(inside front cover) Contents Preface................................................................7 What this package includes.....................................................................................7 Copyright Information.............................................................................................8 Credits & Acknowledgements.................9 Credits......................................................................................................................9 Testing ................................................................................................................10 L-39 Technical Assistance...................................................................................10 General Assistance & Advice..............................................................................10 Special Thanks.........................................................................................................10 Special Thanks (cont)..............................................................................................11 Quick Start...........................................................13 System requirements................................................................................................13 Recommended peripherals......................................................................................13 Installation...............................................................................................................13 L-39 Albatros 2 Operations Manual Vista users NOTE................................................................................................13 After Installation......................................................................................................13 Important!............................................................................................................13 L-39 Sound Gauge...............................................................................................14 Know this before you fly.........................................................................................14 Configuration settings.........................................................................................14 Operational considerations..................................................................................16 Know This Or Die...................................................................................................19 L-39 Variants and Features.....................20 Military Variants......................................................................................................22 Civilian Variants......................................................................................................25 Performance optimizations..................................................................................27 Flight modeling...................................................................................................27 Systems modeling ...............................................................................................27 Virtual cockpit.....................................................................................................27 Flight training......................................................................................................28 Graphical goodies................................................................................................28 Audio...................................................................................................................28 History....................................................................30 Front Cockpit......................................................31 General layout..........................................................................................................31 L-39 Albatros 3 Operations Manual Front Panel Overview..............................................................................................32 Front Panel Instrument Details................................................................................34 Left Console Overview............................................................................................43 Forward section...................................................................................................44 Wing Flaps Operation..........................................................................................46 Canopy Handle....................................................................................................46 Aft section...........................................................................................................47 Throttle Use / Display.........................................................................................48 Engine Operation.....................................................................................................48 Startup..................................................................................................................48 Shutdown.............................................................................................................51 Speed Brake Operation........................................................................................51 Engine and throttle management tips for normal operations...............................51 Oxygen system use..............................................................................................53 Right Console Overview.........................................................................................54 GPS..........................................................................................................................56 Navigation Lights / De-ice switch group.................................................................................................56 Anti-ice System Operation..................................................................................56 Radio Stack..............................................................................................................58 Hydraulic System Overview....................................................................................58 Hydraulic system pressure gauges.......................................................................59 L-39 Albatros 4 Operations Manual Emergency hydraulic levers................................................................................59 Ram Air Turbine (RAT) Operation..........................................................................61 Centre Pedestal Overview.......................................................................................62 Centre Pedestal controls......................................................................................63 Electro-Optical Gunsight.........................................................................................64 Instrument Flight Practice Hood..............................................................................65 Rear Cockpit.......................................................65 Introduction and Overview......................................................................................65 Left Console............................................................................................................66 Gear Selector Handle...............................................................................................66 Centre Console........................................................................................................67 The Trainee Instrument Fault Simulation Panel..................................................67 Artificial Horizon Failure Switches.....................................................................68 Right Console..........................................................................................................69 Physical landing gear and flap position indicators..............................................70 Integral Boarding Ladders...................................................................................70 Shared Cockpit..................................................71 Introduction.............................................................................................................71 Limitations and considerations................................................................................72 Prior to shared flight............................................................................................72 Transferring control.............................................................................................73 L-39 Albatros 5 Operations Manual Engine Startup.....................................................................................................73 Weather Synchronization Concerns.....................................................................73 Gamespy vs Direct Connection...........................................................................74 Shared Cockpit in large multiplayer sessions......................................................74 Terrain..................................................................................................................74 Instructor etiquette...............................................................................................74 Rapid manoeuvres...............................................................................................75 Voice Comms in Shared Mode:...........................................................................75 Rocking motion