Hopefully, if you’ve flown modern fighters before, you’ll be able to understand the basics of the HUD, plus operate the autopilot, radios, and Sat-Nav.įor now, simply enjoy the incredible performance and flight dynamics of the F-22. No cockpit handle is present to adjust the flaps, as the real aircraft adjusts these automatically. The F22’s flaps are infinitely adjustable, so simply hold your default flaps key down. However, this can be corrected with a little rudder input. When flying under 250kts, be gentle on the stick, as the aircraft can lack directional stability. You’ll find the F22 has Mach 2 performance, an approach speed of 200/250kts and a landing speed of about 160kts with full flaps. Tip: To fill the fuel tanks, apply the parking brake, next to the eject seat handle in front of you, (move forward to see), then throw the IFR switch on the right panel. Now that the aircraft is completely in your hands, you’ll get a far better understanding and feeling of its flight characteristics. Its best use is below 50kts and is very useful for gently taxying from the stand to the runway. To begin with, you’ll find all the assists are “On” by default, these being auto flaps, auto gear, ground collision protection, auto air brakes and auto afterburner, and here we need to turn them all off! Why? Because they will trip you up until you know exactly what they do.Īlso, located in the centre of the dash, the upfront control panel, turn off R2C (Roll to See) as this will control where you look (very useful later on when you want to see where the enemy or tanker is), and switch off the stick braking because it will keep turning off your normal brakes. So, let’s start with engines running, (I’ll assume you know how to set this up in X-Plane). Many of you will probably want to try out this Jet fighter straight away, and only later begin studying the manual in which to learn its systems, and to fly it properly as AOA intended. All the switches and screens are clear to see and use from the pilot’s position, and from the very first moment you lay eyes on it, you can tell it’s a premium product. Looking around the cockpit you’ll find the pilot’s seat complete with rippled textures, along with the associated safety harness, vents, fire extinguisher etc, plus light weathering on the side panels. Internally, the modelling of the F22 follows a similar vein in terms of visual fidelity. In addition, there is the IFR (refuelling) port at the top centre of the fuselage, the gun port on the top right, plus the two fuselage side doors, which open to release the chaff and flares countermeasures. Just like the real aircraft, the canopy is coloured in a cool reflective gold and looks great. The external body is very realistic, and really does justice to this fantastic stealth fighter, and has many small details for you to enjoy, for instance in cold and dark, the external red covers with streamers that blow in the wind (a lovely touch), the engine covers front and rear, the ladder, the small Luneburg lens that appears below the fuselage when IFF is set to on, the two APU cooling doors which open and close, even the pilot’s name is faintly visible on the front wheel door. Only the default livery comes in the download, which reduces its size, but a further thirteen are available on the forum. The installed file size is 405MB and comes with an excellent 93-page manual and the 1.3 update notes. Three versions of the Raptor are available, and these are as follows:Ī2A (air to air) equipped with 6 AMRAAM’s, and two Sidewinders.Ī2G (air to ground) equipped with 6 JDAM’s (1000lb bombs) 2 AMRAAM’s and 2 Sidewinders.ĮFT (external fuel tanks) equipped with 2x 4000lb drop tanks, 6 AMRAAM’s and 2 sidewinders. The current X-Plane 11 model by AOA of the F-22A at the time of writing, is version 1.3. The F-22 Raptor entered service with the USAF in December 2005 as the F-22A, with the program producing 187 operational production aircraft, the last F-22 being delivered in 2012. In this article, I will be looking at the model from a general user perspective, covering both start options, from engines running and from “cold and dark”. Hello and welcome to my flight review/tutorial of the AOA F-22A Version 1.3 for X-Plane 11.55.įor an overall view and first look of the F-22A, please check out Stephen Dutton’s excellent write-up found here. Aircraft Review/Tutorial: Lockheed Martin F22A Raptor Version 1.3 by AOA Simulations
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