American F/A-18C Hornet VS French Mirage 2000C DOGFIGHT | Digital Combat Simulator

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American F/A-18C Hornet VS French Mirage 2000C DOGFIGHT | Digital Combat Simulator | DCS |

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@GrowlingSidewinder Жыл бұрын

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@sibrayJP Жыл бұрын

I vote for a P-38 vs Mosquito dogfight.

@gtperfection1596 Жыл бұрын

Can you please try to intercept a blackbird with the f22 raptor?

@TheCrnic Жыл бұрын

The Mig-21 is still being used today, but last will be retired by 2025. Can we get a Mig-21 Bandit Known please. Won't be easy.

@iwomayszko6074 Жыл бұрын

Maybe BVR with FA-18 vs Rafale ?

@Anarchy_420 Жыл бұрын

Grinnelli F-22 Raptor VS Nine North Korean MIG-29's BVR

@Jester-nt1tw Жыл бұрын

You make these fights look incredibly easy. As someone who uses DCS, I realize just how good you are at this.

@Axxetto Жыл бұрын

When someone makes a skill look easy, it just means that they are super super good.

@reload54 Жыл бұрын

Got addicted to watching your videos for about a month before finally pulling the trigger and playing DCS, now six months later it's pretty much all I play, and the addiction has set in.

@Vern_Trertnert Жыл бұрын

ONE OF US

@YuFow Жыл бұрын

I wonder what would’ve happened if you flew the mirage against GS 🤔

@spine3595 Жыл бұрын

@@YuFow would of been interesting he's getting pretty damn good will have to try my luck again tonight against him

@YuFow Жыл бұрын

@@spine3595 I’ve seen his videos, some of his high aspect shots are super clean

@spine3595 Жыл бұрын

@@YuFow yeah i know i fight him pretty often he can be real scary when you dont expect it

@ArnelCustodio Жыл бұрын

I love watching your dogfights. To me maneuver kills are like playing chess. If you know what you're doing, then you force your opponent into checkmate or make them quit (resign).

@avramnovorra Жыл бұрын

The one standout in any Hornet dogfight is that howl i keep hearing from its 2 F404 engines, like in 7:29 and 8:26! It just stands out, like the buzz of a real hornet! As for manuever kills, i can indeed say i enjoy watching them occur. Gun and missile kills are always preferable but a bandit plowing themselves into the ground reminds me of boxing matches where the opponent is just completely out of it.

@louispenn9253 Жыл бұрын

The howl makes me yearn for the Avro Vulcan

@Axxetto Жыл бұрын

Such a menacing beast

@_B_K_ Жыл бұрын

I used to be an AC at NAS Lemoore for five years (tower and radar room) so I got the pleasure of working with F-18s every day during that time. They're incredible birds. Watching their training sessions and the things they could do... mind-blowing. I must say, though, that I was most impressed by the F-16 pilots, who would come by once in a while. Those guys would come in for a low pass at what seemed like 20-40 feet off the runway and just shoot off completely vertically like rockets... what a sight (they tried to show off in front of Navy guys all the time ;) ).

@murphymmc Жыл бұрын

Maneuver kills are satisfying. You can create an atmosphere of panic in your opponent, you can create one of overconfidence, you can create one of tunnel vision focus all in one fight at times.

@T25de Жыл бұрын

Last kill When you’re thinking oh no this isn’t good, but your enemy is saying the exact same thing

@NightOwlModeler Жыл бұрын

Looked like in the last fight the Mirage just pulled up into a full stall... see how slowly he's falling with his plane pointed straight down and GS is still manuvering yet the same vertical speed. The mirage just pancaked into the ground with better than 60-70 AoA as he fell.

@The1980Philip Жыл бұрын

Damn ... the other guy didn't survive ANY of the rounds. He tried ejecting in Round 2 but went splat before the chute opened up.

@vized2415 Жыл бұрын

Can we appreciate how GS was juking those rounds during the 3rd round? Holy shit!

@christoney2491 Жыл бұрын

Maneuver kills are the best. You didn't have to shoot your opponent. You simply out-flew them.

@jasoncrawford4929 Жыл бұрын

I think of maneuver kills as a compliment: they were so heavily focused on you pressuring them that they weren't paying attention to flying anymore due to panic

@benhitchcock3057 Жыл бұрын

Maneuver kills are just as valid as other kills. I fly R/C gliders in combat slope soaring, and if you force your opponent into the ground... then that counts just as much as hitting him and then he ends up on the ground. Excellent flying as always GS. Love your vids.

@wurfyy Жыл бұрын

Sure, they're valid. But they aren't as satisfying to many people, myself included.

@derliebej7675 Жыл бұрын

3:30 I love it: You're strafing thrue the entire neighbourhood but at least he's dropping into an empty field 🤣

@iohn8688 Жыл бұрын

Would love to see you switch jets with your opponent after each kill.

@wurfyy Жыл бұрын

He explained why he doesn't do that. The other player might not have both aircraft and even if they do, they might not be any good in it.

@iohn8688 Жыл бұрын

@@wurfyy That's fair, though it wouldn't be hard to find a capable player every now and then or Collab with one of the many capable youtubers. If he doesn't then he doesn't no big deal, just my two cents lol.

@wurfyy Жыл бұрын

@@iohn8688 Thing is, it's kind of nice that he does it the way he does. He usually finds opponents from his Discord group, meaning that you can join and might get lucky and end up in one of his videos.

@mrnolife9085 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see some F-5 stuff again. Beautiful content as always keep it up :)

@TiberiousTheLabrador Жыл бұрын

nice to see you in the Hornet, Its such a gorgeous bird but I feel like its usually just a punching bag in your videos lol

@stephenroach8033 Жыл бұрын

Pilot over G'd(8.5Gs I think) in a Lot 10 18C back in 1996 during the Bosnian conflict. Maintenance crews had to pull all the strain gauges placed throughout the aircraft to determine if the aircraft was air worthy. It was.

@DirtyMardi Жыл бұрын

I think the US Navy and McD&D went a bit conservative with the G rating, as now all C Hornets are 9G rated and have been for years.

@TheRealAaronSmith Жыл бұрын

The sound of the Hornet's gun in slow-mo 👌

@easetheweeb Жыл бұрын

you mean any vulcan

@jacksonfam2611 Жыл бұрын

This fight was super cool! I can only imagine what the people on the ground are thinking! Next time could you do the Japanese F-2 vs the F-16?

@Elias-eo1vh Жыл бұрын

A fox 2 fight between the mirage and the hornet would be cool to see

@nighthawk6755 Жыл бұрын

Ye but the mirage 2000-5 not the 2000c sniping with ir at 50/75 km lol

@rtbarker Жыл бұрын

It's good to see the hornet get some redemption! I would like to see you challenge yourself with a series against some more capable rival aircraft. Thanks for another great video!

@cs12382 Жыл бұрын

I thought a minivan was trying to draw me into a rate fight earlier, but it turned out we both exited on a clover leaf.

@Paul_Sergeyev Жыл бұрын

Attempt 17! Could you please show us ground strafes with different weapon setups from ground perspective? We all know how A10 Brrrt sounds from the ground and looks on target, some even know that for Viper's 20mm, but I really wonder how a 37 mm, 6 x 50 cal., 23 mm MiG-21 and 30 mm MiG-29 long strafes would look and sound on target! Also, could you please bring out *the flying lol machine I-16 against the F-22?*

@basecoat1966 Жыл бұрын

How about a 4 man King of the Hill match? 4 pilots, 1 merge then fight till only one remains.

@cortbailiff Жыл бұрын

The only daily video on KZfaq I look forward to. Thanks again

@GreatistheWorld Жыл бұрын

Something magical about how the Mirage looks when it jinks

@smash79 Жыл бұрын

Since we're getting a lot of you playing some good 2-circle fighter (well, F-18 isn't a part of them, but you still use 2-circle tactics here because he's better at this than the M2K). I would like to see you playing a really good 1-circle fighter (Flanker, M2K, F18 ...) against a really good 2-circle fighter like the F16 or the F14 (or anything better than your actual plane in a 2-circle), because 2-circle seems like ''godtier easy tactic'' to win when it's your strengh. But I think it's because you've pretty much mastered it haha ! Would be cool. Appart of that, very good videos as always ! ♥

@paulgamegaming9378 Жыл бұрын

A great match-up between 2 great dogfighters!

@icin4d Жыл бұрын

Um, GS=2, Ground=2, Mirage=nil. GS vs Earth, it's a tie. 🤣

@jacktreacy4383 Жыл бұрын

Unbelievable videos mate, I live to see these every morning.... I'd love to see you fly the superhornet off a carrier into a massive dogfight, sort of like the video you did with the F-14!

@TictacAddict1 Жыл бұрын

I work in the Defense industry. Some of my colleagues and I were discussing maneuver kills yesterday, consensus being they occur for two reason. 1) Adrenaline filled target fixation by the aggressor in the fight. 2) Too much attention given to the dominate aircraft by the defensive pilot who is in pure desperation mode.

@Zelectrocutica Жыл бұрын

Hornet gun sight man.... if HUD say shoot ... you just click. I love it.

@cuabcomstad Жыл бұрын

Lol. True to their nature, the Baguette gives up in the last two.

@George-ez4qc Жыл бұрын

I think this fight would be 10 times more interesting if you get fox 2s in the mix, would really love to see it

@chrisjohnston8468 Жыл бұрын

I love watching bandits join with their shadows!

@truthseeker9454 Жыл бұрын

7:08 - And that, folks, is a flaming hot Dorito! Good kill, GS!

@section8usmc53 Жыл бұрын

To answer your question, the maneuver kill is the best. You didn't have to kill your opponent. Better. You out flew him. You won because you made him screw up. That's outstanding.

@fup_e531 Жыл бұрын

This is weird, as soon as I get my friend into dcs you make a video on the 2 air craft that me and him are trying to learn (he's trying to learn the mirage and I'm trying to learn the f 18) this is so strange. PS: love your vids bro.

@GrowlingSidewinder Жыл бұрын

You learn the Hornet properly and you’ll kill him 100% of the time I think bruh good luck

@erikharmon6036 Жыл бұрын

Rene fonck in his Newport 17 thought he could take GS in his f 18. Love it!

@roberthutchins4584 Жыл бұрын

Back in the day I played Air Warrior and my favorite plane was the P-38 lighting. The nose guns and cannons were so much easier in a dogfight

@user-Predator1726 Жыл бұрын

Good evening. First of all, thank you for the many videos you make. I admire your driving skills. I'm not as good at dogfighting. I don't know if you've seen any of my videos, but currently I can't defeat the su-33. With the Hornet...I got it by letting it chase me and it ended up hitting the ground...It's not really a win. I think I have better luck with the Mirage against the su-33. I had two duels and managed to hit the su-33. And your last video motivated me even more! Thanks! Predator1726 from France

@TStark-vj2wo Жыл бұрын

Always have a laugh when you are worried for, /considerate of, the town folk.

@Wyvern088 Жыл бұрын

"Oh and he crashes into a field... luckily" -GS, moments after lighting up an apartment building like a Russian SWAT team.

@voorhees7796 Жыл бұрын

Le mirage incroyable💞🇫🇷

@benwatso Жыл бұрын

Fax

@quinndenver4075 Жыл бұрын

It has a subpar engine but otherwise yea

@filippopotame3579 Жыл бұрын

@@quinndenver4075 Well it's 40 years old

@truthseeker9454 Жыл бұрын

@@quinndenver4075 It's altimeter looked a little suspect in these fights, too. :^D

@Axxetto Жыл бұрын

Jesus christ, the way that mirage can instantly turn its nose and dump its energy is scary

@masonmcghee2571 Жыл бұрын

Please do F-35A vs F-22 BVR i think itd be a close fight and I would also like to see the F-35A do a SEAD mission. Been binge watching your channel and its really good stuff keep it up man.

@maitreytelang2312 Жыл бұрын

A 2 circle fight between these two would be interesting.

@nesher666 Жыл бұрын

You saw it a couple of times during this video, when GS transitioned into two circles rate fighting the Mirage.

@Pman353 Жыл бұрын

Almost every round was 2 circle…

@TomP-148 Жыл бұрын

A good M2k pilot can 2 circle a hornet especially with the new flight model

@TexasGreed Жыл бұрын

Maneuver kills are the greatest. Even better when they don't know you're Winchesterino.

@PatrickCarricoKY Жыл бұрын

Kinda like Hunt for Red October when the Russian submariners watch the USS Dallas do an emergency surface and they cheer. "Captain Sidewinder scared them out of the sky!"

@kennethhicks2113 Жыл бұрын

Funny, how I learned too.. back in the 80's at Cecil Field Fl. when they replaced A7's there... I worked on them... in AIMD.... luv her : )

@preston8008 Жыл бұрын

"Sure hope he doesnt hit someones house" says GS as he lights up an entire school building with 20mm lol 3:30

@Lancecorprol17 Жыл бұрын

Would it be possible to see a fight between the A4 Skyhawk vs the F-18 Hornet? The A4 was used as an aggressor for Top Gun against the f-18 and is still used to this day in aggressor roles with certain companies, notably Top Aces, a Canadian contractor that operates the A4N, amongst the Alpha Jet A model and A/B F-16s.

@krausedj Жыл бұрын

I like when you talk about subtle visual cues. Like underbelly, etc, what lets you know, time to jink.

@kfree8841 Жыл бұрын

M2000 should never to lose to the f18 in a gun battle. If you get to the deck and get stuck in a 2 circle just extend away, gain altitude and restart the 1 circle.

@TurboHappyCar Жыл бұрын

That's why they have fox-2's for the fight. For GS's dogfights, they're allowed to use the missiles to finish off an opponent that was damaged by guns or if the the opponent extends away, iirc.

@kfree8841 Жыл бұрын

I was referring to gun battle only after missiles are exhausted. Honestly though wouldn’t matter as the Mirage should win almost always in the first turn assuming gun proficiency. It’s not even fair if the Mirage pilot is aggressive on the merge.

@DoNuT_1985 Жыл бұрын

I would say maneuver kill is totally legit skill because it implies you put some pressure on the bandit and he is forced into a mistake or miscalculation.

@KillerKev1961 11 ай бұрын

OMG, you splattered that M2000 on the first merge!

@ostrich00 Жыл бұрын

Your concern for the virtual homes is commendable lol

@jhern083 Жыл бұрын

I don't play, I don't fly, but a maneuver kill seems like a flyers kill. Both pilots fought to the deck and the better pilot survived regardless of the weapons.

@gsd632 Жыл бұрын

Would love to see more of the Gripen in action. It's been a while. Anybody agree?

@RaamiKala Жыл бұрын

Great stuff as always

@warbuzzard7167 Жыл бұрын

Want to see a series of you in the Heatblur F4 against Gen 3 and Gen 4 fighters. What can you doBVR and WVR in The Flying Brick?

@moistmike4150 Жыл бұрын

7:22 - "Mirage, meet Ground. Ground, Mirage."

@Raist474 Жыл бұрын

Growling Sidewinder: Property Insurance companies HATE HIM!!

@conradogjonathancj6676 Жыл бұрын

poor people in the house 3:29😂

@richardlehoux Жыл бұрын

It’s like a force error in tennis (making an opponent crash)

@davegrenier1160 Жыл бұрын

Love the maneuver kills. They're forced errors, even if only because you manage to induce panic in your opponent. Although that last round was not a maneuver kill, that was just pilot error!

@MrAwombat Жыл бұрын

The ground wins every time

@anthonyortiz6189 Жыл бұрын

What would really impress me if GS can manage to split throttle the F-16 💀

@rckidd Жыл бұрын

That Mirage was his own worst bandit

@tarangsharma6102 Жыл бұрын

lol

@plixplux Жыл бұрын

Maybe the real mirages are the fields we crashed into along the way

@shermanflipse814 Жыл бұрын

To win a rate fight and also have the AoA of the Hornet when taking the shot. Good feeling

@SLO4SpeedBump Жыл бұрын

Question; do these video planes have throttle control and air breaks ??? to prevent overshoot ???

@sdghomero Жыл бұрын

I guess those last fights are... sorta of a novel way to punch out.

@humanerror7152 Жыл бұрын

Your wingman (Earth) did very well in this engagement

@rene-bl5gq Жыл бұрын

The art of fighting without fighting aka maneuver kill.

@plixplux Жыл бұрын

There's been quite a few opponents lately that try going into the vertical when they've lost the two circle, and then get punished for that mistake. But what would the options be in that situation though?

@lucignolo8333 Жыл бұрын

Eject

@christianliebau2536 Жыл бұрын

Make the opponent overshoot, like doing a nosecounter

@stevato0449 Жыл бұрын

Not reversing when the opponent is not fast enough to overshoot, and offset the circle so you can gain speed and then force the opponent to take a higher aspect shot which you can then reverse or gain time to gain speed

@TheDillio187 Жыл бұрын

This is what happens when Colonel Stewart sets ground level at -300 feet

@ThatGuy-qy1de Жыл бұрын

Getting a maneuver kill is virtually taking someone down wihout any weapons, as if just by force of thought.

@steamingh1606 Жыл бұрын

Hi GS! Is it possible that you can use DCS to teach us the technique of how to visual scan for bandits?Thanks!

@nuclearscarab Жыл бұрын

One of my most memorable and enjoyable kills was a maneuver kill. Two enemies on my six, seemed like they were not coordinating at all. Just as I saw them come side by side, I pulled hard to one side, hoping that their fixation would blind them to the danger. It did, they collided, and I got out of a nearly impossible situation.

@jerrodcorey25 Жыл бұрын

No "SLOW-MO" replay of the maneuvering kill ! ! Really wanted to see that one from the exterior FLY BY CAMERA. Oh well. . . . ☹️

@markstott6689 Жыл бұрын

I suspect that those field crashes still blew out a lot of windows lol.

@davidca96 Жыл бұрын

Mirage is a nose pointing beast, but if it gets slow its a sitting duck.

@PaleBorey Жыл бұрын

He didn't hit someone's house, BUT... you got ~100 rounds into someone's house at 3:06 ! 😉

@philotgamesworth Жыл бұрын

We don't drive our opponents into the ground. We just get to watch in vulgar satisfaction while we witness the consequences of our actions causing our opponent to drive themselves into the ground. ;D

@Kingonads Жыл бұрын

Still waiting for a Fox-1 BVR fight with multiple enemies. A 1980s intercept mission. If youre scared say you're scared.

@everydaycarrycanada951 Жыл бұрын

Round one you hit a few rounds into the turbine section. He crashed nose up with controllability. Yep it did turn fast.

@jjnipkow6997 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos!

@GrowlingSidewinder Жыл бұрын

very kind of you, thank you very much.

@LuisDiaz-fs8uh Жыл бұрын

How do you know what is optimum speed to rate at? Do you just go to AB and pull halfway on the stick? Is each aircraft different?

@johnl6973 Жыл бұрын

Hits the deck 2 times... Guess he was trained by the Iraqi Air Force

@neuromantiker7565 Жыл бұрын

what are the flight/design characteristics skal makes a fighter a one or two circle fighter?

@treasd231 Жыл бұрын

can you explain the split S for me and when it would be useful. For some reason, in a lot of your videos whenever you merge with someone i don't think I've ever seen you use it?

@h31212 Жыл бұрын

I see you've skillfully parried my nose! But can you parry... *...the ground?*

@fork9001 Жыл бұрын

How about a modernised/upgraded MiG-25? Titanium airframe will allow it to be maneuverable and fast.

@Haya-OhWaves Жыл бұрын

Hello ! With so much skill, you really deserve this nickname: Michael Fight's On, the one who dances in the sky... 😉❤️

@vinicio4114 Жыл бұрын

With the super hornet would it be very different?

@paulosskouridys3208 Жыл бұрын

Fun as always!

@sonupati2274 Жыл бұрын

Do a hornet vs su 30mki video

@lessharratt8719 Жыл бұрын

Dude, you rock.

@farkinarkin5099 Жыл бұрын

Maneuver kills are the best.

@clairecelestin8437 Жыл бұрын

My satisfying kill tier list- S: that time I had a hostile chase me into a climb, I jettisoned my tanks, and I splashed them with my tanks everything else- ehhh C, I guess