Non-technical he says, then presses 27 buttons and twirls 3 knobs (giggity) while in autopilot before starting the approach. Looking forward to it!

Finally! A proper and accurate Navy break pattern tutorial. Right down to the mice nuts, here. The only thing missing is the ball, but I'm guessing we'll see that in the carrier landing tutorial. Seriously, from a Navy veteran - well done.

can operate air vents. 10/10 jet module. Keep up the good work

The base turn while maintaining on speed AOA is kicking my ass! It's very reassuring to hear you struggle(d) with it as well, that tells me I'm on the right track and just need more practice, thanks!!

Been flying simulated F-18s for decades and never heard anyone mention the vents.

Nice touch there with the vents ;)

Nicely explained and performed Matt!

Oh how I can't wait to take this thing out for a spin. I especially like this video because I recently got around to learning how to operate the TACAN and AWLS in the Harrier, which seemed so familiar in watching you operate the TACAN and ILS in the Hornet.

Amazing graphics surrounding amazing skills. Great job.

Ha Ha! Wags you are starting to sound like a 10,000 hour United Airlines standards captain. Keep it up! :)

beautifully done and very technical despite what has been said here;-) You can definitely get the real Hornet on a boat it seems judging your awesome flying skills!

I do love your videos, clear and very well planned and a good voice. The *only problem* is that I am eagerly waiting for flying the module myself...

Oh my god it's so glorious. Best video yet. Thank you so much :)

Mr. Wagz, keep up the good work, thank you for your time!! it's loking EpiQue

Glorious! Beautiful! Smooth! Amazing!

Wow that looks amazing thanks Wags! Great to see the flashing AOA because of the (as you mentioned) switch not being set to FIELD.

I have never been more ready for anything, but this i sure am! can't wait to use it in vr

Nicely Done, Matt! Thanks.

Looks great. I almost felt the cool air when you adjusted the vents :D

Woot! I can't wait! good job Wags and Team!

Great video Wags. Thank you.

Amazing job Mr. Wagner!

Will I be able to couple the angle of the cockpit airconditioning vents to real life fans?

This video is very helpful. Much easier for me to copy something I see vs an audio cue.

Great stuff!

Glad you're having fun wags

Ha.. It all makes so much more sense cheers Matt

Good stuff! I look forward to practicing that in early access :) Also, adjusting the vents... :D ha!

Nice intro, good job

Looks great!

Nice video !

Nice flying!

Hey Wags, thanks for the informative and spectacular video! I was wondering, how much practice did you put in the pattern work? Despite the wide turn of the last leg, I think it was quite neat and tidy pattern work overall: did you have to make many takes shooting this video?

Great video. This really helped me a lot. Thank you very much. Did you trim your aircraft while landing to keep you velocity vector in the right AoA? And if yes, when is the right timing to start it? Right after the first curve, when you get your landing gear down or after the second curve when you're about to land?

nicely done

Does anyone know how many adjustments the fan vents are rated to? I'm trying to decide if I should buy this or wait for the 2019 model.

Ugh when will this be released? I can’t wait!

these videos are great! just hope that there are in game training to go through also.

This is sooo cool!! totally buying it!

can't wait

Such a perfect landing

Wow...wtg. Watching that video is like taking that first step into a giant cigar humidor.

Hi Matt, could i (begginer) request you show stick and throttle movements on bottom left of all your videos? would help heaps :) tx

Can we get a demo of the exterior sounds, fly-by sounds, etc? The sound of this aircraft is going to be what sells me on it. If I'm paying 90 dollars this thing it better sound like I'm at the airshow. Cheers!

Thanks!

Love new Eagle dynamics logo intro. Took a page right out of Marvel's new intro huh?

Yeah great video, a more in depth look into why you did the procedures especially during setup, and a more in depth explanation as to what the things meant would have been good. For example, why switch to Radar alt, and what the difference form barometric alt was. Such a complicated procedure for a newbie. Thanks though.

Nice video about the pattern and approach. However, no mention of the importance of trim so if people are struggling like me, make sure you also find a video that talks about the use of trim in keeping your on speed AoA.

So the hook bypass switch was in carrier the whole time. Is that standard procedure? Does it affect anything other than the AOA indicator?

I want an E-bracket in DCS so badly.

Harika.

Thanks for the vid, very helpful! That 750 fpm mark is so hard. Just keeping it under 1000 fpm at landiing is difficult.

Matt, will this plane be released at least by the end of this summer?

hello there im very new to this so this might sound really stupid i was fully understanding when you set up the tacan and modes etc up until the point where you said about setting up your landing course to 130 degrees. how did you know to set that up at that degree.

Gimme pls, im so ready

Ok, but how do you know what is the correct course that lines you up with the runway?

Is the Iskander missile system modeled in 2.5, or is it going to be? Is there a way to put said missile onto the Mig-31?

Matt awsome content. I have a massive doubt, what is that that you do with the waypoints? did you had them saved before hand or the computer intersected your course with the selected heading. Sorry if stupid question.

Damn Matt, that was clean. Not 100% where to look for it in the video, but where can you see your descent rate? I know it's WIP, but it didn't look like it was a particularly heavy landing. Pretty smooth in my eyes. 750fpm sounds scary

I'm wondering how many lines of source code is compiled for this monumental project

I dont understand, do you have a manual for the vents?

Haha just got this aircraft, have been flight simming airliners and GA aircraft. This approach and landing really through me for a loop. Pretty well forget everything you know about landing planes, do a hi bank hi G turn, dump gear and flaps, fly with the throttle, don’t flare, and do a controlled crash into the runway.” Wait… you want me to do what now?

Hey Wags, will it have an RCAF livery?

What head tracking do you use?

No worries

What does the cage/uncage of the vector is for? I dont get what it chages...

is ILS working in the hornet ? if so could u please do a video explaining it ?

Will there be a discount for this map ?

Like when is it coming out...

Do you push the stick forward after lowering the landing gear and setting the flaps to full in order to keep the velocity vector close to the horizon until the aircraft is trimmed for proper AoA? I am looking for a proper solution to that initial lurch so I don't gain too much altitude.

everytime i make the final 30 degree turn i end up coming out of the turn so far right of the runway. why is that? also i can’t stay at 600 ft because when i turn i just start to fall into the ground

When they say a planned release before Spring 2018, is that spring for Russia or USA?

After hundreds of carrier traps and shore landings, watching this was very irritating watching the AoA donut flash. (I realize the carrier/field switch probably was not functional when he made this video. Still had me wanting to look down to the left!!!!)

Quick question (don't know if you'll answer it Wags): wouldn't the regular airfield approach 'require' hook bypass to Field? What exactly does it differ from the Carrier bypass?

Ladies😁may I ask: how many times did you have to land til you got it?

Waggs, the Hornet is said to require some forward stick after landing as the Hornet has the tendency to flair after touching down. My question is, if a short runway and you're laden heavy, do you retract the flaps and/or engage the speedbrake to help slowing down?

Can we just skip straight to case 1 landings now, I’m ready to see a boat in the gulf!

Stupid question here… what view are you using where you can freely look around and click on the controls with your cursor? Also, when you land and make contact with the runway, are you just using your speed brake or also using your wheel brakes in addition to the speed brake? Thank you!

Matt what's the difference between DCS WORLD open beta & just DCS WORLD 2.5.? I have both installed on my PC. But I only use DCS WORLD 2.5

Hey now u can adjust those ac vents with oculus touch controllers now wuuuuttty

I have downloaded DCS 2.5 and the map is CAUCASUS. I`m interested on buying MONTANA map as well, but PERSIAN GULF ? Is this a new map? And I believe is easier to land on ground than on a carrier, because there is more space to little errors and you`ll not end on sea. Please make a demo landing on a carrier too.

Hey Wags, any chance that we get a working ILS in the hornet soon ? I saw nothing on the topic and it's kinda bad if we have to land in IFR at the moment

PLEASE release the EA!!! I can't wait any longer! I want to at least mess around with it a bit before I deploy!

Those of you planning to build a simply for this, let's talk and see if we can share info and resources.

My VFR landing typically involves bouncing and often fire and roll

I've tried both the F16 and F18 to land, watched several videos about this, and I never get the E-bracket to work, it just shoots way down into the ground. I can land, I just land by eyeball, it works okish, But I find it annyoing that I can't get the E-bracket to work, when I get to around 140knots even with flaps my plane just starts to fall down ass first.

Thanks for saying Persian gulf man

This break arrival might be US-typical, because you'd get rekt out there in the French Navy/Air Force for decelerating during the break (first turn). If you are doing a 2-ship or more formation break arrival, the second, third and fourth guy would just slam your back faster than you could ever imagine, especially if you are at 150 kts or less during last turn. Procedure here is 350kts and 3g turn until downwind, then airbrakes (not for the leader)/flaps/gear out, confirm 3 greens (or BIP), then point 180 turn at 150 or 170 kts (it depends if you're in a Rafale or a Mirage 2000), THEN in final, you keep your AoA into the green.

every single time i come around ater my final turn ive overshot the runway 5 fold, im following this pretty well though? 1% G's on downwind turn then correct alignment as i come around for my landing. always overshoot doing my 30 degrees bank

Why must we be teased!

Thank you for the video man! I am having a ot of difficulties with this type of landing but I am going all out on practice. One question: When I deploy landing gear and lower flaps when under 250knots, my aircraft starts gaining altitude, and I have to fight it hard and compensate by decreasing pitch. Is that normal? Am I doing something wrong? Thank you!

HIII, IS IT POSSIBLE TO RUN dcs hornet with a windows 11 ???, with 64b?

I love f-18s

How did you "Cage the HUD"? What control did you press?

How do you keep the plane from bouncing or bubbling up when the gear and flaps descend?

What are your system specs ?

Can anyone clarify how to calculate when to make that fine baseleg turn for final? how far downwind after threshold are you initiating? I can't ever seem to line up like Matt did no matter what. Most of the time Im waaaay off, then I do the jerky hurky like juggle to try and line up and not crash - and that's all before I dare go anywhere near the boat! Thanks+ for any suggestions

Are the powered approach flight control laws implemented here? Shouldn’t the stick be used to control AOA and the throttle to control glide slope.

Matt...you sound a bit like Rod Steiner of The Outer Limits!😨😨😨

how can i set my view to move around the cockpit while clicking things at the same time?