F-16 Start Up Sequence

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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 THANKS!!!

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F-16 Start Up Sequence

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  • now all you need is ...

    now all you need is the other person who does all the work to get you in the air cough cough crew chief point of view.....

    By Aximili55 [Affiliate User] 1205702520 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Do you use hyper ...

    Do you use hyper lobby?

    By bgdf [Affiliate User] 1205500136 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • I am useing Allied ...

    I am useing Allied falon 4.0 have learned alots on flying the f16 amazing simulator! i recommend it! buy it!

    By roadrunner304 [Affiliate User] 1204294455 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Go to combat sim.

    Go to combat sim.

    By Agent0range67 [Affiliate User] 1204208048 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • wow! i wish i was a ...

    wow! i wish i was a fighter pilot i am so jelous! my dad was in the colombian airforce flying mirage, but i never had the chance to join the airforce here in canada damn! rad vid though!

    By alejin3 [Affiliate User] 1204146961 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Ever played Falcon ...

    Ever played Falcon 4? If you choose "ramp-start" you'll have to do the same proceedure in the virtual cockpit. Theres no secrets in there.

    By Shodan82 [Affiliate User] 1203942494 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • awesome video. this ...

    awesome video. this is the only american jet aside from the old 50's era stuff that i really got into.very very awesome video, once again! :D

    By HerrHIVEMIND [Affiliate User] 1203191092 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • marianoded, i ...

    marianoded, i couldnt find any greek from that cockpit.

    thriftyh4xx, u r right. :)

    By murottaja [Affiliate User] 1203134936 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Maybe something on ...

    Maybe something on the F-16 is classified but nothing shown here is. And the top speed of the F-16 Mach 2.0.

    By BigJR22546 [Affiliate User] 1203076349 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • He should be a ...

    He should be a greek pilot...watching longitude and latitude he is in Kriti(Greek) in a military airport close to Thrapsano (you can look for it on google Earth).....anyway he is a bastard!

    By marianoded [Affiliate User] 1203058130 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • who's this son of a ...

    who's this son of a bitch??

    By marianoded [Affiliate User] 1203056304 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • If we saw this in ...

    If we saw this in an F-22 we got problems.

    By climbon74 [Affiliate User] 1202918292 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • That doesn't matter ...

    That doesn't matter dude. All military planes are classified in many fields. Just ask them how fast they go...they will tell you either "less than" or "more than".

    By adfgfds [Affiliate User] 1202857949 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • It's an F-16 dude, ...

    It's an F-16 dude, not a top secret stealth bomber.

    By thriftyh4xx [Affiliate User] 1202845098 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • 11 tons of fuel to ...

    11 tons of fuel to get to 100,000 ft ??? drinks more than my pajero hahaha

    By kevinroscoe [Affiliate User] 1202640037 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • init

    init

    By enjam [Affiliate User] 1202460458 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • I'm surprised this ...

    I'm surprised this video wouldn't be classified...what with showing the cockpit and all.

    By adfgfds [Affiliate User] 1202349763 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • no, im sorry, but ...

    no, im sorry, but you are wrong. this is NOT Rygge. This is Kasteli airport in Crete (LGTL). thanks.

    By flightlevel69 [Affiliate User] 1202305054 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Nop...this video is ...

    Nop...this video is made in Norway at Rygge Airforce base in bunker 3 at the East of south end of the runway for those who wonder.
    Cheers

    By airborncaptain [Affiliate User] 1202303587 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • so tutt strunz ...

    so tutt strunz st'american.651963

    By SantyRamon [Affiliate User] 1202120397 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • no, this isnt me....

    no, this isnt me....

    By marlin836 [Affiliate User] 1202033542 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • so .... ...

    so .... flightlevel69 ...... are you the one flying this plane, cause, I could swear to god that you just sounded like an expert in your description!

    By tarkuk [Affiliate User] 1201890068 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • hes such an ...

    hes such an intelligent capable pilot...shame i cant see anything that he films...ahahahaha

    By BRADHblackdragon [Affiliate User] 1201861757 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • it's in crete - you ...

    it's in crete - you can find out by using the coordinates from the airplane's gps. so i guess it's a greek f-16

    By spiller212 [Affiliate User] 1201509749 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • You don't HAVE to ...

    You don't HAVE to wait for the internal navigation system gyros to spin up to speed (which takes about 8 minutes after engine startup), you can recalibrate in the air but the guidence will drift a bit. If you are scrambling to intercept aircraft you can rely on your GPS system for navigation or call for directions from the AWACs wance airborne.

    By arg13415 [Affiliate User] 1201488911 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
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