Follow up questions
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Well, half the battle is knowing that something even can be googled. If, for example, you didnt know that the F-16 operating manual is called a “dash one” instead of say a POH or AFM, you’d struggle to google it. Knowledge is power… and while you cant know everything, it can be helpful to know -what- you dont know.
apparently SEC (Secondary Engine Control) is an oldschool hydromechanical backup to the newer, digital/electronic PRImary engine control.
Sounds ridiculously redundant, but I had a 2008 chevy tahoe that desperately needed a backup engine control unit, that could be switched on the fly. So I totally get it. (I don’t know if GM ever made engines for single-engine aircraft, but I would not recommend ever getting onboard one.)
Yup, GE designed the J35, but the design was passed onto the Allison Engine Company - which was at this time owned by General Motors. J35s were built by Chevrolet, in fact. At least one later variant of the design, the J71, was used in a single engine aircraft, the F3H.
In the case of the F-16, redundancy is obviously a good thing - particularly when you consider the complexity added by what was at the time of its design, very experimental technology. The “electric jet” as it were.
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Great. Just when I was starting to feel confident, you toss a wrench into the gearbox.
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Thanks for that tip. I’ve teen doing a lot of reading in the manuals and my brain just paused for a moment so I overlooked the obvious.
Thanks again.
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Great. Just when I was starting to feel confident, you toss a wrench into the gearbox.
Learning about the systems on board the plane will help a lot with confidence. If you track down a real manual and use its checklists, you won’t get stuck in some future BMS update if “eye candy” stuff becomes “mission critical” stuff. The other upside of course being its fun to learn about new stuff like how the plane you fly works.
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If I may…
Usually, checklists works as a reminder, to check if you didn’t forget anything after performing your “scan flow” by memory.
There are some checklist that are “read and do” though, usually the ones for failures or supplemental procedures.
I made a checklist resembling the ones from civil aviation (not real for military jets, of course) to help me quickly check whether I missed somenthing.
If you wish, take a look. Maybe it helps you.
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?40467-My-personal-Checklist-for-Quick-reference
cheers :yo:
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Hi Guys.
I finally have the start up procedure up and running. My only question is in regards to setting up my ICP. I’m still somewhat confused with COM1 & COM2. I’m having trouble understanding the instructions/wording in the BMS manual and the training videos I have found don’t clarify very well. Some players only use COM1 while others use both COM1 & COM2. Can somebody please clarify what my settings needs to be for both channels?
What does the BACKUP UHF setting do for me and what frequency setting do I use here? Is it based on each Base’s settings?
Thank you.
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COM1 is UHF and you use this for talking to pretty much everything that isn’t your flight, eg ground, tower, tanker, awacs etc.
COM2 is VHF and you use that to talk to your flight.
But… your UHF/COM1 is the channel that your A-A datalink goes over. So you and your wingmen must be on the same UHF frequency.
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Typically you work with presets, so COM1 preset 2 is ground, 3 is tower, 4 is departure. Take off goes 2 for clearance to taxi etc, 3 for permission to take off, 4 to say you’ve gone. Landing goes the same but reversed, so 4 to tel approach you’re coming, 3 to say you’re on final approach, 2 to taxi back.
6 is your tactical frequency, so once you’re airborne, switch to this amd talk to AWACS and setup your datalink.
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Hi MartinGecko
So when the checklist says to check FLCS BIT (as an example) that won’t affect my performance? I don’t mind the “eye candy” so much just as long as I don’t miss some crucial step to fly. That’s my only real concern. In fact, the last time I was flying was when Falcon was when it was just Falcon 4, so that gives you an idea how long it’s been.Lastly, what is the SEC check?
Thanks again.
That’s actually an interesting question, Persius, regarding FLCS. 4.35 shows FLCS faults unless it’s reset, so Martin is right in putting FLCS reset in his abbreviated checklist. However, what I wonder about is skipping FLCS BIT. I’ve had occasional “BIT Fails” pop up and if you don’t correct it FLCS goes to DBU (Digital Back Up) and , if memory serves, the autopilot won’t work.
So ,that’s a choice for you to make. IMHO, I’m with Critical Mass-learn to do it the right way and you’ll be happier in the long run.
BTW, this is also true if you want to fly the Hornet. There’s also a Horentized" checklist in the Mafia Files if you’d like something a bit different. -
drtbkj:
I appreciate you mentioning the possibility of Autopilot failing. I’ll definitely add that to my startup. Great to know.Thanks
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Rubbra:
Your clarification of UHF, VHF and Wingman cleared things up for me, thanks. Sadly, when I read your second post my brain started to smoke a little. I understand setting up COM1 & COM2 (on ICP) for presets but when you mention presets 3 & 4, I’m now unsure how to set that many up. Is there a tutorial somewhere that can walk me through that?
Thanks
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No need! It’s all part of the mission planning and, if you do nothing, it’ll get saved to your data cartridge automatically. As long as you load the DTC, and follow the ramp start procedure (including setting the C&I switch to UFC), then you can simple push COM1 on the ICP, then click 2, enter (on the ICP) and preset 2 is set. Etc.
(Some people will say there’s a whole click dance thing required with the dtc and mission planning screen. My personal experience (with statistics to back it up!) is that it’s unnecessary, at least in 4.35.1)
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Rubbra:
Your clarification of UHF, VHF and Wingman cleared things up for me, thanks. Sadly, when I read your second post my brain started to smoke a little. I understand setting up COM1 & COM2 (on ICP) for presets but when you mention presets 3 & 4, I’m now unsure how to set that many up. Is there a tutorial somewhere that can walk me through that?
Thanks
For presets there is something called the UHF COM ladder you climb it up on take off and climb it down on landing
2 Ground
3 Tower
4 Departure6 Tactical (Awacs)
7 Arrival
8 Tower
9 Groundbehind them which includes the preset number.Next think of your DTC as a SUB stick that is preprogrammed with all that information and than taken to your jet.
So before hitting the commit button do the Falcon click dance.
Click the DTC icon go to IFF click IFF Plan, go to COM click COM Plan and save your DTC.One in the pit in your start up sequence load the DTC. Now you have all presets with their corresponding frequencies available.
To change from a preset (frequency) to another. So Ie you are taxi and talking to Ground on preset #2 (xxx.xxx) and you reach the runway and ground to tell you to switch to tower on frequency yyy.yyy
The only thing to do is change to preset 3Switching preset you don’t even have to use the ICP COM button.
With your main DED page you could use the 3 way switch on the ICP to move the caret between Stpt com1 and com2.
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I really do appreciate the help from all of you. I’m copying your messages and saving them to print out. I fully understand that the Data Cart. has all the information for the flight computer and how to load it. So based on what you are sharing here, is there a reason to even enter the Radio Freqs. into my ICP during start-up?
Thanks again.
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The only times I enter a Frequency manually is
1. I have to go to a divert Airfield that is not my alternate Field
2. In multiplayer where we often fly with 20+ pilots therefore more than 1 package and we have to switch to the tactical UHF of another package, but most likely I would have setup that frequency as a preset already during briefing with WDP on a unused presetGesendet von meinem SM-G930F mit Tapatalk
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Hi Oakdesign
I’m glad you pointed that out.
Since I’m just working on training missions then I don’t need to really be concerned about setting radio frequencies at all at this time? -
You don’t need to worry about setting anything for the training missions. Just use presets.
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That saves me a lot of headaches now. Thanks.