Missions are ticking by....great stuff.

[Aronis]

Finished Mission 5, first try, landed, no damage, got a 95.

Fun stuff.

Mike

[Aronis]

Finished 6 first try, got a 70.  Did not die....

 

Mike

[ChillNG]

Nice one, good to hear!

[Aronis]

Finally got through seven, if you count ejecting after crash landing and not dying as a victory LOL.  Got a 60, bad....:)  

Figured out how to bore sight the Mavericks on the ground and getting fast enough at the startup to do that and the HMCS alignment done as well (although that is not really needed, BoGey Dope always does it)  I can not figure out how he is able to put the TGP on the target so quickly.  Something funny going on there.

Mike

[Gilligan]

If you don't mind my asking, what is your start-up procedure? Are you doing a full "real-life" start up, testing the FLICIS and other BITs, etc?

I use Bogey Dope's quick start up (and a couple personal preferences) and have never had any issue with getting in the air in time, including HMCS alignment and maverick boresighting.

 

 

Things I do, personally, to save some time, particularly with mavericks, is to turn them on as soon as the jet powers up.

So if I was doing a cold start with mavericks:

Battery to main power

IFF to norm

UHF radio Function knob to "Both"

Ask to start up

Canopy Down

JFS to Start 2 

Lock Canopy, & Arm ejection set

power on RWR & HMCS and setup countermeasures and ECM as desired

Set Stores Config Settings, Turn on Taxi Lights, Set Parking break, Enable Ground Jettison.

Set Master Arm to SIMULATE, Let laser arm ON

Set Left Eyebrow brightness, Set HUD brightness, Set Right Eyebrow brightness

Uncage and set Standby Altitude Indicator

*At this point  your engine RPM should be above 20% RPM and ready to go over the horn with the throttle. Keep an eye on the engine RPM gage between setting the JFS to Start 2 and now, IF RPMs exceed 20% before you get to this point, by all means go over the horn with the throttle and then continue with the above procedure.

Set FCR and RADAR ALTIMETER switches to the ON position

Set the MMC, ST STA, UFC, MSD, and GPS Receiver Power switches all to ON

*At this point I usually have to wait a second while all these systems power on. I double check my procedure up to this point and fix anything I may have missed. 
*IF I am carrying mavericks, as soon as the MFD's power on, I go to AG mode and turn the Mavericks on, then exit AG mode.

Turn the Altimeter Mode Switch to ELECT

Set the INS Selector Switch to Stored Heading or NORM, which ever is appropriate at the time (99% of the time it's stored heading). A stored heading should take about 90 seconds to complete, and a NORM alignment takes about 8 minutes and may require you to manually enter some LAT, LONG, and HEADING data into the DED.

Align HMCS

Set Bullseye to ON (LIST -> 0 -> 8 -> 0 -> Return)

Set the DED back to the INS page (LIST -> 6) to monitor the alignment progress

Set up my DOGFIGHT mode preferences (Right MFD to show HSD)

Set up my AA/MISLOVERIDE preferences 

Go into AG mode and set my AG mode preferences 

Turn power on to both the left and right hardpoints (HTS and TPOD)

*about this time my Stored Heading INS alignment should be complete

Set the INS Selector Switch to NAV

Turn on any GPS guided munitions I may be carrying and let them align.

*If I am not starting under a shelter I turn on Datalink and GPS time at this point in my procedure. If I am starting under a shelter I have to wait until I can taxi out from under said shelter

On the ICP, press 6 - the DED should show "GPS SYSTEM" at the top. If it just shows "SYSTEM" do NOT turn on your datalink

If the DED is showing "GPS SYSTEM" then turn the MIDS LVT knob to the "ON" position

Press "RETURN" on the dobber, then press List -> Enter to pull up the DLINK sub page, hit any number key to set GPS Time to ON. Wait until the SYNC changes from Course to Fine then press Return on the dobber

Check GPS munitions Alignment - if it's not done now it will be soon.

Check your MAVs WPN page and see if they're powered on yet. If they are not wait until they are IF you want to do a ground boresight alignment. The process is super simple. Make sure your ground jettison switch is set to enable, and your master arm is set to simulate. Lock something with the TGP (If I do this on the ground I use the light poles), then lock the same thing with the mav's seeker. If lock is achieved then hit the OSB next to "BORESIGHT" on the WPN MFD. If you have mav's on stations 3 and 7 you'll need to do this for each station. If you plan on doing this in the the air then proceed to the next step.

At this point I will set any other settings I want to set (or while waiting for the mavs to finish powering on) like external and cabin lighting, setting laser codes, setting bingo, entering extra steer points, setting any extra COMMS channels I want, etc.

Turn on Nose Wheel Steering.

Request permission to taxi and taxi out.

All this should take about 5 to 10 minutes at the most if you're using the Stored Heading alignment.

*IF you were starting under a shelter (Not relevant in the FIWOS campaign), check the TIME page on your DED (ICP 6) once you're clear of it and wait until it shows "GPS SYSTEM" then turn the MIDS LVT to "ON" and set the GPS Time to on using the same procedure as above.

Don't forget to set your master arm to on when you fence in.

 

Edited October 14, 2024 by Gilligan

[Aronis]

sounds about right LOL.  I do more or less the same, trying to "keep it real"

I got through 7 without any cheats, got a 92, not sure what I missed, did almost run out of fuel, declared emergency to land quicker.

I know that if I spent more time with this I would get much better much faster, but it's a once in a while kind of thing that I have time for.

I want to make some more custom labels for the various switches as I determine how I want to use them.  For example I use the wares eject knob on the Take Off Panel as the switch for the INS, and am going to use the rotary switch for the wing position (F18) for the knob for the MIDS switch.  I use the three position Probe Extension Switch for Engine Start 1 or 2.    I'd like them to make a switch panel that just has an array of 20 three position toggles that you can assign and label.  The "real" position in the plane is not that critical for me, just the feel of a real switch. LOL.

Oh well, bed time.

Mike