F-16 Start Up Sequence

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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 a great video on HUD display in the F-16, visit
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Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: April 18, 2007 at 3:22 am
Author: flightlevel69

Length: 00:04:52
Rating: 4.80
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Video Comments:
DrumGod22 (October 6, 2008 at 7:46 am)
Well considering how much more complicated it is to fly, I think you want that much more control over what the plane is doing and using. plus it's a bit of a theft deterrent.
MiKeL1009 (October 6, 2008 at 12:06 am)
You must have spend half your fuel before you finally get up. Why throttle so much when you´re just preparing to taxi?
luke3v0gt (October 5, 2008 at 11:54 pm)
Button*
luke3v0gt (October 5, 2008 at 11:53 pm)
And to think that in many cars all you have to do is push a bitton and its ready to drive. :|
harryhibbert07 (October 4, 2008 at 11:16 pm)
alot of leg room
ps4real000 (October 4, 2008 at 11:06 am)
I WANT ONE!!!
nsawilla (October 3, 2008 at 6:20 pm)
wow that's cool (:
innpressTV (October 2, 2008 at 4:31 pm)
powered by diesel?
pmmaw (October 1, 2008 at 4:14 am)
I may say im very lucky to experience sitting in a cockpit of a F-16 Falcon during Air show. Its a boyhood dream that came true...cheez
crchrdsn (September 29, 2008 at 2:00 am)
Taking a little spin out of Crete eh? Is that a US air base there?