Panel for the Hunting/BAC Jet Provost TMk5 and Strikemaster aircraft for FS2004.
By Saverio Maurri
Please see the thanks and acknowledgements section at the end.
Rick's Jet Provost is yet another fantastic addition to the classic British flightsim fleet of aircraft.
Sav
CONTENTS
The main panel is quite straightforward to use.
Mouseable areas are shown in the YELLOW boxes
They are as follows (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT):
Basic pedestal with fuel and throttle levers.
Pops up using the OTHER CONTROLS Simicon.
This panel allows control of ADF and Comm radios.
The knobs on both radios are the increment and decrement areas.
The top radio is the ADF, and the bottom is comm 1.
Clicking the morse switch on the ADF allows the ID morse signal to be heard.
A basic non-original 2-channel autopilot has been provided for holding the aircraft at altitude (E), and Heading (A).
On this unit the following functions are available:
1. GREEN (active) INDICATOR
2. MASTER POWER SWITCH (IN/OUT)
3. ALTITUDE HOLD (E)
4. HEADING HOLD (A)
5. IAS HOLD (Spd Hold) Select speed with the knob and it is displayed in the righthand window. Move the switch up to acquire and hold selected speed.
The left hand window only shows the pressure altitude as on the altimeter, it is not a selector. Both altitude and heading locks do not feature an acquisition mode, they only hold whatever altitude and heading you are on at that point.
The aircraft is designed for ab-initio, basic and advanced flying training duties, also for use as a weapons trainer and for operational strike duties using guns, rockets and bombs. Fuel is carried in tanks in the wings and in the wing-tip tanks; extra fuel may be carried in jettisonable underwing tanks. All fuel is transferred by air pressure to a single collector tank from where it is pumped to the engine. The undercarriage, flaps, air brakes and wheel brakes are hydraulically operated by power from an engine-driven pump and hydraulic accumulators. An engine driven generator provides DC electrical power and, in failure conditions, by three 24-volt batteries; AC electrical power at 115 volts is provided by one of two rotary inverters.
Starting the engines
Complete the pre-flight checks.
Ensure that throttle lever is fully back.
To start an engine, slide the Fuel lever (HP Cock) up (ON)
Switch ignition ON
Depress the starter button and hold until engine starts.
When the engine fires, release the starter button. As soon as the engine has started, check that the oil pressure is rising, and warning lights are out.
The engine should accelerate without throttle adjustment, and the Jet pipe temperature may momentarily exceed the idling limit. It should then settle down. Do not open the throttle before idling speed is attained.
After the engine has started, check the readings on the gauges.
When the engine is running satisfactory, have external power removed and bring the generator on line.
Ensure warning lights are out.
Check flap operation.
Check Air Brake operation, then CLOSED
Complete the after starting checklist.
Taxying
Rapid and unnecessarily frequent opening and closing of the throttle should be avoided as it will result in excessive jet pipe temperatures.
Response to throttle opening is relatively slow.
Take-off
Carry out the checks detailed in the Pilot's Check list.
Taxy forward a few yards to straighten the nose wheel, then open the throttle smoothly to take-off RPM.
As the aircraft accelerates to about 70kts, ease the column back in order to raise the nose wheel off the ground. Care must be taken not to get the nose wheel too high.
The aircraft should be flown off the ground at 85-90kts.
When comfortably airborne, apply the brakes to stop the wheels spinning, and retract the undercarriage.
The flaps should be raised shortly after.
Shut-down procedure
Close the HP Cock (fuel lever BACK), this also cuts the LP Cock and pump in FS.
Complete the checks in the checklist.
As usual in such a project there has been a lot of help from many good people.
My sincerest thanks go to,
Rick Piper for making the model in the first place, and his subsequent input, time, help, etc. (cheers Rick!) Many thanks also to Dave Booker for all the support, testing and encouragement throughout. (Thanks mate <ggg>)
Other invaluable help during the build came from;
Paul ga, who did a fair amount of flight testing and provided some great input.
Tonks, for providing us with his useful information on the JP.
Brian Withers for his last minute spotting of a few bugs/errors.
Everyone on the Classic British Flightsim Forum.
Saverio Maurri, December 2003
FOR PANEL INSTALLATION HELP, PLEASE READ THE 'read me TEXT FILE PLEASE.
Compatibility information
This panel is the FS2004/FS9 version, it works in FS2002, but is not 100% compatible.
The main issues are odd tooltips and non-responding click areas.
It will not crash FS2002, so it can still be used without alteration.
So please do not contact me about this!
DISCLAIMER
These files are used at your own risk. They should not harm your computer in any way, but there is always an exception in the wonderful world of PCs!
It has been tested on a wide variety of different systems, from minimum spec, all the way up to high spec, and has caused no known issues that would cause any harm.
There is absolutely NO warranty or guarantee of any kind, expressed or implied, for any problems arising from the use of this panel. This includes, but is not limited to, any hardware and/or software problems. All use of this panel and its related files is at the user’s own risk.