DCS Spitfire LF Mk IX Start Up Tutorial in Less than 60 Seconds | Digital Combat Simulator

In this DCS World Spitfire LF Mk IX start up tutorial, we'll walk you through the steps required to get your Spitfire up and running in minutes. This Spitfire Mk IX start up tutorial is based both on actual checklists and my own experience actually starting one of these!
DCS World is one of the most popular flight simulation software platforms on the market, and the Mk IX Spitfire is one of the most popular aircraft in the DCS World library, due to its iconic status in WWII. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the steps required to get your Spitfire Mk IX up and running in almost no-time at all. So if you're looking to get started with DCS World, or just want to brush up on your Spitfire start up skills, this tutorial is for you!
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[@Galinjins]

That gigitty was a surprise to be sure but a welcome one

[@SportDCS]

We will be watching your career with great interest…

[@thespaceelefant2441]

"It's an older meme sir, but it checks out"

[@tutorialsandstuff3349]

Meanwhile the people in movies starting the plane in 0.3 seconds

[@samwise7538]

In the war they WERE kept primed by the ground crews so the pilots could scramble as fast as possible.

[@RaulBailey]

Main gear ... retracted ... NO WAIT!!!

[@EB-Ghost6]

Imagine if cars needed this much to start

[@madhukarjonathanminj2772]

i assume it would prevent drunk driving and stealing to a certain extent.

[@arcosprey4811]

It would feel quite cool

[@EB-Ghost6]

@@arcosprey4811 it really would be cool

[@iammeobviously6815]

Then I would rather walk.

[@xTiessieman506x]

I think cars do go through a startup procedure but the internal computer instantly does it, as there’s far fewer systems it needs to check

[@joeyp4240]

You had me at "throttle crack half an inch"!! MuchLoveFromMemphis

[@OnTheSpaceship0001]

Oddly one of the few planes I can start with zero issue in any game. I'd kill for a chance to sit in the cockpit or even touch a wing. A true dream aircraft imo.

[@thunder_airsoft]

i have touched a wing at solent sky in the uk Southampton

[@thegoozle5896]

@@thunder_airsoftthat place is so cool

[@thunder_airsoft]

@@thegoozle5896yesir

[@justinbuford4684]

Did he just say “giggady”? [watches a second time] Yep, sure did. 😀😀😀

[@donbongz4732]

Why tf you spell giggity like that for?

[@justinbuford4684]

@@donbongz4732 because I did. What’s the issue?

[@sharkoftheskies3256]

Why, are you so cool

[@SportDCS]

I’m not, I’m just lucky enough to have cool people giving me cool opportunities

[@gringostarr69]

These things were simple. The romatic era of flying. Young boys were thought to fly these and coming like from conveoyr belt :) Aaah, love these old Merlin engines. My wifes husband had a torpedo boat in england that had two merlins. Don't remember the engine specific models..

[@gringostarr69]

Oh, and oh don't really mean that you learn the aircraft in 60 seconds. Love watching old army training videos for different aircrafts. Oi oi captain! So you are a fighter pilot?

[@moonshineofthemoon8054]

You should do the Japanese Zero next or the B17

[@jaxsongriffith6691]

the giggity got me laughing

[@michaelsullivan2554]

Reminds me of starting my old MGB/GT.

[@sr7129]

Great, I will now steal the nearest spitfire I can find

[@ricardofranco7419]

Taxiing this thing is…an achievement in itself😅

[@ilovelatinasxx99]

Instructions unclear, I accidentally down 3 Bf109

[@gavinvalentino6002]

Yeah it's pretty much the same process for my 1998 Craftsman riding mower, at this point. (It still runs and cuts, but there's only one person in the world who knows the combination of tricks and twists to get the thing started nowadays, and he just typed this message.)

[@SolidBlueBlocks]

It surprises me how "luxurious" the bf109 looks on the inside compared to the spit, which looks like a factory from the inside

[@Matsumoto77]

Really shows the culture difference, the germans were incapable of building anything less then perfect and it shows. In a panther you can change gear with 1 finger for example. And unfortunately this was their downfall, instead of making 1 perfect thing, they should have been making 5 things that were good enough.

[@jalpat2272]

​@@Matsumoto77and to change gear in t34 you need to apply 22 kg of force.

[@Tacticaviator7]

Soviet ones really crank that factory look to 101% though don't they. Never liked german cockpits personally, they feel so raw.

[@uralbob1]

I love this wonderful history! Thanks sincerely!

[@blackthunder7259]

Nice job, you need to do more of this🎉🎉

[@SportDCS]

That's the plan!

[@jameshobbs5073]

This is amazing, thank you!

[@bobloxman9729]

I like your funny word magic man

[@isaacjensen7859]

giggidy

[@Glen.Danielsen]

Start Merlin music!

[@luggilu7864]

This was very helpful. Unfortunately it doesnt explain why i suck at taxiing that thing. Or why my engine stopped all of a sudden mid ar xD

[@gringostarr69]

They used quite thick oil back at those days. Imagine starting this at -20° celsius..

[@Otaku.Pilot-99]

There is a word that comes to my mind, "pain"

[@chri9835]

Giggity giggity -quagmire

[@kenzed7689]

Great instructional video. If I may add my 2 cents... I fly in VR with HOTAS. I use JoyToKey to open the fuel stop lever as I release the starter button. Also JoyToKey will turn carb air filter off as the undercarriage is raised. Hopefully someone will find these tips useful.

[@wagahagwa6978]

it's crazy how pilots had to do this quickly while scrambling to intercept bombers back then

[@jeffneff951]

Ide prefer the push to start model...

[@isaacjensen7859]

Do you play War Thunder if so you should make some simulator battle videos

[@SportDCS]

I used to stream WT, maybe it’ll be something I dive back into

[@kylebieth3678]

I think this is first tutorial of yours that I could actually do in real life...a lot of the others have like 30 steps and I just get lost

[@strikingeagle9855]

Just press "I"

[@rgf918]

Cars also has internal combustion engine like this plane but are easy to start.Maybe its old technology and very less automation

[@npc6817]

No, cars back then started like they do today. The reason you need so many steps is because when stuff goes wrong in a plane you can't just step asid and pop up the hood so the pilot needs to be able to control every component of his engine from inside the cockpit. This is the reason modern jets also need a bunch of steps to start up despite the fact that a jet engine is badically little more than a glorified high pressure blow dryer.

[@dons3006]

What about the fuel pump switch on the left under the throttle?

[@todiathink8864]

Start a Typhoon..... THEN I'll be impressed!

[@irohaboat]

How to start a Spitfire MkIX in War Thunder: And also: default keybind: i

[@Jerram89]

Isn’t there an actual period video of this that goes through the same procedure in pretty much the same way!?

[@SPANKA.]

How do you get access to these warbirds??!! TELL ME👂🏾

[@gregorpajdlhauser2850]

Good

[@brothercactus1]

Hurts my brain guhhhhh

[@jacekkit5714]

who doesn't want to know how to start a spitfire because I know I do

[@ownagesniper1]

Uhh sir, this is an Ace Combat

[@joergkalisch7749]

Couldn’t that be simplified? Or is it part of the show off routine to flick as many switches as possible which still is present today 🤓

[@npc6817]

Yes, it could rasily be automated like in a car, but since unlike a car you can't exactly pull to the side when something goes wrong you need to diagnose and fix your engine from inside the cockpit. To do that you need to control every critical component. Having control over every component means a fuckton of switches to flip on startup. And we can't just have an on/off switch and then power on or off single components from a computer because then you'd be fucked if the computer was the problem, not to mention if you lost your engine electrical power wont last long either. Another advantage to the bunch-o-switches approach is that mechanical failsafes won't fail if you lose power. Magnetic switches will reset, manual handles will still be operable. Bunch of stuff could go wrong if it was all electronic. Also yes, it's also absolutely because if teels as good as it looks

[@gregorymaupin6388]

Gigitty Gigitty

[@Nobody206-Fc4]

In simple planes, i had to do this under 20 seconds Boy its not simple planes, its Complicated planes

[@jackbradley5634]

Maybe a pc 9m at some point??

[@JackReaperXD]

Yay now all I got to do is buy a working spitfire so I can fly across Germany (joke btw)

[@99basse76]

What do the magneto switches do?

[@brutus1998]

Allow power from magneto to go to battery (if there is one) and ignition system

[@mafiosomemer3730]

Dispersal...? *TWO SECTIONS, SCRAMBLE!*

[@lukewhiting3025]

How the F did we win the war 🤣

[@frostyspace2839]

Seem less complicated than the p-51

[@tonk3841]

f u e l c o c k

[@SportDCS]

🐓

[@Dense0cactus]

Warthunder w

[@mrchrisnoll1]

Shit man you have to do ALL that and still scramble? Sounds like an act of congress just to get the thing running. Hopefully they've shortened this process since the 1940's.

[@npc6817]

No now it takes longer, got a bunch of new fancy sensors to calibrate and shit.

[@cleangremlin4423]

War thunder W key

[@georgiebestmanutd4746]

Still too complicated

[@qwerty85620]

not work outdated

[@SportDCS]

Thanks for the heads up. I’ll review and see if things have changed, and what

[@ricardofranco7419]

Taxiing this thing is…an achievement in itself😅