Lightning Simulator =================== INDEX ===== 01 REMARKS 02 INSTRUMENTS 03 CONTROLS 04 TAKE-OFF 05 LANDING 06 ENGINES 07 NAVIGATION, MAP 08 REFUELLING 09 ARMAMENT 10 OPTIONS 11 PROFILES 12 AIRFIELDS 13 N2 POSITIONS 01 REMARKS =========== nm = nautical mile = 1.15 miles kts = knots = nm per hour a/c = aircraft 1, 2, 3 or 4 u/c = undercarriage English Electric Lightning: --------------------------- top speed: 1300 kts at 41000 ft thrust: 2 x 11100 lb cold power 2 x 16300 lb with reheat ceiling: 60000 ft + fuel: 10600 lb (+ 4300 lb) range: 600 nm (700 nm) armament: 2 Red Top missiles 2 30 mm Aden guns Panorama: --------- press: 9 <--> 0 O <--> P L <--> ENTER Airfields: ---------- 88 airfields are available for take-off, 23 for landing only, for listing see AIRFIELDS: N = N1 number d = direction on runway *d = ILS available l = length of runway Failures: --------- brake chute air brakes flaps ALT1 or ALT2 VSI1 or VSI2 N1/2 eng1 or eng2 (if T flashes, switch off overheated engine by A* or S*) P/SSHIFT - dump fuel V - FT flash off Limits: ------- max speed: on ground, 240 kts; flaps and gear down, 280 kts; with brake chute, 190 kts; with ferry tanks, 0.99 mach g-limit: 9 g, 5 g with ferry tanks Aircraft: photo no. profile -------------------------------- Lightning 01-02 F H Mirage 03 F H Starfighter 04 F H Tornado 05 FB H F-111 06 B H Vulcan 07-08 BTH Victor 09 TH SR-71 10-14 H MiG-23 15-26 E Backfire 27-32 X 02 INSTRUMENTS =============== [ instrume.gif ] The figure in brackets gives the equivalent to one rotation. a - ALT1, altimeter 1 (1000 ft), every 1000 ft are indicated at top left b - airspeed indicator (20 kts) c - mach-meter, indicates speeds from 0.76 mach d - artificial horizon (roll, pitch) e - ILS, see 13, 14, LANDING f - engine no. 1 temperature/rpm, now at idle rpm, reheat from 100% g - engine no. 2, see f h - fuel, starboard tank (1000 lb), every 1000 lb are indicated at bottom left (now at 5300 lb) j - fuel, port tank, see h k - VSI, vertical speed indicator (200 ft/s), mark at -11 ft/s l - g-meter, now at +1 g (level), 1/4 rotation = 4 g, 1/10 g at top left m - ALT2, altimeter 2 (1000 ft), feet indicated at bottom, every 1000 ft at top left p - VSI, vertical speed indicator, 1/4 rotation = 20000 ft/min, marks at every 10000 ft/min 01 - elevator (neutral) 02 - rudder (neutral) 03 - undercarriage (down) 04 - trim (9;0/CSHIFT) 05 - trim (O;L/CSHIFT) 06 - F flash = low on fuel, or fuel dumping T flash = engine overheated 07 - 0- = missiles 00 = ammunition, guns 00 = camera, photo no. 08 - R, see REFUELLING 09 - fuel switch, eng2, on st. tank, change by 4/CSHIFT 10 - fuel switch, eng1, on pt. tank, change by 3/CSHIFT 11 - left: landing lights (on) right: PAPI (on) 12 - heading 13 - ILS = ILS available ILS bright = on approach /// = ILS not available 14 - ILS directions 15 - L = level, C = climb, D = descent 0 = current aircraft / = current profile 16 - air speed (x 10 kts) 17 - flaps (down) 18 - C flash = chute streamed B on = braking 19 - airbrakes (in) aa - N1, N2 direction -> 000-28 1 <- mode: 1 = on N1 --- 2 = on N2 distance -> 000-08 N / = off change mode by K 28 = N1 no. 08 = N2 no. change no. by: 7/SSHIFT = -1 8/SSHIFT = +1 9/SSHIFT = +10 bb - a/c indicator direction -> 000- a/c no., profile -> 1/D <- mode D distance -> 000- heading -> 000- a/c no., profile -> 1/S <- mode S speed (x 10 kts) -> 000- heading -> 000- a/c no., profile -> 1/H <- mode H height (x 1000 ft) -> 000- 000- a/c no., profile -> 1// <- off 000- change a/c no. by T change mode by J 03 CONTROLS ============ flying controls --------------- elevator (controls pitch) U - push G - neutral N, M - pull aileron (controls roll) F - roll left H - roll right rudder (controls yaw) W - left G - neutral I - right engine controls --------------- Q - increase power Z - decrease power R - undercarriage up/down D - flaps up/down X/V - airbrakes out/in BREAK - brakes B - stream brake chute, jettison brake chute (at speeds below 190 kts only, beware of crosswinds) trim ---- O/CSHIFT - nose down L/CSHIFT - nose up (for asymmetric engine power) 9/CSHIFT - left wing down 0/CSHIFT - right wing down (for asymmetric fuel loads) 04 TAKE-OFF ============ 1 - full flaps 2 - hold brakes until full power 3 - release brakes, reheat 4 - elevator up, full elevation 5 - compensate crosswind (from 80 kts) 6 - rotation at 130 kts 7 - elevator neutral at 178 kts 8 - lift-off at 180-185 kts 9 - undercarriage up at 190\,kts 10 - flaps up at 220 kts Add 15 kts for ferry tanks! 05 LANDING =========== fuel flaps speed distance ----------------------------------- 2000 lb down 155 kts 5000 ft 4000 lb down 160 kts 5500 ft 6000 lb down 165 kts 6000 ft 2000 lb up 170 kts 7000 ft (use airbrakes and brake chute) max. rate of descent: 11 ft/s max. speed on ground: 240 kts max. speed for chute: 190 kts Push elevator before using chute. Use rudder for steering. Press 4 for landing information: runway: direction, length wind: direction, velocity Try to avoid heavy crosswinds! ILS: ---- Available from 6 nm at all stations with * runway direction numbers, see AIRFIELDS, see INSTRUMENTS. Descent at 155 kts, 11 ft/s. 4/SSHIFT - on/off landing lights: --------------- Available at night only. 5/SSHIFT - on/off PAPI: ----- 4 lights on both sides of duty runway. Descent at 155 kts, 11 ft/s. 6/SSHIFT - on/off __ too high . __ . slightly high . . __ . . on glidepath ... __ ... slightly low .... __ .... too low 06 ENGINES =========== engine controls --------------- Q - increase power Z - decrease power 1, 2 - increase power on one engine only A, S - decrease power on one engine only 3;4/CSHIFT - change fueltanks A;S/SSHIFT - engine off start engine ------------ 1;2/SSHIFT - start engine Hold 1;2 until idle rpm. 07 NAVIGATION, MAP =================== N1: radio beacon at runways, gives distance and direction to runway (max. 16 nm), see AIRFIELDS N2: radio beacon, giving distance and direction (max. 960 nm), see N2 POSITIONS Change mode by K. Change no. by: 7/SSHIFT = -1 8/SSHIFT = +1 9/SSHIFT = +10 See instrument aa. MAP: ---- Y - map on/off 3 - moves to a/c position 4 - moves to own position 5 - moves map to west 6 - moves map to south 7 - moves map to north 8 - moves map to east 9 - moves to N1 position 0 - fixes new rendezvous position for T or F legend: . - airfield .29 - airfiels with N1 x - landmark x08 - N2 radio beacon > - own position >1 - a/c position Position and available aircraft are printed on map, bottom right. 08 REFUELLING ============== on ground: ---------- Press O/SSHIFT at 0 kts, idle rpm (all systems are checked after refuelling is completed). in flight: ---------- 1 - move map to rendezvous point 2 - select tanker (3 or 4) on a/c indicator (press T) 3 - fix new rendezvous point by pressing 0 (click confirmes) 4 - switch off map by Y, see PROFILES 5 - the selected tanker will now move to rendezvous, profile T 6 - activate tanker as requested by pressing 6, now profile A 7 - tanker prepares for link up now, above 40000 ft, at 440 kts As tanker is ready, R is printed at top right of instruments, see instrument 08. (try user 2 for correct link-up) Little pitch and yaw changes: hold G and press U, N (pitch) hold G and press W, I (yaw) link-up speed: 441-443 kts after link-up: press O/SSHIFT at refuelling: maintain speed and height by inceasing power and pitch from time to time (fuel weight increases at a rate of 2000 lb/min) 09 ARMAMENT ============ own armament: ------------- 2 Red Top AAM, range 4000-8000 ft aim at the target, lock-on after 1.5 seconds 2 30mm guns, range 1000-2000 ft 300 rounds, giving 7.5 seconds, 1.3 seconds needed to destroy enemy fighter, 2.3 for bomber (live armament in mission 5, 6) R/SSHIFT - reset camera counter C/SSHIFT - auto-release on/off V/SSHIFT - gunsight on/off (u/c up only) C - select guns/missiles BREAK - release weapons (also triggers camera) Remaining armament and photo no. are indicated on the far right, see instrument 07. (gunsight indicates lock-on) Weapons will be released automatically at lock-on! enemy armament: (MiG-23 only) --------------- 2 Apex + 2 Aphid AAM (lock-on warning of 2 seconds is given by a light in the centre of the artificial horizon) 1 23 mm gun, range 1000-3000 ft (1.3 seconds of fire are needed for a kill) 10 OPTIONS =========== station - N1 number, see AIRFIELDS visibility - below 8000 ft (x 1000 ft) tanks - with or without (1, 0) ferry tanks, see REMARKS user - 1 landing practice - 2 refuelling practice - 3 air-to-air combat - 4 missions clouds - to be selected between 1000 ft and 22000 ft reality - 0 none - 1 with crosswinds - 2 and system failures, - 3 and g-limits, see REMARKS mission - 1 flying training - 2 AA-combat, practice - 3 interception, practice - 4 interception, practice - 5 interception, combat - 6 interception, combat (missions 3, 4, 5 and 6 at stations 27-34 only) Type and profile of aircraft depend on the chosen mission: a/c no. -> 1 2 3 4 mission - 1 / / T T - 2 F / T T - 3 H H T T - 4 B B T T (high-level) - 5 X X E E (low-level) - 6 X X E E see PROFILES 11 PROFILES ============ 4 aircrafts (a/c) are available, their flying profile depends on the mission chosen in OPTIONS. The nearest a/c is drawn only, its no. and profile is indicated on instrument 15. a/c categories: --------------- / - no aircraft T - tanker F - fighter H - high flying intruder B - bomber, flying at low level X - enemy bomber (Backfire) E - escort fighter (MiG-23) The same code letters are used to indicate available a/c on map. exception: tanker on stand-by: T in flight: time a/c profiles: ------------- F - fighter, flying to rendezvous point A = active, air-to-air combat T - tanker, flying to rendezvous point A = active, in-flight refuelling H - bomber, intruding at high level A = active, takes evasive action B - bomber, intruding at low level A = active, takes evasive action X - intruding Backfire bomber E - MiG-23, acting as escort change of profiles: ------------------- select aircraft on a/c indicator keys: T - select a/c no. 5 - normal profile: T, F, H, B 6 - active: A 7 - straight: S 8 - circle: C (click confirming new profile) S - aircraft flying straight C - aircraft flying N, E, S, W L - aircraft low on fuel change flight level: -------------------- key: 3 - L = level (instrument 15) C = climb D = descent (current aircraft T of F only) 12 AIRFIELDS ============= N d l position ------------------------------------------------ Keflavik 01 *02 10 64°02' 22°40' Stornoway 02 *18 06 58°13' 06°20' Lakenheath 03 *06 09 52°24' 00°33'E Coningsby 04 *08 09 53°05' 00°10' Middleton St. G. 05 05 07 54°32' 01°25' Cottesmore 06 *23 09 52°44' 00°39' Abingdon 07 *18 06 51°41' 01°19' Church Fenton 08 *24 06 53°50' 01°12' Odiham 09 *10 06 51°14' 00°57' Waddington 10 *03 09 53°10' 00°32' Valley 11 *14 08 53°15' 04°32' Finningley 12 *20 09 53°27' 01°01' Leeming 13 *16 08 54°18' 01°32' St. Athan 14 *26 06 51°24' 03°26' Chivenor 15 *28 06 51°05' 04°09' Wyton 16 *27 08 52°21' 00°07' Manston 17 11 08 51°21' 01°20'E Brize Norton 18 *26 10 51°45' 01°34' Culdrose 19 30 06 50°05' 05°15' Marham 20 *24 09 52°39' 00°33'E Boscombe Down 21 *06 11 51°10' 01°44' Bentwaters 22 *07 09 52°08' 01°26'E St. Mawgan 23 *13 09 50°26' 05°00' Bedford 24 *09 11 52°14' 00°29' Brawdy 25 *20 07 51°53' 05°07' Kemble 26 27 06 51°40' 02°03' Wattisham 27 *25 07 52°08' 00°57'E Coltishall 28 *04 07 52°45' 01°20'E Binbrook 29 *21 07 53°27' 00°13' Leconfield 30 03 07 53°53' 00°26' Leuchars 31 *27 08 56°22' 02°52' Lossiemouth 32 *23 09 57°43' 03°20' Wildenrath 33 *27 08 51°07' 06°13'E Gutersloh 34 *27 07 51°55' 08°18'E Eggebek 35 *01 08 54°37' 09°19'E Memmingen 36 *06 07 47°57' 10°14'E Schleswig 37 *05 08 54°27' 09°32'E Neuburg 38 *09 08 48°42' 11°13'E Wittmundhafen 39 *26 08 53°33' 07°40'E Soesterberg 40 *09 08 52°07' 05°17'E Leeuwarden 41 *06 09 53°13' 05°45'E Dijon 42 *18 07 47°16' 05°05'E Tengah 43 *29 08 01°20' 103°23'E Port Blair 44 *11 06 11°46' 92°40'E Khormaksar 45 *08 10 12°50' 45°02'E Luqa 46 *14 11 35°51' 14°29'E Sigonella 47 *10 08 37°24' 14°57'E Darwin 48 *02 09 12°40'S 131°05'E Akrotiri 49 *11 09 34°35' 32°59'E Alicante 50 *29 10 38°16' 00°33' Almeria 51 *08 08 36°50' 02°22' Andravida 52 *16 10 37°55' 21°17'E Aviano 53 *23 08 46°02' 12°35'E Beauvechain 54 *04 09 50°45' 04°46'E Bitburg 55 *06 08 49°56' 06°34'E Bodo 56 *08 09 67°16' 14°22'E Brindisi 57 *14 08 40°39' 17°56'E Cambrai 58 *10 08 50°13' 03°09'E Decimomannu 59 *17 09 39°21' 08°58'E Florennes 60 *08 10 50°14' 04°39'E Karup 61 *09 10 56°17' 09°06'E Khamis Mushait 62 *14 11 18°18' 42°48'E Rimini 63 *31 08 44°02' 12°37'E Rygge 64 *12 09 59°22' 10°47'E Bruggen 65 *09 08 51°14' 06°06'E Cairo 66 *15 08 30°07' 31°27'E Agadir 67 *29 09 30°22' 09°33'E Bremgarten 68 *05 08 47°54' 07°37'E Cagliari 69 *14 09 39°12' 09°03'E Cameri 70 *17 09 45°32' 08°40'E Chievres 71 *26 08 50°34' 03°50'E Dakar 72 *01 11 14°44' 17°30' Djibouti 73 *09 10 11°32' 43°10'E Eindhoven 74 *04 09 51°26' 05°23'E Geilenkirchen 75 *09 10 50°57' 06°03'E Gibraltar 76 09 06 36°09' 05°21' Gilze-Rijen 77 *10 08 51°34' 04°55'E Jever 78 *10 08 53°32' 07°59'E Khartoum 79 *18 09 15°35' 32°33'E Laarbruch 80 *10 08 51°36' 06°08'E Lajes 81 *16 11 38°45' 27°07' Skrydstrup 82 *29 09 55°13' 09°15'E Sollingen 83 *22 08 48°47' 08°05'E Changi 84 00 05 01°23' 103°59'E Masirah 85 *25 08 20°40' 58°53'E Bahrain 86 *30 11 26°16' 50°38'E Nairobi 87 *22 09 01°10'S 37°06'E Bombay 88 *02 09 20°08' 73°12'E Kinloss *08 07 57°39' 03°40' West Freugh 04 06 54°51' 04°57' Macrihanish *12 10 55°26' 05°42' Llanbedr 18 07 52°49' 04°07' Holme on Sp. Moor *00 06 53°48' 00°47' Warton 26 07 53°45' 02°53' Scampton *05 09 53°19' 00°33' Cranwell *27 06 53°02' 00°31' Shawbury *19 06 52°48' 02°40' Brough 01 04 53°43' 00°33' Sculthorpe *24 09 52°51' 00°46'E Wittering *08 09 52°37' 00°26' Alconbury *12 09 52°23' 00°21' Mildenhall *29 09 52°22' 00°20'E Honington *27 09 52°21' 00°46'E Upper Heyford *09 09 51°56' 01°15' Lyneham *07 08 51°28' 01°57' Farnborough *25 07 51°17' 00°43' Yeovilton *27 07 51°02' 02°38' Lydd 22 05 50°57' 00°56'E Lee-on-Solent 05 04 50°49' 01°12' Linton-on-Ouse *22 05 54°02' 01°15' Sumburgh 15 05 59°56' 01°22' 13 N2 POSITIONS ================ N2 position -------------------- 01 57°49' 06°42' 02 64°24' 20°44' 03 55°20' 01°44' 04 50°37' 00°16' 05 50°21' 03°20' 06 54°21' 02°48' 07 52°45' 04°49' 08 54°25' 00°03'E 09 59°38' 02°13' 10 57°18' 02°55' 11 52°33' 01°12' 12 60°18' 00°38' 13 01°07'S 36°39'E 14 26°33' 50°45'E 15 20°44' 59°18'E 16 01°39' 103°55'E 17 39°38' 08°55'E 18 38°41' 26°34' 19 15°17' 32°37'E 20 36°13' 05°48' 21 11°14' 43°16'E 22 15°03' 17°24' 23 37°25' 14°31'E 24 38°03' 01°13' 25 30°25' 31°43'E 26 51°14' 06°45'E 27 13°17' 44°48'E 28 35°52' 14°01'E 29 12°44'S 130°41'E 30 34°46' 32°31'E 31 67°08' 14°54'E 32 20°25' 73°17'E