

But, you wonder is there a guideout there to help you understand what all these controls and readouts actually mean? After a few,frustrating hours on the internet, you realize that there is very little available, especially incondensed and printable format. After a few flights like this, you begin to get a feelfor some of what you are seeing in the cockpit, mainly the HUD.

What anexhilarating ride! This aircraft is simply fun to fly. Somehow, after a lot fun (including barrel rolls, inverted loops,and a blistering supersonic ride), you find your way back to an airport and land. I mean,come on, its nickname is ‘Hornet’, what else would you expect? You smile involuntarily and thenlook around the beautifully rendered virtual cockpit and suddenly realize, “I have no idea whatthese displays, switches, and readouts mean!”If you are like me, you shrug, open the throttles to full, and take off relying on previous flightexperience to guide you through. It’s not a hard decision which plane you’re going to try outfirst the F/A-18, of course! The load screen takes forever, or at least it seems that way, andsuddenly you are sitting in one of the meanest, fastest, and toughest aircraft ever built. After getting everything installed, youfinally have the program up and running. 41FSX: Accel F-18 Cockpit Manual, pg iiġ.) IntroductionSo you decided to buy the FSX: Acceleration Expansion. 37- Printable FSX: Acceleration Keyboard Commands. 35- Printable Avionics Map (by Virtuali). 34Arresting/Landing Hook (extend/retract)Wing Fold (extend/fold)Left Alternator (on/off)Battery (on/off/override)Right Alternator (on/off)Canopy (open/closed)Pitot Heat (on/off)De-Ice (on/off)Instrument Panel Lighting (on/off)Cabin Lighting (on/off)Light Test (test/off)9. 33Landing Gear (up/down)Launch Bar (extend/retract)Flaps (Auto, Half, Full)Emergency/Parking Brake (on/off)Throttle, Left/Right (manual control)Test A/off/Test B (selectable)Strobe Light (on/off)Rotating Beacon Light (on/off)Refueling Probe (extend/retract)Fuel Dump (on/off)Rudder Trim (left/neutral/right)APU (on/off)Engine Starter (left/off/right)TCN/ILS Volume (low/high)Audio Control Panel (comm1/comm2/off)- Right Side. 31-32- Left Side (Engine Readouts, Fuel Stores) 31- Right Side (Analog Standby Instruments). Sample Flight Plan (written by Virtuali). 20- ILS Mode 21- Potential Problems & Fixes. Thanks for being my best friend and for always challenging me to do better.I miss you everyday.
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RxWookie)Dedication: This manual is dedicated to my father who used to take me flying in a Cessna 172on the weekends. FSX:FSX: Acceleration“ Unofficial ”F-18 Cockpit Manualby K.
