ADI Amber annunciator

[Pineapple Pete]

Greetings all,

Still getting up to speed on F15C and I have noticed that after start and throughout the flight, the amber annunciator light for the ADI is illuminated. This is on a quickie mission I built just so that I could start to learn the airplane. I have looked all over and cannot figure out why the light is on (which probably means the ADI is not getting power or is sensing a fault) as the instrument seems to be functioning properly. I cannot say as much for the autopilot. Making that thing work is beyond me so far.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[SDsc0rch]

ADI - is that in the middle of the instrument panel?

 

or down and to the right - in the corner?

[feefifofum]

We meet again, Mr. Pete.

Not sure about your light issue, but with respect to the autopilot - set yourself for straight and level flight, then engage attitude hold followed by altitude hold. Same thing if you're trying to set up an orbit, get yourself situated so that you are orbiting level, then engage attitude followed by altitude.

Edited July 30, 2015 by feefifofum

[Pineapple Pete]

ADI - is that in the middle of the instrument panel?

 

or down and to the right - in the corner?

 

Sorry, yes it is in the middle of the instrument panel. It is the Attitude Deviation indicator. The light I am referring to is just to right of the instrument and appears to be a switch light. Of course it is not switchable in F15 (too bad).

I should have been more explicate.

[Pineapple Pete]

We meet again, Mr. Pete.

Not sure about your light issue, but with respect to the autopilot - set yourself for straight and level flight, then engage attitude hold followed by altitude hold. Same thing if you're trying to set up an orbit, get yourself situated so that you are orbiting level, then engage attitude followed by altitude.

 

Hello again feefi. Thanks for the input on the autopilot. I will give it a go later. It is 0630 here in Las Vegas and I should be doing something constructive rather than putzing around with simulators. Can I let you know how I am doing? Still learning the airplane.

 

PPete.

[SDsc0rch]

Sorry, yes it is in the middle of the instrument panel. It is the Attitude Deviation indicator. The light I am referring to is just to right of the instrument and appears to be a switch light. Of course it is not switchable in F15 (too bad).

I should have been more explicate.

 

okay, i thought so - what you are seeing is the master mode selector

 

ADI is basically "nav" mode - if you select a combat mode on the HUD, you'll see the ADI light extinguish --- select "nav" mode again and you'll see ADI light up again

 

in that same center area, there is also VI a button (visual intercept) and A/G (air to ground)

 

when you select GUNS, SRM or MRM on the throttle, the jet is returned to A-A priority mode and the systems adjust appropriately

[Pineapple Pete]

Thanks! I am still setting up my Warthog for the F15 so these keys are yet unassigned. I will give it a go when I get sometime. Thank again.

[feefifofum]

Sure man, shoot me a PM and I'll be happy to fly with you and/or give you lots of bad information ;)

 

Not that you asked, but-

 

On my hog, I like the throttle coolie adjusting RADAR scan up/down/left/right

Ministick is TDC slew. You'll need to put some pretty extreme curves on this in the axis tune menu. I don't know what the exact numbers are, but I lopped off about 75% of the response and put a steep curve on before I had any luck controlling the damn thing.

Airbrake is airbrake.

boat fwd is scan zone increase, boat back is scan zone decrease

china fwd RWS/TWS, china back pulse frequency select.

pinky button RADAR on/off

 

Puts all your RADAR jubblies at your fingertips when you're in a fight.

Aircraft switches perform various startup/jettison/lights functions to taste.

 

For the stick, I have HUD modes on my DMS, TMS locks/unlocks/changes weapons. Master mode button toggles cannon mode, nose gear is nose gear, countermeasures for me are up- chaff, back - flare, left/right -deploy countermeasures (simultaneous chaff/flare) and press to toggle ECM. Trim coolie is trim as I use head tracking to look around the pit. Pinky lever is autopilot disengage, because I was out of productive things to map to the stick ;)

 

Based this off of BMS & the A-10.

Edited July 31, 2015 by feefifofum

[Pineapple Pete]

Thanks Mr. Feefi!

Glad you volunteered your set up as I was wondering how to ask you without seeming a pest. As I am still scratching my head as to how to set up my Warthog Hotas and keep as much commonality as is possible between my aircraft (just F-15, Sabre, and P-51 at the moment).

I figured out to bring the throttle friction lever to life but the mini stick has me befuddled so far. I would like to use it exactly as you describe.

Well I had best sign off as the wife thinks I have gone off of the deep end as I am a full time corporate pilot and now this!

Best regards and thanks for your help.

Pinnapple Pete (aka Steve)

[feefifofum]

Allllrighty...

Go to your axis commands for your eagle, go to TDC slew X, double click on the Warthog HOTAS Throttle column, and assign Joy X either manually from the drop-down menu or by wiggling the stick left and right through its full range of motion.

Once it is assigned, click axis tune.

 

Try:

Deadzone 0

Saturation X 80

Saturation Y 22

Curvature 25

 

Repeat for TDC slew Y.

Tune to taste. That will get it under control though.

Edited August 1, 2015 by feefifofum

[Pineapple Pete]

Dear feefifofum,

I did get the ministick to work. Thank you. Tuned the axis as indicated and you are right, the cursor just flies around the screen. Need to work on that some more.

Take care,

PS sent you a PM