'Like in any other airport' 😅 He's probably a navy airman.

I have watched two videos about dogfighting the Viggen, one by Growling Sidewinder, the other this. One says the Viggen hates the two-circle, the other says it hates the one-circle. But from what I've seen, you actually did use one-circle tactics and those were the only cases where you were able to get a gun solution. And every time you switched to two-circle, the Mig started pulling away from you... except in cases where he mismanaged his energy. That, combined with seeing how Growling Sidewinder used two-circle in a Mig-21 to methodically gain on and eventually shoot the Viggen... I'm going to lean on the Viggen performing better in one-circle, than two-circle.

Thank you so much sir

Outstanding!

Great video, situational awareness is key. Great job, thank you for sharing.

Who's here after the plane crash at catalina that killed 5 people Oct 9 2024?

I still don't understand why they didn't do the JA37 Viggen for this game... The AJS37 is an updated version of the AJ37, the first version with attack as its primary role. The JA37 had a different, better engine, it had a different radar, a cannon mounted in the bottom (the AJ and AJS had to use pods) and most of all, the instrument panel had three digital screens rather than gauges, like the AJ and AJS.

Cockpit gauges look simplified. Unless this is period correct. Yes, the F-104 was a '1 trick pony', it wasn't meant to be a bomber, dogfighter, or close air support aircraft.

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Cool

Very well explained. Thanks.

I wanna fight in a Fresco vs F-100s and vice versa so bad.

I just passed my private pilot checkride 3 days ago and this is where my DPE diverted me to see how well I could land. I nailed it and landed right on the center line.

God bless you

Nice MiG-17’s

Your vid makes me wanna quit work and play DCs right now 😂

fun fact, wso can peek over pilot's shoulder and see the fuel gauge

Yeah, the code may be wrong. The F-4 can easily 'stall' at high speeds --and because of the speed, it can be 'violent'.

How do you get that info window up on the screen? Would be very useful.

Awesome info! Thanks!!

Shouldn't leaving canopy open realistically result in lower top speed (due to more tubulent airflow) and pilot not hearing anything due to constant extreme levels of noise caused by said airflow?

There are some modifications and tips I recommend based on watching some real-world videos and having tried it in the sim myself: - Ignore the 11500ft restriction when skimming the side of the forge, and aim to be at around 9500-9700ft when starting the turn. - Complete the turn at 8500-8700ft. - 30 degrees of bank is enough. Any higher and you may get bank angle warnings - Begin the S-shaped turn at around 500-600ft radio and level off at around a 165-170deg heading. I find that these are much closer to what I've seen in real-world videos and it gives me much more reasonable decent rates (no more than 1200ft/min at any stage). P.S. there aren't any written procedures on this approach that I can find. I think it's one of those things where each pilot has his/her own way of doing it and they get this from simulator training or from watching the captain do it for years in the right seat.

NICE!!! I work this landing over and over on my MS Flight Sim and its tough!

a sweet flying 182............spent 2 years in that bird flying to just about every airport in SoCal............

The krauts didn't know how to fly this plane, never should have sold these planes to them. Total mistake.

Beautiful, great work 🫡

Great information!

So this is the F4 at March Field Museum which I have been going to since I was about 7. I am 45 now but when I was a kid and rolled this thing in back in 93 they let me sit in it and play around as my grandfather (Who was a retired Chief Master Sargent in the USAF) lived locally at what was "Sun City" at the time and knew all the guys who ran that little (At the time little anyway) museum. It really meant a lot to me that they included this Livery and used this Phantom to develop this module. If anyone reading this is ever in So-Cal I HIGHLY recommend seeing this museum. It has an INCREDIBLE display of aircraft and bot of cool movie and WWII memorabilia as well plus Sabu.

Awesome. My longtime life dream to get there. Unfortunately from Europe it is very expensive vacation for me (central Europe). Unfortunately I wont be able to see 747 landing here, neither A340. It is just A330's and 787's as the biggest aircrafts landing here, I think. Right now I checked FR24 and it seems that only one conenction from Europe is AF A330. There is no KLM or TUI right now. Hope you enjoyed it here and yes the RWY28 take off is pretty rare I would say :) but I think that you cant land on the RWY28 because of the terrain?

I flew the A330 for 20 years from 1998 to 2018 and that was by far some of the best (smoothest, most accurate) manual flying I have seen! Not to mention that it was such a challenging approach and if you recorded the audio while flying it in real time then you are super-human! Fantastic training video for any pilot planning to fly into KSAN. Really well done! 👏🏼

Imagine dogfighting 17s without guns... except for the occasional gunpod. Especially w/9bs

Is it just me? Or was that first fight a total loss for you? You were just lucky he missed. Multiple times.

i have many DCS modules and with 3 i have trouble with trim to level flight and center stick ! The F4 is one of them. when i do trim nose down or up i cant see the elevator moving outside !? In F14 it works well for me; they move. In F4 i always have to push the stick a lot forward to fly level which sucks a bit because my stick has a center force and it doe´nt feel right...not trimmed out ! Pls make a short vid how to trim that plane level in flight and stick centered.

Great video GVad, very informative! Just curious, but where did you get those turn performance charts (black ref. lines in your comparison)? Thanks

You're not „The Pilot“. Pilots fly Planes, not Simulators.

Amazing, Thank you for the great explanation. My respect.

You guys know you already have my money in the bank for the 17 right? :)) Will you release this year?

Some righteous info here. Thanks, that's good lookin' out.

Just went on this myself for getting better

13 years later and still helping people. Thank you

You should run a clinic for all those new DCS F-4 drivers who are still trying to fly their F-4s like they are flying Vipers, Eagles and Tomcats! Well done sir. Thanks for the realistic content and explanations.

GVad, you are really using the vertical well. When I asked my father how he would have fought the MIGs in Vietnam he said the following; "I would take advantage of the Phantoms massive fuel load (21,000lbs). I would drag the MIGs out to sea and when they RTB due to low fuel, I would turn around and hunt/run them down. The drag distance between me and the MIGs would be 3-5 miles to give the MIG pilots "hope" of catching and shooting me down. CGI would give me the radio calls to maintain this safe 3-5 mile distance. As soon as they break off to RTB, I drop tanks if they are empty, turn 180 degrees, and get into burner." I see you are regularly checking your fuel state. The J79 on the deck and in MAX AB uses 1000lbs per minute or, 2,000lbs per minute in the Phantom. Dad said if you have full internal fuel at the merge, you have about 3-4 minutes of burner time, always good to set a "soft" BINGO at 6000-6500 lbs. Internal is 12,000 lbs. He also said when using the vertical, you consume less fuel because you are in burner "only half the time" as you are in military power on the way down and, the higher you go the less fuel us burned even for a few seconds at 10K to 30K ft when flying The Egg. Meanwhile the MIG stays in burner if he stay horizontal. Just some things to think about when MAX performing the F-4.

How to dogfight in the F-4E video kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ_OpnyvqpyIbrM

Great watching you fight the energy fight!

Appreciate ya

Excellent video!

Forget flashy trailers, this is how you get me hyped for a module release! Also my Mig19 appreciates F4 pilots being taught to use the vertical hehe.