GuntiNDDS Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 i am following the startup procedure as described in the manual, but: 1) my ADI keeps showing the red flag in the upper left corner. i dont get what it means from the manual. it sais something about it on page 6-12, but dont get what it means. 2) dont really understand how to read the airport/beacon table. some airports are not on the list, how do i know their channel ? 3) on the page 9-15 in the manual, it talks about fineal checks and tells to setup the radio on the right panel R-828. what channel am i supposed to set there (1-10), and what do i use it for ? (as i allready use the left-panel radio for communication with ground crew and tower). 4) same page it sais i should uncage the sai. hower, it doesnt say how to do it. the sai has what looks to be a spinable button, but i cannot spin it. also it shows the red flag in the right upper corner. out of curiosity: 5) the first thing i do on startup is to request ground power from the ground crew through the left-panel radio. does this radio not require any power ? because at that time i havent enabled batteries, nor do i have ground power yet. ? Thanks for your answers.
MTFDarkEagle Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 Hi, Try this procedure, and see if you have trouble with that too (if succes, was the file ok?) Sorry its in docx, havent converted it yet :P http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=39169 Greetz Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
slug88 Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 1) my ADI keeps showing the red flag in the upper left corner. i dont get what it means from the manual. it sais something about it on page 6-12, but dont get what it means. I think this means your INU is not enabled, or is not warmed up. Make sure the INU power is on on the rear right panel. Also, I believe the ADI is powered by the WCS, so make sure you've turned on the weapons control system (near left panel). 4) same page it sais i should uncage the sai. hower, it doesnt say how to do it. the sai has what looks to be a spinable button, but i cannot spin it. also it shows the red flag in the right upper corner. Right-click it and hold down the right mouse button. This will pull the knob out. While it's pulled out (you're holding down RMB), you can rotate it. 5) the first thing i do on startup is to request ground power from the ground crew through the left-panel radio. does this radio not require any power ? because at that time i havent enabled batteries, nor do i have ground power yet. ? By default, when you start at an airport or at a properly equipped FARP, you start with the ground power already enabled by the ground crew. You simply need to enable it in cockpit. If you mean that you get a response before you've flicked the two cockpit switches, this means that you're talking to the groundcrew through the open cockpit hatch. Try it again with the door closed, and it shouldn't work. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Frederf Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 The upper-left ADI flag is nothing to get concerned about, it just means there's no command steering cues available. Command steering requires I think being in FD with ROUTE mode on or something similar, most people never use the command steering cues on the ADI. The upper-left ADI flag does not mean your INU is malfunctioning (necessarily). The standby ADI uncage is a knob but you only need to pull it before rotating it clockwise (caging). If the knob is already pulled out you do not need to pull it (do not need to right click hold) and it will freely spin counter-clockwise (uncaging). By default your Mouse_Z (mousewheel) will affect FOZ (zoom) and thus it will be hard to use your mousewheel to spin knob cockpit controls unless you change some control settings. Ground power is enabled by default on mission startup but you might need to ask for it manually at some point depending on the situation. The answer is that of course you can use the radio without ground power, this is why your aircraft has (2) batteries. It is possible to start the aircraft from cold to flight-ready without using ground power assist. You can talk to the ground crew under two conditions: 1. The door is open and the engines are not running (just face-to-face talking) 2. SPU-9 set to GND and the intercom power is on. When you are on the ground the ground crew plugs in a telephone into a plug on the side of the aircraft so they can talk to you
GuntiNDDS Posted March 9, 2009 Author Posted March 9, 2009 thanks for your answeres. speaking with ground crew through open door makes sence off course. gotta try with door closed :D 1
Vesperatus Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 4) same page it sais i should uncage the sai. hower, it doesnt say how to do it. the sai has what looks to be a spinable button, but i cannot spin it. also it shows the red flag in the right upper corner. I use my mouse wheel over the knob. 4 clicks and it is uncaged. During flight, it accumulate errors ( why ? ) and you have to right-click it until is get's back to normal.
deadsmell Posted March 10, 2009 Posted March 10, 2009 just relax and fly. sounds like your reading the manual a little too much. Dont let the smell get to ya...............
sobek Posted March 10, 2009 Posted March 10, 2009 During flight, it accumulate errors ( why ? ) and you have to right-click it until is get's back to normal. That's just what gyros do. Good, fast, cheap. Choose any two. Come let's eat grandpa! Use punctuation, save lives!
GuntiNDDS Posted March 10, 2009 Author Posted March 10, 2009 allright. most of my questions in op are answered now, but i still dont get the adf channel thing. as said, some airports are not on the list. what channel do i put then ? also, today i picked sochi-adler airport because it was on the list. the list sais i should put channel 5. but on channel 5 there was only silence. so i switched through the channel selection and noticed i was picking up signals from two different channels. i belive 4 and 2 or something. i then took the morse-alphabet from the manual and identified channel 4 (i believe) to be the sochi-adler one. so thats kinda weired, that the list sais i should put channel 5, but i receive the signal on channel 4 ?
Vesperatus Posted March 10, 2009 Posted March 10, 2009 I think somewhere in the training, it says that in the simulation, you do not have to set the airport codes. I hope someone can confirm.
Frederf Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 The ADF channels are coded in a LUA file so to change them you need to LUA edit. I could be wrong but I could have sworn a mission or campaign file can actually dictate your ADF channel lineup as well, but I could be wrong. The interesting thing is the white panel on the inside of the right cockpit is not a texture, it's actually a rendered item so changing your ADF line up LUA file will actually cause the white panel to rearrange, I know because I totally corrupted mine. I have noticed a lot of station morse and frequency mismatches though.
GuntiNDDS Posted March 11, 2009 Author Posted March 11, 2009 The ADF channels are coded in a LUA file so to change them you need to LUA edit. I could be wrong but I could have sworn a mission or campaign file can actually dictate your ADF channel lineup as well, but I could be wrong. The interesting thing is the white panel on the inside of the right cockpit is not a texture, it's actually a rendered item so changing your ADF line up LUA file will actually cause the white panel to rearrange, I know because I totally corrupted mine. I have noticed a lot of station morse and frequency mismatches though. hi, that is certainly interesting, but it still doesnt explain why the signal was comming in on adf channel 4, but the whiteboard showed the channel were 5. as for the channel being dictated by the mission, all i did was going into mission editor and place helicopter in parking position on the sochi-adler airfield and press fly.
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