How to Shoot Down a Chinese Spy Balloon

[@austinmeyer]

You remember that thing on Saturday Nigh Live where Cheri O Teri was in her yard grabbing the toys the kids would thrown on her lawn? And she would yell: "YOU SEE THIS??? THIS IS MINE NOW!!!!" This X-Plane mission is that.

[@n1msu]

I love SNL, but only get to watch it in clumps on YT! as I'm not from the US. I'm guessing this clip? Haha brilliant! Shame we didn't hear China shouting back over the fence though! kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3ilXmd6irt8jdE

[@austinmeyer]

@@n1msu Yah that's the one!

[@themetal622]

hello austin i am a big fan of xplane 12 but i am having a problem some planes have a engine failure every time i go toga to take off please fix it

[@austinmeyer]

@@themetal622 No. No way. That is NOT a bug in the sim. If that was a thing, then I would be getting 1000 emails per day over it, but you are the only person saying this. You have some plugin or something that is causing this, or are running some plugin that fails the engine if you over-torque it, or something like that.

[@themetal622]

@@austinmeyer thanks

[@emmabentley7945]

As usual, Austin’s fantastic sense of humour wins out! Absolutely love this ❤

[@kekke2000]

Wow, what a teaser! Now I have to fire up XP12 :D

[@XPlaneOfficial]

enjoy!

[@jeff4r533]

He is the coolest CEO.

[@Flexflex744]

Man, it is so funny how you just built that into the sim. This channel alone would make me choose XP12 over MSFS. Keep up the good work!

[@XPlaneOfficial]

So glad that you enjoy it!

[@AviationOrigami78]

Would this work on X-PLANE 11? Thanks!

[@AmauryChihuahua]

This is absolutely one of the videos of all time

[@baphi865]

You always put so much love into your content, that's fantastic. It's so much fun to watch. Thank you. ❤🌍✈

[@jeff4r533]

Okay looks like I just need to wait for swiss to record this mission

[@BerserkPublishing]

This is one way to get folks to try to newest beta. LOL. I appreciate this. Living south of Charlotte, we had the balloon pass directly over our home on its way to the beach. The most impressive part of the entire day wasn't the balloon, but the air show by the various military planes that continued until the balloon was popped on the coast. I haven't seen CLT shutdown since 9/11, so it was interesting to see the sky devoid of commercial traffic once more and the contrails and aircraft flying various patterns and altitude. Not much happens around here, so props to China for giving us something to enjoy on a Carolina Blue sky Saturday.

[@RealSamuelMach]

will it work for xplane11?

[@bravoalpha101st]

I was just about to close my device, but then I saw this notification. Thanks, Austin...

[@WarrenPostma]

Very fun! Are there any F22s released yet for XPlane 12 yet?

[@martygenska8117]

What a great ending. This would be quite a jump from my 172 :)

[@XPlaneOfficial]

One could always arm the C172 using PlaneMaker... :)

[@uzairazizsuria1]

@@XPlaneOfficial Climbing to FL450 might be a problem though :D

[@paulwblair]

@@XPlaneOfficial My ten year old son did that last year. We could not find a binding that would arm the guns, so I made a lua script that automatically armed them. We did dogfighting around our local airport. It was like being in a James bond movie. I made the guns low power so the planes could take a hit or two without blowing up.

[@paulwblair]

@@uzairazizsuria1 Add more power in Planemaker! A C172 with a 1500HP engine is something else!

[@danfernandez6100]

9:11 Oh, you motherf... Well played, sir. Well played. That was one hell of a cliffhanger. Now I have to download that chinese piece of data stealling equipment. xDDDDD

[@RyanZ225_PC]

This made my night well done Austin

[@niki_bel2283]

When will the xp12 performance be at least on par with xp11? When will the AA work better/jaggies be removed? These are the questions we are looking for answers - not necessarily how to engage in geopolitics... ;)

[@Coastingonlife]

Fighters being able to shoot ! That's a game changer for X-plane .

[@jorn-jorenjorenson5028]

This feature is in X-Plane since ages. I only know XP10, XP11 and XP12, but they all had functional weapons for the fighters.

[@gertjanvandermeij4265]

Indeed ! *THOSE DAMN CHINESE BALLOONS !* You go get them Austin !!! *NO balloon can beat X-PLANE !* 😉

[@eddiepaletti]

I always love when XPlane posts a video! :)

[@TomtheAviator]

Awesome vid!!! But what Mac are you using?

[@lspdfrisawesome8972]

I wish I could run X-Plane 12 but my graphics card isn’t supported. Loving the graphics!

[@robie169]

I love the new MSFS but I can't deny that I love Austin's enthusiasm and crazy antics in these videos! I really want to try the demo now 😄

[@captmulch1]

Sorry, what’s MSFS?? 😂😂😂😂

[@d_kortman]

@@captmulch1 Microsoft Flight Simulator

[@pricelessppp]

@@d_kortman I enjoy both sims!

[@d_kortman]

@@pricelessppp same here. I mostly use x plane for helicopter simming honestly.

[@pricelessppp]

@@d_kortman Is it better for helicopters?

[@iamr4mi]

can you make this for x-plane 11? I do have x-plane 12 however I'm not using it because the add ons I own do NOT work in x-plane 12 and my m1 MacBook gets terrible fps

[@nathanwildthorn6919]

That was fun, funny, exciting, and informative! The keyboard commands were delicious icing on the cake! Wheeeeeee! I think that this was the first time that I've smiled at 6am! Loved it!!! Thanks, Austin!

[@XPlaneOfficial]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@viarnay]

Mix up a f-22 with a sidewinder rocket and serve shaken not stirred

[@beaseac]

Awesome! Can't be more happy with my purchase! It's the gift that keeps on giving!!

[@foxaviationtime]

that xplane mod is brilliant!

[@dhruvgoswami6819]

Fact that xplane 12 can be played on mac with full graphics gives me hope

[@SunnyIlha]

Next time our guys just gonna use the cannon.

[@Howard2011]

🇨🇳：It’s just a Wetter Ballon 🇺🇸: YOU ARE LIE YOU FAIL

[@jeff4r533]

Had to double check the channel after reading the title XD

[@Darkstar327]

I'll remember this for next time I shoot down a Chinese spy balloon

[@AviationGeek712]

i cant download the file to the Aircraft it just leads me to the website

[@XPlaneOfficial]

files.x-plane.com/public/How-to-Shoot-Down-a-Chinese-Spy-Balloon.zip

[@FrancoContreras]

Love the videos Austin !!!

[@ChiliStyles]

I knew my home airport was good for something

[@XPlaneOfficial]

Balloon mission launches and monopolistic price gouging for fuel. 😩

[@XPlaneOfficial]

...at least Asheville has good food!! Jk - we love it here.

[@ChiliStyles]

@@XPlaneOfficial fuel prices are some of the highest in the area even with my based customer discount.

[@djvycious]

This is prime dank content. hats off.

[@Aviation_777YT]

why doesnt the balloon show up for me? i did everything right

[@AmongUs-mb4qx]

XPlane-12 insane graphical requirements, no way to tone it down and VRAM consumption is insane, Xplane-11 is much more enjoyable.

[@stone2889]

i live near KAVL! awesome seeing my local airport in a video, especially with it being this small

[@AllThingsAviation]

updating xp12 as we speak, looking forward to shooting a balloon down soon

[@SnoDawg]

Supposedly they can’t use guns at 50,000 ft.

[@EliteHobbies]

Fantastic video as always

[@rodrigueducharne7260]

Vraiment SUPER cool video. Bravo Mister Austin. Je teste ASAP ;-)

[@tensevo]

what to say, i like the premise and method.

[@svenwd]

Awesome, love xp12. Really a lot of fun. Hope you keep making it better still. Will go chasing balloon 🎈 later

[@user-gb5lv2od9r]

Thats awesome!!!! Thank you, thats made my day!

[@TacticalSanta711]

New video for Swiss 001

[@cupofjoen]

Swiss001 would fit that missiles on boeing 737 with ryanair livery

[@n1msu]

I knew this video was going to happen, especially as it was shot down in the state I believe you're from Austin?? (I'm from England and don't know the difference between North and South Carolina haha) Did you get to see it get shot down or doing the next best thing and writing the scenario into X-plane so you can pretend do shoot it yourself! Love your work Austin! X-plane 6, 10, 11 and 12 customer here! I do miss flying around in Mars when I was 13 with v6!

[@austinmeyer]

We have X-Plane STARSHIP now for iPhone with REALISTIC Mars terrain! Try it!

[@n1msu]

@@austinmeyer Thanks Austin I sure will! Keep up the awesome work man. I remember seeing your name on X-plane 6 when youtube didn't exist, I thought you were some obscure developer from Germany, seeing your videos the past few years have been great to see that you're a real person and really passionate about your product and physics.

[@craigstephens93]

In love Austin. But I also have a phobia of Austin. Can't explain it.

[@adamnaja606]

Inb4 I was watching this and screamed out TALLY TALLY TALLY

[@harshitrao8729]

This man looks like Donald Duck

[@boi2217]

💀💀💀

[@toddjbradshaw]

He's smarter than YOU, HarSHIT. 😁

[@flightsimdeskuk]

You might want to check your prescription for your glasses.

[@harshitrao8729]

@@flightsimdeskuk haha everyone have different opinions I saw him first time that's why maybe i thought of it You may be seeing him for a while

[@gaborb6577]

Now I see how xp is intended to run. Quite not like xp11 runs on my i5 first gen. and gt220. 😀🛩

[@0055995]

¡Demonios! ¡Amo a este sujeto! Siempre está en contacto con su comunidad. Saludos desde México.

[@piloto_loco]

ok, Austin getting on track now. if it needs a china baloon, that's what it takes. great video. see? military flight can be fun. I hope you are going for more of that sort of sim functionality. i guess the missile will miss the target cause no radar target lock exists in x-plane, but maybe such a long awaited module will find its way into my favourite sim.

[@XPlaneOfficial]

Give it a try in the sim, the AIM-9M tracks the balloon.

[@cursivejay]

AIM-9M is infrared guided, not radar.

[@piloto_loco]

​@@cursivejayhe seems to initially lock up on the target for identification followed by choice of weapon. as that little bracket on the hud and the target symbol on the lower display tells. should be a square though. That bracket is being visualized as coming from radar coordinates but it also tells x-plane found a way to localize and lock up on target objects. operationally you wanna use radar or electro-optics for an initial lock, and not shoot at anything with a sidewinder right away hoping it has a heat signature, right? in my post i was refering to the before-release target acquisition, a functionality we all hope to see in x-plane.

[@cursivejay]

@@piloto_loco You said the missile would miss because there is no radar target locking. That suggested to me you were confusing an infrared guided variant of AIM-9 with a radar-guided variant. Your method of target acquisition is irrelevant, since the missile has its own seeker head that may or may not talk to your targeting radar or pod. Apologies if I misunderstood.

[@piloto_loco]

@@cursivejay sorry for the confusion. he locks up the target with radar initially and then claims the aim-9's heatseaker would take over. the hud symbols just don't reflect that switching process, that's all. nothing severe. to give you a better context of my initial post: i mentioned x-plane's missing radar lock capability because it's a long year concern to localize other objects (coordinates) and interact with them. the forums are filled with toold trying to do that job. so i was surprised how austin all of sudden managed things as seen in the video. we all know how missile types work obviously, but to adapt their functionality into x-plane is something i support strongly. thanks for your intervention and sorry again for the confusion. definetly my mistake.

[@Kilosim]

Fantastical video

[@squirellplays4187]

legendary

[@T1M0GJ1]

The video had 69 likes when i saw it lol

[@Greazer]

He missed

[@wargor]

You tease!!!!

[@gaborb6577]

Always amazing us with use cases and teaching

[@rolfagten857]

Kuifje en de spionage ballon.

[@deingewissen_official]

Nice move!

[@jasonli2522]

Fun as it is, it's very dissapointing to see this title and the assumptions that it makes. I would have expected X-Plane's author to stay out of political dramas like this.

[@paulwblair]

I take this video as making fun of the politically driven feux hysteria over these balloons. Maybe take a break from the us-vs-them narrative that is pushed on us both and laugh with us for a minute.

[@jonhignite]

noooo haha great job

[@aileronsintowind6835]

Awesome vid.. fixes absolutely sweet FA of the bugs and performance issues.

[@ant2290]

Saw the title, had to click💀😭

[@samir_216]

Lmfao 😂😂

[@El_Rayo_Mcqueen]

Y se la pela 💀

[@MeerMusik]

Nice Feature for some People I guess. Please fix the Performance and start to use Multithreading when Flying in X-Plane and not just when loading the Scenery. It is 2023 and the CPU Utilization is horrible because it is single threaded, as soon as asynchronous loading is done loading the Scenery, Aircraft etc. My Performance in X-Plane 11.55 Vulkan is much better than in the latest X-Plane 12.03R1 Beta. Please please please fix this! As much as I love the new Features in X-Plane 12, Performance Optimizastion should be Number 1 Priority - right after Bug Fixing. Thank you! #StaySafeStayHealthyEveryone :)

[@flightsimdeskuk]

I agree that performance isn't where it should be. I have what was a top spec PC when XP12 went into beta (1 gen behind now). For default aircraft and no addons it's fine for one screen, but as soon as you add more screens, a study level commercial aircraft, and a few addons, 1 PC just can't do it. There just isn't enough spare performance on the table to allow you to change it much from default.

[@LizardDoggo]

Hahaha

[@DarkKnight-bi7cr]

Nah I like it better in Msf 2020 thanks lmao