![]() ![]() Landing Automatic Power Control, (APC) Operation SAS Pitch and Roll channels may be disengaged by actuating switches located on the AFCS ( Automatic/Analog Flight Control System) panel. Autopilot needs SAS channels to be engaged, which is the default.The autopilot will then hold the aircraft on the selected heading. After maneuvering the aircraft into the desired reference heading, release the control stick at a bank angle of less than 5 degrees. Once in the Attitude Mode, you can select Heading Mode by hitting Ctrl-h.The autopilot will then maintain your altitude.ĬAUTION - at high speeds, it is imperative to stabilize your aircraft prior to engaging Altitude Mode ! Once in the Attitude Mode, you can select Altitude Mode by hitting Ctrl-a, then the AP REF indicator, (left of the VDI) will illuminate, when at the desired altitude using normal stick control, engage by hitting *, (asterisk).It shall be switched off for aerobatics and inverted flight.Attitude Hold Mode will hold pitch attitudes up to plus or minus 30 degrees, and bank angles up to plus or minus 60 degrees. When in Attitude Mode, the autopilot disengages whenever a certain pressure is put on the stick, and it reengages when the stick is back in the center position. Switching off Attitude Mode disables all other modes. ![]() Other Modes need this main mode activated before being selected. The main mode is Attitude Hold Mode, Ctrl-t.Now the aircraft will quickly gain speed while covering the runway and the rudder effect will increase, thus decreasing the needed delay and the amount of pressure on the stick to match the desired effect. when doing so the pilot will prefer increasing the power smoothly. To avoid this set a small amount of rudder, wait for the effect, see if it's enough, then add a small amount of rudder again if needed. That's a typical pilot-induced oscillation. If not anticipated, this delay will cause overshooting the desired rudder effect, then a strong counter action on the rudder will be applied by the pilot on the rudder with again an overshoot. Rudder: Currently the FDM use a small rudder rate of move to damp some nasty oscillations when the rudder is not moved enough smoothly.Push the stick forward to prevent nose pitching up at the begining of the take off run, release slightly as speed increase, pull smoothly when reaching rotation speed (150kts). Elevators: The pilot will need to maintain a correct (leveled) attitude using the stick.Set a suitable fuel level before take off. If the pilot use afterburners for take off, the loose of nose wheel steering efficiency is increased (afterburners are not necessary for take off). With less weight on the nose wheel, the nose wheel steering loose its efficiency. This means the aircraft will be very light and have a strong tendency to raise the nose when accelerating on the runway. Fuel level: The Flighfgear F-14 has a 10% fuel level and no external load at start up.With wings on over sweep position (parking position) the elevator command is inhibited.Toggle between RIO (Radar Intercept Officer) and pilot view Toggle oversweep (on ground only, otherwise sweep is automatic) In standby mode the radar doesn't emit and the "STAND BY" words are displayed on the HSD screen when in TID mode. Toggle APC (Landing Automatic Power Control)Ĭycles through HSD modes: radar - compas - ECM (RWR) As of 2007, it remains in service only with the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force.Ī nice scene with the F-14. Navy fleet on 22 September 2006, having been replaced by the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. It was later exported to the former Imperial Iranian Air Force in 1976, during a time when the US still had good relations with Iran. Navy, replacing the McDonnell F4 Phantom II. The F-14 was developed after the collapse of the F-111B project, and was the first of the American teen-series fighters which were designed incorporating the experience of air combat in Vietnam against MiGs. It later performed precision strike missions once it was integrated with the Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night LANTIRN system. The F-14 was the United States Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter, fleet defense interceptor and tactical reconnaissance platform from 1974 to 2006. The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, variable geometry wing aircraft. ![]()
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