DCS: F/A-18C Hornet AGM-65F IR Maverick + LITENING Pod Tutorial!

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4 жыл бұрын

Hey Buds! I wanted to make this video as a supplement and companion to my recent LMAV tutorial video which you can find here: • DCS: F/A-18C Hornet AG...
In my opinion you should always use IR guided Mavericks in conjunction with a targeting pod, it allows you to increase your lethality over the digital battlefield by allowing you breakout and identify targets at much longer ranges and increase your survivability by giving you better stand off distances and reducing the amount of time you fly headon to the target through allowing you to find and select targets while flying offset or even away from the area. And this video will show you guys how to do exactly that!
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@Spudknocker 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Buds! This is the companion video to the AGM-65E Laser Maverick Tutorial that you can find here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gq-kfc97ra7Mf6c.html I hope the video enhances your fun and enjoyment of the DCS: F/A-18C Hornet and if you liked the video please give us a like and a subscribe and consider supporting us on Patreon!

@markrogers7304 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you thank you thank you for this tutorial. I have been struggling for 2 days to use the agm 65e and for some reason I can barely use that thing, it honestly has nearly turned me away from using anything outside of fc3 planes. I did watch your tutorial for the E version and still was iffy if I got it to work. Watched this vid tonight and within 15 mins I was able to fire 4 65f at 4 different targets and hit all 4. Your tutorials have made it possible for me to learn my first full module. Your tutorials are so well explained and shown without throwing too much at a beginner in 1 tutorial.

@Despiser25 Жыл бұрын

Why would you use an E if the F is so much better? And how do you get whitecaps in the water?

@superdude4402 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Learned a lot and the tactical tips are greatly appreciated!

@jonathanriley7147 2 жыл бұрын

Man, seriously. EXCELLENT tutorial! I'm new to the Hornet and your videos are just what I needed. Thanks for all your hard work, Spud!

@ComdrStew 4 жыл бұрын

Those lights in the background at the beginning look so good now. Can't wait until the AG mode in the HMD works.

@Spudknocker 4 жыл бұрын

Yep that will be super cool!

@broganjohnston750 Жыл бұрын

Finally a video that is not completely over complicated

@chrisrh281 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting. You make it very easy to follow. I set myself up a training mission while watching this and was able to follow along. Now I have another weapon in my arsenal. Happy hunting bro!

@him91360 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job - always look forward to your informative videos - Thanks

@bitboydcs9825 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool thanks for sharing the info!

@ronclarke8546 4 жыл бұрын

Very good explanation and demonstration. I was having trouble understanding that. Thanks! Subbed!

@Spudknocker 4 жыл бұрын

I am glad it helped you out!

@geese312 2 ай бұрын

dude seriously best dcs tut ever, took me 3 days of watching someone elses tuts and they never worked. 7 mins into this video i finally fired my first maverick!

@robd10121983 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, just came across your videos today and i gotta say im enjoying them. I am newish to dcs and learning a lot from you. please keep up the good work.

@CarbonRacer Жыл бұрын

This one is again an amazing tut. As all your content is. Or to say it with the regularly used words of a pretty wise man: "...as always". 😀

@AVIOCHAHINEMODELS 4 жыл бұрын

Very nicely done, clear and easy to understand even though english is not my mother tongue! Thank you

@Spudknocker 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@alphadonkey4545 3 жыл бұрын

Gratz for having it just like that on the bottom DDI... Good tutorials, but when things just wont jump in places like they seemingly should.

@Yeager123123 2 жыл бұрын

Though I get extreme motion sickness and vomit nearly every time I see your videos, I still enjoy them and DCS

@Zlocisz12 Ай бұрын

Thank you, I was doing a Cerberus North campaign and I didn't know I can use TPod with agm65f, as you said lining up that maverick with a target is really hazardous to my health, especially mental health...

@driedink 4 жыл бұрын

I'm having trouble finding the keybinds for some of these, for example how do you zoom with the pod? How do you lock in a target like in 3:25?

@johnf6827 2 жыл бұрын

Tip for 11 and 1 clock positions: add direction first, I.e. “bogey right 1 o’clock “ that way if you mistakenly say “right 11 o’clock “ your flight still knows right and one clock position from center.

@marbessi 4 жыл бұрын

Good tutorial... is it possible to switch between targets after every single launch and shots all of your Mavericks in a single pass? Is there a specific angle of attack to launch missile or you just have to be in range? (I see sometimes X over Mav on your HUD took a while to goes away)

@FD1CE 3 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial as always, specially for me as a totally newbie in Hornet world. btw welcome to Iran :)) I still wish ED could design Zagros plant cover at some point. PG map is just soil in ED lol P.S. as I checked Warren's videos he had travelled to Alborz mountains and Dizin Ski resort, or maybe I didn't find his journey in Zagros :)

@MBkufel 4 жыл бұрын

Niceee

@josuefox 4 жыл бұрын

Thank u for that video, that was helpful . Question tho , 1) Why it doesn't work when the target is moving ? , it locks the target but after pressing depress , it unlocks the moving target on flir screen . 2) Why PTRK , ATRK gives the same result 3) What would be the plan B for a moving target ?

@athina1008 Жыл бұрын

Hello, I ask you, without Flir, if I use the left panel to lock the AGM 65F, everything is fine, but when I get to lock a point on the ground from the Hud I can't unlock it again, cage/uncage doesn't work, if I go back to the panel left and put ungage back to look at the point I assigned in the hud. Do you know how to unlock a fixed point with the hud?, greetings

@DJones476 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, Spudknocker, I hope Wags gives y'all the B61 bomb for the Viper and Hornet. I can hardly wait to see your tutorial on that! Nothing can stop me now. 'Cause I'm the Nuke of Eeeeaaaarrrrllll...

@bobr8766 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Spudknocker, why aren't you answering the people's questions below? Like finding a target without a waypoint...I can put the triangle on the target from a distance and depress TDC and the triangle doesn't go anywhere near where the triangle was pointing when you depressed TDC...almost impossible to find the target without flying around and searching blind. Help us!!

@MrAnthonyfrench 3 жыл бұрын

I subbed just because of the name, I know the rest is going to be gospel

@user-dy5zm7nd8q 4 жыл бұрын

May you make some tutorials for us especially about F-18C

@rdgmobile6882 4 жыл бұрын

How does the Mav even know the range? If it is slaved to the Pod sensor, which currently doesn't seem to provide range data, how to determine to be within release range?

@gsxr1000jt 6 ай бұрын

How do you get the diamond on right page? What is it listed under controls? I'm using warthog hotas thx.

@revenger681 3 жыл бұрын

65f are fire and forget, right? As you get better and faster you could lock 2 or 3 targets at a time and each missile will keep it's own target that you locked?

@ramjet2977 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Spudknocker, good vid, very helpful. Maybe you could help me figure out how to slew the Maverick when designated with the TGP? I can slew just fine without a TGP but no movement at all once designated. My Mavericks do not always align on the designated point so a slight adjustment slew is needed but I just cannot do it. Undesignate bore sights the pod away from target area but does then allow the Mav to slew, just cannot figure this out

@dogebot4619 4 жыл бұрын

I have the same problem I don't understand why does it do that

@jakobgolasowski1260 4 жыл бұрын

Also same Problem. Have you solved it?

@flighttherapybullisticfpv133 2 жыл бұрын

Jet planes, Iran AND Warren Miller?!? Those are three of favorite things!

@PiSkiS320 4 жыл бұрын

Cool! Question... after weapon released, can you jettison the weapons racks? Or it only jettison the weapons itself? Thanks!

@rwhunt99 4 жыл бұрын

Yes. You can do either.

@Spudknocker 4 жыл бұрын

PiSkiS320 you can, but the rack launchers for AGM-65’s has a seriously tiny impact on aircraft performance so there’s no real need to jettison them, unless you wanna waste taxpayer dollars haha

@MrRabauke80 2 жыл бұрын

Are there any major differences in this procedure, using the ATFLIR?

@jmac_au4344 3 жыл бұрын

How do you zoom with the HOTAS on the FLIR?? I can only do it via DDI buttons :(

@avi8r66 3 жыл бұрын

Been practicing this, but its a royal pain to find the targets. End up flying past them or just never finding them. Maybe I need to build a practice range or something.

@nickoli3174 2 жыл бұрын

Could you break the lock your have on your pod and the missile still land on the target?

@neurogenesis6741 4 жыл бұрын

Is this vid recorded on VR or trackIR?

@fu21412able 4 жыл бұрын

Nice vid! I remember when the TPOD first came out there were glitches using it to slave the F variant, it was hard to maintain the target lock. Has that been improved? If not I might have to stick with the E atm.

@Spudknocker 4 жыл бұрын

TC works great for me! The only bug I can see with the TPOD on the Hornet right now is it doesn’t want to track moving ships

@MrChaosProf 4 жыл бұрын

@@Spudknocker I'm not sure if it is a bug or a feature, but I have realised that the HOTAS FOV change command does not work for either the TGP or the Maverick, when a Maverick or a HARM is loaded, also I can't slew the Maverick by itself at all when TGP had been designating a target before, even if I undesignate the TGPs target.

@prodigalglenn 4 жыл бұрын

@@MrChaosProf Identical issue actually. Wonder what's happening here? I'm not able to have the Maverick slew to target when moving the sensor from right to left DDI either.

@prodigalglenn 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe you have to be in beta for it to work?

@MrChaosProf 4 жыл бұрын

@@prodigalglenn I'm running 2.5.6 open beta. Hmm, didn't see Spud use these commands in his video either, he used the OSBs

@Pekins 3 жыл бұрын

whats is the key to zoom the litening pod.

@cjspcl3498 3 жыл бұрын

question who were u able to takeoff fully loaded.

@phildobbs9508 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Spud, great video. I'm following the same sequence but my MAV's never uncross. I have no idea why. The only difference is the TGP is set based on a waypoint designate function rather than manually. Looking at your video i can't anything different I'm doing. Any thoughts?

@gw3993 Жыл бұрын

Can you please tell me how to automatically slew the tgp to a waypoint?

@phildobbs9508 Жыл бұрын

@@gw3993 Sure thing. Have you TGP on and timed out ready for use (i typically have it on the right ddi). in the centre DDI set the waypoint you're interested in looking around as if you were going to use it for navigation. under those arrow buttons there should be a WPDSG button. Hit that and voila you'll slew the TGP to that waypoint.

@gw3993 Жыл бұрын

@@phildobbs9508 thanks so much. That is surprising hard to google. I’ll try it out.

@forcedtoexist6221 2 жыл бұрын

stationary might work so so - BUT - I can not get it to work on moving targets - atflir, gmt radar, those mavs will not track. Furthermore - I can not even slew the mav seeker by TDC, I am really desperate..

@caxu53 4 жыл бұрын

Can anyone tell me how to uncage the pod?

@bryonmiller6311 3 жыл бұрын

This is a good tutorial. How do you find the targets though? I can never find them, I end up wasting so much time trying to slew around to locate a target, there has to be an easier way, I must be doing something wrong. Can't you just make the pod look at the waypoint? I designated the waypoint but I can never find the target.

@Pekins 3 жыл бұрын

Same problem here

@alexbrodie6149 3 жыл бұрын

When you waypoint designate on the HSI, the pod should automatically look at that point,

@mr.incognito8704 4 жыл бұрын

Hey man, how do you load the pod on pylon 4?

@prodigalglenn 4 жыл бұрын

You can only do that in open beta atm.

@mr.incognito8704 4 жыл бұрын

Ah ok, thanks

@viperdriver82 3 жыл бұрын

How are your DDIs so bright ?

@eq1373 3 жыл бұрын

Day setting, full brightness

@DefinitelyAPotato 10 ай бұрын

You keep saying "perpendicular" to the target, but I think you mean parallel?

@9k111 4 жыл бұрын

Im new to DCS, what plane should I get first?

@9k111 4 жыл бұрын

@Hernz O are you High lol ?

@TealJosh 4 жыл бұрын

If you want an excellent bang for your buck for easy to learn and access modules Flaming Cliffs 3 is the way to go. You get several low fidelity aircrafts(meaning non-clickable cockpits, you'll need to rely on hotas and keyboard controls only). An example of low fidelity aircraft for free in dcs world is su-25t. On the other hand if you want to be VERY hands on and medium difficulty, the F/A-18C Hornet is in my opinion the best option. It can be frustrating at first because the learning curve is so steep but it's well worth it once you conquer the hill of learning. DCS World comes with two modules for free, TF-51D(unarmed replica of the legendary P-51D Mustang warplane from WW2) and SU-25T(excellent armed to teeth air-to-ground platform Jet from Cold War, very similar to A-10 in capability). I recommend getting basic understanding of both modules before throwing money at dcs. This is to first of all learn how to setup controls and get comfortable with the game itself before you drown yourself with the book of knowledge required to traverse hornet's menus. Best part of learning those two is the Mustang. You'll learn how non-augmented aircraft flies, how to not snap your wings off, how to trim, etc... It's invaluable knowledge to have before diving into advanced modules.

@exiletsj2570 4 жыл бұрын

You really should get the Flaming Cliffs 3 (FC3) low fidelity pack. The worst thing I did when starting, was buying loads of high fidelity modules, without a clue about the basic principles of how to use them. After you've learnt how to fast jet and use the mission editor, then I'd probably say the f18 or f16.

@rwhunt99 4 жыл бұрын

I would recommend the F-5, it's a high fidelity module but it's simple and easy to learn. Once you learn that, you're going to have a much easier time learning the other modern aircraft that have sophisticated sensors and weapons systems.

@Spudknocker 4 жыл бұрын

natmish I would recommend the F/A-18C as a first jet it’s very easy and forgiving to fly, and is scalable for you so you can start with the simple stuff and move to the more complex and is carrier capable, it’s kinda the Swiss Army knife of jets! I know a lot of people are recommending the Flaming Cliffs 3 jets however my opinion is they can actually be harder to learn cause of the number of keybinds rather than having clickable cockpits. For me learning an actual cockpit is much easier

@Despiser25 Жыл бұрын

Something must have changed because when I use FLIR instead of CCD I see less. I can easily spot a tank in the desert using CCD but in flir its just a dark shadow.

@EbonySeraphim Жыл бұрын

You probably need to mess with gain, contrast, and brightness controls on the DDI in general; but also IR most has a white hot and black hot mode, so try switching to illuminating targets over background. I don't use the TGP on the F/A-18 (I use ATFLIR instead) but from this video it looks like the way to change between black and white hot is the OSB on the bottom row, all the way to the left. It's that both on the Maverick display and TGP display. There's a reason why on the A-10C, controlling IR white hot, IR black hot, and CCD is right on the HOTAS. The pilot wants that control on their fingertips to identify targets quickly and accurately. As far as I know, the F/A-18 only has zoom on HOTAS, but not that.

@utley 4 жыл бұрын

11 o'clock = 1 o'clock. Gee, I hope Im not late...

@cuttheloop 3 жыл бұрын

did he say "a lot lot easier?" :/

@crashmaster26 4 жыл бұрын

I'm 2 mins in and still wondering... why are you trying to use the IR mav the same way you would just use a laser mav... like I truly don't understand why you would ever need to do this... maybe I'm missing something

@Spudknocker 4 жыл бұрын

The entire first two min is dedicated to explaining why

@youme8876 6 ай бұрын

How is your map on the AMPCD actually readable. I've never seen it not look like total garbage. Shit even the real hornets AMPCD color map HSI looked like garbage