Mirage F1 CZ Control stick button assignment and descriptions

[streakeagle]

I don't recall seeing this anywhere else.
This is very similar to the F1 CE / F1 EE.

[streakeagle]

I was looking for a description of the V3 function control in the same manual, and found this illustration showing it as the searchlight button.

 

[IvanK]

I think in the case of the F1CZ the V3 is concerned with the V3B Kukri  AA missile.

https://www.saairforce.co.za/the-airforce/weapons/66/v3b-kukri

[streakeagle]

V3 is a revision number. I found other switches with the same label. A few pages later it identified the function of that switch as the Search light button.

Interestingly enough, it also identified a button on the throttle as the search light button.

[Bremspropeller]

There was a helmet sight that was supposed to work with the V3B. The switch most probably is tied to a function with that sight and the V3B.

[streakeagle]

Here is an image from the same manual show the armament controls. It clearly includes the Reset Switch (V3) which seems to have a label including "OFF HLMT" which agrees with your assessment. But that would mean the other page showing the stick switch as a search light switch is wrong... it is possible they missed it since the other page shows the searchlight switch moved to the throttle grip. But the text description for search light operation still specifies the stick grip switch per the above illustration that was the next page after the text.

Edited January 29, 2024 by streakeagle

[streakeagle]

As far as I can tell, there are no other mentions of the V3 in the manual (which is dated January 1975 Change 14 June 1990) other than the stick grip switch and the helmet off reset switch. But is it not a weapons manual, just a flight manual and it went through countless changes over the years. I agree that both functions are for the V3 missile/helmet sight system.