RightStuff Posted March 20, 2019 Posted March 20, 2019 Hi Folks... What is the purpose of the position "PULL EMERG" of the Radar Switch? Yes... pull and turn CW to get into this position. But what it is is effect in the real jet: Faster readiness of radar ? More power on radar output ? Higher scan speed ? ...
Eddie Posted March 21, 2019 Posted March 21, 2019 (edited) It bypasses the overheat shut off protections. Aircraft RADARs will fail to standby in flight in the case of overheating to protect the electronics in the case of cooling problems due to an ECS failure, for example. If you’re engaged in actual combat, the you want to RADAR to keep doing it’s thing until/unless it physically fails, not much point protecting the system from an overheat before being shot down/being unable to complete the mission objectives. Edited March 21, 2019 by Eddie
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