Late to the party, but thanks for making a quick and dirty start-up tutorial. I think there needs to be more of these kinds of tutorials for other aircraft too. Because this is a sim, and not RL, I prefer to first learn what I NEED to know then I can later learn what I want to know/stuff that would only be needed IRL. It makes the learning curve of these modules much less overwhelming, IMO.

Swedish engineering at its best

Cold start after 30 years

just got it yesterday , nice aircraft its fun and good tutorial :P

Just got this plane during the last sale, and ever since my life has been a Saab Story... Yeah, I'm a dad. Getting started on these tutorials, so thanks in advance!

I'm just learning the Viggen so far seems like a really nice module, great video many thanks

nice!

Purrtty

Dcs looking great.

Interesting

I believe there is a dangerous caveat to your 'raise-the-landing-gear-in-advance'-trick at 4:49 though: When the weight goes of the wheels, and the gear instantly retracts, it ALSO raises the flaps on the forward canards, making you lose quite a chunk of lift again. That might be risky when you're heavy loaded: you think you've taken off nicely, until your nose drops back to the runway. Owyeah, didn't you forget to turn on your oxygen? (right wall console, the lone switch under the three dials). Hypoxia ìs a thing, y'know? ;)

Great work man, keep goin!

You did not rotate the computer knob from ref/lola to akt/pos. Thought this was needed to get nav computer data to display properly? Not sure if it is modelled in DCS but it is recommended that you do not switch to Nav until holding short of takeoff. Some sort of quirk in the nav computer where it becomes confused if the aircraft is not moving at normal speeds for an extended time. Your information about raising the landing gear early is correct. One drawback though is that when the landing gear raises the flaps are stowed. So if you have the landing gear raised before takeoff and you rotate too early during the takeoff roll you could find yourself in a semi-stall and the flaps retracting at the same time. Probably more of a danger with maximum loads. You will need the oxygen switch on if you intend to fly at altitude, although low level is the Viggen's natural domain :)

Ranger!

How long does it take to leave the atmosphere?

Well you have a little more buttons here than any of the SC ships...

I could see myself getting airsickness in this game

i love playing DCS, need a better PC and VR though I think to enjoy it more XD

It's crazy that they go into so much detail. I read just the other day that Garmin was building an autopilot that will land a small plane. I know commercial jets have advanced autopilots. How much longer before aircraft are completely run by computers?

Wow this simulation game looks so complicated. Can we actually learn how to fly a real plane with this ?! (or at least start it x)

does the viggen not have an uxy/obogs switch?

Volvo motors !

Pile of junk. Not enough fuel to even make it to Hur L3. Seems to be a pretty simple startup procedure for such an old jet though. Faster startup than the newer F14 thanks to data cartridge instead of damn INS computer.