Raisuli Posted October 13, 2023 Posted October 13, 2023 Gear goes down, doughnut goes from amber to red and stays red. Looked for switches in NVG mode and didn't see any, fast and slow are right, just the circle in the middle... What am I missing/forgetting? Didn't think the -18 had many surprises left (I suppose one falls into the 'not many' range)...
Hulkbust44 Posted October 13, 2023 Posted October 13, 2023 So you’re saying the donut was not orange?Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Raisuli Posted October 14, 2023 Author Posted October 14, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Hulkbust44 said: So you’re saying the donut was not orange? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Correct. Bright, full-on red. Nothing orange about it. Not even amber. Should have grabbed a screenshot, because maybe I'm just senile. <edit> Added a track as long as nobody laughs at my horrible landing. I was more worried about screenshots of the AoA indicator. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Looks like: 2023.10.13 Red AoA Circle.trk Edited October 14, 2023 by Raisuli
Solution Coyle Posted October 14, 2023 Solution Posted October 14, 2023 Couldn't view your track, but those lights seem very, very dim. Double check your AoA brightness knob. It's in the bottom most row of the UFC/HUD stuff, just above the AMPCD. User preference of course, but: I take mine down to half brightness at night, and only adjust lower if needed to not blow out while using NVGs. Otherwise full brightness during most day operations.
Raisuli Posted October 14, 2023 Author Posted October 14, 2023 10 hours ago, Coyle said: Couldn't view your track, but those lights seem very, very dim. Double check your AoA brightness knob. It's in the bottom most row of the UFC/HUD stuff, just above the AMPCD. User preference of course, but: I take mine down to half brightness at night, and only adjust lower if needed to not blow out while using NVGs. Otherwise full brightness during most day operations. That was it. Was doing night ops in the F-16 and the AoA indicator was probably dazzling. AoA never turns off on the -16 and bright lights are not a good thing for me, so I turned it down. It's an axis in the sim pit, so down on the F-16 means down on the F-18, and down means red. Learned something today, which makes it a great day. For my next trick I'll go take some pictures of the sun. Also got 668 knots on the overhead break this time, and the landing was sketchy but not as bad. 1
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