User Guide

Game vs. Reality...............................................2.1
How to Use This Chapter....................................2.2
AIRCRAFT OVERVIEW ...........................2.3
Longbow Apache.........................................2.3
Kiowa Warrior............................................2.3
Black Hawk................................................2.3
In-Flight System Keys........................................2.3
Game Options.............................................2.3
Pausing/Ending the Mission.........................2.4
Speeding up Travel......................................2.4
Radio..........................................................2.4
Overview: IHADSS.............................................2.4
Overview: Multi-Function Displays (MFDs)..........2.6
MFD Types..................................................2.6
Overview: Targeting Systems..............................2.7
MASTER MODES ...................................2.9
Master Mode Settings ........................................2.9
Upfront Display...............................................2.10
Black Hawk Indicator Lights.............................2.10
Longbow Fire Warning Lights...........................2.11
Physical Backup Gauges...................................2.11
IHADSS...............................................2.12
IHADSS Helmet System....................................2.13
IHADSS FLIGHT SYMBOLOGY...............2.14
Hover IHADSS Mode........................................2.14
Bob-Up IHADSS Mode......................................2.19
Transition IHADSS Mode...................................2.20
Cruise IHADSS Mode........................................2.21
Weapon-Specific Items.....................................2.22
MULTI-FUNCTION DISPLAYS ................2.24
Tactical Situation Display (TSD) MFD.................2.24
How It Works............................................2.25
Adjusting TSD Items..................................2.27
TSD with Realistic FCR...............................2.27
Priority Fire Zones (PFZs)..........................2.28
PFZs and Hellfire Missiles..........................2.28
Radar MFD......................................................2.29
Air/Ground Radar Modes..........................2.29
Realistic FCR Options and Symbols.............2.30
Realistic FCR Operation Commands............2.31
Downloading Targets to Radar MFD...........2.31
TADS MFD.......................................................2.32
Panning/Zooming.....................................2.33
TADS and Realistic FCR..............................2.33
Realistic TADS Operation............................2.33
Weapons MFD.................................................2.33
Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) MFD......2.35
Realistic Jammers.....................................2.36
ASE Autopage...........................................2.37
System MFD....................................................2.38
Engine MFD.....................................................2.38
Interpreting the Symbols...........................2.39
Flight MFD.......................................................2.40
Communications MFD.......................................2.40
Vertical System Display MFD............................2.41
Mast-Mounted Sight (MMS) MFD......................2.43
IN-FLIGHT NAVIGATION SYSTEM .........2.44
KIOWA DIGITAL MOVING MAP............2.45
TARGETING AND SIGHT SYSTEMS........2.46
Mast-Mounted Longbow FCR............................2.46
TADS...............................................................2.47
TADS and MMS Cameras..................................2.47
Pilot’s Night Vision System (PNVS/ANVIS).........2.48
Kiowa Pilot Display Unit...................................2.48
CO-PILOT/GUNNER COCKPIT...............2.51
Kiowa’s Left Seat (CP/G).................................2.51
Longbow’s Front Seat (CP/G)...........................2.51
IHADSS/MFDS/UPFRONT Display.....................2.52
Optical Relay Tube (ORT) Unit..........................2.53
Head-Out/Head-Down Displays.................2.53
BLACK HAWK ANALOG COCKPIT..........2.54
Cockpit Gauges................................................2.54
VIEW CONTROLS ................................2.56
View Panning..................................................2.56
Inside Cockpit Views.........................................2.57
Target Views....................................................2.58
0: INTRODUCTION
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2. COCKPIT/SYSTEMS