[2.9.15.9599] Release in TL can be obtained with release timer set to zero

[Stickler]

TO 1F-4E-34-1-1, p. 1-22, states: "b. TIMED LADD (and TIMED LEVEL) - Operate voltage is applied to the PULLUP timer; then to RELEASE timer at the termination of the PULL UP timer countdown. For the LADD mode, the PULL UP timer must be set on some value to get the ADI pullup schedule; the RELEASE timer must be set to develop a bomb release signal."

TO 1F-4C-34-1-1, p. 1-122A (the F-4E part), states: "Voltage is applied only to the pullup timer in the LOFT or TIMED O/S modes. In the TIMED LEVEL and TIMED LADD mode, both timer circuits are energized, providing the pullup timer is not set on zero. In the TIMED LEVEL and TIMED LADD modes, the release timer must be set to obtain the release signal. (The release timer may be set on zero for the LOFT and O/S modes.) Completion of the pullup timer energizes relays which provide the various pullup signals and the pullup flight path program."

In the game, you will obtain a TL release with the release timer set to zero; in fact, if the pull-up timer is also zero, the bomb release button acts as a pickle button (instantaneous release).

Based on the above extracts, it is unclear whether a release timer > 0 was required to obtain weapons release.

This is therefore not a bug report but a recommendation to check your wiring diagrams or ask for SME input.

Edited May 1 by Stickler