Low Level Flying Decision Making - Fighter Pilot Flies X-Plane (Experimental)

Guys, this is a bit of a test, I used OBS which is good for live streams but doesn't seem to love recording my Nvidia card (1080ti 11GB) - I'll use the GeForce Experience ShadowPlay from now on and put the Picture In Picture in post production.
I apologise for the dropped frames.
Low Level Flying Decision Making - Fighter Pilot Flies X-Plane (Experimental).
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[@james01061]

I was a big fan of the VR. It was interesting to see your head movements as they would be in real life (or as close as possible).

[@Wilber913]

End of the day, it’s an informative video from a former instructor. VR should be allowed to be used and everyone should be happy we’re getting such ‘as real as it gets’ content! Keep it up, Tim

[@monkshoodtv]

I've just come across this site. It is, by a very long measure, one of the better and most inspirational site around. I could soak it up all day. Cheers. Ex Scout/Gazelle 656 AAC.

[@N1611n]

I actually squeezed my legs in that 4g turn Lolz! Thanks Tim really love your videos.

[@christopherdraper7131]

Hi Tim, I love these videos. It's a real eye-opener to hear your decision making. I had always thought the training flights around Wales were on rails with everything pre-planned. Its allot more dynamic. I find your ATC calls so funny, it reminds me of walking home from school with my Brother. He would talk himself down as if on a radar surveillance approach to the front door. He went onto be a BA captain so it obviously worked !! Regarding DCS its a great game that I dabble in. The graphics are great and the Harrier module is fun. The world is a little dead though and after trying to learn the systems of a jet it becomes a bit hollow. So I will be really interested to see how you use it. If the airbases feel a bit like you are the sole survivor of a zombie apocalypse I'm sure you could get someone to fire up the mission editor and add some interest. If you drop me a message I would be happy to spend some time sorting something out.

[@FastJetPerformance]

Excellent, I'll have a look Chris 👍

[@GlidersByStefan]

Bring back VR!

[@EliteHobbies]

Please use VR, but if not I have a Track IR that you can have mate

[@FastJetPerformance]

Thanks, Phil.

[@darrenhillman8396]

VR every time for me Tim. I really appreciate what you are teaching us and showing us how the professionals do things. Best wishes from the Wirral!

[@EliteHobbies]

I prefer you in VR

[@jasperbolduc4389]

VR was good

[@matthewharding607]

The VR was so much more helpful at showing me your "Pilot brain" thought pattern in real time. I had no issue with the video quality on the earlier VR videos. It's reassuring that you found the 2D challenging, since as an armchair pilot had always found the lack of peripheral vision frustrating. I can't drive racing simulations very well either for similar reasons.

[@edwardoliver2086]

If you find that vr makes your videos more informative then do it. It's your channel. (P.S. greenscreen is great)

[@boeingbwoy]

Loved it again. So intense! Bring back VR

[@duncananderson9583]

VR for days Tim. Much better to see what you see! No concern about icing if you're in cloud for a sustained period? Especially around the UK where the freezing level can be super low?

[@FastJetPerformance]

Only in the instrument pattern below 300 kts where kenetic heating has less effect. Normally effects the compressor blades before the wings.

[@Medge2sc]

As always Tim, great video. What’s the issue with VR?

[@jamessmythe3873]

Thanks Tim, I enjoyed that........and please use VR.

[@batheyedoc]

Tim, thanks for the great videos. I was turned away from an RAF career as I was too tall to eject apparently which cheered my mum up a lot. I've been a keen flight simmer (and also have a PPL) since the days of wire frame graphics (yes I'm old), and currently use DCS with VR having used trackIR. At the risk of repeating previous comments, IMHO, for your purposes, I agree VR is the way to go as the viewer gets to see your natural head movements and reactions as the expert. TrackIR is great and you'll get prettier videos (and maybe a better frame rate) but we'll lose your immersion. Incidentally we've just started using 3D microscopes for our eye surgery which is a game changer for training. Thanks again - keep up the good work!

[@matthewrowe1192]

Brilliant vid would love to see you school the grim reapers in DCS

[@InFlightsim22]

Another really interesting video. Go back into VR Tim. Also, come to P3D you can weaponise the T1, use the gun, CBLS and other free fall bombs and rockets.

[@GunniesLetsFlyVFR]

Use VR good Sir :) The quality is great I think. All my vids are vr now. Perfect i think. Keep them coming. :)

[@EliteHobbies]

Excellent video as usual, keep em coming just like this, but in VR please.

[@chrischeetham2659]

Hi Tim, great video! I would love to see a video on low level nav and the techniques employed + how it differs in the military world vs what we are taught as PPLs (if possible!)

[@joesope52]

Track IR I think would be a really good compromise, It has as much controlability as VR only lacking the depth perception. Looks nice for the viewer as well

[@zentriceggofficial]

Actually it lacks more than that. VR gives LIFE-SIZE 3d imagery. Track IR just gives you an exaggerated scale mouse-look. Viewing on a tiny, compressed 2d monitor.

[@staubsauger2305]

@@zentriceggofficial - VR may be a better experience for Tim, for sure, due to the spatial awareness it gives. However, if you consider the *audience* then TrackIR gives a better picture for the viewers as the monitor resolution is higher and the video looks better. Myself I play this back on either a large 4k monitor or TV and the pixellation of low-res VR makes my eyes bleed :) Once Tim tries TrackIR he'll be able to make the call. I personally find VR great for the immersion but not so good for the switchology as you can't see your hands with your physical MFDs, so I use VR for tootling around DCS but use TrackIR when its time for multiplayer online.

[@Pr3da70rl0rd]

Use VR and ignore the complaints about graphics... Otherwise I have little knowledge about DCS/X-Plane, yet from what I've seen, DCS would be a decent choice (free-to-play after all)

[@RyanJones-vs6qg]

I personally prefer the VR videos !

[@getsideways7257]

You really should consider switching to DCS. Or to Prepar3d with MilViz Advanced and VRS products.

[@hondansx1000]

i prefer it with VR tbf

[@1Ripfer]

Tim, if you are in touch with justflight pleasssse get them to do a hawk 200 skin. i know it might go against your love of two seats but hey. Also how about a vid on managing distractions (at any phase flight, life, checks etc) which could muck up your whole day.

[@jimmaidment4432]

Keep it real baby! VR all the way!!! New subscriber here Tim and now completely hooked! Bz’s all round!

[@Daimo83]

Make VR your channels "signature". Dare to be different.

[@keysersoze1855]

I am a poor guy, and can't afford VR, and use a cheap copy of track IR that I bought in Thailand, and it's great for head tracking, obviously not as immersive as VR, but you should use whatever you're comfy with, and as an ex Fighter pilot, I'm sure you get much better SA than in 2D, I'd say go back to using what you're comfortable with!!

[@steveeisenburger6011]

I'm a fan of you being comfortable whilst flying the jet at 250 feet. UseVR. Bugger the whiners and whingers. Lest we forget ✌🏽

[@jamesmartin5510]

Really good film Tim. IMHO I like the picture in picture. I enjoy the instructional videos with the flight sims I would like you to do more tonka stuff (ex RAF Tornado man) but Hawk is good also. It’s very interesting listening to how to work the environment in different situations. I love the flight sim flying stuff. Good work.

[@newage3]

Fantastic insight Tim to see what you guys were and are doing low level and thanks for the "hello" to us photographers sat on a hill side - always love seeing a REPTILE... :-)

[@davman115]

I'm looking forward to microsoft flight simulator 2020. I hope someone will be making military aircraft for it. The First thing I'm going to do is buzz my house!

[@CalliesFamily]

Hi Tim. Yet another top video, keeping it real! Like the new picture in picture with your in-depth explanations. Also prefer the VR too, it lends to the realism as to what you're looking at and how often. Great for scanning the cockpit. Keep them coming!

[@bikeguy3034]

Another great vid Tim, cheers. +1 for using VR as well mate, is very useful for seeing your head movement and what you are looking at/focusing on etc which is very interesting. I personally fly in VR as well so the picture doesn't bother me, and yea is hard to go back to a 2d screen after flying in VR! What kind of generation are we bring up lolol. Imagine how they would lose it if they saw the flight sim graphics we had growing up in the 80's! All good with popping out into 'pilot face time' now and then as well.

[@jadams3427]

Interesting Tim. Would you be interested in trying my effort at correcting the JustFlight flight model? I have not corrected the parking brake, but JustFlight had an awful lot of things wrong in aerofoils, CG position, and 'fixed' it with excessive control surface deflections.

[@MauriceColontonio]

I'd be interested! Got a thread anywhere?

[@easer777]

Another great video, thanks for sharing.... If You will want a clearer map, then You can to the right in the map window deselect "Clouds and precipitation"

[@itsowen2113]

Nice video. Orbx true earth Great Britain will make the scenery around Valley and the whole country look a lot better. I’ve got a question for you, what does deadwing mean?

[@BTKCuk]

+1 for VR, I am finding that I am moving my head around to move your screen which isn't working.

[@stealthtecify]

Definataly go vr.... Also have a go with vtol vr.... It's not sim level but is close and Ben able to use all the switches and buttons in cockpit is amazing and the f35 clone with its 'see through cockpit' will give you nearest we will get to f35 tech anytime soon

[@keith3006]

Fly VR Tim.. much better and realistic.. ignore the whiners..info is more important than the picture!

[@Paulwhittall37]

Tim, you need to invest in Orbx TE GB it makes a hell of a difference. Or use Ortho Scenery which is free. Liking your channel

[@danpaddy]

VR is awesome, would you be able to render it in 1080, that way the quality will be better even in VR. Picture in picture is great too.

[@chrisbaker6367]

Great vid I enjoyed the VR and the tornado vid would love some more of them sometime. I always want to be a tornado F3 pilot when I was growing up but it wasn’t meant be. Keep up the great work.

[@RMVDog]

Well, that took me back... Thanks for the virtual memories, new subscriber here.

[@oakmad]

Use VR - in a few years any picture will look shite, but the information you provide will still be top notch

[@LCTRgames]

Another upvote for VR, loved being able to see your thought process. The PiP was nice, feels like you can talk a while without flying as it's still engaging to watch. Fwiw I also found it difficult to get nvenc working well with OBS to get a smooth result (motion looked juddery). I also now use ShadowPlay to record most footage - just use another package called Action 4 if shadowplay has issues (rarely happens). If you wanted to pick that up as a backup as well it's on Steam and is often in their sales - think I paid maybe £20-ish.

[@FastJetPerformance]

Yes, I'll use Shadowplay from now on and edit in FCP X - thx.

[@chrisbarker1582]

Yes, the picture in picture works fine, better than a disembodied voice . . .

[@Anthony_Fogarty_Aviation]

Great content Tim, VR would be my preference as a viewer. As for more videos like this, simply yes. Also, has anyone else started saying in their mind, 'dead wing, clear' when checking the blind spot whilst driving? No? Just me then...

[@daveg-force6890]

G’day Tim, Long time viewer from Australia, never posted. RL driver (heavy/rotary). Being a frustrated knucklehead, I love this sim instructional content! Thank you. I need to echo other comments re VR. If you have issues - I’m sure we can sort them out. I’d love to see you shift to DCS one day. Thanks again Cheers Dave

[@smid5y]

Mock CCIP drop on Nessy in the GR4 ;) #bringbackVR!

[@theoriginalsimstig9663]

Definitely vr is 10 times better and you have to enjoy what you are doing as well as us

[@SimDeck]

Yeah, bring back VR. I like the way we can see how you move your head and what you are actually looking at. Great stuff please keep these tutorials coming they are fascinating. Thank you.

[@FastJetPerformance]

You got it!

[@JJC2611]

I prefer VR. You prefer VR. So, that’s 100% of us who prefer VR.

[@stevod774]

Stop apologising. Use VR. Keep it coming. Brilliant stuff.

[@FastJetPerformance]

Thanks, Steve.

[@calummacfarlane8476]

I liked VR. You were able to show where you'd be looking.

[@twph12345]

I’m loving these videos. Keep it up! 👍

[@dominicegerton3055]

When you said the weather is GR4 fit haha! Took me back to poor weather days waiting on the loop when a GR4 would appear from nowhere! Great video again Tim 👍

[@coolcol06]

I agree - its VR or not at all now - just a world of difference. Keep them coming Tim - cracking stuff

[@christhorne7565]

VR is much better

[@Mr_wayne0805]

Loved it, keep these coming. Find it very interesting. 👍

[@Dreamsofwings]

Great stuff. Loving these sim vids from a real ex instructor!

[@c00sto]

Use VR Tim, had TrackIR and VR beats it hands down

[@TRReck]

We do like the VR!

[@TheDickieP]

Absolutely love your videos. Would have loved the chance to be taught by you. Go for vr, so much better

[@johnullathorne2569]

VR is much better Tim and it will help your too.

[@Yarni0fly]

Nice video, I enjoyed the pausing to take a moment and talk a bit more.

[@D0csavage1]

Another quality presentation. The realism is fantastic to know about coming from actual military pilots. C W Lemoine who flew the F/A-18. Uses VR on DCS for tutoring on weapons training, combat training, formation flying etc, was so convinced that he was actually flying a Hornet that he would press his hand up on the canopy whilst carrying out tight turns to keep a visual on his opponent in a virtual dog fight. The memories must have came flooding back similar to your GR1 experience Tim. What are your thoughts Tim on the new BAE Systems Tempest fighter jet that will be capable of unmanned flight, Is this the future, is this where flight simulators could possibly aid the future fighter pilot? Thanks.

[@symie8]

You should have flown the Nimrod's Sir. Plenty of tea on them....and chilli....and cream cakes 😉 DCS is another of the sims I fly, mainly the A10C, Spitfire, F15 and now the F16 although I do also have the Harrier. However trying to remember start up and systems on all of them can be a bit of a mare! I fly with a good few ex-military types , mostly just for fun, flying missions a few of us have made, though I do enjoy trying ILS approaches in proper mud. The ATC isn't the best. I think BMS has the best ATC in all the sims I've flown (oh and there used to be a Hawk T1 in DCS. Unfortunately the 3rd party developer folded and with all the recent upgrades in DCS they had to bin it, which was a shame as it was my favourite aircraft. Even tested it for the Devs. Put up a vid on here with it. Nice wee bird). PS - great to see I'm not the only one excited at "choo-choos" in sims. I've spent hours looking for, following or shooting them up (sorry). Great fun 😁 Take care sir. Stay safe.

[@FastJetPerformance]

So much truth here 👍🤣

[@mancabbage1]

great vid!

[@stonelaughter]

Hi Tim; can you please explain the rationale for the requirement for 4G turns at low level? I understand the 420kt - that's all about energy. But the 4G... I'm a bit stumped. p.s. another vote for VR. I loved it.

[@FastJetPerformance]

I will, it's all maths so no worries!

[@blu581]

They're soon adding the Eurofighter Typhoon to DCS, I can't wait to hop into it and try it. But of course not all of the systems will be in the simulated version.

[@Falltangle]

Long way off that being done yet though!

[@MrFloppyHare]

Soon? Not likely. And, if ED say that it'll be soon, it'll be two years. ;-)

[@staugustineschurchwisbech2309]

I’m also not quite sure why people didn’t like the VR. Someone may have told you this already Tim, but those of us who are also DCS addicts have been trying to get someone to develop a Tornado for as long as it existed. I wish maybe Just Flight used their knowledge to do it. We had a Hawk for a while. It started off beautifully but the company that developed it went bust and there was no one to continually develop in the way that DCS requires. The Harrier is the later development AV 8B but I imagine you already know that. I would also love it if you started a group of combat flying vids using it. Take care. Neil.

[@FastJetPerformance]

Thanks, Neil. Next week I start DCS, they called me today to discuss it.

[@staubsauger2305]

I'm not sure if that green screen is working right. We expected a Tom Cruise fighter pilot instead all we get is some Angry Santa :) just kidding (with fans like this, who needs enemies?). I liked seeing you pop in to make comments and read your expressions. It's a good addition to the viewing experience. As for content, good to keep it coming. The repetition through your sorties reinforces the procedures and shows what is routine/important and what is unique about the action to be taken in each situation. It's better you keep this coming even if you don't have more time for editing, rather than hold off until you do have time to do more polish (and who has time these days?). Definitely try the TrackIR. It's not as immersive as VR but you get the ability to look around in a natural way while still being able to see your hands and producing a higher resolution video that looks much better when all the viewers play back on 4k/Retina display devices. Sorry you have to be martyred for this Tim, it's the way of the Warrior after all :) Some frame drops in the video. Dunno if that is the KZbin re-encode or OBS dropping them. I had problems with OBS but it got much better when I switched from a SATA SSD to a M.2 SSD. The latter is much faster, and the Samsung Evo 970 line is really, really fast so great for streaming vide to. It costs a pretty penny though and depends whether you motherboard has mounts for M.2 drives. You're gonna love DCS. LHA ops in the Harrier is fun. But dropping a stick of CBU-97s on insurgents from the F-16C is just sublime.

[@FastJetPerformance]

That's a great comment truly useful to me so thank you - I'll sort it.

[@LCTRgames]

@@FastJetPerformance Just in case you don't know - if you do go the m.2 route then there are SATA m.2 drives out there as well (m.2 really just refers to 'gum stick' form factor) which aren't any faster than the 'old' SATA SSDs we've had for years. The fast m.2 drives are labelled NVMe not SATA. Samsung arguably the best.

[@dejavuking]

Really awesome channel, I just stumbled across your videos. I've just watched your engine failure on take off video fantastic. Made me think about two weeks ago during our two day heatwave at the end of June. A KZbin channel that streams planes was live from RAF coningsby watching the typhoons. I noticed something really wierd apon one of them landing, it was he second in of three just after it touched down, still keeping the weight of the nose literally 2-3 seconds after touch down I noticed a white flash and pop from the engine/turbine, from what I could see I don't think I saw smoke but it definatly seemed unusual!. I felt a bit of a Wally but I called up coningsby air traffic control to report what I'd seen, so they said they'd get the jet looked at, I noticed one of the jets after that a white with engineers were by one of the jets and they put the red engine covers on etc. I haven't a clue what it was, probably nothing and me being OTT again but I didn't want the thought of leaving it and then seeing a jet go down and a pilot get killed.

[@FastJetPerformance]

This is excellent work, we really rely on people like yourself to report these things and help flight safety so thank you for doing so ❤️💯👍

[@seenbyme6696]

Does your brother live up near Northwich and fly for out of Manchester on the A380 or the 777? Drives an Audi TT (silver)??

[@FastJetPerformance]

He's in Dubai.

[@CarpyStewie]

Also, will you be taking a look at the new Microsoft Flight Simulator coming out in August? Cheers

[@FastJetPerformance]

Yes, sure will - I'll do it just for you!

[@williamstilgoe61]

Loved this. I fly VR and can’t stand flying without it. I have been trying to do the loop and would love to see a video in good weather with you pointing out the turning points etc. I’m one of those old gits who would have loved to fly in the RAF but didn’t have the qualifications. Sims are my fix so I’m loving your vids thank you.

[@FastJetPerformance]

Have a look at the Hawk one I did on X-Plane, I fly the loop on that one 👍

[@T_G_X_P]

Excellent Thank you Tim please use what ever format works best for you -You could try saving your replay after the sortie.Then if you share , folks could download/ play it back in their own sim to more closely examine instruments etc. .As folks already say its your experience/commentary that is essential.

[@Ben-ox6wd]

Hi Tim, Andy Nicholls' son here. Really enjoyed the video and have been keeping up with the simulator ones as much as I can, they are extremely informative and even things you may call sloppy are a great learning experience. If you are ever in need of someone to help you set up DCS or just talk you through the basics of an aircraft you are not familiar with, although I may not be the most qualified, I would love to be able to help you out and probably learn some very impressive things in the process.

[@FastJetPerformance]

Thanks Ben, when I get into DCS I'll give you a shout.

[@Ben-ox6wd]

Fast Jet Performance brilliant, I’ll look forward to it.

[@theoriginalsimstig9663]

I like the picture in picture it's way better

[@1Ripfer]

Hey Tim great vids, VR is fine, have had to get xplane and hawk because of this just looking at VR this could get spensive keep them coming. just have to convince swmbo it will help with the gliding as well.

[@MattJones675GR9]

My head hurts from all the radio chat .

[@spatialpro]

Please do use VR... it is much better

[@NobleWizard]

Need the vr back

[@jonhjfofs5959]

I recently managed to install the Hawk in DCS with a previous version. If your having any problems with installing, I can give you the link to the file that enables a auto roll back to the previous version.

[@getsideways7257]

Sadly, it never received EFM...

[@rhysgregory8572]

Definitely go back to vr

[@matthewclatworthy3597]

Thanks Tim....Good Gen as always! 👍

[@RVLegacy]

teach us how to work the jet like a start up speeds on landing take-off and things like that also the link to the plane you are using

[@Tonkotsu2k10]

TrackIR is a great alternative to vr

[@craigvergy]

Go back to VR. 2D is old hat. 😎

[@CaterhamMatt]

Love these videos Tim. My thoughts are picture in picture is great, adds another dimension and I miss the VR, part of the insight was seeing where you're looking all the time.

[@rc166honda]

Many thanks Tim, thoroughly enjoyed that.😀

[@darensmith2774]

Use VR. It’s better for both of us.

[@peterbrockwell2009]

Great fun and fascinating!

[@Cleobis]

Another vote for VR! As you say, it will give us a much better perspective of your work flow in the cockpit. Also, if you’re more comfortable, your flying will be more as real life. In any case, great video :)

[@garethroberts9223]

Love this! Fantastic content!!!

[@arni99999]

Great video Tim. All positive. Very interesting to see how variable claggy weather is dealt with at low level. I do a lot of FSX flying in the Loop with a Hunter T7 and UK scenery/mesh. I am an ex RAF Sumpy (Propulsion), so good to hear checklists again. Procedures work.

[@daveash9572]

Bring back the VR.