PFL??

[ruddy122]

Curious

 

A USAF heavy guy

 

What’s the PFL? Is that the display above the right DDI or something else.

 

 

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[razo+r]

Pilot Fault List

 

Check the manual for more info.

Edited September 24, 2022 by razo+r

[ruddy122]

Question is where it’s located in cockpit


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[razo+r]

2 minutes ago, ruddy122 said:

Question is where it’s located in cockpit


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Page 40 in the manual.

Spoiler, it's below the compass.

[ruddy122]

Found it


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Curious DED switch says it but doesn’t display DED data


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[WHOGX5]

32 minutes ago, ruddy122 said:

Found it


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Curious DED switch says it but doesn’t display DED data


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The DED DATA switch will repeat the PFL at the bottom of the HUD in the middle position and repeat the DED at the bottom of the HUD in the up position. Since the PFL only lights up when you have a fault it will not display anything most of the time. The only fault that's currently implemented in the DCS F-16 is the FLCS BIT FAIL. To make that happen, just rock the FLCS BIT switch back and forth a few times, canceling the bit and causing a BIT fail, and you'll get the fault message on the PFL. Then you can acknowledge the fault with the F-ACK button on the left eyebrow and use WARN RESET on the ICP to stop the warning sounds and mnemonics.

[SickSidewinder9]

58 minutes ago, WHOGX5 said:

The DED DATA switch will repeat the PFL at the bottom of the HUD in the middle position and repeat the DED at the bottom of the HUD in the up position. Since the PFL only lights up when you have a fault it will not display anything most of the time. The only fault that's currently implemented in the DCS F-16 is the FLCS BIT FAIL. To make that happen, just rock the FLCS BIT switch back and forth a few times, canceling the bit and causing a BIT fail, and you'll get the fault message on the PFL. Then you can acknowledge the fault with the F-ACK button on the left eyebrow and use WARN RESET on the ICP to stop the warning sounds and mnemonics.

Wait, F-ACK isn't IFF Acknowledge?! 

[WHOGX5]

18 minutes ago, SickSidewinder9 said:

Wait, F-ACK isn't IFF Acknowledge?! 

Nope, it stands for Fault Acknowledge.   There is no way for the pilot to "acknowledge" an IFF interrogation. The closest you'll get is your IFF IDENT button, right next to the F-ACK button, which will perform a squawk that makes your track flash on the ATC/AWACS radar display.

[Dragon1-1]

The Viper should actually show quite a few faults on startup, that are then cleared by F-ACK after the systems in question are brought online. I hope this will get implemented before it goes out of EA. If you have battle damage or went into over-G with bombs on (easy to do with negative Gs), the PFL should also populate with the relevant messages.