Mooch Tries to Land the F/A-18 on the Aircraft Carrier

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Жыл бұрын

Mooch switches from the Tomcat to the Hornet module in DCS and tries to launch and land on STENNIS (CVN-74).
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@williampulley Жыл бұрын

I find it way more interesting to see veterans fly on DCS compared to the standard KZfaqr.

@matthewrank109 Жыл бұрын

100% couldnt agree more

@williampulley Жыл бұрын

What's the keybinding on the F/A-18 model to symbolically throw the NATOPS in the trash?

@WardCarroll Жыл бұрын

😂

@macblastoff7700 Жыл бұрын

Agreed. This applies to any person on KZfaq with actual real life experience vs. someone "reporting" on what they heard or read somewhere. While this isn't necessarily an ageist remark, those who've been doing something for 10,000+ hours tend to have been around for longer than those who have not.

@macblastoff7700 Жыл бұрын

@@williampulley "It's called 'essential reading', Maverick."

@benjaminperez7328 Жыл бұрын

I’m so used to associating Mooch’s voice with the Tomcat, it’s almost shocking to see the leap in tech between the cockpits.

@mystkprophet1593 Жыл бұрын

somebody make a mod for Jester with Mooch's voice

@benjaminperez7328 6 ай бұрын

@@mystkprophet1593 They made “Jell-O” the voice of “Paddles!”

@survivalgames4949 Жыл бұрын

I still won’t forget being at the Naval Institute during plebe summer and seeing you talk to us in person. I was so shocked lol, I did not expect to see you there :)

@WardCarroll Жыл бұрын

Good times! #BeatArmy

@EveryoneIsFightingSomeBattle Жыл бұрын

Seeing a good 'ol fleet RIO taking the stick - always entertaining!

@jik628 Жыл бұрын

That salute you and shooter do means so much too me! What a respect sign.

@beefeekeefee Жыл бұрын

A friend used to fly S3 Vikings off carriers back in the '80's. On his first deployment, first ever carrier landing he pulled out of his break and got in a hurry with the gear and flaps, tried to lower them before bleeding off sufficient speed. On the S3, if you did that the flaps would lock out...for good...until you were back on the ship and the crew could reset the system. So he had to perform a no flaps landing. Took him three attempts.

@policeofficer94 Жыл бұрын

I hope to meet you someday! Thank you for you and your FAMILIES SACRIFICES FOR THIS COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE

@BloodHawk-vl1xd Жыл бұрын

I love the videos. My Dad was in VF101 and retired June of '92. He passed away the 30th of March. Originally in P3s, he ended his career with the F14. He loved both of the planes. It would be great to see you do a collaboration with Growling Sidewinder. He respects the real pilots and has huge love and respect of the F14 and F18. Thank you for all your work.

@Stubbies2003 Жыл бұрын

Nice landing. The only thing to clarify is NWS gain behavior depends on wing position. If it is spread and locked you have to hold the NWS button for high gain whereas if you unlock your wings and start to fold em you can just tap the NWS gain once and it will stay on high.

@samdavison-webb1853 Жыл бұрын

Super cool Mooch. Man that was a super crisp break

@agidotexe7167 Жыл бұрын

the hornet is such a solid bird! not as much cool factor or badassness as the tomcat but shes still a powerhouse that can literally do anything you throw at her, and do it well!

@KutWrite Жыл бұрын

Boy is that realistic! Well explained, too. I first tried simulated carrier landings with an early flight sim designed just for that on a 80s model PC. The ship and plane were just vector-graphic stick figures, yet I got appropriately tense going on and off the ship. There was a space shuttle sim just as primitive and just as fun. My second try was on the F-14 sim. at Miramar when it was still a Navy base. I regret not applying for the job of supervising those sims, but hey, working for TOPGUN had its pluses, too. Thanks for including us in your fun and info circle.

@generic_luke Жыл бұрын

Would be really interesting to hear about how you find the learning process of moving from the Tomcat to the Hornet. Both very fun planes to fly, but they both feel completely different.

@danielwatts7375 Жыл бұрын

I was a final checker with VMFA-323 back from 1998-2002 and served aboard the Constellation in 1999 and 2001...it was my impression that the pilot "retracted" the launch bar after it was engaged with the shuttle so that it went to a retracted position as soon as the jet was launched.

@Lochaby Жыл бұрын

God its feels good to watch someone actually fly the actual BRC after the clearing turn.

@kayakutah 3 ай бұрын

You don't do clearing turns if you stay in the pattern. So none during CQ on launch, bolter or T&G.

@Archinabald Жыл бұрын

Very cool! The FA-18 is my favorite module in DCS. Excited to see you fly it!

@marcelsteiner3793 Жыл бұрын

ICLS is a great help for landing on the Carrier, especially in the last turn 😉

@KennyTheB Жыл бұрын

If you want another fun tidbit, if you activate the autothrottle while in landing configuration, rather than hold whatever airspeed you're at when pressing the button, it'll instead adjust thrust to hold 8 degrees AoA right in the E-bracket.

@marcelsteiner3793 Жыл бұрын

Oh really? I should try it out…

@theoldweaponstroop7441 Жыл бұрын

Next step is to get a motion platform- cat shots in VR with a motion platform are very addicting!

@chrismaverick9828 Жыл бұрын

The -18 is a great beginner module for those looking to make the leap into DCS or bump up from the low-fidelity FC3 planes into the High-Fi ones. You get the most out of multi-role planes and the -18 is pretty forgiving. Plus you get to learn to land on carriers!

@clintonscanlon1325 Жыл бұрын

It really struck me as interesting how similar your approach to the carrier mirrored the approach to a DZ in military free fall parachute ops. Judging distances on the downwind leg, crosswind leg and the final approach. Love it

@jyellowhammer Жыл бұрын

Mooch, Thank you for the lesson sir. I have been coming past the ship at 350 indicated and breaking way too far ahead of the carrier and then waiting way too long to make the 90 break. Now that I see how it supposed to be done, I am going back for more practice. I have found that, just as it is in real life, that if I slack off and do not stay proficient with air to air refueling its like I have to learn how to all over again. You are the one who got me hooking up with the basket on a regular basis so thank you for that as well. I had the chance to follow my dream to becoming a Marine Flight Officer and sadly was hurt during training and had to take a medical discharge. Now I am just a regular General aviation pilot and that's how I get my fix these days. One of my biggest issues is with weapon delivery in the hornet. I cannot seem to slew the target designator on to the target and get a lock when I employ the Maverick or any other ordinance that calls for such actions. I cannot seem to find a step by step (for dummies) check list that will allow me to get well versed in order to memorize the procedure. Plus I need to get a better H.O.T.A.S. system. Thank you for what you do and have done. God Bless you and your family sir. ps, I have over 8,500 hours of DCS time and can remember when planes like the Hornet and Tomcat were nothing but a dream. There were only a few jets to choose from in the U.S. inventory. Different story today and cant wait for the Alpha 6 and Alpha 7 to be developed. The A-1 will be nice as well.

@EA-History Жыл бұрын

Really cool video. I have the Hornet module, and I set my goal that my very first landing in DCS should be on an aircraft carrier. I managed this with the Hornet. It is so cool to see veterans doing a landing in DCS.

@oldsailor8593 Жыл бұрын

One of the best configurations we flew with was the “ugly” config, centerline and one wing tank.The options were better and gave the ordies a break. This was the legacy hornet. Adm Walsh thought it was the best overall. Pilots didn’t think as much about it. Once we started work ups we left them that way.

@MichaelPCarr10 Жыл бұрын

5:10 there were a dude once, over the pond, or maybe south Aussie’ish. Mate, fly the boat, put the plane on the third wire. He meant horizon, deck, and throttle modulation. All them symbols are just suggestions, the Tomcat’s slow with it anyway, the symbology is usually late. Thanks for all you did and do. Appreciate all your Sierra Hotel content. Some of us remember who the real knuckle draggers are. Mach Altus.

@bangcallahan Жыл бұрын

9:32 More Proficient? This dude is an absolute beast.

@crimsontiger6 Жыл бұрын

I love watching the hornets in the landing pattern at my local airport. You can see the wing changing shape on the short final v the break. Now RAAF is transitioning to F35 but we still have the growler

@Twitch0331 Жыл бұрын

If I could live my life over again... 😕 Nice flight, Mooch. Semper Fi. 🇺🇲

@TheStowAway594 Жыл бұрын

DCS is awesome! It's so cool to see you military guys having fun with it too, I can't tell you much I've learned and it's really sparked a love of aviation in me. Unfortunately, I'll never be able to fly but at least I can do it virtually.

@waynefletcher9884 Жыл бұрын

Man o man the sailors on the deck look real and i mean the way they move! They’re life like!

@Cheiff117 Жыл бұрын

Ahh the jet I’ve spent 3 years in , in DCS like a 2nd home. easiest jet to learn and I highly recommend it to anyone learning or starting out!

@robertleder1413 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ward. Fascinating. Incredible technology. I’ve always admired US Navy carrier pilots.

@paulwilliams4274 Жыл бұрын

*Aviators

@cityjenkins7500 Жыл бұрын

My father was a Flight Sim contractor for Cecil Field / NAS JAX from the 80's-00's, I was able to fly the A7 night time carrier sim, and later when the F18 came along fly that sim. Never understood the naval talk from the pilots but as a young teen but I could land the A7 on the 3 wire with 3 foot swells at night with no bolters. so it was funny when I got out of the sim and walked into the ready room to see the officers eyes open and jaws drop when a 13 yr old boy walked in..... lol.. then a few years later when I would get to fly the F18 sim, it was designed so that when an F18 was on a Real Time Mission or Training Mission and RTB, the flight was dumped onto a server and it could be loaded up in the sim so other pilots could fly the same mission and learn from any mistakes made on the mission...I got really good at dropping bombs at Pinecastle Impact Range. I ended up being darn good with Air to Air combat as well, id say I had a above average Kill to death ratio.... lol in the end my father ended up at Mayport taking care of the Seahawk flight sim. I never made it down b4 my father retired so I never got to try my hands with rotary flight. And b4 you ask!!!! Yes I buzzed the tower at over 400 knots,,,, in the sim of course!!!!

@rael5469 Жыл бұрын

I just looked at the Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard in Street View and it is lined with many of the decommissioned Perry Class Frigates. It's quite a sight to see them all tied up next to each other.

@neok23 10 ай бұрын

Hornet! I’m here for it!

@fntsmk Жыл бұрын

Love it! Great job Mooch! Press On! (CV-63 Motto).

@VirusVanquisher Жыл бұрын

Found your channel when looking for DCS World info and I LOVE it! I purchased the Tomcat and Hornet with the Maverick pack through Steam and have been obsessed with aviation as of late. Figured spending thousands of hours playing DCS world would teach me more practical skills instead of wasting time in stuff like World of Warcraft...not sure how a 45 year old IT guy would apply any of it 😂 but who knows...I may up and change professions to a commercial pilot one day, it can happen. Anyway, thank you very much for content like this and I also want to say how much I enjoyed the interview I watched of Dr. Justin Bronk the other day. I was floored by his brilliance. He is one hell of an asset to the UK. Also enjoyed the analyst you had on 5 months ago from Singapore. He had some excellent perspectives. Look forward to watching more of your previous videos and of course anything to come :)

@chrismaverick9828 Жыл бұрын

At the very least it is fantasy fun for people who love jets.

@lemmingt6207 Жыл бұрын

Uh oh.... mooch is switching sticks. Its gettin real!

@deepsea5107 Жыл бұрын

Mooch bagged an OK3 on his first Hornet trap-Well Done!!

@cantonmotors Жыл бұрын

This is awesome. I was a legacy F-18 engines and fuel systems tech for a VMFA. We ran out jets ugly bubble on the Truman in 2000-01.

@iredfive Жыл бұрын

Goofy Gas! to make it easier to use the FLIR pod delivering LGBs.

@Mariner311 Жыл бұрын

FUN video - my aged laptop won't handle DCS or ARMA - but FUN watching a RIO do an Okay-3 pass. I was an SH60B Aircrew and also flew in the S-3 Viking as Senso and CoTac before that bird was sent away . In the early 2000s I flew a LOT of hours in old Falcon 4.0 and the additions... as well as playing Harpoon 3.0 aboard USS Kitty Hawk and other boats in the ASWMod/Strike... kids don't understand the graphics improvements, much less general computational improvements. Thanks Skipper for a nice ride

@blainekelley816 10 ай бұрын

mission complete! well done.

@schoolio64D Жыл бұрын

You make it look so easy, but I would expect nothing less. Great vid!

@chrismaverick9828 Жыл бұрын

Nice one, Mooch. Awesome to see a clean approach, even if you were a bit fast. :D Working off high and then low and fast in the groove is no joke. You made it look easy.

@robertswan742 Жыл бұрын

CLICKBAIT!!! You didn't "try" to land the F/A 18 on the carrier ....you nailed it! Great job sir.😄

@TC-bj8pu Жыл бұрын

Fun video! Looks like you still got the touch! Thanks!

@thomaskositzki9424 Жыл бұрын

What a clean landing. 😎 Haven't seen Mooch fly much but the old man still has his command center working smoothly. 😉

@henrycastle6584 6 ай бұрын

You guys wouldnt be able to tell the difference between a right and a wrong landing to save your life XD

@thomaskositzki9424 6 ай бұрын

@@henrycastle6584 How about you enlighten us then? And who is "you guys"? As far as I can see, you are the only one in this thread aside from me.

@henrycastle6584 6 ай бұрын

@@thomaskositzki9424 First of all, he doesnt use tacan and thus he hasnt setup a course line. Yea, both are necessary... Then, on the break he is going much faster than what he is supposed to but this is more of a guideline than an actual rule. The important thing is to pull G in relevance to his airspeed. In his case he needs to pull 4.5 G's at the start of the break and ease on the stick as the airspeed drops. He ends up pulling more than that which is why he ends up much closer to the carrier than he is supposed to. And you might ask, "how can I tell he is closer" and thats because when he is abeam the LSO platform and starts his left hand turn, he has to be UP TO a 30 degree bank... His angle is 40 or more degrees at some points meaning that instead his distance when abeam to the carrier being 0.9 to 1.2 nm, he sits between 0.6-0.8 at best. And why is that important? Because if aircraft divert from the pattern they have to follow, it leads to recovery taking longer as well as being unsafe. He is also in the groove for way too long but thats the least of the issues here. And last but not least and probably the most important thing. He is not in the bracket and thats because he tries to land the plane the wrong way... He needs to apply elevator trim until his velocity vector is in the middle of the E bracket. Then his stick must only move left or right until he lands. To raise or lower the nose he has to play with the throttle instead. This was by no means a good landing and when I say "all of you people" I mean all of you congratulating him on his landing in this comment section...

@Shakedown1969 6 ай бұрын

@@henrycastle6584 nothing you said is false to the best of my knowledge, but at the end of the day, he's just playing a video game, and we all understand that mooch is an extremely valuable resource for those of us who will only experience military aviation through a screen. I'm not even calling you out or anything either, just think that the man who made this video has more than earned his right to fudge a virtual landing.

@henrycastle6584 6 ай бұрын

@@Shakedown1969 Honestly, it doesnt matter how he did and thats not what bothered me. What rubbed me wrong was comments like the one I responded to.

@f14flyer11 Жыл бұрын

nice pass Mooch....

@rslattery3 Жыл бұрын

Not bad for an old RIO! Lol. Your channel is a diamond in the rough buddy! Keep up the great work.

@William3000x Жыл бұрын

The hornet is surprisingly easy to handle for a first timer. I've tried it on a 30-days trial period a few years ago (back when ED was experimenting with the trial periods format) along with the Persian Gulf map, just to get the feel of it, and even in my first night ops flight with it in a multiplayer server, I was able to land on the boat first try. Of course I overlooked lots of the procedures since I haven't gone through the tutorials, so my startups were all roughly done with zero checklist compliance, so there were a bunch of startup procedure notes left unchecked on the FLCS page. But yeah, I was able to score some A-A kills and some SEAD missions in the first couple of weeks flying it. So yeah, the hornet is an incredibly easy aircraft to get started, but quite tricky to master like any fighter jet, I presume.

@petervanderwaart1138 Жыл бұрын

Very calm sea state.

@fannyargyle9073 Жыл бұрын

A lot of fun, thanks.

@kayakutah 3 ай бұрын

I'm digging deep into my brain cells, but my recollection is that you don't do clearing turns during CQ operations when you are staying in the pattern. In the situation during initial quals when you are doing touch and go's that also applies. Just turn to BRC. Ages ago (June 1979) I qualified in the RF-8G on the Coral "Maru". At the time that included night qual. There were no 2 seat versions of the Gator and no simulators. We went up to Lemore to fly the A-7 sim for night landings at the ship. We all died horribly (real confidence builder!) but the Airman 11th class railed every dang landing. Oh, and we all survived at the ship!

@chevystuffs5971 Жыл бұрын

Smooth.

@Flying_AZ Жыл бұрын

The VX-9 skin looks great!!

@BruceMusto Жыл бұрын

Let's hear it for the Perry class frigates!!!

@forest4283 Жыл бұрын

Ward - can we please have a group fly or something - maybe a carrier landing contest?

@WardCarroll Жыл бұрын

That would be awesome. I'll figure something out.

@HardDeck Жыл бұрын

@@WardCarroll Mooch VS Nasty !!!!

@NatendoSwitch Жыл бұрын

can we also have a first to land contest that involves landing on an opposing faction's carrier?

@benjaminperez7328 Жыл бұрын

@@HardDeck Mooch AND Nasty vs. some KZfaq DCS ham & eggers!

@ravagetalon Жыл бұрын

The DCS Hornet was my first fast mover in DCS back in 2019 before I eventually picked up the Tomcat. The Tomcat is absolutely humbling compared to the Hornet when it comes to Carrier ops. The amount of automation you get with the Hornet is incredible.

@Amvienttz Жыл бұрын

Better to go from Tomcat to Hornet rather than vice-versa. I too came from the Hornet and it has spoiled me in so many ways!

@MichaelPCarr10 Жыл бұрын

1:20 yup got it Sierra button all day.

@doctordave4247 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@franksouthcott3740 Жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Thanks for the talk along...

@andrewsteele9588 Жыл бұрын

Really cool to see the different modules on the channel!

@viperdriver82 Жыл бұрын

Nice landing ward 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@ComdrStew Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you are using VR now. It is a huge improvement.

@Pisiorek6 Жыл бұрын

Impressively smooth! A pleasure to watch and listen to.

@pedroguimaraes9476 Жыл бұрын

Nice landing !!!

@stewdickson Жыл бұрын

"So that was fun" All you need to know!

@henrycarlson7514 Жыл бұрын

So Wise , Thank You

@anthonyrenaud5783 Жыл бұрын

I have Falcon 4.0 which is a cool flight sim also. I have always wondered what it would be like to be catted off and to land on a Carrier in a fighter at sea. I was a Boats on the Mighty U.S.S. Ranger CV-61 (Top Gun of the Pacific Fleet) 89-93. Those were the best of times in the Navy.

@johnraahauge4552 Жыл бұрын

Mooch, couldn’t help but notice you are flying with your glasses on. If you are using progressives, you will gain a lot of clarity by using VR prescription inserts set to your distance vision. Everything inside the goggles is focused at 2m, so if using progressives the peripheral vision will be blurry. I just made the switch and am really impressed with the improvement in clarity.

@Mako-sz4qr Жыл бұрын

Nice 👍🏻 your VR recording skills are great too

@BobSmith-dk8nw Жыл бұрын

I am really impressed with the ability to change sticks. .

@kevdawg8668 Жыл бұрын

@wardcarroll Just FYI Sir my only flight I downed at the RAG (VFA-122) at Lemoore was when I broke 350 kts on a case 1 pass. Hell of a nice job though for an old Tomcat Bubba! Cheers! -Kevin "Chili"

@Safari3601 10 ай бұрын

Damn, I was hoping that you would boltor, then I could say "I told you it was hard" to my wife. Thanks for your great content on all subjects. BTW you are the reason I started trying to Fly DCS. Family of Navy Veterans and having spent time on Yankee Station on a plane guard DE your content is perfect for me.

@ElsinoreRacer Жыл бұрын

Those keyboards can be set to one color if you want to avoid the fruit casserole look. A soft aqua underglow seems to work.

@_lime. Жыл бұрын

Obviously the military now has access to high quality, full motion, simulators to get pilots more training before getting in the cockpit, but I wonder if something like the super carrier module could be incorporated into training because of all the back and forth with the ground crew. I'm not aware of any other sim software that has that sort of capability and being able to practice taxing around the deck following directions from the ground crew. It would be pretty useful. Another huge benefit of sims like this is giving pilots extra flight hours on new, very expensive, platforms without incurring additional operations costs for those flight hours. There's no replacement for being in the seat, and it shouldn't be seen as such, but if you consider it as bonus time behind the stick it could probably do a lot of to help readiness.

@johnnyprosniewski62 Жыл бұрын

Nice job mooch. Little long in the groove and flying with the nose on the start. When you roll out in the groove bring the power to idle to keep the rate of descent coming down and not having to fly with the nose. LIG (LOAW)

@kurdtcocaine0 Жыл бұрын

Masterfully done Mr. Carrol!

@kennethhicks2113 Жыл бұрын

O7 God bless and thanks for serving too. edit/add and O7 to NAS Jacksonville whom I served with when the first 18's arrived replacing the A7's there in 88 as I recall, been a longgg time O7

@interrestrial9815 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed that and the running commentary.

@nathanfisher1826 Жыл бұрын

Great job Ward

@flyingbarbarian1 Жыл бұрын

In another universe you were a pilot. Great flying as always!

@redwatch1100 Жыл бұрын

You make it look so easy.

@madmanjack6923 Жыл бұрын

I am planning on building a rig for this game. It blows my mind how you keep all those processes straight in your head

@dannyd7714 Жыл бұрын

Practice and repetition

@DeepVerma728 Жыл бұрын

Just watching this can rattle your nerves.

@Freedom1776usa Жыл бұрын

Dont taxi off end of carrier after such a nice landing!

@arneldobumatay3702 Жыл бұрын

Happy landings!

@armyfazer1410 Жыл бұрын

I was a QM2 in FFG 29. I love the frigate fly by!

@indy500tabasco8 Жыл бұрын

Good kob Teacher Ward. I ll try this when IM not broke.

@armyfazer1410 Жыл бұрын

Well done, sir!

@jerry50bmg65 Жыл бұрын

Appears to the the ultimate retirement toy for the former fighter pilot

@Dragineez774 Жыл бұрын

Dang, you make it look easy.

@rawfpv Жыл бұрын

Another awesome vid Mooch ...!!! enjoyed watching

@JimInAnthem Жыл бұрын

Shoulda been a 1-anchor Mooch! Nice

@russcarroll3176 Жыл бұрын

Have you ever tried flying on DCS with the Grim Reapers? I've watched a lot of their vids here. Always good for a laugh.

@simtaylor61 Жыл бұрын

You make this look so easy. I can GET ABOARD the carrier.......It ain't nowhere NEAR that pretty.........but I can do it ;)

@uriahbrickhouse4783 Жыл бұрын

It’s like he’s done this before !

@jimbob4456 Жыл бұрын

Makes it look ridiculously easy

@schism6600 Жыл бұрын

Love this channel!!!

@bugsshiraz Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@oldfrend Жыл бұрын

so smooth, you'd think ward was an old pro or something XD