Thank you for these tutorials: coming from jets with CCIP / smart munitions it has been a struggle

You're absolutely right about watching all the parameters in a dive bombing attack. We would need to grow some extra eyeballs to watch every instrument. So just like you I end up spending most of the time watching the pipper. When you set up everything correctly just before the roll-in, everything (speed, altitude, pipper) usually line up just like the tables say in the manual. That you way you can spend more time on the sight. Of course if you don't do a good setup you end up missing (which happened to me recently and is why practice is important). Anyway, I'm glad to see you're enjoying the F1 and look forward to hearing what you think about it in your future videos.

Thank you for making this DCS Mirage F-1CE bombing tutorial video for us Iain.

As always, great and informative video, thanks a lot Iain!

Was waiting for this, glad you got the Mirage. So far I really like it. Looking forward to more videos from you. Hoping you'll do some weapons effects testing with the different ordnance.

For me it works best to start the run in at 10,000ft at 400 knots. For 400/500kg bombs a depression of 50, for 250kg bombs a depression of 75, when the pipper is right on the target pickle - this gives me very precise results.

Taking her out for the 1st time as this video plays. I love the baguette. it was my 1st module i spent time on actually learning. Its nice to go back and meet its parent. thanks for the video. looks like shes gunna be a handfull :)

This video was exactly as useful and informative as I hoped it would be, thank you.

Thank you so much for these video's, imidiatly subscribed - big fan of the F1 and by far my favourite fixed-wing aircraft in DCS! Moving mud is my prefered style for this bird, and your video's are a big help with making the weapon system better understandable for my Helicopter head :)

Very good video as always. Thank you 🙏 I will try the F1 soon.

Great video, insight and useful information! Interesting aircraft.

I like your narration, style of flying. Subbed.

Great content!

Most helpful. Will be utilizing your technique later today. Cheers.

I was hoping you would fly this plane and do some iron bombing in it. Was really surprised to see how much AG ordinance the F1 can carry. FYI, the Mig-21bis in DCS is a near perfect contemporary for the F1C, the bis was first introduced in 75 as the last big upgrade with revised engine and fuselage. For DCS the F-5E, Mig-21bis, F1CE and early F-14A were all introduced in the mid 70s.

GBUs are enable, and won't be any more enabled than this :) We will not get any targeting pods, so GBUs are like in F-5 and Mirage 2000C. Well, not quite like the 2000C either as that one still has a decent CCRP to help with the drop. But anyway, they are there to be lased externally either by a ground JTAC, or buddy lasing from a multiplayer buddy flying something with a targeting laser. We did some practice with a friend, taking turns one flying F1 and the other keeping a laser on target with combined arms. I tended to hit low altitude tosses but drop horribly long with mid-high deliveries myself, and he had it other way around but was fun, I'll practice some higher drops with them.

The F1 hits the target indeed. A really good new module release. These are great tips to get started with the F1. Any plans to look into low level high drag bombs?

Great stuff! Thanks!

Just want to thank you for this! I was getting verrrrry frustrated lol.

Great video. Can I ask what script you use that gives you the bombing success data following a bomb run? Thank you.

This technique might be more effective because we’re in a sim. IRL, I imagine, we would feel if we were going off track more easily when heads down looking at speed and altitude. But as we only have visual cues, maybe a technique that relies completely on watching the sight picture is more effective? Just a thought. Thx for these tutes, sidekick. I was focussing on warbirds because I thought I didn’t really enjoy jets as much. Turns out that I love the pre fly-by-wire jets and discovered this through the A4 module and the videos from Iain here. Since flying the A4 more I’ve also picked up the MIG21. I even learned the basics of the Mirage 2000, it’s a little simpler than the 16 and 18, but it’s been gathering dust since the F1 turned up. I prefer to (virtually) fly the plane than letting the FCS do most of the minutiae of flying and learning a 1980s computer (again). The interfaces really were arcane, counter intuitive and not user friendly. I get that some people love the challenge but I prefer the older stuff. As an anti-Luddite when it comes to audio recording (don’t get me started on vinyl vs digital - you do vinyl if you prefer the sound and the experience but don’t tell me it’s more accurate :D) but when it comes to virtual flying I like the older stuff. Mind you, I know the planes are not ‘better’, I just prefer the experience.

Any chance you can do a runway attack using the Durandal bombs please?As this is the first aircraft we have that uses them….

re: the damage message - I get it all the time too when not using unlimited ammo. Doesn't seem to do anything to the jet though.

The blast radius of SAMPs and Durandals is currently bugged. Don't worry about the damage popup.

Would this method work using the Belouga cluster muntition against tanks and whatnot?

Ok, ok, you've had a few days in her now. How much of a change over will it be from flying other analog jets (i.e. the A-4)?

Are you able to provide the .miz file so we can all try that bombing mission ourselves?

Hi, great video but you are missing to set QFE for the target area, thus altitude readings for when you drop the bombs will be wrong.

Cold War is absolutely where DCS shines for me, no question.

No Wind?

I am not going to buy the F-1, I am not going to buy the F-1....well, until I get good with the F-86 and P-47, anyway....

i think this tactical is too danger (too low)