MadCat1381

The radios are turned on and off by their corresponding volume knobs on the UFC. According to the NATOPS-manual: -For the interior check befor engine start, they are supposed to be off. -They should be turned on, after the first engine started.

According to ED it's an around 2007 F-16CM Block 50 Viper. There is no F-16C Block 50. All Block 50/52s started as F-16CJs but with the implementation of the CCIP programm the USAF now calls them F-16CMs. Same for the Block 40/42s. They started out as F-16CGs and after the CCIP implemantation they are also called F-16CMs.

Hi, that's because there is something wrong with the ILS on this airbase. The frequencies seem to be fliped. And the ones on the F10 map do not align with the ones in the mission editor. It has nothing to do with you or the Viper, it's the map. Maybe you find this discussion useful: https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/227445-ils-issues-al-dhafra-ab/?tab=comments#comment-4572627 Greetings

Hi kwjorders, the gyro switch is in the correct position, but the RPM is a bit too low, about 2650. Try to give her a bit more revs. These yellow boxes should disappear when you reach the correct value. On these training missions, sometimes you have to go through the value asked for. MadCat

Hi, when I think about this, it should be correct. The rudder is trimmed to the right to counteract the engine torque to relief the pilot. That's what the little red fixed trim tab does on the rudder. So without the engine there is no torque to counteract and the plane should yaw to the right. In this case the pilot would have to put in left rudder. Greetings MadCat

Hey! Since the last patch they are turned dark with these little brightness adjusters on the outside of the indexer light housings. You just need to adjust them to a higher brightness. I have no idea why the developers did this. Makes no sense to me at all and I stumbled over it as well.

You need to put in 4 digits. If the numbers flicker, you did input an invalid value.

The ADI DDI page does not provide a slip indication, there is only a turn indicator in addition to the artificial horizon.

They would need to make another ground crew radio menue entry that says something like "close emergency AV cooling scoop". I guess they won't so just skip this point. It won't fail anyway unless you fly with random failures activated.

You need to turn on the Radar Altimeter itself on the gauge by turning the knob clockwise. The gauge is on the right side, near the hook handle. And you need to be below 5000ft AGL for the radar alt to display anything.

Correct. I meant the beacon. Thanks. There is a quite good YT-video where a pilot explains the lights on an Airbus A320:

The strobe light in the legacy Hornet is powerd by the right AC bus and needs AC power to work. The APU does not provide any electrical power, only air for engine start. So there is no way for the strobe light to work before the the engine has started. And if I remeber my time on the flight line correctly, that is how most fighter are set up. But I may be wrong here as it's been quite some time now. In the civilian world yes. The strobe is used to show anyone around, that the aircraft is about to move. So most airlines will have a procedure to switch it on when push back clearance is received. Or latest in the before start checklist. But civillian aircraft start their engines on there own, with no assistance from the ground crew. In a fighter jet, the pilot will almost always have a ground crew for the start up process and one of their tasks is to make shure it is safe for the plane and safe for everyone around when the engines are started. That's why the plane captain looks underneath the Hornet before giving the clearance to start the APU. There are several videos on Youtube that show this. And to be honest, yes it is dangerous, but when you know what you're doing it's not that dangerous.

I guess because the exterior model isn't complete yet and ED still fiddles around with it.

Rudder position is normal and works as intended. They are toed in to provide additional nose up momentum and will return to a normal position as airspeed rises after launch. I don't know the exact numbers from memory. But what do you mean with ailerons are in a upward position? Can you provide a screenshot? The ailerons are on the outer wings and with full flaps shold be down to act as additional trailing edge flaps.

As long as these tanks weren't radar guided AAA-tanks (Gepard, Shilka a.s.o.), you won't get any warning. And these guys are a surface thread, if you get close enough. If they were AAA-tanks, you should have seen them on the AI.