DCS - F/A-18C Lot 20 Hornet BVR Engagement Tactics Using TWS Mode

DCS - F/A-18C Lot 20 Hornet BVR Engagement Tactics Using TWS Mode
Learn how to use TWS radar mode and engage air threats with the AIM-120 AMRAAM.
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[@radsy5821]

Every time I watch BVR videos I completely understand them, then my helmet and fingers catch fire as soon as I get in the jet.

[@TorniQuetHD]

Practice practice practice mate. Could help setting up an Ai with IR missiles only to start? They will still try and kill you but won’t have that range to make you panic to get your procedures down and smooth before you go for a more stressful environment?

[@Darksagan]

HAHA exactly same shit that happens to me.

[@Starchaser_]

Great videos man, learning a ton. I can't believe you don't have more views, keep up the great work! : )

[@TorniQuetHD]

Cheers mate, appreciate the kind words

[@jameswilliams1085]

I learn so much from your videos!! Please Jeep them coming, i know you are redoing the f18, so thank you for all the hard world you por into these.

[@TorniQuetHD]

Cheers mate, glad they are helping

[@paulp971]

Mate, I found this really helpful, especially as I am just discovering this awesome sim.

[@TorniQuetHD]

Glad you got something out of it mate 👌🏻

[@Simenthusiast]

Still learning this aircraft and its systems, great video. Exactly what I needed.

[@TorniQuetHD]

Glad it helped you out mate 👍🏻

[@Kraken9911]

"He's a dead flanker" Moment of silence for the fallen

[@OrbEmber]

Great vids mate, direct and straight to the point. Came here for the BVR learnt about IFF sensor select, cheers n sub'd.

[@Spiniker0056]

Wow modifiers. Such a great solution that I didn’t even know was possible. This is going to make configuring my radar way less stressful.

[@TorniQuetHD]

Glad it helped you out mate 👍🏻

[@jwalter5828]

Thanks for this, BVR is kicking my ass right now and this is helpful.

[@AlphaGatorDCS]

Great video. Yeah, the Hornet radar is hosed for the time being...keeps dropping locks in Auto and stops sweeping, as you said. It would be great if you could do a video on your "sneaky deeky" style in your PVP videos (using SA page, radar off, evading enemy AWACS, and popping up for the kill). Very impressive.

[@AlphaGatorDCS]

Also, for your TrackIR, I was having the exact same issue. If there are any light sources behind you, turn the Camera > Light Filter Threshold up to over 200.

[@TorniQuetHD]

Cheers mate 👍🏻

[@OrionRox]

This is gold, thanks a lot! Where can I get that bvr mission in your video?

[@TorniQuetHD]

I don’t have that mission anymore mate but you can easily make one up in the mission editor, I’ve got a series on the mission editor too 👌🏻

[@S3NTRY]

Great video mate, keep up the great work!

[@t5sblanco]

Great video, really instructive! I'd like to ask, is that a mission file posted somewhere? That would be helpful for the learning, I find I am doing a lot of restarting my mission - if I can just pop in a new adversary, save a bit of time.

[@TorniQuetHD]

Hey blanco, I don’t have the mission file for that one but it is super easy to make one with two aircraft and then just hit left shift + R to restart the mission when you’ve killed the Ai aircraft.

[@Yeager123123]

What where you watching to know when your missile was going active?

[@TorniQuetHD]

Bottom right of HUD a counter appears when you fire the AMRAAM.

[@OLIV3R_YT]

Thanks for another great Hornet tutorial!

[@TorniQuetHD]

Glad you enjoyed it mate 👌🏻

[@hausersmoran8588]

Awesome Video! Thanks for sharing.

[@TorniQuetHD]

Glad you got something out of it mate

[@simonhouel1984]

I think you can launch quite earlier than that, especially if you loft with a quick full burner 25-30 degrees climb prior to release. The bandit is coming red hot on you so from the time you launch he will reduce the range quite fast. I'm pretty sure you can spare 5 to 15 miles and even if the missile has dropped too much energy, it will force the bad guy into defensive. And when you reverse your cranck you may want to do it by going back and doing a full turn instead of reversing forward. Always try to increase the distance or at least reduce the closure rate after your launch. Time is your allied. You can eventually decide to launch a second Fox3 between your first cranck and the reverse. And don't forget you are fighting in 3 dimensions. You can decide to drop the nose during the first cranck to anticipate the defensive manoeuvers the opponent will do when the missile will go active. It will help your radar to keep the soft lock and you'll lead an eventual enemy missile into thicker air. Or you can pull up to build an energy advantage should the fight go further ...

[@Yeager123123]

I think he’s just giving a simple tutorial here. Making it more complicated at this level doesn’t help

[@davidhermosilla6942]

Hey man, your videos are great help! I just wonder if the fact that the radar looses track so often is a bug in the F18 radar modes or just a true modelling of the physics of the instruments. Anyway, thanks for a great video! cheers m8

[@TorniQuetHD]

The radar has been weakened down since the hornet came out of alpha to be more realistic with getting and maintaining lock

[@mgcoaching1322]

Plz do a Video 1 vs. 4 with AIM-7s only

[@MaxRank]

I’ve watched multiple videos explaining this topic and this by far is the easiest explanation anywhere on KZbin. Bloody yanks over complicating shit as always. I’ll come over to Twitch and see what’s up. Western Aussie time places you in Perth I guess?

[@TorniQuetHD]

cheers mate, glad it helped :D Yeah over in Perth my man.

[@goldheart973]

Awesome ! Would love a dummy series of the f16

[@TorniQuetHD]

When it gets closer to feature complete I’ll get into it my man 👌🏻

[@GW2Vids1]

Great video, but why not leaving it on auto from the beginning? Maybe I missed that in the video.

[@TorniQuetHD]

If you leave it on AUTO you can’t adjust radar elevation when trying to find contacts

[@jemand8462]

great video. So, we don't ever need STT but can always just use TWS to lock right?

[@TorniQuetHD]

STT is a harder lock to break for the enemy but the trade off is that they get an RWR lock tone that your radar is painting them. If you are trying to be sneaky... TWS is the go, if you dont care about giving yourself away an STT lock is a stronger lock that they will have to break than TWS.

[@AB-bu8ti]

Press F for Flanker

[@benben2846]

thank you ! Hmmm ... I'm going to have to work my brain! review the video several times ... I don't have the level to use the radar properly ^^

[@Nick-xe2hu]

Quick question. At 17min in the video you counted down 3,2,1 missile active. Whats prompting you to say that. Watched several times to try and pick up what queued you saying that. And once active I'm assuming we can maneuver against threats and the missile will stay on him?

[@TorniQuetHD]

If you look at the HUD it has a countdown timer on the right hand side under the range and closure. When that gets to zero the missile has gone active, you are good to turn cold and the missile will track the target by itself from that point onwards

[@Nick-xe2hu]

@@TorniQuetHD Ahh, ok cool. Thanks for the reply

[@froggerdrf]

Great vids buddy,really helpfull 10/10

[@TorniQuetHD]

Thanks mate, glad you’re getting something out of them 👌🏻

[@erfguuipo8084]

You use tws I wonder what's your knowledge on using the whole radar system. It's crazy how much there is to radar.

[@TorniQuetHD]

Yeah it is a lot to get your head around for sure mate, understanding it all takes a lot of time

[@robkelman4704]

Great video thanks.

[@TorniQuetHD]

Glad it helped you out mate 👍🏻

[@AnrichMarais]

Thanks good video

[@TorniQuetHD]

Glad it helped matey ☺️

[@vkyboshcolosheepshank2851]

Where is the counter knowing when the 120 goes active - thanks a ton for your tutorials you crazy aussie

[@TorniQuetHD]

When I fire the 120 if you look on the HUD on the right hand side there is a time counting down to active there

[@AB-bu8ti]

@@TorniQuetHD how come it says LOST at the beginning then recovers? bug?

[@bibi-tg3vh]

How did u know that the radar in the missile went active at 16:53 ?

[@Verdigo76]

In what instance would you want to use Range While Scan?

[@atomgaming1413]

How you move the cruse on your right mfd to lock the target, you didn't mention the settings for that to move that?!

[@TorniQuetHD]

Throttle designator up, down, left, right makes the cursor move with that MFD as sensor of interest sorry mate 🤪

[@treefern5438]

Hey great video, but I have some issues where my radar will not lock the target no matter what I do but then decides to lock well within visual range making bvr impossible for me. Do you have any ideas why this may be occurring, thanks

[@TorniQuetHD]

Sounds like a radar elevation issue to me mate, use your SA page to get the bandits altitude and then adjust your radar elevation to suit and the radar should pick him up not long after.

[@treefern5438]

@@TorniQuetHD I will try that. It's a bit weird considering the bandits radar picture consists of a full diamond which I presume means not only can a friend see it, but so can my own radar

[@TorniQuetHD]

@@treefern5438 if it’s showing a full red diamond on your radar and it doesn’t change to a yellow overlay with speed and angles next to target when you slew your TDC cursor over the target it means it’s a datalink target transposed onto your radar and your radar doesn’t see it.

[@treefern5438]

@@TorniQuetHD oh, so despite being a complete diamond, my radar may not be actually seeing the target?

[@treefern5438]

@@TorniQuetHD you were correct, it was a radar elevation issue. I just assumed that if it was a diamond, it meant that not only was I receiving it from a datalink but also seeing it with my own radar. Thanks for the help

[@Julian-ee3ov]

So when I slew my tdc, the sweeper does not go with the tdc cursor, rather it stays in place until I tdc depress only then it moves towards the cursor. Is there a way other then SPOT mode to have it sweeper follow the cursor in TWS mode?

[@TorniQuetHD]

DCS WORLD 2.7 UPDATE - F/A-18C Hornet Beginner Series: Air to Air Radar Usage #DCSworld #F18hornet kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJ6rlZ54h6h4jpI here’s the latest radar setup and operation for the hornet after release from early access mate 👌🏻

[@Tyetheberious]

Great vid, thanks! Do you know if they fixed the radar as of Mar. 2021?

[@TorniQuetHD]

It is a whole lot better but it still has a few issues. Seems to be more issue with the AMRAAM than radar now

[@Tyetheberious]

@@TorniQuetHD cool thanks!

[@CrazyRussianPilot]

Great job!

[@TorniQuetHD]

Hope it helps mate

[@chrisgoddard1855]

Nicely explained

[@TorniQuetHD]

Cheers mate, glad it made sense

[@jacobblumberg6299]

my radar can only see the target when i am substantially closer, i am only getting locks around 40 miles.

[@TorniQuetHD]

This is an outdated tutorial, the hornet radar has had so many changes and tweaks to it since I made this… your radar is actually working correctly. The Hornet radar will really struggle to find anything outside of 40NM these days as that is a more accurate simulation of the actual IRL radar system.

[@jacobblumberg6299]

@@TorniQuetHD Thanks that is really helpful. So that target that an AWACS will send to me SA page is the best representation of that enemy I have until I can get within that 40NM? Thanks for the reply!

[@Paul-bo4do]

Them shadows of the hud on the canopy, how do I get them to appear I don’t seem to have them?

[@TorniQuetHD]

Only thing I can think of is to turn on shadows to high and any reflections type settings on also. Not at the PC right now so can’t check properly

[@Paul-bo4do]

@@TorniQuetHD got my shadows on high and secondery shadows on aswell its pretty much maxed out , wonder if its to do with the time of day in the weather? anyway thanks for the reply.

[@Matthew.1994]

i cant lock targets that are further away then 25nm. i have everything setup as you have

[@TorniQuetHD]

The hornet radar has been beefed to actual radar capabilities since that video was made mate. You are lucky to get a lock on a hot target at 30NM these days but that is supposed to be more accurate for radar operation

[@Matthew.1994]

@@TorniQuetHD ye. i just got a lock at 47nm but i dont know what the difference was with that and my trys before

[@TorniQuetHD]

@@Matthew.1994 high bandit altitude potentially?

[@Matthew.1994]

@@TorniQuetHD he was at 20kft

[@erfguuipo8084]

I use map and targets are near me but radar shows nothing. Edit: good video. I may try ..

[@TorniQuetHD]

You mean the SA page? Where it shows you all of the contacts and you can change the scale to see more or less of them?

[@erfguuipo8084]

@@TorniQuetHD I have learnt more since but I watch your other video so now I won't touch radar anymore or weapons anymore. I'll practice landings and flying. I spent days and night studying too many aspects and I cannot land the plane for shit without many tries. Don't even get me started on carrier lands. It's playing roulette, that one.

[@TorniQuetHD]

@@erfguuipo8084 that’s the way mate, I promise you that you will learn way quicker doing it in a set order and working your way up than just being all over the place 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@burtpilon1735]

Yeah I need to use the auto and manual mode more often. I do find it hard to lock targets until I get like 25 miles for some reason. I can see the bandit on radar but get so frustrated when I can’t get a lock and then to late I just get blown out of the sky. Just can’t wait to be good enough to play online. I’m tired of practicing then going into a server and getting killed right after take off ! Haha

[@TorniQuetHD]

Just get amongst it on multiplayer mate, its a learning curve but you’ll get way better fighting against real people. Try and isolate one person and dont fly into a massive group of them if you go on growling sidewinder

[@burtpilon1735]

TorniQuetHD -- that’s exactly where I go and it’s the only server I have been in besides the DCS dogfight server by mobettameta. I started multiplayer about a month ago but I’m in and out kinda quick because it’s alittle frustrating right now. I never here anybody on srs either which is another story. I love the game tho and I know it’s gonna take time. I’m reading the book “ Art of the Kill” so I’m getting a better understanding about it. I would love to fly with people one day like some of spudknuckers videos.... just seems like a lot of fun. Your videos are extremely a lot of help too bro because I love the Hornet the most and I’m so much interested in the BFM dogfighting aspect of the game... so thx for your time and sharing your knowledge.

[@TorniQuetHD]

Burt Pilon feel free to join my discord and hit anyone up for some flights in there when you’re flying and most of the time someone will be doing something in DCS. discord.gg/tDCnUqy

[@qiyuxuan9437]

Just buy a JF17 and use the TV cruise missile to kill the enemies refueling or taxing on the ground😂😂😂

[@melihartar3657]

I keep moving my head to change the camera angle while watching it...

[@TorniQuetHD]

Haha yeah I do that too even though it was me who was controlling the aircraft in the video 😂

[@melihartar3657]

@@TorniQuetHD btw ,n multİplayer, I constantly lose the radar lock and lose 1v1 against fc3 planes... What is it that I might be doing wrong?

[@TorniQuetHD]

@@melihartar3657 bit of an open ended question that one but the hornet radar as of latest patch at end of may 2021 has left it not as powerful as it used to be and it will drop lock a lot easier than before. If it’s multiplayer the human pilots can notch you and counter your tactics too which could be why also?

[@melihartar3657]

@@TorniQuetHD Thank you for your answer. I experienced that even when both I and the bandit were vectoring towards each other at quite a high altitude and got shot down while still trying to lock lol.. Does F-16 also suffer from the same issue?

[@TorniQuetHD]

@@melihartar3657 not yet but it’s coming... F-16 is god tier radar atm... but it’s getting a nerf in 2 weeks tm

[@patmathew5757]

Ok time to vent! Can I get one video that actually finds a bvr target that isn't on the screen already??!! I know how to lock! I need to know how to actually find a target I know is there... like a c130, it's 25 miles in front of me and it doesn't show up until 5. Believe me I've played with every adjustment. Watched every vid. Nobody has one just finding a large slow aircraft at medium bvr.

[@Evandir500]

hate it when my track ir does that

[@tequila6955]

Very good info!

[@TorniQuetHD]

Cheers mate 🤣