" connect to one of five nozzle actuators, which in turn are connected to the other four by a secondary flex shaft ring. The five actuators are connected to a CENC ring that is connected to the nozzle via push/pull rods connected to bell cranks on the nozzle. On the ground and the throttle is at idle, the nozzle is open. Push the power up it starts to close. Therefore, at mil power the nozzle is closed. In flight, the nozzle is ALWAYS closed until burner is selected. It doesn't open again until the MLG touch the ground. Class dismissed.

Come on guys... Aliens flying? US or Turkey? I've got a sinking feeling! MiG tanks

Soooo many bugs man.

F-15E Crew Chief walks in...looks around...see's no Crew Dawg bashing...walks out.

What, you don't agree with my math? I have to compute MTOW for every flight. My company and the FAA mandates it. Besides, I thought he was talking about some other sim.

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