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    Ok, so I've been reviewing the Twitch recordings which has led me to some questions. Please forgive my lack of correct nomenclature while I attempt to articulate.

    During your pre-flight (just prior to APU start-up) You do radio checks. I am not well familiar with TARS and its associated modes. Does it actually allow control head operation through the Victor, Uniform, and Fox Mike control heads in the jet or do you need additional programs to interface?

    This next one is a bit of a procedure oriented query. I hear the IP's calling for a "Check front/mid/aft" (I should have taken better notes); what is this look around for? Is it just a pre-taxi check to confirm room to taxi? I am presuming that it's not like the standard "Hands-off" we used to give the Hornet drivers while the maintenance crew was doing final checks on the jet. Am I close?

    Thirdly... The kneeboard with the approach plates you use... It's a mod right?

    8/26/14
    17:28 EST 21:28 GMT

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    Radio checks are done after at least the start of the APU because both VHF radios require AC power, only the UHF radio works with battery. All TARS does is make the radios work as they would real world through TeamSpeak meaning you have to have the radio on and tuned to the same freq or reset.

    Not close at all. Front/Mid/Aft is in reference to each radio and has nothing to do with moving the ACFT.

    Front = VHF/AM
    Mid = UHF
    Aft= VHF/FM

    The kneeboard is PeterP's mod (click here) but the charts are available to the public in our downloads section (click here).
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    BUMPED based on Snoopy's response.
    Last edited by Dojo; 26Aug14 at 23:19.

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    Snoopy, am I wrong that the plates are private only? Forgive me if I am, I though for sure they weren't public.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dojo View Post
    Of course, it is not incorrect to refer to the radios as Victor, Uniform, and Fox Mike, certainly as the radios have other layouts in other aircraft, that would be most straightforward.
    We aren't worried about other aircraft right now so that's irrelevant really. The Front, Mid, Aft slang for lack of a better term is exactly what real world A-10 pilots call the radios when doing checks.

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    Snoopy, am I wrong that the plates are private only? Forgive me if I am, I though for sure they weren't public.
    Yes you're wrong. They are in "DCS Publications" within the Public Files section.
    Last edited by Snoopy; 26Aug14 at 22:56.

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    Nice, for some reason I thought they were private. Friends have been asking for them!

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    They've been in the public section for around 6 months.

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    Excellent! I figured the radio checks were done at that point due to power supply. I was, however, unaware that the UHF was the only radio tied directly to the battery bus. I had mistakenly thought that all three were powered in the "battery-on" config. That explains a lot. So what I thought was a visual check turned out to be a sequential test of each radio by flight order. Got it!

    So, that leads me to one more procedural question...

    Are you setting ground on Mid prior to APU start? ...or am I just not recognizing Lead's call to the ATC requesting start-up. ...or do you not consider that necessary in sim?

    I know that whenever we turned up an APU on the C-130 we were required to check-in with ground prior to run up (in the event of fire). Do you do any programmed malfunctions?

    I'll get on the charts in the mean time. Thank you.

    8/26/14
    21:09 EST 01:09 GMT

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    Radio's are set as briefed by lead and listed on the Mission Data Card.

    USAF pilots don't call the tower for clearance to start. That is all cleared during mission brief. Then I (as flightline expediter) call in engine start times to MOC once both engines are started.

    Real World, maintenance can run the APU on the A-10 all day and never contact ground. For engine runs we have to get clearance from MOC then contact ground prior to start.

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    Understood. As usual the US Navy makes everything simple grossly over-complicated. Very cool.

    8/26/14
    21:25 EST 01:25 GMT

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