F-16 startup from crew chief perspective.

[macedk]

 

[mvsgas]

Be mindful this video is from a block 30, so the flight control surface behave differently that in DCS because it is a different system (FLCS as opose to DFLCS)

At 1:03, the mark  door 4307 and 4303 as FLCS? I have no idea what they are talking about. There is nothing to check there during launch for flight controls.

You can see the FLCS test started around 3:50 and it finish a 6:56.

7:13 trim check followed by one control check ( on DFLCS we do it twice to check digital back up controls)

7:32 IFR door check followed by brake check

Notice the cut at 11:17, could be because most pilot don't tend to align the INS until after all of those checks are done. So the crew chief could have been standing there for a bit. Only I guess on my part tho. 

Edited March 1, 2022 by mvsgas
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[macedk]

On 3/1/2022 at 5:40 PM, mvsgas said:

Be mindful this video is from a block 30, so the flight control surface behave differently that in DCS because it is a different system (FLCS as opose to DFLCS)

At 1:03, the mark  door 4307 and 4303 as FLCS? I have no idea what they are talking about. There is nothing to check there during launch for flight controls.

You can see the FLCS test started around 3:50 and it finish a 6:56.

7:13 trim check followed by one control check ( on DFLCS we do it twice to check digital back up controls)

7:32 IFR door check followed by brake check

Notice the cut at 11:17, could be because most pilot don't tend to align the INS until after all of those checks are done. So the crew chief could have been standing there for a bit. Only I guess on my part tho. 

 

Thx for the insight