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Fuel gauge / engine gauge
The fuel gauge:
Is a very important gauge especially in a fighter jet. It's important to keep
an eye on it since the use of afterburners, high power maneuvers or other
energy hungry activities can diminish the fuel very, very rapidly.
The fuel gauge is divided in three sections:
Fuel:
On the top left there is the indication for the TOTAL fuel amount available.
This value includes internal fuel and external fuel tanks.
The big green square shows only internal fuel graphically and displays it's
value in lbx1000 at the right of INT.
EXT stands for external and shows the amount of fuel in the external
tanks both graphically and in values lb x 1000.
In addition to this fuel gauge there is the DDI Fuel indicator.
Engine values:
Values for left end right engine are displayed in a compact form. The first
line is RPM, second is exhaust gas temperature, third is fuel flow in lb x
100 and fourth is the oil pressure in PSI.
Nozzle position:
A good quick visual representation of the current state of the engine
nozzles is provided. For many years with other, older jet engines, wrong
nozzle positions caused problems and accidents. The F414 however is
very reliable.
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