Falcon BMS Quick Tutorial: F-16 Aircraft Startup/Ramp

[@dualaccumulator]

Heres a little cheat sheet if you dont want to read BMS checklists that you should be using in the first place. No, its not from the manual, and yes its performing steps you usually do in flight. If you wanna talk about the Laser Arm and Master Arm on ground pound sand DTE Page > Press the LOAD OSB 15. Arm Ejection Seat (Yellow Rectangle on L/H Side of Seat) 16. FLT CONTROL Panel - Hit FLCS Reset, then BIT Switch (Switch goes to OFF when complete) 17. IFF Panel - MASTER Knob to NORM, C&I Knob to UFC (L/H Side) 18. External Lights - As required (Anticollision to Flight #) 19. ECM Panel - Switch to OPR (Full Up) (L/H Side) 20. COMM 1 and COMM 2 Knob Fully Increase (Right of Throttle) 21. UHF Knob to BOTH (Directly above COMM 1 Knob) 22. HMCS Panel - Knob to Full INC 23. RWR Power Button - ON (Left of HMCS Panel, Bottom Right of the 4 Squares) 24. CMS Panel - 3 Left Switches UP, 4 Switches in a Row UP, Mode Knob to MAN 25. STORES CONFIG Switch - Verify Correct (CAT I for A-A, CAT III for Heavy Loadout) 26. Laser Arm Switch - ON (LMB) 27. Press HANDOFF Square Left of RWR Screen 28. Rotate SYM Knob Full Up on UFC (Just Right of RWR) 29. Tune VHF to Intra-Flight Frequency 30. Remove EPU Pin (T, 1) 31. SNSR PWR Panel - First 3 Switches UP, last one to STBY (Radar Altimeter) (Right of Stick) F-16 COLD START UP CHECKLIST Pg. 1 of 2 32. Internal Lighting - As Required 33. Oxygen Regulator Switch to ON (R/H Side, Green Switch) 34. Verify FLCS BIT Test Complete > L/H MFD > TEST Page > Press CLR OSB 35. FUEL QTY SEL Knob as Required (Above ejection Handle) 36. Obtain QNH from Radio > Input Altimeter 37. Verify VHF set to Intra-Flight Frequency / Check In 38. TACAN Yardstick for Intra-Flight - As Required 39. BINGO - Set 40. IDM - As Required (Input other flights in Package) 41. HMCS Coarse Align - List > 0 > RCL > Dobber Right > 0 > Align Cross > Shift+C (Cursor Enable) > after alignment press Dobber Left 42. Press LIST on UFC > 6 > Wait for INS to reach 4.0 and HUD to flash ALIGN in bottom Left 43. AVIONICS POWER Panel - Rotate EGI Knob to NAV (LMB) 44. As Required - WPN Power, FLIR Power 45. TAXI Light - ON (RMB) 46. External Lights - STEADY 47. Anti Collision Light - ON 48. Intra-Flight Freq - Call in Green Jet 49. As Required - Set Steerpoint 2 / HSD Distance / FCR Range / TGP Settings 50. Ground Abort AI - As Required 51. PROCEED TO NEXT STEP WHEN READY TO TAXI 52. Press F to start ACMI Recording 53. MASTER ARM - On 54. Parking Brake - OFF 55. NWS - Enabled 56. Chocks - REMOVE (T > 2)

[@WatchMysh]

I don't know what 3/4 of this means but I guess it's a start. :D Thanks for the list! Problem is that you need the kb from time to time as it seems. I'm using VR so that's a bit complicated. Any tips on that topic? Like how to communicate with the ground crew in VR without using the keyboard?

[@dualaccumulator]

@@WatchMysh use voice attack if you dont wanna use keyboard for comms

[@WatchMysh]

@@dualaccumulator I always forget about that... Thanks. :)

[@Off-The-X]

Up for promotion, well done CMDR

[@jasonking442]

9:14 Where the hell is the "cursor enable button"?

[@LodewijkVrije]

a little comment regarding the arm rest for those not using VR or TrackIR. if you press and hold your mouse wheel, you can then move the camera forwards, backwards and left and right on a flat plane by moving the mouse. meaning you can shift the camera Forward to look past the arm rest. if you do a normal click with the middle mouse button it will reset the camera to where its supposed to be.

[@timothysmith7364]

Thank you. I need simple tutorials like this that cuts out the theoretical for a reminder on how to do these different things.

[@sadskytristeciel1439]

I've played the first Falcon on Atari Ste and then Falcon Allied Force and then BMS 4.32 for years... I was dreaming to have it in VR and now it's a reality!! I was never able to play DCS since there was no dynamic campain. I'm so rusty I will have to relearn almost everything! Thank you for your video. Fly safe. :)

[@effsixteenblock50]

Don't sweat it man! I was (am?) in the same boat as you, coming over from Allied Force. Having to relearn everything is a little frustrating but it's just repetition. The problem with the ramp start in the docs is that every step also contains lots of explanation & advice, which is great but I decided to make a some cheat sheets where I omitted all that stuff and just wrote down the actual steps and omitted the commentary. Helped a lot. One thing to really pay attention to at ramp start: Once you've hit the throttle detent and the jet is spooling up, pay attention to those gauges! The FTIT (temp) should slowly rise and then fall back down to idle operating temperature, around 500. A couple of days ago, I wasn't paying close enough attention and experienced a "hot" start - aircraft was on fire & smoking like crazy. Good luck & have fun!

[@sadskytristeciel1439]

@@effsixteenblock50 Man, I just saw your answer, sorry. Thank you so much for your response. I will be careful about the new engine hot start. Fly safe brother. : )

[@antongazaryan2532]

4.37 is beautuful. Such a good christmass present

[@Burningwithecstasy]

thanks for the no fluff startup sequence! my fav FalconBMS tutorial so far!

[@rustybuckets07]

Have a sub my good man... When I see how far this has come, it beggars belief that DCS haven't introduced clickable cockpits for their Flaming Cliffs modules.

[@PhthaloType]

A benefit of leaving the DED on the INS page during taxi like you did is that it shows your ground speed in the lower right ("G/S")

[@drytar]

Outstanding video. Clear, concise and easy to follow. Thank you!

[@AviationPlus]

CLASSIC CLICK DANCE!!!! Great intro video!

[@darthvader0510]

always nice to see a tutorial on this game, therefore you get a sub. Thank you Sir

[@nightflyer40]

Great vid!

[@Predator23rd]

nice summary. thank you!

[@flightpowersims3299]

thank you Sir. It helped greatly

[@HarendraWishwajith]

This video is very useful. Thank you very much. Could please do a taxi and take off video tutorial please. Thank you.

[@Gold_Roberto]

Hey sorry for bothering, I've followed all the steps but when I increase the HMCS to full nothing shows up (I tried bringing down the visor but nothing happened)

[@dualaccumulator]

The visor has nothing to do with HMCS in the game. Hold DMS down long to toggle the HMCS

[@bTusler]

Wow, it's a little more complicated than PacMan :)

[@DaveyHg]

When i get to install this game is there a way to have an easier start up method like.. press go button

[@FishOnPC]

When do you bring RDR out of standby? After t/o? Does it matter if I engage it on the ground for game purposes?

[@dualaccumulator]

That is the Radar Altimeter switch, its not required at all but can be useful when flying low.

[@xhuntxgamer5389]

Pls how i can join the online mod

[@dualaccumulator]

Join the Falcon Lounge discord, they'll help you out

[@woiace]

This is a more in-depth cold start compared to DCS

[@dannyd7714]

Only a few steps. More of which will be added in DCS. DCS looks much better though.

[@dualaccumulator]

@@dannyd7714 DCS definitely looks better, but it feels like a cockpit simulator instead of a combat flight simulator. Cheers!

[@effsixteenblock50]

Yes and he skipped many of the diagnostic tests that BMS has included in the ramp start. He skipped them because they're mostly eye-candy and not really necessary. They ARE done in the jet IRL every time, except when being scrambled to intercept....uh...balloons & stuff like that. :)

[@dualaccumulator]

@@effsixteenblock50 Small correction, every test I've skipped isn't required in the game, the F16 will function normally without any additional tests 😉

[@effsixteenblock50]

@@dualaccumulator Right. That's what I meant when I said "they're mostly eye candy". They don't affect the game mechanics at all.

[@alexvikendi1768]

That title 😂 ❤

[@Turboy65]

And in the real world, the trend is toward reducing task loading on the pilot, with more and more aircraft functions being handled by automatic systems. The next gen fighter will probably have a START button, a STOP button, and be simplified to the point of stupidity. AI will handle so much of the rest.

[@paladincubano]

That was a wrong procedure how to align the helmet... yo missed 2 steps

[@pppppffffffmmmmmmmnn]

luv u

[@dualaccumulator]

Luv u 2 boo

[@lethalgaming2720]

How to fix lag plz make a video or reply ... Plz

[@Mulberry2000]

Hi you did not say which mission your own or what you loaded. You got a thumbs down for it.

[@dualaccumulator]

I'm gonna delete the entire video now thanks for the heads up