Hey Friends! Thanks for checking out this video. Which jet would you rather be in for the 5th gen dogfight? Special thanks to Growling Sidewinder for the DCS showdown! Here's the link to his channel: kzfaq.info You can also head over to bejetclean.com and join my mailing list...Or not, the choice is yours.

Thanks for reviewing the video and your thoughts really cool to see your 2 cents on the fight. All The Best, GS.

I'd love to see you fly with Growling Sidewinder on DCS. The F-16 flight model has recently been massively improved as of late.

So cool to see Growling Sidewinder on your channel and especially you giving comentary on DCS dogfights!

I remember this dogfight from GS. Your perspective as an experienced real-world combat pilot is very informative and enlightening. You mentioned one thing repeatedly.... "be aggressive even if its to keep the other pilot thinking." I agree 100%. Its like using feints in boxing, to make it look like you're about to throw something - but you're only doing it to keep the other fighter moving in a defensive manner." I believe GS did this video with his buddy LS (Long Shot), who also has his own channel as well. They are both very different in style. GS is more cerebral, a thinker who relies on technicals (like maneuvering and positioning to setup for a specific shot). But I feel somethings he just needs to be ready to be spontaneous and take the shot the opportunity is giving him in that split moment. Long Shot is the opposite. He is technical as well (a little less so), but he is much more of a "gunslinger", and has that aggressive mind-set. He tends to think "don't make obvious mistakes, first - and then take shots right after." Both of them are good in different ways. I recommend you watch their "2 morons" compilations - for a great laugh. Shot out to you, GS and LS. Great vid.

You should see Growing Sidewinder vs Long Shot doing the F/A-18F vs the SU-35 fight. I think that was the funnest to watch, what you just talked about with the pressure tone from the explosion of the AIM-9X happens in that video. He takes a fox 2 shot at the SU-35 it explodes by the nose knocking his nose cone and radar out but the heavily damaged SU-35 flown by Long Shot comes back for a Kentucky Windage Gun kill. That was some pretty BFM / ACM between those 2.

The one thing about this fight that is interesting to note is the f-22 doesn't have thrust vectoring in dcs. The su-57 does. The f-22 vectoring looks like it's working from the outside view but it's actually not doing anything in the game. There's a video GS did showing the mod with the thrust vectoring working and it's so over powered in the game nothing would be able to dog fight it.

Growling Sidewinder was the guy that got me interested in DCS. I had no idea that a military Flight sim quality online game like DCS even existed until one day I saw this video with _GROWLING SIDEWINDER_ across it in big red letters. My username used to be _SidewinderUpya6_ so I stopped and watched the video. Man I was blown away at how far the devs in DCS went; in the full fidelity jets like the Viper and the Bug, you basically had to study up in your Dash 1 to learn the systems. Really cool stuff except for the cost of the rig you need to fly properly. Now there seem to be more IRL fighter pilots getting involved with DCS and already I can see it is really helping the community by bringing that extra realism and skill set. Your addition is definitely gonna be a good thing so I hope you keep doing this.

Love Growling Sidewinder’s channel and saw your channel pulling this review and have to say that this was AWESOME! Please please please do more vids like this…it’s great to watch a critique from an actual pilot with RW experience. Your POV is more than just insightful, it’s entertaining on multiple levels!!!

I love the downplay lately of the F22/F35. Its genius, let the enemy think they have an advantage. Oldest trick in the scroll.

I always love a new GS video. One specific thing he is extremely good at is situation awareness, and reacting to the bandit, and explaining his mistakes so you don't make the same ones. This dogfight is done with mods because there is no Su-57 or F-22 full fidelity in DCS. I really love his F-14 videos. That is a very difficult jet to master, and I have gotten a lot of good advice from his tomcat videos. Anyway, excellent debrief. Its about time you get DCS because the F-15E is coming, and it will be great to hear from an actual Eagle driver.

I was never a fighter pilot, couldn’t make it with my eyesight in the mid 80s at OSU AFROTC. Became an enlisted egresses troop instead. But I always was a fighter jock at heart. And aggressiveness seems to me to be a requirement for a fighter pilot. Love both of your channels and I commented on GS’s videos about his lack of aggression. Also it seems to me many of those presentations on the enemy shouldve been guns, not missiles. Certainly dont wanna monday morning QB as yall are the experts. Well done! Im a fan for life!

This was great ! Loved all the technical nuances explained by you , which you are obviously great at simplifying & its interesting to watch these simulations gives a sneak peek of the scenario in real time 😊

Hey, cool to see someone especially a fighter pilot, breaking down one of GS's dogfight videos! One thing you caught on to was him saying the Su-57 was doing its 'thrust vectoring bs', but that's also because thrust vectoring does not work on the mod (F-22) he was using in this video. It's unfortunately not modeled outside of the visual movements of the outlets. There is another version of the same mod which has it functional, but the creator does not plan on releasing it. Which is unfortunate. The only way to get thrust vectoring in the F-22 to work, as it is in the Su-57 is with Ai piloting the bird. In this video, The Su-57 has thrust vectoring available to a player pilot, but the F-22 does not. The pilot in this video should be, iIrc, Longshot, another really good DCS pilot. These two fly together and against one another frequently. So really, what you're seeing here is the Raptor using an F-15 flight model, with a slight bump in ITR (you won't need this defined, but for those who don't know - Instantaneous Turn Rate) and STR (Sustained Turn Rate) among a couple other upgrades to make it perform 'similar' to having thrust vectoring, but GS is not getting the same benefit of TV as the Su-57. So hopefully that might clear that up. The F-22 mod in DCS though has immense rudder authority, so it can pull off some very interesting maneuvers that other 4th gen fighters can only gape in awe at. All that said, loving the vid and the breakdown so far, now I'm going to finish watching this. This was a great react video to GS now that I'm done watching. Hopefully you didn't get bored AF with my long rambling commentary, lol! Earned a sub. Nothing but love for my American winged brothers. As for which jet for me, well, the F-22 is A1 since Day 1, every day. Also; Thank you for your service. o7

Great video....Growling Sidewinder does great content; enjoyed seeing a real fighter pilot react to one of his videos...

Great video! Love this critique of the DCS dogfights! Really enjoy your videos and would love to see more like this! There’s a lot of fighter pilots & ex-fighter pilots in the DCS community but not very many give advice on dogfighting or tactics (UN classified of course 😉)! So this was really great! Thanks for doing this and again would love to see more!

This is dope i'd to see more reviews of fights like this. Definitely great to get an actual Pilots perspective

I’d love to see more of these reaction videos. I use his videos to learn techniques so seeing your critique adds to that.

I would like to see more GS breakdowns. One thing to note is that his dogfight videos are just that. They're within visual range, usually two fox-2s per aircraft and guns. He does have BVR fights as well, but usually dedicates videos to BVR engagements or dogfights.

I love GS' videos, he's a neat dude, definitely learned a bit from him. I would love to see more of these pro debriefs on ACM.

This video is gold! Please do more of these, especially on the F-15 and F-16 since you mentioned those are the jets you flew in real life. It would be so interesting to hear your thoughts on it! O7

You’re also so right about the altitude thing. alt->speed->turn rate->nose authority. Run that program under the second law of thermodynamics and you end up down on the deck every single time. That’s what made energy fighters so great in their day.

That thrust vectoring bull shit gets me all the time :D

Loving your channel and insight into these types of things. It's becoming apparent that fighter pilots have to have high intelligence and high skill. Incredible.

My second cousin flew a Grumman F-6F Hellcat off of the new Yorktown in WWII. He said the code of honor was that you didn’t shoot at an enemy pilot who successfully punched out of a doomed airplane, but then he saw too many of his buddies get shredded by Japanese fighter jocks. He said that once he had seen that sadly the policy became “shoot as many o’ those bastards that you can!!!”

Great video. Things to keep in mind with DCS is that all the 5th gen stuff is user mods, not anywhere near the same quality standard (or data availability) as the 4th gen modules. Still very entertaining, I would also say it would be cool of you to credit the channel where you pulled the Tacview/BFM stuff from as that playlist is legendary :)

Usually the guy that he has the most of his videos with him is a player named longshot, i’m sure longshot is probably piloting the Felon in this vid if you want to see the Raptor from the Sukoi’s pov. He is usually really good about putting The opposing pilot’s link in his description as well. In fact him and long shot actually do a really good SEAD mission in a pair of Vipers on his channel as well, really good coms, between the CAP fighter and the Wild Weasel as well. I get a kick out of watching their videos.

Great rundown of the video. I’m a big fan of your videos and sidewinder’s.

Big follower of GS, love your Tac Brief of the dogfights, looking forward to more of your content. Well done BJC!

3:30 they didnt shoot before the merge because they wanted an equal turn fight to show who would win in a dogfight. Sure, they can fire missle from miles away but that would take the idea out of the video, that would come down to who gets a lock first, who fires first, who can avoid and finally who has the better weapon system.

It was awesome having a real pilot critique.

so cool to see an experienced pilot's thoughts on dcs gameplay! great vid man, i subbed

Sweet jet clean and growling sidewinder in the same video didn’t expect that at all next do his awesome video on the P-51 mustang vs. F-22

Awesome video. Love both Growling’s and your channel. More Please.

Can’t get enough of your content, the perspective you can add is incredible!

Nice man, I appreciate the analysis!

Really liked your analysis ! Looking forward to more. Thanks !

Excellent! Looking forward to more DCS breakdowns.

I just watched that video last week lol! Nice breakdown Ryan! Thanks!

Well this is a welcomed surprise I never thought you would react to a growling sidewinder video, I pray more are to come your input on this is so interesting to hear!

I was a maintenance guy for an air control squadron, and we were encouraged to listen in on GCI if a seat was available. The operator unplugged your mic, then put on a show. Pilots would start out trying to push the controller out of his headset, then turn into a salivating carnivore when he realized ours were very good. Basically, our controllers lead with patience, then made sure the first 'call' actually assisted, rather than distracted, the pilot. I really enjoyed it.

You should review more of these dogfight simulators. Good content.

Great coverage my man! GS has some really good stuff and he did a BFM with an actual Rafael pilot a while ago. Well worth a watch.

Great! Appreciate seeing it in your perspective.

GS + BJC =

First of your vids I've ever stumbled upon. Subbed for more. Great breakdown and commentary!

OMG yes! More DCS please! Maybe one day we'll see you try it in a good VR setup? Your fellow pilot Mover does these and they're my absolute favorites.

Would love to see more of these types of videos. Subbed!

Awesome video and breakdown. I would definitely watch more of these.

Definitely need to do more of these videos, this was so much fun watching you break this down for us. I smell a dog fight coming BJC vs GS 👍👍👍💪

Nice breakdown. Love the Raptor ever since seeing it perform at an airshow while I was stationed out at Peterson. Speaks volumes that the first 5th Gen is still not fully matched in terms of air superiority, even by our own F-35.

I frequently get F15's flying out of Laconheath training above my village. It's very surprising how close & slow they get, I watched one pair spiral down and they almost looked like they were in slow motion. Whatever speed they're doing, they're chuffing loud!

I have been watching GS since the start of his channel. I think the mistakes GS makes in his flying is due to the fact that he is live commentating and being entertaining. I get the impression that 100 percent of his focus is not on the fight.

Definitely would like to here you break down more videos like this!

You should consider reacting to some of his videos of him flying 4th gen fighters. The viper in DCS had been underperforming but a few months ago they gave it an update and now it lives up to its real life reputation, so if you watch any F-16 videos of his you should watch the newer ones.The Hornet is another great module in DCS. They're also working on a strike eagle.

Please keep theses videos coming!.

Love the video sir, and appreciate you, thank you for your service. I am definitely an F-22 fan boy 😆 was first introduced to it via the PC game F-22 Lightning 3, and I played that for a few years I think.. was decent.. not the best by day.. had loads to improve.. was a load of fun though..I was even in a squadron.. great times..Def my fav aircraft to operate even though I don't believe it, or any game Sim, can duplicate it's abilities to give you the proper air dominance/maneuvers..

Great breakdown! Thanks!!!

Two of my favorite KZfaqrs in one video. Nice work to both of you on your channels!

Thank you for your insight. I like your mindset of gunning the opponent down when there's a big target!

LOL. We just watched @growlingsidewinders fight earlier today. Cool that you were reviewing this! We also watched C.W. Lemoine's review of the SU57..

This is one of my favorite videos you've done!.. Could we get some more of these?

Awesome video man. I had seen that video before of GS channel, but hearing from a real pilot I learnt so lot. Thanksn

Hey mate, greeting from Down Under! Nice analysis and commentary on the BOSS fight. I would suggest you play this video on full screen for your viewers as it looks a little" video game" in such a small format as you have posted. Make your headshot much smaller and let the beauty of the full screen DCS shine would be my tip. Thanks for posting!

That was a cool play by play. Would like to see more of these type of videos

Your enthusiasm for this simulator/game video is infectious and give all the good feels. hahaha

You were actually right on the Su-57 doing the cobra manoeuvre right on the merge! The Su-57 was too slow after the cobra to really capitalise on the F-22’s mistake

Love this format!

4:45 The Raptor envies the dancing Felon.

I notice two things that GS does that I would like your take on: (1) he focuses too much on fox2 when a great gun solution opportunity presents itself (2) he waits to fire fox2, allowing the bandit to get closer or increase the aspect

Love this kind of videos. Make them more!

Great vid man. You should react to more of his videos. Maybe the BVR engagements? It would be interesting to hear your input.

So I raced from 4-25 under sponsorship, now I watch my kids and do it for fun. But I’m having a lot of flashbacks. For those that have never raced winged sprint dirt/ stock asphalt superspeedways it’s all about energy management. So a great example. If it’s 180-200laps. You spend Lap 1-150 figuring out your cars capability Vs the competition. As the laps click down your in your mind brainstorming how you will defend against each cars strength. On high banked tracks usually my cars would lose very little RPM. It was my #1 pet peeve for my engine guy. I wanted to maintain rpm when the gs loaded/wind. If your car was equal then you had to ram a wake of air under the other guys car and hope you get him loose. They either lift or go in head first. 99% of guys lift. You don’t need the best equipment. You just gotta know how to corner a dude and capitalize off his mistakes.

This is good content for all is DCS players. Would love to see what you think of the F-16 among all the other awesome jets in the game.

This is an older video. The F-22 aircraft in DCS World is a community mod since the game does not have this aircraft. I highly recommend reacting to a few dogfights that include aircrafts like F-16 or F-14 since those are official modules with realistic flight models. Overall it is an amazing game with a wonderful community out there.

Dude these are so cool to watch please keep these coming. Getting a fighter pilots take on this is so interesting. Thanks man. F-16 fanboy here.

Thank you for your commentary and professional points of view for content, that is at the end of the day just simulations for entertainment. Im a fan of GSW and now you earned my sub for your channel. Please continue onto this series. If possible, could you comment on the warning sound for "Over G, Over G" @ 22:02. For what I been able to detract from online info, this is due to the stress on the aircraft frame when Gravity overload tolerances are exceeded. How common is this in a real life scenarios? If or when it happens, are pilots instructed to report these to the crew chief? Is the aircraft deemed worthy for sorties, if too many "Over G" warning flags happen? Thanks in advance.

As an Red Legger turned aviation I absolutely LOVE your videos... you're awesome, brother!

Good video. I definately recommend checking out one of growling sidewinders other videos with higher fidelity aircraft like the F-16 or so. The F-22 you see here is a free community mod so it's not the best representation of what DCS can do.

thank you for the explanation ...Nice work Sir..

Nice one man. You are smooth dude. As Smooth as a Gravy Sandwich. Much appreciated

There was a short video i saw on KZfaq the other day- it showed 2 Raptors sneaking right close behind 2 SU57's and the SU57's had no idea the Raptors were there. From that, i can take it the SU57's must-have detection problems.

Was fun to watch and this is way better than the fights on the commodore 64 F-15 Strike Eagle!

I just accidentally found this video, glad I did. Like very much the way you talk us thru what is going on in both of the piolits minds. And...that you have really been up there, damn!

Definitely should do more of these dcs vids.

Thank you so much for your excellent insights!

Great info! Thanks!

Would love to see your commentary on some of the BVR fights!

I've never dominated the like button this quickly on this channel before. I've been watching Growling Sidewinder for a long time. This was great. He did a couple of Foxhound BVR videos last month that gave me nightmares. It seems like that monster can kill anything. Was there a way for him to survive? Or is the Foxhound really that amazing?

That was awesome seeing that missle track towards the sun

4:52 “Come one Mav, do some of that thrust vectoring shit!”

some of his F16 fights would be cool to see

Animated talker!! Haha !! Great video👍

1st round i was right away thinking GUNS GUNS GUNS he would be shredded before he ended his pre-flare maneuver

AYYY Growling Sidewinder clip, OSOM

"Oh no..." GS as he goes into the ground, inverted. :D Reaction to one of the GS compilations? Those are super fun!

Always fun to see a GS vid

This is an excellent breakdown thank you

Just seen the Thunderbirds in duluth! Now I'm inspired to get the Ole simulator fired up and finally get my private pilots license. Inspiring.

Great interpretation of the game.. From a united States 🇺🇸 airforce pilot Thank you, and thank you for your service. I'm ex British forces 20 years service....