How to fly at Mach 9 in the new Darkstar for Microsoft Flight Simulator

[@Solarnova]

Thanks so much for this! After a second try at the inverted, I was able get to 120,000 altitude and average Mach 9.34 and made it to Cape Canaveral, Florida in 39 minutes. I think my highest was Mach 9.6. This has been my best experience in Flight Simulator so far, that stratosphere flight is incredible.

[@caffeineoverload7773]

I am so glad this new update has happened. When you are that high up, it can be exceedingly beautiful.

[@pacificshark0178]

I hit Mach 10!!!! At 270,000 feet and was able to land back at NAS Fallon

[@Andermattmike]

I hit Mach 10.1 idk how but I was around 300k ft

[@IlLAD3LPH1A215]

You can hit Mach 10

[@E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-]

Tops out at 275,000 for me🤣😂🤣😂. Not sure if glitch or what. Fictional anyway

[@alexm.s4000]

For those struggling to get to mach 3 after inverting, the single most important thing is to pitch VERY GENTLY. Dont exceed 1.5g of pitch. When you pitch too hard (3g+) it slows you down and wont let you speed up to mach anything really.

[@simonanderson6166]

I was able to get to mach 10 a little easier but this tutorial still helped If you get up to mach 0.9 then you can more or less level out and turn on afterburners At a slight upwards pitch continue until you reach mach 3.6 At mach 3.6 you'll have to wait until your EAS speed lowers to around 760 still at the slight upwards pitch Then do all the steps to turn on the scramjet as outlined in the video and you'll reach mach 9 a few minutes after the scramjets are activated

[@nilli111]

I took off from Honolulu to Los Angeles to race the horizon and hit Mach 10 at 275,000 ft. Both of those seem to be max height and speed in this game, was hauling ass though.

[@alejandrohernandezcarrillo2436]

Well thats good. Anything over 10.3 has results of explosive intensity

[@gtaashwagandhaman7551]

@@alejandrohernandezcarrillo2436 Lol Yeah

[@shekelsean]

Idk how but I glitched the game and racked it up to Mach 12.5

[@micsunday14]

Yeah my vs was 10000+ and alt locked at 275k

[@WarlordFlanker]

I felt my bones creak when you called the pound key the hashtag key.

[@OnceShy_TwiceBitten]

lmaooooo

[@guidancefromjah]

Welcome to the era of "shit-for-brains" and botox injections!

[@SiGoodchild1]

Here in the UK, hearing “pound key” when not in reference to our currency (£) is like fingernails down a chalkboard.

[@WarlordFlanker]

@@SiGoodchild1 Pffft, like yall didnt use pounds for measurements before you used pounds for currency, lol

[@pyro8750]

@@WarlordFlanker we dont use pounds for measurements

[@EasyMSFSTutorials]

*CORRECTION*: At 1:03, I say "until you hit Mach 9". This should be "until you hit Mach 0.9". Apologies for the error - my mistake during the voiceover! ------ For anyone struggling to get to Mach 3: ensure you're *above* Mach 1 in the dive, and then, as I do in the video, make sure you're pitching up out of the dive *gently*. The engines really start to get going at around Mach 1.5. If you pull out of the descent too early, you won't be able to reach Mach 3.

[@davon6704]

Oh so that’s why I wasn’t able to Mach 3 my second flight I must’ve pulled out of the decent too early

[@UzziHD]

@Quinzerrak not when I tried

[@kennethhicks2113]

np, the gage is there and visible. Good and concise, ty. What about those 2 lower left switches (gen...)?

[@rawnukles]

Yeah that was funny . I thought the whole tutorial was take off and climb at 10 degree until you get to mach 9.That's all. thanks for coming... lol Also scram jets don't "spool up" they have no spool, no rotating parts. Maybe you could say the fuel pump might have a spinning impeller that spools up. But that must be one hell of a fuel pump like a rocket engine turbo pump. Now I think about it maybe scram jets do need really powerful fuel pumps that spool up?

[@FAZE9NINE]

Haha , try the scram jet take off

[@ThatGuyInPhilly]

I have to try this! So far, I've hit Mach 3.8 - 4...still flew from Cape Canaveral, Florida to NYC JFK in about 25-30 min. Maxed out at 275K height (Sim starts to get a little buggy, but flyable) Hard to control, takes some patience to fly super-jet, but fun! *When you get this high, turn on "Storm" for weather, max out the lightning and see the numerous lightning bolts below you.

[@joseph299]

I just flew LAX to JFK in 35 minutes, mach 10 @ 275k. I had the same issue last night not being able to get above mach 3.75ish then watched this and off I went like a rocket.

[@kennethhicks2113]

Awesome! Sounds like your weather guy too.... I did a few vidy's on it, the hurricane was cool. I find the weather reasonably accurate.... no naders tho.

[@Cheiff117]

*hard to control* yeah no bloody shit sherlock,...

[@joem.3124]

@@joseph299 we almost have the same username lol

[@mattalford3932]

I turned on autopilot and dude hit the scram jets at like 25k feet on a cloudy day. my pc couldn't keep up lol.

[@egakharisma3588]

Awesomee, finally the thing I missed all this time was the afterburner and how to activate that scramjet, this kind of videos are awesome, keep up the great work sir..👍

[@Grimpy970]

For a lot of the special aircraft there's a magic switch on the dashboard. For the pelican it's hover/cruise mode. For this bird it's the scramjet setting

[@alpha7440]

Fast and precise, no useless words, thank you !

[@EasyMSFSTutorials]

Glad it helped!

[@spyguy888]

It is currently 3:20 am est, I hadn’t been able to get it above Mach 1.20 for a long while but after following this guide as closely as I can, I’m in space at 10.02. Glorious. Very good video. Edit: Forgot to mention that apparently the altimeter stops at 275,000. Good to know.

[@Roger__Wilco]

There's no need to invert the aircraft to achieve those pitch adjustments, there's pretty much no point in making an effort to turn on the beacon lights (as if they're going to sufficiently warn people in time of you approaching at mach 9 or something lol), and a scramjet has no moving parts and does not have to "spool up". Either way though I guess the procedure technically works so go through the ritual if you want lol

[@EasyMSFSTutorials]

Re 1) - yep agreed. The theory supposedly is to minimise negative G on the pilot during the pitch down (per the tutorial), but clearly there’s no consequence in not doing so. On 2) - fair enough. Again, was just part of the aircraft’s checklist, so wanted to include in the video. On 3), yeah 100% my error/stupidity!

[@Gingerboi2010]

The darkstar is amazing I did a cross Atlantic flight from San Fransisco to Rome in about 45 minutes

[@laura-ann.0726]

It worked! I got the aircraft to mach 9 at 140,000 ft. and flew it from New York to San Francisco in about 30 minutes. It continued to climb to 250,000 ft and briefly reached Mach 10.1 before I had to slow down for landing. But you can't turn this beast at all at speeds above Mach 2 - it's like the SR-71 in that respect. And the stall speed is really high unless the fuel tanks are almost empty.

[@Luis-hh9gi]

Thank you for the tutorial, now i can go from A to B really fast.

[@HELERsx]

For all who wanna start the scramjet easy (in free flight). You just have to reach MACH 3. Get there without silly inverted rolls with my Checklist: - Start (Full throttle, gear up) - climb (full throttle + afterburners) with 15° pitch at around Mach 0.85-0.96 - for the afterburners bind a Hotkey in the settings or click the thrustlevers with rightclick while holding leftclick - reach 40.000ft altitude - nose down to -20° for accelerating to Mach 1.45 - With Mach 1.45 pull up slightly (max 2G) to +10° and just maintain it - Scramjet-transition: while the plane is accelerating activate the fuellcell ((Green) Square right byside the yoke) and the Scramengine (open red cover left of the screen and activate) - Keep on holding +10° pitch until the scramengine spools up once you reached Mach 3-3.1. ---Enjoy Hypersonicspeed in the stratosphere. Approachtip for free flight: You can type the ILS frequency in the small upper display. Type it in, click NAV1 ON before enter. You can use the glideslope and locator manually for easy landing even with synthetic view.

[@ricardoalr]

I've tried this multiple times but whenever I get to Mach 2.9, something weird happens and the aircraft starts to lose speed drastically, the scramjet never comes on. What am I doing wrong?

[@HELERsx]

@@ricardoalr once you reached Mach 2.5 at a 10° pitch, its nearly impossible that the plane starts to decelerate. You activated you Fuelcell (Button right of the yoke)??? The mainthrusters can reach up to Mach 3.5 - 4 only with afterburner. So I really dont know how you construct this situation. To much pitch?!

[@zackblackmon]

This worked for me! Thank you!

[@HELERsx]

@@zackblackmon You are welcome

[@sealthething9210]

here's a quicker way. Press Y and then F4 and bring jet up to max height or whatever height you want preferably pretty high and then press Y again and then pitch down and turn on scramjet and fuel cell button. Give it a sec till you hit about Mach 3 and then boom it's on. Have fun. I'm cruising at Mach 10

[@iancurtis5397]

Wow I knew I was missing something with the jet scrambler. Hit Mach 10 in the challenge and blew right past Canaveral

[@dantew2942]

Lol where did you end up?

[@iancurtis5397]

@@dantew2942 off the coast a good amount ended up finding Canaveral but by that point it was dark and very hard to land

[@samrushton5497]

To make it easier, just pitch down at 30k feet until the Mach meter starts to go up fast past Mach 2 then pull up slowly to 10 degrees and you'll reach Mach 3.

[@leecooper7564]

Well done.. tips: set options'flight mode to modern, accelerate from land strip(don't thrust untill wheels are tucked away), climb say 30k or above, level off, roll 180 & dive 20dg or less(untill 1.5 mach approx.) roll 180 to upright and pull out to say between 1&10 dg's, climb if you may to 275,000 ft & roll 180 + level out perchance maintain 10 mach+.. note air currents behave different as you transcend every so 10000ft... Hope this helps... Oh! .. make sure access fuel system panel accessed 2nd green top left button & open all fuel valves) hrhr!.. and be sure to fill up 😂

[@Dark-lt7cp]

Literally the best one who explain the way to reach mach 10

[@gorg3623]

Love it I don’t know but you are my hero I just couldn’t complete the mission now i can

[@EasyMSFSTutorials]

Glad it’s helpful :)

[@owainsiu3999]

Same

[@zeincexxx1285]

But it's even explained. It literally guides you.

[@himan69]

Thank you I would not have been able to do this without you. I reached a max speed of Mach 10.1 and averaged Mach 10 at over 275 000 feet

[@v0ldy54]

One of the coolest thing you can do with this aircraft is to start at Nighttime, near the terminator... you'll go faster than Earth's rotation so you'll see the sun rise as a consequence of that, it's super cool especially if you're far up in the sky!

[@vgow]

Getting to mach 9 takes time but it's fun once you reach it, it's a whole new level of landing procedures to lol

[@VivaanPlayzz]

Thank you so much I was able to fly mach 10.1 because of this tutorial

[@micsunday14]

Mann this is so much fun. Brisbane to Sydney in 5minutes. Such a great free plane.

[@alexm.s4000]

I dont know if i messed up some sequence but when i turned on the scramjet at mach 3 i got the most unexpected turbulence. It felt like the thing was about to explode! Luckily i stabilised it but that was for sure my most intense moment of MS flight

[@getashotuhthis]

Edwards AFB to Barcelona, Spain in 1.5 hrs. Thanks for the video!

[@Synystr7]

0:49 Twitter users won't have trouble.

[@wizrd2]

you can skip the inverted roll crap by just climbing to ~35.000 feet at an angle between 10-20 degrees, then pitching the nose down gently to -5 to -10 degrees. you will gain speed until mach ~3,5 and you can enable the scram jet as usual.

[@Rory96inthahouse]

you can get to Mach 13.6 if you put weather temperature to -130 only when hit Mach 10 then do it

[@Jorge01234]

I was about to watch this but then I said: NO! I'll try to figure it out on my own first. And I did!!! I just had to follow all on-screen tutorial instructions carefully including the carefully measured and calculated G pulls!

[@sohood317]

Xbox series X and when I try to take off plane starts bouncing like the landing gear is broken 😢

[@macc2379]

Same. Can you get the P-51s from the Reno Air Races to fly? I can’t get them to fly either and I feel like PC users don’t have the same problem so Microsoft doesn’t care to fix it

[@mazdajaune]

Yes I really enjoyed your tutorial, I was trying to figure out how to reach mach 9. Thank you so much. I'll try it.

[@Drache191200]

My current Top speed record, thanks man, highest i got was 9.84 Mach

[@Drache191200]

Update: It is Mach 10.04 now

[@bobguy6542]

Now at Mach 9 do a hard hairpin banking left turn and watch your pilot become a pool of blood on the floor at 100gs. Enable "unbreakable aircraft" first though. Lmao that banking left turn at Mach 9 had me cracking the F up in the theatre.

[@blaster915]

Been looking for a guide as I've tried a few times but they don't give guides of how to approach it!! Thanks for posting!

[@EasyMSFSTutorials]

Agreed - the MSFS default aircraft never have guides which is always a tad frustrating! If you want to do a follow-along flight, the Darkstar “mission” in the sim’s menu has tips for each stage of flight.

[@blaster915]

@@EasyMSFSTutorials thanks!! Didn't know that!

[@blaster915]

I'd like to add that I'm having trouble after the role breaking mach 1 and then going to 10°, I seem to be holding as I'm climbing at 1.13 mach. I can't seem to go any higher than that as I'm climbing up through 50,000 ft. Is there a moment when the air thins out where you just break through for speed?

[@EasyMSFSTutorials]

@@blaster915 from what I can tell, the air density does play a part. You won’t be able to get to Mach 3 until you’re fairly high. Give the mission a go I suggest! I skipped it in the tutorial because it’s dull to watch, but getting between Mach 1 and Mach 3 took several minutes of climbing.

[@blaster915]

@@EasyMSFSTutorials I'm currently playing it as we speak and I think this is my fifth attempt to try and get the damn scram jets working 😂😂 I just can't seem to break the mach 3 barrier! The higher I go the less power I get, The lower I go the more I'm fighting against. The highest I've been able to get is Mach 2.2 and that was in a forced dive from 55,000 ft 😅 gahhh!

[@BBoaBrim]

There is no requirement to invert the aircraft. The in-game tutorial tells you to do it so as to reenact a scene from the movie. I’ve made six flights in this aircraft since downloading a few days ago. Not once have I inverted it.

[@newjoe2010]

At the beginning you said "go to mach 9, then rotate" but its "mach 0.9", love the video thought

[@davidbennett2082]

Thank you for the simple tutorials 🙏

[@stevenluziferbelsebub6837]

I finally got it, thanks so much🤗

[@l.moorey]

This got me from RAF Scampton to Orlando florida pretty quick...

[@fairingfans3575]

This plane represents Top Gun Maverick ❤

[@squarewalnut240]

"Pitch down to -20°" Me: *Slams into the tiniest pond ever*

[@Michael-fi5rd]

I hit Mach 10 and maxed out the altitude at 275k ft. Took a while but I got it

[@michaelklaassen6961]

Awesome addition to Flight Sim Last night done a flight from RNZAF Whenuapai in Auckland, NZ to RAAF Base Pearce in Perth Western Australia….it only took 58mins & still had 17% fuel left 😳

[@B1rdTheW0rd]

I was just going straight up after takeoff and wondering why I could get about Mach 2. 🤣 Thank you for this.

[@dani5k571]

this has helped so much, thank you!❤

[@Abdul..]

I can’t believe that I had landed successfully on that mystery airplane. 🤙😂

[@Aleksandar6ix]

Did Asobo not include a tutorial? Is hard enough for many to learn a real plane, nevermind one that doesn't exist which reaches realms we never get to.

[@EasyMSFSTutorials]

Completely agree - pretty disappointing. There's a "Mission" for hypersonic flight which guides you through it step by step, but it's not ideal.

[@mrjones29]

Of course spy planes exist, always have done. They're not gonna give you a guided tour are they?

[@joshuashepard3557]

turn on objectives

[@Aleksandar6ix]

@@joshuashepard3557 thanks! Still have to download dlc, but I'll check that out.

[@markbenelli7569]

If you click on the 3rd page in the mhmmm how is is called? Main display, you can see at least the descripton, with curves and speeds and angles, how to reach mach 10.

[@tripodcatz5532]

*If you tune your VHF radio to 121.50, you'll hear a message from Tom Cruise (actually Commander Mitchell, aka 'Maverick'). ;) Love Easter Eggs like this!

[@tkingsgaming5776]

Thanks for the information boss

[@cragetzimmer]

Good tutorial. I managed to hit Mach 10 on Series X.

[@Trickshot-rm3mu]

I cant get to mach 3 any extra tips?

[@EasyMSFSTutorials]

Hi there - as a few other people have said, it's important to get to to around Mach 1.5 during the dive, before you then pull up. *Above* that speed, the aircraft accelerates pretty well, but I've found if you're too slow, it just won't accelerate to Mach 3. It seems the engines only really seem to go wild above Mach 1.5. Also, try to ensure that when you raise the nose out of the dive, you're doing so as gently as possible. Shout if that doesn't work.

[@mattmccaughen8082]

Air speed and real.speed ain't the same

[@JackSmith-tv4pe]

@@EasyMSFSTutorials are engines 3 and 4 supposed to be on when getting to Mach 3

[@EasyMSFSTutorials]

@@JackSmith-tv4pe you’re meant to engage the scramjet (3 and 4) when you’re above Mach 3. They won’t work below that speed.

[@WigglyMonkey07]

@@EasyMSFSTutorials how do I do that?

[@machaviationofficial]

Slightly confusing when you climb to mach 9, when what you really meant was climb to mach 0.9!

[@johnmcmanus129]

Great video, one problem though. Took a few re views to realise you meant mach .9 as opposed to mach 9!, all good now though and cruising mach 9.99 at 275'000 feet, with your good help, 👍

[@falconloverxxx7182]

even tho I assigned the afterburner hotkey, it still doesn't turn on... and I was wondering why I'm not able to go past 0.87mach... I think that is the reason I'm not able to go even further, do you know any tips to fix that?

[@jonasnielsen2262]

I have the exact same problem

[@EasyMSFSTutorials]

One thing you could try is after advancing the throttles to full, press and hold F3 to force the throttle into the afterburner section? It may be worth taking a look at this: forums.flightsimulator.com/t/f-a-18-afterburner/472799

[@elkandavid1]

In my case the afterburner wasn't assigned, so I assigned it in the control options

[@redjr16]

Dah. Where's the toggle switch for AB in the cockpit? Don't recall Tom C. hitting # key. It didn't work when I tried. Isn't there switch under a red cover somewhere. Am I missing something obvious?

[@maximilian4296]

The Darkstar is really cool. I cruised from Area 51 to Florida at Mach 10.0 at an altitute of 275000ft. But I ran out of fuel during the approach to Cape Canaveral :(

[@chezzz._.]

How did you take off I’m not able to my dark star just shakes and then does a 90* flip forwards and dies what am I doing wrong I think it’s a glitch have you ever encountered it

[@maximilian4296]

@@chezzz._.Idk, at first I failed to take off because I didnt knew how to deactivate the parking brake and how to switch on the afterburners xD

[@bludude41]

@@chezzz._. I'm encountering the same thing, but I also start it in the air and it glitch-wobbles horribly and overstresses the aircraft, I'm about to re-install FS again to try to fix it :(

[@JeremyHobbs]

Scramjets don't "spool". There aren't any turbine blades in them.

[@longlivecaptainswing5360]

Thank you for sharing.

[@AlphaHotelFlightSimulation]

Very nice tutorial. Concise and well explained. Thanks!

[@Kenny_-gc2kj]

Whenever I fly it, on takeoff it just sticks to the ground and even if I do actually manage to get in the air it just starts flying straight up on its own. To put this in simple terms: I have no control over what I’m flying

[@wesley__1112]

Yes me too

[@wavegreen]

Might be that parking brake is set. You’d think you notice but the engines are so powerful that it’s not obvious at first sight. Having parking brakes set will let you go around 300kts on the runway but won’t let you pull up the nose gear.

[@Kenny_-gc2kj]

@@wavegreen no I turned my parking brake off

[@dannythemilkman]

I can't even get it off the ground it's really annoying bc I was excited to try this thing out it only works in the mission

[@onegoodknock]

I’ve read somewhere about going into the settings and turning your flight control from legacy to modern.

[@Volkswagen_Yeetle]

Aw dang they fixed the trick where you could make it go even faster

[@Xbox360gamer15]

When I do it the plane doeasn't reach Mach 3, it just gets slower by puling 10° up. So I reached Mach 1.5 and slow down while climbing. What's my mistake?

[@frankkky7375]

same problem

[@EasyMSFSTutorials]

Hey there - my suggestion would be to ensure you’re pulling back up to 10 degrees as gently as possible.

[@Max6785]

Whats the point of turning on the beacon light? Its just a light?

[@Sk8IagoSk8]

Easy to do, but in the sim doesn't explain anything of activate the fuel switch. Thank you for the help!

[@SonNguyen-gp7sm]

Nice and simple! Thanks. Other videos on KZbin is like 30+ minutes

[@jarredhodge8640]

How are you “accelerating” to Mach 3? I roll over and nothing changes. When did you change the throttle from mil?

[@Messiah4ever]

same question here

[@tylerwalsh7310]

Also wondering

[@TheTurnerBoveeShow]

Thank you for this totourial it really helped 🔥😁

[@bushpilot223]

This thing is super difficult to fly but fun. I just got done with my first flight. Couldn't get over mach 4 before i started losing speed. I wish I was recording it though!! I lost all control at around 80,000 ft and decided to just ride it out and see what happened. With full afterburner still enabled, at about 20,000 ft the nose started pitching up as I was still in a complete stall. It pitched up to almost perfectly 90°. I kept full throttle and at about 1000ft AGL the aircraft stopped losing altitude, nose pitched straight up. The nose started falling and I thought for sure that was I was done for. But to my surprise it actually gained enough lateral speed to catch lift before I hit the ground and somehow I actually recovered it... That was a RUSH in virtual reality. Hahaha.

[@shawnn791]

I cannot even get off the ground. I get the afterburners lit just fine. I have the Honeycomb Yoke and when I pull back, there is a gentle lift, but nothing substantial that would normally get me off the ground. It appears the yoke in the cockpit is being pulled back.

[@EasyMSFSTutorials]

What speed is being displayed when you try to rotate?

[@GavinCoates]

turn off the parking brakes. worked for me

[@michalpetrilak3976]

You did not release the chassis parking brake. The engines have tremendous power, so they overcome the braked landing gear, but the aircraft is not able to reach the right speed to lose.

[@adj168]

yeyyyyy!! much needed air support/ PILOTS need to help other pilots. Cheers everyone. BIG THANKS!

[@hulexable]

"The scramjet will spool up" i died a little with that one

[@EasyMSFSTutorials]

Yeah that was my mistake - I misread the physics….😬

[@trydex8809]

I always get a spoilers message in yellow displayed. How do I get rid off those? Already disabled every assist system and tried to disable spoilers via different keys (in settings).😢?

[@atakama2380]

i did just as in video and isntructions but but plane not accelerating after 1.5 mach , is there something i am missing ?

[@Hypercheeker]

I can only get one of the scramjets to work, the other just stays dead, i have no idea what to do anymore to fix it

[@missiah]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@TinkerTailorSoldier1]

I can’t reach Mach 3. I do everything it tells me to do. After the roll back upright and pitch up to 10* I’m still between Mach 1.1-1.3 and lose speed.

[@jac1799]

Me too. I've followed all the instructions but at 10° incline I'm at a steady 260kn....???🤔😭

[@EasyMSFSTutorials]

Hey there - two things: 1) try not initiating the pull out of the descent until Mach 1.5 2) when pulling up, do it *very* gently. If you're aggressive you'll kill the acceleration

[@mih1959]

Very helpful, thanks alot. I just don't understand the purpose of the rolling manouver. Is that to trigger a glitch or sth? Sorry for being dumb, not a true pilot ;-)

[@nickthechicken11]

I got mach 10.04 at 275,000 feet :) good vid rly helped

[@lukas6485]

I reached mach 10.01 without this BS by just slowly climbing with 100% thrust and everything engaged

[@harryhempseed6934]

How do you get to Mach 3

[@EasyMSFSTutorials]

Hi there - as a few other people have said, it's important to get to to around Mach 1.5 during the dive, before you then pull up. *Above* that speed, the aircraft accelerates pretty well, but I've found if you're too slow, it just won't accelerate to Mach 3. It seems the engines only really seem to go wild above Mach 1.5. Also, try to ensure that when you raise the nose out of the dive, you're doing so as gently as possible. Shout if that doesn't work.

[@truevegas]

What's the purpose of being inverted down to mach 1.2 before rising again?

[@MrINKOMPATIBEL]

On X Box, the instruments are dark and engine 3 and 4 are not working. Max speed is Mach 3,x. How can i activate all systems and engine 3 and 4 for max speed?

[@MrMrfishy55]

I tried that but I still can’t even get past 1.6 Mach….. what am I doing wrroonnggg

[@EasyMSFSTutorials]

Hi there - as a few other people have said, it's important to get to to around Mach 1.5 during the dive, before you then pull up. *Above* that speed, the aircraft accelerates pretty well, but I've found if you're too slow, it just won't accelerate to Mach 3. It seems the engines only really seem to go wild above Mach 1.5. Also, try to ensure that when you raise the nose out of the dive, you're doing so as gently as possible. Shout if that doesn't work.

[@MrMrfishy55]

@@EasyMSFSTutorials so pretty much the scram engines don’t work fully until Mach 1.5? So you have to do to the dive to make all work?

[@EasyMSFSTutorials]

@@MrMrfishy55 the scram engines won’t work until you get to Mach 3. You need to dive the aircraft to Mach 1.5 to then accelerate to Mach 3, to then engage the scram engines. I’ve got another quick video on the way to demo exactly this bit.

[@MrMrfishy55]

@@EasyMSFSTutorials awesome works now! Thank you! I have now subscribed!

[@isaacgonzales4915]

anyone know why my first two engines aren’t running after i turned on engine 3/4? i’m at mach 9.8 but won’t go faster than 600

[@MrTrashcanBob]

Good stuff!

[@mythicalphoenix5293]

This plane is so cool. I was able to reach Mach 10 on free flight :)

[@gallendugall8913]

Thank you!

[@Gamerguy-501]

So this isn’t one of those jets we can just get in and fly right off the bat it looks like! There’s a procedure on flying this!

[@jay6817]

I'll get there eventually

[@julianviefers6703]

I couldn't get it to accelerated to Mach 3 in a 10 degree pitch up so I just pitched down to minus 5 until I reached it and then pulled up

[@GuyPrice]

The key is just called the "Hash" key, there is no such thing as a Hashtag key.

[@jamesbradley2397]

After I level out, my speed decreases on the 10 degree pitch. This is the 3rd time, what am I doing wrong?

[@squarewalnut240]

I'ma be in Chicago real soon! Fron IAH. Was over Kansas City within 5 minutes. 150 NM away, and I can see Chicago. Okay, 20 NM. How the hell do I land this? Aaaand I crashes about 5 NM out.....

[@LeDerpLegend]

Would it be possible to give a descnet tutorial as well? It's a little confusing still. You seem to get the grasp of it.

[@EasyMSFSTutorials]

Of course - that’s the plan tomorrow! Just wanted to break the videos up between climb, and descent + landing.

[@georgemorley1029]

I managed to stick a crazy landing last night. The key to this is following the sim instructions to the letter. If you are being asked to hold 1.2g when building up speed, release pressure as soon as you lose the green tick ✅ symbol above 1.5g and let it get back to 1.2 or 1.1 then gradually pull again. This will build your speed more easily above Mach 1 to 1.5. Then after you eventually reach Mach 2 you’ll keep going through Mach 3 if you’re doing what the sim has asked and then it’s scramjet time.

[@Fargoose96]

Is actually possible to turn on the beacon lights then turn on the scram jets on console? Every time I do it the plane explodes because of how long it takes

[@chadsmusiccreations]

What's funny is I named my home file server for like 10 years DARKSTAR

[@djmcg1061]

When i try to take off my plane glitches and bounces and skids along the ground can someone tell me upon how to to take off please. Thanks!😊

[@brianware8934]

Very helpful. I attempted it on my own and failed at every turn. Booting up MSFS right now to give it a try. Thanks for the video!