DCS F-16C AGM-65D Maverick Tutorial + Boresighting

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F-16C Mavericks PRE-Mode Tutorial
Hey Pilots! Today we are going into the F-16C Viper at Nellis AFB to learn how to properly Boresight our Mavericks on the ground as well as in the air. I prefer to boresight the Mavericks on the ground because it's easier and you don't have to worry about it while airborne. We further go into how to employ them in the PRE Mode with the Targeting Pod. Good luck out there! Enjoy!
Chapters:
00:00-01:33 Introduction
01:34-07:55 Ground Boresight
07:56-09:55 Airborne Boresight AGM-65D
09:56-12:15 AGM-65D PRE Manual Handoff
12:16-14:38 AGM-65D PRE Auto Handoff
14:39-20:22 AGM-65H PRE Area Mode
20:23-21:40 Outro
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In this tutorial, we'll be showing you how to perform a D-CS F-16 Maverick handoff using the automated handoff procedure. This handoff tutorial will help you to become better acquainted with the D-CS F-16 Maverick, and improve your situational awareness while flying.
If you're looking to improve your flying skills, then this D-CS F-16 Maverick handoff tutorial is for you! By the end of this video, you'll be able to perform a handoff using the automated procedure, and improve your situational awareness while flying. Thanks for watching!

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@JayDKBGames 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely THE best Mavericks Tutorial to date, I Actually was able to understand and more importantly HIT targets. I did not get the H's to fire but the D's did.

@ShotgunDexter Жыл бұрын

Agree.

@owlbusdumbledork9966 3 жыл бұрын

Best video on this topic. Spud and GR failed to mention boresighting at all, and I failed for about a year to ever do this maverick delivery method until a lucky series of google searches showed me the boresight procedure, and then it worked. I wish this video was available a year ago.

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it worked out for you!

@-RudeSeagull- 2 жыл бұрын

This is the issue I was having. First off the other vids don't mention the D's work best and nobody mentioned boresighting and I almost write off the F16 because the mavs wouldn't lock onto anything in auto mode and it was infuriating me. After seeing the ground boresight procedure the D's work like magic now and I have thoroughly enjoyed the F16 now that i can get the mavs working. Thank you very much for the vid.

@ShotgunDexter Жыл бұрын

Love how you do your tutorials. Direct to the point, and verbalizing every control input you make. Thank you.

@Moose88 3 жыл бұрын

Another great tutorial in my favorite bird!

@redtailpilot 2 жыл бұрын

Man I gotta add to the praise. You really cleared up a lot of my confusion and thus added to my enjoyment of the Viper! I had to watch it a few times to understand everything, but your pace and style really helps. At first I thought it was necessary to boresight both on the ground and in the air, lol. Then I realized you were just demonstrating the two methods. 😂 Glad you showed going to area mode when the mav doesn't lock! I was struggling trying to re-lock it over and over, now I know what to do....THANKS

@Inan1ty 3 жыл бұрын

This tutorial resolved a lot of the issues I was having with the mavericks especially locking fences and other high contrast objects (sometimes swapping between two targets). Also didn't have to rewind the video since you did several passes with the AGM-65H's. Looking forward for more tutorials on new upcoming features for the Viper (hopefully soon). Good vid as always!

@thunderace4588 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, Tricker thank you for taking the time to make this great lesson for us.

@lordlobs 3 жыл бұрын

I've always wondered if you could boresight the Mavs on the ground in DCS like in BMS! Today I learned! Thanks, man!

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

Yarrrrr

@TacticalPascale 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding work.

@TrickerDCS 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!

@captaindutt6407 3 жыл бұрын

I haven't thought about bore sighting on the ground before. I'm glad I got moar boresight in my life!

@krostouin 3 жыл бұрын

Real F-16 pilots do it too

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

You mean... REALLLLLL f-16 pilots

@captaindutt6407 3 жыл бұрын

I’m a pilot...I can fly.

@dealviindeproductions1687 2 жыл бұрын

@@captaindutt6407 Ever done any crop dusting?

@joemohwish7774 2 жыл бұрын

I gotta sound off on what everyone else is saying "Absolutely the best Mavericks Tutorial to date" was struggling with the TGP but this video cleared it all up. thank you for not rushing through the key binds and going step by step. you def. got a sub from me.

@LtShifty 3 жыл бұрын

Been meaning to get to grips with the MAV's in the F16, absolutely killer in the A10C with them. This makes it look easy to do, will be hitting the servers shortly. Thanks Tricker!

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

Good luck out there!

@stephencollins9062 Жыл бұрын

@@TrickerDCS you know that you Mad Lads are getting called up when the aliens arrive 😂

@alanw2235 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tricker! (Two thumbs up)

@ctguy1955 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this lesson !

@SSPGaming 2 жыл бұрын

This was very well explained. Love me some shackin' in the Viper :)

@g.skouras2599 3 жыл бұрын

awesome work man keep it up....

@RedBravo65 3 жыл бұрын

That was most helpful, thank you.

@W4lkerWings 3 жыл бұрын

There I was, convinced that boresighting doesn't work, but it's the missiles' limitation after all & I just need to learn a new tune on the Piccolo/HOTAS!

@M0R4NT4R 3 жыл бұрын

First good video about mavs in F16

@carmo55511 3 жыл бұрын

Finally, a guide that gives a complete, step by step, button by button walkthrough. Tricker, thank you.

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@griffinator4997 3 жыл бұрын

im thinking about getting the f-16 so this is a helpful insight

@alexspartan3842 3 жыл бұрын

ah mate very helpful indeed...those mavs are not easy to use with the tgp. it's been months that i'm learning the f-16 and this ground bore-sight allignment it's really usefull...(just tried it) even though laser ones aren't very reliable yet,i managed to hit 6/6 targets on range. anyway when the tgp handsoff to the mav the target position and doesn't want to auto-lock,just SOI the mav screen(with Display Managment switch) and manually lock it with TMS up.seems like the tgp update very well the position to the weapon,but have sometimes problems on auto-lock when tgp screen is SOI.

@aither762 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! This video solves a lot of problems I didn't understand why it was not working.

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@sedlo 3 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, Tricker!

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sedlo!

@hansgold58 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tricker, been struggeling with this...

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@sharonbh Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. Regarding the Mav H & K, Wagner mentioned in his video that in order to have a lock, the maximum range is 4.5 to 5 miles.

@a320sideslipproblems4 3 жыл бұрын

Useful video thank you.

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

Great name

@theflyinggasmask 3 жыл бұрын

I've boresighted the mavs in the air like i usually do in BMS, but couldn't get it to work, guess I'll try it on the ground next time. Thanks! :D

@webweaver3015 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with other comments that this is the best Mav tutorial on youtube

@smokemagic98 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video Tricker! - OneTwoGolf

@kestrel6078 3 жыл бұрын

Really good video! Maybe you can show ripple of 3 Mavs if you want. Nice stuff and makes Viper more competent in A2G in its early state

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the comment, I'll see what I can do on the next one

@SportDCS 3 жыл бұрын

doot doot doot... like and comment for the boot

@aeroRCmodels 3 жыл бұрын

Mini-Wags has spoken!

@jonl.1603 3 жыл бұрын

Dunno if anyone's mentioned this but H mavs are a great DEAD tool! You can use the area/force correlate mode to hit larger/softer vics up to 14-16 miles away, out of the range of most sams except sa2, 10, and just on the edge of the sa11 WEZ envelope. Use your tgp in snowplow mode and fly towards a sam. Locate missile launches, slew your tgp (zoomed out) onto the missile plume via hud, then fine-tune using tgp. Launch in area mode up to 14-16 miles away (and angels 15+) and run away. I'm sure this will be obsolete by the time the HMD and proper spi implementation arrive, but it's definitely workable for now.

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly my dude, thanks for sharing!

@ZacharyCox 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video - i thought I was losing it, or the f16 was just broken. I just shared this with the guys I fly with as it's been a big frustration with some of us

@TrickerDCS 2 жыл бұрын

Nice man!

@ZacharyCox 2 жыл бұрын

@@TrickerDCS so I just tested it, it'll take a few practice runs, but it's much easier that the way I was trying. And good to know the H (which I usually used) are finky to others as well. Is there any way yet to slew the TGP to what the HMCS is looking at?

@TrickerDCS 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZacharyCox glad it worked out for you. The HMD is basic at the moment but it will have the same features as the f18 eventually

@Redadeg72 3 жыл бұрын

Nice vid. Abo clicked.

@taylorfranks9238 3 жыл бұрын

Are you completely lost in the Viper when trying to boresight and deliver AGM65D/Hs using the preplanned sub-mode which uses CCRP type sighting with the AGM65 line of sight slaved to the targeting pod line of sight?' GOOD! Tricker's always got you covered.

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

Haha this is gold!

@lankypilot778 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate for putting it all together in one vid to back refer to. Wish had it a few weeks back for the red flag campaign!

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

How was the campaign? Glad you enjoyed the video!

@clericneokun 3 жыл бұрын

I like to imagine that on every sortie, the ground crew draw straws and the guys that pick short get to be designated practice dummies for pilots that need to boresight their mavericks. Amazing video btw. I've watched almost every agm tutorial out there and yours pretty much had all the info I needed from setup, deployment, and even the different missile types. Thank you very much.

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@schweizerluchs7146 3 жыл бұрын

🐍

@pyroscot 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent thanks Tricker, are the hotels bugged ? This an early access issue? Pyro

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pyro, seems to be bugged yah. TGP and the hotels don't great together at the moment.

@iammorpheus7345 7 ай бұрын

Hey, I am still having a hell of a time use mavericks. Idk why but I can't seem to get my WPN to slave with the TGP. I am in pre and am in auto. Any tips would be greatly appreciated thank you great videos as always.

@alexspartan3842 3 жыл бұрын

you can't imagine how this was helpful for me...i was strugling with tgp handsoff so much man...never doing it precisely. i just tried with the ground allignment,and it's another world damn...now i just hope they update the laser Mavs,they are not very reliable at the current state.

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

Hey I'm glad it was helpful!

@drwinston0boogie 3 жыл бұрын

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@LeoStixx86 3 жыл бұрын

what button is it for the mav missle step cant find it Thanks in advanced.

@fredoplayinggames 9 ай бұрын

Nice video, but i can't get this to work....i can BSGT but i miss the MAV's for a good 100m+ or so, is it better to align the MAV with the TPG in the Air ? I read about it that it's not good to align it on ground ?

@norman191000 Жыл бұрын

For static targets just use JSOW, much safer and effective. Just enter coords of target before mission. Mavs are like very old system, too many clicks and workload for pilot in very dense environment. CBU-97s in CCRP are even more destructive.

@rossolinger4477 Жыл бұрын

I have one question. I see that you always have used point track on the TGP. Is this the only lock that will handoff to the AGMD WPN display? INR or AREA will not perform a handoff?

@MAYDAYSIMULATIONS 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a easy answer to why when I try this from a cold start im having issues getting the maverick to slave to the tgp. Im in pre.

@peterblackburn5793 3 жыл бұрын

have you thought about trying to attack with the hotels perpendicular to the target to maximize the 'square' contrast that TV weapons rely on?

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

Yah I've tried many things, I think it's just bugged... Or it could be time of day but I tested it quite a bit with no luck

@peterblackburn5793 3 жыл бұрын

@@TrickerDCS good point. I don't think I have loaded them on my A-10 ever.

@rmack9226 Жыл бұрын

My issue is... I find it kinda cheese that the TGP looks at steerpoints. If you're flying around a location, and you're spontaneously given a fire mission, how would you get the TGP on a SPI really quickly without steerpoints? My work around is to drop a SPI with the mark function and JHMCS, but is there another way?

@larryjohnson3009 Жыл бұрын

how do you do missile step / cycle?

@skwirl865 2 жыл бұрын

Do you need to do the procedure both on the ground AND in the air as u did in the video or if u do it on the ground, that’s all?

@TrickerDCS 2 жыл бұрын

Nope one or the other, was just showing an example of how to do both

@commanderstud2417 Жыл бұрын

I can’t get them to hand off. I’m doing everything you do in the video so at this point I don’t know if it’s bugged or if it’s me.

@detectiveinspekta Жыл бұрын

My boresight never works. I find that it's just easier to get the mav in general direction and start firing them off, got to stage of firing off 6 at a sa2 group, low altitude

@mreasypants 10 ай бұрын

Ok set sim mode set tgp set and Jett. TGP….off?? What could I be doing wrong?

@VELCRO666 3 жыл бұрын

What is best for what targets? The D vs the H

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

They are both the same warhead but have different seeker heads. Both can destroy many different targets but with the H you can do area mode and attack bridges and buildings if you need too.

@jimrowden7693 18 күн бұрын

When can we get a May 2024 update on this subject? I'm new to f-16 and I've watched your vids and others and cannot get boresight to work.as of 5-31-24.

@TrickerDCS 18 күн бұрын

I haven’t tested the mavericks in awhile in the f16 because they kept going from working to not working correctly. I’ll give it another shot sometime

@HuDz1966 3 жыл бұрын

At 11:29 on the hud the tgp designation box and the maverick circle are hundreds of meters apart?

@HuDz1966 3 жыл бұрын

In fact its miles off in all instances, is this a bug?

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

Yes it is a bug, early access pains

@hak3r4 2 жыл бұрын

Is it necessary to configure each three mavericks or just one pylon?

@TrickerDCS 2 жыл бұрын

the pylon does all mavs on that pylon... If you have two pylons with mav's, you need to align EACH pylon, so two total

@hak3r4 2 жыл бұрын

@@TrickerDCS OK, Thanks

@peterblackburn5793 3 жыл бұрын

I am trying to think of something witty to say. For the algorithm!

@thebiggestoneyouveverhad 3 жыл бұрын

Ok so, I went through the comments and saw the boresighting is sop for f16s on the ground. But, why do you have to boresight at all? I don't have to do it with the A10c so, what's the difference? Aren't both platforms are using the same tgp for targeting?...

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

You are correct they use the same but this is how it's done IRL according to a pilot I know and as far as I know it's the same procedure in other aircraft as well it's just been implemented into the f16

@thebiggestoneyouveverhad 3 жыл бұрын

@@TrickerDCS So, irl you should really be boresighting mavs in the A10 as well?

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

@@thebiggestoneyouveverhad only on the f16, this procedure isnt implementated in other other dcs aircraft at this present time

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

And I'm not sure if they will ever be implemented into the others

@thebiggestoneyouveverhad 3 жыл бұрын

@@TrickerDCS Ok. I get it. Thanks for replying. I guess it just surprises me then that it hasn't been implemented for other aircraft like the A10. Oh well.

@mando7558 3 жыл бұрын

if you use auto mode do you still have to boresight the mavericks?

@TrickerDCS 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, auto just hands off maverick so you can fire from the TGP as SOI, manual is for when you want to hand off the maverick but you need to have maverick as SOI in order to TMS UP and lick the target to fire

@HEATER_ 5 ай бұрын

I've been flying the Hornet for 8 years, I just got this jet... I hate it. If you were in a scramble situation, you wouldn't have the luxury of setting up your mavs like this (maybe). AND if you were under fire, pulling all of these steps would almost be impossible. TMS this and that, "you gotta remember", and trying not to fly into the ground... I think this jet might be above my paygrade.

@hak3r4 2 жыл бұрын

When I try boresight, sometimes, my TGP mark on HUD moves from left to right automatically, but I don't touch anything. Finally after boresight, on MFD TGP is ok, but on HUD mark TGP is incorrectly. Could you help with this? Why TGP moves on HUD automatically?

@TrickerDCS 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you may need a deadzome for your TDC slew

@hak3r4 2 жыл бұрын

@@TrickerDCS Hello, I checked my axis, looking good. I have problem with ground boresight at mission "The night life" (I added AGM 65 D by ground crew). After boresight, my TGP mark on HUD is incorrectly. On MFD TGP, and MFD maverick is ok, but on HUD TGP "looking" different place. Could you help with this?

@TrickerDCS 2 жыл бұрын

@@hak3r4 did you try pressing CZ on the tgp to clear the delta and return it to the steer point? There's some things still messed up with the Viper so I wouldn't put it past that it's a bug until it's fixed

@hak3r4 2 жыл бұрын

@@TrickerDCS I uploaded videos on my YT channel with my problem

@TrickerDCS 2 жыл бұрын

@@hak3r4 I looked at your videos... Always make sure you are FOV expanded on the MAV page. Your TGP and MAV were looking at the same thing so I didn't really see a noticeable difference. One thing i noticed is you were NOT using the TGP, and just firing the MAVs at other targets that you saw using the MAV seeker. If you use the AGM 65D's, try using the auto mode for the handoff feature, find a target, TMS UP and it should auto handoff that TGT to the MAV Seeker.

@jasonr8476 Жыл бұрын

I am pulling my hair out trying to correctly boresight. When i click tms up to boresight the mavericks it literally will boresight everything EXCEPT the vehicle im using to boresight with. I've not once been able to shoot a ground target using the pod and instead have to aim using the maverick. I can literally boresight a truck's silhouette but not the truck itself.