FA-18C Hornet: Air To Air ACM Radar Modes Tutorial | DCS WORLD

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[@VRFlightSimGuy]

Your videos are absolutely invaluable to a new DCS pilot like myself. Coming from civilian sims which I've been using since the dawn of time, I'm really enjoying DCS but often find it's steep learning curve quite overwhelming at times. Take care.

[@grimreapers]

Pleasure

[@telkicelstascal8875]

its only good when people realise that people like myself dont know how to switch to bvr mode ect, its like me giving you a remote for a tv and saying now switch to projector tv mode, and considering not many people actually give that info it makes 99% of ''tutorials'' not be tutorials, 3 days straight of this bullshit , its getting super old supper fast, i have typed bvr into controles ect, now i have to continue doing what i was doing before hand and trying to find a switch or button

[@carti9248]

@@telkicelstascal8875 I know im very late but I'd recommend finding his playlists for the relevant aircraft then watching the videos in order :)

[@JG-yk6ny]

@@telkicelstascal8875 I know this is a year later but if anyone else needs this info here it is. If in A/A mode, which you will likely be if trying to fight in ACM, pressing right on the SCS will change back to RTS which will be one of the BVR modes(RWS/TWS ETC). ACM - Air Combat Maneuvering, basically close-ish range fighting mode with guns/missiles. BVR - Beyond Visual Range mode, Finding and targeting enemies or friendlies at longer ranges, typically over 10 Nautical Miles RTS - Return to Search, basically whatever mode you were last in in the BVR radar screen Check your key/control bindings for SCS Up, Down, Right, Left etc in "adjust controls" settings menu to find out what keypresses you need to hit in order to execute these commands. While you are there mignt wanna know what undesignate and SCS depress are as well, Depress will be useful for more advanced radar functions as you learn more. I think the biggest issue with tutorials is all the acronyms being used, acronyms are everywhere in DCS and other Mil Sims and thrown around to the point it sounds like someone is speaking a different language. Learn the acronyms ASAP if you are just starting out and it will help you a lot. I have watched all the F/A-18 videos in order and it still was hard to understand, it wasnt until I watched Growling Sidewinders video on Modern Air Combat terminology that it started to click.

[@andreartymiuk]

Great, I've struggled for months as how to get OUT of an ACM mode. Now I know! Thanks Cap.

[@BPond7]

Wow! Where has this video been all my life? You’re doing The Lord’s work, Cap! 🖖😀

[@grimreapers]

I am!! yay x

[@arclight4625]

Noob F-18 pilot here. Thanks for the videos!

[@omarishot5445]

me too i'm tryin tho

[@jasonaquino8232]

If anyone was wondering. On your hat switch, the Sensor Control Switch (SCS), that will desginate the SOI. But if you go into A/A mode, for your AB/AC. If you hit up on the HAT it will go into Bore sight mode. Assuming you are using the real world config desginated by the F-18C manual. Normal HAT mode does the SOI, use the config switch, to switch to AB/AC. Then hit the HAT again UP to go into bore sight mode. Hope that helps, I am using the X-52 right now, I don't have a desk big enough for my Thrustamster Warthogs. Plus I want to master the F-18C before I use them anyway. Just training sticks. They suck. Or you know you could just use the cokpit controls on the MFD to get to the weapon, the use your SCS on a hat swtich, to get to Bore sight. I am sure you can do that on the keyboard as well, but, real fighter don't use a keyboard..haha. This puts you ino ACM mode. Bu you will lose your taget on the FCS if your not 10 nautical miles away.

[@jinchoung]

starting with chucks guides fills your head with a lot of stuff that kind of jangles around. watching your vids kinda causes the stuff to slot into place. super useful. good stuff. thanks cap!

[@bmg50barrett74]

Thank you Super Cap! These videos are perfection. The built-in DCS tutorials are nice, but they don't cover half of what you show here. Thank you for the time and effort!

[@Eclipse1719]

dude! I’ve been struggling with getting out of the cockpit in closer engagements…felt like I was frantically trying to use the target reticle on the display and would lose visual and get dusted. this is an absolute game changer. awesome vid thank you!

[@jasonaquino8232]

Thats a tutorial I would like to see, how to actually fly and manuever in combat. Probably does not exist. Speed, altitude, RWS, TWS, when to use them. Radar range, azimuth scan ranges, when and why? AoA? SST? ACM? When, how and why? All these systems and so many more, when to use them, in what situations and how to execute them. Yeah you can push buttons in a jet foghter and shoot a missile. But, none of that really means anything, if you don't know exactly, what needs to be setup and executed in exact moments. To be TOP GUN.

[@Bull_10RR]

Great Series, Cap! Keep em coming!

[@FreeRangeLemon]

Cap, I’m gonna be honest with you. In the past I cautioned people against watching you guys because a lot of them were a complete mess. Seeing these new guides is awesome! Again, don’t take this the wrong way, but as far as your tutorials go, you have redeemed yourself. It’s awesome because there is a complete lack of guides, and noobs will have a great place to come and learn. All the best, hope you had a great holiday ;)

[@grimreapers]

Thx Lemon, now just a case of re-doing the old vids.

[@urgi7703]

Y o

[@BarManFesteiro]

this fucking plane has 5+ ways to do anything

[@sloppydog4831]

These tutorials are very helpful. Thanks.

[@jtatum87]

Plane go brrrrrrrrr

[@olivertv6175]

So helpful, thanks a lot!

[@robertcras8151]

Awesome video.. been looking for this. When in AACQ, how can you switch to a different plane? press cage/uncage?

[@dannyboy5775]

Great tutorial.

[@georgemathiellis5486]

useful stuff... Thanks!

[@JLim4o]

Thanks Cap

[@OzDeaDMeaT]

great video

[@simonwootten5821]

Got carrier landing and air to air refueling sorted. Bombing is not bad, but this acm is a real bugger. I definitely think warthog control, with maybe f18 stick.

[@ganaelschneider]

virpil + f18 stick is perfect

[@markrogers7304]

If it wasn't for your tutorials I would have given up on any planes other than fc3 versions. I got the f18 as my first module after fc3 and thought,lemme try to learn this on my own......complete failure....lol. With your tutorial I'm now able to accurately bomb ground targets,and somewhat use the radar for a/a fights. That SCS switch is confusing the hell outta me. I was even able to land the f18 on a carrier on my 2nd attempt. 1st wasn't a disaster I missed the wires and full throttled off and came back around and caught 2nd wire with a rating of B, I think. Never before that had I attempted a CV landing in dcs. Last time was when I played Flight of the Intruder in early 90's.

[@omarishot5445]

goddamn I was about to finish alert 5 with my new stick and I fucked with the sensor control hat and I couldn't lock anything anymore

[@DD-sw1dd]

How the heck do you unlock a bandit while in ACM mode? The pinky UN designate button that unlocks while in BVR does not work for me in ACM mode. Kinda important when your in a turning fight and lock the wrong aircraft.

[@grimreapers]

NWS button unlocks

[@ltsmum3316]

I get the pipper on my HUD but when in range I dont see the word SHOOT appear. Any solutions?

[@xxxbg311]

what is SCS?? How can i map it into my HOTAS? Explain, pls.

[@TealJosh]

Sensor Control Switch. The keymapping for it is [Sensor Control Switch ]SCS forward, SCS back, SCS right, SCS left, you should map it to 4-way hat if possible.

[@xxxbg311]

@@TealJosh ahh...got it now, man thanks :)

[@highlanderc]

Once i get in ACM mode and get out of it by changing weapons and back to aamram, my radar no longer detects anything anywhere. i still ahve to return to ACM mode to detect anything....

[@ganaelschneider]

coz your range is stuck at 5 nm I would guess

[@williamhughjoneswill5981]

Yeet

[@AGenericAccount]

How do you iff in acm modes, without comparing to SA page... Is there some kind of quick way you can id in these modes??

[@-cml-schoff4848]

I would like to know this as well.

[@shakisshenanigans6305]

With an STT lock, press SENSOR CNTRL Switch Depress to IFF

[@AGenericAccount]

@@shakisshenanigans6305 I'm not talking about STT, I want to know if there is a function within ACM to interrogate It would not help me in the merge to break lock...

[@daddyspartanvr]

@@AGenericAccount I'm a little late, all the acm functions Cap mentioned in the video are STT locks. You do not have to unlock each target to iff interrogate. You just navigate your cursor over the locked target and press sensor control switch depress and it will interrogate. Again you do not have to break the lock.

[@karelvideo8911]

how do you select between them?

[@glub2209]

yeet

[@jasonaquino8232]

Be cool to see how a real fightr pilot does a CCIP bombing run. But that is Classified. Its weird real fighter pilots dont make their own vidoes on youtube to show us the real deal, and how shit is actually done. DCS is very respectable, I wish the military would get more involved. Well, DCS is not just respectable, its fucking AWESOME!!!! Eagle Dynamics deserves a military Medel that says "BAD ASS" on it. Shit is so amazing. Its the only happiness I got. Being in my F-18C is home. And I am gonna get the F-16 Viper and A-10C..TrackIR 5 and bust out my Thrustmaster Warthogs. And when the AH64D Longbow comes out...oh man...oh man...serious happy.

[@vladimirspasov3936]

What is that scs button bro i can't find it

[@williamhughjoneswill5981]

I'm new to dcs and have a f-15 and a-10a but on my main menu it doesn't have most new aircrafts (f-18 f16 jf-17 ect) why am in the wrong version or do you have to buy early access aircraft for them to be vizable?

[@williamhughjoneswill5981]

I love my spelling

[@TeddiousBear]

@@williamhughjoneswill5981 You have to purchase the modules to use them yes, you either have the two individual aircraft from the Flaming Cliffs 3 (FC3) pack (the F-15C and A-10A). If you click on the top right where there is 3 dots stacked twice it will show you a list of all available modules to purchase and then be able to use. I recommend you learn your two aircraft and decide if you want to invest more into DCS before doing so though.

[@Bull_10RR]

There are more modules that can fit in the Mai Menu it will just show some of them, seems like everyone has a different layout though

[@williamhughjoneswill5981]

@@TeddiousBear you didn't answer the question

[@5150Swordfish]

@@williamhughjoneswill5981 they do have to be purchased to be visible

[@erfguuipo8084]

Don't go flying weapons if y'all can't nail your carrier lands.

[@liamdean6320]

How do I go into bore sight mode?

[@grimreapers]

SCS Forward/Up

[@liamdean6320]

@@grimreapers where is scs?

[@JiffiJiffJeff]

When I press undesignate nothing happens...

[@ryanafshar6446]

Are you pressing the nosewheel steering button or the nosewheel steering disengage?

[@jasonaquino8232]

Becoming TOP GUn in DCS with ever squadron I choose, is top priority in my life. I want to be with the Grim Reapers Squadron.

[@jasonaquino8232]

"Do that pilot shit MAV"...TOP GUN, I been blowing away MIGS all night! In my F-18C. Best feeling in the world. FOX 2...Whooooosh splash my bandit!

[@Darksagan]

All of this is confusing asf. Its back ace combat for me. lol jk

[@jasonaquino8232]

ACM is really difficult. You have to reference all your systems information and cordiante them togethor in order to fly effectivly. Once a bandit get on my six, what do I do? I roll around and stuff, feeling like an idiot. I think thats one of the hardest thing about being a fighter pilot. Assuming you are in a real dog fight. But the X-52 flight sticks, are pure junk. Learning all the systems and knowing them all, like the back of your hand is a real challenge. But actually flying and manuerving, is like the hardest thing in the world. No it is the hardest thing in the world. Thats why fighter pilots are the top 1% in life. They are GODS. Anything else in life is like; "well yeah your not a fighter pilot, so nobody cares." If anyone takes DCS very seriously like I do, you realize flying a fighter jet is really fucking hard. This aint the movies, or a video game. And DCS is so hard, imagine real life. Like I said...Fighter pilot = GOD.

[@DarkDemise6066]

Late reply, but for others: Don't blame the hardware (except when air refueling lol), I fly missions with a $40 Extreme 3D Pro in VR. Practice practice practice.

[@jasonaquino8232]

CCIP and CCRP tutorilas are not accurate. Real F-18 fighter pilots don't roll to the target, they never dive to -20 degress. They most likely use ToT navigation to know th exact speed and altitude to drop the munitions at level flight. Cause you know AA/SAMS. They dont pull up hard after a bomb run. Its not how it works. you don't go from a high altitude to a low one to drop a bomb in CCIP/CCRP. Its pretty much level flight. You can go from 20,000 feet to 5000 feet very fast, at that point you are dead. Basically if "Bitching Betty" is telling you to pull up after a bomb run it was sloppy. ToT navgation should give the pilot the information to drop the bomb at mostly level flight. Diving iand pulling up close to danger is stupid.

[@Yeager123123]

Isn’t this all about air to air though?

[@jasonaquino8232]

@@Yeager123123 Apprently it is, I probably got mixed up with another video, I watch DCS videos all the time, I have like 50 tabs in Chrome opened up on DCS stuff. But yeah this is weird, this is an Air to Air video. Probably just commented on this video watching another one and got them mixed up.

[@jasonaquino8232]

I setup a scenrio in the mission editor, to fight Migs. I got a Gun kill!! Unfortuantly, I forgot to make him Russia. So I lost all my medals...HAHAHHAHAHA. Game basically said I was an asshole for shooting down a USA friendly. Ding Dong..Adrmial Door Bell. I guess I will be flying rubber shit out of Hong Kong.

[@codename1176]

Yeet