The Complete Guide to Reach Mach 10 in the Darkstar (The Easy Way)

The Complete Guide to Reach Mach 10 in the Darkstar (The Easy Way) | Microsoft Flight Simulator

Рет қаралды 27,583

10 ай бұрын

Everything you need to know and do to reach Mach 10 in the Darkstar from Top Gun Maverick in Microsoft Flight Simulator. This video does NOT use the traditional method/procedure shown on the primary flight display of the Darkstar, but a much easier method.
Steps to reach Mach 10 are given which include how to setup a key bind for afterburners, activation of the scramjets, how high to climb, and much more.
Join this channel at the Private Pilot tier (2.99 USD) or higher to get access to guides and tutorials on the Citation Longitude, CJ4, Flysimware Cessna 414, and Concorde. Members who join at the Commercial level (6.99 USD) will get access to Lear 35 tutorials and every Private Pilot tier video (All channel member videos are ad-free).
/ @thecorporatepilotdad

Пікірлер: 54

@thecorporatepilotdad 10 ай бұрын

Looking for a great yoke and throttle quadrant? My Honeycomb Alpha and Bravo review video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/odOSabSLmt7RlqM.html

@CrimStarGaming 5 ай бұрын

After following this great tutorial, I tried it myself and was able to fly from Kennedy to Orlando in 20 minutes averaging at mach 9. The only thing I failed at was the landing as I hit the ground of the runway a tiny bit too hard and blew up.

@thecorporatepilotdad 5 ай бұрын

Bummer! Maybe I should have added how to land the Darkstar or how to turn crashes off. Next time.

@tacooty 4 ай бұрын

Me and my friend flew from LAX to Kennedy and only figured this stuff out by the time we passed Vegas. After that we figured out how to pass Mach 1 and climb to Mach 10. It took us like an hour to cross the whole country but it would’ve been so much faster if we were able to reach Mach 10 sooner.

@WorthlessDeadEnd 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, sir. That tip about binding the afterburner made the difference. I didn't even know there was an afterburner binding. This was immensely helpful. I flew from Nellis to upstate New York in 24 minutes at Mach 10.04.

@Jacksonnnnm 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, I just hit Mach 10.04 flying from Melbourne to Brisbane in Australia!

@DiamondOrPoor78 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video! I just reached the max hieght of 275k feet and got up to Mach 10.1! Edit: It took just under 22 minutes to go from Chicago O'hare to Key West AND I buttered the landing!!

@SN57ONE 3 ай бұрын

Thanks. I was testing this from my home airport in Bacolod and I didn't realize I was already at Indonesian airspace when I reached Mach 10. This thing is scarily fast.

@Mokamouss 8 ай бұрын

Thanks that helped me a lot ❤️

@mm1dea 5 ай бұрын

many thanks great tutorial, always wondered how to fly this jet. Wee trip over europe tomorrow or maybe further

@dani5k571 7 ай бұрын

this has helped so much, thank you!❤

@thecorporatepilotdad 7 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

@PilotDaveAviation 10 ай бұрын

Thats freaken awesome !! Thanks for sharing ...

@thecorporatepilotdad 10 ай бұрын

You are welcome Dave. I like to keep things real on this channel but it's hard to deny how much fun the Darkstar is to fly in MSFS.

@surryp5076 9 ай бұрын

Awesome tutorial. Thank for putting it together. Do you know if there is key bindings for the scramjet and the battery? I cant seem to find anything.

@bendrew1831 10 ай бұрын

Good on ya for putting up a easy to follow video for this thing, I watch so many people struggling to get it past M2.0 Dark Star Speed Challenge for anyone NZAA to NZQN cold and dark (closest ramp parking) to battery off ...... sub 10min, Direct via GPS (Ive only done it once after 10 attempts', for the decent think kamikaze huge nuts) Try this, go afterburner immediately climb up to 10000, nose down -10, take TAS to 700 slowly pitch up +10 (not more always ensuring speed is climbing ) accel will increase as altitude increases, once Mach 3 scram all the way to the ceiling.. Mach 10. it will reach 9.5 on climb then slow to again going from approx. 110000ft to 180000ft after that it will increase to max Mach, 10.1 can be reached, sometimes.

@thecorporatepilotdad 10 ай бұрын

After getting the same questions over and over, I decided to make this video showing an easy way to hit Mach 10 and how to engage the afterburners which was causing most of the questions.

@TWeaK819 9 ай бұрын

The descent from 32,000 to 30,000 reaching a speed of 600 knots only works if you're flying East. If you're flying a different direction or have different wind then you'll likely have to dive deeper to get enough speed. Personally I've found the dive works better at lower altitudes, 25,000 down to 15,000. I've read that a big part of it is getting enough air into the intakes to start things, and lower altitude gives more air. Once you get about Mach 1.4 - 1.5 you can start climbing and the Mach numbers will go up as air density goes down with increasing altitude. I also think that a deeper dive can end up accelerating more quickly, saving on jet fuel, which can then be used to maintain a high altitude supersonic "glide" at the end of your flight (around Mach 3.75) and really stretch out your range.

@thecorporatepilotdad 9 ай бұрын

Wind has nothing to do with it. Equivalent airspeed corrects for compressibility at high speeds but 600 knots indicated airspeed is the same indicated airspeed if there is 100 knots of headwind or tailwind.

@frankjager2420 5 ай бұрын

Once I learned how to get it to mach 10, I turned on the stopwatch to see how fast I could get from San Diego to Maine (I think). 35 minutes and 6 seconds. Not including landing time

@tk64681 10 ай бұрын

Since they put this in the sim I’d like to request that someone make the Blade Runner spinner and a discovery flight of LA from the movie

@larrybremer4930 4 ай бұрын

I could not rotate off the runway. It took 3 attempts before I figured out that the dang parking brake was on. Does anyone know how to get a cold and dark startup? It always starts me running either at the runway or on the runway even when I pick parking as the starting position.

@RealD3vy 4 ай бұрын

i got to mach 10.06

@TheFalconJetDriver 10 ай бұрын

It is nice to see you back! I try this technique tonight! 😀🛫

@thecorporatepilotdad 10 ай бұрын

Thank you. I took a break while my kids were off for summer break and suffered a little bit of KZfaq burnout. This technique works very well and is way better than the method previously described.

@TheFalconJetDriver 10 ай бұрын

@@thecorporatepilotdad I was able to achieve Mach 10.4 using your technique. 😀🛫

@thecorporatepilotdad 10 ай бұрын

@@TheFalconJetDriver my method gets to Mach 10 a little easier. Some days I can’t hit Mach 10 and other days Mach 10 can be exceeded. Me guess is the temperature at the highest reported altitude in MSFS is making the difference.

@leecooper7564 2 ай бұрын

Can press deceleration.. to auto on off scams above 3mach

@AdamGall 17 күн бұрын

I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I can’t get it over Mach 0.97 and can’t break 55,000 feet. My afterburners just won’t turn on no matter what I do in settings.

@kiwinesss 10 ай бұрын

Now I have to watch Top Gun again. For the 5th time.

@thecorporatepilotdad 10 ай бұрын

Top Gun Maverick is a good movie but nothing beats the original.

@PilotDaveAviation 10 ай бұрын

So true ... tonight lol😊

@EricTFDC 8 ай бұрын

Just flew a 3 leg trip with the Darkstar from Fairford AFB -> Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan -> Osan AB. Never reached Mach 10. 9,98 while diving from 120k to 100k. Also climbed to max alt 275k, only got to 9.95. Im fatigued 😪

@thecorporatepilotdad 8 ай бұрын

You won't always hit Mach 10 in MSFS depending on atmospheric conditions. Sometimes speeds higher than Mach 10 can be reached when the air temperature is colder than standard in the sim. If the speed of sound at that altitude were 700 mph, Mach 9.95 vs Mach 10 is only a 35 mph difference.

@Lustef. 3 ай бұрын

Any tips? My aircraft cannot go any higher than about 22k ft do u know how to fix the problem?

@thecorporatepilotdad 3 ай бұрын

What speed are you climbing at?

@user-ke6rp2dm6d 6 ай бұрын

I can’t seem to get this right. After hitting about Mach 4 ish I’m not sure, it goes into the red and and says that I overstressed the aircraft and caused critical damage. How can I avoid this? Also I my glass cockpit is never on what do I do?

@thecorporatepilotdad 6 ай бұрын

Airspeed goes into the red? What altitude are you at and are you climbing when this happens? Once the scramjets activate the airplane should be ascended up to 250,000’. For the absent screens, do you have anything in the community folder that is causing a conflict? Try moving everything out of it (to another easy to locate folder) and see if the problem still occurs. If you’re on xbox I don’t have a solution for that particular problem.

@elbikerfou6478 3 ай бұрын

@@thecorporatepilotdadfor me i did like in the video but the scramjet not deploying at 100%

@PrinceBarin77 7 ай бұрын

Thanks but I still cannot make this work and I don’t understand which of these steps is actually necessary or why. For example, why is a course necessary, and does it matter whether or not I am at a certain altitude or maintain a certain AOA, or are these just ideal parameters?

@thecorporatepilotdad 7 ай бұрын

The course does not matter but that portion was added as a helpful tip vs trying to turn towards the destination at a very high speed when the turn radius would be quite large. The altitudes are general guidelines of what I do and what works on a consistent basis. Using these methods, speeds of Mach 9.95-10 can be reached consistently every flight. What speed are you getting up to?

@PrinceBarin77 7 ай бұрын

@@thecorporatepilotdad many thanks! Mach 2.8 but then the engines enter a cut out and restart cycle that never ends 😂. Fuel cells are on and the scramjet is engaged 🤔

@thecorporatepilotdad 7 ай бұрын

@@PrinceBarin77 The main engines do cut out around Mach 3+ after the scramjets activate. Also, make sure your throttle is all the way forward/full. If the power comes back at all the scramjets will turn off.

@PrinceBarin77 7 ай бұрын

@@thecorporatepilotdad really appreciate it, thank you. Not sure what the issue was, although I suspect it was related to the flying assistant settings. In any case, managed to push beyond Mach 3 and the scramjet engaged. Reached FL2750 and Mach 10 (briefly) 🫡

@fabiodufsa 10 ай бұрын

👍

@kevindavis8175 10 ай бұрын

My 5 y/o niece tried that aircraft in the sim and sent it into a stall/spin.

@ghostholand 4 ай бұрын

why does my aircraft overstressed when i start the scramjet?

@thecorporatepilotdad 4 ай бұрын

Are you climbing and pulling too many Gs when the scramjets activate? I have not experienced this, but a few others have commented on the same thing happening to them. Unfortunately, I do not know the answer as to why this is happening.

@ghostholand 4 ай бұрын

I think it was the light switch! if I forgot to turn it off..@@thecorporatepilotdad

@thecorporatepilotdad 4 ай бұрын

@@ghostholand Hopefully that fixed it. Speaking of light switches, here is a cool one, if you hit the switch for nav/anti-collision lights under the pilot's right arm and then go to the outside view quickly you will see the nav and anti-collision lights extending or retracting in and out of the fuselage.