Jetfighter III Checklists
| 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 | |
| Pause the simulation | Ctrl P |
| Find the FPI (Flight Path Indicator) | |
| Find the Pitch ladder | |
| Adjust the Pitch ladder | L |
 HUD with pitch ladder turned off | |
 HUD with a 5 degree pitch ladder | |
 HUD with a 10 degree pitch ladder | |
| Fast Jet Throttle Settings | |
| Throttle Settings | |
| Flight exercise: Cruise Throttle Setting | |
| When you can comfortably maintain level flight, set the throttle to 80 %. | |
 80 & thrust | |
| 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 | |
 Stage 5 afterburner | |
| Stage 5 afterburner | |
| Set MIL power | 0 |
 The afterburner puts out a LOT of heat.. don't use it when there are enemy fighters about! | |
| Climb and Descent | |
| 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 | |
 Note the altitude increasing | |
 F/A-18 Hornet in a 10 degree climb | |
| 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 | |
 20 degree climb | |
 F/A-18 Hornet in a 20 degree climb | |
| Descend at 10 Degrees | |
 10 degree descent | |
| Descend at 20 Degrees | |
 20 degree descent | |
| Basic Flying Skills: Level Turns | |
| 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 |
 Looking Left | |
| Look back left | F4 |
 Looking back left | |
| Look right | F3 |
 Look Right | |
| Look back right | F4 |
 Look back Right | |
| 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. | |
 Looking slightly left in a level turn | |
| 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 | |