F-14 Tomcat Syllabus

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Basic Flying

Starting Up

• Cold Start using Quickstart Checklist

Basic Navigation

1. Navigate visually between two points using the compass and an empty F10 map
2. Waypoint Navigation
3. TACAN Navigation
4. Using yardstick
5. Course Line
6. Autopilot altitude hold
7. Standard Climb (Military Power, use pitch to maintain 5 units of AoA)
8. Economy Cruise (adjust throttle for 8.5 units of AoA)

Landing

• On-speed Flying
  • Level Flight (Pick an altitude, dirty up and go on-speed maintaining altitude)
  • Turning (Perform ~30 degree bank turns maintaining altitude)
  • Careful climbing and descending (around 500 feet/minute)
  • Quickly going from ordinary flight (around 350 kts IAS) to on-speed flying.
• Landing (~500-700 feet/minute, no flare)
• Traffic Pattern Touch'n'Go Practice (maintain on-speed, climb to 1500', turn downwind to end up ~1.5 NM from course line, turn final and descend when wingtip passes runway threshold)
• Overhead break (Approach in runway direction, 300 kts IAS, 1500'. Break over runway, enter downwind and land as explained above) http://wiki.masterarms.se/index.php/Fil:OverheadBreak.png

Basic Combat

Basic Air-To-Ground

• General Purpose Dumb Bombs (Mk 82, Mk 83, Mk 84)
  • Configuration (Weapon selection, release mode, ripple quantity, pair/single and interval settings through Jester menu)
  • Standard CCIP drop (Start from 8000', roll in, ~30 degree dive angle, 400-500 kts, drop at ~4000' and pull up) Examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVuLCGKKqvI
• High angle gun strafing (Start from 8000', roll in, ~30 degree dive angle, 400-500 kts, fire short burst at ~3000' and pull up) Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdaBRMG5yN4

Basic Defence

• Reading the RWR (Further from center means more danger)
• Deploy flares
• Evade enemy missile by putting it on your 3 o'clock or 9 o'clock (Evaluate in TacView)

Aerial Refueling

• Use radio menu to contact correct tanker
• Locate and form up on tanker's left wing (echelon left formation)
• Hooking up and receiving fuel, straight and through turns
• Moving to right side after refueling (echelon right formation)

Basic Carrier Ops

• Learn CASE 1 Recovery
  • Jabbers Youtube Video, explaining how to fly a CASE 1 Recovery.
  • Aim for 40+ score, no 1-wires and no settle in Bankler's CASE 1 Recovery Trainer, a DCS mission giving you feedback on how well you're flying the pattern.
  • Perform ball call
• Learn CASE 1 Departure (fly BRC at 300 kts IAS 500' until 7 NM before climbing and forming up)
• Learn to fly the full CASE 1 approach as a wingman, holding formation through approach, port-hold, commencing and initial

Intermediate Carrier Ops

• Learn to fly the full CASE 1 approach as a lead, including communicating with Marshal and Tower
• Learn CASE 3 Departure
• Learn CASE 3 Recovery

Intermediate Combat

Intermediate Air-To-Air

• Crank and Short skate maneuver

Intermediate Air-To-Ground

• Targeting Pod Usage (Designation and Laser)