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- Welcome to Miramar Jet Flight Simulator,
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- The following guidelines should help you get your F-18 Hornet
- off the carrier deck and flying.
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- 1) Press the "9" key to increase throttle to the point at
- which the color changes to red (red line) on the right hand
- linear tach gauge.
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- 2) Press the "L" key to launch the steam catapult.
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- 3) Press the "3" key to back off the throttle a little else the
- jet will explode from over-revving or extreme heat buildup.
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- 4) At this point press the "2" key once to pull back on the
- stick and start climbing. Don't hold it down else you will do
- a loop and crash in the water. After the horizon drops a little,
- press the "8" key to hold a steady rate of climb. Think of the
- keys 4,6,2, and 8 as the left,right,forward, and back directions of
- a control stick. The stick does not return to center automatically.
- Therefore, if you pull up by pressing "2" you must press "8" to
- return the control stick to center position and stop climbing.
- Watch the "T" bar gauge on the lower center dash to see where the
- control stick is at any time.
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- 5) Once you have gained sufficient altitude (upper right gauge)
- you can start manuevering the jet without crashing into the ground.
- The same rules for climbing and diving apply to turning left and
- right. The whole idea is to keep the horizon line in sight at all
- times. If you lose track of which way is up or down, try to stop
- the horizon from moving and look at the artificial horizon gauge.
- The line in this guage follows the true horizon and the red portion
- of the gauge represents ground. If the top of the gauge is red
- and the bottom is blue then you are flying inverted.
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- 6) At some point in the game an enemy aircraft will appear and
- will randomly start flying in front of you. If you don't shoot
- him down within a certain amount of time then he will shoot you
- down. As soon as he appears press "C" to turn your radar screen
- into a combat sighting scope. Crosshairs should appear in the
- middle of the screen. The red blip on the scope is the enemy jet,
- if he goes off your screen then watch the red blip to try and get
- him in your sights. Now comes the hard part, you must fly your
- jet and try to get the enemy jet in your crosshairs. As he goes
- through them press the space bar to fire 20 MM rounds at him. If
- you hit the other jet it will explode and another will appear. To
- stop playing the game press "Q" to quit and the computer will show
- you your combat record.
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- 7) If you have a hard time shooting at the other jet, try using a
- sidewinder missile. (Much more effective!). To do this follow step
- 6 except that after you press "C" to get into combat mode, press the
- "S" key to enable sidewinders. The crosshairs turn into a circle
- and the enemy jet will have a square around him. Try to get the
- circle inside the square. When you do the computer will lock on
- and the lock on light will turn red. At this point the on board
- flight computer is flying your jet and keeping the enemy's jet
- locked in your sights. Now all you do is press either the "Z" key
- or the "X" key to fire left wing or right wing sidewinders.
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- 8) At some point you will run low on fuel or ammo. To get refueled
- you must land your jet on the ground. Watch your altimeter and start
- descending. Keep the aircraft level and slowly descend until the
- altimeter reads 0. At this point the fuel and ammo gauges should
- be reset and you can climb to engage more enemy aircraft.
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- Obviously, this game is a little difficult to get used to due to
- the complexity of the aircraft you are flying. But, with practice
- you should become an accomplished jet fighter pilot.
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- Good Luck and Have Fun,
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- Sincerely,
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- Marc H. Cochran
- President
- Awesoft, Inc.
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- P.S. Please register.
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