DCS World: F-14B - Quick ACL Tutorial (Automatic Carrier Landing)

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[@smirnoff1589]

lmfao "i totally agree jester!' favorite part of the whole video. thumbs up

[@LtRiot]

Beautiful tutorial that we will help thousands learn a really sweet bird, but it should be noted that: Spoilers/anti-skid should be off during all carrier ops. Also, setting ACL on the hud and AWL/PCD steering command and following those cues will take away that nasty rio ejecting jerk that you saw when you hit your AP pinky switch.

[@SPIRIT-117]

How come cougar couldn't figure this out in top gun 🤣

[@Rlaxox]

Older model : p

[@DaggerOneMike]

They had the Alpha version, the one guys would line up on flight deck to watch take off during night ops.

[@bullitthead7853]

If you set ACL on the hud display switch and AWL/PCD steering command button, the ILS indicators will be displayed on the HUD. It helps with the initial line up so the auto pilot doesn't have to make very drastic corrections when it's engaged.

[@Rlaxox]

Indeed

[@Ddg-mi5cs]

@@Rlaxox I fact such drastic adjustments from autopilot really feels risky

[@Rlaxox]

@@Ddg-mi5cs Dramatic adjustment don't happen if you don't fail like me and try to guess the glideslope and lineup. If you use ICLS it's smooth.

[@Goodmanisback]

How awesome is that!! Thanks for the tutorial man.

[@theflightsimboy4310]

Great job ! Thanks for this useful tutorial !

[@Erv704]

Great job. thanks for sharing

[@DecibeldB]

Hi Rlaxox @2:50 you say that you have intercept the G/S ? I just can't find the G/S. Thanks for this video

[@Rlaxox]

Instead of using TACAN like I did in the video just use the ICLS or the 3rd button to the right from TACAN button it will display vertical and horizontal bars on your HUD and VDI and just follow them. And keep them crossed in the center to catch the glide slope instead of just using tacan with selected runway heading its easier

[@willm.n2178]

You engaged the auto throttle before getting on speed? At which point do you start to adjust the pitch trim? I have tried this 100 times and it doesn’t work. I can get it all lined up and have CMD CONTROL showing and it works a bit at first and then as I get close to the shit the system starts to radically raise and drop my nose until I crash

[@Rlaxox]

It's currently bugged it's been known for a while, apparently the new auto pilot ruined the the system and no idea when heatblur is going to implement the fix

[@iHaveContrl]

Didn't you need to set up the ILS channel though? Or is ACL only uses Data link, so I don't need to set up the ILS channel?

[@Rlaxox]

datalink cover aircraft ICLS and plane handling

[@iHaveContrl]

@@Rlaxox Thanks for the reply. It makes sense, I'm gonna give it a shot again tonight.

[@Tordan69]

That display on the bottom right, part of the F14 package or separate mod?

[@Rlaxox]

Right ctrl + Enter

[@0Ignition0]

Thanks, why did you use the tacan instead of ACL in the HUD?

[@Rlaxox]

What I knew at that time, now I know better : )

[@0Ignition0]

@@Rlaxox Thanks, I will try this later :)

[@andreadegiorgio73]

thanks a lot for this video. Just a question when you say that ACL system is ready just pressing AP ref Button...what's the botton is? thank you in advance

[@Rlaxox]

The same button where you engage the altitude hold.

[@andreadegiorgio73]

@@Rlaxox so Bottons autopilot ON, ACL ON and when all the lights in front are switched on, i press the altimeter hold ON too, is it? You great Man!✌

[@Rlaxox]

@@andreadegiorgio73 the button you have to press is called something along the lines "autopilot reference button"

[@andreadegiorgio73]

@@Rlaxox in autopilot panel there are 4 botton, First button on the left side of pilot is autopilot engage, 2nd is the HDG, 3rd is altitude, and 4th is ACL in down position to ve activated. What's the button are you reffering to? Thc

[@Rlaxox]

@@andreadegiorgio73 i.imgur.com/5xkoTUm.png

[@Hanfkrokette]

Thanks bruh !

[@iHaveContrl]

Why is my horizontal needle doesn't move at all??? My vertical needle line-up correctly with the carrier though. TACAN and DATA LINK are all set to be hosting the carrier... I remember it used to work fine... is this a bug in the current version?

[@Rlaxox]

Ye think It's bugged, it's been buggy on and off for some time now. Classic ED

[@iHaveContrl]

@@Rlaxox The steer point from F10 map through the JESTER menu used to be bugged, good thing they fixed it. I used to be playing the ACL landing a lot, oh well I guess I gotta report the bug now.

[@xxx_baywatch_xxx3832]

I watched like 7 tutorial for acls landing and still cannot succeed :// Auto throttle stall my aircraft every time, and when I switch ap on with my nws button when all the lights say that I'm ready for acls, my aircraft just keeps flying in the same direction or it points itself to the water....

[@Rlaxox]

I've stopped playing F-14 long time ago so I'm not sure if it'd bugged currently.

[@xxx_baywatch_xxx3832]

@@Rlaxox I've asked about this issue one some discords and A lot of ppl told me that it is bugged right now. Autopilot doesn't engage after clicking NWS button. I hope that there will be A hotfix for that soon. At least now i know that i did everything correct

[@Rlaxox]

@@xxx_baywatch_xxx3832 surprise surprise 😅

[@mattvii9228]

4 years ago.... but like i cannot get this work. auto throttle wont turn on until its too late and when every autopilot is setup. i press ap ref and nothing changes

[@Rlaxox]

Not sure what to tell ya, maybe for the mission you're trying the Datalink or ACLS is not active on that ship? I haven't flown F-14 in ages.

[@rickyalexander459]

How did you know that the runway heading is 025? I can understand everything except that. Thanks for the video.

[@Rlaxox]

It's close to ships BRC heading or just simply click on the ship while in the F-10 map view. Tho I'd advise from using TCAN in this situation there is a much better way of doing this I just did a poor job at showing it in the video. You can use an AWS hud display mode which basically gives you ICLS needles on the HUD (1 vertical 1 horizontal) which you can then center on the HUD and it will tell you if you're on glideslope or not and how much you're deviating from it. In my case, I didn't use it and used TCAN and because of that I wasn't perfectly aligned so when I activated the autopilot to land it corrected very aggressively to get on that glideslope, and that's not really needed you can do it much smoother than that.

[@rickyalexander459]

@@Rlaxox thanks for the answer! Appreciate it.

[@rickyalexander459]

@@Rlaxox I pressed f-10 but it says the ship is heading 39.

[@Rlaxox]

@@rickyalexander459 ​ That means the ship is heading in direction 039. But as you know the runway is angled a bit to the left I think it's something like 6-8 degrees so. BRC is used on Case 1 landing for example while you use runway heading in case 3 landing. Generally, if you use AWS aka ICLS you wouldn't really need any of this since it shows you the ICLS needles on the hud of the RUNWAY heading. So you can just use that instead of messing around with TCAN heading. Also, important tip depending on what map you're playing on you have something called "Magnetic heading" or magnetic deviation. Basically, if you click on a unit in F-10 map it will show you their "TRUE" heading instead of magnetic heading now some aircraft can choose to display magnetic or true heading while some instruments like Backup compass can only rely on magnetic heading. You can google this if you're interested in more but to sum up, if you're in Caucasus in F-10 map heading of 039 (TRUE heading) equals to something like -6 degrees of magnetic heading or 033 (Magnetic)

[@rickyalexander459]

@@Rlaxox Perfect, that explains it. I landed on the carrier and it is 025 like you said. I forgot to take into account the magnetic deviation. So its 40 - 6 = 34 then minus the 9 degrees of the angled deck 25. Thanks a lot!

[@cenkcdemir]

i tried a few times but, as soon as i hit the ap button, plane acted like a maniac and crashed, sometimes turned endlessly

[@christopherbazaka1564]

gotta align better before turning AP on. like the phrase: garbage in, garbage out. You gotta give the AP good stuff if you want it to act good

[@cenkcdemir]

@@christopherbazaka1564 yeah makes sense but in the video he is doing it right away

[@Thurisazz1]

Is this still relevant because when I git my NWS/Autopilot Ref button nothing happens

[@Rlaxox]

Is your dlc out?

[@Thurisazz1]

@@Rlaxox no sir

[@Rlaxox]

@@Thurisazz1 you need to have your landing configured right before nose wheel button will engage it. That's flaps airbeake dlc etc

[@RealismFTW]

Can't get this to work no matter how hard I try. I do all the steps, but nothing at all happens when I press the AP reference button. Checked the mappings and everything. Just nothing. Edit: Alright. Got it working. Basically, you have to be on a pretty good glide slope to hand over the plane. It's real fidgety. I'd probably only use it in horrible light and weather conditions. Otherwise it's just easier doing it manually or with just the auto throttle.

[@Rlaxox]

Use ICLS instead of TACAN helps alot now with alignment

[@Teomoful]

how do you do that ?

[@Rlaxox]

@@Teomoful 3rd button from the right of TACAN button for steering command and follow the needles, align them up to make a cross in the center of your HUD and you're on glide slope

[@Teomoful]

Thanks! Works as expected, just give yourself enough time enter the glide slope.

[@LuisFelipy]

No more Bolter Bolter Bolter jokes lol

[@Simon1279.]

I'm sorry to ask this but, why i cannot set the throttle to auto? when i try the switch moves forward and instantly returns to center position even if the throttle it's set to idle position, what am i doing wrong?

[@Rlaxox]

Gears down, Flaps down

[@Simon1279.]

@@Rlaxox wow thank you very much

[@RSharpe]

I'm also having a terrible time getting auto throttle to turn on despite being gears down, flaps down. Every time I flick it, it recenters.

[@Teomoful]

make sure throttle is not at idle position

[@RSharpe]

@@Teomoful oh thanks... this helped!

[@ramberto7785]

Well thats no fun.....but interesting non the less

[@rhyminsimon9951]

where is the paddern?

[@Rlaxox]

No paddern

[@adamrasmussen1839]

Umm. Did this 3x's and didn't work

[@Rlaxox]

3x's?

[@adamrasmussen1839]

@@Rlaxox three times...did it 3 times and it flew me right into the ocean ha

[@Rlaxox]

@@adamrasmussen1839 ye don't touch tacan and just get on glide slope with AWS aka ICLS needles on the hud. Once you center the cross it souldunt do any violent movements since you're on glide slope

[@adamrasmussen1839]

@@Rlaxox looks like the stick needs to be centered for the ACL light to illuminate as well. Just tried it again and it flew me into a huge circle haha. My setup looks exactly like yours too ha too funny