page@ferrari.ece.uiuc.edu (Ward C. Page) (06/13/89)
From: page@ferrari.ece.uiuc.edu (Ward C. Page) > I can offer some insight, as I help developed an "F-16 like" aircraft > simulation recently. According to our co-contractor, the throttle > used in the simulation just like the real F-16 throttle. At throttle settings > below afterburner, the throttle is very smooth; in the afterburner range, > the throttle had several detents. Hence, one could select some number of > detents of afterburner. Actually, the F-16 only has detents at the military setting. Once you go into afterburner the throttle moves smoothly. This is true for the C and N models, I'm not sure about the A model. Ward Page University of Illinois (formerly of General Dynamics) page@ferrari.ece.uiuc.edu
shafer@drynix (Mary Shafer) (06/14/89)
From: Mary Shafer <shafer@drynix>
Ward Page writes:
Actually, the F-16 only has detents at the military setting. Once you go
into afterburner the throttle moves smoothly. This is true for the C and N
models, I'm not sure about the A model.
It is true for the A model. I just asked one of our test pilots. He
say it's true for all US fighters. We decided that it may be covered
by some MILSPEC.
This pilot also flys a MiG-15 (for a museum), so now I have even more
information. In the MiG-15, turning the engine off and on is done
with the HP (high pressure) cock, which is separate from the throttle
lever. The MiG-15 throttle lever is just a throttle, with a range from
idle to MIL, since it doesn't have a burner. He thinks that the MiG-17,
which does have a burner, has a detent at MIL.
I have also been told that the Concorde has the detent at max dry thrust
(this isn't a military plane, after all).