Please note: a cockpit guide will be supplied for general release..
PRE-STARTUP CHECKS
1) Set elevator trim to neutral when take off flap is to be selected. Set elevator trim to 1 division DOWN if flaps are to be UP
2) Check AIRBAKES IN
3) Check ARRESTER HOOK UP (T)
4) Gunsight RETRACTED (shift +4)
5) Select RIGHT Pnl (Shift +2)
Turn BATTERY ON (switch top of panel)
6) SET RADIOS & NAV frq as required
7) Select autopilot pnl (shift +3)
SET A/P as reqd for nav course, track, altitude rqd
8) SHUT CANOPY (Shift + E)
STARTING PROCEDURE
1) Select Right pnl (Shift +2)
Turn Fuel Cock ON
2) Engine starter switch UP
3) Igniter switch ON
4) PRESS black STARTER BUTTON. Keep pressed until engine is running smoothly with minimum throttle.
5) Switch on PITOT
Do not switch on Nav lights until wings are down and locked.
TAXYING
1) Check flaps UP. Very important if wings are folded
2) Select WINGS Folded or Spread. If spread turn on nav lights (Right side pnl) Wings must be lowered before flaps are extended.
3) BRAKES Test brakes and nosewheel steering after moving off.
PRE-FLIGHT CHECKS
1) Check WINGS SPREAD
2) Select FLAPS as rqd.
3) ELEVATOR TRIM Neutral if flaps are being used
One division UP if drop tanks being carried
4) AIRBRAKES Check Airbrakes retracted = yellow lamp centre of panel is OUT
5) PITOT heater ON (Rt side panel)
6) NAV LIGHTS ON
TAKE OFF
1) Taxy forward on runway to straighten nosewheel
2) APPLY BRAKES
3) Increase THROTTLE to MAXIMUM
4) At 60kts rudder should become effective
5) At 80 kts PULL STICK BACK to ease nosewheel off runway
DO NOT OVER ROTATE to avoid striking arrester hook on runway
6) At 115-120 kts LIFT OFF from runway
7) Apply Brakes. BEFORE 200KTS retract undercarriage
8) FLAPS retract below 170 Kts
9) ROTATE TO achieve an 8* climb at 180 Kts
CLIMB
1) Allow speed to build up to 320Kts
2) Using relevant Rof C tables for aircraft condition use A/P to achieve rate of climb to desired altitude. Note numerical trim reading on main pnl
3) Climb to 10000ft at 320kts decreasing to 295 Kts TAS between 10000ft and 20000ft and 270 Kts TAS between 20000 and 30000ft. Decrease RoC as one nears required altitude and use 500ft/min for the last 1000ft.
REDUCE RoC ft/min to maintain desired airspeed at all times
CRUISE
1) At the end of the climb allow aircraft to stabilise and accelerate to 420kts or M0.7.
DESCENT
1) During the cruise you can use the gauge on the right pnl to calculate the distance that you will travel from the cruise height to the desired height at the bottom of the climb. Turn switch to right to obtain NM & Ft/Min readings. Switch turned to left gives metric units.
2) At the start of the descent CLOSE THE THROTTLE
3) Set the A/P to maintain the required RoD ft/min with a maximum rate of descent of 4000 ft/min
4) USE THE AIRBRAKES (/) [Yellow lamp centre of main pnl ON when airbrakes are extended.] as the primary means of slowing and maintaining the acft at 300kts GROUNDSPEED (Gauge on RIGHT side pnl). You will probably have made a flightplan with this groundspeed so that you will arrive at the required point in space to commence the next phase of your flight. If you allow the aircraft to overspeed you will overshoot your end of descent point, too slow and you will undershoot taht desired point.
It is inadvisable to raise the nose of the aircraft to slow the aircraft down by converting the whole aircraft into an airbrake
3) Prior to making an approach you should arrive at an initial point at the bottom of the descent which complies with any approach plates and MUST CLEAR ANY HIGH GROUND along the path of your approach to land.
CIRCUIT
1) Slow the aircraft to achieve 160 Kts on the downwind leg
2) Turn into the base leg to maintain 150 Kts Select first stage flap.
3) On long finals slow to 120 Kts lowering the flaps to full flap and undercarriage down with the aircraft balanced to cross the
airfield boundary at 110 Kts.
LANDING
1) DO NOT FLARE until the last possible moment and then just to keep the nosewheel off the runway until the speed has dropped off.
2) Once down retract the flaps and EXTEND THE SPEEDBRAKE and with gentle applications of the brake bring th aircraft to taxying speed (Max 10kts) before turning off the runway.
3) Open canopy. You open the canopy during the appraoch at any speed below 160 Kts.
4) Ensure FLAPS FULLY UP
5) Switch OFF nav lights prior to folding wings. Fold wings as rqd
TAXYING OFF RUNWAY
1) Turns 5Kts, max speed on taxy track straight 20 Kts. Slow when passing obstructions.
2) Park aircraft as directed.
CLOSING DOWN
1) Parking brake ON
2) Pitot OFF
3) FUEL OFF
4) Battery OFF
5) ALL OTHER SWITCHES OFF
Chocks and tags will appear and pilot disappear once aircraft has been fully shut down which will be some seconds after the engine shutdown.
The canopy can be closed after shutdown using Shift + E
Port Cannon Hatch can be OPENED/SHUT using Concorde nose controls.
AEROBATICS
This aircraft is capable of aerobatics and the folowing MINIMUM speeds should attained before entering the manoevre.
ROLL = Min entry speed 230 Kts
LOOP = " " " 340 Kts
ROLL OF THE TOP OF A LOOP = Entry speed 360 Kts
UPWARD ROLL = Minimum entry speed 380 Kts
DO NOT ATTEMPT A SPIN starting at BELOW 20,000ft
Notes written by James M. Pettigrew, September, 2008