F8U-2 BUT IT'S BETTER : F-8E Crusader | War Thunder Sim Review

[@TeaRexChannel]

I'm glad people are liking these new reviews, I'll keep 'em coming!

[@estraextras3717]

can you do one of the A-4E early, since is the squadron jet many people will be interestes in it i think.

[@Boris_The_Turtle]

Thanks

[@hespheus2255]

@@estraextras3717 I'd second this. Spinny boy for the win!

[@kyle857]

I got on and played VR for the first time in awhile. Took my P38 out and got 4 player kills in a row and still closed the game because now planes in VR look like a muddy smudge. Very disappointed.

[@Desi_Nehra]

These r awesome, keep them coming pls, thanks 😎

[@CowBeatsCrow]

Hands down the most well put together reviews for WT, especially for SB. Do you happen to know where to find the proper speeds to operate a given aircraft? It would be really awesome if I didn't have to perform some guesswork for how to fly the damn things. If I at least knew the proper speeds for sustained turn rates I feel like I'd be a lot more confident in my flying.

[@TeaRexChannel]

The speeds are based on comparisons with in-game data and the wiki page for the vehicle in the game. They are usually the most accurate for what you will get in the game itself.

[@GoodboiOfficial]

I feel it lacks the emphasis on the Aim9C as it is an EXTREMELY good dogfighting sahr missile.

[@firestarteronyoutube5542]

I think the main problem is the target speed. For some reason Radar missiles trip up and wont track off the rails unless your closing speed is about 200m/s

F-8E should have RWR because in real life it does have one. I researched its files and information deeply into the internet, and I posted it in the forums of Gaijin. It will be changed soon.

[@TeaRexChannel]

Correct! I should have mentioned that I was only talking about the lack of RWR from the game's perspective.

[@Dr_Jebus]

Purchase cost: your left kidney. Spawn cost: the right one. Great video as ever!

[@Tigershark_3082]

The F-8E is my current favorite plane in-game! Unfortunately, it has the wrong engine and radar

[@vinyl3426]

Lmao nice pfp

[@bobharrison7693]

Pick the F-8H if it available. It is the F-8D ne F8U-2N with J-57P-420 that produces almost 20,000# of thrust.

[@djbiscuit1818]

5:06 the F-8E is actually supposed to have an RWR, and I've heard a bug report has been sent in

[@LupusAries]

Yeah, the real one had one for sure. As did most of the aircraft/jets which currently have none, that and flares were some of the most popular refits during the 60's and 70s.

[@rudyyarbrough5122]

@@LupusAries None of the F-4Bs that I flew had RWRs and we had no flares. The AirForce had the new stuff but the Marines never got it. They also had the real inertial Navs but we had the manual model that had to be corrected manually. One flaw in this video is the dependability of the AIM 9 missiles. They were notorious for their unreliability as were the AIM 7 Sparrows.

[@LupusAries]

@@rudyyarbrough5122 Interesting, when was that? If you don't mind and it is not sensitive information still. The Sea Harrier FRS.1 got chaff via s Heath Robinson modification in the airbrake (pull airbrake to get one cloud of chaff, once) just before the Falklands War, according to Sharkey. But then I thought that was "them MOD" on a far more limited budget than US Forces. Fully agree on the missiles, their effectiveness is far exagerated, to the detriment of gameplay. A lot of people on Enigma's Cold War Server have stated they enjoy fighting on it more, because the missiles are less capable, and need to be flown into a good launch position. And it leads to more protracted Dogfight with the gun being used a lot. P.S. my first time firing a GAR Air Force Variant of the earliest Sidewinder from a Sabre in DCS was a rude shock! I knew from research that it was really bad, but one does not appreciate how bad, until one has seen it.

[@rudyyarbrough5122]

@@LupusAries I was in Vietnam in 1965 with the early F-4B model. We had almost nothing when they shipped us to the theater as far as equipment to support the mission. We actually got one of the planes from MD that was used in the record-setting process. It was like getting a sports car with a fleet of trucks. It had no external hardpoints and was very sleek. We sent it to Japan for a complete overhaul and upgrade to combat status. We were using electronic fusing on our bombs but they were faulty and several of our planes were damaged by early detonations. We went back to wire actuated manual nose fuses.

[@LupusAries]

@@rudyyarbrough5122 Was that record setter fun to fly before the overhaul? Interesting about the electronically actuated fuzes, I had never heard of them. I remember reading about F-16s in Desert Storm using wire activated fuzes, one of the Squadrons Maitenance officers mentioning that he was hsppy that he had packed IIRC kevlar wires instesd if the metal ones, and never thought of someone trying out electronic ones earlier. Were those condesation issues? I've heard those ruined a lot of 'winders and sparrows.

[@MrMrxa]

By far the best review for a plane in Sim I have even seen!

[@electro479]

Love this review maybe do similar for more aircraft, well made, sub earned :)

[@l.bakker7563]

He did one for the Viggen too.

[@electro479]

@@l.bakker7563 I'll check that out thanks, but maybe this could be a mini series

[@TeaRexChannel]

This shall be a full series moving on, for as long as I do content for WT :)

[@electro479]

@@TeaRexChannel Ok great looks like I'll be sticking around then :)

[@thecandycane8215]

Had been waiting for this one!

[@SuperTrb0]

Player: Please don’t track into the mountain. WT: Track into the mountain, roger that!

[@zevirkann9755]

I just saw your video in my recommendations and I must say, I'm impressed. I'm more of a ground RB kind of fella, but after only a few seconds into the video, the effort put into it is very apparent. The presentation, format, editing and background footage are all top-notch. Liked and subscribed. Well done!

[@TeaRexChannel]

Thank you! It's especially awesome to see players who don't usually do sim enjoying them! As for RB, I'm planning to expand these reviews to include tank RB in the future - I just don't currently have the time to expand that much yet lol

[@djbiscuit1818]

18:30 if I had to bet, the -9C seeker was recalcitrant because you had (almost) zero closure. SARH seekers hate 0 closure and the same closure as the ground. The one time I saw you use it head-on, it locked almost instantly, and only missed because your target dodged.

[@somerandomguy___]

Man the production quality is just impressive

[@rudyyarbrough5122]

A great cockpit view of the actions but in the cockpit, it is not jerky or confusing like in the video. It is like sitting at your computer desk and turning your head with no jerky movements. The flying is as natural as peeing and you never have to look at any instruments for information. When you see another plane you don't take your eyes off of it until you can put it on your nose and then you select the weapon of choice. I loved the cockpit chatter and the CGI was super. It doesn't quite capture the real feeling but is entertaining.

[@MsArtons]

Definitely the best wt plane review I've come across.

[@Getzzer]

Absolutely love these types of videos. Great work!

[@AmigoAmpz]

What a great video. Hope you do more of these with the newer jets.

[@chris.tarlagias]

Keep the vids up mate I enjoy them so so much

[@zachboyd4749]

The F-8E actually has an RWR now! Who would've thought? The almighty snail has made a good decision!

[@Eretaloma]

Finally someone who does Sim reviews

[@diggledoggle4192]

Nice video, glad there's a flowering in War Thunder sim content going on currently

[@Serkay64]

This was very interesting and the gameplay was awesome. Will definitely stick around for more

[@bobharrison7693]

The only incidents I ever heard of wings failing on the F-8 were cases where the 2 position wing was not locked in which case the whole wing came off the fuselage under high G.

[@marchy0710]

Please can you do a video on the FGR.2 I’m failing bad and don’t know how to play it, it has good armament tho so yh if you could do a video on it it would be rly helpful!

[@TeaRexChannel]

FGR.2 is 100% on my to-do list, fear not!

[@steke3262]

You need to rely on your missiles and radar in the fgr 2. If you're stock, I'd suggest going for ground targets until you get the missiles.

[@Kattbirb]

37 weapon options?! Madness! When the heck are we going to get weapons by hardpoint instead of this ever increasing dropdown clutter? More on track though, absolutely brilliant review of the aircraft. I can't wait to see you fly this bird more in the future.

[@TeaRexChannel]

DCS-style hardpoint selection would be amazing, but I'm glad you like the review! :D

[@firestarteronyoutube5542]

Without being picky, i do believe the spelling is Vought at 0:31

[@snow1-2pinkkush46]

That review quality is outstanding

[@brightspark8052]

Great reviews as always!

[@ogukuo97]

Such a beautiful aircraft.

[@cutthroat795]

Kind of strange the F4C is a lower BR than this…

[@rkarlson0083]

THIS THING LOOKS SO GOOD

[@hemendraravi4787]

Yea the repair cost made me regret buying this heavily not only did I spend 1 mil but stock repair cost is 13k didn’t end well

[@mattin5850]

sadly in game F8E should be renamed F-8D since the only thing it actually has from F8E is the bullpup capability and everything else is F-8D

[@bbbbBEOTCH]

yall know if the 2nd american saber has the radar gun sight that is supposed to improve accuracy some? the japanese variant seems to really dig the sim vids! i found ur video on it!

[@hiphip4808]

Any chance you good revisit the Mig23 and go over the 27? Maybe 27 for sim ground strike and 23 for fighter? I don’t know if they removed SP costs in Air Sim but if you could go over the 23 that would be great. And remember only if you want to as I don’t want to have you do something you don’t like.

[@MausOfTheHouse]

Hello rex, can you review the SAAB 32? The J model.

[@ccclll987]

Before watching the whole video: F8 is the best plane to spank mig23 with, since it outturns them (except on afghanistan where it struggles a bit more)

[@wardogangsta3992]

I really wish the airframe of the f-8E wasn't so fragile for my playstyle

[@nathanisjesuschrist1175]

OMG TEA REX IM YOUR BIGGEST FAN OMG OMG

[@micahming9750]

Can you do the f3h2 demon as in researching it and cant really find much on it in yt

[@darthbigred22]

Nothing says realism like going for the gun kill over the missile kill...

[@TeaRexChannel]

What can I say, I like my cannons too much lol

[@ZdrytchX]

are you sure the F8E can reach those speeds? Last time i checked the F8U could barely reach mach 1.02 at 5km in a straight line. I heard from an RB player that it got bugged a few days after release to the public server (which gave it the rudder twitch problem) Also the F8 rips easily because the elevator authority is a little too generous, it does something like 17 Gs of turning capability without trim assistance if your plane is to not rip. I've also not really had much issue with whole "likes to catch fire and fires are fatal" problem. From memory the plane's actually pretty tanky

[@TeaRexChannel]

The speeds are taken from the game and the wiki, so if something is off in-game it may not be reflected. Might be something I'll have to change moving forward. As for the fires. Youre lucky haha, I burned out a few times in the past two weeks.

[@nucleardrifting3864]

Whats the VR performance like? I can't get a stable 90 fps because one cpu core keeps getting pegged to near 100%

[@TeaRexChannel]

Solid 80fps with the Rift S

[@CrimsonKnight223]

What’s a Aim 9C? It’s a rock with a boom boom that tracks what your looking at What’s the C for? The C stands for C*NT!

[@Galm276]

What flight set up do you use? Really want to get into this.

[@TeaRexChannel]

T16000M Flight stick, throttle, pedals, and a Rift-S :)

[@netanelyatsenko666]

4:50 what’s the optimal rate speed then?

[@CrimsonKnight223]

Despite a lack of RWR it’s a bloody CRUSADER! Fly in shoot down any unholy migs and call it a day

[@jasonhill7698]

Shame it has a 22k repair cost and has no rwr, wrong engine and radar

[@Borodinskyy]

Review the OS2U for the meme lol

[@Your_western_knight]

Give a vid in the damm f8u-2 I’m stuck on it and need help

[@rickdubbink]

Would you say something like the Oculus Quest 2 is good for VR flying?

[@TeaRexChannel]

I know many people who use the quest 2 :)

[@rickdubbink]

@@TeaRexChannel thx^^

[@AustinTarnawsky]

Early gang!!!

[@DrSpoon-iu4hs]

What vr headset do you use?

[@TeaRexChannel]

Currently a Rift-S, but I want to upgrade to a G2 :)

[@DrSpoon-iu4hs]

@@TeaRexChannel heads up btw maybe wait about 8 months before you upgrade, if you are looking at headsets coming out 2022 looks like it will be huge for the vr industry

[@garethaustin1671]

How can the E be a significant upgrade over the U2 but the U2 is at 10.3 🙄 Edit for typo

[@Tigershark_3082]

Both are decent aircraft, which get countermeasures

[@TheCrash1983]

have they fixed sim battles yet?

[@TeaRexChannel]

* insert "sometimes its good, sometimes it's shit" meme here *

[@TheCrash1983]

yeah i will stay away till they fix it

[@akthethotboi9711]

Are it’s wings still shit ?

[@gsilvy4k570]

Its much better than the f8u2, granted that I never had issues with either of the planes.

[@major_kukri2430]

Yeah. It is.

[@ja37d-34]

Vaught? :)

[@ja37d-34]

great looking aircraft.. Always liked it.. Since my brother built one, 1/48 ESCI-Ertl iirc..