Regardless of whether you're running the Flanker under Windows or DOS, you'll need to calibrate your joystick, if any, from within the program. This is necessary, since Flanker works with the joystick directly and needs to know where its center is and what the maximum deflections are. To invoke the Joystick Setup dialog box, select File, Program Setup, Joystick.
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Measurement units
If the standard measurement units used in the Mission Editor are inconvenient to you, choose those that suit you best. For example, you can specify airspeed in m/sec, km/h, knots. Furthermore, you can specify it as indicated or true airspeed.
Note that these settings are applied only in the Mission Editor; the simulation module uses stan- dard Russian measurements: km/h for airspeed, meters for altitude and distance, and kilograms for weight.
Details
Here you can specify how the program should display the sky and the terrain, and what built-in ground objects (trees, roads, buildings) can be shown on the map when flying missions. The less details on the screen the faster the program runs so you can find a compromise between the speed of your computer and the level of detail in the program. If you want the simulation to run as fast as possible, select "No small objects".
Hint. To increase performance when flying night missions, turn ground detail off.
Sound
Here you can specify which sounds should be played in flight. You can prohibit all sounds in the program or only the engines noise, if it is irritating. Note that in the real Su-27 you are in a totally quiet environment, quieter than up front in a jumbo, in the cruise with ear plugs in!
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BTN 1 RU Q RM P RD Q
specifies that Button 1 of the WCS should act as the Q key (release chaff & flares) when the Rocker Switch is in the UP (RU Q) or DOWN (RD Q) position, and as the P key (release the drogue chute) if the switch is in the MIDDLE position (RM P).
After you have programmed the thrust, the Rocker Switch, the coolie hat and all the buttons as needed, save the file to disk. Then load it to the Thrustmaster MARK II as described in the technical manual. To do that, you normally use the mk2load.exe or download.exe program which are provided with the Mark II system, for example:
download su27wcs.adv
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At first, specify the type of your joystick. Select from Standard (2-axis, 2-button), FlightStick Pro, and Thrustmaster. The two buttons on the standard joystick have the following meanings: trigger - fire current weapon, upper button - weapons selection. All the buttons of the Thrustmaster MARK II WCS and F-16 FLCS & TQS can be reprogrammed as explained below.
After you have selected the type of your joystick, calibrate it as follows. Put the joystick in the center and press the Center button to store this position. Deflect the joystick slowly to all four sides as far as possible. Watch the colour bars move in the process.
If you have a thrust lever (or a thrust wheel) and rudder pedals, you need to calibrate them as well. Move the thrust lever forward then backwards as far as possible. Then place it in the minimum RPM position and press the min RPM button. Push the thrust lever forward to the maximum RPM position and press the max RPM button. To calibrate the rudder pedals, deflect them to both sides as far as possible then put the pedals in the central position. To save the settings press the OK button.
If your joystick, thrust lever or rudder pedals behave in an unexpected way, you can disable them individually in this dialog box.
Programming the Thrustmaster systems
For the owners of the Thrustmaster MARK I WCS, MARK II WCS, and F-16 FLCS & TQS in the JOYSTICK subdirectory we provide special text files, which contain standard settings for the but- tons and switches. You can use these settings as is or reprogram them to suit you best. For example, to program the MARK II buttons load the mark2.adv file into any text editor and proceed as described in the technical manual for your joystick. In general, the command line with a button assignment looks like this:
BTN {name} [{switch} {key}...]
where name is the symbolic name of the button on the WCS of FCS (for example, UB, HU, or 5). The switch denotes symbolic presentation of the position of the Rocker Switch (RU, RM, or RD). The key stands for the name of the key that performs the function you want to assign to the button. For example, the following line
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References
Following is a list of materials we consulted in developing the Flanker program and writing this manual:
Books
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Aviatsionnaya seriya Krasnyi Flag. Istrebitel' Su-27. Moskva: Polygon, 1993. Aviatsiya. Entsiklopediya. Moskva: Bolshaya Rossiyskaya Entsiklopediya, 1994.
Baranov A.M., Solonin S.V., Aviatsionnaya meteorologya. Leningrad: Gidrometeoizdat, 1975. Bochkarev A.F., Andreevskiy V.V., Belokonov V.M. Aeromekhanika samoleta: dynamika poleta . Moskva: Mashinostroyenie, 1985.
Boevye samolety Rossii. Spravochnik . Moskva: Elakos, 1992.
Byugens G.S., Studnev R.V., Aerodinamika samoleta. Dinamika prodolnogo i bokovogo
dvizheniya. Moskva: Mashinostroyenie, 1979.
Demidov V.P., Kutyev N.Sh., Upravlenie zenitnymi raketami. Moskva: Voenizdat, 1989. Gladkov D.I., Baluev V.M., Sementsov P.A., Boevaya aviatsionnaya tekhnika: aviatsionnoye
vooruzhenie. Moskva: Voenizdat, 1987.
Guskov Yu.P., Zagaynov G.I., Upravlenie poletom samoletov. Moskva: Mashinostroyenie, 1980. Hans Halberstadt, Red Star Fighters & Ground Attack . Windrow & Greene Ltd., 1994. Jon Lake, Sukhoi Su-27 'Flanker'. Aerospace Publishing Ltd, London, 1994.
Klimovich E.S., Klimovich L.S., Zenitnyi kompleks protiv samoleta. Moskva: Voenizdat, 1978. Kravchenko I.V., Letchiku o meteorologii. Moskva: MO SSSR, 1982.
Lazarev L.P., Optiko-elektronnye pribory navedeniya. Moskva: Mashinostroenie, 1989. Levin M.A., Ilyin V.E., Sovremennye istrebiteli. Entsiklopediya tekhniki. Moskva: Tekhnika molodezhi, 1994.
Lysenko N.M., Prakticheskaya aerodinamika manevrennyh samoletov. Moskva: Voenizdat, 1977. Neupokoev F.K., Strelba zenitnymi raketami. Moskva: Voenizdat, 1980.
Paliy A.I., Radiovoyna. Moskva: Voenizdat, 1963.
Robert L. Shaw, Fighter Combat: the art and science of air-to-air warfare. Patrick Stephens Ltd., 1986.
Rossiyskoe raketnoe oruzhie 1943-1993 gg. Spravochnik. Sankt-Pererburg: "Pika" Ltd., 1993.
Shirman Ya.D., Teoreticheskiye osnovy radiolokatsii. Moskva: Sovetskoye radio, 1970. Suvorov N.S., Ivanov V.P., Fedorov V.P., Sovremennye boevye korabli. Moskva: DOSAAF, 1978.
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Russian Alphabet
Russian character Pronunciation English equivalent
F [a] A < [b] B D [v] V U [g] G L [d] D T [je] E + [jo] - ; [zh] - P [z] Z B [i] I Q [j] - R [k] K K [l] L V [m] M Y [n] N J [o] O G [p] P H [r] R C [s] S N [t] T E [u] U A [f] F { [kh] H W [ts] - X [ch] - I [sh] - O [sch] - ) - - S [i] Y M - - [e] - ? [ju] - Z [ja] - 200 Russian Alphabet