For air combat maneuvering (dog fighting) we turned off the roll stability aug.
There was actually a set of pressure sensitive switches on the front control stick which cut out the roll aug when the pilot applied more than two pounds of stick force in roll. This prevented the stability augmentation from fighting the commanded roll rate.
The aft stick did not have the force switches. As a result the aircraft roll could have a little hesitation when rolling the aircraft from the rear cockpit as the stab aug “fought” the commanded roll. When I flew as an instructor from the rear cockpit I normally had the front seater turn off the roll aug to allow me to fly the aircraft a little more smoothly at the expense of a little “stability”.
This was for the F-4C, D, E, and J. I believe the F-4M had the same system.
Last edited by Bevo; 10th Jan 2015 at 04:24.