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The F-14 uses a Vertical Display Indicator (VDI) as the primary attitude reference instrument; there is a standby ADI just to the right. | The F-14 uses a Vertical Display Indicator (VDI) as the primary attitude reference instrument; there is a standby ADI just to the right. | ||
The | The center screen has a top part representing the sky and an artificially generated ground representation. When performing a carrier landing there will be flight director bars shown to reference the vertical deviation from the glideslope and deviation from the center line. Carrier landings require the right TACAN channel to be selected (for the carrier) and the ARA-63 to be turned on. When the primary nav is tuned to a civilian ILS frequency this will also be shown on the display although the ARA-63 specific carrier lights will not illuminate | ||
The lights on the side of the VDI that are relevant for a carrier landing are | The lights on the side of the VDI that are relevant for a carrier landing are | ||
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The AoA Indexer has three lights; out of which up to two can be shown at any one time. These lights are illuminated whenever the gear is down. | The AoA Indexer has three lights; out of which up to two can be shown at any one time. These lights are illuminated whenever the gear is down. | ||
* Green V - AoA too high | If the indexer lights flash it indicates that the hook isn't down; unless the '''HOOK-BYPASS''' switch on the right console is selected in which case the lights will always be steady. | ||
* Green V and Orange O - AoA starting to get too high | |||
* Orange O - (the donut) - this is the ideal AoA for an approach. Normally the aircraft is trimmed for pitch on the final approach and primarily throttles are used to control the AoA | The basic logic is that green indicates too high AoA and slow, amber is optimum and red is low AoA too fast. The light combinations are as follows: | ||
* Red upside down V and Orange O - AoA starting to get too low | |||
* Red upside down V AoA too low. | * Green V - Airspeed SLOW: AoA too high (over 16'''°''') | ||
* Green V and Orange O - Airspeed SLIGHTLY SLOW: AoA starting to get too high (14.5'''°''' to 16'''°''') | |||
* Orange O - OPTIMUM ON SPEED: (the donut) - this is the ideal AoA for an approach i.e. between 14.5'''°''' and 15.5'''°'''. Normally the aircraft is trimmed for pitch on the final approach and primarily throttles are used to control the AoA | |||
* Red upside down V and Orange O - Airspeed SLIGHTLY FAST: AoA starting to get too low (14.0'''°''' to 14.5'''°''') | |||
* Red upside down V Airspeed FAST: AoA too low (below 14'''°'''). | |||
The airspeed guidance is secondary; it is the AoA that is important. | |||
==== Warnings ==== | ==== Warnings ==== | ||