Alignment issue
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might be dumb question but what does sw stand for?
Switch. Shadow meant the switch turning on/off the elec system, with 3 position : Off, Batt(ery) and Main
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This one is a simple difference between the real aircraft and the sim. In the real aircraft you would do as is being suggested here. Have the electrical system/main gen online or external power on before flipping switches.
However since this isn’t the real aircraft and it hasn’t been coded to fault out on those switches prior to external power/main gen status I flip the main power switch to main power and turn on all the avionics, including INS to norm, prior to engine start every time. I have yet to have a problem because of it in the sim.
My order is like this. Main power switch to main power, air source/engine feed to norm, and JFS to start 2. While the engine is spooling up to the 20-25% range I am flipping all of the avionics switches on.
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o ok
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This one is a simple difference between the real aircraft and the sim. ……
You’re right. I do similarly … avionics switches to on as the engine spools from ~20% to idle (~75%?), and it’s never caused a problem … in the sim.
Someone else had a similar issue with regard to alignment and waypoints/flight path. IIRC it had to do with switching the align knob to Nav and back during the start/align sequence. Check here: https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?14835-HSD-not-showing-steerpoints
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this was the first time i have had this issue and just to be clear (or help narrow down the influencing factors for the ones workink to fugure this out), i was not online…just sp campaign. haven’t had the issu since and dont expect it. also hope this isn’t a facepalm moment but early on i found out i could turn on random failures in cfg file and did so but thats why i mentioned that the f-ack read normal. by the way is the f-ack and pfl(pilot fault list) the same thing and where does the mfd test page fall in all of this? sorry for the re-direct?is this considered hijack? sorry if so but can i hijack my own thread- is that even possible…? lol
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this was the first time i have had this issue and just to be clear (or help narrow down the influencing factors for the ones workink to fugure this out), i was not online…just sp campaign.
SP or MP is a non factor here. The aircraft behaves the same either way.
by the way is the f-ack and pfl(pilot fault list) the same thing and where does the mfd test page fall in all of this?
the f-ack switch works directly with the PFL yes. They aren’t the SAME thing but are directly related. The f-ack is the switch, the PFL is the display where the faults go.
The MFD test page displays the MFL (maintenance fault list) and is more used by people like me for troubleshooting the aircraft.
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MFL FLT-1
12:10 083 FLCS reset for giggles
41:05 006 Stick monkey hurt your baby with G
62:01 110 What’s a flare?What would realistically happen if you applied power to the INU with the alignment rotary switch in NORM or NAV? I would suspect the system would just get on with the alignment (NARF?)
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MFL FLT-1
12:10 083 FLCS reset for giggles
41:05 006 Stick monkey hurt your baby with G
62:01 110 What’s a flare?What would realistically happen if you applied power to the INU with the alignment rotary switch in NORM or NAV? I would suspect the system would just get on with the alignment (NARF?)
You would drain the INS backup battery inducing an INS 029 MFL. thus creating a redball to replace the battery.
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Ah interesting. So the alignment rotary is “hot” even without main buses?
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SP or MP is a non factor here. The aircraft behaves the same either way.
the f-ack switch works directly with the PFL yes. They aren’t the SAME thing but are directly related. The f-ack is the switch, the PFL is the display where the faults go.
The MFD test page displays the MFL (maintenance fault list) and is more used by people like me for troubleshooting the aircraft.what do you mean “people like you” do you work irl on jets or…? andanother thing i have been wondering- is there a thread that asks who is an actual( not just normal pilot but -no offense meant to airliner pilots- still major props- no pun intended) fighter jet pilots(possibly with screen names to more specifically pick their brain about certain systems or tactics or just exp’s. in general(obviously non- classified material only!) there’s a lot of irl posts but random-so i think or hope that a thread(“pilots thread” and “fighter pilots thread”) should be started… or maybe there is another place i should be looking for that type of discussion.
wishing i took school more seriously,
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