| Station Keeping |
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| The first few flight exercises relate to Station Keeping. |
| Station Keeping is the ability to keep your aircraft on a specified HEADING, ALTITUDE and SPEED. |
| Aircraft fly at set altitudes which are decided before flight. Develop the habit of maintaining your desired altitude within plus or minus 100 feet. |
| Fly at "round number' altitudes, such as 500 ft, 1000 ft, 1500 ft, 2000 ft, 5000 ft, 10000 ft etc. |
| Flight Exercise: Maintain Level Flight |
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| Pause the simulation | Ctrl P |
| Find the FPI (Flight Path Indicator) |
| Find the Pitch ladder |
| Adjust the Pitch ladder | L |
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| Fast Jet Throttle Settings |
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| Throttle Settings |
| Flight exercise: Cruise Throttle Setting |
| When you can comfortably maintain level flight, set the throttle to 80 %. |
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| 80 % thrust | |
| Flight exercise: MIL POWER |
| 100 % throttle is known as MIL POWER ( Full military power) |
| Select MIL POWER | 0 |
| Flight exercise: Gate Settings |
| Selecting Afterburner is referred as "going gate". The aircraft in JetFighter 3 have 5 afterburner stages. |
| Select A/B stages 1 - 5 | |
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| Stage 5 afterburner | |
| Set MIL power | 0 |
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| Climb and Descent |
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| Cultivate smooth and accurate climbing. The 10 degree climb is common practice in a fast jet. |
| 10 DEGREE CLIMB |
| Establish the aircraft in level flight |
| Set cruise throttle setting | |
| Ease back on the stick until the FPI has settled on the 10 degree pitch ladder. |
| 10 degree climb | |
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| Ease the stick forward until level flight is established at a 'round number' altitude |
| Establish another 10 degree climb |
| Establish level flight |
| 20 degree climb | |
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| Descend at 10 Degrees | |
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| Descend at 20 Degrees | |
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| Basic Flying Skills: Level Turns |
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| There are 3 important principles to remember before you turn: |
| 1. Look before you turn | |
| 2. Look before you turn | |
| 3. Look before you turn | |
| Level Turns | |
| Establish level flight | Adjust the stick |
| Set cruise speed | 0 |
| Look left | F2 |
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| Look back left | F4 |
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| Look right | F3 |
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| Look back right | F4 |
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| Now that we are sure there is no conflicting air traffic in the immediate area, we can begin our turn. |
| Look slightly left | Keypad 7 |
| Ease the joystick left until you are in a 45 degree bank |
| Release the joystick |
| The aircraft will turn left. |
| You are now in a level turn to the left. |
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| As you approach the desired heading, ease the joystick right until the aircraft is again in level flight. |
| Ease the joystick right until a 45 degree bank is achieved The aircraft will turn right. Ease the joystick left until the aircraft is level again |
