Hopefully not! But yeah interesting stuff

It's pretty alright, actually good training for your eyes lol

hey thanks! Glad you are here!

@@MaxAfterburnerusawhat didn’t you put DCS in the title?

Or fight WITH Growling Sidewinder... that would be an interesting tandem!

He's literally displaying none of his knowledge. This is horrid flying.

​@rmack9226 I have been playing DCS for years, and I can 100% tell you that the enemy aircraft do not have missiles loaded in any of his videos. I don't even think they have gun ammo in most.

@@ashe83 it's pretty brutal flying from a "pro" and in my opinion denigrates the image most people have of fighter pilots being some sort of god-tier human. Truth: 90% of fighter pilots likely can't BFM/ACM worth two shits. They don't get enough hours. It's a complex topic and some people just can't wrap their mind around it. And 99.999% of the time, the "fighter pilot community" is unable to be monitored by the public, so the public never sees that 90% of em can't BFM/ACM at all. The public just assumes they're all good. Now, I understand these "real fighter pilots" sucking at DCS..... For a while. It would take some time to get used to the lack of G etc... But when you're into several months of terrible BFM/ACM videos with no improvement, I can't help but start to think that these "real life fighter pilots" were floating around doing BFM/ACM at 120kts IN REAL LIFE. And average glazers on here just worship pilots so much they don't see it. This is trash flyin. Also note: NATO pilots been flying against goat herders in Afghanistan for 20 years. Dropping $22,000 bombs on $300 Toyota pickups. Lots of these guys are glorified manned-drone pilots with "combat experience" in third world shitholes with zero air force or air defense.

@@rmack9226lmao you got all pissed off you connected a video game to Afghanistan😭 you should leave your moms basement👍🏽

@@ericlesovs i mean, cool post, but every rando i know would smoke this "real righter pilot"

Yeah something that's really important but not thought about a lot

If he coolie switched left he could have IFF'd him and known right away if it was his wingman or not.

I always assumed that IRL they could communicate with each other, except on zero-RF stealth missions, which this is not. Speaking g of which…if this mission is point defence, why is the aircraft laden with bombs? Obviously, I cut in when the video started, so I didn’t read the mission briefing , but you said ‘point defence of an island’, presumably in the S. China Sea, as the aggressors are Chinese, so-since I don’t know what’s coming at me, I would want a load out heavy on A-A munitions, and perhaps a couple A-S missiles, just in case. The last thing I want is to be full of bombs.

Awesome! Glad you’re here! More flight videos locked and loaded

Glad you like them!

@@MaxAfterburnerusa the DCS videos are great bro, you do a good job of 'thinking out loud' and explaining what you are doing and why. Im totally new to flight sims but have started improving a ton in my BFM skills just by taking mental notes from your dogfights

Glad you like it more on the way!

Will do this soon! Probably in early 2024 thanks!

@@MaxAfterburnerusafor sure ! Great stuff

@@MaxAfterburnerusaWondering if you pulled the trigger on this. If so, what unit?

Thanks for checking out the channel man! Appreciate the support

Welcome aboard!

GS is good, but he’s not on the level of a real fighter pilot.

​​@@FS2K4PilotGS isn't even on the level of guys in DCS Dogfighters server. There are about 40 guys that would absolutely wreck GS in that server. He knows not to come in DCS Dogfighters server lol

Glad you like them! More uploading soon!

hey thanks! I might go VR as well, thoughts on that?

@@MaxAfterburnerusai heard it's great, but it may hurt your eyes and neck during longer sessions.

vr is the way to go@@MaxAfterburnerusa

@@MaxAfterburnerusa yeah, that is a good way to solve it, as well. However, as a streamer myself I feel it might be a bit less personable on screen. I think it is better when we see your eyes and facial reactions ... part of the fun IMHO.

@@MaxAfterburnerusa Varjo Aero, is on sale, just picked one up. It's amazing.

Glad you’re enjoying it 🫡

Cool will do soon thanks

Haha, along with a couple cases of IPA's.

Might be a new tradition haha, stay to the end to hear my rap skills! Eminem I’m coming for you LMAO

@@MaxAfterburnerusa 😂😂

He would probably crush me rn. I gotta fly this sim a little longer lol

@MaxAfterburnerlife fair enough lol. But when you're ready that would be a cool video. Love the content either way. Wicked cool stuff for sure

iirc thats how it is in real life

@@6agenthawk wow if that's true that really makes life a lot more difficult.

well keep in mind they would be talking on the radio in real life

Now that I think of it, I think I have met you before. Have you flown Duluth mn air show?

It does yes, I was not using it in the video but nice observation

You bet! Doing that soon

Good call! Aerobrake would have been smart 👍👍

You know it! Coming soon!

That’s awesome that you teach that! Thanks for what you do. I try to keep all the videos completely open source. DCS might have IFF and EID but I’m going to keep that info and how it would be used on the DL for now. Keep crushing it!

Yes, the F-15E in DCS does have IFF simulated. There is also ILS,INS, TACAN and radios as you said.

@@MaxAfterburnerusa Your IFF was already configured in mode 4. Coolie switch left my dude.

@@MaxAfterburnerusaI'm all for protecting TTPs. But IFF and how it is used is in the DCS F-15 E manual. PP 127-128, 144, and 186. Doesn't get more open source than that. Simply use it in a way consistent with that manual. Zero issues.

haha I'll probably go to VR instead. thoughts?

VR is the way to go. I use Pimax 8kx and it suits me fine.

I am curious about the answer to this question myself as I am grabbing up hardware to support my passion to be a 'fighter pilot' at age 71@@MaxAfterburnerusa

​@@MaxAfterburnerusa i can tell you this, STAY AWAY FROM VR! If you want to spend some money just for fun, then try it. You also need somebody who will set all those hundred of settings and tweaks, or at least you have to spend enormous time to find the right settings for DCS + VR. I used VR for almost 8 Months and i regret. I have the fastest PC you can buy right now, it costs me +4000 USD and its not worth, because you have to set almost all DCS Settings to low, to be able to have good FPS. Make nonsense at all. DCS only support VR, its not made for VR and it is a heavy graphics Game. My advice is: Buy the TrackIR5 with the IR Sensors, it cost you 50% less then the cheapest VR Device. I can send you my Profile for wide screen for TrackIR5 and you are fine to start, you dont have to spend time to set this and that up. And i want to warn all about VR: If you play DCS for +1.5 hour, then you should not use VR. It will damage your eyes badly, because those two monitors are 1 cm from your eyes. I was playing 2-3-4 Hours with VR, and i noticed, that my eyes were not the same, since stopped playing with VR, its better, but still i have some kind of issues. Its dangerous at this point, but use it on your own risk. And dont forget the heat in the VR mask and the weight, also the limited FOV in the aircraft, you have to look like a owl to see something left/right side, which cause neck pain in my case. PS: you can't see anything, you won't be able to use your keyboard, you won't be able to look at checklists or what ever... @MaxAfterburnerlife be a wise man, or you will feel the pain 🤣 I did go through this pain so i can advise you.

@@MaxAfterburnerusa VR has the added advantage of depth perception. Track IR is still good if you "work from home" and need to switch to your desktop lol.

It definitely can, I’ve seen it beat vipers in real life so….🔥

😂

Yes, not to worry I have a tighter one on order, these have gotten a little baggy 😂

@@MaxAfterburnerusa That's funny!!

yeah, if you hit the guy, and are too close, there's definetly chance for FOD

@@michajastrzebski4383 "FOD"? Please explain? 🙂

@@jeff-hopkinsforeign object damage

@@tjlovesrachel Thanks! 🙂

Agree. I know he tried to punch them off at one point but couldn't figure out how to do it in the game. Would have been the right move.