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1964
1964 - 0465.PDF
284 FLIGHT International, 20 February /9<M FLIGHT SYSTEMS SURVE ONE MAN AN[ HIS SYSTEM! A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT of ground school and simulator time is necessary before a pilot can fully master a "systemized" tactical aircraft such as the Republic F-105D, the cockpit of which is illustrated here. Despite an advanced degree of automation in flight control, navigation and attack functions, the inevitable proliferation of main systems, and of related stand-bys and alternatives, can keep the pilot (figuratively speaking) well on his toes. The key numbering in our main drawing starts on the control panel and con- tinues respectively on left and right sides. The details were assembled from various unclassified sources. The schematic diagram below traces the flow and exchange of information in the largely integrated flight systems, using a single source of information for several systems. The remarkable over-the-shoulder view above was caught by a wide-angle lens in the rear cockpit of an F-105F two-seater as it emerged from a roll over snow-flecked Southern Germany. Abbreviations in diagram belcw: ADI, attitude director indicator; AFCS, auto flight control system (autopilot); AMI, airspeed Mach indicator; AVVI, altitude vertical velocity indicator; HSI, horizontal situation indicator; VAI, variable-area intake. (CORRECTED STATIC PRESSURE] HAIR DENSITY TIMES SPEED OF SOUND] INDICATED ANGLE CF ATTACK SENSOR AMI I (TRUE ANGLE OF ATTACK]—j [TRUE ANGLE OF ATTACK] /—(TRUE MACH NUMBER] (-(CALIBRATED AIRSPEED] _ HWHHa«.'.l»H» -[BANK STEERING NEEDLE FLAG1- - [BEARING, DEVIATION, TO FROM, DISTANCE COMMAND HEADING & COURSE SIGNALS] -(HEADING SIGNALS] [BANK & PITCH STEERING NEEDLE S GLIDE SLOPE —i POINTER SIGNALS] HEADING ERROR J :OURSE ERROR SIGNALST H«mfll«HKE»Tn DATA LINK RECEIVER Iliffe Transport Publications Li 1 Vertical gyro fast-erect button 2 Machmeter 3 Attitude director indicator (t and-slip below) 4 Engine overreat/fire-warnins p 5 Horizontal situation indicator 6 Altitude and vertical-velocity cator 7 Master caution light and reset bu 8 Sight radar control panel 9 Engine pressure-ratio game 10 Tachometer11 Clock 12 Oil pressure 13 Jetpipe temperature 14 Range wind panel (armament) 15 Fuel-flow indicator 16 Fuel-quantity selector 17 Fuel-quantity test button 18 Fuel-quantity indicator 19 Hydraulic pressure systems p* 20 Emergency brake lever 21 Auxiliary special-weapon reiea* 22 Drag 'chute control 23 Undercarriage lever 24 Radar indicator 25 Scope control panel 26 Air/ground/safe switch 27 Antenna tilt and mode selector- 28 Fire control solution, hign-tos, marker beacon lights . 29 Flight instrument selectors* 30 Bomb mode selector 31 Weapon mode selector ^ 32 Fire control panel ^ 33 Stand-by altimeter ,•< 34 Stand-by a.s.i. -
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