F-16 Start Up Sequence

Start up of the F-16C is simple....no external APUs or other equipment is necessary. One switch turns on the battery and then another switch hits the Jet Fuel Starter. When you see the GREEN JFS light, unock the throttle and in less than a minute you're up to idle speed, and the only thing left to do is aligning the inertial navigation and perform pre-flight checks. BTW, the sound you hear at the beginning, its not an APU, its the motor from the canopy. You'll here a buzz, thats the battery, then you'll here it spooling thru N (nancy) stages. You'll notice he then glances over at the fan turbine inlet temp, oil pressure, nozzle position (NOZ) and RPM guages. After that he glances left and as the two lights go out on the left side panel, its all clear on engine start. He then reaches to the right, turns on the lights, and turns on navigation and other nav functions. As the navs start coming up and the ICP is lit up, you will notice the green lettering in the box to the RIGHT of the ICP, that is the inertial navigation system, and as that goes thru its checks you'll see "RDY" which means its ready and aligned. Then the MFD's come up and the HUD comes alive. The F-16C has a new wide angle HUD, which provides all flight info and weapons aiming Q's so the pilot can keep his head out of the cockpit and on target. Directly below the HUD you'll see the square box, called ICP or Inegrated Control Panel, on either side you'll see two MFD's that can show tac, nav, weapons and other information. When you see him hit the buttons on the MFDs thats the pilot inputting mission parameters from the box.

For an excellent video overview of the HUD, wide angle heads up display, weapons delivery and ICP check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48EuGY-nyxc

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[MegaReaper999]

don't we boys just love the human aviation technology? Geezus

[director955]

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON! LOL

[dubstepISbetter]

BF3



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@elprez14

you only have to play the freely available Falcon 4.0 flight simulator to know virtually the entire ins and outs of a Falcon jet's behaviour. so i doubt this video is Top Secret

[LoeserRealty]

no push button start???

[Nfarce]

Man that's awesome. Nice to see this thing from the office instead of the business side for a change. I wonder what the "SALT" reading means regarding 1032FT in the readout on the top right. Is that MSL like sea level altitude? INS alignment is just like any typical airliner of course.

[lexichronicle2]

"one of our fighters?!"

These aircraft are also owned by Bahrain, Belgium, Chile, Denmark, Egypt (Rag heads?), Greece, Indonesia, Iraq (Rag heads?), Israel, Italy, Jordan, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan (the place where Osama was found), Poland, Portugal, ROC (the soon to be owner of the US), Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, the UAE and Venezuela.

[lexichronicle2]

"how about a lil fucking opsec!?!? do we really want every rag head terrorist knowing how to start up one of our fighters?! i thought u officers were supposed to be smart...."

People who can already fly a fighter jet are going to be able to work out how to start it without any help. All modern planes are purposefully designed to be simple to start and run (e.g. no external APU) to allow faster scrambles and the pilot to concentrate. Someone who needs this video to start it is going to crash it.

[elprez14]

very cool video...but....its not smar to list step by step how to start this damn a/c....or show what buttons you are pushing....or your fuckin lat and long! how about a lil fucking opsec!?!? do we really want every rag head terrorist knowing how to start up one of our fighters?! i thought u officers were supposed to be smart....

[RobF39]

he forgot to check the windshield wipers.

[THORDEN86MX]

@sargedessy Crete, Greece

[MrGamesExpress]

@MegaReaper999  its jesus......dumbass