British Aerospace Sea Harrier

BAe Sea Harrier FA2

External view of the Sea Harrier
Cockpit of the Sea Harrier
Type	V, STOL strike fighter
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FDM	/YASim, /YASim, /YASim, /YASim, /YASim, /YASim, /YASim, /YASim
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Status	Early production
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The British Aerospace Sea Harrier (informally Shar) is a naval short take-off and vertical-landing/vertical take-off and landing jet fighter, reconnaissance and attack aircraft, a development of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier. It first entered service with the Royal Navy in April 1980 as the Sea Harrier FRS1 and became informally known as the "Shar" (Sea Harrier). Unusual in an era in which most naval and land-based air superiority fighters were large and supersonic, the principal role of the subsonic Sea Harrier was to provide air defence of the fleet from Royal Navy aircraft carriers. The version currently modeled in FlightGear is the Sea Harrier FA2, an improved version with the Blue Vixen radar and the AIM-120 AMRAAM .

Keyboard controls

m	Vector thrust upwards
⇧ Shift+m	Vector thrust downwards
h	Toggle HUD on/off
j	Decrease air brake
k	Increase air brake
e	Release ordinance/fire gun
w	Cycle stick mode selector
Ctrl+w	Toggle station arming
Ctrl+f	Release countermeasure
1/2/3/4/5/6/7	Select station
⇧ Shift+]	Autostart
⇧ Shift+c	Toggle Canopy
n	Next target
Ctrl+n	Previous target

Features

• A fully working weapons system, including realistic stores and gun behaviour
• Semi-realistic startup
• Bombable support
• Rembrandt support
• Full electrical system, including switchable instruments
• Checklists and Tutorials support
• Realistic autopilot
• Modeled limits
• Canvas HDD
• Flare/chaff system
• CCIP bombing system
• RWR
• Bombable-compatible AI version
• Fuel System
• Instant Replay support
• Custom failures based on the new Failure Management framework.

Changes for the upcoming version 2.4.0

• Pushback truck fixed.
• Fixed backwards compatibility bugs.
• Sound fixes (silent startup).
• Added PDFs on weapons and HDD.

Todo

Last updated 30^th January 2015

For next release (2.4.0)

• Operating manual

Cockpit

• More realistic cockpit (more info required)

Model

• New, more detailed model
• Model proper 1000 lb bomb

Systems

• New radar (Canvas Radar?)
• Autoland system
• Realistic SMS

FDM

• More realistic (data needed)

General

• Operating manual
• New Canvas-based GUI (waiting for FG 3.4)

Issues

• Pushback truck starts at a strange angle Fixed
• Aircraft swings on the ground.

See also

• Forum topic
• Download Bombable-compatible AI aircraft and scenario