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If using the automatic startup using the drop-down menu <code>MiG-21 -> Autostart/Shutdown</code>, then you still should do a couple things:
If using the automatic startup using the drop-down menu <code>MiG-21 -> Autostart/Shutdown</code>, then you still should do a couple things:
* Set the needle of the fuel gauge manually to the correct level depending on the loaded fuel. The fuel gauge does not automatically set to the level in the tank, you need to set the initial level. In drop-down menu <code>Equipment -> Fuel and Payload Settings</code> you can read the value - maybe after having added an external drop-tank and having manually clicked into the "Ventral Drop Tank" slider to get it filled. Please observe that the total displayed will be in gallons, however the MiG uses litres (i.e. you need to multiply by a factor of ca. 3.8).
* Set the needle of the fuel gauge manually to the correct level depending on the loaded fuel. The fuel gauge does not automatically set to the level in the tank, you need to set the initial level. In drop-down menu <code>Equipment -> Fuel and Payload Settings</code> you can read the value - maybe after having added an external drop-tank and having manually clicked into the "Ventral Drop Tank" slider to get it filled. Please observe that the total displayed will be in gallons, however the MiG uses litres (i.e. you need to multiply by a factor of ca. 3.8). Alternatively, the checklists checklists include the fuel amounts for the various configurations.
* Slave the gyro compass. First toggle the <code>FDS</code> switch on the switch panel on the right wall of the cockpit. Then hold down the <code>FDS</code> button until the Heading Indicator compass needle settles (the button is positioned just to the right at the top of the attitude indicator). The compass will drift over time, press the FDS button every now and again to re-slave.
* Slave the gyro compass. First toggle the <code>FDS</code> switch on the switch panel on the right wall of the cockpit. Then hold down the <code>FDS</code> button until the Heading Indicator compass needle settles (the button is positioned just to the right at the top of the attitude indicator). The compass will drift over time, press the FDS button every now and again to re-slave.
* Set the magnetic declination instrument to your current latitude to help minimize gyro error. You can find the current latitude by going to the drop-down menu <code>Equipment -> GPS</code>, sand read the value in the top middle part of the dialogue. The magnetic declination instrument is situated on the lower right part of the console between the pilot's legs.
* Set the magnetic declination instrument to your current latitude to help minimize gyro error. You can find the current latitude by going to the drop-down menu <code>Equipment -> GPS</code>, sand read the value in the top middle part of the dialogue. The magnetic declination instrument is situated on the lower right part of the console between the pilot's legs.
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