The components associated with the main panel of the F/A-18E are called out below.
The vast majority of these functions present on these panels are simulated in the VRS F/A-18E.
Just above and forward of the side consoles are the left and right upper-consoles which house aircraft appendage controls. Flanking the main panel on the left and right are long consoles which are used for a variety of functions ranging from lighting to external power controls. The cockpit is divided into several main areas: The main panel houses the avionics and standby flight instruments. The VRS F/A-18E simulates the operation of the ejection seat. The reason this capability is required is because the majority of mishaps occur at or near to the ground as a result of carrier-based hazards such as engine FOD or “cold cat” shots where the aircraft is incapable of achieving enough speed during launch. “Zero/zero” implies the seat can be operated from zero altitude and zero airspeed (on the ground). The pilot controls the aircraft from a solid rocket-propelled, 0/0, Martin Baker SJU-17 Naval Aircrew Common Ejection Seat (NACES). Using Key Command Mode (see Keyboard reference) in the VRS F/A-18, it is possible to completely duplicate this behavior by assigning those keystrokes to game controllers. A Hands-On Throttle and Stick (HOTAS) arrangement, allows the pilot to control a Target Designator Cursor (TDC), and to operate all weapon controls and many support functions without removing his or her hands from the flight controls. In the VRS F/A-18E this is a dedicated Horizontal Situation Display (HSI) used for navigation.Īvionic interaction is accomplished by pressing one of 20 push buttons surrounding each display, or by touching the virtual buttons on the UFCD. Directly below the UFCD is a digital Multipurpose Control Display (MPCD) with digital moving map capability. The main panel consists of the touchscreen LCD UFCD mentioned above, flanked on either side by two CRT Digital Display Indicators (DDIs). Many of the "steam" gauges traditionally present in legacy aircraft have been replaced with digital CRT and LCD displays.
The UFCD can not only be used as a Communications and Navigation Interface (CNI) as in "legacy" Hornets, but can completely duplicate the function of any Digital Display Indicator (DDI). The F/A-18E cockpit shares about 95% of the avionics of previous generation Hornets (A/B,C/D), but improves upon earlier designs primarily by the addition of a touchscreen Up-Front Control-Display (UFCD), located just below the Head-Up Display (HUD).
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