F/A-18C Hornet Drag and Bag Tactics | Digital Combat Simulator | DCS |

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Check out the Merch Store: teespring.com/stores/growling-sidewinder-store Just a little video to show you guys how I fly when I use the Hornet on my PvP server, not to say this is the only way but this is just how I do it, if you have things/tactics you use when you fly the hornet go ahead and share below to help people struggling. Thanks for watching guys and I'll see you in the next one.

[@Anarchy_420]

Rafale VS Gripen T-45 Goshawk VS F-14 Tomcat Super Tucano VS P-51 SU-30MKI VS SU-33 F-18 Super Hornet VS F-22 F-35 VS SU-35 F-86 Sabre VS MB-339 Aermacchi J-10 VS SU-27 MIG-21 VS MIG-23 A-10 Thunderbolt VS MIG-19 MIG-28 VS MIG-29 Please fly the plane's on the left 👍

[@skyhorseprice6591]

That was quite informative. Thanks so much for posting stuff like this.

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

@Hailee Hexem notch to merge.

[@Anarchy_420]

@@GrowlingSidewinder Yo I'd be most interested to kno what you think about the request I've made, about the Prop plane's taking out the MIG-15? I really thought it'd make for an interesting video. Please check it out👍

[@rLegitian]

@@GrowlingSidewinder J 15 vs Su 33

[@baomao7243]

People often complain that a fight isn’t fair. In reality, you NEVER want a fair fight. Once you decide to fight, you fight to win. So you want (need) as many advantages as possible. You steer the fight into positions favoring your own strengths and amplifying vulnerabilities of the adversary. Logical and timeless. (Ref: Sun Tzu)

[@stalinium4769]

Actually using Sun Tzu correctly, without meming ahahha a rare one )))

[@AFNBarbosa]

'If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.' - Steinbeck John

[@icecold9511]

Fair fights are 50/50 odds. So...let's keep betting it all on those odds. Again and again and again.

[@baomao7243]

@@icecold9511 You nailed it. Repeat game theory with those odds is not good for your war fighting (or your personal health).

[@GoldenSkies061]

"This isn't dueling pistols at dawn, this is war. You never want to fight fair. You want to sneak up behind your enemy and club them over the head." -Kara Thrace, Battlestar Galactica

[@notravstar]

"please try this at home" Well if you insist

[@Myname-il9vd]

i guess i learned a begginer/intermediate version of this through trial and error in other vr dogfighting sims and I have to say its my favorite version of dogfighting, the joy i feel when i hug the mountains while defending against missiles and then being able to whip around and shoot is unmatched

[@sbg911]

"almost hit the ground there... no problem". How you stay so cool when you basically mow the grass constantly at Mach 1 with a missile warning screaming in your ears always astounds me. Great vid once again GS.

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

thanks buddy, you do anything enough times and it gets normal lol.

[@xurxotroche366]

Remeber guys, respect the MAR *Fox 3's a guy within 2.5 miles*

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

lolol sometimes u gotta go for the merge man

[@kyuby534]

What MAR stand for ?

[@skyofstorms]

@@kyuby534 minimum arming range for missiles I believe, the space needed for a missile to arm, track, and have enough lead to hit a target

[@deathcharge811]

@@skyofstorms actually its the minimum abort range. The range where if you pass it there is a high chance of you getting splashed unless theres some mountains or you manage to notch it.

[@bluecaptainIT]

IT'S MADDOG MONDAY!!!

[@oldmanfunky4909]

To bad I'm more like Hollywood and Wolfman from Top Gun, "Where'd he go?" "Where'd who go?"

[@tonyrun5802]

Oh I loved that

[@GunBuddy08]

😂😂

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

"Please try this at home" Yeah, except I don't have a good rig or mad skills, so... Yeah, I'll just watch GS do it. 😁

[@dsdy1205]

You don't need a good rig! Ate destroyed GS with a logitech 3d extreme pro using the hat switch to look around.

[@MOTO809]

@@dsdy1205 I think by 'rig', he meant computer. Need a pretty decent one to play DCS effectively.

[@dsdy1205]

@@MOTO809 ah, fair enough

[@yehia4638]

I could recognize jets from inside cockpits because GS teached me ❤️

[@hillaryisorena4283]

GS might be a good 'taught'-er

[@yehia4638]

@@hillaryisorena4283 his videos teaches me lol

[@TheWIldGoose27]

Same

[@woofhound1635]

GS's videos are so silky smooth; the Track ir, music, and calm voice makes it feel like I'm riding in an relaxing elevator while watching him lure unsuspecting bandits to their death.

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

The beginning's "disclaimer" was hilarious. Many bandits were harmed, please try this at home lmao.

[@macgyver186]

"That is right, but I held something back. I see some real genius in your flying, GS, but I can't say that in there. I was afraid that everyone in the tax trailer would see right through me, and I just don't want anyone to know that I've fallen for you".

[@baomao7243]

Whoa, tone down the bro-mance…

[@baomao7243]

I feel like I’ve heard this phrase somewhere before…maybe 35 yrs ago… 🤔

[@timrogers2638]

GS - I think your crew chief is going to scold you for coming back to base with tree branches on your wingtip hard points.

[@julians7268]

Navy should be putting in a few orders for mountains instead of more carriers!

[@williamstilgoe61]

I learn so much about actually fighting with these aircraft from you, love the tac views too. Thanks for taking the time to do these.

[@random99999]

Don't even have hardware to run DCS properly, but as an aviation geek I just love love love the channel. Also as a finnish person, love the legacy Hornet.

[@ryz_vik]

I run DCS at a potato quality, it works though

[@CruelSun69]

@@ryz_vik I feel for you. I couldn't play for a long time cause I was on a laptop with a GTX 660m with a 2.3ghz processor. I had the laptop for a decade and when it gave up I got a PC with a 3060 ti and I've enjoying DCS so much

[@Haz0052-tu7rr]

@@CruelSun69 I thought that DCS was CPU heavy - how good would the GPU actually have to be?

[@opticFPV]

When your canopy passed literally like 3 feet from that mountain while you were inverted I literally said "holy shit" out loud. I would have faceplanted

[@dioad1739]

The hornet is on the hunt with the golden voice and hand at the Control’s.

[@whalehands]

I like these type of videos. Long and shoes you just fighting in a contested area

[@Stinger522]

After that two-mile AMRAAM shot, I said over the river and through the woods to AMRAAM City he goes.

[@JamesGoodwin1994]

watching you fly is such a treat. Making it look so easy haha

[@satcom6]

"It's about using situational awareness..... You see hes off to my left right there...." (*looks right). Lol. Good kills (momentary dyslexia aside)

[@sloppy-1-1]

Now do "how to survive in a 3rd Gen"! So fly the Viggen, F-5, MIG-19/21 on your server!

[@eaMCMLXXIX]

The Viggen would be nice, yes! It's hardly outdated, but it's a very special and iconic jet offside the american and russian ones.

[@sloppy-1-1]

@@eaMCMLXXIX and has the best A2A missile in the game, the RB75!

[@Dramigbaklanges]

Wondering if the JA 37 Viggen will come to DCS?

[@austin7877]

I don’t play this game at all but I want to, I’ve learned so much from your videos keep up the good work

[@dsdy1205]

Ngl Eagle Dynamics can probably attribute at least 10% of their revenue to GS

[@lilasnowflake5632]

*Me watching all these videos and downloading dcs fo try it out only to realize I need to pay for every single plane* Ah yes the frogfoot my favorite dogfighter

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Lol on the bright side it’s a study level simulator just get 1 and I promise you it will keep u busy for a very long time. U don’t need to buy all the planes.

[@_moosh]

holy cannoli that HUD is b r i g h t

[@scowler7200]

That cockpit is just plain sexy.

[@Desi_Nehra]

@@scowler7200 yes 😘 it is

[@Youssless]

Please try this at home!!! Love it.

[@OddElephantLTU]

I like the warnings you put. Lol

[@tinto278]

Hornets with AESA radar, AIM-120D and AIM-9X would be unstoppable.

[@justauser5817]

GS:says the opposite of what a normal vid normal vid makers:we will NEVER ever do that

[@chaoticnsg7292]

That RWR tone is nice lol

[@tonyrun5802]

"Many vandits were harmed in the making of this video" Now, that's some real stylr

[@sol2wit781]

It takes two hits to shoot down a flanker because they are bodybuilder jets 💪

[@avramnovorra]

"Please try this at home" Yeah I would Growly, but i dont have a worthy rig yet 😢😢

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

soon buddy

[@slopland10]

Man you do an outstanding job at explaining what you are doing! I love your videos!

[@thedude5-6]

So helpful I've been going at the hornet all wrong she's great about letting you know what's gonna shoot you down the radar only sees about 60nm

[@Warcraze13]

Man I love your videos dude! You are the reason I just got into DCS.

[@ltrs1212]

Love it. I'm workig on getting a good HOTAS. Ive been "playing" DCS with a keyboard for almost a year. Huge disadvantage. Love the content!

[@baomao7243]

Wait until you also get to fly helicopters with collective and cyclic hardware incl VR. Truly a game changer.

[@Hustler9g]

*goes to the growling pvp server in a f/a-18* "I got this" *gets impatient* *goes after a guy in a group* *Loose lock a dozen times* *smoked by his buddy in a f16 going mach 1.5 at 40k* *give up and go back to the f16*

[@gb7418]

Why did you lose lock?

[@Hustler9g]

@@gb7418 this story is more of a joke inspired by my experience. The f18s radar is pretty wack these days in dcs. It drops locks constantly when compared to the f16. Even when messing with interleave, refresh rate and track file store time, its not great.

[@chronics143]

I hate the hornet radar these days it loses lock constantly, F16 tho TMS up and bang you never lose him...

[@gb7418]

@@chronics143 I see - haven’t tried the viper in a while and 0 experience with the hornet, but I remember the viper losing lock easily compared to the BMS Falcon viper. It annoyed me.

[@chronics143]

@@gb7418 I’ve only been flying the F16 for a few months now but it seems to maintain a solid lock most times only time I lose lock is if the bandit nose dives for the ground and hides in mountains over than that it’s great

[@din0330]

1:20. wow DCS looks amazing on higher graphic settings

[@benwelch4076]

Great vid, love the narration and explanations as you went. I learned a lot and was very entertained.

[@marcotrolo3134]

8:59 little did he know😂😂

[@sogerc1]

The superior aircraft is not the F-18, the Flanker or the F-16, it's the one GS flies.

[@jag1809]

does anyone else find the beeps and boops of the rwr detecting contacts relaxing up until u realize its a potential bandit that can obliterate u out of existence lol

[@kenhelmers2603]

Thanks GS :)

[@Adaerion]

That low altitude flying man, I peed a little at 8:58 xD

[@barrylucas8679]

The art of using science

[@DrymouthCWW]

Got a 82inch tv today. First new tv since 2011. Damn thing wont turn on. Watching this on my phone.

[@anmol3457]

See if the wires are all patched up correctly.

[@goblindog3443]

Since you seem to be on a server thing, it would be neat to see some wingman stuff on it (maybe with Longshot?)

[@ALPHARICCO875]

Thank you for this video, Just go on 🙏

[@roscoefunnydog]

we do a little baggin and draggin

[@shi_towndownsouth7736]

Can you do a video with nothing but FANCY "top gun " maneuvers?!

[@Spartan12]

Are you using the VR headset still these days normally for these engagements or using the IR tracker? Finding it obviously more immersive to use the VR headset, but also having difficulty learning the software without being able to see the controls.

[@brianjirish]

You make it look sooo easy! LOL Impressive!

[@_flyingcat_7527]

Thanks GS i literally just got the hornet

[@TonyRios]

Fighting like an IDF pilot I love it!

[@energystar8711]

As we see the pilot is the biggest weapon and not the plane? When we talk about similar capability planes. I would like to watch you playing PvP using an older generation plane like F4 phantom or similar.

[@sheila9358]

Very good.. I like the instructional mode

[@steveb2915]

i dont understand how you only have 183k subs and 1.83million subs

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Thanks buddy, steady growth man we’ll get there someday maybe.

[@steveb2915]

@@GrowlingSidewinder you dogfight real fighter pilots for Christ sake lol keep up the good work man i really enjoy watching it gets me out of this shit world for a little while.anyway hi from Australia

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

@@steveb2915 many thanks for the kind works man, much love from Canada.

[@ugh428]

You have any suggestions for the hornet losing the lock constantly even when all the parameters are good (target is hot, set to the right altitude, target is in the radars field of view, etc). I’m not sure if it’s lag or ping to the server

[@s3viking214]

I love the sounds

[@coxy8102]

You need a wingman for that tactical approach.

[@isaiahjohnson4105]

What a boss GS. Please try this at home disclaimer.. Hells Yeah..

[@OurHavenHoney]

Man at this many years out is the curve to hard to start learning? Are there noob servers in this game? Watching these vids has me all pumped up to go get owned..LoL Now how to buy five hundy worth of sticks and controls w/o being Fox 3'd by the wife

[@themaplehornet]

lol why do I feel like I had something to do with this 💀

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

maybe, but we will never know.

[@lopo8000]

throwing a fox2 missile is like throwing 1,000,000 $ out of the airplane

[@GunBuddy08]

Badassery at its finest!

[@leoncampa]

You know what has to happen now right?... You better do this pvp server stuff on every single fighter jet available in the game... or at least modern ones like the su-27 and su-33/35

[@wulfila99]

That config you're flying is making me nervous, even on a virtual aircraft... Never done a 6+6, but a couple of 10+2, and those are always a pain in the backside, especially the LAU-127 test. On that note, does the aircraft's flight behaviour change with the armament in DCS? I've known some real-life Hornet pilots to refuse to fly certain training missions with a 10+2 config, saying that "it flies like a bus".

[@torca1992]

thanks for this video ! :) do more PVP in different planes to help us learn ;)

[@mik3ymomo]

Good piloting.

[@Peter-lq2ug]

DCS is really amazing it has this awesome graphics that could be compared to Microsoft flght sim.

[@dylanfilms2432]

I’ve always been flying in a hornet and when I engage in a dogfight, I forgot to pay attetion to the hard deck and when I notice that he’s flying away I’m always confused on why he’s flying away until I see why and notice that I’m about to crash into the ground.

[@oldanddisgusted5998]

Lol. I got to watch my own death lol!

[@GM-fh5jp]

That was you in one of those victim jets?

[@oldanddisgusted5998]

Ya f16. I’m pretty sure. Exact same thing happened in his server a few days ago. I’m still new to pvp. Wish he had the call signs on but I’m pretty sure that was me.

[@GM-fh5jp]

@@oldanddisgusted5998 Well, it's an honor to be killed by an ace like Growling Sidewinder so you can take comfort in that :)

[@randoms7397]

"Drag and teabag"

[@PappnaseSir]

So what is the Hornets BVR Problem? Is it speed/thrust-weight-ratio?

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

ya it doesn't have the power to get fast and get high which are 2 super important things in BVR.

[@glassfullofmilk]

"That's Hornet BVR" = I gotta see the WHITES OF HIS EYES!!!

[@joejkd82]

Do you have a MAR chart? If it wasn't for GS I wouldn't know anytjing about ACM

[@Mike_Romeo]

Rule of thumb for aim-120: 30nm at 30000ft, 20nm at 20000ft, 10000ft and below 10nm

[@joejkd82]

@@Mike_Romeo thanks. What do you do with Fox1? I'm finding 15nm @20k+ works good with AIM7 or Super 530's, but am unsure about lower altitudes.

[@tomdarco2223]

Right On

[@Kelgo102]

you were at 100k not to long ago right? already almost 200k

[@hirumi617]

0:19 Should I bought F/A-18C first, and delivered to my house?

[@slopland10]

How do you keep your left display from switching to stores when you change from AIM 120's to AIM 9x? My left display ALWAYS automatically changes to stores...

[@adbell3364]

Damn! Vicious!

[@2bidfilmsguy]

Do you want me to try baggin the dragon or am I supposed to do the draggin and baggin? I'm so confused

[@bigcat514]

That HMCS SA with the radar and SA page still active is so awesome. I´m driving F-16 and do you know if that module will get anything like it? I like to drag em down as well but keep switching between short RWS and Dogfight, it´s not optimal running against what you just showed :)

[@sabercruiser.7053]

great just great

[@3rdworldtrillionaire46]

slick kills

[@williamdavies8151]

Can you explain what is in the HUD and radar? It's a lot to take in when you don't know any better.

[@bob38028]

Just in time for me to learn

[@9boywhysucks]

Yo growling do dogfight about av 8b harrier vs f 35

[@GameLord-pb2ec]

Can you make a dcs beginners guide next? I’m trying to get into dcs but don’t know what I need to have, buy, and know.

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

yes, thats coming very soon, I've had that on my mind for a long time.

[@GameLord-pb2ec]

Thanks

[@amitsardar2887]

rafale cockpit video .

[@aure818v]

Could you do a comparison with the F18 hornet vs. The F18 Super hornet?

[@Querulouss]

Their flight models are identical in DCS, since the Super's just a mod for the Hornet. The difference is entirely cosmetic.

[@kebabremover6925]

Hello, i really want so start playing DCS but the only equipment i have is a keyboard and mouse and i find the game a bit complicated, it'd be great if i could get your advice!!

[@reltius2993]

Is there a reason you stayed with trackir and not VR? I’m trying to get into DCS but the setup is a pain. Currently trying VR but even with a top tier PC and 2080 Ti I can’t run my Reverb at max settings without choppiness. I’ve heard people say once they go VR they never go back but it seems you have?

[@Mike_Romeo]

A headtracker provides more FPS and smoother movent which is better for recordings.

[@lilasnowflake5632]

Please try this at home? *clears throat* Welcome back to bottom gear mates Tonight I fly a F18 powered by a turbo fan F404 engine armed with amrams and aim xs Before flying into North Korea and starting world War three with a troll face dropped at 25 000 feet

[@mohitkrishnayadav8302]

we want another video on indian su 30mki please now this time against rafale su 30mki vs rafale

[@indiralepcha2263]

Can you do a video in SU57 vs maybe F22

[@Mike_Romeo]

He already did.

[@indiralepcha2263]

@@Mike_Romeo gs in su 57 fox 2 vs F22 fox 2

[@titaniummechanism3214]

What do you think? If that Flanker had done a Drewski and used his infared sensor thingy and fired at you from behind with his radar off, would he have shot you done?

[@Mike_Romeo]

Maybe, we will never know it for sure.

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

not at 12miles on a cold bandit who was aware he's there.

[@ricardomartinez1871]

Would be great to know your fuel consuption managment.