Hello! I have a Winwing Orion II for my HOTAS that has the F/A-18 Throttle and the F-16 Stick with shaker kit. For rudder pedals, I have MFG Crosswinds. I got them in 2023. These are pricey and high end, but I wish I had gone for a set like these much earlier!! Super precise, and sturdy. I used to fly with X52 controls, but I invested in quality controls when I started having wear and tear issues with the older controls. If you are curious to know what they look like, I had made a live where I introduced them here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWGthXSmqKp7mdk

Yes. I think you may have a little something to do with this (as my 100th subscriber has a name that is quite similar to yours 🙃Maybe your whole family watches my streams together 😉Fine with me!). It's quite nice to reach that number for a channel that I thought would get views by maybe three of my gaming friends. 💯

@@Coolhand101e Ya, you got me. I usually don't subscribe to KZbin channels but it was a good opportunity to put you over the top. Here's to your next 100!

I like it more every time I fly it!! In the past, I mostly used rockets for air to ground and the occasional R-60M for anti-helicopter, but I'm having fun discovering the other weapons like the laser-guided rockets in this video.

@@Coolhand101e You should give the cluster dispensers a try next time. Or the pivoting gun pods. Something right out of James Bond. :)

What I wonder is whether it is just lazy programming, or do they want "ANY" rearming to take as much time as the others (to be fair in multiplayer, for example). Either way, I agree it's just one of those things that can become annoying when you fly often.

@@Coolhand101e My money is on lazy.

Мне грустно это слышать. У меня такое же количество кадров в секунду, как и раньше, но графика стала лучше (я использую Google-переводчик. Я мало практиковал русский язык со времен университета в 1997 году). English: I'm sad to hear that. I have the same number of frames per second as before, but with better looking graphics (I'm using google translator. I haven't practiced my Russian much since university in 1997).

@@Coolhand101e В наше время многие используют Google-переводчик, по этому я и пишу на русском) На форуме многие жаловались, что после обновления у них перестал нормально работать DCS именно на F-5E. Ждем новый патч.

Best wishes to you as well! I'm glad you enjoyed the mission and the briefing.

It's not really a mission. I went into the editor and put a plane start from ground (cold) at King Adbullah II airfield in Jordan on the Syria map (coordinates BR34 in Jordan to the South). I put a few more planes as decorations around it on the parking to the South of the base where that nice hangar is. The flying F-5E I put on final to the airfield at 4500 ft.

@@Coolhand101e So much nicer compared to... everything else I have seen in DCS.

@@Tome4kkkk I think they added details and parking space to this air base and others on the Syria map in the September 30th patch. They mention it in the changelog, but even several months later I still discover some gems like that. On the Syria map, I've flown a lot from Gaziantep, from Incirlik, and from Cyprus, but there are other cool areas to explore.

@@Coolhand101e The continuous work Ugra Media puts info Syria Map is exactly the reason why I bought it, even not intending to install it for months. I Vought the NTTR booger od a map jest for trajning purposes.

I usually do when it is not needed, but I guess I forgot on this one. I did this really late before going to bed to show off some of the things that I felt should have been included on the launch of the remastered F-5E but only came with the X-Mas patch. The joys of "early access" I suppose. Nothing is ever finished/polished... same goes for this video. I do these LIVE and don't go back to edit them, sorry.

@Coolhand101e I didn't mean it to cone out like that, rather meant as a reminder for future videos and yes, I guessed right away - Christmas excitement for the beloved 5 gooddies :)

Merry Christmas to you too!! 🎅🎁🎄 (I just tested your lase anything script the other day - it works amazingly well! My wingman dropped laser-guided bombs on a building with it in his F-5E the other night.). As far as skins are concerned, we still have the original 6 that were present on release; USAF Grey, Austria, Swiss, Norway, Aggressor desert, Aggressor blue. I'm still wishing for a texture template and maybe a refuelling probe one day... 😉

@Coolhand101e oh, thanks so much 😀 And also thanks for the info anout the skins. I am still waiting to install the new one, till we have either official skins or some nice user skins. I am sure it won't take long :) Meanwhile I watch you flying it 😉

Thanks for the comment. I know some of the pros out there have better microphone setups than mine. I use my headset's microphone. It's a quality Sennheiser headset, but if I turn the microphone up too loud, you hear the air coming out of my nose or the wires of the track IR and the headset rubbing together. I usually test the sound with OBS before broadcasting so that I'm not in the red (too high) or low in the greens. When I listen to my videos afterwards, I hear my voice just fine in my headphones though. You have to understand that these videos are done LIVE, as is, without any editing. Probably a dedicated microphone on a stand could work better, but then again, I talk as I fly, so I can't have something blocking my view in front of my monitor. I've thought about putting a "sponge-type" thing over the microphone to filter out air sounds, but I'm not doing this professionally. This channel is not even "moneytized" (or whatever the term might be). I share for fun with what I have. I admit that sometimes I could speak louder, but I'm also flipping switches, pressing buttons, moving the mouse, controlling the rudders while trying to keep my hands on the HOTAS to fly the plane!! 😅 Forgive me if my concentration is more on the flying part than on the strength of my voice projection. 😰🕹 I take note of it though. Thank you!

I haven't watched the whole stream but, so far, I think your vocal volume is fine and I appreciate not hearing breathing sounds. However, can you please turn the TACAN volume down/off next stream? That does get to me after a while. Thanks much.

@@kontiuka LOL, yes, I sometimes forget that it is there, the annoying BEEP BEEP of the TACAN. I know where the volume knob is, so I'll try to quiet it down or eliminate it when not needed next flight!!

@@Coolhand101e Oops. Didn't realize you turned it down later in the video. :)

I remembered the 2 different sets of controls/rheostats for the lights, but didn't remember the flashing. Thanks for clearing this up!! 😎👍

Hello, I'll just share all the settings if you want to recreate these conditions: Date: October 18, 2016, Time: 0730 - cloud preset: light rain 2, 8202 ft (I think it's default cloud height for this one). For the fog, set it to manual, at mission start (check box to sync with mission start) visibility 2001 ft, thickness 804 ft. then add a fog key (allows to modify fog at a later time): I set it at 0 : 42 in mission, visibility 14436 ft, thickness 770 ft - ENJOY!!

If you enjoyed this display, you'll probably love @Spudspike 's take on Chico the Gunfighter here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lauvhGiZnaxjmcU

@ I will check it out. Thx!

This "LIVE Broadcast" was made right after the Chinook was released, so I was trying things and only realised what you mention after the fact. In my reply to Yom-qf3mq I mentionned this: "Sometimes, I test the HOOK REL button to see if it works after flipping the cover; that apparently opens the hook which explains why I can't pick up the load on the first attempt in the video. The manual says that by turning the CARGO HOOK ARM Switch to the "Off" position, you close the hook so that it is ready to pick up the next object. Therefore, every time you drop an object with the HOOK REL button, you should cycle the CARGO HOOK ARM Switch to the "Off" position, and then back to ARM before you release the next cargo object. It seems to work for me now. I made another stream to show this and other things I learned. Also, if you can't drop, the EMERGENCY switch is a good go to option when all else fails!! "

It's called the "External Cargo Indicator" in the CH-47F Chinnok commands. I had also taken me a while to figure it out, so I mentionned it in the follow up LIVE that I had made (the "August 12th DCS Chinook Afghanistan" stream kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5K0hXR9hM58pKs - at 22 minutes 50 seconds).

A bit yes... In the Huey, you get to choose if you want the "cheat" autopilot to fly for you with altitude hold, attitude hold, or fly you in a circle. In the Chinook, the "Bob" autopilot currently flies you in an 'altitude hold' pattern (flies you straight and level in other words), but as he flies for you, you can give it inputs on the cyclic to have him turn left/right without "knocking" the autopilot off. I'd have to check to be sure, but he might be able to change altitude - but I haven't used "Bob" for much more than flying the Chinook as I fire the guns, or if I need to scratch my butt while flying. 😅

Yes, I'm afraid it's a "PC master race" simulation only. All joking aside, I still have my old PS3 and use it to play older games or to watch Netflix on my big screen TV. How is the PS4? Any good games for it? 😅

@@Coolhand101e Aww soo sorry for u bro the PS4 is fun though but am into simulations like dcs but I have never played it before bro 😭😭😭 I always watch video's of people playing but on my PS4 I have God of war Ragnarok, FIFA 24, injustice, and GTA V

If you've put an artillery "cargo" object near your helicopter in the editor, it should show up, but I think it is broken for now. I think some people are able to have AI hook it up, but I get an error message everytime I try to pick it up unfortunately. ☹

​​@@Coolhand101eyep, unfortunatly the ground eats the arty gun on hookup, leading to jumps and in general a lot of bad things.. They way of unhooking i found for now is to call the next cargo, which releases your current load. Bit unconventional but i have it bound so its bearable for now! Also that beeping is the intercom on the radio, you can mute that beeping by pulling out the ics rotary, number 3 i believe 👍🏻 Another thing, got my pedal saturation Y to 60 and the curve to 30, makes smaller inputs way way more precise! Cheers

@@Halozocker104 Thanks for the comments, I'm going to go check right away for the radio beeping thing!!

@@Coolhand101e my bad, its the ADF radio nob and its beeping, not the ICS like i previously said! Enjoy the... i wouldnt call it silence but the pure heli noises 😂🙏🏻

@@Halozocker104 With your pointer, I found it last night. I wouldn't have thought of pulling on that switch if you hadn't suggested it! I now enjoy the peaceful sil... uh, THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP, with no beep beeps... 😂😅

Sometimes, I test the HOOK REL button to see if it works after flipping the cover; that apparently opens the hook which explains why I can't pick up the load on the first attempt in the video. The manual says that by turning the CARGO HOOK ARM Switch to the "Off" position, you close the hook so that it is ready to pick up the next object. Therefore, every time you drop an object with the HOOK REL button, you should cycle the CARGO HOOK ARM Switch to the "Off" position, and then back to ARM before you release the next cargo object. It seems to work for me now. I made another stream to show this and other things I learned. Also, if you can't drop, the EMERGENCY switch is a good go to option when all else fails!! 😅

For the second part of your message, about "dropping" cargo, I found back when I was learning how to carry cqargo with the Mi-8 last year that if I flew too fast, the cable would just snap/break and I would lose the cargo which would just drop to the ground - it was then lost forever. 😢

Thanks for replying. Yes, you’re correct. After reading the manual several times & multiple testing the following procedure MUST be applied. Once a load has bern released/dropped, the hook will remain in the open position until the CARGO HOOK MSTR switch is set to the ‘OFF’ position. Any attempts to carry additional loads will fail until the CARGO HOOK MSTR switch has been set to the ‘OFF’ position before being set back to the ‘ARM’ position.

Sometimes, I test the HOOK REL button to see if it worked after flipping the cover; that apparently opens the hook which explains why I can't pick up the load on the first attempt in the video. The manual says that by turning the CARGO HOOK ARM Switch to the "Off" position, you close the hook so that it is ready to pick up the next object. Therefore, everytime you drop an object with the HOOK REL button, you should cycle the CARGO HOOK ARM Switch to the "Off" position, and then back to ARM before you release the next cargo object. It seems to work for me now. I made another stream to show this and other things I learned.

I haven't played with any curves no. I had to invert the axis for the toe brakes on my rudders, but that's about all I changed in my "axis command" menu.

Since this stream, I've practiced quite a bit and read some more details in the manual; I realised a few important things. As you mention, if we forget to lift the safety cover on the hook release, it won't work. Also, I would sometimes test the button to see if it worked after flipping the cover; that apparently opens the hook which explains why I couldn't pick up the load on the first attempt in the video. The manual says that by turning the CARGO HOOK ARM Switch to the "Off" position, you close the hook so that it is ready to pick up the next object. Therefore, everytime you drop an object with the HOOK REL button, you should cycle the CARGO HOOK ARM Switch to the "Off" position, and then back to ARM before you release the next cargo object. It seems to work now. I'm about to make another stream to show this and other things I learned. Thanks for the comment @Ink_YT757

Cool! I'm glad I could help.

Bien content que tu aies aimé le vidéo. Le F-4E, c'est vraiment un des meilleurs modules dans DCS au niveau du réalisme et de ce qu'on peut faire avec.

Indeed, it will be interesting to see if the FC 2024 improvements (if any) will then apply to the full fidelity versions of the F-5E, F-86 and MiG-15.

@@Coolhand101e Looks like the textures didn't get ported over. So sad.

I make many of my videos to show what I do for fun, but some, like this one, can help people trying to figure some of the things that I struggled with when I started. This one in particular I made because I wish someone had done one like it before I tried to figure out how to operate the trim controls.

Yes, once you configure it properly like I illustrated in the video, it works pretty much in the same manner. It is similar to the DCS Apache trim as well.

I saw it in a KZbin tutorial video and thought the same thing... I went in the editor, and saw that it is an option in the editor for the helicopter that you can add. Basically, it looks like the drop down aiming sight of the Huey. It looks like it is attached to the top of the cockpit rail. If you put it in, it stays there for the duration of the mission. If you are only shooting using the unguided guns and rockets, it is an interesting option (I think you can also put the night vision overlay on top and it makes it look like a real full featured HUD as seen in this video at 13:08: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJvRgmCcjZKIl8k). In many of the "real-life" Kiowa videos I've seen from Afghanistan online, they don't seem to have it installed and I think many used that grease pencil mark instead during operations. That HUD sort of blocks part of the view out of the cockpit.

Thanks! I'm learning these things as I go. I think it's like that too in the Huey when you want to take the door gunner position. It makes sense because you can't move the cursor and the gun at the same time.

I had to use google to translate to English (I speak French, English and Spanish - and this looked very Italian to me). ANSWER: To determine when the fuel is empty in the underwing or centerline fuel tanks in the F-5E, there is a CAUTION light that turns yellow when the pump no longer pumps fuel (below the RWR, right of acceleration limits gauge). You usually see the internal tank fuel starting to go down as well. Then, you turn off the EXT FUEL and PYLONS switches, get the auto-balance switch to LEFT LOW. At that point, you can jettison the empty tanks if you need to save weight. To learn like I did, watch Tricker's video (he talks about fuel management at 3:00 minutes in the video): kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXzKdaBnhdZ2nqcsi=caolkerzKHIHxY85

@@Coolhand101e ..grazie

True, but for the F-4E, the dumb bombs you have to drop many and a hit is uncertain. Walleyes, if they acquire the contrast they need, they won't miss. I'm sure with a bit of training I might get a lock from a bit further. I was also going for fairly small targets. I think these expensive Walleyes were used for high value targets like bridges and factories, which due to their size might be easier to lock.

Thanks for the comment! I'm still learning the air-to-air, but it's fun. I went to check your page. I like that F4U-1D Tamiya scale model you're building. Nice details in what I saw so far. I guess we like the different generations of F-4s!! 😆

@@Coolhand101e Thanks for viewing my build.. I came across your vids because I am building almost all Variants in 1/48 of the F-4 Phantoms. So as I build I watch. I love the long videos.

They are both quite fun to fly in their own way. They both have horrible visibility compared to their more modern counterparts, but they are also legendary cold war rivals, so what's not to love!! 👍

I hadn't heard of this before reading your comment so I went and read about it here: www.366thgunfighters.org/chico-the-gunfighter.html That might be something to try. I've done MK-20 rockeyes a lot, so I'll have to see which gunpods I could carry.

@@Coolhand101e I had come across it about 2 weeks ago and thought it might be an interesting loadout. I had not seen if any of the them were mig killers since they were high speed FAC's.

@@billycanas1582 Did you watch this one I made for fun? -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4O5hKquadNgZq8

@@Coolhand101e Yes. This stream is what gave me the idea to ask if you could possibly try it. Thank you for reply back! Love the content bro! Keep up the good work!

Danke! ( although I'm a language teacher, I don't speak German unfortunately... I'm limited to French, English, Spanish, very basic Russian and a few words here and there from languages like German 😉 or Italian, Chinese, Japanese...)

I am happy with your videos, I am looking forward to the next ones

@@dieterruffing5678 It always makes me happy when people enjoy the broadcasts. I just made another one with air-to-air action. More will follow!!

Keep up the good work

LOL. After looking at the video again, I'd say I was maybe a little fast a my AOA may have been low. When I made this video, I had probably 10-15 landings under my belt, so it'll get better (although I'm always quite happy when nothing breaks on landing). These air force boys are sometimes princesses... if you don't land smoothly like an airliner they complain! 😉

You are right! I may have physically positioned my mic a bit lower than my mouth for that broadcast... I've also noticed that the engine noises are pretty strong in the Phantom. While taxiing with the canopy open, I can barely hear Jester. Thanks for the comment. I'll have to fix that.

My previous joystick was the X52, so I understand what you mean. In order to be able to use modes 1, 2 and 3, you have to make a profile with the different 3 options for each aircraft in the program provided by Saitek or Logitech (I've had both versions of the stick). It is more time consuming than making a profile directly in DCS, but then you have your triple functions for the aircraft you built a profile for. If you are just learning the Phantom, when you start is the right time to do that. This way, once you have learned and repeated the functions in their different modes, you'll have built your muscle memory of buttons the first time around (as opposed to if you wait 3 months to make a good profile). P.S. I often used mode 1 for NAV functions, 2 for air-to-air functions, and 3 for air-to-ground. The idea is the keep the same profile logic if possible for each new plane you make a profile for.

Absolutely, the little switch in the left sidewall of the cockpit! Depending on how loaded the F-5 is, setting the proper takeoff trim will also go a long way to make takeoffs easier (5 degrees = light, and 7 degrees heavier loads - there is an indicator top left of the cockpit above the artificial horizon - I take a quick glance at it with the track IR at 21:25 as I'm rolling but it's best to set it beforehand). As you probably noticed, it was not with the F-5 that I had difficulty taking off. 😆 (I hadn't flown the Mirage 2000 in a few months 🤦‍♂ - I'll need to review my takeoff procedures for that one)

I find that surprising when the oldest map, Caucasus has a huge dam with water at the top, and water at the bottom. Regarding Vietnam, I remember when the Marianas came out, with my older computer, it was difficult to render all those palm trees... and it is just small islands. My guess would have been that a huge country with jungle everywhere would possibly make even today's machines come to a crawl in terms of frame rates. In any case, I'm happy to say my RTX 3080ti doesn't seem to have issues with the Kola map and that certainly means they are optimizing the platform.