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DEMO.SIM
00:00  Text
  This is a RAPCON
   Demonstration!

RAPCON provides a
simulation of a
military Radar
APproach CONtrol
facility, complete
with realistic
sectors and traffic.
END
00:08  Text
You control aircraft
over Edwards, Eglin,
Pensacola, Miramar,
or Nellis AFB.

To do so, you issue
realistic commands
from either a keypad
or mouse.
END
00:16  Text
This demonstration
will do all that
for you, so just sit
back and enjoy it!

(You may exit this
demonstration at any
time by pressing Esc
or Alt-X.)
END
00:22  Text
Let's first get
acquainted with the
parts of the screen.
END
00:28  Text
The gray area above
this notepad is the
"Pending" flight-
strip area where
you can see inbound
aircraft about 5
minutes before they
become active.
END
00:36  Text
The aqua "Actives"
area mirrors the gray
area, but it contains
the aircraft that are
actually under your
control.
END
00:44  Text
The blue area to the
left is the Communica-
tions area.  When you
issue commands and
pilots or other
facilities respond,
this is where the
voice-equivalent info
is shown.
END
00:52  Text
Finally, the black
scope area behind the
popped-up startup box
is your radar scope.
We will see that in
more detail later.
END
01:00  Text
The dialog box in the
middle of the scope
area allows you to set
simulation parameters.

We'll use the name
"Demonstration" here.
END
01:08  Demonstration
01:08  Text
Here you choose the
control sector.

Let's keep the default
Edwards AFB sector.
END
01:16  Tab
01:16  Text
You can create a new
scenario or rerun a
previous one.  We will
use "DEMO.SIM" here.
END
01:24  Tab
01:24  Text
Here we set the number
of aircraft to handle
during the simulation.

Let's use "7" for our
short demonstration.
END
01:32  7
01:32  Text
You may also set the
time "window" over
which these aircraft
enter your sector.

The shorter it is, the
the more airplanes you
must handle at once.
END
01:40  6
01:40  Text
Weather conditions
are set here.

"IFR" conditions mean
that all pilots are
under your control,
but approaches are
easy and there are
few, if any, misses.
END
01:47  Down
01:47  Text
"Minimum" conditions
mean low clouds in
which some approaches
are missed and pilots
have to "go around."

"Turbulent" and
"Stormy" mean even
more missed approaches
and pilot errors.
END
01:50  Down
01:53  Down
01:56  Down
01:56  Text
We'll use IFR weather
in this demo.
END
02:00  Tab
02:00  Text
You can also set
pilot proficiency.

"Perfect" pilots are
wonderful -- they do
what you tell them
every time.
END
02:07  Down
02:07  Text
"Average" pilots make
some mistakes, but not
very many and not very
often.
END
02:13  Down
02:13  Text
"Lousy" pilots, on the
other hand, make lots
of mistakes over and
over.  They're quite
a handful!
END
02:20  Down
02:20  Text
Let's use Perfect
pilots for this demo.
END
02:25  Tab
02:25  Text
You can set wind
speed and direction
here. For now, let's
use a southerly wind
at about 10 knots.
END
02:32  10
02:32  Text
Everything's set! We
are ready to begin
our shift...
END
02:38  Enter
00:00  Equipment
00:00  Equipment
00:00  Text
Our radar is working,
sweeping a radius
about 25 miles from
a centerpoint locat-
ed at Air Force
Plant 42 (Palmdale).
END
00:06  Text
We can see 6 inbounds
in the Pending stack.
END
00:17  Text
Entering aircraft
announce themselves
over the Comm and
show up blinking on
the scope.
END
00:25  Text
We accept each one in
turn using the Enter
key.

(Note: you may turn
off "talking" by
pressing Alt-T
twice.)
END
00:29  NASA32 Enter
00:32  Text
Although each plane's
strip lists its
flightplan, we can
also request that a
flightpath be shown
visually on the scope
using the Alt-F key.
END
00:34  NASA32 Slash Home
00:35  NASA32 FlightPath
00:46  Text
We can also request
more detailed info
about any specific
plane using the Alt-I
key.  (e.g. NASA32)
END
00:53  Text
NASA32 is an F104 that
can climb at 8000 feet
per minute.
END
00:53  NASA32 Info
01:05  Text
QUIET74 wants to take
off.  Let's see what
its flightplan is.
END
01:10  QUIET74 FlightPath
01:12  Text
QUIET74 wants to take
off.  Let's see what
its flightplan is.

Oh, it's going on
a short trip to
Palmdale.
END
01:20  Text
And now let's see
just what a B2 is...
END
01:24  QUIET74  Info
01:24  Text
And now let's see
just what a B2 is...

Ah-Ha!  It's one of
those new stealth
bombers, probably on
a test flight.
END
01:32  Text
Let's get it rolling.

It will automatically
turn and fly its
assigned route after
takeoff.
END
01:36  QUIET74  Enter
01:40  Text
At any time, you can
popup a help window
showing what all the
keypad control keys
do.
END
01:42  F1
01:53  Text
And you can popup a
similar window for
the Alt-keys.
END
01:57  AltF1
02:05  Text
Oops! Time to get back
to work!
END
02:06  AltF1
02:07  Text TIGER04
Notice that TIGER04
has been holding at
its inbound fix...it
will hold there
until it runs out of
fuel if we don't
acknowledge it!
END
02:14  Text
First, we accept the
F5...
END
02:14  TIGER04 Enter
02:18  Text
First, we accept the
F5...

...then accept the
Choctaw.
END
02:22  T08 Enter
02:25  Text
END
02:38  Text
That Viking down at
Palmdale wants to
take off.  Let's
check its route
by examining its
flightstrip.
END
02:45  Up
02:45  Text
Its flightstrip tells
us that VIKNG55 will
be using airway V197
and depart at FISCH
intersection.

We can display the
airways onscreen with
the Alt-A key if
necessary.
END
02:55  Text
Let's call up
Palmdale tower and
release Viking
Fifty-Five.
END
03:05  VIKNG55 Enter
03:15  Down
03:15  Down
03:15  Text TIGER04
TIGER04 is headed for
Edwards AFB. Let's
vector him to the
Final Approach Fix
(shown as a line
which crosses the
dashed-line approach
course).
END
03:18  TIGER04 Right 290
03:27  Text
The F5 also needs to
descend to the KEDW
approach altitude of
4500 feet...

If you don't know the
FAF for an airport,
simply type in its
identifier and press
ALT-I.
END
03:30  TIGER04 Down 45
03:42  Text QUIET74
The B2 needs some
vectoring to set up
for a good approach
into Palmdale, too.
END
03:46  QUIET74 Left 125
03:56  Text CHOCT08

We can move the data
tags around to avoid
confusing scenarios
like this one.
END
04:00  CHOCT08 Slash End
04:02  VIKNG55 Slash Home
04:04  Text
END
04:09  Equipment
04:09  Equipment
04:11  Text
What happened?  The
data tags are gone!
END
04:20  Text
What happened?  The
data tags are gone!

Did the RDP (Radar
Data Processing)
equipment fail again,
leaving us with only
primary targets?
END
04:30 Text
How long will it
last?  How long will
you have to "keep the
picture" in your head
while hoping that
Maintenance can fix
the problem?
END
04:40 Text
This sort of heart-
stopping failure
happens from time to
time, both in RAPCON
as well as in real
life.  In both, you
never know how long
it's going to last!
END
04:49  QUIET74 Slash PgDn
04:50 Text
By the way, some
smaller facilities
do not have datatag
display capability
at all.  So this
RAPCON "feature"
allows you to simu-
late them nicely.
END
05:00 Text
But you do have
control over your
Equipment using the
Alt-E key, so let's
assume the techs
fixed the RDP and
turn datatags back
on now.
END
05:07  Equipment
05:10  Text
END
05:10  Up
05:11  Up
05:11  Up
05:11  Up
05:14  Text
We'd better let that
F18 go at Edwards or
he'll be worrying
about his fuel.
END
05:18  HORNT58 Enter
05:32  Text TIGER04
Turn the F5 onto its
final approach path.
END
05:37  ER04  Left 224
05:40  Text  NASA32
The F104 is nearing
the boundary of our
sector.  Let's hand
him off to the center
controller now.
END
05:42  NASA32  End
05:51  Text
There's one of those
civilian planes out
at Fox Airfield
wanting to take off.

Where is it going?
Alt-F doesn't show
anything...
END
05:52  N5W FlightPath
05:59  Text
...must be going up
for some practice
approaches.

We can let it go now;
then vector it around
for an approach.
END
06:02  N5W Enter
06:05  Text
END
06:17  Text VIKNG55
The S3A is ready to
be handed off to the
center controller.

The End key is used
for handoffs (both
to Center and to
each Tower).
END
06:22  VIKNG55 End
06:26  Text
END
06:30  Text
RAPCON simulates a
Precision Approach
Radar (PAR), which
is used to guide
aircraft all the way
to touchdown.
END
06:36  Text
PAR is most often used
in bad weather, when
the pilots can't see
the runway until they
are almost on it.

Let's try it now,
under our ideal demo
conditions.
END
06:40  Text
END
06:40  TIGER04 PracticePAR
00:01  Text
We are now the PAR
(or final) controller
for Edwards AFB.
END
00:08  Text
Our scope is split in
half. The top half is
a view of the glide-
slope, while on the
bottom is a view of
the inbound course.
END
00:12  Minus Right Enter
00:17  Text
Our job is to watch
both aircraft icons
as they proceed down
the approach path and
issue positional
guidance to the
pilot.
END
00:20  PgDn
00:26  Text
The keypad keys issue
left/right course and
above/below glidepath
instructions.
END
00:27  Minus Right Enter
00:34  Text
The minus and plus
keys can be used to
modify the basic
arrow keys, too.

As usual, pressing F1
will get help about
what all the keys do.
END
00:41  Minus Right Enter
00:45  Text
The target is inter-
cepting the glide-
slope, so let's start
him down now.
END
00:55  Insert
01:00  Text
Notice how he's
drifting to the right
of the course. That's
probably because of
the left crosswind
from the south.
END
01:06  Right Enter
01:10  Text
We continue to tell
him that he's "right
of course" and allow
him to make his own
corrections for now.
END
01:18  Minus Down Enter
01:19  Text
He's also drifting
below the glideslope.
By prefacing the down
arrow key with the
minus key, we can say
"SLIGHTLY below
glideslope."
END
01:30  Text
We're required to
issue commands at
least every 15
seconds (actually
every 5 seconds in
real life!) or the
aircraft must assume
communications fail-
ure and go around.
END
01:32  Right Enter
01:40  Text
Also, if we let him
stray outside the
dashed lines, he
becomes unable to
complete a normal
approach and must
automatically go
around.
END
01:46  Down Enter
01:50  Text
Naturally, you lose
points if either of
these happen.

So PAR is not for the
faint of heart!
END
01:56  Right Enter
02:00  Text
He continues to be
a little low and a
little to the right.
END
02:08  Down Enter
02:10  Text
END
02:20  PgUp
02:34  Minus Down Enter
02:40  Text
Looks like he's
drifting too far to
the left now...
END
02:42  PgDn
02:45  Minus Left Enter
02:50  Text
...and going above
the glideslope as
well.
END
02:55  Minus Up Enter
03:03  Up Enter
03:03  Text
He's way too far
to the left of course
now.  Let's assign a
precise heading to
straighten him out.
END
03:04  Left Enter
03:08  Right 230
03:11  Text
The logarithmic scale
of the display makes
things really speed
up close in.
END
03:15  Left Enter
03:21  Up Enter
03:22  Text
Depending on the
weather you've
selected, the pilot
will break out before
he reaches decision
height (DH), shown as
the upward-swinging
arrow, and report the
runway in sight.
END
03:32  Text
Of course, with
Minimums selected,
you'll have to take
him all the way down
to a hundred feet and
call it by pressing
End yourself. (If you
allow him to go below
DH, you lose LOTS of
points.)
END
03:35  Minus Up Enter
03:42  Text
And if you think this
is hard, try it with
lousy pilots and
stormy weather!
END
03:45  Minus Left Enter
03:52  Text
There--he's done it!

Although you don't
HAVE to use the PAR
on an approach, the
bonus points for
doing a good job are
really nifty!
END
04:10  Enter

06:47  Text QUIET74
Back to the ASR
(Airport Surveillance
Radar) mode now...

We'd better get the
B2 down for final
approach.
END
06:49  T74  Right 260
06:56  T74  Down  45
07:00  CHOCT08 Enter
07:01  Text
If we want a closer
look at an aircraft
and surrounding area,
we use the '+' key
to zoom in.
END
07:03  Plus
07:08  Text
You can zoom in twice
as required to sort
out close-together
targets and fine-
tune your commands.
END
07:22  Text
The '-' key zooms
back out.

We'd better get back
to the overall
picture...
END
07:24  Minus
07:30  Text
Anytime you need
to know where all
the named fixes are
on the scope, use
the Alt-M key to
find out.
END
07:32  Map
07:40  Text EDW
These fixes are
useful in vectoring
aircraft.  Note, for
instance, that the
Edwards Tacan (EDW)
forms the Final
Approach Fix for
Edwards AFB (KEDW).
END
07:50 Text
Inbounds to Edwards
can just be given a
direct clearance
there instead of
more cumbersome
heading vectors.
END
07:58  Text N5W
The pilot in the
Bonanza needs some
direction...

We need to "box" him
around for that
practice approach.
END
08:03  N5W Left 360
08:06  Text
Not much is happening
right now.  You can
use the F10 key to
"speed up" time, but
that's cheating.
END
08:14  Text
Remember:
A controller's job
is hours of boredom
punctuated by moments
of sheer terror.
END
08:22  Text
Arrivals don't have
to end with a PAR
approach.  The more
normal way, in fact,
is via an ILS or VOR
approach.
END
08:31  Text
That way, each air-
craft navigates down
the approach corridor
itself and switches
over to the tower at
the FAF. It's MUCH
easier on you!
END
08:40  Text QUIET74
Let's clear the B2
for an ILS into
Palmdale.
END
08:43  QUIET74 End
08:50  Text
Notice how the B2
intercepts the final
approach course
automatically. It
will begin its
descent into PMD
and slow to its final
approach speed when
it passes the FAF.
END
09:10  Text
If the radar sweep or
range rings get in
your way, you can
always turn them off
by pressing the '*'
key.
END
09:12  Asterisk
09:22  Text
But let's turn them
back on -- they help
determine distances.
END
09:25  Asterisk
09:39  Equipment
09:40  Exit
09:40  Text
That's enough for now.

We've handled
arrivals, departures,
and overflights
without causing any
separation conflicts,
near misses, crashes,
or other errors.
END
09:50  Text
We hope you have
enjoyed this short
sampling of RAPCON's
capabilities.

If you need more
information, ask your
dealer or call
1-800-634-9808 to
order a copy.
END
10:00  Right
10:00  Right
10:00  Enter