DCS: F-4E - Episode IV - RADAR Pt. 1

DCS: F-4E - Episode IV - RADAR Pt. 1 - Basics and Theory

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2 ай бұрын

Welcome to the first part focusing on the mighty APQ-120 radar in the F-4E Phantom II!
Developing the technology behind our recreation of the radar has been a massive, multi-year endeavour - with a major focus on physical accuracy, hyper-realism and truly recreating the physical phenomena and effects driving an older Pulse-radar in all types of situations. Enjoy this deep-dive, and stay tuned for Part II which will focus on specific Employment, Radar guided weaponry and more!
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@alexolcese 2 ай бұрын

“The radar ‘may seem daunting and laborious’…” may be the biggest understatement ever. Absolutely amazing.

@Enigma89 2 ай бұрын

Looking forward to interpreting the radar smudges 🙏

@RoamingAdhocrat 2 ай бұрын

🐸🔔🐸🔔🐸🔔🐸🔔🐸🔔🐸🔔🐸🔔

@RoamingAdhocrat 2 ай бұрын

🐸🔔🐸🔔🐸🔔🐸🔔🐸🔔🐸🔔🐸🔔

@CROW1-2 2 ай бұрын

Cant wait to fly this thing on your server!

@RoamingAdhocrat 2 ай бұрын

can't wait to post a gif of a frog in a yellow conical hat endlessly ringing a bell

@jacobcarpenter5309 2 ай бұрын

Was waiting to see ur comment lol hey enigma are you going to be adding this to a server its gonna be mig killin time

@greghorine4995 2 ай бұрын

I worked on the AN/APQ-120 in the first half of my Air Force career. You guys have done an amazing job of recreating the look and feel! One thing I can comment on is that the pilot's display should be set back further inside of the HUD, since the AN/ASG-26 LCOSS mounted to the front of the radar display group. It was about a foot back inside, since the gunsight (LCOSS) contained a precision mirror, the reticle light and several servos and servo-potentiometers for moving the mirror, positioning the reticle in the combining glass. Overall, an amazing job, Heatblur!!!

@104thironmike4 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind comment, and thank you for your service! This is indeed known to us, however unfortunately not possible to implement in DCS, or a trade-off, if you will, as it would appear way too deep inside in game and inhibit proper use, especially on 2D monitors. To prevent this we unfortunately had to move it closer in. Thank you for your kind understanding.

@clutchtucker 2 ай бұрын

Damn. Wish I had your smartness

@Destarn 2 ай бұрын

@@104thironmike4 Perhaps have it as a specials option if possible? I'm sure there will be some people who will want that in VR

@JNelson_ 2 ай бұрын

@@Destarn it's more relating to the inability to do the lens effect that would give it similar zoom to what we have by placing it nearer

@koocoocroc1235 2 ай бұрын

HeatBlur, Listen to this man!

@JonathanLundkvist 2 ай бұрын

After this weekend, this is what we deserve; some video about a system I will never learn fully but just enough to use in a clinch.

@generic_luke 2 ай бұрын

What on earth do you expect HB to do about a Razbam issue? Edit: I misunderstood. My bad!

@JonathanLundkvist 2 ай бұрын

@@generic_luke I have never stated they will or should do anything, my point was that it was nice to get a break from it.

@generic_luke 2 ай бұрын

@@JonathanLundkvist Ah, that's my bad. So used to peoples negativity that I misunderstood. Apologies!

@budderball29 2 ай бұрын

@@generic_luke lol I feel ya there

@SA80TAGE 2 ай бұрын

@@generic_luke aye the internet does that to ya lol.

@alexanderherrmann743 2 ай бұрын

Can't wait for the A-6 with the TRAM radar!

@TFT-bp8zk 26 күн бұрын

TRAM wasn't a radar. TRAM was the EO/IR ball under the nose. "Beginning in 1979, all A-6Es were fitted with the AN/AAS-33 DRS (Detecting and Ranging Set), part of the 'Target Recognition and Attack Multi-Sensor' (TRAM) system, a small, gyroscopically stabilized turret, mounted under the nose of the aircraft, containing a forward-looking infra-red (FLIR) boresighted with a laser spot-tracker/designator and IBM AN/ASQ-155 computer. TRAM was matched with a new Norden AN/APQ-156 radar. The BN could use both TRAM imagery and radar data for extremely accurate attacks, or use the TRAM sensors alone to attack without using the Intruder's radar (which might warn the target). TRAM also allowed the Intruder to autonomously designate and drop laser-guided bombs."

@mihai2526 2 ай бұрын

as a ex ship radar operator, gonna have to brush up on my radar theory. never thought id need it again.

@croskerk 2 ай бұрын

Man seems like you'll have fun with this haha

@irishviking167 Ай бұрын

good ol x band and s band huh mate

@KernitTheFont Ай бұрын

Any good radar theory reading for us mere mortals out there? 😅

@Osean_Kitty 2 ай бұрын

This HAS to be the most detailed recreation of any radar in any flight game/simulator out there.

@CaptPickguard 2 ай бұрын

F-15E and Mirage 2000 DCS modules do the same things. It's great that Heatblur has opted to go this route too. :)

@southernbear736 2 ай бұрын

@@CaptPickguard they literally don't though unfortunately....I can't believe I'm saying this but Gaijin has literally made a more realistic radar then most DCS modules, this F-4 should be the gold standard for what DCS SHOULD be.

@tropicthndr 2 ай бұрын

Uh no. Search “DCS players after the F-4E Phantom is released” much better picture of this thing.

@BobbyDerBraumeister 2 ай бұрын

⁠@@southernbear736nope gaijin do not have more realistic radars. The radars in DCS are way more complicated and simulated way better…

@sandwich5344 2 ай бұрын

@@tropicthndr i love that video. I baited all the MFD fly by bogus bitches out there. And to no-ones suprise they actually fell for it.

@kzrlgo 2 ай бұрын

Sales pitch as I heard it: The AN/APQ-120 radar in the F-4E is a masterpiece of frustration, a technological relic from the era of disco and bell-bottoms. Picture this: you're cruising at Mach 2, ready to take on the enemy, only to find out your radar can barely distinguish between a pigeon and a MiG-21. Its range is about as reliable as a fortune teller's crystal ball, leaving pilots guessing whether that blip on the screen is a bogey or just cosmic interference. Accuracy? Forget about it. Trying to lock onto a target with the AN/APQ-120 is like trying to thread a needle while riding a unicycle on a tightrope during an earthquake. You might as well close your eyes and hope for the best. But fear not, brave pilots! The AN/APQ-120 comes with a built-in game of Russian roulette, where every press of the button is a gamble between actually detecting an enemy aircraft or just lighting up the sky like a Fourth of July fireworks display. Can’t wait! 😂

@DessertUnicorn 2 ай бұрын

Looks amazing!!!! i can see why it’s taking so long now… jester being able to constantly adjust the radar by himself must be insane to program

@davidmuir6849 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic . I worked on the f4 at Raf leuchars in Scotland in the 80s you’ve done a superb job and I’m really looking forward to taking this bird for a jolly . Regards Dave Ex raf Caa licensed aircraft engineer Private pilot

@wannaloginnow 2 ай бұрын

I hope Heatblur is giving me a competent Jester as RIO, because I’m sure I’m too dumb to work the radar properly! 😄

@aitor47 2 ай бұрын

You're not alone, mate. I just have not clue about any of what they said on the video 😂

@arguy3297 2 ай бұрын

@@aitor47me- oh fuck and Im supposed to know what to tell jester to do?

@iwyrilja 2 ай бұрын

I made a promise that I would be RIO 99% of the time to convince my friend to buy it

@getsideways7257 2 ай бұрын

@@iwyrilja Not a very hard promise to keep, I'd say. Doubt it's all that interesting in the front seat anyway...

@Spooky_32 2 ай бұрын

You guys do incredible work. I never thought I'd see the day where I get to fly an F-4 in a simulator to such a high level of fidelity and attention to detail. We are truly blssed ❤

@animatek6171 2 ай бұрын

You can feel the pride in his voice for such an achievement.

@xSP3CTREx 2 ай бұрын

I may never understand it all, but I appreciate how much work went into this. Great job!

@lotnylotny671 2 ай бұрын

The King is dead (F-14), long live the King (F4). You are in a class of your own. Unrivaled. I found out that you are from Poland. Great news that a group from my country creates such amazing things.

@104thironmike4 2 ай бұрын

Our team is international, but we are indeed based in Poland, and many of our developers are from Poland. 🙂

@Owenwolfx4876 2 ай бұрын

Wake up honey, new DCS F-4E video just dropped!

@Jwalker21NC 2 ай бұрын

haha this was me! not even lying lmao 😅 she loves me what can i say 🤷‍♂

@tropicthndr 2 ай бұрын

Show her the Joe Pesci version, makes a ton more sense. “DCS players after the F-4E phantom is released”

@loneirregular1280 2 ай бұрын

Heatblur yet again exceeding expectations. This is what they mean by "study level" sim. Well done 👏 and keep up the great work!

@Legalizeasbestos 2 ай бұрын

Its a game and always will be a video game. Its only a sim if you have an actual simulator cockpit to sit in. Otherwise you aint simulating nothing, just playing vidya. Thats said really impressive radar.

@christerjackson9589 2 ай бұрын

@@Legalizeasbestos It's not a sim unless you're sitting inside a real F-4E and playing while in the air. Jez.

@Legalizeasbestos 2 ай бұрын

@@christerjackson9589 it’s just misleading cause it’s not a simulator and I don’t know why the community is so focused on calling it a sim. The Air Force doing this with Minecraft graphics a sim because they’re actually simulating something, DCS beautiful but it’s just a video game. You gotta have all the other stuff before it becomes a sim. My point is I don’t know why it’s ever been called a sim or why anyone wants to call it a sim.

@christerjackson9589 2 ай бұрын

@@Legalizeasbestos Why do you care so much about what people call a 'game'?

@lars9267 2 ай бұрын

@@Legalizeasbestos So DCS is a sim if you have a cockpit to sit in otherwise it´s a game? The term sim is just used for software trying to replicate the real thing but there is no exact definition of it. When it is marketed as a sim that say something about what you can expect from the product. In the end games or sims are just software anyways.

@cowansimstudio 2 ай бұрын

Well done HB! Continuing to prove every module you produce is worth its weight in gold

@thetristians 2 ай бұрын

Outstanding!! Thank to the whole HB team. What a time to be alive as a flight sim nerd ❤

@wilbuzllf5057 2 ай бұрын

Holy smoke! I expected high detail and realism but listening to your description and recognizing pretty much everything from my own radar training many years ago I can't help be even more impressed than I thought I would, amazing! Keep up the good work HB!

@DartzIRL 2 ай бұрын

This is so much easier to watch than 90% of youtube videos.

@jamesyoungquist6923 2 ай бұрын

I've never been more excited for a module release! Heatblur, you guys rock

@jaromirandel543 2 ай бұрын

That level of detail. I love it.

@jumper684 2 ай бұрын

damn everything in this video looks really well implemented and simulated; Jester also has very nice callouts. Excited to fly this bird

@RIPTIDE66 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for all the hard work you Heatblur, we're very excited!!

@aaronfriedlander4184 2 ай бұрын

This is so interesting to learn how these systems work! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

@Michelsen77 2 ай бұрын

I'm super hyped! Thanks guys for everything❤

@evstachip89 2 ай бұрын

Holy crap. I feel dumb after watching this lol. Can't wait to try and learn the radar.

@PredatorFly 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely exceptional!

@kornykidd0 2 ай бұрын

The model and cockpit detail is incredible. Can’t believe how good it looks😮

@RobertBrusOfficial 2 ай бұрын

I was a radar operator in the RAN for a long time and can't wait to get my hands on this. It looks like a learning curve but once you've got it, man it can be fun! Well done on recreating this in such detail. Super excited for the launch.

@brandong2040 2 ай бұрын

This looks great! Looking forward to the added complexity.

@keithbuddrige5064 2 ай бұрын

Love this! Looks very similar to reading the Viggen's radar. Can't wait.

@asphelite 2 ай бұрын

Looks incredible! Cant wait to get my hands on it as well!

@paulmartinek1716 Ай бұрын

I can't thank you guys enough for putting this much effort into the radar, It is going to spoil me!

@Hypersteff89 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely incredible. Phantastic job!

@RockOarSomething Ай бұрын

That's a lot of information to learn, hopefully Jester took notes.

@igorkratka 2 ай бұрын

Words can`t describe how exciting this is.

@colinkelly990 2 ай бұрын

Awesome!! And the timing of the video was good, a good pick me up from the other drama!

@RFXCasey 2 ай бұрын

Haven't been studying up enough on this awesome looking module yet but I'm really looking forward to it.

@colinterry7261 2 ай бұрын

Yeah buddy! This was awesome!

@moiluck 2 ай бұрын

The F4 will be a challenging aircraft. Tons of hours of fun ahead. Awesome work guys. Keep it up!

@freedom1544 2 ай бұрын

All of this is incredibly impressive, though I must say, one that surprised me early on is that you NAILED the look and texture of the paint on the black nose cone at 0:53! Just by looking at it, I knew exactly how the paint would feel to the touch. It's the little stuff! Well done!

@FlintMcgee 2 ай бұрын

Amazing work

@chaosbuilder1531 2 ай бұрын

I so can't wait for release!

@tenToesUp747 Ай бұрын

I case no one has said it, THANK YOU!!! Money well spent. GREAT LAUNCH!!!

@soroushahmadivala2405 2 ай бұрын

WELL DONE HB!

@DOGosaurus_rex 2 ай бұрын

holy cow I am actually scared of how hard this is going end up being 😱😨

@DannyP159 2 ай бұрын

Well this just looks truly amazing. Take a bow HB

@Phantom24425 2 ай бұрын

We're getting closer

@user-ml9mn5wh2f 2 ай бұрын

This presentation is brilliant.

@joachimbrand2314 2 ай бұрын

Can't wait!!!

@rocketpunchgo1 2 ай бұрын

I asked for 30 minute videos.... and I received! Thanks Heatblur!

@Mightymoose02 2 ай бұрын

Looks awesome. Glad Jester will be helping me out.

@ivaniuk123 2 ай бұрын

This is incredibly impressive.

@A2Moonclaw 2 ай бұрын

Im not interested in the phantom (I’m a tomcat lover) but I am always excited to see more updates on the phantom. As I say on each of these videos, this is truly a work of art and I love seeing the work put into this. Gold standard Heatblur, you should be proud!!

@ninegravity2275 2 ай бұрын

It was worth the waiting！

@Bergie_78 2 ай бұрын

Unbelievable! I probably won’t fly this plane but I’ll buy it to support the devs’ incredible work! Well done 👏🏻

@GabryelHdPerformance 2 ай бұрын

amazing hardcore stuff! Incredible work 🤘🤘🤘

@imellor711 2 ай бұрын

Wow, looking, I'm looking forward to playing with the radar. The HB F4 Phantom is really looking great in this nicely explained video.

@adrew31043 2 ай бұрын

Ive got my tshirt in hand, now we just need the module! These teaser videos make me want it so much more.

@hanibelsoun9370 2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for sharing this video. Looking forward to get the F-4E!!!!

@guilhermebechtinger 2 ай бұрын

Amazing work, thanks!

@user-uv1fp9ho1j Ай бұрын

I sent this to my dad. He was nav in RF-4C in Vietnam and a techie. He has the highest number of hours flying night recce missions of the entire war. He would snap up night missions from crews that typically didn't want them. He felt safer at night flying down in the valleys of the route packs. Used the radar in modes that were available but which the Air Force never trained, and other crews never used. Something about circular polarization, for instance, allowed him to see through the rain better. But only he used it. The RF had TFR so not the same as the E, but he came out of ADC (F-89D/H/J, F-101B) and was able to use the RF's radar for air-to-air to some degree. He retired O-6 after flying F-111A at Takhli and F's at Mt. Home. He loved his job; a true Scope Wizard. Great work on the model! Even I could see the scope follows the terrain realistically.

@jg3nius135 Ай бұрын

If you can, you should get him to have a go on the F-4 now it is released

@RailgunCyclops 2 ай бұрын

can't wait for this amazing module to be released! got a friend that wants to be a dedicated WSO, so hope he can keep up with all the radar intricacies

@robihobby9490 2 ай бұрын

😄👍 I'm getting more and more excited.

@dunbar555 2 ай бұрын

very well done video. cant wait though

@Cessna152ful 2 ай бұрын

Super looking forward to this guys!!

@rmp5s 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely incredible. Can't wait to start interpreting smudges and smears!

@mastergshotgun 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic!

@Coolhand101e 2 ай бұрын

Well... this is going to be a fun learning experience!! 😎👍

@Elysian_Angel_ 2 ай бұрын

HeatBlur: above and beyond! 🥳

@vasilisroukis1108 2 ай бұрын

Impressive!

@nrosko 2 ай бұрын

Amazing thank you.

@Audfile 2 ай бұрын

An absolute dream come true.

@TheGobin 2 ай бұрын

Video was a banger holy

@hmleao 2 ай бұрын

da fuq, almost didn't recognize graywolf's voide xD. very cool.

@Phantom24425 2 ай бұрын

He does all of the narrating for the videos

@samsmith6791 2 ай бұрын

Looks like this module will both test and push my radar knowledge. Can't wait to study the manual!

@realQuiGon 2 ай бұрын

Why wait? The manual has already been released.

@SA80TAGE 2 ай бұрын

"Can't wait to study the manual!" - pretty sure this is only game anyone has ever said that sentence about lol.

@stepstv4466 2 ай бұрын

Now thats a video good job

@myyoutube_6516 2 ай бұрын

Cool, looks like jester will have fun using that.

@0FMCDCS Ай бұрын

We got a lot to learn. This back seat may be the most challenging I’ll learn

@Kifter1983 2 ай бұрын

Amazing stuff 👍👍👍

@nathanwells4809 2 ай бұрын

A great job for Jester

@cinemacity6619 2 ай бұрын

Finally!🤘🏼

@ga9633 2 ай бұрын

On the radar set control (first seen at 2:49), the correct setting for the TRACK switch should say AOJ OUT, not AOU OUT. Worked on the APQ120 for 11 years--

@denneledoe873 2 ай бұрын

Could you think of a reason HB made this mistake? Or inversely; could you think of a reason HB thought it should say AOU OUT based on different documents?

@ga9633 2 ай бұрын

@@denneledoe873 Maybe the radar set control they were photographing had a scratch where the J looked like a U? But it is AOJ, for Angle On Jam, so AOU makes no sense

@denneledoe873 2 ай бұрын

@@ga9633 Heatblur released the F-4 manual ahead of release, and in the manual it's indeed referenced as AOJ OUT, not AOU OUT. So yeah it's a texture error. great catch! but then again, when you work with something for 11 years you get an eye for these things ;)

@aaronwhite1786 2 ай бұрын

Respect for all of this detail. It's got to make bug finding a nightmare, but damn does it make it look like a blast to do what can seem so simple in the newer planes.

@nero995 2 ай бұрын

I love heatblur bro

@htc5699 2 ай бұрын

May seem daunting ? I AM FRICKIN SCARED ALREADY !

@jawjaboy58 2 ай бұрын

Now how in the WORLD do y'all expect an old man to learn all THIS?? Holy cow, maybe I'll just let the guy in back worry about it...This stuff is just crazy, how y'all design and implement these systems is truly mind-blowing.FORGET the rest of my modules, I'll be spending months and months with this beast!!

@l0ad1n42 2 ай бұрын

Dope!

@Pricklyhedgehog72 2 ай бұрын

Phabulous stuff...

@Donau-fc4lx 2 ай бұрын

Awesome

@Isimus 2 ай бұрын

Amazing!

@Seth90 2 ай бұрын

clear as mud ^^

@valentinstrobel1791 2 ай бұрын

HERE IT COMES

@xXE4GLEyEXx 2 ай бұрын

Hearblur, blazing the trail on how modules should be in DCS. Looking forward to flying the F4 ^^

@bretttrommler756 Ай бұрын

I served as an avionics tech in the US Navy from 77 to 89. Worked on the old EA-6B Prowler. The older version of the Prowler had the old APQ-129 for a radar. It was primarily a search radar but had a terrain clearance function too. It was old, not solid state, and extremely unreliable. It was a modified version of the APQ-112 tracking radar in the A-6C. It would supposedly allow the early Prowlers to fire the AGM-45 Shrike although i never heard of any actually doing that. Anyway, that radar was from a similar time as the APQ-120 so I can relate to its questionable accuracy and reliability. I also served on board the USS Midway CV-41 when they has a squadron of old RF-4's on board. It was one of the last active F-4 sqadrons in the US Navy.