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Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................................................................................. 1

COLD START CHECKLIST ................................................................................................................................................... 2-5

RADIO HINTS AND TIPS .................................................................................................................................................. 5

APPENDIX I: DEFAULT COUNTERMEASURE PROGRAM LIST .................................................................................................. 6

APPENDIX II: RADAR WARNING RECIEVER DISPLAY CODES ............................................................................................... 7

APPENDIX III: EMERGENCY PROCEDURES—FIRE AND ENGINE RESTART ................................................................. 8-10

ALL THE CONTENTS IN THIS GUIDE, EXCEPT FOR THE COLD START CHECKLIST CAN BE FOUND IN THE FINAL RELEASE

MANUAL. THIS DOCUMENT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS, AND MAY BE UPDATED AS THE SIM MOVES THRU FINAL RELEASE,

AND FUTURE PATCHES.

THANK YOU DCS FOR THIS OUTSTANDING STUDY SIM!

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DCS A-10 COLD START CHECKLIST COLD START TO TAXI

FINAL RELEASE VERSION 2

BY WARRIORX

KEY: ITEMS START WITH COCKPIT PANEL LOCATORS MARKED IN BOLD PRINT.

LF= LEFT FRONT OF COCKPIT

LM=LEFT MID COCKPIT

RF= RIGHT FRONT OF COCKPIT

RM= RIGHT MIDDLE OF COCKPIT

LFD= LEFT FRONT DASH

CFD= CENTER FRONT DASH

RFD=RIGHT FRONT DASH

UFC= UPFRONT CONTROL PANEL

HUD= HEADS UP DISPLAY

PRE-ENGINE START

1. IF NIGHT, NVG ON(RSHIFT+h)

2. RF- BATT PWR ON

3. RF- INVERTER TO STANDBY

4. LF- SIGNAL LAMP TEST

5. RFD- FUEL INDICATOR TEST

6. RM- O2 SUPPLY TO ON

7. RM- OXY IND TEST

8. HOTAS THROTTLE- TURN ON EXT LIGHTS (PINKY SWITCH FORWARD) OR LALT+P

9. RM- SET INTERNAL LIGHTS TO DESIRED LEVELS

10. CANOPY CLOSE (LCTL+C)

ENGINE START/RADIO SET UP

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1. LF- BOOST PUMPS FOR L/R WING TANKS TO ON

2. LF- BOOST PUMPS FOR L/R MAIN TANKS TO ON

3. LF- ENGINE FUEL FLOW L/R TO NORM

4. LF-APU START ON (MONITOR APU DIALS TO CONFIRM APU AT FULL POWER)

5. RF- APU GEN PWR TO PWR

6. LM- VHF 1 FM RADIO TURN FREQ DIAL TO TR

7. LM- VHF 2 AM RADIO TURN FREQ DIAL TO TR

8. LM- UHF FUNCTION DIAL TO MAIN OR BOTH

9. LM –SET UP ALL 3 RADIOS WITH THE PROPER FREQUENCY’S PER MISSION BRIEF

10. HOTAS MIC SWITCH-REQUEST ENGINE START CLEARANCE FROM ATC

11. HOTAS LEFT THROTTLE- PULL UP TO IDLE (RALT+HOME) wait for eng start cycle caution to go off

12. HOTAS RIGHT THROTTLE- PULL UP TO IDLE (RCTL+HOME) wait for eng start cycle caution to go off

13. CHECK FLIGHT CONTROLS, SPEEDBRAKE, FLAPS,

14. RF- AC GEN L/R TO PWR

15. RF- APU GEN OFF

16. LF-APU START TO OFF (RIGHT CLICK)

SYSTEMS SET UP

1. LFD- UNCAGE SAI WITH MOUSE WHEEL DOWN THEN RECENTER WITH MOUSE WHEEL UP

2. RM- CHECK AUXILLARY AVIONICS PANEL PAGE DIAL SET TO OTHER

3. RM- CDU POWER ON/EGI POWER ON (2 SWITCHES)

4. LFD- CICU SWITCH ON (MFCD’S TURN ON TO WHITE SCREEN)

5. LFD- IFCC SWITCH TO TEST

6. UFC-HIT ENT BUTTON TO RUN IFCC BIT TEST

7. LF- L/R YAW AND PITCH SAS CHANNELS TO ON (4 SWITCHES)

8. LF- T/O TRIM BUTTON PRESS

9. LMFCD PRESS OSB 10 TO LOAD ALL DATA INTO SYSTEM(GREEN DOTS DISSAPEAR)

10. CHECK LMFCD FOR TINY GREEN DOTS ON LEFT SIDE OSB BUTTONS TO RETURN FOR CONFIRMATION THAT ALL

DATA IS LOADED.

11. RMFCD- OSB 13 CDU TO ACTIVATE CDU REPEATER PAGE (RMFCD WILL SHOW CDU PAGE)

12. LISTEN FOR BETTY AUDIO AND X IN HUD THAT WILL CLEAR

13. HUD- CHECK FOR BIT TEST COMPLETE

14. UFC- IF BIT COMPLETE HIT ENT TO COMMAND EXIT FROM MENU

15. UFC- USE SEL ROCKER SWITCH TO MOVE INDICATOR ARROW IN HUD TO EXIT

16. UFC- HIT ENT TO EXIT MENU

17. HUD- ONCE ALL EXIT OPTIONS ARE GONE, YOU ARE AT THE ROOT LEVEL OF THE IFFCC MENU

18. LFD- TAKE IFFCC OUT OF TEST TO ON (L CLICK)

19. RMFCD- OSB 9 WAIT UNTIL INS NAV READY IS FLASHING, AND TIME IS AT 4.0 0.8 THEN PRESS OSB 9 TO SET

THE CDU TO NAVIGATION MODE

20. HUD- CHECK FOR NAV DATA

21. LMFCD- OSB 15 GO TO TAD SCREEN

22. RM- AAP PANEL STEERPOINT SWITCH TO FLT PLAN

23. TAD- CONFIRM FLIGHT PLAN WAYPOINTS ARE LOADED

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24. LFD-SET JTRS (JOINT TACTICAL RADIO) SWITCH TO ON

25. TAD- SET DATALINK NETWORK CONFIGURATION BY SELECTING NET OSB-- ENTER OWNSHIP ID, AND GROUP ID

IN ORDER TO BE LINKED INTO THE DATALINK NETWORK

26. TAD- CONFIRM FLIGHT MEMBERS APPEAR IN TAD AS DATALINK SYMBOLS

27. LMFCD- STAT OSB- PAGE 2 SCROLL DOWN TO THROTTLE AND ADJUST SLEW RATE FOR CURSORS AS DESIRED

USING UFC PANEL FOR NUMERICAL VALUES THEN HIT SLEW OSB TO ENTER THOSE VALUES

28. LFD- AHCP PANEL TGP SWITCH ON (ENABLE TARGETING POD TO BEGIN BIT TEST

29. MFCD- CONFIGURE DSMS PROFILES TO DESIRED PARAMETERS FOR EACH WEAPON SYSTEM

30. MFCD- DSMS CHECK GBU’S PROFILE FOR LASER CODE AND NOTE CODE ON MISSION DATA CARD

31. MFCD- TGP>A-G>CNTL PAGE- CONFIRM TGP LASER CODE MATCHES GBU LASER CODE, AND SET LATCH ON (IF

YOU PREFER)

32. MFCD- MSL OSB MISSLE CONTROL PAGE TURN EO ON (VISUAL CONFIRM EO TIMER BEGINS)

33. CFD- CHECK NMSP PANEL FOR PROPER NAVIGATION MODE SELECTION

34. RF- SET ALL 4 COUNTERMEASURE SWITCHES TO ON

35. RF- TURN COUNTERMEASURE KNOB TO STBY (PROGRAM MODE)

36. RF- DISPENSER SWITCH RIGHT MOUSE TO UP POSITION TO PROGRAM DISPENSER WHEN DONE HIT RTN

BUTTON AND PLACE DISPENSER SWITCH IN ON POSITION WITH LEFT MOUSE CLICK

37. RF- IF PROGRAMMING OF COUNTERMEASURES IS DONE, SET KNOB TO MAN, SEMI, OR AUTO

38. UNDER THROTTLE- SET E.A.C. (ENHANCED ATTITUDE CONTROL) SWITCH TO ARM, SET RDR ALTM SWITCH TO

NORM

39. EJECTION SEAT- SEAT ARMING LEVER DOWN FOR ARM

40. RM-ENVIROMENT SYSTEM PANEL-BLEED AIR/MAIN AIR/ON – TEMP /PRESS TO NORM

41. LMFCD/RMFCD-IF NIGHT OR NVG USE, SET LMFCD/RMFCD TO NIGHT MODE BY ROTATING KNOB ON BOTTOM

LEFT OF EACH MFCD

42. LFD- IF NIGHT OR NVG USE, ON AHCP PANEL SET HUD MODE TO NIGHT

43. UFC- IF NIGHT OR NVG USE, SET HUD BRIGHTNESS BY INTEN ROCKER SWITCH

44. RM- INPUT TACAN DATA FOR HOME AIRBASE

45. RM- INPUT ILS DATA FOR HOME AIRBASE

46. RM-CDU>FPM KEY-TOP LEFT LSK CHOOSE MAN (IF YOU WANT MANUAL STEERPOINT SELECT)

47. LFD- SET ANTI SKID TO ON

48. SET NOSEWHEEL STEERING TO ON

49. REQUEST TAXI CLEARANCE FROM ATC

50. RM- PITOT HEAT ON JUST PRIOR TO TAKEOFF

NOTES:

REMEMBER: DSMS>MSL>AIM 9 COOL POST TAKE OFF—

TGP A-G >CNTL PAGE-OSB 18 LASER ILLUMINATION DEFAULT CODE IS 1688 OSB 17

TGP A-G>CNTL PAGE-LASER SPOT SEARCH CODE DEFAULT 1688

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RADIO FREQUENCIES

In order to receive radio communications from other mission entities and have your transmitted

messages received, it is vital that you have your radios set up properly!

If not, you will be essentially talking to yourself.

When a mission is created, each friendly flight and airfield is provided a VHF AM and UHF frequency.

These are generally noted in the mission briefing and should be set to your radios at the start of the

missions. Generally, the following rules apply:

Your flight is most often assigned a UHF frequency.

You will use this channel for inter-flight communications.

Other friendly flights operate on a common VHF AM frequency assigned to the operating

area. When set correctly, you will hear radio communications from other flight operating in

the area.

AWACS is assigned a unique VHF AM frequency.

The JTAC is most often assigned a unique VHF FM frequency.

Each airbase ATC is assigned a unique VHF AM frequency.

As such, you may have to juggle multiple frequencies during the course of a mission and the

frequency preset features on the radio will become a big help.

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APPENDIX I:

DEFAULT COUNTERMEASURE PROGRAMS

REMEMBER: A PROGRAM IS FOR RADAR GUIDED SAM

C PROGRAM IS FOR IR GUIDED SAM

E PROGRAM IS BOTH RADAR/IR SAM

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APPENDIX II:

RWR SYMBOL CODES

A – ―Gepard‖ and ZSU-23-4 Self Propelled Anti-Aircraft guns

M – Missile detected by Missile Warning System (MWS)

L - Laser illumination

S6 – 2S6 ―Tunguska‖

3 – SA-3

6 - SA-6

8 – SA-8

10 – SA-10

11 – SA-11/17

13 - SA-13

15 – SA-15

RO – Roland

PA – Patriot

HA – I-HAWK

S – Early Warning or Ground Control Intercept Radar

REMEMBER:

SYMBOL WITH NO CIRCLE AROUND IT MEANS IT IS IN ACQUISITION/SEARCH MODE

SYMBOL WITH STEADY CIRCLE MEANS IT IS TRACKING/LOCKED ON YOUR AIRCRAFT

SYMBOL HAS FLASHING CIRCLE MEANS IT IS SUPPORTING A MISSLE THAT HAS BEEN LAUNCHED AT YOU

MWS CAN NOT TELL FRIENDLY MISSLE LAUNCH FROM ENEMY LAUNCH, SO SOME “M” WARNINGS MAY BE

FRIENDLY MISSLES

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APPENDIX III:

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

Engine Fire

If an engine fire is detected in either engine, the engine fire right or left T-Handle will illuminate red.

In case of such a fire, follow these steps:

1. Reduce power to affected engine and monitor if the fire light goes out. If the fire persists…

2. Set the throttle of the affected engine to OFF.

3. Pull the fire T-Handle of the affected engine.

4. Press the fire discharge agent switch left or right.

5. If both presses of the discharge agent switch fail to put out the fire, land as soon as

possible.

APU Fire

If an APU fire is detected the APU fire T-Handle will illuminate red. This will likely be accompanied

with a Bleed Air Leak caution light. In case of such a fire, follow these steps:

1. If the APU is operating, set the APU switch to OFF. If the fire persists…

2. Pull the fire T-Handle of the APU.

3. Press the fire discharge agent switch left or right.

4. If both presses of the discharge agent switch fail to put out the fire, land as soon as

possible.

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Single Engine Restart

If an engine needs to be restarted while in flight you can either use the APU to restart the engine or

perform and windmill airstart.

APU Restart. Using the APU to restart an engine is performed as follows:

1. Move the inoperative engine throttle to the OFF position.

2. Observe that the shut down engine ITT value cools down rapidly.

3. Aircraft altitude should be below 20,000 ft AGL and increase airspeed.

4. When below 15,000 ft AGL, move the APU power switch to the PWR position.

5. Move the still operating throttle to MAX

6. Set the Engine Operate switch of the affected engine to the MOTOR setting

7. When affected engine ITT is below 100-c when below 15,000 ft AGL, restart the affected

engine by moving the throttle from OFF to IDLE

8. Move the Engine Operate switch of the affected engine back to the NORM position.

9. If engine restart is successful, reengage the SAS switches and set engine operate switch

back to NORM.

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Windmill Restart

This method will use the bleed air from the operating engine to provide the

power to start the affected engine. Using a windmill start will take 6,000 to 8,000 ft to complete

because it requires a steep dive of at least 30-degrees. Given the altitude requirement, this is not an

option when below 10,000 ft AGL. To perform a windmill restart:

1. Place the aircraft in a 30-degree dive.

2. Set the Bleed Air switch to OFF.

3. Set the Crossfeed switch to Crossfeed.

4. Once ITT of affected engine is below 150-c, set both throttles to MAX.

5. Set the Engine Operate switch of the affected engine to IGN.

6. Once engine is operating, move Engine Operate switch back to NORM.

7. Move Crossfeed switch to OFF.

8. Set Bleed Air switch to ON.

Engine Start after a Failed Start

If an engine fails to start using the automatic NORM mode, the engine combustion chamber maybe

flooded with fuel and needs to be purged before it can be restarted or risk a hot start. A failed start

can happen if you fail to set the Inverter switch, which fails to provide power to the engine igniters.

To purge an engine of fuel:

1. Set the Throttle of the affected engine to OFF.

2. Set the Engine Operate switch of the affected engine to the MOTOR position for 30

seconds.

After completing the purge, you can attempt to restart the engine after correcting what prevented

the engine from starting earlier.