I like how you had the option to have normal mic conversation… but maximum emersion

Some additional tips about HSD that are not covered in this video: 1. When HSD is SOI, you can move the cursor up and down across the upper and lower edge of the screen to change the range on HSD, similar to how you operate the radar. You don't have to move your hands off your stick and throttle to click the OSB buttons to change range. 2. The second OSB button on top of the HSD that says DCPL means decoupled (correct me if I am wrong), basically it means the range selected on your HSD is not synced with the range selected on your radar. If you press DCPL, you can change the HSD mode to from DCPL to CPL (coupled), which will sync the range selected on your HSD to the range selected on your radar, so you don't have to change SOI and perform the action I mentioned in tip #1 to change the rage on your HSD. You can just move the radar cursor on your radar to make the HSD range change with your selected radar range. This is extremely useful for AA scenarios. Since as your target gets closer, your selected radar range will get smaller. With your HSD range synced with your radar, you will get a more precise picture or SA on your HSD. But be aware, targets outside your selected range will not be shown both on your radar and HSD. These features are some examples of the awesome representations of F-16's amazing HOTAS design, allowing pilots to fly the jet and operate the sensors without having to move their hands off the stick and throttle.

As a F-16 avionics technician for block 40s, this is good information, and I can appreciate your knowledge.

Good shit as always, BD. Dude, I've been flying the Viper for the better part of a year and I still learned things in this video. The 'basics' aren't always as basic as you might think. lol.

You're making some of the best DCS videos on YT right now.

TMS right to cycle the datalink tracks is the shit man. i have +200h in the DCS viper and I did not know this feature. Always learning something knew when watching your videos BD! Thx

Thanks man. Digging the keymap notes, super helpful. Somehow I understood all of that. Well done.

Best tutorials for the Viper that I've found. Concise and to the point. Great stuff.

Your guide videos are the most helpful I've seen. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

I have been looking for a video just like this for a while. Thank you so much!

Wow! That hsd trick really took me to the next level, my biggest issue have been i just cant see them in the air. But now i atleast know were to look. Thank you so much!

Thanks. You make great videos. Good pace not to slow not too fast to follow. Also big help with the keyboard and mapping to controls. Best DCS videos.

Dude, you are awesome. Thank you for spreading your knowledge to the rest of us!

I knew most of the stuff you explained, and yet, I wish I had this video when I was learning the very basics. Great work as all the work that you do!

You re such a good teacher, looking forward to more videos.

Thank you so much. I always had trouble to figure out where planes were in the sky.., your HSD / datalink selection really changed my day.

Love your tutorials - straightforward and easy to understand. Thank you! Would love to see your tutorial on CBU’s employment, specifically why sometimes they “overfly” the target, or sometimes don’t release at all, and what all the parameters on their relevant SMS page mean and do.

man i love your videos , they are so helpful , im not looking for a 50 minutes video explaining one thing and in that 50 minutes didnt even explain this good , for you , 15 minutes and all clear , i really thank you for your videos

At the beginning I was pissed that Its a video where a guy talks about whatever, and when I finished the video I was thanking god that I found you. Thank you sir, you've just single handedly improved my f16 dcs experience by tenfold

If I am not mistaken the SAM indicators and threat rings on your HSD are loaded into your jet from a notional data cartridge and not over Link 16. When on a persistent server the SAMs and threat rings will not disappear after the SAM has been destroyed until you get a new jet. When the TDOA (Time Delta of Arrival) feature is added to the HTS pod we will be able to get a much finer position of the emitting SAM sites on the HAD page using the datalink. Although I don't believe there are or will be threat rings on the HAD page. I don't know if any of that data is fed over to the HSD page at all.

Your videos made me love dcs again. No fluff in your videos and they're never confusing.

Outstanding Bogey Dope. I'm new to the F16, been "flying" the Hornet for 8 years. Your voice sound puts me in the cockpit with you. Keep it up man!

I dont even play dcs i just watch video for fun and want to understand whats going on and im learning a lot through this

Great Video! Was laughing at the "hexagon"/"octagon" thing, that was funny. I appreciate the accuracy and correction effort. I learned a lot on this video so I subscribed. Please keep up the good work!

Yes! Always switch the TGP to the left screen so I can always see the HSD on the right MFD

Great tutorial I've been learning the Viper lately and this helped a lot 👍

Well done video. You explain it all so well. Keep up the good work.

great video! fairly new to dcs and f-16, knew some things but tons of new info(like data link selecting and seeing it HMCS). Also great for newbies that you put a picture of the setting on the video, great stuff!

Great Video! I like the way you explained things and how you put insert of the key/button to use inside the video. Subscribing!

Great refresher, many thanks buddy great video.

You're the best to explain DCS things 👍👍👍👍

Fantastic information

ID like to take a second and appreciate the reflection in the HSD????? AMAZING that's one of the many reasons I love this game......

Great explanations and tips! Thx a lot :)

Great Video, Thanks!

This is the internet. You don't need to ask people to make comments about you being wrong. They will do that gladly for you without being asked lol. Another great video! Thanks.

Especially when sneaking up on guys in the valleys, I love making a DL selection. Also, I think it's good practice to lock someone and immediately make a DL selection on them. The HSD cursor follows the RDR cursor, so it's better to make a selection immediately instead of having to move the HSD cursor around after you realize you've broken lock. In addition to that, during a BVR engagement with multiple bandits, I like to get a radar lock on the lead and a DL selection on one of their wingmen. I actually got this tip from Longshot and it's really nice for SA. Thanks bogey for making this awesome video! The fact that you can automatically switch targets using TMS right short was new to me and I will definitely use that in the sim. Will see if it's usable in a crowded airspace. Also, I would've liked you explain what the logic behind the automatic switching is aka whether it's by distance or it selects targets in a clockwise fashion. But I will take a look in the handbook for that

rlly needed this thx

Thank you man, God bless you for the info

great vid man

WOW!!! Thank you so much!

Great stuff, one thing I like to do is couple the hsd with the fcr so range diminishes the scale with the contact getting closer as to not uh "furball" your hsd as much...easier to pdlt as well to said contact

I can only hope one day, my man can collab with GSW! These guys make DCS relevant for an average joe.

I fly the hornet but its all good information that translates well to most modern American platforms especially with data link 4. Thanks for the tips bogey!

Very imformative. Thank you sir

Hey, good video as usual! The datalink selection is PDLT (primary datalink track), so its a track ;D

didnt know about the hexagon! thx !

Hey man, awesome channel. How do I get the dope cam ?

legend

on the server i play most my common tactic is to keep the mavericks and the HSD screen on the right, then after i make a run with the mavericks ill use TMS right to flip over to my HSD to check for any threats that thought they'd get a chance to jump me while i was working A/G targets

Absolutely superb explanations and teaching skills here mate. I really enjoyed this and fully understood which is rare. Thank you.

I did not know you could do that... dayum

Thank you Bogey Dope. As mentioned in another video, your explanations in the F-16 are pure gold. Question: the datalink aircrafts tracks on the HSD are sent by AWACS or other aircraft's radar throw the datalink, but what about the SAM sites? How are them sent to our HSD?

This helped me out a lot, so let me reciprocate and splash that Subscribe! button for ya. Really like the 'in flight' sound of your mic. I've honestly never liked the discord sound, it's far too clear. I tried it years ago, and it just side tracks my concentration because it feels like the other person is in the room with me lol. That mic sound is spot on IMHO. Great video.

super video

3:20 the MiG-29, SU-27/33(same aircraft one is built for carrier ops)

nice video.

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the "selection" actually called your pdlt primary datalink target/track or something like that? Which does bring me to the next point, would you consider making a data link video? Maybe touching into how it can be useful with other craft in your flight.

Greetings! Could you please explain about HSD - there are yellow circles with numbers of SAM sites, the question is how do we get that information ? is it received (coordinates) from ground intelligance and set into aircraft data on ground or AWACS uses triangulation and passes information to allied aircraft or how ? Thank you in advance.

what does the IFF in and Out on the throttle do? and should I have it binded as I am running the WW f16 throttle...tks

I am conviced now that it is, in fact, a Hexagon

Even with mavs I still have my hsd lol. It’s literally not a second of the day where that hsd isn’t on when I’m flying the 16😅

Do you think they will come out with the block 70/72?? I would love the updated cockpit!!

Oh I never get caught by enemy air heads down in A/G mode ignoring my RWR because I’m looking for SAM radars and launches. Totally not something that has ever happened.

Y’a eu de grosses mise à jour sur le F16. Faut que je m’y remette

What voice mod are you using?

DCS players learning how to fly extremely complex aircraft vs learning how to name shapes

I’m assuming these apply to BMS as well, correct?

now its TDNL insted of L16? or im in mistake?

yep do that

Octagon :)

They teach you all of this at Luke? 😂

Isn't RWR proximity related to lethality rather than signal strength?

Try it all without awacs. DCS pilots assume 100% accurate and available datalink :)

So that's what the red dots are

octagon

First like!! 😂🎉❤

Check out @AviationPlus's video here on how the RWR works currently - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m9x0mNCittvKho0.html

TMS switch is the devils work. For the reds.

U want SA? Hit f10 on keyboard.

Ukrainian Pilot be like : WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!

Bro this video is gold in my eyes, I don’t use the f16 cuz I don’t know much on how to use it well but this helps a ton. Thanks 🫡🫡🫡👍👍👍

Outstanding - Thanks this helps a lot ("Pivot").