China Lake ranges
Da FAC?
China Lake ranges
Providing CAS when you're all out of HUA!
That time of year! Strike Fighter Ball 2018!
Bummer (01Dec18)
Da FAC?
Providing CAS when you're all out of HUA!
Snoopy (22Jun19)
Last edited by Stuka; 23Oct19 at 21:40.
KOVIC
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)
Last edited by Snoopy; 25Nov19 at 17:28.