DCS F/A-18C Hornet PRECISE Waypoints and HSI features

[@TheRobo]

Wags needs to give you a job with ED's community team to make tutorials of new features for in-house modules they're working on...seriously.

[@smoke_eater_]

The_Robo Why would they do that. It’s free for them right now. I see it from both sides. But I think ED not as specific as he is I agree.

[@RedKiteRender]

If they were to, it'd make it possible for me to do pre-release and produce more videos, since i'd (hopefully) be able to go full time. It's hard to find the time to manage the channel and new content for it, with everything else taking up my time! So i wouldn't say its of no value. I wouldn't be opposed to the idea if it means i can help more people and cover more topics.

[@godseykj]

You got my vote.

[@vvcv__00]

What would we do without you RedKite? Seriously though, you allow me to appreciate and enjoy DCS many times beyond the enjoyment I was having prior to finding your tutorials. I also appreciate your creativity -in that you seem to have an innate ability to make heads or tails as to how important certain avionics/weapon deployment/etc. are, and whether they deserve their own tutorials. But really, i can count on one hand, out of all the DCS/modules there are, the number of people that have the means to produce tutorials with proper pedagogical/teaching skills of these complex DCS modules. DCS is certainly the most, well, nearly as complex as my other hobby -which is building, modding Hi-FI tube pre/amplifiers, tube DACS that make digital files sound better than vinyl and audio cables. Not bloating, just trying to illustrate how difficult learning this stuff is for me. I've always had a fascination with combat jets, but wow, seeing documentaries of them does not show the real complexities within those cockpits. Thanks again! Being a professor at University for so many years (in addition to private teaching), I've come to realize that I can quickly decipher whether a professor will make tenure. You, sir, should be writing EDs' module manuals and/or making their exclusive tutorials as a tenure ED asset. Most importantly, I do hope you are okay! I haven't seen a new video of yours, and I did read about the unfortunate life change that came to your partner, and you of course. Because of it, I hope things are going okay for you and your partner. Be well!

[@Piergeiron]

RedKite, your tutorials are hands down the best out there - you explain them brilliantly, succintly and easy to understand. Even tough I knew most of this, I feel you made a brilliant and complete package out of it! (Also best sequence of waypoints like evar, now I know how they drew skydick)

[@RedKiteRender]

Cheers Piergeiron! I've been waiting to see how many people notice that! Haha

[@Red-Magic]

You make the *best* tutorials, keep up the awesomeness 👍🏻

[@zorglevorch]

Dude honestly your tutorials are basically god tier. Unfortunately the F18's current in game tutorials and provided manual aren't that informative so having people like you providing well structured and informative tutorials is a real asset to the community!!

[@rudelchw]

Really love Tutorials that go in-depth into advanced features .. begginners tutorials are also useful of course, but videos targeted to more advanced users are indeed rare and your Channel has some of the best .. I'm so glad to be subscribed, thanks a lot for all of your Content :)

[@RedKiteRender]

Thanks Rudelchw, I Appreciate the support.

[@Novacngood185]

The best Tutorials on KZbin. No Bullshit. Just the facts. Keep them coming.

[@captainunderpants9103]

9:29 I saw what you did there!

[@connorberube944]

thankyou so much for this. Some things ive been able to figure out from manuals or just getting lucky tinkering, but this has been an enigma to me thus far. I cant believe how many options I have had at my disposal for the JDAMs and JSOWs but just didnt know how to use. Great Job, you now have +1 subscriber.

[@Tamburello_1994]

Buried the lede. NICE POD

[@RattlerSSBN]

@Redkite....I've missed your tutorial videos...they are always straight to the point without distractions. Thanks.

[@RedKiteRender]

Thanks R@ttler, sadly life gets in the way, hoping to keep it semi-regular but we'l have to see.

[@itsrabslol]

Thanks for taking the time to make these. Your videos are clear, accurate and really well edited.

[@RedKiteRender]

Thanks!

[@coffee7686]

@RedKite Thanks so much for this absolutly clear and slowly spoken Video. Good understanding for me, with not so many English Skills.

[@PizzicatoUK]

The TOT section of the tutorial was fantastic. Hugely useful, thanks. Going to give that a go tonight when I get home.

[@RedKiteRender]

Glad you liked it!

[@ddhgo]

9:30, nice draw!

[@godseykj]

Fantastic video. If not for you...im not sure I would have ever known how to use these systems. TOT was super useful as I have always been guessing at how to arrive on time.

[@thebgpikester]

Did no one comment on your beautiful Sequence 3 Easter Egg!? What do I win what do i win?!

[@Brimmlinn]

Know we know who watched the full video. :)

[@AzStealthArea]

This was awesome!! Thank you so much. Very straight forward procedures!

[@alcmann]

Excellent sir ! Enjoying the new video annotations as well.

[@konfinoyair]

Absolutely the best tutorials !

[@senseimiyagi2444]

I have to say my friend i never really comment but you sure do a hell of a job

[@drunkenbear1]

Wowowowowowowo...hold on a second. Explain that intro with those Hornets with TGP's. btw cool tutorial as always. looking forward to see more of them :)

[@RedKiteRender]

Thanks Wrench! It's the LITENING II which is due out later this month, i've just done a lua edit to put it on the plane to look pretty :)

[@ZarviroffSerge]

Brilliant! Now I see why my JSOWs were off.

[@fredellis5764]

Very helpful and easy to understand! Thanks mate!

[@gilbertmonti5618]

An other interresting and clear explanations video. Thank You for the quality and precise infos.

[@md11x6]

Such a great video, thanks man. It's great to learn some more complex features.

[@AltaiiSinan]

Thank you so much for this. especially for TOT!

[@knighttemplar4058]

@redkite thank you for your job ,and for your video..you cover it ,very well !

[@arzhangsadeghi]

another beautiful, very informative tutorial as usual, Thank you so much for your time and efforts

[@markpartridge9046]

Thank you great tutorial. Wanted to know is it possible to name the waypoints when setting them up. Tks again

[@sterlingarcher4989]

Fabulous stuff, you always come through with the goods.

[@Air-Striegler]

Been craving for my RK fix for months now it feels....give it here!

[@jared9191]

That break at the start of the video was hot.

[@CaptJack747]

Great video, you can set the Radar Alt in flight. Just will not let you do it on the ground.

[@colmillo65]

Thank you very much Redkite, wonderful video

[@bowsewr7074]

great video redkite as always

[@cutlass6332]

Thanks Redkite, always love your content.

[@prodigalglenn]

You rock mate.

[@dannyboy5775]

Great tutorial. Cheers.👍🏻

[@ianwilliams7740]

Thanks for this.. great tutorial.

[@burtpilon1735]

Fantastic as always thx 👍🏻

[@djadamkent]

Very good video, thanks once again:)

[@Fercyful]

without this channel all my airplanes would be gathering dust in their hangars!

[@RedKiteRender]

Cheers Fercyful

[@alphadonkey4545]

So is there an autopilot way to fly to and align the plane on a runway approach? Without fishing exact coordinates and maybe even without setting it all up manually? The older Flanker was SO much easier to fly, navigate and land...

[@RedKiteRender]

CPL AUTO pilot is what you're looking for, it's not implemented yet. Make use of the course line knobs, set it to your runway heading and it'll be a great visual reference for the moment.

[@alphadonkey4545]

@@RedKiteRender Thanks! That's what I've been using. Its not that bad actually. I guess I was just disappointed how much klicking comes with modules like Hornet.

[@BrotherBloat]

as always, a clear tutorial...! Do you know if there will be a way to pre-set a TGT for each sequence in the future, or is that not part of the aircraft? i.e. if you need to arrive at a checkpoint on time, but then need to follow to another TOT waypoint. Currently, any time you cycle the sequence to another one, TOT gets deleted.

[@Karlsmarten]

The baro altimeter warning is not tied to a specific waypoint right? It will alert you wherever you are, whenever you are below the threshold?

[@RedKiteRender]

It's not tied to any waypoints, just the altitude you've set.

[@stephencann122]

Anything else you can think of @9:30 very funy!

[@bubbis7]

okaay but when you go to misc and it to precise you get the 00 00.000 not 00 00.0000 format. so how are you getting the extra number?

[@ZoeSummers1701A]

Hi. Can you please do a quick video details-img how to add a SPI that DOES NOT CHANGE THE CURRENT WAYPOINT because I can’t figure it out. Thanks.

[@RedKiteRender]

Hi, You're not doing anything wrong. ED broke waypoints and designation. Either go back one update, use stable or, wait for the 20th where it should be fixed in the next OB update. The fact ED didn't release a hotfix a day after this update is beyond me.

[@chalksta5370]

great tutorial thanks for your time

[@JINXURS]

Is it possible to get TOT on a TACAN station also?

[@vnyggi621]

Can you set multiple targets per sequence? And if so, how would you select which target to set time and speed for?

[@RedKiteRender]

Just a single target, If you wish to use multiple TOT's you'l have to do them one at a time, setting up the new TOT after reaching the last one. The TOT function automatically figures out the times/speeds you need to arrive for each preceding waypoint to arrive at the target on time, you cannot specify the time of each individual waypoint along the way to the target. Hope that helps.

[@Buthajeb]

the fastest SUBSCRIBE I've ever pressed.

[@reillybrangan2182]

Are you using a display/HUD rendering mod? If so may I ask what?

[@TheConqueror1453]

Very useful video ❤️ I love them all

[@konfinoyair]

The map shows three digits for precise waypoint. Where did you get the four digits from ?

[@RedKiteRender]

Only 3 decimal minute places are available for the moment, most accurate is DD MM SS .SS, which the hornet defaults to, showed the decimal minutes to demonstrate changing the format. You can simply add an extra zero on the end of the 3 decimal places to get the required 4, it's the same number, just fitted to the correct number of characters.

[@konfinoyair]

@@RedKiteRender So 555 becomes 5550 or 0555 ?

[@RedKiteRender]

@@konfinoyair 555 = 0555 and 0.555 = 0.5550 Hope that clears it up.

[@laumaya]

Awesome. Thank you !

[@sobe1205]

A little confused on how do have different sequences ie, one for the flight plan and say one for a kill box.

[@FuriouslyFurious]

You have to create 4 waypoints for the box (say 1, 2, 3, 4 on sequence 2) then when you switch to sequence 2, you'll see the box. You will not see your original sequence 1 anymore though (unless you switch back to sequence 1).

[@RedKiteRender]

Have your flight plan on say, waypoints 1-10, then select sequence 2, and insert waypoints 20,21,22,23, enter their co-ordinates as the corners of your kill box. Then switch between your sequences to go between flight plan and target.

[@sniperninja27]

so map shows 6 digit N and E and altitude. how do we convert that to precise?

[@sniperninja27]

neeevvver mind. "LAlt+Y" @ 1:00

[@rwhunt99]

This video is chock full of information, thank you very much I learned a lot with this! I did notice at the beginning your F/A-18 seems to have a sensor pod, it that the new targeting pod that is coming out, or do we actually have it now?

[@RedKiteRender]

It's the LITENING II which is due out later this month, i've just done a lua edit to put it on the plane to look pretty :)

[@rwhunt99]

@@RedKiteRender Thanks, I heard you could do that, I was wondering if you had advanced information and were getting ready to do a video, ;)

[@charlesmagrin2616]

pretty useful thank you!

[@matadorsword7523]

Nice video

[@myZisfantastic]

Great vid "as usual"! Can you explain how you have 5 entries in Coordinate Display"? My installs, DCS ans Beta DCS are up to date and I 've only 4 entries and no "Precise Lat/Long"! Cheers

[@RedKiteRender]

It sounds like you're running the stable branch rather than the beta, it was added recently.

[@myZisfantastic]

@@RedKiteRender I've both installed, the beta and the stable, both up to date! Thank you for answering.

[@myZisfantastic]

Beta 2.5.5.31917 , stable 2.5.4.30386.

[@RedKiteRender]

Should be in your Beta branch then, i'd expect it not to be in the stable release.

[@manizaeim]

how did u able to put the pod on the fuselage?!

[@RedKiteRender]

A lua edit, it's not available just yet in the game without modification, is a planned feature, but requires some work like a mount adaptor and masking corrections.

[@nathanaelgodson3994]

how did you get your TGP on the Cheek? :o

[@RedKiteRender]

It's available on the open beta version

[@nathanaelgodson3994]

@@RedKiteRender Ah good to know thanks :)

[@comradeboris2335]

0:18 si that the sniper targeting pod?

[@goreoproductions6955]

I think it’s a Litening II

[@RedKiteRender]

LITENING II pod, it's due out by the end of this month if things stay on schedule.

[@comradeboris2335]

@@RedKiteRender but how do you heve it on if its not out yet? or is that ai?

[@RedKiteRender]

I edited the .Lua file containing loadout options, its just a 3d model for now, nothing is usable.

[@gibbs-13]

thanks

[@macedk]

Exellent and phew :)

[@Veyron1967]

9:30 "Colonel, you better take a look at this radar" "What is is son?" "I don't know sir, but it looks like a giant" "Dick!" "Yeah" Take a look at your starboard" "Oh my God! It looks like a huge" "Pecker!" Great tutorial RK.

[@RedKiteRender]

Haha, Had to sneak that in after what the navy got up to some time back :)

[@simonhouel1984]

Damn it took me time to figure out that you cannot enter radalt alarm while you have weight on wheels ...

[@hondarider100r]

So much to learn 😔

[@RedKiteRender]

Don't worry, take it one thing at a time at your own pace and it'l come together.

[@Tepnox]

Side note: As I see it, in the F10 view there is no full-size precise coordinates shown. The nearest is the hundreds (3 digits) after decimal not thousands (4 digits like in the hsi coords page). Is that correct - not yet implemented?

[@RickardFriman]

Tepnox watch the first minute again

[@RedKiteRender]

Degrees Minutes Seconds Decimal seconds is our most accurate option for the moment, Hopefully more precise decimal minutes will be coming soon.

[@saucejohnson9862]

Every tutorial shows 4 numbers after the decimal, but every server only provides 3.

[@RedKiteRender]

I wouldn't worry about the 4th, 3 should be accurate enough, alternatively use deg/min/secs/decimal secs

[@saucejohnson9862]

@@RedKiteRender It works, thanks!

[@schweizerluchs7146]

Holyyy, when the F/A-18 can do stuff like that, What can the F-35 do? 😅🤔

[@Tepnox]

This targeting pod thing is going meme now?

[@RedKiteRender]

It's a meme? with a bit of luck we should be getting it implemented by the end of the month, so i figured it'd be fun to show the new model. (it's not working yet)

[@Tepnox]

Looking forward to it! Great video as always, keep it up!