DCS F-5 Enroute Tutorial

This is a tutorial on the F-5 going over TACAN Navigation, Fuel Tanks, Auto-balancing, Jettison stores, and Aileron Limiter. I haven't seen many videos on this subject and I think these should be covered for an F-5 pilot. Thank you.
CPU Specs:
Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Intel i5-4690K
Nvidia GTX 1070
16GB DDR3 Ram
X-55 Stick
MFG Crosswinds

[@MattWagner]

Great job as always!

[@TrickerDCS]

Matt Wagner appreciate the support!

[@besidethewoods]

Thanks for the video. Not sure it's standard procedure to dump a mk-82 over the Las Vegas suburbs. You might get called into the bosses office for that (or jail) :). But thanks for explaining the basics for the F-5.

[@LtRiot]

Absolutely perfect video. Was just brushing up on my F-5 before taking her out for a spin since it had been a minute. Concise but fully explained. No needless intro/info/etc. Well done, Sir

[@TrickerDCS]

Appreciate the kind words! Enjoy!

[@barneyfromblueshift]

Said it before, I'll say it again - Great stuff. Really appreciate how concise you manage to be while also covering the material well. Thanks again for the tutorials.

[@TrickerDCS]

Fortune Cookie thanks again for the kind words! More to come next week

[@rudelchw]

I have been using the F-5 quite a lot these past few weeks, but I still managed to learn something new from your video: I didnt knew that you could eject not only the weapons, but the pylons as well :) Thanks a lot

[@maripido]

you sir, have done a great service to DCS players. Thank you! Subscribed just now.

[@andrewwilkey6195]

glad i watched this, i had no idea about the aileron limiter

[@Cpdrums150]

This should help me with figuring out how to navigate the bfm campaigns! Thanks for the clear and concise tutorial!

[@TrickerDCS]

Chris Piette thanks for the comment, good luck out there !

[@Name-ps9fx]

At 3:30 when you jettisoned the external fuel tanks and the Mk 82’s...did you notice you were over an urban area?

[@Cobrahjh]

My eyes actually opened wide as he did that. lol

[@shifty1596]

Was about to comment the same thing, haha

[@control_the_pet_population]

to be fair, he didn't arm the Mk 82s.

[@Tome4kkkk]

@@control_the_pet_population Tricker The Merciful! :D

[@Tango39-SC]

Lots of info but well summarized. Nice job!

[@daveslow84]

I couldn't get the TACAN to work yesterday and instead of fault-finding thought it was bugged... turns out mountains in DCS have the same effect on radio signals as in real life :D

[@TrickerDCS]

Haha well the tacan in the f5 is terrible, always bugged

[@tomyfamily1]

Where did you find that skin for the F-5? Its gorgeous

[@Relax2437]

Nice video, didn't know about the aileron limiter:) just got the Tiger 2 days ago & loving it!

[@Relax2437]

Hey man, also I've been watching lot's of DCS F-5e tutorials & never seen your videos in the YT search. That's coz u don't "DCS" in your titles....:)

[@TrickerDCS]

Thanks for the reply and also the suggestion... Will make the change, I'm a newbie still

[@JINX1391]

I feel bad for the poor people in the residences and business below that just got a drop tank or other ordinance through their roof..

[@csh5414]

Nice clear vid as usual, one request tho Mr Tricker; is it possible to zoom in when you operate the controls e.g., Tacan etc. I watch on a tablet and find it hard to see.Cheers mate.Dangler62

[@TrickerDCS]

CS H thanks for the comment and no problem!

[@phintycoon]

Could u do a video showing F-5E doing loops and stuff with no ACS, or overriden, and just try to pull fast turns with the thing. Was curious..

[@dannyboy5775]

Great!

[@klofisch]

What is this red thing on the radar screen?. Thanks for the tutorial :)

[@bkpickell]

Stupid question. Is Tacan broken on the F-5 now? The only way I can get it to work is using the Keyboard bindings to change the Tacan code. If I use the mouse it doesn't work at all. No morse code, no miles on the HSI, the arrow doesn't point at the Tacan beacon, nothing. But using the keyboard shortcuts LShift 8 and LShift 9, it works every time.

[@tgtgtufeutgtgt4777]

Nice one! Dropping the tanks over Vegas would get you into a lot of paper work though

[@TrickerDCS]

tgtgtufeu tgtgt true statement

[@MedusaSquadron]

Nice Vid, I'm learning a lot from Your serie. One thing that I didn't understand is why after setting TACAN freq You must operate to set Heading and Course and how You determined the two digit 270 and 220. Probably the language (English is not my first....) or some tech knowledge I missing, but it will be possible to have some explanations or link to some discussions/video to clarify this? Thx.

[@TrickerDCS]

Gabriele Ragano thanks for the comment! I'm using 220 radial as it was from the chart of 21L and I was intercepting that course at a heading of 270. You will have to search for navigating radials if you want more info on intercepting headings and courses to a navigation fix

[@heathermassey1957]

@@TrickerDCS thanks, but how do you access the chart for runways? I always use ruler on f10 to get runway bearing...

[@TrickerDCS]

@@heathermassey1957 rshift k brings up the knee board and then you can use the bracket keys to cycle thru the charts

[@SPFLDAngler]

How were you getting away with just 16GB RAM? I have 24GB and Windows uses like half by itself lol.

[@TrickerDCS]

No idea, it was a totally different game back then lol

[@chrisrobert1392]

how come when you let go of the stick the planes goes up ? totally lame

[@TrickerDCS]

Use trim

[@projenitor2387]

So... you jettisoned those tanks over a city.... could you imagine being the unlucky civ on the ground experiencing that mistake lmao just a joke I know its a game lol

[@TrickerDCS]

I was thinking of the poor animals :(

[@AnthonyAdrianAcker]

OMG You jettisoned your tanks over a town and killed a whole family who were supplying food to a local animal shelter.

[@TrickerDCS]

Yup