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[Stuka]

China Lake ranges

[Baxter]

That time of year! Strike Fighter Ball 2018!

[Stuka]

[kampf]

[Snoopy]

Launch Events:
00:06 – #1 engine started (motor the throttle over the hump)
00:19 – Check left hydraulic system
00:45 – Cycle primary flight controls (ailerons, elevators, rudders) verifying all work with left system only.
00:55 – #2 engine started (motor the throttle over the hump)
01:25 – Check Turbine Engine Monitoring System (TEMS) for codes & emergency hydraulic accumulator bottles.
01:42 – Check right hydraulic system
02:38 – Check flaps (7 degrees, full down, full up)
02:48 – Check speed brakes (partially open, full open, and cycle decelerons)
02:56 – Check elevators (up, down)
02:58 – Check decelerons (left up/right down, right up/left down)
02:59 – Check rudders (right then left)
03:04 – Check Stability Augmentation System (SAS) kick rudders right
03:06 – Check SAS kick rudders left
03:09 – Check elevators move down when speed brakes opened and move up when speed brakes close
03:13 – Check normal elevators trim (up, down)
03:16 – Check normal decelerons trim (left up/right down, right up/left down)
03:19 – Check normal rudders trim (right then left)
03:23 – Check emergency elevators trim (up, down)
03:25 – Check emergency decelerons trim (left up/right down, right up/left down)
03:27 – Check emergency rudders trim (right then left)
03:32 – Verify flight controls rest to Takeoff Trim
03:38 – Check right brake operation (normal and emergency)
03:42 – Check left brake operation (emergency and normal)
03:54 – Check slat operation (manually actuate lift transducer)
03:56 – Check pitot heat (lift transducer, AOA vane, pitot tube)