DCS A-10C Ground Attack With The Targeting Pod

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13 жыл бұрын

This is intended to assist DCS players on how to accurately attack ground targets using the LITENING II pod in DCS A-10C. Your targeting pod is one of the best weapons in the game, so take advantage of it! The walkthrough includes:
- What the TGP does, and how the different ranging methods work.
- TGP bootup process.
- How to avoid misdesignating a markpoint.
- How to use the laser rangefinder to fine-tune your markpoints.
- How to get the most out of line-of-sight mode when creating your markpoints.
Thanks to everyone in the eagle dynamics forums who participated in the "slant range" discussion thread, and thank you, Eagle Dynamics, for releasing open beta 2! You can prepurchase and gain beta access at www.digitalcombatsimulator.com . Thanks for watching.

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@funkengruven7773 7 жыл бұрын

You will be gratified to know this video (even 6 years later) is one of the best I've ever seen. Lot's of people make instruction vids, but don't tell you what they're doing or do not explain WTF is going on. This is one of the best & most helpful I've seen yet.

@moonshot715 10 жыл бұрын

Out of ALL the DCS tutorial videos and mounds of documentation I've digested, yours is truly THE BEST! Thanks a bunch!

@jcbak 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your contributions to DCS.

@drumdude12 11 жыл бұрын

I'm a private pilot and I bought this simulator because I love A10s. Turns out to be the most complex thing I've ever seen! This video helped to answer a lot of questions thanks for the vid.

@willvvf161 9 жыл бұрын

I watched a bunch of your vids when I first started playing dcs. Going back to this one the brush up. I had forgotten what great videos you've made. Rock on Bro.

@paulrubens3048 4 жыл бұрын

well done no hesitation no repetition no meandering. Wish you continued.

@MikeTrazzera 13 жыл бұрын

Just want to let you know how much your work is appreciated. Your instructions help people understand concepts that are buried in the manual that would otherwise take days to figure out. Thanks. If you are ever looking for suggestions on other topics to cover, I along with others struggle with locating targets. Any techniques you might have for searching would be great. Thx again.

@nickdawn3985 7 жыл бұрын

Well done video explanation and demonstration with the mark points. Very easy to understand even tho it's 6 years old it's bang on, I just had that problem now I understand exactly why. Thanks

@G0lden09 11 жыл бұрын

I have probably spent a few hours learning goodies tonight, I never knew about setting the SPI by creating waypoints like this. Seems pretty awesome for static targets, thanks for the video. I'm still learning but I seem to be getting the hang of using the map and targetting pod to create an SPI and slave all the sensors to it. I bet it seems trivial to people that have played this for a while but man this game is challenging to learn and yet so much fun.

@EricSeelig 4 жыл бұрын

Love this video...helped enormously when I was learning the 'hog a few years ago. Now with the development of the Hornet, it seems a lot of people are unaware of this point...and as far as I can tell, the Hornet pod can't do this yet.

@406Monaro 13 жыл бұрын

A most excellent vid. Good demo of the Mark-point mode of the CDU as well.

@HawgDawg4Life 10 жыл бұрын

Incredibly insightful, thank you!

@coolts 13 жыл бұрын

much appreciated headspace. I had no idea why my LBB's were so off target.

@weltensegLA 13 жыл бұрын

Agreed cant express my appreciation enough! Great work and huge favor to many many of us I belive!

@mattbike1 12 жыл бұрын

i dont have this game, but that looked like a really well thought through and detailed sim. great content of vid too :) thanks for the insight

@sniperwolfpk5 13 жыл бұрын

I like your video very much. Very nice tutorial and your voice is very clear. Great Job :)

@JJC2611 13 жыл бұрын

Awesome tutorial. Thank you.

@coolts 13 жыл бұрын

Another great vid my man. Between Wags, Tiger and yourself we are getting really good instruction as some of us, (me included), learn quicker by example and not so much from written instruction.

@Dasolskinn 4 жыл бұрын

9 Years later, and still revlevant

@toonsis 12 жыл бұрын

Well done and a big help to me

@toonsis 13 жыл бұрын

Well done and a big help

@AdenFlorian08 12 жыл бұрын

Great guide, thanks.

@EinsteinEP 13 жыл бұрын

Great vid!

@ZorgDK 13 жыл бұрын

that was really helpful. well done.

@neohelios77 11 жыл бұрын

Loving these videos, thanks! Have you ever thought yo include a picture-in-picture, of your HOTAS inputs in the lower corner of the video? Thanks!

@baproto 11 жыл бұрын

thank you this helped me a lot

@lmos26 11 жыл бұрын

You have to love military aviation and or like me, be totally in love with the A-10A+C, If you have a passion for this amazing plane and it's wonderful to really know about its combat and development history. For instance, the A-10 can totally lose hydraulics and any mechanical parts connected to that system because it has a completely separate backup cable/pulley system called Manual Reversion and its saved countless lives and got planes home that otherwise should have ejected.

@BellumPara 13 жыл бұрын

Excellent, thanks a lot!

@broadieoz 10 жыл бұрын

Very good Video!

@sprue_goose 13 жыл бұрын

Headspace...awesome work. Really!

@killerhaircut 13 жыл бұрын

Awesome Video. TY

@Hardmetal1993 13 жыл бұрын

amazing video, i diddnt know the laser could be used for ranging aswell :P

@nonibandoni 11 жыл бұрын

Well, you're right on one point, it's pretty complicated but with all the new systems and new technology you need more buttons. For example, back in WW2 almost everyone could fly an aircraft to some extent because the controls were so easy to understand and it was all hydraulics. Yet with the new electronic systems you simply can't have that few buttons. :) And it's more like -used- to have 200 buttons and now there's 5000 xD

@Zacho5 13 жыл бұрын

Very Cool! Thanks a lot!

@andysim232 13 жыл бұрын

awsome video. especialy the mark points example. This sim is coming on leaps and bounds.

@Donx2Pac 12 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial thx

@NBGZerO 13 жыл бұрын

"Ahh lets go ahead and drop ourselves a JDAM on this thing." -> THAT made my day :-D

@lmos26 11 жыл бұрын

It has self sealing fuel tanks with a mixed flame retardant to protect from fuel leakage and explosion also unlike other planes, the fuel is not kept in the vulnerable wings but in the center fuselage and in 4 separate armored tank, If one is breached the fuel is dumped and weight distributed. The pilot is protected within a bathtub shaped shield of titanium capable taking a direct impact from around a 60mm sized cannon. Even the look of the plane has a defensive purpose. The engine placement

@theeltea 11 жыл бұрын

gotta love the standby attiude indicator reading :)))

@doenerbudenking 12 жыл бұрын

@HikingForSpirit NWS Button, also used for engaging your steering wheel when on the ground and for resetting your refueling boom in case of a disconnect.

@ExcessiveHeadspace 13 жыл бұрын

@mcmike606060 Thanks for your feedback! To be honest, the best advice I can give is to scan with the pod and scan visually (using a zoomed in view). That is, if you're not using labels. Don't expect to be able to see guys running around on the ground from up high. The FLIR mode on the POD is good for vehicle spotting.

@Dusan56 11 жыл бұрын

With your joystick. On my G940 it's on the top of the stick (easy access with thumb) and it's called mini-stick button. The functionality is set in the game (DCS A-10C).

@ExcessiveHeadspace 13 жыл бұрын

Yes, the nosewheel steering button is used to trigger the laser.

@pugi212 11 жыл бұрын

You turn on the laser in flight with the Nose Wheel Steering button. Also he only made two mark points to demonstrate the difference between the actual locations with and without lasing.

@Squint_ 13 жыл бұрын

A golf-clap for the "frickin' laser beams" at 00:43, sir. :)

@1977Rainbo 13 жыл бұрын

Hi thanks for posting these tutorial vids theyve been a real help, ive only had the Hog for about a week now and just started dropping ordinance after familiarising myself with basic ops of the aircraft. ok my question is about the tgt marking ive found that targetting with the laser on,at around 3-5 thousand feet my bombs are still way off by mayby 20-30 mtrs then other times at the same alt there bang-on?do i just need to fly higher? im using beta 4 incidentally.

@4cGrom 13 жыл бұрын

Great tutorials helped me so much. All I kept them on my HDD. I admire the sharpness of your picture. Would you like to explain to us how you made so high-quality video? I tried with FRAPS, but the picture is quite blurry

@CaptainMorgan32 13 жыл бұрын

Thanks Headspace!

@scheffchen 13 жыл бұрын

masterpiece!

@mckseal 13 жыл бұрын

subbed. A-mazing

@BLACKYTICO 10 жыл бұрын

Untill today have a game and its simply amazing,all of them,*** I recomended very much***

@G1N0L4T1N0 13 жыл бұрын

"Awesome little device with frickin' laser beams in it" LOVE IT!

@Scarecrowman27 12 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial I echo McMike6060. I just have a few questions. When you pickle the Jdam after already designating with LOS and LZR do you have to have the lazer still fired so many seconds before impact or is it already a done deal? I couldn't see the Lzr L blinking before impact. I'm just beginning last comment I left you I asked you what Auto Pilot was. But I'm coming along and I'm just trying to get this straightened out. Ty

@DSPhil 13 жыл бұрын

Very nice Video. I do the whole procedure like you did in this video. But my JDAM are ALLWAYS off the target. They hit the mark point exactly, but these mark points are off the target. I knoe the difference of area and point mode, and I allways used the laser ranging to set the mark points. Do you set the mark point as SPI before pickle the GBU? Do you use Singleplayer, or MP?

@alf0rrana 12 жыл бұрын

I don't even have the game and i LOVE witching these videos...lol

@kylania 13 жыл бұрын

@m00shim Yup! China Hat FWD Short changes it's meaning based on SOI. TAD = FOV EXP toggle, TGP/MAV = FOV toggle, HUD = Set Mav as SOI. You can see this chart on page 88 of the beta 3 manual.

@lmos26 11 жыл бұрын

and the side stabilizer wings provide aft/starboard cover as well from side incoming IR guided missiles..Ever notice that big black circle on the bottom directly below the cockpit? that's used to confuse enemy fighters because from a distance the A-10 is hard to distinguish top/bottom,so the black circle is a fake cockpit and can fool an enemy fighter to make a deadly mistake and misjudge the A-10's turn direction The list just goes on and learning how to play DCS A-10C is GREAT on you learn it

@ExcessiveHeadspace 13 жыл бұрын

@Slambog That just means that you press it for a short amount of time (don't hold it down).

@ruggbutt 13 жыл бұрын

@mcmike606060 I second what you said. Fantastic work, concise and to the point. You're much appreciated.

@m00shim 13 жыл бұрын

EH amazing stuff! One Q. Why use boatswitch mid for Charge Coupled Device TV? ...That is, do I need to use CCD at all? THANKS!

@nonibandoni 11 жыл бұрын

Adaption is key. Aircraft in real life has to be able to react to any threat that can come its way, AA, weather etcethera. To do this successfully they need to have a heapload of options available.

@Impact117 13 жыл бұрын

00:55 Yay, we got laser weapons now :D

@fredheimer 12 жыл бұрын

@Slambog It would be helpful when you describe what TMS -right or -up is and how to engage it ? I have the game but cannot set targets because I don't have a clue what kind of key I have to press on the keyboard to desingate targets. I don't have a HOTAS Joystick, only a Saitek Cyborg Evo ?

@planelander 13 жыл бұрын

i think you should say what keyboard shortcut keys you are using its allot easier to understand, but thank you for making video

@lmos26 11 жыл бұрын

Oh AND even if all 4 of the fuel tanks are destroyed,, the A-10 STILL has two self-sealing sump tanks that give about 250nmi to get ya home. as for the engines, they use a turbine that produces much more power than a multi turbo compressor uses and converts that excess power to drive a ducted fan to then accelerate air from the front of the engine rearwards nozzle. This uses much less fuel and heat but what heat it does produce is sent over the top of the tail-wings which blocks it from below

@Thesupermachine2000 13 жыл бұрын

First of all, LOVE your vids. DCS makes beautifull games too bad I don't have the time to play it, nore the pc.. Nore the skill... (video tutorials don't really help... liked the falcon 4 approach of learning more) But about the vid... At 1:07 you can see the laser in infrared.. I never tought about this but if the targeting pod is switched on it emits a laser right ? Does that mean that The a-10 is very clearly visible as a large line of light in the darkness while wearing night goggles ?

@navalax 12 жыл бұрын

Great vid. What map is that?

@Msdonutfactory 11 жыл бұрын

A JDAM is a GPS guided weapon, thus it wont react if you fire the laser while its in flight, instead it will try to hit the coordinates you designated it to. Because of this, you dont need to fire the laser, the only usage of it here is to get accurate coordinates as explained in the video.

@m00shim 13 жыл бұрын

When switching to Narrow Field of view: "China Hat FWD Short." Does that mean when this MFCD is the SOI? --I'm having lots of trouble understanding the switchology in this sim. Thanks very helpful.

@Dokkaebi707 11 жыл бұрын

i like the Canadian paint schyme for this plane XD looks pretty badass but there r no videos about it D:

@formdk 9 жыл бұрын

Am I ever going to learn how to play this game? :(

@formdk 9 жыл бұрын

:) It's quite complex though. Maybe I should ease into the prop planes first.

@Doc161st 8 жыл бұрын

+Zachary Layne i now play DCS A-10C for 4 1/2 years and still learning new stuff. If you say you can handle it, i´ll show you you can´t.

@samuelruwe5811 6 жыл бұрын

I know I can't handle it.

@nightman7263 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe when you stop seeing it only as a game.

@megalibra82 13 жыл бұрын

@mcmike606060 god bless such comments...."pay it forward" is the best formula existed

@xdeadlordxx 11 жыл бұрын

Jdams doesnt need to be lased but the laser is used for ''marking'' the object otherwise without the laser the computer marks the terrain as the video says.Gbus are laser dependent if you dont lase them correctly they will not hit the location you wanted.

@oneflyline96 6 жыл бұрын

Nomad it depends on what gnu you are using. Gbu-10 and gbu-12 are laser guided, but the 31's and 38's are gps guided. Once you laser the target it send the target info to the gps guide bomb and you basically release and forget.

@kylania 13 жыл бұрын

@WaterIsPoison18 You were playing in Sim mode right? You need to disable the Game Flight Mode and Game Avionics mode under Options -> Gameplay otherwise it defaults to arcade style. If you'd already done that then hopefully the flight model will be adjusted during the rest of beta so you can enjoy it more.

@MustNotRead 12 жыл бұрын

immah firin' mah lazooorz!

@couger014 11 жыл бұрын

What is exactly the differnce between the laser and the IR laser. Right now i just found out that i'm doing everything with the designating laser. And so for so good, so why would i use the IR laser? I guess there is a special feature combined with it, but i dont know what....

@Viper816 12 жыл бұрын

wich button do i fire JDAMS and bombs with. ive tryed space but thats only the minigun

@AdenFlorian08 12 жыл бұрын

@Imaslipper I think he was just wanted to exaggerate the difference between LOS and the laser for the example.

@bigbayou87 12 жыл бұрын

I don't even have this game and I watched the whole video.

@ExcessiveHeadspace 13 жыл бұрын

@wagmatt Thanks!

@USNavalAirForces 11 жыл бұрын

how do i turn on the laser and why do you need to make two mark points rather than one for one object?

@wiesenbefeuchter 13 жыл бұрын

May I also aquire a tgt by entering its coordinates?

@gehnnawarrior13 11 жыл бұрын

yea that would make sense lol and i suppose after a shit ton of training and study all those buttons would look alot less like clutter and more like usable instruments and tools. but i would still think things should be streamlined as much as possible because in actual combat i would think your stress would be red lined which could cause some troubles but im not a pilot at all lol so maybe it is already really streamlined and maybe they used to have 5000 buttons instead of 200 lol

@Dan67518 9 жыл бұрын

my alt up wont lock for some reason. I even tried reinstalling the game. no luck

@Csilk 11 жыл бұрын

at 7:50 you say i am gonna zoom back out CMS back, you mean DMS aft. just in case anyone gets confused.

@PictureElement 13 жыл бұрын

I just order this game today.Iam totaly noob in this kind of simulation games.Is it difficult to learn the game?Are there any in game tutorials for takeoff,landing ,using weapons etc?

@cessnadriver30037 7 жыл бұрын

What graphics mods dp you have installed

@arishtat4523 13 жыл бұрын

What do you use for view control?

@AndrewRainesGuitars 11 жыл бұрын

comma, period, slash, and semicolon

@27Meatwod 12 жыл бұрын

This isn't a tutorial for using weapons. It only the function of the tgp with regards to range finding. Like everything else in this game, there way more to learn than what's shown in the video. Join the online servers and there are more than enough people around to help.

@Joran213 11 жыл бұрын

How to control the diamond thing? :D

@fatwizard1234 7 жыл бұрын

China hat forward? What key is that on the keyboard?

@ExcessiveHeadspace 6 жыл бұрын

Hit "escape", go into "Adjust Controls" and you can see where the keys are bound to.

@ChristianHentze 11 жыл бұрын

How do you move your head while looking???

@m00shim 13 жыл бұрын

@kylania rgr that, THX

@PosthumousAddress 9 жыл бұрын

How do you move your view around so naturally?

@Sacredl1es 9 жыл бұрын

Track ir

@WaterIsPoison18 13 жыл бұрын

@kylania I'm not mad, I just find that the simulation's representation of the flight mechanics of the Fairchild-Republic A-10C weapon system to be inaccurate at best.

@Frosttty 13 жыл бұрын

@rddaos "Insert" on the keyboard will do it.

@amby1234567890 13 жыл бұрын

hay r u using a head tracker ???

@Braeden123698745 13 жыл бұрын

Do you think you could hop into an A-10c and operate it?

@taiming71 8 жыл бұрын

I love the A-10C but I have a horrible time finding ground targets even when i know were they are. Is there a best graphics setting to get the vehicles to stand out a little? I don't want to use labels i feel it's cheating.1

@oliverbergmann6117 8 жыл бұрын

thermal? bhot and whot helps alot you could also enlarge the models in the options

@TheSpinyMouse 8 жыл бұрын

There is no realistic FLIR simulation at the moment. BHOT and WHOT modes are just color filters, so they are useless when target color is close to ground texture color.

@oliverbergmann6117 8 жыл бұрын

TheSpinyMouse Yeah most of the time sometimes it helps but nowhere near where it should be indeed so all that really helps is large model size or enable the f10 map with enemies

@Maverickf22flyer 7 жыл бұрын

Exactly! But somehow, in the past, even with color filtering mode you were able to see target vehicles much easier and distinguish them from the surrounding, but now it became impossible after the last patches. Instead of making it better, they were genius enough to make it worse than it was.