F-16D Question

[DonH]

There is a large, yellow, K or X shaped handle hanging from the port side of the F-16 cockpit in front of the throttle lever.

 

Two questions:

1) What is it?

2) Is there one in the rear cockpit of the F-16D?

 

TIA

Don

[DonH]

Sorry, ignore me. Google is finally my friend.

[Padubon]

4 minutes ago, DonH said:

There is a large, yellow, K or X shaped handle hanging from the port side of the F-16 cockpit in front of the throttle lever.

 

Two questions:

1) What is it?

2) Is there one in the rear cockpit of the F-16D?

 

TIA

Don

It is a throttle cage lock and both throttles have it.

The nickname is “Yellow Spider and it’s function is to cage the canopy position switch (up- down). Also, stops the throttle from advancing too much while taxiing with the canopy open.

 

 

[DonH]

2 minutes ago, Padubon said:

It is a throttle cage lock and both throttles have it.

The nickname is “Yellow Spider and it’s function is to cage the canopy position switch (up- down). Also, stops the throttle from advancing too much while taxiing with the canopy open.

 

 

Thank you!

[red Dog]

Here's how it works in the aircraft, 

granted it's a sim but it's easier to demonstrate the feature there than in the real aircraft

 

 

 

 

It's actually not a cage for the throttle, but has 3 features:

1. it acts as a canopy motor switch guard

2. it closes a pressure switch which starts cockpit pressurisation

3. it prevents the throttle to be moved into AB range.

 

It's indeed present in both front and aft cockpit

 

Edited February 15, 2021 by red Dog

[DonH]

Thanks red Dog, that is very useful.

[Pete Fleischmann]

It is not in the aft cockpit.

 

cheers

 

Pete

[DonH]

On 2/17/2021 at 3:16 AM, Pete Fleischmann said:

It is not in the aft cockpit.

 

cheers

 

Pete

Interesting, thanks Pete.

I was wondering why Quinta had only supplied one with their decals. Seems they are correct.

[Pete Fleischmann]

20 minutes ago, DonH said:

Interesting, thanks Pete.

I was wondering why Quinta had only supplied one with their decals. Seems they are correct.

I flew the F-16 for 12 years. The first

F-16 with my name on the canopy was

90-786....a “D” model.

 

I know a little about F-16’s.

 

cheers

Pete

[red Dog]

I stand corrected, thanks
On initial though I was convinced the aft canopy had it too, but on second thoughts if it were it would be a real pain in case for instance nobody is in the back seat 

Since mechanic and pneumatic system are involved it actually makes sense to have only one spider in the front pit.

 

Thanks for pointing that out Pete, and I stand corrected with my tunnel vision of front seat only.

 

That leads me to the next question then if I may: Can you then confirm that there is actually no way to raise or lower the canopy from the back seat (short of jettison)?

There's no canopy motor switch back there either?

Correct? 

 

Thanks

[Pete Fleischmann]

Here are the respective pages from the F-16 dash-1. Where you see a boxed “C”, that refers to the C model..a boxed “DF” refers to the D model front cockpit.

 

there is no way to raise/lower the canopy from the aft cockpit.

 

cheers

 

Pete