FAMS Flashcards
Level Off Checks
report Altitude, heading, airspeed
visual cues, 30 deg AoB
glare sheild parallel to horizon
visual cues, 45 deg AoB
HUD top notch parallel to horizon
visual cue, 60 deg AoB
HUD bottom notch perpendicular to horizon
Slow flight
- Break
- Idle/boards
- 200kts -> gear / FULL flaps
- approaching 120kts -> 90-94% (for 17 units)
- Landing Checks + AoA Airspeed check
- 30° AoB turn, 90° heading change
- reverse to original
- Descend 500’ at 500fpm
- requies ~5% power reduction
- 30° AoB turn, 90° heading change
- reverse to original
- Climb 500’ at 500fpm
- requies ~5% power addition
- lead level by 50’
- MRT/Boards in
- gear up
- flaps at 140
- accelerate to 250 kias
Break Stall
- 300 Kts
- 70-80 deg AoB
- Idle/boards
- at 220 kts, increase backstick until stall
-
Recovery:
- Decrease backstick
- MRT/Boards
- Wings level
- complete with wings level, 150 kias
Power Off Stall
- Start above 12,000 (CLEAN)
- IDLE
- Hold for 180kts, trim for 180kt descent
- Hold THROUGH shakers to stall
Recovery:
- lower nose slightly below 180kt descent attitude
- complete when re-established 180kt descent
Landing Attitude Maneuver
- Dirty, On-speed (including boards)
- Idle
- Slow to SHAKERS (do not trim into stall
RECOVERY:
- MRT, Boards IN
- hold nose attitude, fly out of shakers
- complete when 2 positive rates
Landing attitude Stall
- Dirty, on speed (boards out)
- Wings level, power IDLE
- hold THROUGH shakers to dropoff or 30 units
RECOVERY:
- relax nose attitude
- MRT/Boards IN
- 24 units AoA
- complete with 2 positive rates
Approach Turn Stall
- Dirty/On speed (boards out)
- 25º AoB
- IDLE, hold altitude
- hold for dropoff OR 30 units
Recovery:
- relax nose
- wings level
- MRT/Boards
- 24 units
Complete when on speed, wings level, 2 positive rates.
Stall series
- Break turn
- power off
- landing attitude maneuver
- landing attitude stall
- approach turn stall
Accelerated Stall
- 280 kts, set rpm to maintain
- roll into 70°-80° AoB
- pull backstick until stall
- (pitch buck, wing drop, or full backstick)
Recovery:
- release pressure
- MRT/Boards IN
- Wings Level
complete when wings level, level attitude.
Unusual Attitude Recovery
Nose High
>150kts
- MRT Boards
- Roll inverted
- Pull nose through horizon
- DNE 17 units
- at 150kts, roll upright for level flight.
Unusual Attitude Recovery
Nose High
<150
upright
- MRT/Boards in
- Neutral aileron/rudder
- push nose 5-10 units AoA
- when nose through horizon, >150 kts return to level flight
Unusual Attitude Recovery
Nose High
<150
inverted
- pull nose towards horizon
- DNE 17 units
- hold for 150 kts
- Roll shortest direction upright
Unusual Attitude Recovery
Nose Low
- Avoid rolling pullout
- >150kts, IDLE
- level wings
- pull, DNE 17 units or G limits
Vertical Recovery
- 280 kts
- 4G pull to 60° nose high
- at 180 kts:
- MRT, Boards IN
- PUSH 5-10 units
- allow nose to fall through horizon
- 150kts:
- roll wings level if necessary
- DNE 17 units
If vertical recovery not initiated by 120, or airspeed drops below 85:
- IDLE/Neutral
- allow nose to fall through
- hold nowse low, add power to get 150
- pullout, DNE 17 units
BREAK
- 70-80° AoB, level
- IDLE/BOARDS
- first 2/3 of runway
- 200kts, gear half flaps
- wings level downwind:
- set 17 units
- descend to 600 AGL
- Crosscheck AoA and Airspeed
- landing checks prior to abeam
Pattern Abeam position
- 600 AGL
- on speed
- 1nm
pattern 180 position
- 600 AGL
- on speed
- zero vsi
- 15s past abeam
- +/- 1s for every kt of headwind
pattern 135 position
onspeed 2-300 fpm
pattern 90 position
- 450 AGL
- on speed
- 5-700 fpm
pattern 45 position
325-375 AGL, on speed, 500-700 fpm
abeam call
“Hawk_XXX, abeam, gear, touch and go”
Ball call
“303, goshawk, ball, Fuel”
lost sight of ball call
“CLARA”
Pattern No Flap transition:
- Transition on UPWIND leg
- 140 kts 500AGL
- 170kts, 25°AoB
- abeam is 1.8-2.0 nm
- 180:
- 30° AoB level on speed turn
- intercept glideslope on extended centerline
- fly to “in-close” then flare to not exceed 600 fpm
- touchdown prior to arresting gear
- (simulating HYD1 fail)
Waveoff
- MRT/Boards IN
- Level Wings
- 17 Units
- 2 positive rates, 300 AGL, turn parallel to runway
Crosswind correction
- Crab
- take out crab with rudder
- (hold wings level)
- neutralize rudder just prior to touchdown
Required for downwind turn
130kts (half flaps)
160kts (no flaps)
300 AGL
Touch and Go interval
traffic from break
30° fwd of wing on downwind from break
Touch and Go Interval
Traffic on downwind, dirty
10° Fwd of wing
Roll+Go
Full Flap
- Retard power to GROUND idle, AFTER touchdown
- Longitudinal stick at approach setting, or slightly FWD of it.
- 100kts or 4 board
- MRT, Boards IN
- 5kts prior to liftoff, rotate.
Roll+Go
No Flap
- Retard power to GROUND idle, AFTER touchdown
- Longitudinal stick at approach setting, or slightly FWD of it.
- 140kts or 6 board
- MRT, Boards IN
- 5kts prior to liftoff, rotate.
Transition from no flap pass to Full flap pass
- >300 AGL, lower flaps
- slow to 130kts PRIOR to turning downwind
Overhead Initial
2,500’ MSL @ 5mi
low initial
1,100MSL / 5 miles
short initial
1,100’ MSL / 3 mi
High-break
1,100 MSL (1050 AGL)
Carrier Break
850 MSL (800 AGL)
VFR Straight-IN
(IN-FLIGHT GUIDE)
- Report 5nm (not DME) / 1,000’ MSL
- descend as appropriate for glideslope
- be configured by 5nm
Downwind entry
(IN FLIGHT GUIDE)
- approach at 1,100’ MSL (1050 AGL) by 5nm out
- also be at or below 200kias
- enter 45° off heading
- gear and flaps prior to downwind
- established downwind, (dirty) descend to pattern altitude.
precautionary approach power setting
- 80% until on final to begin flare
- dont forget ground IDLE
- Do NOT rotate to flyaway attitude until flying speed AND 100% RPM again
Straight in Precautionary Approach
- 80%
- 5nm / 5,000’ AGL
- gear, 1/2 flaps
- 175 kias, ~3,000 fpm
- Checkpoints
- 4nm / 4,000 AGL
- 3nm / 3,000 AGL
- 2nm / 2,000 AGL
- 1.5 / 1,500 AGL:
- nose up, flaps down
- boards in
- 165 kias
- Brakes as required to control descent
- Do NOT go below 160 until flare at touchdown
- IDLE, DNE 17 units
- touchdown in first 1/3 of runway
depart and re-enter
When cleared - switch arrival, climb 1,500’
turn n.e.t. 2 nm and 1,500’ (or as assigned)
enter low initial unless directed otherwise.
(Stay clear of Kingsville)