Manual

Note that the M61A1 gun has no Rmin.GUN PRIORITY SYMBOLOGYBy pressing the Guns (1 Key), the HUDsymbology is changed to reflect that yourM61A1 has been placed in priority.When the M61A1 gun is in priority, afloating gunsight reticle appears on theHUD. This gunsight automaticallycomputes the amount of lead angleneeded to score a hit on a particulartarget. When firing the gun, you mustmanoeuvre the aircraft so that the floatinggunsight is placed on your intendedtarget.AIM-9 SIDEWINDER PRIORITYSYMBOLOGYFloatingSeekerLocationThe Head-Up Display (HUD)with the floating AIM-9Sidewinder seeker-headlooking for a target.TargetDiamondBy pressing the Sidewinder (2 Key), theHUD symbology is changed to reflect thatyour AIM-9 heat-seeking Sidewindermissiles have been placed in priority.When your Sidewinder missiles are inpriority, a floating seeker-head reticleappears on the HUD. This reticle floatsabout the HUD looking for a heat source tolock-on to (acquire). The seeker-headdetection range is approximately 6 nm,therefore, the Sidewinder will not acquire atarget on its own unless the target is withinthis distance.The seeker-head reticle will continue tofloat about the HUD until it acquires atarget. Once a target is acquired, thereticle is superimposed on the TargetDiamond Designator. The symbology willflash, your shoot-cue to fire.Note that the Sidewinder missile does notrequire radar to engage a target. You caneven turn off the radar and acquire thetarget solely through the missile’s seekerhead.AIM-7 SPARROW PRIORITYSYMBOLOGYBy pressing the Sparrow (3 Key), theHUD symbology is changed to reflect thatyour AIM-7 medium-ranged, radarguided,Sparrow missiles have beenplaced in priority.Sparrow HUD symbology is exactly thesame as that of the Sidewinder with theexception that there is no floating seekerhead.The Sparrow missile requires theaircraft’s radar to engage a target anddoes not have a internal seeker like theSidewinder.AIM-54 PHOENIX PRIORITYSYMBOLOGYBy pressing the Phoenix (4 Key), theHUD symbology is changed to reflect thatyour AIM-54 long-ranged, radar-guided,Phoenix missiles have been placed inpriority.Phoenix HUD symbology is exactly thesame as that of the Sparrow missile. Theupper range limit (Rmax) of the Phoenixmissile is considerably greater than thatof the Sparrow, however. This is reflectedon the vertical range scale.