Virtavia E-2C Hawkeye
Manual Version 1.0
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7)
Main Artificial Horizon
. The right side knob calibrates the indicator
‘wings’ vertically. The instrument also has locator and glideslope needles
so can be used for VOR (NAV1) homing, as well as an ILS receiver.
Warning flags display when there is no valid LOC or GS signal, if there is
no power and if the FSX Flight Director is switched on.
8)
Radio Magnetic Indicator
. A standard RMI with the larger needle for
indicating the direction of the tuned NAV 1 station and the smaller
needle for indicating the direction of the tuned NDB. The yellow heading
bug indicates the current autopilot heading setting.
9)
Hydraulic Pressure Indicators
. These gauges display the pressure
of the flight hydraulics and combined hydraulics systems.
10)
Altimeter
. Standard altimeter, knob right side for Baro Setting. Use
left/right mouse click, mousewheel or left click drag to adjust. An orange
‘OFF’ flag will appear on the gauge face if power to the instrument is
lost.
11)
Vertical Speed Indicator
.
The Vertical Speed Indicator or VSI
indicates the instantanious rate of climb or descent in feet per minute.
12)
Turn and Slip Indicator
. The turn and slip indicator or turn and bank
indicator is two flight instruments in one. One indicates the rate of turn,
the other part indicates whether the aircraft is in coordinated flight.
Enabling "Auto-Coordination" in FS Settings will automate this.
13)
Course Deviation Indicator
. The copilot has a simpler ILS
instrument with the vertical locator (LOC) and horizontal glideslope bar
(GS) to aid instrument landings. The gauge is driven by the NAV1 signal
only. Warning flags are displayed when no LOC (VOR) or GS
(glideslope) are being received.
14)
Outside Air Temp. Indicator
. The mouse tooltip displays the
temperature in both Centigrade and Fahrenheit.
15)
Cockpit Lighting Switches
. These two knobs toggle cabin (flood)
lights and the instrument / text lighting. The flood light is best left off for
night flying, especially on approach.
