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Start up of the F-16C is simple....no
external APUs or other equipment is
necessary. One switch turns on the battery
and then another switch hits the Jet Fuel
Starter. When you see the GREEN JFS light,
unock the throttle and in less than a minute
you're up to idle speed, and the only thing
left to do is aligning the inertial
navigation and perform pre-flight checks.
BTW, the sound you hear at the beginning, its
not an APU, its the motor from the canopy.
You'll here a buzz, thats the battery, then
you'll here it spooling thru N (nancy)
stages. You'll notice he then glances over
at the fan turbine inlet temp, oil pressure,
nozzle position (NOZ) and RPM guages. After
that he glances left and as the two lights go
out on the left side panel, its all clear on
engine start. He then reaches to the right,
turns on the lights, and turns on navigation
and other nav functions. As the navs start
coming up and the ICP is lit up, you will
notice the green lettering in the box to the
RIGHT of the ICP, that is the inertial
navigation system, and as that goes thru its
checks you'll see "RDY" which means its ready
and aligned. Then the MFD's come up and the
HUD comes alive. The F-16C has a new wide
angle HUD, which provides all flight info and
weapons aiming Q's so the pilot can keep his
head out of the cockpit and on target.
Directly below the HUD you'll see the square
box, called ICP or Inegrated Control Panel,
on either side you'll see two MFD's that can
show tac, nav, weapons and other information.
When you see him hit the buttons on the MFDs
thats the pilot inputting mission parameters
from the box. For a great video on HUD
display in the F-16, visit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwsDTu6HvcE
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