FA-18C Hornet: Air To Ground (GMT & SEA Modes) Tutorial | DCS WORLD

[@tomstorck9972]

I can't even comprehend how much these functions enhance the combat capability of the hornet. Now literally nothing can escape the laser and radar guided wrath of a thousand suns!

[@akisakis7980]

Now we can feel like we play ace combat in dcs

[@RadianMeasure]

always makes me chuckle everytime you cut your videos off at the end. "see you lat......."

[@grimreapers]

Yeh it's one of my many faults :(

[@seahorse9434]

I like it, nice green buttons on the screen for the feeble minded hornet driver to click!

[@michaelwestmoreland2530]

That first role play highlighted the primary weakness of DCS and why people play Ace Combat- Drama. Human, real, drama. Thats all milsims have ever lacked.

[@nutillion9334]

Wow this helped a lot thanks! Managed to sink 3 ships in one run lol. Out of no where

[@dagisiemens]

A very nice update indeed! I was also hoping for the new clouds, but they won’t come until the 2.7 update perhaps?

[@Jwalker21NC]

OMG I have been using ground moving target completely the wrong way. This changes everything! Thanks again Cap for another good one. I think every time I start to learn a new plane my initial step is to watch the playlist for it that you have posted.

[@bearcatracing007]

Mmmmmm Hornet going boom boom pleases me!

[@cmibm6022]

Hey CAP. You are pumping them out - very nice and useful.

[@jeffreyc2074]

You could also have engaged with the remaining Mav especially setting it to Ship mode. The new radar modes are awesome and increasingly useful! If you have a pod it also will target your pod on the target. Great for visual ID or engaging with laser weapons.

[@tonymarcella13]

Would the GMT not pick up civilian moving vehicles like cars etc?

[@maxlocke7867]

Irl yes, in DCS it’s a limitation unfortunatly

[@bazsawow]

Is the IR Maverick fire and forget for the moving target case, or do I need to keep my radar staring at the bad guy until impact?

[@Plumsytheghillieone]

Fire and forget ;)

[@SsgtHolland]

FF, Mavs are not radar guided.

[@Plumsytheghillieone]

If you really want though, you can slave the TPOD to the radar lock, then laze with the TPOD, then fire an LMAV :P Radar guides the laser, which in turn guides the Mav ^^

[@bobt223]

The MAV-F will track moving targets once it gets a contrast lock whether it gets the lock from the FLIR, RADAR or MAV seeker. So once the IR-MAV is locked you shouldn't need to maintain Radar lock at all

[@iltgdellosportivo2066]

Good video but GMT doesn't use Doppler, but MTI. 2:29

[@grimreapers]

thx

[@kirillous]

Is there is a way to use the ground radar for stationary ground targets?

[@TheWoodWorkingPilot]

Great video. Thanks. Quick and to the point. What happens where you have a convoy and the targets appear all clusterred together but you want to lock onto a specific target (let’s say the second vehicle in the convoy) - is there a way to have an expended view of the targets, kind of spread them out in order to assist in choosing a specific target out of the cluster (sort of like the RAID button in A-A mode)? Is there a way to switch lock between the targets without having to unlock a target (sort of like the un designate button in TWS mode of the A-A radar)?

[@mustang60348]

It's funny though because the real hornet won't see that first target vehicle because it's only doing 9 knots, the gate for GMT is 10 knots, so it should not have shown up at all on the radar. :)

[@IronPhysik]

thats luckily not going to be a issue for the upcoming A-6E intruder its GMT mode (AMTI in the A-6 manual) can track ground targets as slow as 4mph (3.4knots)

[@mrpawno4955]

@@IronPhysik do you know where i can get a PDF of the Manual? I am really interested in the a6 intruders Radar and such on

[@corsair3224]

Hornet IS definitly the best plane in Dcs !

[@grimreapers]

F16 best!

[@corsair3224]

@@grimreapers thé varietty of missions you Can Do with thé hornet IS definitly the best. Thé Falcon IS pretty good for cap but that 's all I love plane liké thé hornet or thé Rafale 🇨🇵🐸🇨🇵. Thanks for your vidéo. Kids from France

[@zinmeca9754]

im pressing the MAP button in Right MDI PB5 and nothing happens. it won't change.

[@grimreapers]

Open Beta version yes?

[@zinmeca9754]

@@grimreapers aghhh nope.. im an idiot!

[@dogsbd]

Soooo... how does one located a stationary vehicle?

[@grimreapers]

This one I think: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGWpgJSBrtOflZo

[@stodlabua502]

I cant change the ag radar to sea or gmt mode. Do I miss something?

[@grimreapers]

Open Beta version?

[@stodlabua502]

@@grimreapers not sure where can I check the version? I quite new to the game

[@hjkklmp]

The same here. I don’t even know how to check the plane version

[@Screamblade_]

First btw. Came in 5secs of upload. Even if it’s 2am in Australia I can’t afford to miss a GR vid. Hey GR. I see everyone is still hanging in strong. How is 2021 treating everyone? Quick viewer request-ish. For the A-10’s its engine placement means the exhaust is “above” the tail fin to act as anti-IR tracking the the ground due to its CAS role. (NB: I forgot where I read/heard this but this makes sense does it not?). Does this play a part in the lock-on and tracking abilities of IR missiles if fired from either ground AI or other jet’s from below? Hope you are all safe and well.

[@grimreapers]

Thanks Nic and good man! x

[@grimreapers]

Will investigate

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

This is pretty much simplified in DCS, someone made the work to extract all the RCS and IR signature values from the sim over here: forums.eagle.ru/topic/238521-aircraft-rcs-and-ir-signature/?tab=comments#comment-239315 Not sure if it actually is affected by aspect though, but probably it won't specifically differ in the A-10.

[@usarmytanker137]

As always another very useful video! Love my Hornet.

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

Literally all the SMEs on the ED forums: "Don't look forward too much to the AG radar, it's pretty useless, I never used it" This video: :D BTW I just wonder if GMT can detect moving ships as well, didn't try that myself yet And a protip: You can use the EXP submodes on the GMT mode to get a nice close up view and literally observe how they move there. Just designate with TDC depress and use the EXP supmodes as if you were in ground map mode. It's also possible to switch back to that mode (and back to GMT again) within the EXP submodes and check out the area for distinct land marks, roads etc with that to make sure you get the right thing. Also, the TGP gets slaved to the designation, so you can take a direct peek at things if you bring the pod. Oh and you don't really need that one anymore for the 84Es now :)

[@rickmasseur2008]

Cap, at the end you lock up a boat and say, "if you have a harpoon, send the harpoon to that target." How? I tried and the harpoon went off into the wild blue yonder. LOL I know I am configuring it wrong. How about a vid on it?

[@grimreapers]

try this, haven't tried SEA mode yet. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIavqaGpa7SefJY

[@logantreemaster1183]

pog

[@jasong5564]

Not sure how you determined your first target was a good guy and the 2nd target you selected was a bad guy? Asking for a friend. :)