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Instrument Panel
The Instrument Panel contains gauges and a cathode ray tube display
(CRTs) that measures the performance of your airplane and the status
of its major systems.
Confirmation Display
Multi-Function Display
Displays messages confirming actions such as raising or lowering
landing gear, scanning targets, “auto-centre on”, etc.
Flight Instruments
The Flight Instruments provide you with information on the airplane’s
performance.
Altimeter
Vertical
Velocity
indicator
Velocity Indicator Artificial Horizon
Mach Metre
G-Force
Indicator
Angle of Attack
Indicator
Altimeter
Measures your altitude above sea level in feet. All flat ground in Birds
of Prey, including airport runways, is at sea level (0 feet).
There are three needles on the altimeter. The white needle measures
hundreds of feet; the light grey needle, thousands of feet; and the dark
grey needle, tens of thousand feet.
Hundreds Of Feet
Thousands Of Feet
Tens Of Thousands Of Feet
Angle of Attack Indicator
The angle at which your wings meet the airflow. For details on the
effect of angle of attack on your airplane, see Chapter 4: Basic
Aerodynamics.
Artificial Horizon
The angle of your airplane in relation to the horizon.
Fuel Gauge
Indicates the current level of fuel.
C-Force Indicator
The number of g’s you and your airplane are experiencing. The g is
the basic unit of load factors on your airplane and is often used to
measure the severity of a turn. As long as you maintain a safe g-load,
the digital read-out on this instrument remains black. The read-out
turns red whenever you subject your self to an unsafe g-load.
Mach Metre
See Mach in Head-Up-Display (HUD).
Pitch
See Pitch Lines in Head-Up-Display (HUD)
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