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Arm Your Aircraft The Refuel And Load Weapons screen is where you choose weapons for your mission and adjust fuel levels. Your aircraft’s internal fuel tank is automatically filled when you come to this screen. Since the incoming enemy aircraft are probably within 150 km, you won’t need any additional fuel in external tanks. You will need weapons, however. Your role in this mission is to engage enemy aircraft, so you’ll need a lot of air-to-air missiles. Click on the second missile from the left. The cursor turns into a small missile icon and a description of the weapon appears in the upper right corner. You’ve just selected the AIM-120A Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile. With a range of 48 km, this missile will give you an advantage to all but the most powerful Soviet air-to-air missiles. Point the missile cursor at the All button and click a mouse button. Since AMRAAMs are radar-guided, they’ll alert their target as they homeinforthekill, thusgivinghimthechancetotakecountermeasures. You may also want to take along some infrared-guided (IR homing) missiles, which silently track the target’s engine heat. To add some Ill-homing missiles, you’ll need to remove a few AIM- 120s. Pointtomissileonthe left wingtip of the Aircraft Schematic and click the right mouse button. Remove the missile on the right wingtip as well. Click on the missile furthest to the left to select the IR-homing ASRAAM. Now load ASRAAMs onto the two empty pylons. To begin you-mission, pressthespacebarorclickon the Next button. You Begin In The Hangar When the hangar doors open, you’re ready to take off. But before you do that, take a minute to familiarize yourself with the HUD, Instrument Panel, and some important controls. warning Lights Throttle HUD Confirmation Multi-Function Display Display (MFD) To pause the game while you get to know the cockpit, press the backspace key(t). In fact, use the Pause key liberally as you go through the Quickstart. 19
HUD Projected onto your windscreen is the Head-Up-Display (HUD), which provides you with important flight and target information. Thrust Velocity Mach Compass Heading Ladderbar Pitch Lines There are four HUD modes: Radar, Navigation, Bomb-Aimer, and Landing. You’re currently in HUD Radar mode - that means that your radar is actively searching the air for targets. For more detailed explanations of HUD symbols, turn to Head-Up- Display (HUD) in Chapter 3: Flight Controls. Flight Instruments The Flight Instruments are a group of gauges that display much of the same information as the HUD: altitude, velocity, Mach, etc. Since this information is more easily obtained from the HUD, it’s recommended that you look there for performance information while flying. For more detailed explanations of Flight Instruments, turn to Flight Instruments under Instrument Panel in Chapter 3: Flight Controls. Multi-Function Display (MFD) The MFD lets you switch between four displays: Stores, Radar, Navigation, and Map. You’re currently in MFD Stores mode, which displays all of the weapons currently carried by your aircraft. For more detailed explanations of Flight Instruments, turn to Multi- Function Display (MFD) under /nstrument Panel in Chapter 3: Flight Controls. Status Indicators The Status Indicators indicate the status of certain important systems. Airbrake status Landing Gear Arrestor Hook Thrust Throttle Setting The Reheat, Airbrake, Wheelbrake, Landing Gear, and Arrestor Hook Status Indicators are simple - either they're illuminated, meaningthe system is active, or darkened, meaning the system is inactive. The Flap Status Indicator displays your current flap setting, and the Fuel Indicator displays the current amount of fuel you have left. The Thrust Percentage and Throttle Setting Indicators tell you the status of your engines. For more detailed explanations of each of the Status Indicators, turn to Status Indicators under Instrument Panel in Chapter 3: Flight Controls. Throttle The throttle grip indicates your current throttle setting. Maximum Thrust - 100% -Military Thrust - 50% inimum Thrust - 1% 21
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