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The sideways movements of the throttles are not spring loaded, this is so the pilot can have the throttle resting at MIL power for catapult launches and prevents accidental spool down of the engines.Ī friction lever for selection of desired throttle movement friction is located on the left side of the throttle quadrant, beneath the flap lever. Moving the throttles to the IDLE position from OFF arms the ignition and disengages the fuel cutoff. The throttles have detents in the OFF, IDLE and MIL positions.
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The main throttle quadrant contains the two main-engine throttle controls, the flap lever and manual wing-sweep handle in addition to the HOTAS controls on the throttles themselves.
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And this was for the cast to learn how to pull heavy Gs.
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"From there, we moved on to the L-39 Albatross, a Czechoslovakian fighter trainer jet imported to the US - it's readily available, very manoeuvrable, very fun. This part was to build up their G tolerance. It's a single-engine, piston-driven aeroplane that's extremely manoeuvrable and capable of pulling a lot of Gs. "This is the aircraft the general public would’ve seen in Red Bull Air Races or other stunt shows. Their new instructor there was Chuck Coleman, a great friend of mine - again, this is all being heavily monitored by Tom Cruise every day, every step of the way. "We graduated from there to an aircraft called the Extra 300. "This gave the actors spatial orientation, and an understanding of what flying was all about, where to look where, where to move their hands, what all of the gauges do, the basic things. They had me build the training programme: we started them in Cessna 172s - my father and I were actually the first cast flight instructors - and those little single-engine aeroplanes are entry-level aircraft that anyone would learn to fly. "This was a process that was built in and heavily driven by Tom Cruise.