DCS AV-8B Tutorial | Using Sidearms on SAM Sites

[@studlyhungwell5740]

Why aim at the ground?

[@TrickerDCS]

The TGP will see thru the target and take the coordinates beyond it. You wanna aim at the base of the target to get the correct waypoint data

[@DENN1STHEMENACE1]

You aim right at the target if your using a laser guided weapon

[@studlyhungwell5740]

@@DENN1STHEMENACE1 That is what I was thinking, but the ground part didn't make sense.

[@TrickerDCS]

@@DENN1STHEMENACE1 in this video we used jdams, which is why the question came up

[@studlyhungwell5740]

@@TrickerDCS Now that makes total sense. Thank you

[@aaronbertini9714]

The Harrier has become my go-to SEAD aircraft currently. SO fun to zoom down and low and get the SAMs. Plus, I haven't had a sidearm get shot down like a HARM does all the time

[@dienkonig33]

It's fun yes, but the fact that defenses don't pick up the sidearm is entirely a bug and should be fixed. The thing is quite unbalanced at the minute; apparently this missile was never actually fired in combat for a variety of reasons and DCS should reflect that as much as possible. I love the Harrier but it shouldn't make SEAD look as easy as this 😅

[@pandemoniumcrow]

@@dienkonig33 TBF, razbam has focused ALOT of effort on improving the mirage over the years and now developing the F15, I’m hoping post F15 launch now that the Mirage is in a much more stable place they can reallocate resources to both bringing the F15E to the higher spec as it’s coming out missing a fair few things, and then improve and add features to the harrier aswell as fix things that are broken. Then and only then do I feel they should really start the mig23, three modules that all need improving is enough of a list, I would personally prefer they finish or polish those completely before releasing another

[@ElHyperion]

@@pandemoniumcrow Yeah well we can only dream now. Hope some other team will pick up on their modules and not let the Harrier and F-15E slowly rot away with bugs.

[@delta9990]

the sidearm is much smaller than the harm, makes sense it gets shot down less as its harder to get picked up, also they are mostly fired from lower altitude which makes them even harder to intercept

[@Lochaby]

In this comment: A hornet step bro is jealous of the rapid the TOO designation (and how smooth the RWR hud display is in this bird). Also, this is a great ARM missile. I wish it was available for more birds. Thanks for everything, tricker!

[@PluckyUnderdog]

Peculiar ordnance, the sidearm. And that tone, it sounds like a drunk AIM-9 to me 😂

[@oriolesfan2463]

Good to see ya Tricker. Nice to see more regular content. Digging it like always!

[@TrickerDCS]

Appreciate it baseball fan! 👀

[@iNcog_AoE]

Quite interesting to see how similar the avionics are to the Hornet. Good stuff as always

[@dienkonig33]

Should also have similarities to the F-15E. Will be interesting to compare though as all 3 are slightly different vintage.

[@jasbails9857]

I find some of the controls to be similsr to the A4, such as the joystick and weapon arming switches...and more

[@Catinthehackmatrix]

Agm-88 is bad ass though, huh..

[@jjsemperfi]

Definitely. The Hornet and Harrier compliment each other very nicely. The Viper is a completely different alien language for me though.

[@lancervi1762]

Thanks for the fantastic tutorials. I absolutely love the quick yet detailed training hit. I've learned quite a bit from your vids about the AB8B. It's a module I haven't flown much, but now I am with your help. Thanks a million! Cheers, Lancer VI John 3:16,17

[@MrScar88]

Just started re-learning the Harrier, thanks for this video Tricker.

[@DamplyDoo]

Why do i feel like I've always underestimated the Harrier's abilities?

[@Maxcism]

Cuz its a British aircraft

[@blake-r7t]

@@Maxcism The harrier in DCS is the USMC version which had been totally overhauled from the british sea harriers

[@Blacksun-xu9hz]

Yet another tricker dcs harrier tutorial, thanks man, I'd be the woest harrier pilot without you

[@TrickerDCS]

I’m the worst there is! Don’t learn from me 😂

[@Blacksun-xu9hz]

@@TrickerDCS nah man, without you I would't know how to use jdams and IR mavs

[@sloppydog4831]

Not to throw Shane at Tricker, not at all, but two other great Harrier channels are Deephack and Pukin Dog.

[@jared9191]

Harrier chooses ripple attack! It's very effective!

[@michaelrodriguez2920]

Thanks!

[@TheOg1223]

Video was in perfect timing, couldn’t find any really good videos until this one 😮

[@Motorman2112]

3:11, you don't even need the lock, it'll keep looking after being fired so has a decent chance to hit if you dumb-fire it close enough.

[@TrickerDCS]

Yah I was just demonstrating both ways of doing it

[@Catinthehackmatrix]

The sa-15 shoots the sidearms down with ease. Now half the time, I get too close enemy radar and it wont get the high pitch tone. This happens often in airbases with multiple radar sam systems. I like to take 3 or 4 agm122 since ill be missing something.

[@Static1996]

Love your stuff man. Always great to see a new upload.

[@countvonaltibar236]

Sidearms are underated

[@bobr8766]

Another great tutorial vid! Fantastic!

[@ElHyperion]

That's amazing how you can attack up to 4 different targets with a fire and forget mode on a single pass. That makes it even more deadly than the A-10C in certain situations, or at least to my knowledge there is no such way to do something similar with the Hog.

[@danhardwick3656]

It's up to 10 different targets max at one given time

[@richardramsay1795]

Really nice. Thank you

[@cutlass6332]

Someone should do an updated Radio/SRS setup video, ah well volunteered matey!

[@TrickerDCS]

lol sounds like you 😂👅

[@psvialli]

Is there a way to clear out the TOO ? as when i land i cannot seem to use them again it keeps the TOO so i need to change plane :(

[@cps6574]

I love me some Harrier down low and conducting a SEAD mission, get some!

[@zechenwei1139]

can you enter a hover to break the lock?

[@dougroberts3840]

Thanks for these videos on the Harrier, I've been working on learning it, but so far, I'm only up to learning how to hover, it's not going to well......LOL

[@TrickerDCS]

😂 when you do it and get in the air, it’s a blast!

[@descentmvm]

Good video man you can do this from 30miles out too. You should make a short or a video on it. go to 30,000ft+ and 400+knots at 30 miles and loft it at 15 degrees. You can use this to dumb fire at air fields or fobs aswell that might have radars it works great.

[@treyaldridge1757]

And this also works at 20 miles at 10k feet with a 10 degree loft (off the sidearms pipper). It works even better if the sidearm is uncaged too.

[@descentmvm]

@@treyaldridge1757 20 miles at 10k feet?? at what speed i loft them at 20k ft at 20 miles around 400 or under and it works great

[@Daniel-jq4qk]

Any idea what Livery this is? I LOVE it..

[@TrickerDCS]

Usually I link it but I can’t remember… there’s some good ones on the Dcs user files page for this bird

[@Daniel-jq4qk]

@@TrickerDCS No worries man! I appreciate it. I know I have seen it on the user files pages before but I did not grab it when I did haha I will find it again!

[@SportDCS]

I’m grateful for your destruction of that gainful!

[@TrickerDCS]

I love your support

[@SportDCS]

@@TrickerDCS but what about my passion?

[@sloppydog4831]

​@@SportDCS LOL.

[@pyroscot]

i really need to learn this bird dude.

[@TrickerDCS]

Yes you do mr Connery

[@SPFLDAngler]

I find the SA-2 the most dangerous and annoying SAM. I’ve dodged 6 SA-6 missiles in a row headon before, but never even dodged 1 SA-2. The reason I dodged so many? Someone thought it would be funny to make a training mission for the F-16 where you are bombing targets with regular bombs and CBU’s. The “funny” part is that they placed an SA-6 site just within range of those ground targets you’re bombing. So you get within range to drop and all of a sudden your RWR is going nuts. It was driving me crazy so I took a peek at the map and saw the SAM site. I decided “fuck it” and just flew straight at it intended to bomb it with regular bombs. I watched each missile come in, would crank to the right and then as it got REALLY close I would pull up and over it and to the left, making it pass literally inches by me. Did that 6 times in a row and dropped a bomb right on the search radar. Luckily it has a min range so once I was close enough it stopped firing at me. But man was that one of my proudest moments in DCS.

[@SPFLDAngler]

Track radar* not search radar. Though I guess it’s both? Since it only has the one.

[@piketchupwarthog3574]

@@SPFLDAngler SA-6 uses the 1S91 STR (Search and Track Radar) combined on one vehicle

[@chiefninja32]

why do people think the Sa-6 has 50000 foot ceiling I urge folks to test it in game it has a ceiling of 27000 ground level

[@TrickerDCS]

Lots of documentation on it ranging from 45k-50k

[@chiefninja32]

@@TrickerDCS irrelevant, I say test it for yourself unless you use a modification the SA-6 will not shoot above 27k ground level

[@chiefninja32]

I have had these discussions before but there is a big disconnect some times from irl values to in game that's why I test most of these systems

[@piketchupwarthog3574]

@@TrickerDCS may want to check the variant being modeled in DCS, the in-game ones appear to be of Kub M3 variant with roughly 90-26000ft engagement. Awhile back many guides and sites like Hoggit cited the SA-11 max altitude at 45,000 ft per the earlier 9M38 specs....not realizing the 9M317 is modelled. Tested in the game and it downed a MiG-31 at 67,000 ft

[@TrickerDCS]

Found an interesting thread on it after some researching forum.dcs.world/topic/293396-sa-6-max-altitude/ It’s hard to put out accurate information if ED made it a hard altitude constraint in game. Just seems to possibly be a “simism,” won’t know until ED replies.

[@cutlass6332]

Yarr!

[@TrickerDCS]

Yarrrrrrrrr

[@a53-platty78]

Cheap, perfect for the Marines 🙄