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  1. Gotta love Pinterest. Sent from my SM-S918U1 using Tapatalk
  2. Kind of defeats the purpose and unspoken motto of DCS of being “as real as it gets.” Sure I’d love to be able to plug up every time I take the Tomcat in the sim, but like others have posted, it takes practice. I think I’m at a 1 out of 30 times being able to plug on the first approach. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
  3. Lol oops. Yeah forgot about that, thanks. Second step then should be A-G, then the tree and rotate switch then press. Like I said, been a while…a long while. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
  4. So an example would be the BRU-33/55 for dual carriage of bombs. If you select rack/launcher, and hit the button, the rack and associated bombs are going off from where they attach to the pylon, the hooks on the BRU-32. Where if you select stores and hit the button, the fire signal goes to jettison the bombs off of the BRU-33/55. Real life situation would be bomb is a dud and doesn’t come off with the pickle. Rather than jettison the whole -33/55, which is finite in the real world, they would jettison the store first to save the rack and troubleshoot after recovery. If a full emergency, then and only then would they jettison the rack using the rack launcher option. I’ve spent 14 years working on Hornets and as an avionics guy, have done countless weapons release and control checks. I haven’t looked at a checklist in a while, but I think remember only selecting stores for the CVER (-33/55) checks, all other SEL JETT checks were in Rack Launcher. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
  5. Put the SEL JETT rotary switch to Rack/Launcher. Stores is used for ejecting a store off of another launcher that is attached to the weapons pylon. Steps should be: 1) Master Arm on 2) Select station on station select panel (Green triangles) 3) Rotate to Rack/Launcher (because you’re releasing the hooks on the BRU-32 to drop the tank) 4) press the SEL JETT red button Off they go. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
  6. You guys have to remember what they’re modeling. A Lot 20 US Navy aircraft. Boeing, under the contract, only made 20 which were produced for the USN(10) and another 10 for the RCAF. As a Avionics maintainer with experience on both, I can affirmatively point out that yes, Navy Hornets only had ICLS systems installed (only ability to use channels and not frequencies). There is a possibility of swapping out the system for a ILS (we do this with our Growlers that do not deploy to the boat and of course the Blue Angels as they were former frontline Super Hornets) but only under specific circumstances. It’s not an everyday or easy thing to do. Different boxes, different antenna (different waveforms etc) and of course testing to make sure everything works. RCAF aircraft had the ILS system installed and different software to use frequency capability and selection options that are shown in the above posts with the AMPCD. Every export customer had their own software build depending on their negotiated contracts. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
  7. Correct. The ATS (Air Turbine Starter) used compressed air fed off a bleed valve from the APU introduced to it depending on what side motor you want to crank or start. As long as you have 10 percent N2 and 10 oil PSI, those were the start limits, at least on F414GE400s for a Rhino. The air drives the starter which drives the AMAD which then drives the Power Transmission Shaft to start spooling the blades and getting air into the turbines and combustion chamber. At the limits described above (I don’t recall what they were for Charlie’s) you moved the throttles from off to idle and completed the start. The only thing you had to worry about was ATS cautions which has its own EP. You could move the throttles from the lower limit all the way up to when it stabilizes after you hit the crank switch. Would have to get a NFM to get the exact number, high 20s percent for the N2 RPM I think. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
  8. Did you do a full cold start on the carrier? Proper alignment? I did one this morning and ATFLIR worked just fine. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
  9. On travel so I can’t verify this. If it is a bug, a workaround that could be useful is pop the centerline switch to override, that makes it priority and should transfer up before the rest of of the internal tanks start emptying as long as there is room. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
  10. Never enough. Always wanted to fly them, but I have crappy eyes. So this way, I get to. Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk
  11. Yeah, it's written in the contract between Boeing and Naval Education, and derives off of other qualifications etc...the schools are usually behind the curve of the fleet somewhat. Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk
  12. I'll save you the trouble. 14 year Rhino maintainer and counting. SHARP pods we're only used on Super Hornets, mainly F models. Program was shut off in 2012. Never flown on a legacy as the pod was basically a gutted 480 gallon fuel tank filled with expensive cameras and other electronics. Too big for a legacy centerline. Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk
  13. I work on Rhino's and my XO recommended this. Had to take him up on it and was well worth it. Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk
  14. Recently found this book by CJ Heatley called The Cutting Edge. Really good read and some great pictures from the first couple Tomcat deployments. This gem shows a CLEAN cockpit, no scratches at all. I personally like my dinged up HB pit, but would be interesting to see what it would be like in a brand new jet. Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk
  15. Same problem both cats 1 and 2. Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk
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