Specifications

[P-51D Mustang]
DCS
EAGLE DYNAMICS
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Firing Guns with the K-14 Gunsight
Normal flight operation of the sight is accomplished as follows:
 Gun Safety switch set to GUN or GUN and CAMERA.
 Identify target; then set span adjustment lever to correspond with span of target aircraft.
 Fly the aircraft so that the target appears within the gyro reticle circle and rotate the throttle
twist grip until the diameter of the gyro reticle circle corresponds to the target size.
 Continue to frame the target with the gyro reticle circle by rotating the twist grip as range
changes. Track the target smoothly for one second; then fire.
 Continue ranging and tracking while firing.
Bombs
Releasing Bombs
The following is a standard procedure for releasing bombs:
 Set the Bomb Arming switches to the ARM position.
 Set the Bomb-Rocket Selector switch to BOTH for simultaneous release or TRAIN for individual
release.
 Press the Bomb-Rocket Release button on the control stick grip momentarily to release bombs.
If the Bomb-Rocket Selector switch is set to TRAIN, the Bomb-Rocket Release button will
release only the left bomb. Pressing the Bomb-Rocket Release button again will release the
bomb on the right rack.
Note, bombs may be released when the aircraft is in any pitch attitude from a 30-degree climb to a
vertical dive.
Do not release bombs when you are sideslipping more than 5 degrees in a vertical dive.
Doing so may collide a bomb and the propeller.
Emergency Bomb and Drop Tank Release
The Bomb Salvo handles, located aft of the instrument panel on the left side of the cockpit, can be
used to release the bombs or drop tanks manually in the event of failure of the normal electrical
release.
Rockets
When firing rockets, the gunsight Gyro Selector switch should be set to FIXED.