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Aerosoft F-16 Fighting Falcon 1.00 Manual
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the gear is down and the aircraft not on the ground. There is a backup AOA indicator on the lower
center panel that is more robust and not depending on the more complex parts of the systems.
AUTO PILOT
The auto pilot systems in the F-16 are rather rudimentary with just pitch and roll controls. Please
note you will need to cycle through modes to get to a certain setting sometimes.
ROLL
HEADING MODE - Holds heading set in HSI
OFF - Roll mode off
BANK MODE- Holds bank attitude
PITCH
ALTITUDE HOLD - Holds current altitude
OFF - Pitch mode off
ATTITUDE HOLD - Holds current pitch attitude
BACKUP ATTITUDE DIRECTION INDICATOR
As the Attitude Direction indicator is one of the most important gauges there is a backup ADI gauge that
uses a separate system. It does not show the ILS bars.
FUEL FLOW INDICATOR
The Fuel Flow Indicator shows the amount of fuel the engine is using in pounds per hour.
FUEL QUANTITY PANEL
Using the main rotary switch (using left and right mouse clicks) you can see the amount of fuel in
the tank. The EXT FUEL TRANS switch is inop
TEST - shows 6000 lbs in digits and both needles should point to 2,000 lbs
NORM - shows forward/right and aft/left remaining fuel
RSVR - shows the remaining fuel in the forward and aft tanks
INT WING - shows remaining fuel in the internal wing tanks
EXT WING - shows remaining fuel in the external wing tanks
EXT CENTER - shows remaining fuel in the external center tanks
HORIZONTAL SITUATION INDICATOR
The HSI indicator functions as in any standard aircraft and indicates your location in regards to radio
beacons that are being received.
INSTRUMENT MODE PANEL
The instrument mode panel holds two controls, but only one is active. The TACAN system is not
implemented at this moment.
MODE
ILS/TCN - navigation data from TACAN-ILS (dummy)
TCN - navigation data from TACAN (dummy)
NAV - navigation data from NAV 1/2
ILS/NAV - navigation data from NAV 1/2