- A kneeboard-style
Cheat Sheetfor the DCS F-14 A/B - Intended to allow someone already (partially) knowledgeable about the Tomcat's systems to quickly find necessary information
Or at least what I think is cool.
To facilitate quick location of the desired information the front page's chevrons/thumbtabs act as hyperlinks to the relevant chapters. Then, the mini-table-of-contents at the start of each chapter are also hyperlinks to the sections and subsections. Finally, one can return to the front page at any time simply by clicking on the hatching at the top of the page in order to find the next piece of information.
The front page chevrons and thumbtabs on the chapter pages are not just for show. If printed and cut they should act in much the same way as the thumbtabs on typical in-cockpit checklists. Additional cut lines are provided on odd pages as necesary.
While the styling of this document is in no ways completely representative of actual documentation, it was chosen to feel inspired by actual NATOPS and Emergency Checklists.
Just download the PDF and use as desired. The remaining files are the LaTeX source code
For ease of maintenance, only the PDF and source files are available here. To convert this to a format directly suitable as an in-game kneeboard (e.g PNG) please use DCS Kneeboard Builder
Check out my other Cheatsheets (Precompiled PDFs for various aircraft)
This guide is still in progress and updates will come as I have time.
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PROCEDURES- START-UP
- Overhaul pre-start?
- TAKEOFF & LANDING
- CASE II/III
- START-UP
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SYSTEMS- NAVIGATION
- Navgrid explanation (maybe more suitable in radar/TID section)
- Nav fix subsections
- Maybe split into separate "Systems", "Actual navigation", and "Nav fix" sections?
- More "how-to" checklists (how to add waypoint, etc.)
- NAVIGATION
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RADAR- Add Notes for each mode on which weapons will guide (and with what logic)
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TCS-LANTIRN- TCS
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A/A WEAPONS- Add Notes for each weapon on which radar modes should be used to get desired guidance
- What happens if Sparrow launched from PDSTT without MSL OPTIONS set to SP PD?
- People have complained that jester tries switching from one STT to the other and loses lock
- Add more advanced RIO explanation of Phoenix employment (including diagrams of TUOR etc.)
- Maybe add example Timelines
- AIM-7 SPARROW
- Clarify differences between PDSTT/PSTT/CW/SP PD launch behavior
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GENERAL- Change all figures to actually use figure environment?
- Move RWR and TID reference tables to an appendix?
- A huge thanks to Chuck's Guides, this served as the original basis for this guide
- Heatblur's excellent Documentation was also an invaluable source
- Fly and Wire have produced an excellent repository for all things RIO: Virtual Backseaters Volume I: F-14 Radar Intercept Officer
- The official NATOPS was referenced when necessary