DCS F-4E Phantom II Cold Start, Scramble & Cartridge Tutorial!

[@Spudknocker]

Hey guys! This tutorial should help you get started up as fast as possible in the DCS F-4E Phantom II From Heatblur! I hope you guys have an absolutely blast with her once shes in your hands!

[@-Sunny--]

That cockpit is the best looking i have ever seen in a sim! You can feel the bulkiness by just looking at it

[@Th0nky]

Honestly...I suspect the first little while when I'm in my Phantom I'll just be sitting around oogling the liveries. That is one slick-looking bird.

[@Spudknocker]

Dude they are soooo nice! You are gonna love them!

[@cromwellthesynth]

​@@Spudknocker isn't there atleast one based on the RAF Phantom FGR.1s?

[@Spudknocker]

@@cromwellthesynth there is!

[@cromwellthesynth]

@@Spudknocker Outstanding! Almost certainly going to be my main livery unless I'm on Syria XD

[@philplace2726]

Hi from Britland! I was stationed at RAF Wildenrath West Germany from 1978 to 1981. 19 and 92 sqds based there had Phantom FGR 2s but we used to get a lot of visiting F4Es our VASF guys (Visiting Aircraft Servicing Flight) would ground crew for. They would scramble from a running start (that is not at cockpit readiness crew had to run to the aircraft) and would be airborne from the HAS in under 4 minutes (close to half of that time!). A mate of mine was on VASF and told me they could even beat Battle Flight into the air because of the "shortcuts" they took!!! btw the F4E crews loved working with our guys because of the, let's say "unconventional" way they worked...! Sometimes the manual is there purely for guidance purposes only...!!! Any ex F4 drivers out there like to comment...? Nice video, very nostalgic for me 👍

[@Spudknocker]

Haha Awesome man! There is a fictional British F-4 skin included!

[@YlmazDALKIRANscallion]

Thanks a lot, Spud. Greetings from Turkiye o/

[@ullmannbh8958]

Dont you have to hint the sync switch on the far back right side of the cockpit?

[@OfficialUSKRprogram]

I see a lot of people talking about the noxious fumes but one of the few real life cartridges start of the F-4E that's on youtube happens around a crowd of people, with the canopies open..

[@Spudknocker]

That’s true funny enough… maybe the Germans are crazy haha 🤣 but the USAF -1 manual does say don’t breathe this stuff haha

[@ASW20kutscher]

We do not even have a VA that could determine that your lung being liquid is not service related. So as a German lawyer, I don't see a problem here.

[@miller8097]

this is the vid ive been waiting for, one more day...

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

Great video and better job explaining it fast and smooth!

[@vimfuego8827]

Brilliant as always Spud

[@MemphisBelle291]

I mostly have seen Phantoms taxiing with Canopies open prior take off. Thus I wonder why to close them before I do anything else?

[@Ticbow]

I think in those circumstances they will have done a regular start using an external air source instead of a cartridge start, or it's possible that the noxious fumes are gone by the time the jet is taxiing??

[@adrianubiaga5695]

Thank you for your video! Quick question. You said, during the engine start, when the light dissapears we can release the ignition swith located in the throttle. Where exactly is that light so I know when to release it? Thank you again!

[@corvobatarin6785]

To go even faster, you can flip on both generators and start both engines more or less simultaneously. Not by the books, but faster.

[@akisakis7980]

what happened to the "zoom view" option? it's gone after the update. I used the "INCR-DECR" slider in the warthog hotas for zoom in and out

[@sanjarrostami7047]

F4 is like a muscle car of planes..it looks hot is smoke like a old truck ..is just cool..

[@dogrokket]

Great vid…thanks!

[@prichardgs]

Wow!!!!!! Thank you, Spud!

[@kiekiek]

Thanks for the tutorial. At 5.29 it probably should be holding right ignition switch.

[@Spudknocker]

you are correct

[@basically_pontus]

what does "broken arrow" mean?

[@Cole.Varial]

Video starts at 4:39

[@LIMITLESS_RC]

It’s funny y’all having the module and we DONT EVEN GET IT THE DAY THE SAID FOR F*** SAKE!! well have fun flying it

[@Spudknocker]

You’ll get it man I wouldn’t worry about it cause it’s definitely worth the wait!

[@paulb359]

In fairness to Spud, this was probably recorded days ago and therefore wasn't affected by whatever bug prevented today's release. It sucks we have to wait another day, I agree, but it is what it is and I'm glad there's a decent and user-friendly startup tutorial out there already.

[@Unknown_Massacre]

I too have nothing else to live for

[@dnabb420]

Did you know that the D in ED stands for delay?

[@TomP-148]

They have a different build than the one you will receive.

[@thestatpow5]

Thank you!

[@Waynethegunner]

Been flying the Strike Eagle. Was eyeing this to fly in the meantime until they get everything sorted. Wasn’t a fan of the lack of view in the cockpit but I’m interested in using Jester. Is it worth the purchase? Any comparisons to the Strike Eagle?

[@VonHoffnung]

Do you have the tomcat?

[@Waynethegunner]

@@VonHoffnungyeah but never flew it. Haven’t had any interest to either

[@VonHoffnung]

@Waynethegunner I never thought I'd like it, but got it in the pack with hornet and supercarrier...ended up loving the B...BOMBCAT!!!

[@badassoptic]

How do you open the Jester menu?

[@Spudknocker]

I believe its the A key by default

[@luib7701]

Will this jet be involved in Burning sands campaign?

[@Spudknocker]

Of course!!

[@luib7701]

@@Spudknocker what faction?

[@stefanonapoli7282]

Thank you mate!

[@debbiestimac5175]

I always get a giggle when I hear Pop music from the late 60's and early 70's whenever there is a Vietnam era weapon system/operation in a movie/simulation/game. Those pilots saw themselves as old west cowboys/gunfighters/sheriffs... not rock and roll hippies of the time. They even wore spurs on their flying boots. Country and Western was what they listened to in their spare time/driving to and from the ramp.

[@Spudknocker]

Hahaha I know right? My grandfather who flew in Vietnam HATED 60’s and 70’s rock and roll he was all about Herb Alpert, the ventures etc haha kinda funny! But not it’s just become the cultural zeitgeist

[@debbiestimac5175]

@@Spudknocker Love that old music too, wholesome and calming stuff. Just what you need to be a cool hand in the cockpit. Platoon was a great movie, but it's sound track was not accurate at all. Love your tutorials on the Phantom lately, keep up the great work!

[@imellor711]

Nice!!!

[@TheEaglePilot]

What’s up Spud?

[@Spudknocker]

Hey there!

[@TheEaglePilot]

@@Spudknocker hey spud, me and my buddy are getting the f15E and I’m gonna be piloting while he’s WSO, got any tips for it? Edit: we may switch to the F4E phantom 2 because my grandfather served on USS Midway and he told me tons of stories about the f4, and recently I got to sit in a real f4e phantom 2 from the Cold War, by far probably one of my favorite aircraft in the world

[@Nsane211]

Thanks

[@Wizzar_sillymus]

15:50 Indeed 🍵

[@sjzee82]

heya spud, what's your favorite livery?

[@Spudknocker]

My favorite livery overall is definitely the classic white belly South East Asia camo with Israeli and Iranian camo tied for second

[@commanderstud2417]

Ah hell. I don’t have a split throttle

[@dunbar555]

i can prolly start it up faster than ED can deliver it.

[@Fubuki-hikarun]

landing ? (*´︶`*)♡Thanks!

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

All nice, but it doesn't do any good watching these videos because they postponed the release again. I just gave up. If it ever does get released, I will get some excitement on. Right now, I am a little aggravated. Vaporware don't do it for me.

[@gibbo_303]

what the sigma

[@randomclipsmilitary9056]

ermm what the sigma

[@Teab8g]

Scramble start, proceeds to ramble for 3 minutes... I'll look elsewhere.

[@Spudknocker]

Did you see the chapters that will get you right to what you want to see?

[@debbiestimac5175]

FYI, advancing the throttles to mid throttle and then back to idle before hitting the cartridge or engaging the huffer is so you know the throttle linkage to those big J79's is moving freely and not bound up/needs grease/adjustment. Just like how you sweep the control surfaces before moving the jet out of it's parking spot. You don't want to get any one of them jammed in burner/wrong setting for the flight regime and not be able to retard them for landing, prevent overspeeding the jet, etc.

[@Sovereign_UK]

I would also like to add, holding the ignition switch down before the engine start would destroy the igniters. It's not implemented as of yet, but it will be.

[@Spudknocker]

Absolutely! Just can’t have every explanation in every video haha

[@debbiestimac5175]

@@Spudknocker Oh, I'm just putting out there for the kids that think it does anything to the FCS, set a switch or something. I'm pretty sure most have never touched a choke cable on a carbureted engine except maybe for a lawn mower. Those J-79s were very analog in operation, a wonder of engineering IMO.