First look at the IndiaFoxtEcho Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II in Microsoft Flight Simulator

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2 ай бұрын

Although it's been out for a couple of years at this point, I've kept away from military aircraft until very recently. That all ended with the arrival of the OV-10 Bronco, the Panavia Tornado, and now the F-35. I guess you could say I'm making up for lost time. There's obiously a lot more to learn about the F-35, so this is VERY much a "first look" - I'm hugely impressed though.
I guess we have to remind ourselves that the systems simulation within this aircraft is almost entirely fictional. It's still great fun though.
Can't wait to take the F-35 to both the Mach loop, and the Sidewinder low-level route in the US :)
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@ISAACICEMAN1 2 ай бұрын

seems like somebody is enjoying the fighters. I have not finished the vid yet but it is quality so far as always.

@santeris.4708 2 ай бұрын

Jonathan is on a jet streak. really is funny how military aircraft often turn out to be fun just to fly with

@mr.s5333 2 ай бұрын

Great video, and I'm hoping to see you fly the F-22, too. That is superb to fly.

@VroodenTheGreat 2 ай бұрын

I have had this plane for a couple years, glad to see your review.

@gabor-toth 2 ай бұрын

You must be a mind-reader as I'm planning to buy this plane just today. It's great to see the current version in action!

@itellzzz 2 ай бұрын

Wait till echo 19 sound addon OMG

@graeabarth2227 2 ай бұрын

Just watched this and your earlier Typhoon video (both excellent btw). Like you, I’m more pro GA and airliners (turboprop and jet) but I’ve really enjoyed your fast jet vids. Learning to fly them properly/appropriately is a fine aim but then what? I don’t have your skills to whisk it around the Mach loop or ‘Star Wars canyon’ so I’d really be at a loss what to use them for - especially as an X Box user I don’t get to play with munitions or external stores. I’ll just have to live vicariously through your great videos 😁 Keep up the fabulous work!

@user-jc5uf7nh5z 2 ай бұрын

Try the Harrier in vertical take off. That needs plenty of practice. It is fun but hard . The F35 is so easy in comparison.I suppose that’s because it’s a such a modern aircraft with all the technology. The sounds of the Harrier are amazing. I fly it on Xbox series x. Thank you for the video. I think you have now got the fast jet bug. LOL. Regards Rob

@philipfoster7269 2 ай бұрын

Glad you're looking into these and who knows you might get the bug.

@thatguy7085 2 ай бұрын

I haven’t taken a close look at the model… looks great

@sivoltage 2 ай бұрын

What a machine this thing is!

@markscars1069 2 ай бұрын

Bought this when it came out and there were issues with it. Emailed the dev (one of the few times I’ve needed to do that with payware aircraft) and got an immediate response and refund. They didn’t even need me to uninstall or anything so I basically got it for free including all subsequent updates. Was deeply impressed with them. Therefore had no hesitation in buying the Tornado.

@brunogt1982 2 ай бұрын

Awesome 👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼🤩😀

@BanditAviation 2 ай бұрын

I've already put it on my wishlist.

@allhailch3vy Ай бұрын

Good vid man

@Linska495th 2 ай бұрын

That aircraft is extremely loud in real life.

@fl398motorsports3 2 ай бұрын

Another great vid…. Would love to see Fat Amy in DCS…….

@edutaimentcartoys 2 ай бұрын

f35 is very cool ... nice video

@grinningpinhead3961 2 ай бұрын

Did you know the helmet mounted display is featured in this model? It also works in vr

@zombieapocalipse2020 2 ай бұрын

Now you have to buy the carrier group for stovl take off😊 dont forget auto take off and use das system top down view

@MetalMatt2510 2 ай бұрын

Looks great I want to play it but 2024 is around the corner so might have to wait till then 😩

@Sailor_91 24 күн бұрын

Nice, they should make it able to use for DCS to :)

@vlxxrd4866 2 ай бұрын

its getting a huge sound update next week, teasers on Echo19's youtube channel

@jo0ls 2 ай бұрын

I got one of those out the back as well.

@grahamthebaronhesketh. 2 ай бұрын

I have it on X plane Great fun to fly.

@jay-rus4437 2 ай бұрын

Okay….I didnt even want this plane….now I do. Thanks a lot 🤣

@Wolkenrambo Ай бұрын

Hi. Great Video, helped me to handle this aircraft. One question about the scenery you`re using. Wich one is it? Looks great.

@schmo78 2 ай бұрын

If you have discovered an interest in military airplanes you should absolutely have a look at the Indiafoxtecho / Heatblur F-14. For many people the most immersive jet in DSC and in a league of it´s own there. The MSFS version is most likely the best fighter jet available for MSFS until now.

@jonbeckett 2 ай бұрын

Yeah - I have it in DCS and in MSFS - I covered it when it came out. It's nowhere near the Tornado :)

@josephdavidnash 2 ай бұрын

@@jonbeckettWould love to hear more of your thoughts on this, as I’m struggling to choose between the two at the moment! :)

@francescobrunetti5281 2 ай бұрын

@@jonbeckettwhat does would that mean?

@jonbeckett 2 ай бұрын

@@francescobrunetti5281 The Tornado is much more complete than the Tomcat.

@oelph 22 күн бұрын

I’m on a jet streak right now and loving the F35. If Tesla made GA craft they’d build it like this. I need practice controlling the speed on landings. I’ve managed to sink into the ground a few times.

@Izmael1310 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this review :) That RAF base is that a payware scenery?

@jonbeckett 2 ай бұрын

It's become payware :) You can find it on Contrail, I think ?

@seansylvester7800 2 ай бұрын

Could I ask what scenery you are using for Coningsby?

@CurleeToes 2 ай бұрын

Latest update with the new sounds by echo19 is available now at Sim Market and will be at Just Flight also soon

@specialopssoldier1 2 ай бұрын

can you do the F-15E strike eagle? and the F-22? and if possible can you do a video showing how to use routes and using autopilot?

@jonbeckett 2 ай бұрын

I'll get to them eventually. Be prepared for some disappointments along the way :)

@Rohrkrepierer 2 ай бұрын

Makes me wish for an F35 in DCS

@brunogt1982 2 ай бұрын

What airport is that? Thank you appreciate the video brother 🙇🏽

@jonbeckett 2 ай бұрын

It's Coningsby.

@DEFkon001 2 ай бұрын

There's something about the F35's cockpit that's just... for lack of a better term "ugly". We get a neat augmented reality HUD... but pair it with a big obtrusive horseshoe canopy instead of something like the F16's bubble canopy? Then there's the panoramic cockpit screen which looks to be a giant CGA monitor running a stripped down 1980's DOS driven early beta of the GNS 530 :p I'm sure it's very functional.. but it screams lowest bidder in a way that no other US fighter has before IMHO.

@specialopssoldier1 2 ай бұрын

who cares? at the end of the day it kick some ass. and its way powerful than you think..

@BPond7 2 ай бұрын

@@specialopssoldier1Who cares? The taxpayers do, who are on the hook for a VTOL jet, which is a technological marvel, but utterly useless and needless in the 21st century. We have the most incomparably powerful military in all of human history, and it’s still not enough for them. Gotta keep spending, spending, spending on a jet that will never see combat, so Lockheed and their bought-and-paid-for Senators can enrich themselves at our expense.

@cyborgbadger1015 2 ай бұрын

I seriously doubt it represents the real one at this point.,

@Beebob-xw9xn 2 ай бұрын

@@BPond7 you know nothing about the F-35

@BPond7 2 ай бұрын

@@Beebob-xw9xn Yeah, that must be it.

@krusty1974 2 ай бұрын

15:30 the absence of a synthetic voice alerting of low energy state doesn’t seem to be realistic

@ClevaTreva 2 ай бұрын

I haven't flown this for a while. How is LNAV on this now? Autopilot was also historically very janky - have they fixed it?

@jonbeckett 2 ай бұрын

I haven't played with the autopilot at all - just flown it around on manual.

@krusty1974 2 ай бұрын

Nice video. I miss the purpose of such a complex creation inside a civilian sim. Doesn’t make any sense to me.

@737Maxter 2 ай бұрын

Why does this thing only do Mach .99 at sea level (should do 1.2-1.3) and mach .99 at high altitude (should do mach 1.6)?

@Skipper441 2 ай бұрын

This is a very nice representation of the F-35 but completely fictional in terms of flight dynamics and systems.

@JDSleeper 2 ай бұрын

I doubt there's any way to get that information legally so let's just have a little fun.

@vlxxrd4866 2 ай бұрын

No, the aircraft is rather close to the numbers compared to the real thing, range, speed, acceleration, etc. Where it does fall short is maneuverability, primarily angle of attack(the fly by wire and cg make it very difficult to reach a high AOA), and the general feel of the fly by wire that is in microsoft flight simulator feels bad, as it is based on an airbus airliner, and not a fighter jet. The only jet that feels good and is truly fly by wire in MSFS is the Top Mach F-22 because they use a custom FBW module, and are the only ones doing that for the time being. I imagine that will change once the Milviz F-16 releases. The other jets in MSFS that are FBW(Typhoon, etc) all use weird workarounds to get around the FBW's awkwardness, but at the cost of realism, like stalls, etc.

@dobbo4596 2 ай бұрын

The "Aliens"can do all this by hand apparently ..no need for the computers.😎

@CynictheHedgehog 2 ай бұрын

Does it have an autostart function?

@jackhalton9747 2 ай бұрын

How do you get other fighter jets to be parked up on airport

@krusty1974 2 ай бұрын

18:24 sceptic about full flaps deployment under high G. Hmm 🤨 (obviously I don’t know so I might be wrong)

@jonbeckett 2 ай бұрын

It's fly by wire - the wing shape is adapting to handle a high angle of attack. The F-16 does the same thing.

@krusty1974 2 ай бұрын

@@jonbeckett that is well known. Nothing new, nothing surprising. Obviously i am well aware of it. It’s just the flaps displacement to “Full flaps” which seems odd..

@legenyd 18 күн бұрын

You were indeed pretty slow at first touch and go, 130 is kinda GA speed, I was surprised you haven't stalled actually. I usually set the autothrottle to 160 knots, in my experience that is a safe speed even for landing, however you still get "sucked" to the ground at the end, which I don't really like about the mod. p.s. It's a shame that you haven't found this mod like weeks after lol, when they updated the soundpack. It's still not perfect but much better, especially flyby.

@jakobite_ta2152 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely love yhis jet..but my xbox s doesn't 😢

@calvingrondahl1011 2 ай бұрын

F-35s fly over my house here in Utah, USA.

@Steelie25 2 ай бұрын

You know what pisses me off. How msfs gets all these aircraft and us over in DCS have to wait 10 years to get a any new aircraft

@Beebob-xw9xn 2 ай бұрын

The main DCS ones are more accurate far more to them.

@jonbeckett 2 ай бұрын

The military aircraft in MSFS are largely works of fiction as far as their flight dynamics and system simulation goes. DCS is a completely different ball-game. The aircraft modelled in it not only approximate their real-world counterparts pretty accurately, they also behave and work the same way - right from avionics, through to sensor suites and weapon systems. The aircraft in DCS also interact with the air around them - simulating wing vortices, and so on.

@edithmurphy1229 2 ай бұрын

You didn't do the vertical take off from standing!

@jonbeckett 2 ай бұрын

You're not *supposed* to :)

@dalenixon7134 2 ай бұрын

Not supposed to operationally ?because VTOL works well and is great especially landing on the HMS QE. You may know this but there is a moving QE of the Pembrokeshire Coast in the Irish Sea but not on the World Map The RAF mastered STOL using a moving carrier for the F35B and you can simulate this in MSFS👍

@jonbeckett 2 ай бұрын

@@dalenixon7134 using VTOL reduces the range and payload options enormously. Also, the surface beneath the aircraft requires consideration :)

@dalenixon7134 2 ай бұрын

Watching the F35 trials on the QE I wondered what damage would be done to the deck🤪👍

@jeffreycooper8408 2 ай бұрын

New to your channel, and I like it so far, but "coningsby", "North of england" really ???

@jonbeckett 2 ай бұрын

I will admit to laughing at this comment - the rest of the world don't know the whole hoodoo about calling anywhere south of Northumberland "north of England" :)

@marianostarosiliz Ай бұрын

What airport is that!?

@claybarnes4901 2 ай бұрын

What scenery is this?

@jonbeckett 2 ай бұрын

Coningsby.

@tgmjrtgmjr8221 Ай бұрын

The autopilot is trash though. Fun to fly without it, but it just does not work at all. It keeps an altitude and speed, but the heading command is screwed up. My plane wants to constantly bank left and will NOT take a heading command!!!! Very erratic.

@mariomadrigal441 2 ай бұрын

Can you say, Boondoggle?

@saltyfloridaman7163 2 ай бұрын

Unrealistic flight performance. Irl it's faster, rate of climb is better, acceleration is faster, better nose authority at near stall speeds and better overall maneuverability in the one circle and rate

@martinw245 2 ай бұрын

Err.... so pitched down 20 degrees in a turn and it slows down and retains 160 knots. Huh! That's clearly wrong. Should be accelerating

@KyleCowden 2 ай бұрын

Between my reading and the videos I see the F-35 is an idiot's fighter. The point being getting the weapon (pilot) to the ops area and all he/she has to worry about is deploying the weapons. I can also understand why the Marines took one good bolt of lightning and suddenly had *pffft* for instruments.

@jonbeckett 2 ай бұрын

But by turns that means the pilot can concentrate on the situation, rather than flying the plane. Also, the plane can perform much more dangerous maneouvers (I'm reminded that the F-35 got lots of bad press for it's dogfighting capabilities early in it's life - until it had a software update, and suddenly it held it's own against anything) :)

@KyleCowden 2 ай бұрын

@@jonbeckett Absolutely. It's an amazing aircraft. Its purpose is to deliver a mind that can prioritize, select the appropriate ordinance and engage all while looking like a sparrow on radar and a hole to infrared arrays. Just not a stick and rudder plane anymore, but what is?

@Beery1962 2 ай бұрын

Way too many modern military aircraft coming out for my taste.

@jciwallcrawler3673 2 ай бұрын

Whats wrong with that?

@Beery1962 2 ай бұрын

@@jciwallcrawler3673 A civilian flight sim swamped with military aircraft? I dunno. You tell me. I mean, did DCS get taken up in the Rapture last week?

@itellzzz 2 ай бұрын

Are you calling a tornado modern lol.

@dillank3240 2 ай бұрын

No one is twisting your arm and forcing you to buy anything. Why are you here if you feel that way? Why whine about it?

@Beery1962 2 ай бұрын

@@dillank3240 I never said anyone was twisting my arm. I just find it distasteful that a civilian sim is being flooded with militaristic bullshit. There's already a perfectly good flight sim for military combat fans - DCS. People who want to pretend they're helping the Saudis commit genocide in Yemen, or who want to pretend to fly ironic supply drops to Palestinian children, can surely go there to get their jollies.

@CVSiN 2 ай бұрын

Another combat aircraft that is classified at every level including actual flight performance.. in a POS civvy sim that doesnt even support combat in the first place WTF is the point of combat aircraft in MSFS..

@Beebob-xw9xn 2 ай бұрын

You get to fly them.

@emvill4520 2 ай бұрын

F-35 has an ugly cockpit.

@Beebob-xw9xn 2 ай бұрын

I suppose winning is more important than style.

@emvill4520 2 ай бұрын

@@Beebob-xw9xn Agreed 👍

@jonbeckett 2 ай бұрын

Remember the version in the sim is almost entirely fictional.

@emvill4520 2 ай бұрын

@jonbeckett I don't know... I've seen pictures online, and it looks like what is in the sim. Unless those pictures online are not accurate either, and the cockpit is classified. I doubt it, though.

@jonbeckett 2 ай бұрын

@@emvill4520 The layout might be right - but what things do, and how they work might be made up :)