Zabuzard Posted June 5, 2024 Posted June 5, 2024 The AOA indexers have been changed to be guarded by the wheel scissor switch in the slatted version of the F-4E.Your manual refers to the standard hardwing Phantom when they were always on still.This was done because the AOA indexer no longer indicated maneuver speed with the slats. So to prevent confusion it was deactivated with gear up. 2
Robi-wan Posted June 6, 2024 Author Posted June 6, 2024 (edited) 16 hours ago, Zabuzard said: The AOA indexers have been changed to be guarded by the wheel scissor switch in the slatted version of the F-4E. Your manual refers to the standard hardwing Phantom when they were always on still. This was done because the AOA indexer no longer indicated maneuver speed with the slats. So to prevent confusion it was deactivated with gear up. Interesting, that was from the Feb 1979 1F-4E-1, also the 1F-4G-1 has the same description. All USAF F-4E were LES equipped by then (JSDAF didn't have LES). F-4Es with serials that started with the year 71-XXXX came off the line at McD in St Louis with LES. I would expect in 1979 there would be a caveat stating something like "except TCTO-556 or prior to Block 48." Mind posting a screenshot of a later 1F-4E-1 that shows your assertion? I tossed my mid-80s dash 1 out two years ago. Thanks in advance. Edited June 6, 2024 by Robi-wan 1
Zabuzard Posted June 6, 2024 Posted June 6, 2024 Im not sure if it found its way into these big official flight manuals, as it is only the case for a few specific Phantom revisions - including the one we simulate.It is mentioned in a few other docs and in almost all crew-handouts. Our SMEs also confirmed it several times, as we initially had them modelled according to the flight manual you quoted as well :) 1
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