FA-18C Hornet: Air To Air BVR Radar (RWS/LTWS/TWS) Tutorial | DCS WORLD

[@Corsair8X]

Just wanted to say how much your tutorial videos have improved as of late. When you essentially questioned someone else I found it difficult to follow. With just you speaking after doing your research these videos are very informative and quite clear despite how much info you are giving. This subject is a great example of that - very complex yet delivered very clear. Really well done.

[@grimreapers]

Roger, I've finally learnt how to do them after 2 years. Now re-doing the old vids.

[@Sirmellowman]

seriously dude, Cap has literally taught me EVERYTHING I know about the f18 in DCS. thank you buddy.

[@bernhardsmuts2265]

This guy's technique of teaching is absolutely brilliant. ..

[@dogsbd]

He just needs to talk a little slower.

[@jahnkaplank8626]

yeah but I'd like the lesson to be in ENGLISH

[@jasonaquino8232]

@@dogsbd Agreed, he seems like he is rushing it, almost seems he doesn't even like doing these video to be honest.

[@jasonaquino8232]

@@jahnkaplank8626 He is speaking English. He is from London it seems, it does not get more English than that.

[@SASCAT1972]

Jason Aquino Sarcasm!!! Do you speak it?

[@SammyTheDitchDoctor]

I think my brain just melted. there is so much to learn! Man I love DCS

[@luiytheninja3655]

Bro, I tell you. I learn something new every time I play, and I feel like I'll never know everything about my Hornet.

[@mikazukisakurach.2674]

Same just started DCS and this Hornet gonna keep my brain from rotting I hope. Sooo much to learn. Love it.

[@apl1393]

I started a couple of weks ago and I still dont fully understand this.

[@Pablo_lens]

@@apl1393 Don't worry too much about it. DCS is meant to be fun, and taking your time is absolutely fine. Don't rush, you aren't a fighter pilot, so take your time

[@Disciple6]

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[@HO-bndk]

These videos with all the buffoonery cut out are great. I'd avoided the Grim Reapers tutorial videos hitherto. Looking forward to more revised ones now!

[@MasterUxi]

Agreed. I enjoy the silliness of the carrier landing competitions, etc but tutorials should keep it to a minimum. Less is more.

[@slay22497]

Wad gonna post the same thing. Very straight forward and full of info. Much better

[@peterluxus7382]

True, but only if you are in a hurry. But I enjoy his way to entertain. I'm Italian, but I love this British accent and humor!

[@codym7299]

I've watched tons of tutorials for various things like coding, commercial aviation, game dev, but these are the most straight forward. You are amazing at teaching.

[@grimreapers]

thx

[@mattharrison3303]

Cap, I just wanted to say that your videos are outstanding. You make things extremely easy to follow and understand. Considering the complexity of these systems you simplify it in such a way that makes it enjoyable to learn and easy to absorb. Keep up the good work and thank you from all of us for taking time out of your own schedule to put these excellent videos together. Top notch!!

[@grimreapers]

thx Matt

[@lnaesll]

Well when I get gone from work I’m going to run this map for 12 hours. This is so awesome! Thank you for doing this.

[@st0atmaster]

Thanks Cap, clarified a few features of the TWS mode I was unaware of. Informative as always! Most appreciated.

[@grimreapers]

Pleasure

[@MrWilhelm76]

Really like your clear classic english. Altough quite fast, i understand everythg on spot as non english native speaker. Thanks a lot for your guides!! I am old IL2 46 vet. Grew up with Strike commander , Microprose and Falcon =) Maybe you took part in SEOW operations back in time? Operation Cerberus and such. Your voice sounds familiar to me. 15/JG52 SPW S!

[@flyingfatcats517]

As a new player, I really appreciate the effort and video. Although quick (I had to re-watch and pause a lot), it's very well done. Learning more Hornet A/A each day. And... thanks for the mission, that helped a lot! Cheers...

[@oneworld9071]

I once had a pretty good grasp on RWS/TWS on the c.1988 version of F-18 Hornet on the Macintosh :) I think it was made by Gravis Simulations? I don't even recall if there was an actual cockpit view....... like it was all "lookdown" or satellite view. And at that time it was considered cutting edge..... until the Amiga version of Falcon, it seemed it'd be a decade until an actual flight sim with 'pit would make it to the shelves. Absolutely awesome show, sir...... thanks for the excellence and generosity thereof!

[@justatanil0919]

This felt like chinese didn't understand. 10/10 would watch

[@exiletsj2570]

Now this was a tutorial. Taking off the very rough edges, makes a big difference.

[@noelstephen3848]

You know I come to Grim reapers because they have every video of every plane. Many channels don’t continue their videos. And now their tutorials are improving.

[@DaWu]

My friend just a big thank you for doing all these tutorials. I dont know how I should learn those flying irons without your very educating videos!

[@16liter]

This Video should be watched first before the 1 hour SA Page Tutorial!

[@funkee05]

Just want to say thank you for explaining all that complicated stuff. Must be rly bright to learn and understand all of that. Respect.

[@cristiangonzalez761]

Cap, thanks for the video! The RWS/140/6B/80 its the radar configuration recomended for cnatra to initial radar sanitization of the air space, you need to increase the memory time to 16 seconds and put your TDC at 25.

[@eyemack]

So glad to see you've posted a link to the mission. Really helpful when trying to learn this stuff! Thanks a lot.

[@jasonaquino8232]

Where is the download?

[@eyemack]

It’s in the description!

[@goodboy1269]

Thanks Cap. You run a 5 Star Channel! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very enjoyable lesson got me up to speed on radar functionality.

[@grimreapers]

thxx

[@ExtremelyAverage1]

At least 4 views are mine. There's such a density of information to unpack. Thank you for doing what you are Cap. I found that, in this mission (which I also learned to download and install from you) I found that if a hornet driver were to get overly excited to try out their newly acquired skills, and say, try to splash these targets, you've made them immortal. But, plenty of fun, anyway.

[@grimreapers]

thxx

[@smelchionda]

Another excellent video lesson. Your videos got me proficient in the A10, now I am learning the F/A18. This is the hardest subject between both planes so far. You delivery is amazing and to the point. Keep up the good work.

[@johnbradshaw7525]

Really good video Cap. I've downloaded the training mission & its really helped as i was struggling with using the radar in the FA-18C.

[@jenova8887]

great video, coming from a10c to f18 is a challenging experience and RDR has been something that no training mission deal with well. This tutorial helped a lot esp along side the mission file!

[@actionjackson8439]

Just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to layout all the details for this plane

[@guesswhoiscomingtodinner]

I generally love his videos. But man he surely speaks so extremely fast in this video that it is really hard to keep up for someone like me.

[@Nassault]

my fav bit of caps vids are that he shows all the controls you need. ty cap. edit;sometimes in tutorials they will say "do this" but sometimes use an alternative name or abbreviation for the control or system, or in other words, if you dont know what they are saying it makes it hard to look up the toggle in the controls search

[@grimreapers]

thxx

[@themisadventuresofsinjinsm2331]

Really well done Cap. Appreciate the work you did to prepare for the video. Afraid I'll have to watch it a couple times to fully get this.

[@grimreapers]

Now go shoot some Flankers down Smythe! x

[@89DerChristian]

Think I'll have to watch this 2 or 3 more times, but really useful! Thanks for the video.

[@MrAnthonyfrench]

would just like to thankyou for making this video and all the ones iv watched and are about to. much needed help on a very steep learning curve. Im only about three weeks into my DCS journey and i just cant wait to become some kind of adept to enjoy some midnight sorties on a cold winters night and trying to land a cat lll. the fun im estimating is unbelievable. haha fly safe. Thanks

[@TheOrigionalPineapple]

My favorite thing about dcs is that you never stop learning.

[@Chase1399Aviation]

Nicely done CAP. It's like "Pong" on Steroids. lol.

[@grimreapers]

lol

[@jahnkaplank8626]

I have it on high authority that pilots watch these videos after getting confused by the instructor in class in Top Gun school

[@jasonaquino8232]

DCS is serious business. When I was young most sims sucked. This is not a video game this is the real deal. DCS is absolutely amazing. But my point is, I am very surprised the USAF, NAVY, Marines and Arymy have not made their own exlusive KZbin channels on how to fly these, miracle war machines, in DCS. The jet fighter is the best thing man has ever done. Attack helicopters and bombers as well. But DCs could be a pretty amazing recruiting tool. Be nice to have a real F-18 fighter pilot show us how its really done. Or any fighter pilot for any jet for that matter. F-16, F-18, A-10C, F-14. All the best cockpits DCS has to offer. And the AH-6D Longbow Apache is coming!!!!! Gonna buy that the day it comes out. I seriously cannot wait, go Eagle Dynamics! They are bad ass. I wanted to work for them, but they said no...haha.

[@Gert-DK]

Very usefull with the picture of modes and submodes. Please use this method where it can be used. Its a powerfull tool. Some people learn best visual, others audio.This way both parties are covered. Keep up the good work.

[@grimreapers]

Thx S

[@starman4346]

Great video as always cap. Played this module for about 10 hours before watching, and was wondering why none of my radar guided missiles were working... the radar was off.

[@paristo]

James G.Burton was required to define BVR in his job at USAF as there was not a understandable BVR definition or scale. Based to the real visual spotting capabilities by real pilots at various size aircrafts, it was found that acceptable BVR range was 5 kilometers. Past 10 kilometers started the BVR as spotting a fighter size targets became very challenging or impossible in optimal scenario, and we talk about fighters like F-14 or F-15 in size. While against smaller fighters like F-5 or MiG-21 the distance fell IIRC below 2 kilometers. Why we have now 10 nmi (18.5 kilometers) that is extremely overstated range for a fighter size targets. Sure a 747 or A-50 can be spotted at those ranges but fighters not unless you really know where to look and attitude supports it with background.

[@EnragedByCorn]

It's really intimidating to try and tackle understanding all of this.

[@robingrimm5689]

You make DCS even more worth. One more like for shure.

[@ryanpayne9119]

10:59: Anti-deep sea submersible radar for the Hornet.

[@fabiolean]

looooooool

[@jasonaquino8232]

Is that a real thing? Can a jet fighters blow submarines out of the water?

[@hmabboud]

23:20 I think that the radar does not transpond when you hover the TCS over a target. But rather all the information is present in this mode and it just appear when you hover the mouse over it.

[@GTthebusiness]

This video is amazing! Great info, great teaching, and thank you for the practice mission!

[@jemand8462]

7:48 wrong: the position of the aircraft from the bullseye is 90°/ 50 miles as directly below the center of the lower axis. He talks about the BRA to the TDC.

[@MatthewKeyser]

Great video. I think I will need to watch it a few times to take it all in.

[@zackbenson7658]

Lots of useful info here. Thanks for this video!

[@keirfarnum6811]

Wow! The APG72 is quite a bit more complex than the APG68!

[@grimreapers]

It is complex.

[@timmunroe4873]

I'm just about ready to give up on The f18 radar! Information overload, not to mention 2 stage IFF, spend more time head down at scope than flying! Honestly I don't know how they do all this in real life and maintain Visual SA! What with NTCR, LTWS, TWS, STT! Press, depress ect…. getting more complex all the time! As great as it is I'm regretting buying the F18! Thanks Caps Happy belated birthday and a very Merry Christmas!

[@therealdebater]

(a) keep a small crib sheet somewhere visible while flying (b) LOTS of practice (c) persevere!

[@keirfarnum6811]

Tim Munroe Try learning the F16 first. It’s slightly less complex so it would serve as a good stepping stone. Having flown F4.0 in the past, I’m surprised at how much more complex the F18’s radar is too.

[@grimreapers]

Hey Tim. I don;t use the Hornet for A-A because it is so complex. My advice is to keep it simple. Just use RWS with LTWS(standard setup) and just stick with STT to lock guys and fire at them.

[@timmunroe4873]

@@grimreapers Thanks Cap will do, I set up a training map of drones and the like, to practice! All the best to you and yours!

[@hausersmoran8588]

Great tutorial. Watched the whole video. Got a headache now.

[@jemand8462]

people say the A10 is difficult to learn. Man, I think this is so much more complex!

[@robertoorlandi]

Fantastic clear explanation. Well done. Amen

[@Despiser25]

Thanks for putting up the miz file. Ive got a long way to go before I get to the low-pri mission editor, lol.

[@clos242003]

Wow. Impressive tutorial. Thanks for the lesson!

[@eriktruchinskas3747]

2:01 I have to disagree, the first thing I did when I got the plane was press buttons to see what happens

[@89DerChristian]

Every feature in this airplane works for me like that. Mess around with it for a while, look up a tutorial video, mess around some more and eventually I will get somewhat of an understanding how stuff works.

[@fastfiddler1625]

With all the modifiers I have set plus normal, my pov hat has like 5 different functions now to control all this stuff. Confusing as hell, but as long as I don't accidentally shoot a friendly while I'm trying to roll trim, we're good!

[@LudosRegem]

Love the Mission thanks And of course the video xD

[@sloppydog4831]

Very good lesson. A much needed one for me.

[@SandywellProductions]

Excellent lesson on a complex topic

[@Cartlox1]

You definitely deserve more subs and views and likes for your effort. you're not wrong about it this one sounding like Chinese

[@sinsley1]

Hey cap, just started learning F18. Im using that mission link in your description. While in TWS mode on manual, 4 bars and 40deg, the radar does not follow the TDC cursor. It stays centered. Any idea what I may be doing wrong?

[@jackreacher007]

Great vid. Sometimes be careful you just pass over concept which I think you should explain in such video because it's make it chinese if you don't understand. For example: what is a track file? What does "interogate a track file mean", what is high or medium prf? What are their respective uses? What is "launch & support". Without understanding those concepts it's impossible to understand what those difference radar mode actually do and when to use them over another. You explain very well how to navigate between those modes, but I still don't understand why I should use one or another and what it means in bvr. It would help you explained things in a way like "if you're in this situation X, then use this mode because..." or "if your objective is Y, then it's recommended to ... because ... "

[@numbers111222]

Is there a way to reduce the scan area in RWS mode to say 40 degrees and then slew it left and right like you can in the F16?

[@grimreapers]

It does in TWS, not sure about RWS

[@franciscoramosmolpeceres214]

Thanks a lot for this extraordinary explination.

[@jasonaquino8232]

Whats funny is DCS is so expensive. Thustamster Warthog costed me $560, F-18C - $80 dollars, Thrustmaster rudder peddals $250. Best cockpits $80 bucks a pop. PC Gaming rig $6000 dollars. Shit the computer and it accsories is almost the cost of a jet fighter...hahah...naw not even close. Jet Fighters cost $80 million. B2 Stealth bomber $2 billion dollars. Yeah I am posting a lot, but I love this shit. I think about jet fighters 24/7 it is my passion. And space ships like a TIE Interceptor.

[@keilylmm6377]

Cap.. great tutorial my friend..

[@sambert96]

I learned how to startup and shutdown the plane. Basic navigation and AP. Weapon systems and radar is a fucking headache though. 🤣

[@yogiparashara4016]

Great tutorial chaps 👍

[@carpadeus]

Great video thx. A lot of work :)

[@Christian-vk2cb]

Maybe I missed it, but would be great to hear in what scenarios the different modes are useful (obviously needing L&S to launch missile) - seems to me TWS will always be better than RWS for example.

[@jasonaquino8232]

I post all this stuff because my passion is military aircraft and I have no friends. So I love to talk about this. When I do talk to people I know they want nothing to do with it. They don't love war like me. I want to know people who love this as much as I do and talk about jet fighters all day. So here I am. trying to be with my people. Who love this shit. DCS Fighter Pilots. Real Fighter Plot that aint happening.

[@yamabushi170]

Great video, best played at about .75 of normal speed.

[@UWfalcin]

Amen😅

[@jasonaquino8232]

AH-64D Longbow Attack Helicopters saw a lof of combat in the Middle East. But fighter pilots, it is really rare these days. Some fighter pilots have even said the job is boring. But in Vietnam, F4 pilots rocked ACM all day and night. That shit was no joke. Thats why DCS needs to make the F4 Phantom II $80 dollar cockpit. The A-10 and the F-117 Stealth saw some action in the Middile East. A little F-15, which I think was CIA black ops. But in this day and age fighter pilots don't really see any action. If any at all. All countries are not interested in a tango with US Fighter pilots. Russian fighter pilots have shown disrepsect and iresponsible behavior recently though. Towards the USAF.

[@noname2031-w5r]

"Post poplar speed gate" made me laugh since i have no idea what it was

[@grimreapers]

Pulse Doppler not Post Poplar :)

[@xdiver01]

Very good, thanks!

[@jasonaquino8232]

Its actually wierd, how so many dudes want to be a fighter pilot. I mean it was my dream. But it is so dangerous and difficult. And the steps are so envolved, it is harder to get into it than major league sports. We don't even see fighter pilots getting into a dog fight or A/G missions. A/A BVR combat is extremely rare these days. But if it does happen, you better know what the fuck you are doing. Having a bandit on your six...oh man...that has to be scary considering your career as a fighter pilot and the cost of the fighter plane. Ejecting is not a good thing and probably a terrifying experience. Thats why we have DCS..haha.

[@yogiparashara4016]

How do you zoom into a particular area of the radar where there is a large concentration of targets?

[@grimreapers]

EXP button (expand) you have to be in a certain configuration to use it. Can't remember what that config is.

[@UWfalcin]

Oh my God.. 4 days into dcs I’m now starting to wonder why the hell I bought the FA-18 and 16… It was on sale I don’t know why else😂

[@UWfalcin]

Lol back here again and saw my old comment. The first 3 months were pretty much not fun at all, holy hell everything was so overwhelming knowing nothing even about avitation. almost 2 years later this is one of my absolute main hobbies. Such an impressive work of Eagle Dynamics

[@therealalpha5430]

im having trouble getting the dot to line up in the box when in LNS to shoot a missle how do i do this so I can actually fire missiles.

[@thephilosopherkings4525]

Cap please list the control as it is listed in the controls menu. All this information on the proper names, and what they do is great; but let's get the point, shall we?

[@cmibm6022]

Very useful!

[@victorm316]

My biggest problem. Is targeting teammates and enemies. If it is a friendly. What does it show. Thanks

[@daddyrabbit835]

My radars never pick up anything. No bricks, nothing. Just a blank screen until a missle hits me .

[@ullmannbh8958]

The problem lies between the stick and the seat

[@rossb2006]

Just discovered this series of vids and they're great, so thankyou! Really helped me out as a new DCS and F18 "user". One thing I have noticed though is that as soon as I switch to AA mode DDI1 immediately changes back to "Stores" (I usually have it in EWS). I haven't seen this behaviour in any other vids, am I missing some setup options as I am starting in the air or is it a bug/feature?

[@grimreapers]

Cool

[@JohnSmith-od1eg]

when you go to AA mode it automatically sets the DDI's to what it think's youll need. Same for AG Mode. Just switch it back, no problem on your end.

[@lucianomicale1099]

hi, thks for your quality video, a question...so the bullseye can be viewed on radar only if it is a waypoint?!?in this case is better to have it selected before the mission start, to understand the others pilot info without looking at the map every 5 seconds...

[@grimreapers]

Yes I would recommend that.

[@nasty7388]

Thanks for the update ....

[@HuntressMedia]

Wow, that was a LOT of words, all very fast and amazing! Thank you for the hard work on these videos. Do you see these symbols and buttons and modes in your sleep? 😀 I'm wondering if, once my knowledge and memory of all of this information gets to certain level - is it still possible to know how to do anything else? Like, a job, for instance lol.

[@jemand8462]

10:45 this part is so wrong: he always mixes up the bearing and range from the bull's eye and the bearing and range from the aircraft. 90°/50.6 is obviously aircraft to bull's eye, BRA is obviously chaning when he's changing the TDC, so it's the bearing and range from the aircraft to the TDC.

[@alexkew5186]

Thanks, this tutorial really helped me

[@Rustygiz]

Thank you. Keep it up

[@ALPHARICCO875]

SUPER Thanks

[@phoenixsui]

Hi guys, is this still up to date? I have heavy trouble to use my radar since 2.7 update, i am constantly jammed and can see enemys not even if they are directly in front sometimes.

[@grimreapers]

YEs but havn't tried using this plane in A2A for a while.

[@mrbrianbrush]

Can you only engage 2 targets at one time with tws as opposed to the 6 by the f14?

[@grimreapers]

You can engage 2 via the L&S/DT2 OR your can ripple up to 10 amraams by just cycling L&S with Undesignate and firing each time.

[@mrbrianbrush]

@mandellorian thats an intersting thing to note, if true. Sounds semi believable with my lack of knowledge of radar haha. So how did the tomcat do it?

[@RelaxSimmer]

Very ... very good video, gj

[@bjondersson]

Thank you, very well made video! Where's the documentation on the Sensor Control Switch depress function? Can't find it anywhere.

[@westwood4079]

Hi all. I've downloaded the mission and I'm stuck with a problem at 26:53 - azimuth scan is following CAP's TDC wherever it moves. I can't make that happen - it's always stuck in the middle. Only when I push TDC depress, scan area moves around that position (and stays there until I push RESET or slew TDC somewhere else and then TDC depress again). Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong... please help

[@0xdfpv53]

you're not doing anythign wrong, the implementation at the time of the video was wrong, the way it works now is supposedly the correct way.

[@westwood4079]

@@0xdfpv53 Thanks 4 the info. Good to know.

[@highbypass]

Well in the version current as of today, I cannot get the sensor select depress to interrogate the target. Maybe you can check ? Flew a MP miz today and the radar was awful (even with an Awacs airborne),

[@89DerChristian]

Check that you run the Open Beta... I was running the Stable version for a while, and features will take a while to be implemented there

[@NorthernGrim]

still struggling, doing 8v8 bvr in the f18 and I only ever manage to lock and kill 1 target, then just get blown to bits out of nowhere, really struggling.

[@grimreapers]

That's pretty normal for any newish guy. Took my years to understand "survivability" in a fighter jet.

[@codename1176]

Talking about the refresh rate I can’t remember what plane I was in but when I locked a target all the settings focused just there

[@aarndub0760]

if you do a stt lock in tws will notify the enemy fighter or does it work like a tws soft lock?

[@jeskosmos]

thx.. nice tutorial ...

[@delta9990]

one thing i hate in the fa18c is adjusting the radar altitude. Its janky has a delay and is much harder than something like a f16c, and if you have a slider thingy like on the TWCS throttle it pretty much unusable and i had to swap around a bunch of controls