Two idiots trying to take out an AWACS

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Жыл бұрын

Kamsa and I (also later joined by Hotpocket) wanted to do something silly and take out the enemy E-3 SENTRY AWACS with our Tomcat, from high altitude and VERY long distance. Welp, we tried.....
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@_Dandy_S Жыл бұрын

As former aircrew on AWACS. I saw the word ‘destroying’ on the thumbnail and got unreasonably excited.

@Dan-xo9ly Жыл бұрын

Do you guys call yourselves the Eye of Sauron? :)

@_Dandy_S Жыл бұрын

@@Dan-xo9ly typically, it’s more like flying shitbox or something colorful like that. There’s not a ton of love for the old E3 unless you have some form of Stockholm syndrome. Everyone is ready for the AF to buy E7 wedgetails and mothball or scrap the AWACS fleet.

@ronaldfischer1195 Жыл бұрын

@@_Dandy_S They're getting rid of the E-8 so we'll see how long the E-3 lasts after. I'm hoping they just go with the wedgetail

@_Dandy_S Жыл бұрын

@@ronaldfischer1195 they’ve already announced that they’re going to start phasing out the E3s, and last I heard it was going to be wedgetails replacing them. Of course the timeline is like 12 years, and they’ll be behind schedule like anything else.

@ronaldfischer1195 Жыл бұрын

@@_Dandy_S Let’s just hope there’s no issues with the wedgetail like the KC46. I don’t see it happening as they’ve already developed and proven those airframe but, still…

@coleramsey6705 Жыл бұрын

Take off, fly for a bit, dump 6 phoenixes on one target Wait this isn’t war thunder?

@julianviefers6703 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I was gonna say the same thing Dump 6 Phoenix and not kill a single target

@blackhawkuh-6026 Жыл бұрын

In war thunder you don’t get to the battlefield with the amount of AA

@goldenhate6649 Жыл бұрын

@@blackhawkuh-6026 The amount of AA you can see in warthunder is an amount the average ground guy could only dream of

@TacticalKeyboardOperator 3 күн бұрын

TAKE YOUR WT BS AND F OFF

@nerfherder8100 Жыл бұрын

Thustmaster sounds like a very different type of toy than what it actually is.

@JETZcorp Жыл бұрын

J O Y S T I C K

@Phordless_Cone Жыл бұрын

@@JETZcorp There's a shits 'n' giggles for that one :)

@julianviefers6703 Жыл бұрын

@@Phordless_Cone hands on throttle and stick

@FoxWithTheAngels Жыл бұрын

Giggity.

@thebanananacam Жыл бұрын

Its even worse when you get lubricant for it.

@JETZcorp Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of when I used to intercept the AWACS in the Mirage on the GS server. There used to be a corridor where you could evade the BluFor SAMs if you had a good ECM and small RCS and flew angels 50+. Every single blue Eagle and Hornet would try to intercept me but couldn't maintain my Concorde-like altitude and speed. And man, after you take out an AWACS the Hornets drop like flies without their precious datalink picture. I tried that mission profile with the Tomcat but always got tagged by SAMs.

@Mountain_Yeti Жыл бұрын

You just single handily explained one of many reasons why the f16c will always be my main squeeze.

@thurbine2411 Жыл бұрын

Arent the AWACS immortal now? Would be more interesting if you could kill awacs and tankers even if it will be hard

@Pman353 Жыл бұрын

Yeah the hornet’s radar is garbage

@thurbine2411 Жыл бұрын

@@Pman353 I think it is quite good but many people are way to reliant on awacs and almost never fly without them. Maybe even bigger thing is datalink because it makes it easier to get the sa info needed while if you only get awacs calls you have to imagine how the picture is

@JETZcorp Жыл бұрын

@@Pman353 It's okay, but Hornet pilots tend to develop a dependency on passive detection via the link. Someone flying the Eagle may be used to shifting his scan area all around in a paranoid bid to sniff out Flankers in the weeds, but Hornet guys aren't used to that kind of thing. One of the times after taking out the AWACS, I took the Mirage back up to angels 50, found a 2-ship of Hornets, hit them from directly above with heaters, and then ran away. They saw my nails on RWR but couldn't find the Mirage that they assumed was coming in low.

@totalnerd5674 Жыл бұрын

In the Lord of the Rings, the Eye of Sauron could only look in one place at a time. The E3, on the other hand, has full 360 degree awareness. So basically, the E3 is worse than the Eye of Sauron.

@Lancefh_ENV Жыл бұрын

Oh nooo

@fcv1_ Жыл бұрын

Shouldn't it be the other way around?

@alexv3357 10 ай бұрын

@@fcv1_ The E3 is worse to face, the Eye is worse to be

@atom1236 5 ай бұрын

the E3 can also only look at one place at the time. thats why the radar dish is made to rotate every 10 seconds meaning that you can only update target data every 10 seconds

@shanedoesyoutube8001 3 ай бұрын

@@fcv1_ worse as in worse to deal with than the eye of sauron

@Hanfkrokette Жыл бұрын

Ive done that multiple times already a few month ago,firing at the awacs from 90nm just to find out AWACS was set to invincible,RIP 2,5hrs of trying hard

@yoyoyoyoshua Жыл бұрын

What loser sets the AWACS to invincible? Like seriously that takes away the fun.

@Hanfkrokette Жыл бұрын

@@yoyoyoyoshua Ikr. Obviously the server owner ( GS ). That was a huge letdown to discover when I finally managed to connect 2 Phoenix´s with the AWACS. The GS Server is a pure Airquake server without anything beyond that,even ground units are not meant to be attacked in any way (Bases) and it takes out all possible dynamics in an open enviroment like this.Better join 4YA PvP Server,its way better IMO since it gives you all options how you want to structure your sorties,no invincible bullsh!t. I wonder why Ralfie didnt show us at the end that the AWACS didnt take any damage tho

@fonesrphunny7242 Жыл бұрын

@@yoyoyoyoshua It could be worse, like ... having 40 waypoints, with convenient ground units around, with SAMS, but no trucks to rearm them, and bandits with mostly short range missiles ... you know, like 75% of all servers seem to do :(

@ryanisnttryin3733 Жыл бұрын

for a second there i forgot that you probably meant in the game

@icyrust8831 Жыл бұрын

@@Hanfkrokette I think its reasonable for a pvp oriented server but I agree it takes away a little bit of the fun.

@BlackEpyon Жыл бұрын

I've never heard of an E-3 called the "Eye of Sauron" before. Nothing like shitting your pants after hearing " *I SEE YOU* " on your threat detection monitor.

@toasterhavingabath6980 4 ай бұрын

Imagine all the digital displays turn into a dark red "I SEE YOU" with a missile lock on the background

@gelatinoussire7772 Жыл бұрын

You know things are getting exciting when the RWR starts sounding like Galaga.

@jadedfox4672 Жыл бұрын

I love the tones for the f14s lock system, I can’t imagine how many pilots were making Al these evasive menuvers while being baraded by slot machine noises lol

@afatcatfromsweden Жыл бұрын

Ah yes the AIM-54 Phoenix! The A-A equivalent of being hit in the face by a fucking MK-82.

@Zbenesch Жыл бұрын

Kamsa trying to separate vomit from blood in the back: Ralfi: I'M OKAY.

@deadboy9955 Жыл бұрын

Even after many years of playing DCS, it still feels wild to hear my home town being casually mentioned for mission prep and stuff (Kutaisi)

@vikingsoftomorrow4038 Жыл бұрын

Bloody beautiful place is it is. Been there IRL.

@cloxsty4032 Жыл бұрын

Just wait one day you will hear a f18 breaking the sound barrier while firing a maverick e

@deadboy9955 Жыл бұрын

@@cloxsty4032 as long as those mavericks target ruskies, I don't mind.

@alexv3357 10 ай бұрын

What's it like living there?

@deadboy9955 10 ай бұрын

@@alexv3357Lot's of great cheap wine.

@Xeno426 Жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="400">6:40</a> Well there's your problem, letting Jester start for you. He always messes something up. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1110">18:30</a> Hope you set target size to large to increase the range the missile goes active (about 15-17nmi). [EDIT] Correction, 13nmi. Though the missiles weren't notched; the Phoenix doesn't go active until it's told to by the F-14. If the F-14 dies before that active command is sent... it's a trashed missile. Unless it's launched with "PHX ACT" on, or launched in a Pulse lock mode, where the missile will be Maddog. The countdown will start flashing when the missile is active in TWS. The 54A-Mk60 would be the better choice for sniping, since the missile has a lot more energy than the C.

@csquared2330 Жыл бұрын

Around what range does target size small go active compared to large?

@Xeno426 Жыл бұрын

@@csquared2330 About six miles. Regular is about nine to ten. The value is set at missile launch, so changing the switch won't have any effect on missiles in flight.

@kamsa1243 Жыл бұрын

As per usual we hopped into the pit with a less than minimal amount of re-familiarisation. The growling sidewinder server slots are all hotstart, because it's too difficult apparently. As for those missiles, I can't remember if I shot them in Active or not, but we were monitoring them for a bit, they were tracking after our death. I could be wrong, that's what I remember though.

@Xeno426 Жыл бұрын

@@kamsa1243 Oh, hotstart. Yeah, most things are set correctly at that point, with the *one exception* being that radar is on standby. :D Did you launch anything in PDSTT mode? In that mode, the Phoenix acts like a giant Fox-1 and never goes active, being SARH until impact.

@kamsa1243 Жыл бұрын

@@Xeno426 All CM systems were off, datalink source was not set for TAC, 2-way datalink wasn't on, datalink frequency was wrong, radar was on standby. Those are the ones I remember. All shots we made on the AWACS were in TWS manual, I would shoot the first 2 normally then set the rest to PH active as we progressively got closer to death.

@PedroShaPe Жыл бұрын

I wish I had the money and the time to devote myself to DCS World... And friends to play with T_T It sounds so INSANELY fun watching these types of videos man!

@Astax Жыл бұрын

Time is a factor,.money maybe... It's a rabbit hole 😅 But theoretically you could have a ton of fun with just one module and a basic hotas. I've found some friends to play with online :)

@onyx.95 Жыл бұрын

I play alone with a cheap flight stick and its still hella fun

@untrust2033 Жыл бұрын

You can try any dlc for free for two weeks with the standalone version

@PedroShaPe Жыл бұрын

@@untrust2033 yeah, I know. Already use the standalone version. The thing is: learning a full module does take some time. More than 2 weeks, I assume. The real problem is that the minimum wage here where I live is about 1200 and a single full module costs about 300 to 400... So yeah... Just a tiny bit expensive for us T__T

@itsukarine Жыл бұрын

i still play with a logitech 3d pro lol, its weird contrasted with my fullbody VR index setup...

@pixlpotions Жыл бұрын

Kamsa's positivity the whole time followed by "It doesn't matter we did it" is the real lesson to take away here

@FookFish Жыл бұрын

I snuck around the mountains down low hugging the ground with a mig29 on eos in GS and managed to launch on blue awacs only to find out theyre invincible

@hitstick567 Жыл бұрын

That’s so lame lol. I wish he would turn that off

@TomP-148 Жыл бұрын

162nd Open Conflict AWACS are vulnerable

@GimbalLocksOnly Жыл бұрын

@@TomP-148 oooh does this server have map rotation? Im tired of the black sea map all the time.

@TomP-148 Жыл бұрын

@@GimbalLocksOnly it does not. Mainly because people rather buy 10 planes vs 1 map. It rotates between a day and night rotation every 5 hours. The 162nd server was kicking GS's servers ass in player count so GS changed up their server to match something similar to the 162nd. Only down side is that they are on stable

@GimbalLocksOnly Жыл бұрын

@@TomP-148 only on stable. Thats why I havent heard of it.

@miss_bec Жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1037">17:17</a> that was like watching an Ace Combat clip, that missile was so comically slow

@kyle734 Жыл бұрын

Bro , I’ve never heard of this KZfaqr, I can’t play this game (cause it just freezes up and I even bought the fa18 as my first jet purchase) and I watched this video all the way cause I appreciate you showing the failures , pure comedic value, cause of that you now have made a supporter out of me👍🏻

@ralfidude Жыл бұрын

you probably are running on an HDD or too low of RAM. You can get sorted out if you join the official DCS ED discord and go to the help section. Changing some settings will make it work for you, but don't expect magic. Thanks for the support!

@kyle734 Жыл бұрын

@@ralfidude I don’t have that info , but would love to play

@illusions4559 Жыл бұрын

who is going to tell him you can't kill the awacs on GS

@HusieK576 Жыл бұрын

shut

@fabiolean Жыл бұрын

Haaaaahahaha

@slyguythreeonetwonine3172 4 ай бұрын

"We'll find out!" Words to live by, and apparently, words to die by. 😹

@phil73805 Жыл бұрын

The triumph of sheer bloody minded daftness over vague common sense. I salute you Sirs 😂😂😂

@unusualbydefault Жыл бұрын

depending on drag, I usually tend to climb to angels 35-40, keep burning until I hit mach mach 1.8 (dont forget to drop bags once empty) and slowly start climbing up to angels ~60 (you'll lose some speed but gain quite some AIM54 range). works like a charm, esp vs big targets ;)

@heyviper1238 Жыл бұрын

Ralfi and Kansa after successfully delivering an aim-7 into low orbit.

@HerpaDurpVg 4 ай бұрын

“I see another missile streak” *immediately explodes*

@iandoyle3695 Жыл бұрын

Glad to see you're getting sponsored content now. Hopefully that means more videos from you!

@killer900rocks 3 ай бұрын

SOMEBODY ANSWER THE GODDAMN PHONE ITS RINGIN' OFF THE HOOK!

@Drnken229 Жыл бұрын

Subtitles for deaf people: Beeboobeeboobeeboobeeboobeeboobeeboo, bebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebeebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebebe, *explosion, Pilot and RIO laughing from Heaven*

@noahhastings6145 Жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="318">5:18</a> Holy shit. There's an A-10 in theater. Be glad you heard it fire.

@patricksawyer9779 Жыл бұрын

“Guess we’ll find out.” *three second delay* WHAM

@greendude96 5 ай бұрын

What really happened today over the Sea of Azov 😄

@mlrd6622 Жыл бұрын

"go low." "we're already low." Underrated xD

@xeroxprinter Жыл бұрын

Been scrolling for minutes and this video was like an oasis in the desert, keep it up man!

@fxzn Жыл бұрын

i NEED more multicrew shenanigans. this was too funny.

@DPM666 Жыл бұрын

Needed this rn, thank you Ralfi

@Tubsey Жыл бұрын

Got my heart pumping at the end there, Brilliant job!

@Bekstorm-Weathers 5 ай бұрын

Who would’ve imagined we’d see one go down in Russia

@VexHD0 Жыл бұрын

Back when I played this game a lot. My buddies and I would take F-5s with 2 sidewinders and go onto Hoggit and try to take out their AWACS. If we couldn't get it with the sidewinders we gunned it down. The trick is getting back to base. You have very little fuel even with the fuel pods. Lots of fun

@iancrowley420 Жыл бұрын

I love the little noises the tomcat makes while half a dozen missiles are flying at you at mach jesus

@mdfogarty Жыл бұрын

You guys are like the Soviet Womble and Cyanide of air combat!

@RamadaArtist 4 ай бұрын

As crazy as this might be to do with a Tomcat, one has to appreciate that this is pretty much the *entire* purpose of the J-20. Why build a 5th gen superiority fighter when you could build a 5th gen missile truck that just sneaks past the front line to take out all the aerial support?

@Astax Жыл бұрын

That was incredibly fun to watch, thanks guys :D

@Garvey64LIVE64 Жыл бұрын

The eye of sauron is such a good way to describe an AWACS lmfao

@Drnken229 Жыл бұрын

Famous last words from an RIO: "Now thats gay.."

@steefant Жыл бұрын

that's basically what i did in the ef2000 campaign when i was a kid: fly all the way from trondheim over sweden (they were not amused but harmless) towards sankt petersburg where the russian awacs (a50) was circling :)

@angrymancunian Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Just awesome! Makes me glad the folks actually protecting us are competent tho! 🤣🤣🤣😂😂

@CyrusEpion 5 ай бұрын

Incase your curious. That shaking you were getting at. 9 mach is a normal phenomenon that happens with all aircraft that go in between sub sonic and supersonic, known as transonic. Transonic transitions cause all sorts of weird bumpyness and strange behavior due to the supersonic shockwave happening on say the planes nose but the wings may still be going sub sonic. Basically different parts of the plane are at different points of speed. This is modeled in DCS hence what ya saw. Simply push the nose down, break thru to supersonic then continue climbing at supersonic.

@finhacka3988 Жыл бұрын

lol so funny seeing tomcats tring to get over the north mountains on GS in any way possible, theres always a SAM or flanker in there somewhere ready to just explode you wherever you go

@jiujitsutj9994 5 ай бұрын

Operation: A Simple Walk Into Mordor

@Johnny_OSG Жыл бұрын

There was a video by Ralfi featuring a dude who ran through mountains, then ocean, over hostile fleet and then f#$ked an AWACS within a spitting distance from below.. Anyone remembers which video it was?

@wraith444 Жыл бұрын

"Brushing up on the MiG-21 in the worst way possible"

@gorillaman.1666 Жыл бұрын

The vid I remember was actually by OperatorDrewski, it was one of his J-11 videos. You were talking about an F-16 that flew low and took out the enemy AWACS, right?

@zacharytracy3797 Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Operator Drewski stupidly effective tactic of landing on the ground and taking off to kill.

@Falltangle Жыл бұрын

it's always a good day when Ralfie puts out a video

@GLAJMAN Жыл бұрын

So I guess, Hotpocket after all these years, has updated his microphone. His rap carrier must be going well.

@TruckAndTroutNZ Жыл бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="726">12:06</a> Such a sick song! Got me flying around listening to synthwave now 😂

@cursed1054 Жыл бұрын

I like the idea that the tomcat missle lock plays while the wings flap as it tries to run away.

@Ronin_Gaijin Жыл бұрын

Great Bill Burr impression! Keep up the good work!🤣👍

@MCorange9 Жыл бұрын

Holy crap this channel is amazing, instant subscribe

@MrWooaa 3 күн бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="315">5:15</a> RIO does a fantastic A-10 impression.

@DogRozan 6 ай бұрын

Man, I know that, by internet standards, this is an old video, but i just can't stop watching it lol

@Ticklestein Жыл бұрын

I always need to remember Drewski learned basically everything useful in DCS from you. Takes about 5 seconds of video every time.

@andygeorge6065 9 ай бұрын

Earned a sub, well done lads!

@Hairysteed Жыл бұрын

Pro tip: flip the ACM switch and the Phoenixes will fire instantly instead of taking 4 seconds.

@agidotexe7167 Жыл бұрын

Wat?… thats a thing? >.>

@phatbongshaggy2163 9 күн бұрын

omg i love the tflight one its a good starter but the t1600m is where its at absolutely amazing HOTAS

@Ribbons0121R121 3 ай бұрын

*t h r u s t m a s t e r* has to be the funniest company name ive ever heard

@PolTen72 Жыл бұрын

Man, that was frustrating, but you got'em after all

@ofar4452 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ralf - love the vid

@metakillz3532 Жыл бұрын

Why was this so entertaining XD

@onenaner Жыл бұрын

Yet another ralfidude banger

@Callsigntitan Жыл бұрын

Great video I loved it!

@erdanxiloscient3666 Жыл бұрын

I was recommended this video without knowing it was a game and thought two idiots were going to appear on the news

@hashbrown_blitz8869 Жыл бұрын

I have no idea what's going on but I love it

@Xerkus Жыл бұрын

just answer that phone already! It's been calling whole video!

@clevercat5844 Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure the AWACS are invincible on the GS server

@dovaiS Жыл бұрын

they are.. I've locked it and splashed it from 10-5nm but it was invincible.

@crazo9994 Жыл бұрын

I love using my thrust master, sometimes I can’t stop using it for hours

@masterskilhollow Жыл бұрын

New Ralfi vid! Bedtime just got pushed back 27 minutes and 29 seconds :)

@AdamD19D Жыл бұрын

I was about to head to bed.... but new Ralfi video!

@cheeliyeeter4969 Жыл бұрын

This is my first video of yours ive watched and as someone who is just trying to get into dcs this is fucking awesome

@Orion76239 Жыл бұрын

The noises sound like the most intense game of pac man ever played lol

@MountainRifleman3777 Жыл бұрын

The eye in thumbnail fits perfectly lmao

@xmlthegreat Жыл бұрын

I can't make out shit without the Tacview to place things but this was still incredibly funny

@bababoey_ 5 ай бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="498">8:18</a> the TOMCOT is ALERT

@vovochen Жыл бұрын

Recently found out the S-300 on the GS server is invulnerable.... biggestbullshit EVER.

@Bogeyatyour6YT Жыл бұрын

Hahahah I had the exact same issue when I took my first human RIO on the tomcat. "Ffs, cant activate PAL/ACM, I am pretty sure it should work..." .... *looks back* "Is the radar on?" RIO looks and whistles.... "it should work now" Ta Daaa it worked xD

@AviationPlus Жыл бұрын

At least you have a warning for the SA-10

@fakshen1973 Жыл бұрын

I thought this was going to be a drone video over a parked aircraft. :)

@henryofskalitz2228 Жыл бұрын

This is the f14's favorite job destroy the all seeing eye

@johnweinacht8021 Жыл бұрын

That one AIM decided to take the long way to the AWACS lol.

@vannlo355 Жыл бұрын

Holy shit you both had me dying the whole time 😂

@zahnatom Жыл бұрын

cant wait to do this with the Meteor on the Eurofighter

@shaggnar2014 Жыл бұрын

So it only takes an entire squadron's worth of F-14's but you can do it

@kamsa1243 Жыл бұрын

Or one actually competently crewed Tomcat, lol.

@theeeldeal8470 Жыл бұрын

I heard "no better plane for taking out an AWACS than a tomcat" and did an auditory doubletake. I'll take my chances in a f35 thanks 😂

@LavaDa1shi Жыл бұрын

well he means in the game there is no f35 in this game so the best option in the game for this is probably the tomcat the f35 is stealthier so if he could use it it would definitely be better for this.