NWS Steering Question (Beginner here)
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Hi guys! I’m new to BMS. I just want to ask a question.
Can i steer the jet backwards? Like in a car where you can shift to “R” and go backwards? -
Hi!
No. Unless you manage to find “Request Push-back” in ATC comm’s menu.
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At the Naval Air Station a young ground-crew member was being trained on how to direct an F-14 into the fuel pit for hot refueling. The instructor gave him a go and after quite some wild arm weaving the F14 was parking, but when checking they discovered that he had taxied the aircraft too far forward from the fuel hose to reach the airplane.
“You’ll have to send him around again,” said the instructor.
“What?” he said, surprised. “They spend millions on these things and you can’t even put them in reverse?”
The correct answer to your question, is to shut the airplane down, evacuate the cockpit, and have the ground crew walk it backwards for you. Obviously, this is not an option in BMS.
If you absolutely need to reverse, about your best option is to hold inside brake and apply low power and full rudder into the turn.
VietNam-era pilots of OV-10 Bronco observation planes delighted in playing a nasty practical joke on jet fighter pilots when the two types of aircraft were stopped on the ramp, taxiway or runway threshold. When a Bronco pilot saw that the fighter pilot had deigned to notice his presence, the Bronco pilot would reverse his prop pitch and release his brakes, moving backward a foot or two. The fighter pilot would interpret the change of their relative positions as indicating that his fighter was creeping forward, and would stand even harder on his brakes. The Bronco pilot would repeat the trick, inducing panicky reactions from the fighter pilot who feared that his brakes were faulty and his plane was about to move onto the runway in front of landing traffic.
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Thanks guys for the info. One last question. Does falcon bms 4.33 is the same as falcon bms 4.33 U1?
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Falcon BMS 4.33 is an older version, no longer available. Falcon BMS 4.33 U1 is shorthand for Falcon BMS 4.33 Update 1, which is an overhaul of 4.33, though given the installer changing perhaps it should have warranted an increment of the minor version number.
So no, they are not the same. You need Falcon BMS 4.33 U1.
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Thanks sir!
