BOEING / SAAB

T-7A RED HAWK

User Guide 1.2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DISCLAIMER.................................................. 3
1. BEFORE YOU START ............................. 7
2. PREREQUISITES .................................... 8
3. AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION ................ 9
4. HEAD UP DISPLAY ............................... 10
5. UP FRONT CONTROL DISPLAY .......... 16
6. MAIN PANEL ......................................... 25
7. T-7A IS EASY TO START AND FLY...... 30
8. TECHNICAL SUPPORT ........................ 36

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DISCLAIMER

This add-on aircraft is payware. You are free to use this software on one computer at a time for
personal hobby use. By acquiring this product, you agree to NOT distribute it in any way.

The real T-7A is an aircraft of the Boeing Company. This add-on plane is not certified by
Boeing. All rights, including copyright, of the content of this package belong to AOA
Simulations.

Neither 3D models nor any other files, in part or in whole, may be copied, re-distributed,
disassembled, or in any way reused without the express permission of AOA Simulations

Do not use this plane to simulate real procedures. AOA Simulations is not responsible for any
damage that may occur from using this product.

The Boeing/Saab T-7A Red Hawk advanced jet trainer

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T-7B EFT (External Fuel Tank), a potential long range "touring" version
of the basic T-7A trainer

T-7C CAS (Close Air Support), a potential armed version of the basic T-7A trainer

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The T-7N Navy Hawk is a fictional naval version of the T-7A, equipped with a launch bar, a stronger
arrestor hook and a double nose gear

You can fly any of the models from the back seat (Numpad Key 2)

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View on the ACES 5 Next Generation Ejection Seat

Ground equipment can be enabled via the main menu bar

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1. BEFORE YOU START

This T-7A simulation works best with a Hands On Stick and Throttle (HOTAS) system.

Please assign the following commands to your joystick buttons:

1. Pitch (UP/DN)
Aileron trim (LT/RT)
2. Rudder controls if no rudder pedals
available
3. Fire selected weapon
4. Next / previous weapon mode
(UP/DN)
Next / previous target (LT/RT)
5. Drop chaff
Drop flares
6. Target camera pointer in GPS
7. Fire gun
8. Toggle between 2D and 3D cockpit
9. Pause simulation

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2. PREREQUISITES

First, before you do anything else, download a copy of the AviTab plug-in to activate the
cockpit tablet PC built into this model.

https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/44825-avitab-vr-compatible-tablet-with-pdf-
viewer-moving-maps-and-more

T-X is now the T-7A Red Hawk. It is the U. S. Air Force's replacement for their 50+ year old T-
38 Talon advance jet training aircraft fleet.

T-7A is powered by a single GE F404 afterburning capable turbofan engine. The same engine
powers the twin engine US Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet. This engine produces ~ 11,000 lbs
of "dry" thrust and ~ 17,700 lbs of thrust with the afterburner engaged.

Empty weight is a relatively low 7,500 lbs. The jet holds ~ 4,000 lbs of fuel in a single tank
inside the fuselage. No fuel is carried in the wings. With two pilots, a student in the front seat
and instructor in back, the basic jet should weight < 12,000 lbs when it arrives at the end of the
runway. Therefore, afterburner is not absolutely necessary for a normal training mission
takeoff.

!!! IMPORTANT !!!

PLEASE OPEN THE QUICK LOOK MANUAL IN AVITAB
BEFORE GOING FURTHER

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3. AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION

Under Plugins → AOA Simulations T-7A Red Hawk, a menu allows you to configure various
options and access some important commands when the front cockpit view is not available.

T-7A Red Hawk menu bar

• Auto Systems: enable/ disable all automated systems (gears, flaps, brakes…)
• Auto GCAS: enable / disable the Ground Collision Avoidance System
• Enable/Disable R2c: enable / disable automatic view control by “Roll to See” plugin
• Next / Previous Livery
• Next / Previous Weapons Mode
• Toggle Ground Equipment
• Toggle Mirrors (increase your FPS)
• Toggle Nose Probe (used on T-X prototype)

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4. HEAD UP DISPLAY

Let’s look at the jet from the inside, starting with the Head Up Display or HUD. All information
displayed on the HUD is derived from standard X-Plane data references and drawn by SASL
plug-in LUA script.

The frameless HUD is borrowed from the SAAB Gripen

NAVIGATION MODE
• Top center is a digital magnetic heading display in a box. At cardinal points on the
compass, +/- 10 degrees, magenta letters appear above the box.

• Directly below the mag heading box is a reverse heading display, and just below that is
a nav source "tadpole"; a small circle with a tail. The tadpole tail always points to the
selected navigation source.
• The small fixed "w" represents the aircraft waterline. This symbol shows you where
your jets nose is pointing.

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• The small circle with a tail and wings is the velocity vector ball. This ball floats up and
down to display the actual vector path your jet is traveling at any moment.
• The difference between the "w" and the vector ball is called Angle of Attack, or "AOA"
• Nav source and distance are displayed in the upper left.
• Indicated Air Speed (IAS) is in the arrow box on the left.
• Altitude above mean sea level is in the arrow box on the right.
• Vertical velocity rate in feet per minute is display above altitude when climbing and
below altitude when descending.
• In the lower left corner of the HUD is displayed the elevation of terrain directly below
your jet and, over on the right is display radar altitude, but only when you are at or
below 10,000 ft AGL.

Other data will appear in or disappear from the HUD as certain conditions are met

For instance, when you accelerate the jet above Mach 0.70 your Mach number will appear
right below the airspeed display, and at lower altitudes while in a steep decent a TERRAIN
warning will appear.

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WEAPONS MODE
When you switch weapons system modes the HUD automatically reconfigures to remove
certain navigation information to make way for the display of more relevant target data.

Target Track mode

In Target Track (T-7A, B and N) and Gun (T-7C) modes you will be presented with target ID #
and distance in the upper left corner of the HUD in place of the nav data that was displayed
there...

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Range scale in Missile mode

... while in Missile mode, in addition to target ID # and distance, a missile fly out range scale
will appear on the right side of the HUD, adapting its scale as you close distance on the target
plane. Optimum range for the AIM-9X missiles is < 20 nautical miles.

In 3D cockpit mode the pilot camera will lock onto and follow the selected AI target plane. To
help you visually acquire AI target planes in the sim we have drawn a target cue box over the
target plane that projects onto the pilot’s helmet visor.

This system requires you to set up "hands on stick and throttle" controls to select weapons
modes (weapons select up/down) and target ID #s (target select up/down).

This feature only works in 3D cockpit mode without Track IR or VR systems enabled, as it
requires control over the pilot's head camera x, y and z axis to stay focused on the AI plane as
you maneuver you T-7A around the sky.

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In 3D cockpit mode the pilot camera will lock onto and follow the selected target

Both Track IR and VR headset systems also require control over the pilot's head camera xyz
axis so the two systems cannot both be active at the same time.

Our Roll to See (R2c) plug-in code is automatically disabled if a Track IR device or VR headset
is detected. In that case, the “two people” icon on the UFC, lower left, will display “TRK IR” to
show that R2c is disabled.

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ILS APPROACH

ILS flight director cross

Approach ILS flight director lines will appear in the HUD if certain conditions are met:

1. Correct ILS frequency set in nav1 or 2 radio and correct source selected
2. Weapons select mode 0 = off, no weapon mode selected
3. Radar altitude > 40 and < 5,000 ft AGL
4. Indicated air speed < 290 knots
5. VVI < +500 fpm (basically level or descending)
6. DME < 20 nm

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5. UP FRONT CONTROL DISPLAY

Like many modern military aircraft T-7 is fitted with an Up Front Control (UFC) display. The
UFC in T-7 is an LCD touch screen with 32 function / display squares flanked by 8 control
knobs / toggle buttons.

Up Front Control (UFC) display

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FIRST ROW
Let’s take a look at the first row of the Up Front Control display.

• First on the upper left is a white HDG knob that adjusts autopilot Heading, which is
displayed in the adjacent square as a magenta color digital number.

• The second square is a touch toggle switch to engage the autopilot Heading (HDG)
mode.

• The third square is the aircrafts current magnetic heading, displayed here for quick
comparison with autopilot heading.

• The ILS is a status display as well as the autopilot ILS mode engagement toggle button.

• GS engages the autopilot Glide Slope mode and displays its status as well.

• GFR is display when the Jet is on the ground. If brakes are set this displays the Ground
Refuel status when the refuel toggle switch in front of the control stick is flipped to ON.
This UFC display also acts as a backup toggle control. In flight this display reflects IFR
door status.

• ALT is the autopilot altitude mode status display and mode engagement toggle control.

That completes the top row of the UFC display.

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SECOND ROW
The next row, starting on the left and moving to the right, starts with the white SPD adjust
knob, used to set autopilot airspeed.
• After setting speed, the next button to the right, ATH engages the autopilot auto throttle
mode and is used in conjunction with the next button over, AP.
• AP engages the autopilot in ON mode, without flight control servo actuators. When used
this way with ATH only the Jets auto throttle is under autopilot management while you
hand fly the jet.

APPROACH POWER COMPENSATION (APC) MODE

APC is now a capability on all F-35 and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler.

With ATH and AP both ON, reducing autopilot speed below 180 knots activates the APC mode
of our AOA Simulations auto throttle logic. APC looks aircraft weight, radar altitude, angle of
attack (AOA) and roll to calculate an appropriate speed for your approach to landing.

Higher weight, radar altitude, AOA and bank angle (like during turns from downwind to base, to
final approach) result in an increased approach speed. Stable, wings level on final and closer
to the ground sees airspeed sent to the autopilot auto throttle less than during a steep bank
from base to final approach.

• APC mode works when the jet is below 5,000 ft AGL and when autopilot speed is set to
< 180 knots.
• Above 5,000 ft AGL or with AP speed set > 180 the default x-plane autopilot/auto
throttle logic is in operation.

FULLY AUTOPILOT FLIGHT CONTROL

By clicking on the SRVO toggle switch when the autopilot is ON the mode switches to AUTO
and activates the flight control servo actuators. Now all the other autopilot axis controls
become active (Heading, Altitude, Vertical Speed and / or Terrain Following modes).

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Note: Engage those axis modes by toggling their respective buttons: HDG for heading control,
ALT to hold the current altitude, VS for vertical speed hold until altitude capture takes over. ILS
to arm the Instrument Landing System lateral mode to capture the approach bearing and GS to
arm the descent mode to capture the glide slope beam.

The "90" in previous the screen shot is my simulator Graphics tab "Lateral field of view" setting
while the .0 is a quick reference for elevator trim setting. When an autopilot pitch mode is
engaged (ALT, VVI or TF) this display will be green = auto mode.

VS is the status display and toggle switch for the autopilot vertical velocity mode. Use the white
adjust knob there to the right to control climb or descent rates through the autopilot.

THIRD ROW
That completes the second row of the UFC display. The third row, starting again on the left is
the KNTS / MACH toggle switch for the airspeed display box located directly above. Next to it
is a True Air Speed (TAS) display.

Note: The HUD displays Indicated Air Speed (IAS) in Navigation and Bomb modes and TAS in
Track and Missile modes. I will explain why later in the HUD section. This display on the UFC
will always be opposite of the HUD so, when the HUD is displaying IAS this will show TAS and
vice versa.

• SPD BRK is both a status display and a backup toggle switch in case you do not have a
speed brake control switch set up on your throttle, stick or keyboard.
• BRG, DST and ETA are related to a GPS destination you should always have input into
your jets navigation system. Even when you have selected Nav1 or Nav2 as your
navigation source these displays will always show GPS info.
• TF stands for Terrain Following mode. This is the autopilot mode engagement toggle
switch. Use the white RDR adjustment knob to set terrain clearance height before you
engage the mode. I use this mode for rapid controlled descents from high cruise altitude
to autopilot control leveling off at a preset low altitude. Try it, specially through a thick
cloud layer with a low ceiling. Exciting!

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LAST ROW
The last row in the next screen shot, starting on the left, again, shows a white "two people"
icon. This means the "R2c" script is OFF. Use the R2c toggle switch to the left of the large
main glass panel (not shown in the close up screen shot) to turn R2c ON first, then click on the
green "people" icon to choose to either stay here, in the front seat "jump" into the (blue) back
seat. Surreal.

Of course, you must be in "3D" cockpit mode. If you are in 2D mode, you'll stay right where you
are. Once you are in the back seat (R2c ON, 3D cockpit mode) selecting 2D cockpit mode
jumps you right back into the front seat AND locks your view facing forward. This is important
to know if you become disoriented with R2c ON and want to regain situational awareness
(called "SA" by military pilots), just toggle back and forth between 2D & 3D cockpit modes.

The lower row of the UFC allows you to control the different pre-defined views

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The following views are available:

• The Camera icon toggles the "forward with nothing but HUD" external view.

• The Tower icon toggles the external "tower" view.

• The "small jet with two bars either side" icon toggle the "runway" external view.

• The larger "jet" icon toggles the "chase" external view.

• The "compass" icon toggles the "circle" external view.

Circle view of the T-7B

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GROUND COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM

The final square on the bottom row, all the way to the right, displays Ground Collision
Avoidance System (GCAS) status. That system is activated/deactivated with is own toggle
switch over to the right on the large main glass panel.

Two chevrons (><) appear in the HUD prior to an automatic fly-up,

warning the pilot that Auto-GCAS is about to take over

Auto GCAS was developed first for the F-16, has already been added to the F-35 fleet and will
be integrated on all military fast jet aircraft eventually. It saves lives by preventing uncontrolled
flight into the ground and even, sometimes, controlled flight into the ground due to loss of SA
by a distracted pilot. On this jet the system works when your descent rate is > -18,000 fpm and
you do not have any back pressure on the stick.

A timer is located at the bottom center of the UFC. This timer starts as soon as the aircraft lifts
off the runway and stops as soon as the aircraft decelerates below 100 knots on landing. You
can use this timer to score your student training touch and go traffic patterns. How consistent
are your patterns from lift off to touchdown and deceleration to < 100 knots?

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ICON BAR
Below the Up Front Control display is a large glass panel. Along the top of this panel is and
"icon bar" displaying select systems status, navigation, and communications radio frequencies.

Icons bar

• Starting on the left side of the icon bar and moving left is an afterburner status display
and alternate on/off toggle touch switch.

• Next is the landing gear status, followed by an environmental control system (ECS)
temperature display and cockpit pressurization on/off toggle switch. ECS is ON when
starting with engines running and OFF when starting cold & dark.

• The Outside Air Temp (OAT) display can be toggled between Fahrenheit and Celsius.

• Barometric pressure and be set by clicking on "BARO"

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• Navigation (NAV1 & 2) radio, automatic direction finder (ADF1 & 2) and
Communications (Com) radio frequencies feature in the central region of the icon bar.

• Clicking on the "Radio tower" icon shown above selects a Navigation radio as your
"navigation system source" (VOR or ILS). The active radio (top frequency) of the
selected Nav radio will turn blue when active. Clicking on the "Green globe" icon selects
GPS as your navigation system source.

• ADF1 frequency is set by clicking above each number to scroll them up while ADF2 is
set by clicking below each number to scroll them down.

• COM frequencies are adjusted on the backup (lower) radio before being "flipped" up
into the primary position using the up/down arrows situated next to the frequency
display.

• Swapping between COM1 and 2 is done by clicking on the "headset" icon.

• Finally, on right, above the default X-Plane moving map is the map range adjustment
touch switch.

• When any of the weapon modes are active this map range is automatically adjusted to
keep your target within the range scale of the map.

• If you click on the "folded page" icon the default X-Plane pop-up sectional map
displays.

• The "target circle" icon is a touch switch to cycle through your available weapon
modes.

• The number of remaining chaff and flares is displayed next. Clicking on the icon
launches chaff and flares.

• The final icon on the right is a "re-arm" icon. You can use this in-flight if you want to re-
arm the jet and have another go at your air to air (A2A) or air to ground (A2G) targets.

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6. MAIN PANEL

Below the icon bar is the main glass panel. It is divided into three primary sections.

Main glass panel

On the left is a four-page multifunction display. The default page is a pre-start checklist, which
automatically becomes the aircraft systems status page after engine start.

Use the four white buttons on the left to select a corresponding page. The second button down
selects the Attitude Direction Indicator (ADI) page. Third button; the Flight Control System
(FCS) status page. Last button selects the Radar Warning System (RWS).

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Radar Warning System (RWS)

RWS is an overhead view of the relative location surrounding your jet of any AI planes you
may have loaded in the simulator. The AI plane's altitude and how much it is either above or
below your jet is displayed in the upper right of the RWS screen.

After a few seconds of tracking the AI plane its True Air Speed (TAS) is displayed in the upper
right of the RWS display. A positive or negative number next to the AI plane's TAS indicates
whether you are overtaking the AI plane or being left behind.

Use this speed display to control your approach to an in-flight refueling tanker or formation join
up maneuver on an AI plane.

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Color moving map

Filling the center of the main panel is a color moving map display. This is the default X-Plane
G1000 moving map fitted into the panel such that the normal control buttons and knobs are not
visible unless you "pop-up" (as a floating panel) or "pop-out" (into its own re-scalable window)
the display. You can pop it "up" by clicking in the upper left corner of the map or pop it "out" by
clicking in the lower right corner.

• Clicking in the lower left corner zooms the map in, while clicking in the upper right
corner zooms the map out.

• Clicking in the center of the map unlocks the map so you can pan it around and look
beyond its displayed range.
• Click and hold North to move the map down so you can look at what lies further North.
Click and hold East to move the map to the left and see what lies further East. You can
figure out the other two directions, South and West, right?

• Clicking in the center of the map again re-centers the map and locks it in place.

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Finally, over on the right is another four-page multifunction display with another four white
page select button further to the right.

Moving map / situation display

The default page is the default X-Plane multi-function moving map / situation display.

• In the top center is you autopilot heading in Magenta flanked by your current latitude
and longitude. Your magnetic heading is display at the top of the compass arc.

• Down the left side of the display are touch screen button to activate or de-clutter the
display of airports, navigation fixes and weather.

• Along the bottom are displays for DME's 1 & 2, a map Mode select switch and a display
of the reverse heading of the magnetic heading shown at the top of the compass arc.

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• The other three pages are selected using the dedicated page buttons on the right of the
display area. Second page is an RWS just like the one on page four of the left MFD.

• A Weapon status display page is next, and last is an external forward-facing Camera.

• Navigation course line colors match their source: Blue=Nav, Green=GPS,

Yellow=ADF

Weapon status page

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7. T-7A IS EASY TO START AND FLY...

The model loads in the simulator with 2,000 lbs of fuel for the clean T-7A/N Trainer and T-7C
Light Fighter or 6,000 lbs for the T-7B version with External Fuel Tanks (EFTs).

The nose probe used on the T-X prototype can be enabled via the menu bar

Per Air Force regulations military jet's do not start missions with less than full internal except in
special circumstances, like air show performances where the jet departs from and returns to
the airfield where the demonstration is performed (see Air Force Instruction 11-2, 7 June 2012
PDF in documents sub folder, AFI (SOP) sub folder).

You can, though, refuel AND de-fuel this jet on the ground before or between flight. Brakes
have to be set, then toggle the refuel / de-fuel toggle switch located forward of the control stick.

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NORMAL START PROCEDURE

Detail start up procedures are given in the Quick Start Guide.
• Battery ON
• Avionics ON
• Fuel ON
• APU START
• Main engine START (Kee pressed until N1 > 15%)
• Generator ON

• Radios SET
• Navigation way points ENTERED

• Ejection seat ARMED

• IFF code entered, system ON

• Canopy CLOSED
• Communicate with ground
• R2c plug-in ON (it only works if you have a joystick and, if no Track IR or VR headset)
• Seat SELECTED (do you want to occupy the front (student) or back (instructor) seat?)
• Parking brake RELEASED (you can do this by pulling back on your control stick)

TAXI
• End of runway checks
• Brakes SET

• Communicate with tower

• Altimeter SET (barometric pressure)
• Takeoff pitch trim sets automatically by plug-in, based on aircraft weight
• Flaps down half (trainer weight) or full (heavy weight wit EFT's or weapons)

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CHOOSE DEPARTURE
• Normal (no after burner) leave AB enable switch OFF
or
• Max performance (full afterburner) AB enable switch ON. With AB enabled prepare for
rapid acceleration during the takeoff roll

CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF

• Brakes RELEASED
• Advance throttle to forward stop
• Rotate when nose starts to lift ~ 100 - 130 knots (depending on aircraft weight)
• Hold 10-degree PITCH attitude (not AOA) and accelerate to 300 knots

LANDING GEAR
• Gear up before reaching 250 knots

FLAPS
• 1/2 flaps by 200 knots, flaps up by 250

SPEEDS
Military fast jets are cleared to fly to 300 knots IAS below 10,000 ft MSL.

• Accelerate to 300 knots IAS and pull the nose of the jet up to > 30 deg above horizon
and climb to your desired "play" altitude. I like 15,000 to start.
• T-7 maximum airspeed limits are determined by ejection seat safe envelope: zero
airspeed and altitude up to 600 knot IAS and 55,000 ft max operating altitude of T-X.
• A seat warning will flash when the 600 knot IAS limit is reached
• The T-7 airframe was tested to 560 knots IAS and Mach 1.8

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• 500 knots indicated equals Mach 1.8 at ~ 40,000 ft so, below about 36,000 ft you are
limited by the 560 knot indicated air speed limit, not Mach number.
• Above 40,000 Mach is the limiting number.

!!! IMPORTANT!!!
SPEED CHARTS CAN BE FOUND IN THE CHARTS SUB FOLDER.

ROLL TO SEE (R2c)

R2c plug-in will auto switch pilot camera view 180 deg, from forward view to aft view while
PITCH attitude (not AOA) is > 30 deg. Roll the jet inverted and the view will auto switch back to
forward view.

MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE
The jet can easily pull and hold 7 - 9 G's in turns and pull ups from steep descents.

IN-FLIGHT REFUELING
"Virtual" in-flight refueling can be done at either 20 or 30,000 ft. Maintain level flight and 300
knots IAS with the refueling slipway door open and the jet will take on fuel even though no
tanker is visible. That's the "virtual" part.

Refueling from any suitable AI plane is done by approaching to within ~ 400 ft but not closer
than 150 ft with the refueling slipway door open. If you stay within those distances your jet will
continue to refuel until full.

To dump fuel, use the left side panel fuel dump switch. Fuel dumping will stop automatically
when you get down to 1,000 lbs internal.

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APPROACH AND LANDING

• Pitch trim set ~ zero
• Altitude 2,000 ft AGL
• Airspeed 300-400 knots IAS

RUNWAY HEADING
• Overhead break turn 180 deg at mid field from directly above runway centerline
• Power to idle and manually deploy speed brakes
• Decelerate to 180 knots IAS
• Roll out on reverse (downwind) heading
• Close speedbrakes
• Gear extends if jet below 1,500 ft radar altitude, airspeed < 150 knots and throttle <
50%

• Approx 1 to 3 miles from approach end of runway initiate continuous 180 deg turn
• Roll out on runway heading

• Final approach speed ~ 125 knot IAS (or more, depending on aircraft weight)
• Final approach reference angle of attack ~ 7 deg
• Descent rate ~ minus 1,000 fpm
• Touchdown speed ~ 120 knots IAS
• Touchdown angle of attack ~ 10 deg
• Touchdown descent rate ~ minus 300 fpm (5 fps) or less

ON TOUCHDOWN
• Hold nose 10 deg above horizon
• Speed brakes auto open until airspeed < 80 knots
• Flaps auto retract when speed brakes open

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TOUCH AND GO
• Lower nose wheel to runway
• Flaps will auto lower
• Add power > 50%
• Speed brakes will auto close
• Rotate and climb to pattern altitude at ~ 180 knots
• Repeat Approach and landing pattern

Thank you for your purchase.

Enjoy your flight!

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