F-14B Tomcat: Carrier ACLS & TACAN Autopilot Landing Tutorial | DCS WORLD

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[@mustangtg]

When they developed the ACLS system for the Navy, it was so accurate that, during carrier trials, the system could make the jet hit the same spot on the flight deck every single time causing slight warpage of the flight deck. They had to introduce an error signal into the system to vary where the plane touched down. Yep...not bad for '70's tech.

[@KomradeDoge]

90s tech. ACLS was not available in the A model. Still very impressive though, considering other computers of the time were slower than sin and had storage capacities of a modern low tier smartphone.

[@richanddebshawaiiadventure4340]

we landed on the moon in the 60's junior - not eveything important started happening t he day you were born

[@mustangtg]

@@richanddebshawaiiadventure4340 and we had remotely piloted planes in the 40's...what's your point?

[@RealismFTW]

"Let's go to the outside view." *Blacker than the void* "Not much to see there, not gonna lie." Lol :')

[@Power5]

Landing lights and formation lights would be nice to turn on... LOL

[@michaelhale4918]

Let's go outside, nothing to see there, lmao.

[@ExileLuciola]

That made me laugh out loud man, was so funny.

[@DD-sw1dd]

Now all we need is the updated carrier with realistic comms and deck workers (at LEAST yellow shirts...but hopefully it’s possible to get all the crews from the refueling purple shirts to the ordinance specialists that arm the aircraft). Paranoid about not putting in the correct course for the runway. The briefings only supposedly list the BR course...but even they are wrong in the tutorials by about 8 degrees.

[@slammerf16]

Damn, that's busy! Which is pretty crazy for an Autopilot! Great vid, thanks Cap :)

[@KaiserHabsburg]

"Right you probably want important things....Thats it nothin really more to it."

[@CCusack12]

Haha, take a breath, Cap. I could feel your stress in managing the plane and talking at the same time. ;) Thanks for the informative video, though! :D The Hornet is getting this eventually too, no?

[@grimreapers]

Just wait for my ICLS vid to upload. THAT is stress

[@CCusack12]

@@grimreapers I'll have some popcorn and beer ready to go!

[@sterlingarcher4989]

Amazing tech for the 70’s? Dude, we went to the moon in the 60’s!

[@Hairysteed]

You really believe that?! HAHAHAHA! :D You probably believe the Earth is round too and that 2+2=4!

[@s2korpionic]

Oh yeah? What about the 50s?

[@skatterpro]

Which was run through computers on the ground, by many operators, not really in real time, and with very little control. Landing on the moon isn't really comparable.

[@blackspell9791]

@@Hairysteed 4! = 24

[@grimreapers]

Fair point yes.

[@NorthernerInSpace]

It certainly is incredible tech!

[@murphnturph2664]

I CANNOT get this to work. I'll stick to NVGs.

[@sunkxsi5437]

Why is my glide slop indicator acting as a fixed bar. It wont move at all! pls help someone?

[@PWS666]

same! Did you found a solution?

[@denvercolorado811]

I love the reapers!!!!!!!!!

[@Whykikamoocow]

Nice one mate but how do you manage to jump back and forth from front to back seats, I can’t get back to the front seat even though I’ve got correct controls bound? I’m talking about instant action..I know you can’t in MP

[@grimreapers]

just press 1 and 2. Only work in Singleplayer

[@TheDroppy68]

RRREEEEEE! I've got so much stuff to catch-up on! I go away for 10 minutes and Caps videos have turned into a couple of Rabbits! :-p

[@grimreapers]

lols that does happen! Quite important ones ATM also 540

[@Ddg-mi5cs]

Though functional, the f14’s acls system is still highly inaccurate & unreliable, that’s my conclusion after 6 times of trying, presumably in reality, the f14’s acls system didn’t saw too much utility because of it’s immaturity, could say the true acls system is not available until f18c was put in services

[@Nikola-od6bc]

Does this work with the Vanilla Carriers?

[@grimreapers]

yup

[@machenwei]

Nice video!

[@MagicALCN]

I probably missed something but for me on the ACLS screen on the VDI the brakets are on the right and full bottom but on the hud they're perfectly aligned. That's weird

[@ahadicow]

If this is "automatic carrier landing", why do cap sound so stressed? 🤣

[@akisakis7980]

can we get rid of the fucking flight stick?? i dont have track ir so i cant see the fucking lines very well and i dont want to change my camera lol

[@Danofcanada]

What I don't get is stuff like this has been around since the 1970s yet pilots even today are trained no to trust it at all. Weird considering how hard engineers work to make it safe.

[@KomradeDoge]

Oh pilots are absolutely trained to trust thier gear and thier ground crew. Its still sketchy just because things like this are not commonly done so thier much more out of date with thier training. A Navy pilot typically lands on the carrier once or twice a day. They do NOT typically land at night, and especially not under emergency conditions.

[@NoFear1979]

I salute you sir and the F-14B tech o7 :D

[@ptrisonic]

Cap. Many thanks. I believe you can access a Flashlight in the front cockpit that follows your cursor around i.e. it illuminates whatever you want to look at. Think it is "L" on keyboard. Best, Pete.

[@grimreapers]

ah good point

[@stamis22]

Hello, I know this is an old video so I’m not expecting a response, but I couldn’t find an answer anywhere online. Anytime I use the ACLS I bolter. I’ve tried probably 10-15 times, the setup is the same as yours and I get the plane to automatically fly down to the deck, but it’s a bolter every time. Is this a known issue? Is there something I’m missing? I’d appreciate any help anyone might have thanks!

[@grimreapers]

Is that of 2.7 version? May be a new problem?

[@stamis22]

@@grimreapers thanks for the response, it’s 2.5.6, I’m on the steam edition.

[@rudelchw]

Really nice video ... now I will see it again to take notes ... and last, will try it on my own :D .. thanks a lot for the teaching; been loving your channel, dont know why I didnt discovered it earlier.

[@grimreapers]

lol thx

[@riskyflier2287]

Great stuff CAP!

[@mattbackvass]

no speed brakes on ACLS ?

[@jcbak]

I believe L-ALT + L turns on the flashlight.

[@Enzo-fp4hx]

another excellent Video!!!

[@XerxesPlayZ]

do you need a human rio to check in the back if your online multiplayer?

[@grimreapers]

yes

[@cmibm6022]

Impressive in all and any way! Should there not be more light on the carrier? (Turned on by asking for permission to land?)

[@grimreapers]

Lights were fully on I believe?

[@cmibm6022]

I have not made night traps for a long time, but I think to remember much more light on the deck. Could be the video - or my bad memory. Also the light level in the cockpit was very low.

[@warthunderman2379]

I can’t seem to get the last procedure light to light up no matter how perfect my alignment is

[@willvvf161]

Can we do this during the day so we can see?

[@grimreapers]

sure

[@aaronschram9486]

AP-CPLR is the Autopilot Coupler

[@grimreapers]

thx

[@Mikkall]

0 - 9 = 351 351- 6 = 346 :)

[@Dan20q]

How did you find out all those steps, asked some real F-14 pilot? o_o

[@grimreapers]

The info is in the flight manual in several sections

[@dingjiachen4563]

Please make a video about ground tracking and heading select, and IP bomb mode, PLS!!!

[@grimreapers]

Wilco

[@reyco1987]

Thanks for the vid...have yet to try this in the tomcat at least... One thing I will def add as a tip for others: When intercepting the tacan final course radial, it's best to do so at a 45 degree angle rather than the pretty much 90 degree angle used in this video. That way it's a much smoother evolution of intercepting and turning into the selected course. Having said that, I'm sure Cap knew this...Pretty tough doing this landing and talking at the same time lol.

[@Michaelkaraz]

That was brilliant Cap

[@grimreapers]

thx

[@connorantkowski2403]

Why didn’t you use the night vision key binding? It helps tremendously so you can actually see everything lol

[@crash8926]

But not very realistic!

[@grimreapers]

I have not heard of this...

[@connorantkowski2403]

Grim Reapers it should be right shift or right ctrl and H together

[@AdamLindgrenComposer]

@@crash8926 Whether it's realistic or not depends on what era your mission takes place in. Tomcat pilots were cleared to use Nightvision in '95, meaning they could have had it for just over 10 years, and well into the war in Iraq for CAS Ops

[@crash8926]

@@AdamLindgrenComposer I'm aware of that. What @Connor was talking about is using NVG's for night carrier landing. NVG's are never used for carrier landings.

[@shadynasty69]

is this not possible on multiplayer without a human rio?

[@grimreapers]

yes can do