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Aerosoft F-16 Fighting Falcon 1.00 Manual
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ACES-II EJECTION SEAT CONTROL
The ACES-II is the standard ejection seat in many US military aircraft. It’s known
as a Zero-Zero ejection seat meaning it can operate from zero altitude and zero
airspeed. Though highly complex in construction the actual use is limited to two
controls, the Firing Control handle (that is inop in our model) and the Ejection Control
Safety Lever. When in vertical position (with the right mouse button) the seat is
secured, when in horizontal position (left mouse button) the seat is operational. In
flight the seat is always armed, when the canopy is opened the seat needs to be
secured.
SPEED BRAKE INDICATOR
The speed brake indicator shows a dotted pattern when retracted and a striped pattern when extended
RIGHT AUX CONSOLE
The Right Aux console holds various
instruments. The following panel
parts have not been simulated:
EPU FUEL
We found it nearly impossible to
simulate this section correctly and
decided not to include it.
PFD
The Pilot Fault Display is not
incorporated in this model.
LIQUID OXYGEN
The Oxygen Quantity Indicator
shows the remaining liters of
liquefied oxygen. As there is no
system in FSX that simulates this, the
gauge is inop.
CLOCK
Even in a Fly-By-Wire aircraft as the F-16 there is a mechanical wind up clock. It also serves as a
stopwatch but because that’s rather hard to use we decided not to add that to the clock.
COMPASS
When all your navigation sources fail you can always rely on the compass as it is a standard ‘whiskey’
compass that does not need any electricity or vacuum source. Of course it has all the problems related
to a standard compass, for example it shows incorrect headings if the aircraft is slowing down or
speeding up.