A-10A
6. Startup and taxi7. Take off and navigation
8. Guns and Rockets
9. Unguided bombs
10. Maverick
11. Air-to-Air
6. Startup and taxi
1.Hello and welcome to the A-10 start up and take off training lesson. The A-10, also known as the "Warthog", is a well-armored and armed close air support aircraft operated by the U.S. Air Force and the Air National Guard. It is powered by two TF-34-100 turbofan engines that are mounted on the tail and it has a maximum speed of around 480 knots.2.When starting a mission from the parking ramp, you'll be in a "cold" aircraft and will need to start it up and taxi to the runway. At anytime during this mission you can press the PAUSE key to pause the action. To end the mission, press the ESC key.
3.Prior to starting the engines, we'll turn on the external lights by pressing the Right the CTRL and L keys together.
4.We'll now need to get permission from the Tower to start the engines. Open the radio dialog window by pressing the \ key and select F6 to speak with the Tower. From this menu, select F1 to request permission start engines.
5.We'll now start the left engine by press the Right ALT and HOME keys together.
6.Once the left engine fan RPM% has stabilized at around 70%, press the Right CTRL and HOME keys together to start the right engine.
7.While the right engine is spooling up, let's take a look at basic Heads Up Display, or HUD, symbology.
8.Your Indicated Air Speed is shown here on the left side of the HUD and your barometric altitude above sea level is located here on the right side of the HUD. Below the barometric altitude is the pitch angle indication.
9.The pitch ladder is located in the center of the HUD and the heading tape along the bottom.
10.The small circle with the three lines is the Total Velocity Vector and it indicates where the aircraft is flying to. In other words, if you fly to place the TVV on a spot on the ground, the aircraft will eventually fly into that spot. When the TVV is flashing, it indicates that the true velocity vector is off the HUD projection area.
11.At the top of the data block, in the bottom right hand corner of the HUD, is the Radar Altimeter indication. This indicates your actual altitude over the ground or water.
12.With both engines up and running, let's press the F key to lower the flaps to the maneuver setting. We'll use this flap position for takeoff. You can monitor your flap position on the Flap gauge here.
13.Lower the canopy by pressing the Left CTRL and C keys together.
14.We're all ready to go now so we'll open the radio dialog window by pressing the \ key and select F6 to speak with the Tower. From this menu, select F2 to request permission to taxi to the directed runway.
15.With permission granted, use the Keypad + and - keys to adjust the throttles. Smoothly increase power until moving forward. To steer left and right, press Z to steer left and X to steer right. To apply the wheel brakes, press the W key. Use the throttles and brakes to keep your taxi speed at around 15 miles per hour.
16.As you approach the runway threshold, idle the throttles and apply the brakes to stop the aircraft. Press the \ to contract Tower and request permission to take off by pressing the F4 key.
17.Once permission is granted, taxi on to the runway and orient the aircraft down the center.
18.This concludes this lesson on how to start up the aircraft and taxi to the runway. If you wish, you can now press the ESC key to exit the mission.
