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[@grimreapers]

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[@sukhoisweetheart4652]

Just bought the f-14. Figured the WCS out by myself, but I thought I'd watch this to see if you'd cover something I missed. Instead, at 9:03 you show me civilian casualties. Your videos never disappoint.

[@eddievhfan1984]

Re: SP PD mode-some models of the AIM-7 (I believe from the AIM-7E-4 variant onwards) can guide on pulse-Doppler returns instead of continuous-wave returns, which allows you to launch Sparrows without lighting up the enemy's RWR, similar to the way the Phoenix can guide solely in SARH in PD STT mode.

[@oldschooluser2433]

Very helpful for understanding the different modes. Thank you and keep it on!!

[@emmonsdavid4069]

Me and a friend of mine were just playing around with this missile minutes ago. Glad to see this upload, should help a lot!

[@Thumper770]

@11:32 You said thump. This makes me happy. LOL

[@akisakis7980]

+1 If you want the "Super Cap" for your teacher in a flight school

[@grimreapers]

lol thanks Akis, I have actually been offered a position, so need to decide what to do now lol

[@TexasGreed]

Loving the F14 vids my dude! Keep it up. Honestly think you might be one of the hardest working KZbinrs and I really mean that. On a side note, I've had two times where I fired off a sparrow and it flew for maybe half a mile and just nosed dive like it ran out of fuel or something. Only seen it do that twice was wondering if it's a glitch. Hmmmm

[@grimreapers]

How odd, thanks

[@pyroman83inf]

Very good tutorial. Thank you.

[@ethanvan6171]

Thanks so much I love your videos

[@ruf01au]

thanks heaps cap - just got the modules and working on missile modes now

[@grimreapers]

Pleasure

[@user-xw4hn7lb3x]

The Sparrow does have a radar and does go pit bull. Its why you can also fire it bore sighted.

[@dr.tankenstien]

@Cap Yes sir you are correct about the AIM-7M of the era or "block modification" or the missle. The missiles had matched or "tuned" to the AWG-9 to ensure proper tracking. It was also believed this would be helpful to prevent "cross-controlled missles" when dissimilar aircraft armed with the same missile were in the same AO to prevent the missiles from tracking off of another aircraft's radar. This was not proved or disapproved in the Navy. I believe it was a valid concern just not validated one way or the other.

[@grimreapers]

Interesting stuff...

[@dog4468]

when i lock a target and press pulse stt it looses the lock within 1 second almost 95% of the time, help?

[@yoschiunboxing6289]

perfect video helped a lot!! but i have one question - do all you did but the inverted T is not showing up in the hud - can you tell what i maybe missed to do? thumbs up for your videos!!

[@ptrisonic]

About 1 min in - waiting to see if you find the Aim-7 as useless as I did in "Harpoon" - I was so happy when the AIM 120 came out.... Best, Pete.

[@grimreapers]

lols

[@kris1976me]

How come I am not able to move the cursor on the TID? anybody suggestions?

[@sasquatchycowboy5585]

Ok, I have a question. I mainly play single player, and I've noticed some odd behavior with the F-14 and AIM-7. If I engage in a FOX1 fight and perform a crank after launch it seems that the radar struggles to keep up with the maneuver. You can actually see the line move off the bandit. When using the AIM-7M that is it. The missile loses guidance and goes stupid. Let me be clear I have not lost lock. Once leveled off the radar continues to track the bandit. I have a ton of Tackviwe data showing this. With the AIM-7MH this is not an issue. My theory is tdd that the MH has a data link with the mother ship, and that it is getting corse corrected back onto the bandit when I'm leveled off again, and the M dosen't. Any ideas.

[@connorberube944]

Ive had similiar problems i think i know what your seeing, when you loose lock, the diamond dissapears, but the datum cross stays on target. this is actually where the camera is looking at and your lock is gone. if you turn too much after launch but before impact, you may be turning outside the slewable angle of the radar and you would loose lock also the MH model's only difference is that it has a loft feature i believe

[@ikonane]

Is there an horizontal scan mode? Have you included that in a video I've missed maybe?

[@grimreapers]

Covering scan modes tomorrow Iko

[@Megalodon64]

In the most recent update I don't see the upside down T in the HUD.

[@karelvideo8911]

i dont know how to slew the radar and when i used jester to lock he had a lock but i couldnt fire

[@PolarisRacing26]

In the current version of open beta (2.5.6.49314), the sparrow just flies straight ahead as if there is no radar lock on the target. Any idea what is wrong with it? Phoenix works fine.

[@grimreapers]

Just bugged will be fixed

[@PolarBearSeal]

Here's a question. In bore sight mode, does the Tomcat need to guide the missile? Or will the missile just find its target and track it independently?

[@Megalodon64]

The Tomcat needs to guide the missile. Remember that the AIM-7 is a semi-active air to air missile so you have to maintain a radar lock. When you are in boresight mode you must keep the target center of the radar where the waves shoot forward and bounce back. If the target steers clear of that area, the missile will lose track.

[@PolarBearSeal]

@@Megalodon64 thank you, kind sir.

[@user-xw4hn7lb3x]

@@Megalodon64 Wrong. The whole point of bore sight is to use the missiles own radar only, when the aircraft's radar cannot acquire a lock or you don't want to alert the RWR of the receiving aircraft with your radar.

[@Megalodon64]

@@user-xw4hn7lb3x Yes that is true with the AIM-54 since it has its own onboard radar but the AIM-7 does not have an onboard radar. It only has a receiver so you must maintain lock until impact. In boresight mode or FLOOD mode you must keep the target in the center of the HUD until impact.

[@user-xw4hn7lb3x]

@@Megalodon64 Well when I do a 180° turn away from the target after launching a sparrow at a target within 20nm or so, the missile still tracks. Must be a DCS bug then.

[@SvenSvensvensonsson]

How do you unlock a target?

[@essio910]

Thanks for video. I've a problem. when I hook a target (by Jester) the upside down t does not appear. Can you help me? Thanks in advance

[@grimreapers]

I have vids on Jester at the bottom of this list: kzbin.info/aero/PL3kOAM2N1YJdYAuJK27yc5z5zpE4bhBwT

[@essio910]

@@grimreapers Thanks, I watched it, i follow the istructions as your video but in my hud the upside down T doesn't appear

[@aishikb22]

Can you make a tutorial video on how to cold start MB-339-A??

[@grimreapers]

Yes Sir

[@ToreDL87]

Coming from someone who's used to strapping into virtual wood busses with 1-2 machineguns bolted to them and off to fight the enemy good luck chap done deal kinda thing: Would have been nice if it just showed which buttons and off we go, instead of 11 minutes with TOO much information for me to make heads out of tails. And before anyone flips out: I figured out guns and Sidewinders without google, forums or any help what so ever.

[@dzl4524]

Had the same thought.

[@justinhubbard8726]

some your buttons are differ then my f14B i dont have the little circle fire button in the front

[@Power5]

That fire button is the back seat, RIO weapon release button, not the pilot. Both positions can fire the radar guided missiles.

[@Afogel0126]

4:28 does he go over how to get the rio in STT in a previous video? 10:25 or how to unlock the target?

[@grimreapers]

Long time since I studied this but it's all here: kzbin.info/aero/PL3kOAM2N1YJdYAuJK27yc5z5zpE4bhBwT

[@bruennlein]

Hi Guys. Thanks for the tutorial. Here is a little background about Puse / CW: www.mwrf.com/technologies/systems/article/21849213/pulsed-vs-cw-signals-both-loom-on-a-designers-radar Long story short: Pulse is more resistant against ECM, CW has a better range-resolution, compared to pulse-mode Hals und Beinbruch!

[@grimreapers]

Great! Thanks Sir

[@valrond]

Thanks for the info. Do you know why Jester will refuse to get targets that are in front of him at the same height till they are right in top of us?. That is the main problem I have with the F14, Jester has a hard time finding targets.

[@dangerstranger4412]

Having same issue. Some are suggesting the Jester does in fact lock many targets but there is no call out. Need to keep an eye on your radar. I haven't seen that yet but will try again today.

[@valrond]

Well, until they take the freaking stick out of the way, looking at the radar is nearly impossible.

[@grimreapers]

I will investigate

[@Felix5]

@@valrond Press backspace - thank me later

[@valrond]

@@Felix5 Taking out the joystick won't solve the problems that Jester has.

[@Power5]

Weird that you put the lead in the right spot exactly, and the missile came off the rail and did not go in that direction when it was high offset.

[@JETZcorp]

I attribute that to the AWG-9 being old and imperfect. Or perhaps Heatblur's F-14 and ED's AIM-7 don't agree on the exact performance of that missile.

[@grimreapers]

yeh does the same even in Hornet I think

[@GregAtlas]

A question I've had for a while is: Are SA missiles harder to defeat using countermeasures compared to F&F missiles? Obviously F&F missiles have many more advantages with practical fighting, but I've been curious for this specific aspect for a long time. I think I may have researched it at one point, but I can't remember or it was pretty vague.

[@grimreapers]

Wow such a tough question!!! The answer depends on: what are the capabilities on the missiles radar? and the plane radar? Do they have pulse track or only pulse doppler track? How powerful/smart is each radar? After weighing up the options and ranges. I'd say it's about 50/50.

[@dr.tankenstien]

CAP makes a good point. But bottom line is, as someone that flew in US Navy aircraft as a Aircrewman, it comes down to situational awareness of the crew. If you gain visual soon enough you stand a better than 50% chance of defeating the missile.

[@Toasteater101]

How do you get in the back seat, i press the configured button and doesn't work? Thanks

[@grimreapers]

press 2 key. Single player only.

[@Toasteater101]

@@grimreapers many thanks

[@sterlingarcher4989]

Interestingly, you gave it a load of lead, but as soon as you fired, it turned directly towards the target, straight off the rail.

[@edgehogR]

I dont understand, if the aim7 is a semi active missile, how can it track a target by itself without radar lock and guidance in boresight mode???

[@cipher8048]

there is an antenna called "Flood" in front of the pilot's windshield ....it automatically catches the closest target to your nose...no matter friendly or foe ...so basically the Bore sight mode of Sparrow is called "Flood" mode which is available on F-15C and F/A-18C ...also the flood zone is not visible on tomcat's hud but you can consider boresight to the best ..hope it helped

[@edgehogR]

@@cipher8048 oh i see, thanks for the clarification

[@cipher8048]

@@edgehogR np just remember to keep the target within boresight till you get the splash

[@larrythorn4715]

Have a technical question here that hopefully someone can answer: how many AIM-7 sparrow missiles can an aircraft guide against a single target, and for whatever number you claim, please explain why?

[@grimreapers]

Only one as requires all of your radar's attention to guide it.

[@larrythorn4715]

@@grimreapers So the stories of F-4 Phantom crews firing AIM-7s against single targets in pairs for higher hit chances are wrong? And all the sims allowing multiple AIM-7s/R-73/etc against a single target are as well? I was always under the impression that the radar and the missile never "talked" to each other, your radar focused 100% of it's time and attention on illuminating a single target and the missiles simply followed the reflections back.

[@user-if4zv5nj5m]

@@larrythorn4715 nope, these stories are correct. I'm not sure which old planes could guide more than 1 missile at the time, but older missiles were extremely unreliable (soviet manuals saying there is a 60% probability of hit by one missile), and due to this several missiles were fired from one or several aircraft to endure that at least one missile won't have malfunctions and will score a hit

[@777LUCAAA11]

Good I'm not the only one who uses a controller

[@connorberube944]

Over a year in, and Ive yet to achieve more than 2 or so AIM-7 kills. (Unless I have a human RIO gotta figure out what to do/how to approach to help JESTER) Keep loosing otherwise textbook locks

[@user-if4zv5nj5m]

I'm writing it extremely late, but in game settings ->f14 there is an option where jester switches pd-stt to p-stt. You should turn it off because switching it loses stt track

[@user-if4zv5nj5m]

I'm writing it extremely late, but in game settings ->f14 there is an option where jester switches pd-stt to p-stt. You should turn it off because switching it loses stt track

[@seriousseriouspunch7262]

you lost me at the armament screen

[@macieksoft]

Stop making such videos because someday i gonna become a bank robber just to upgrade my PC and buy this expensive module ;-) That complex radar is something i want to have.

[@grimreapers]

lol