DCS A-10C Tutorials #1: Cockpit Familiarization

[@slicker55]

GREAT tutorial (absolute essential for newbies like me) - love your presentation style, nice and clear audio, great video quality. You have managed to provide a very informative tutorial without referring to too much technical stuff at this early stage - something other presentations do all too often to their detriment. No hesitation in subscribing - will be watching all your A-10C tutorials whilst trying to follow along in real-time. Thanks for taking the time to prepare and upload these excellent resources and of course for sharing your knowledge on this aircraft - much appreciated.

[@Mercury4952]

+1 to all positive comments. Very clear and pedagogic presentation. And nice to listen to someone who obviousely got all this down cold. Big THANK's!!!

[@Kmbtkrl]

Thanks very much!

[@tylerthompson5933]

Thank you so much for making these. I love the A-10 and always learn something new with each tutorial. Keep up the great work!

[@Kmbtkrl]

Thanks! Glad you're enjoying these!

[@TheDisabledGamersChannel]

You're the king ! i needed a video series like this, thank you so much.

[@TheDisabledGamersChannel]

Oh yea..........Subbed up !

[@werewolf1336]

I've probably flown every flight sim made since 1979 and did it without issue until DCS. The DCS plane simulations make all the other flight sims over the years seem like toys in comparison. I'd about given up on it until I found your tutorials. Well done. Thumbs up and subscribed.

[@DarkRaven40011]

Really Helpful for a A10C newbie like me! Thanks!

[@johnycat7373]

Wow! What a great job. I have had DCS and the Warthog for nearly two years and hardly looked at it as it just seemed so intimidating. I really think that you can get me started with these videos and this one in particular is THE perfect start. No one on the planet could have done it any better. Thank you so much.

[@Kmbtkrl]

Thanks! that means a lot. hope you have fun leaning this neat plane. feel free to msg/comment any questions you have!

[@tomdaigon8707]

Excellent job! Got my Vive, CH HOTAS controls and Spec-d® Rsg-5005 - Corsa Gaming Seat Cockpit. Now that I found your fine tutorials, I ready todo this beast!

[@EMTinVA]

Great video! Just picked up DCS and the learning curve is steep. These will help tremendously.

[@JustinOhio]

Thank you so much for this!!! I've owned this module for a couple years and have always been intimidated by it, and pretty much everything in DCS. I'm going to follow along your stuff and finally learn this aircraft.

[@Dcook85]

I wish the in-game tutorials were this simple to understand.

[@NoFear1979]

Hello Kmbtkrl! I very much appriciate your videos and your slow pace explaining along with mentioning shortcuts and being overall systematic in showing how to makes your guides top notch enjoyable to watch and learn from. Thank you very much for your effort o7 :)

[@welshparamedic]

greatly appreciated, new to DCS but love the A10 (and i'm a brit!) I have bought the thrustmaster warthog HOTAS setting all up and now realise that this is going to a long but worthwhile journey! once again many thanks just started the tutorials need to sort out setting up the Thrustmaster HOTAS ( not a simple task its self!) and off we go!

[@Kmbtkrl]

Christopher Crosby that TM Warthog should be pretty much plug-and-play.

[@slandshark]

This is great, exactly what I was looking for. I still haven't chosen my first aircraft for DCS World yet, but am thinking the A10c will be it. Thank you for making this!

[@Kmbtkrl]

Thanks, glad you liked it. the A-10C is, IMO, far and away the most complete and comprehensive module, and (again IMO) one of the best suited for the type of sim DCS is. there are so many things you can learn, so many systems to take the time and master but once you understand the basics the plane usable in 99% of situations. about the only thing it doesnt do well is air to air, and you can still do some pretty amazing things in close with aim 9s and the gun.

[@slandshark]

That's what I've been reading. I'm more of fan of air-to-ground anyway and have been trying to figure out which plane to start with. I'm also hoping to stay relevant in multiplayer games. I know there's a deep time investment even just to understand how to properly start and taxi any of the DCS planes. :) I've also considered the helicopters (I'm a big fan of helicopters, probably more so than airplanes), but after watching some people struggle with them on youtube I'm not sure if I'm masochistic enough for that. How much time do you think is needed learning the A10c before someone could get it into the air and properly navigate?

[@Kmbtkrl]

+slandshark how much experience/knowledge do you have on flying/flight sims? the a10 is a simple matter to fly, if not starting from a cold and dark, you could up and lying in 5-10 minutes if you understand rudimentary flying. navgstion is a lottle more complicated, but only becauae of the unfamiliarity with nav systems and how to manipulate them. the gps nav is simple in this plane, select a steerpoint and look at the hud, point the plane at the steerpoint marker, and repeat. no better plane then the a10 if you like A-G.

[@slandshark]

Well, not a ton of experience, but I do enjoy flight sims. Most of my recent experience is in arcade like games, War Thunder, Battlefield, etc. I almost bought MS Flight simulator X during the recent steam sale, but decided to invest in DCS instead. I picked up a full CH Products HOTAS a few months back, but haven't really used it yet. I spent some time yesterday trying to learn the CH manager software to better understand keybindings. Eventually I will watch all of your tutorial vids on the a10, so I imagine I'll have at least the basic knowledge.

[@Kmbtkrl]

+slandshark if youre interested in flight in general , you cant go wrong with FSX. its old and arguably "boring" (no blowing stuff up etc) but it will teach you the basics of aerodynamics and how a plane flies, and more, and all of it can apply to what youre doing in DCS. as far as controls go, DCS is pretty controller friendly in a sense that you can do much of the control setup from within the game, and possibly not even have to use joystick software. assuming you have enough buttons, you can almost have every HOTAS function mapped to the stick if you set it up right.

[@Budguy68]

Man I just went through all the training missions, some more then a couple of times. Did some instant missions too. Just wanted to let you know this videos are helpful in getting a deeper understanding!

[@jlcmiles]

Great tutorial. This aircraft definitely has one of the more intimidating cockpits (so far, I've got really deep into the AV-8B & F-5E systems, looking forward to the F/A-18C Hornet.) I use the Oculus and it makes situational awareness and cockpit interaction easier and an absolute joy. The A-10C will definitely keep me busy for awhile, though. It is one of most unique aircraft, and certainly an air to ground badass in any conflict. Subscribed.

[@remarkymarkable]

Thanks from an old newbie , your tutorials are helping me immensely.!!! SUBSCRIBED

[@sasquatch8923]

Thank you!! great work

[@SirMoee]

Thanks for the videos will help me when I get this beast.

[@welshparamedic]

hey Kmbtkrl, I;m definitely recommending your tutorials to some mates of mine who like me really love the A10 (Hope the US airforce does not retire it too soon, the F35 will never, NEVER do what the A10 can as a ground support aircraft...the only thing that can replace the A10...is another A10, cant see why they don't just set up a A10 production line again but with all the new tech added not to much though as this jet needs to be flown as well as just tech driven, I'm sure a new model with upgraded engines and modern improvements would give the modernised A10 (A 11 ?) another 40 years of US dominance with the best ground support/attack aircraft in the world! Once again many thanks for this invaluable series! (excuse the UK spelling!)

[@TheZippaduppa]

F-35 is not a close air support plane for ground attacks?

[@knuckletooth7647]

Great Vid...thanks for sharing.....I can't even guess how much work it took you to do these!!

[@moshehome5221]

great job ! keep on posting those tutorials please

[@sc18594]

Thank you, this is the video i needed !

[@Sapfu100]

*Finds self watching for ten minutes* Hey, I just noticed this is really helpful? I know it's basically symbolic at this point, but here, let me whitelist you before I watch the rest of your videos :D

[@fmpphoto]

Great vid ..very informative...subed

[@christopherwilson9979]

backup clock is so you can do 2min turns and stuff to work with atc if other stuff cant help you

[@warrencantero]

awesome and comprehensive... wish i saw this when i started... btw great skin on the hog.. is it a mod or did it come with the original game??

[@Kmbtkrl]

Thanks! That skin is stock. I think its an Arkansas squadron?

[@warrencantero]

thanks so much

[@marcelloturturiello5539]

Hi, how do you set this kind of visualization in the cockpit? I love how do you move camera around in the cocpit, it seems very realistic

[@Kmbtkrl]

marcello turturiello i use a thing called TrackIR, its tech thst uses an ir camera to track your head movement and translate it to camera movement in-game.

[@tonforr]

Thanks ,good job

[@ChuckMahon]

How are you moving around / slewing your basic viewing? a Mouse? May I ask how do you preserver your ability to slew around like you are doing while still having the yellow cross to push buttons and manipulate dials in the virtual cockpit? Thank you!

[@Kmbtkrl]

my head look is controlled by TrackIR which consists of an infrared camera and a clip with some IR LEDs. the clip attaches to your headphones, and the camera translates your head movement into head movement in the sim, so by turning my head slightly i can move my ingame "head" around. you can pick one up for around 150-200 USD. takes a little getting used to but its indespensable once you get the hang of it

[@ChuckMahon]

+Kmbtkrl can you speak to best practice without TrackIR???

[@Kmbtkrl]

+Chuck Mahon if you are interested in a do-it-yourself solution, there is a program called freetrack that you can download for free, basically a opensource headtracking software. woukd require a minor modification to a standard webcam and building of a light model to fit your headset. a bit of work but far cheaper than TrackIR. the freetrack website has very good instructions, too. Otherwise, the best solution would be to set up your view pan controls on to a hat switch. that way you can pan your view around without going "hands off", and retain your mouse for clicking around the cockpit

[@Scoobydcs]

how do you pause track ir? f9?

[@Griffin24712978]

am looking for a group to train with. pref in the UK . a search on the net shows only a few that arnt ative the ones that are ative arnt recruting. any ideas chaps ?

[@somas0087]

Thanks!!

[@sparkspl]

Is this tutorial still actual in 2018? Thanks!

[@Kmbtkrl]

ANTI ASMR should be. Haven't messed with the a10 in depth in a while, but I don't think anything has changed

[@sparkspl]

Kmbtkrl thanks mate. Good job!

[@Rabbit_Entr]

Hey, Is your microphone set to push to talk or other ? Thanks.

[@Kmbtkrl]

i think its just continuously recording.

[@giuseppeloggia6412]

Do anybody can tell me what I must do or setup for having profondity on my display? It looks that the cockpit seems in 3D!

[@TheHelix123]

My god it's like giving an exam. Anyway can I use the mouse and keyboard

[@Kmbtkrl]

+Arnav Behari You can....but you will struggle. At minimum I would get a joystick, even if its a cheap one.

[@TheHelix123]

+Kmbtkrl thank you for the reply. Would a PS3 controller do??

[@TheHelix123]

+Kmbtkrl thank you for the reply. Would a PS3 controller do??

[@Kmbtkrl]

+Arnav Behari not sure if it would work but might be better than m&k, you would still be using many, many keyboard commands for the. various buttons and controls.

[@werewolf1336]

If you do that then you'll end up never flying with DCS. You need a HOTAS Joystick. Saitek makes a number of good ones the X-52 or the X-55/56 are good choices. Thrustmaster makes one that is as close to a duplicate of the real A-10C HOTAS as you can get but it is expensive - $400 plus. In any event trying to use the M&K in a flight sim as complex as DCS is really a non-starter.

[@Cygnus_B]

What joystick do you use? :)

[@Kmbtkrl]

I use the Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, but you can use almost any joystick, with the right setup. A good stick and throttle HOTAS is recommended though. Before I got the warthog I used a Saitek X52

[@Cygnus_B]

+Kmbtkrl hey man! do you have the profile for the x-52 saved somewhere in your pc? oh and also, is it important to use the x-52 profiler? mine keeps crashing everytime i click on it.

[@Kmbtkrl]

I dont think I do. If I remember correctly I did all my binding thru DCS, and didnt use the profiler. I think, using the pinky button on the stick as a modifier, that the X52 had just enough hat switches to get by on all the basic functions. (DMS, TMS, CMS,Slew, Trim, Coolie).

[@Scoobydcs]

I want a noobs guide, I hope I just found 1 lol

[@iloveburritos8802]

help!

[@Kmbtkrl]

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