Falcon BMS Random Beginner Tips and Tricks

0:00 DTC (Data Cartridge)
1:51 WDP (weapon Delivery Planner)
3:08 SA Bar (Shift+3)
4:25 Anti-collision Light
5:24 BINGO Page
6:22 Selecting Steerpoints
7:07 TACAN A-A Mode
8:15 CRUISE Page
9:33 Drift C/O
10:05 HSI Tip
11:30 Multiplayer
Falcon 4.37. Random tips and tricks for beginners. I cover a few useful pages on the ICP and other stuff.

[@briangulley6027]

Be warned this is not a game per se it's a simulation, you can't just jump in and blow stuff up. To really "play" it you need to invest many hours of study time to fully understand the systems and how they work. You can bypass that and quickly fly around and learn the very basics of guns and missiles but that's about it. I never made it past that stage I don't have the desire to invest that much time in it. With that being said flying quick mission dogfights are very fun all I use are 2 heat seekers and guns. Salute to the people who do because I love watching their videos.

[@tommyzDad]

*Time* tip: Hit *Time/ 6* on the ICP. Press the _increment_ switch to start a timer. _Increment_ again to pause the time. _Decrement_ to reset the timer. Useful if you want to keep track of how long you've been flying the BARCAP.

[@AviationPlus]

This makes me VERY excited! This is what the community needs! I see you are joining the BMS Channel Club!

[@MistorGator13]

You're excited. I'm still reading the manual. I INTEND to read the entire thing! I do an hour a day.

[@mikem.s.1183]

​@@MistorGator13 I read you. Years ago I was in different squadrons at SimHq and Check-Six. Tbe F4UT was putting out new patches and we often read the original Falcon 4 manual plus the Superpak manual with chances. Wives were not entirely happy with the time us guys spent reading docs and practicing.😅

[@Gamerguy-501]

I am amazed with how much information is given and the manuals we have to read. I am a DCS type and I just bought this a couple days ago and I am stunned with the fact that you have to legit understand how to operate the f16 and that there’s no tutorial videos like how DCS does but the ongoing war you can feel as other F16s are taking off

[@thomasmaier7053]

Nice man love the casual tone and BMS content! Nice and consise

[@peterluxus7382]

SUPER Thank you very much ... so many useful tips in such short time, great!!!

[@cragar55]

Great learning lesson--thank you.

[@ViperDriver22]

Awesome upload. Thanks.

[@BunialskiTrip]

Great Vid! Thanks for the tips.

[@psaunder1975]

Great tips thank you. 👍

[@esunmanta3988]

Omg I have problems with that flight path marker always to one side. Also I did not know others things. Great video!!!!

[@thejetfighter]

Wow, thanks for this tips 😀

[@alexjtovarc1]

THANKS A LOT YOU CAN MAKE SECOND PART OF TIPS AND TRICKS SO COOL

[@darthvader0510]

would be nicer if you put in the timestamp for each tip. But this is exactly the kind of video I need. Others have too long 😅

[@dualaccumulator]

Check again they're up

[@mms-7368]

Super awesome video, helped me with multiple beginner issues. - I suffer from same lack of SAM recognition as you, and i absolutely love your kneeboards with SAM pictures. Is it any way possible for you to share it with us?

[@ovaldreamx4397]

Nice and concise! I love these kind of tutorials. Subbed. And for me, a begginer that has to fly with mouse and keyboard (using joystick emulation for the mouse) the Shift+3 tips will really help me see where my throttle is! Maybe you could do a quick tutorial to set up a quick guns 1v1? I think it's one of the first things beginners would want to do.

[@dualaccumulator]

Select dogfight or match play from the main menu and you can quickly set up any number vs any number training.

[@ovaldreamx4397]

@@dualaccumulator Oh yeah. I've already figured that out but what I meant was (on top of that) how to set up guns and a good environment for bfm, general 16 bfm tips that could help a begginer, etc. A lot of people could benefit from it as it'll no longer be a steeep learning curve of the software itself before you get into the actual fun, instead they'll now know how to get to the "fwooooshh... Brrrrtt" part quick.

[@dualaccumulator]

​@@ovaldreamx4397 Not to burst your bubble but guns only dogfighting isn't that important of a skill to practice, most of your fights will be BVR, and the fights that get close enough for guns you'll still be better off using an AIM-9 than wasting all that fuel for the perfect gun shot. If you allow the enemy to get close enough for guns you've made a mistake. The only time practicing guns a lot would be helpful is playing a campaign set in the 1970's like the oldschool Israeli campaign. You'll be better off practicing BVR and learning all the in's and out's of the HUD symbiology when using AIM-120's, and learning what skate, short skate, MAR and all those other terms mean.

[@ovaldreamx4397]

@@dualaccumulator Ik, but they're fun and probably what most of the begginers will look for instead of fighting abstract blips in the more technical bvr environment

[@imsalmanqazi]

some wise words there. thank you. And also make videos on how to use all types of missiles@@dualaccumulator

[@herveledref636]

Thank you very much for these very useful tips - regarding the TACAN of my winger why do you add 63? how do you determine this value ?

[@dualaccumulator]

I determined the value from reading the manual. Theres a limited range of frequencies you can use with TACAN.

[@herveledref636]

@@dualaccumulator Thanks a lot 😉

[@Dimasterua]

@@herveledref636 A longer explanation of why specifically 63 is used for this TACAN "yardstick" is because TACAN only supports 126 channels in each operational mode. So, if you split 126 into 2, you get 63 pairs of numbers. You can then receive on one frequency while transmitting on its pair (63 apart), i.e. receive on 11Y and transmit on 74Y, while your wingman does the opposite - receive on 74Y and transmit on 74+63 = 137Y (but only 126 total frequencies so we wrap around: 137 - 126 = 11Y) and thus both aircraft are able to both transmit and receive their distance to one another. In other words, the receiver frequency of one airframe matches the transmitter of the other and vice versa. In the case if multiple aircraft on the same pair of frequencies, for instance Lead on 11Y and 3 wingmen on 74Y, each wingman will be able to see their distance to Lead, but Lead will only be able to see the distance of the closest wingman (because that would be the strongest signal).

[@Jacobruxo]

Cool tips man! How did you setup your cockpit FOV? Mine seems to be much zoomed... I already changed FOV to 100º on the falcon bms cfg file, but the image seems distorted, like in a fisheye camera lens. Your FOV setup seems spot on, I would liket to know how to get to a similar result. I'm on a 4K 27' monitor.

[@dualaccumulator]

Dont know my FOV, just know its default and Im running at 1440p.

[@brandnewdan]

Hopefully this'll help. IF You're not using TrackIR, Head to config and set fov to 65 degrees. That's default. In the in-game options, go to the controls page and set the fov control to mosewheel. That way you can use mouse wheel to zoom in and out. Hope this helps. Not sure if you're using trackIR though as I don't have one and just use padlocking. Happy flying, best of luck, hope this helps!

[@meesamees1461]

Idk if you still respond to comments but your tutorials are amazing

[@brunomonteiroelias]

Nice video... I don't if it is only with me... but the DTC ID's name (on the MFD) only appears when loading it to TAC or TRN missions. WHen I load a campaing, there is no name on the DTC ID (on the MFD)... but all the things are correctly loaded. Does it happen to you?

[@dualaccumulator]

You should be fine, the name just comes from whatever that Tactical Engagement is called.

[@WatchMysh]

Bms seems awesome. Where do I start if I'm an absolute noob to BMS and the F16?

[@dualaccumulator]

Starting on the training missions in the game along with the Training file in the Docs folder, or check out KZbin

[@Upper33]

I like your kneeboard pages, specially the Sam one… where can I get it

[@dualaccumulator]

I made all of them, I just copied the SAM table from the BMS manual

[@MattOle]

Is there a way to get those knee boards you showed in the video?

[@dualaccumulator]

Yeah just download WDP and it'll allow you to upload custom images. If you're referring to my custom ones, unfortunately I cant upload files through KZbin.

[@hoddsangleofattack3564]

Why the flying fish do we add 63 for tacan on the wingman thing? I will add 63 np but idk where the number comes from

[@dualaccumulator]

I think the creator of IDM asked yo momma one night what her favorite number was and she told him 63, so he made it so. Honestly idk, it doesnt mean any sense to me either.

[@hoddsangleofattack3564]

@@dualaccumulator lmfao! fair enough!

[@dualaccumulator]

@@hoddsangleofattack3564 lmao cheers

[@openflanker]

Please, please, please do something on the new ECM. I know the DCS way of working, I just want to see if BMS is the same.

[@Dee-Jay]

Hi! DCS ECM is not something working (at least not realistically). So it is not the same than in BMS. You may have a look there: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6G7nmiuoKachck kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGenhKKnpbyAmtU Regards.

[@the_eagle_of_masyaf]

How do i control the jet without a joystick? I shows me a key for manual nose up but it's sooooo slow like very slow to nose up/ nose down

[@dualaccumulator]

In my opinion there's no point in flying without a HOTAS. Just adds too much difficulty for no reason.

[@Nour-eq4nf]

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[@sputnik_yuri]

"Don't become a lawn dart" How to say you're a pilot without saying you're a pilot.

[@stevesteven-gw4zy]

Well done , great tips! , can i fly with you in falcon ? you sound really awosme guy.

[@dualaccumulator]

Sounds can be deceiving then, but I hang around the Falcon Lounge discord if you wanna fly

[@rubadubdubb]

so why did you add 63 to the tacan number?

[@dualaccumulator]

Cuz them the rules. If you and your buddy want to see each other on TACAN, one of you would have to be 1X and the other 64X for example

[@iamfritz]

Original FAlcon 4 had a medium hardness mode where you didnt need to know all this.... I'm old Gen X and this is gonna be a struggle to learn lol

[@dualaccumulator]

There's some old ass dudes still flying on UOAF and FL discords, no matter how old you are it takes time to learn.

[@bjjman95]

For beginners or alzheimers LOL! When I was a kid I used to think it was old timers instead of alzheimers

[@iamfritz]

Lmao YouTUbe identified this as DCS.

[@LavenderCat175]

4:25 why???????

[@JustJohn505]

you know your PC is trash when it runs BMS in 20 to 25 fps

[@Grimdork713]

My mom is short and sweet how did u know?

[@dualaccumulator]

Cuz that's how I like my hoes.

[@alistairmartins6970]

DCS F16-F15-F18 yet people play this game what is secret :0

[@marcquintin7855]

Dynamic Campaign

[@faultboy]

DCS is a pile of unfinished buggy projects which cost >50$ each, this is a free mod on a 5$ base game with a perfectly working F 16 (/F 18), so anymore questions?

[@alistairmartins6970]

@@faultboy haha i don't think so there is a new multi threading update increasing fps in a huge way ;)

[@j0xx191]

​@@alistairmartins6970 Because this game is much more operational than DCS. If you ever see a real fighter simulator that being used to train real fighter pilots by countries you would get that. DCS is for fun and this is for being in real war with more operational aircrafts, SAM sites, much much better AI and things. In DCS sam sites are like some RC rockets made by children or so shit. They can't hit a shit. But in real life it isn't the case and also in BMS also not the case. BMS F-16 is better in every way. You feel that your plane has fly-by-wire system unlike DCS. Air dynamics are much more realistic because DCS trying to balance things. DCS is more like an online game and they are trying to balance things. Making F-16 worse F-18 better in aerial combat compared to real life. Also probably most important thing is dynamic campaigns. DCS probably will never have those. People make heavily scripted campaigns but they are not really like the dynamic campaigns. Also DCS AI really sucks. They can't do SEAD,DEAD missions without being shot. They can't even go defensive against SAM's. So yeah these are reasons why people choose BMS. For some people flying a more realistic aircraft in a more realistic combat envoirement is more important than graphics. I fly in both DCS and BMS but if I want to fly realisticly than I choose BMS, if I want fun I fly in DCS in online mod. Also multithreading is good but it doesn't effect all CPU's as same and it doesn't solve problems for people who has not enough good GPU or CPU. And DCS has tons of bugs while BMS doesn't even have real bugs.

[@latesleaves6759]

so what about differnt planes do they still use same data cartridge