What OTW means
-
Hello,
I got some questions when I try to study this sim:
In the BMS keymap, QWERT have the same function called OTWRadioMenuStep. What is this OTWRadioMenuStep means? And what actually OTW means?
Is there a way to disable the “mouse scroll control FOV” function? I try to use mouse scroll the turn knobs in pit and sometimes when my cursor miss the spot, it turns out change the FOV, kind of annoying…
Is anybody tested the “parking brakes disengages automatically above 80% RPM” which is written in dash1? It seems don’t work for me.
Many thanks!
Lizhi
-
Works for me… Set parking brake, release toe brakes, advance throttle past 80% and the jet starts rolling… you can use that for single ship departures on the runway for smooth release of brakes with no directional worries.
-
OTW means “out the window.” It’s for non-cockpit items. The radio menu step stuff has to deal with the multiple pages of AI commands. Auto disengage parking brakes works for me too but I never use it intentionally. It’s a solenoid held switch so maybe it wouldn’t disconnect if you are constantly holding it (say with a joystick profile) in the on position.
-
Parking brake will disengage when RPM is approximately 80%, but you may still have to remove the chocks (tune TWR frequency -> press T -> press 8). If you give enough throttle, the chocks will also “move away”, but it requires a lot more than the 80% RPM. (maybe even first or second stage afterburner?)
-
Parking brake will disengage when RPM is approximately 80%, but you may still have to remove the chocks (tune TWR frequency -> press T -> press 8). If you give enough throttle, the chocks will also “move away”, but it requires a lot more than the 80% RPM. (maybe even first or second stage afterburner?)
The parking brake will hold at 80% all day long. It is closer to 83-85% for it to disengage itself.
-
Parking brake will disengage when RPM is approximately 80%, but you may still have to remove the chocks (tune TWR frequency -> press T -> press 8). If you give enough throttle, the chocks will also “move away”, but it requires a lot more than the 80% RPM. (maybe even first or second stage afterburner?)
The aircraft will jump the chocks without afterburner quite easily at most combat gross weights. That is why you hold the brakes down (toebrakes) whilst checking engine primary and secondary controls.
-
You might be right. I forgot to mention that I mainly fly with the Belgian F16AM, which (according to TacRef) has a max thrust rate approximately 5000lbs lower than that of Block 40 and above.
-
@-Wizard-:
The aircraft will jump the chocks without afterburner quite easily at most combat gross weights. That is why you hold the brakes down (toebrakes) whilst checking engine primary and secondary controls.
This reminds me of my days in SAC during alert force exercises. Normal alert exercise starts involved starter cartridges in the #1 and #4 engines, and once they were started, #1 was run up to MRT (or thereabouts) to provide enough bleed air to start the inboard engines. If the pilots didn’t hold the brakes sufficiently, it became darned difficult to remove the forward (of the main gear) chocks. All too many times I darned near broke my toes kicking 'em loose.
