Learn to Cold Start the DCS F-4 Phantom Quickly!

Welcome to my F-4E Phantom II cold start tutorial in DCS World! Get ready to dive into the world of realistic aircraft simulations without any unnecessary delays. Subscribe now for more epic tutorials on mastering different aircraft in DCS World!
Check out @ReflectedSimulations for a Realistic Startup of the F-4E Phantom II.
• F-4E Phantom Cold Star...
Manual:
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:04 Cold Start
06:36 Taxi out
08:07 Takeoff
09:43 Start Cartridge Start
11:56 Outro
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Hey pilots! Tricker here and I want to welcome you to my channel on combat aviation. I’m a real world pilot in the Airbus 319/320/321 series and I enjoy DCS World, Falcon BMS, Falcon 4.0, IL-2 Sturmovik, X-plane 11, and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.
If you want to fly WWII aircraft over Normandy and the English Channel, then DCS World WWII is for you and they have plenty of aircraft to choose from such as the BF-109, FW-190, Spitfire, P-47 Thunderbolt, and P-51 Mustang. If you enjoy modern aerial combat then you want to focus more on DCS World products such as the F-16, A-10C Warthog, AH-64D Apache, F-15, F-14, JF-17, SU-27, Mirage, Mig-29, F-18 Hornet, Mi-8, Mi-24 Hind, Uh-1 Huey, Ka-50, F-5, Mig-21, AV-8b Harrier, and the F-4 Phantom. Some of the mods that are out there for DCS World are the F-22 Raptor, SU-57, A-4 Skyhawk, Rafale, and Gripen.
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[@TrickerDCS]

I know you all will love the F-4 Phantom when it get's released. Thank you all for the continued support! A special thanks to the Heatblur Team for allowing me to showcase this beautiful aircraft to you. Make sure you check out Reflected Simulations Realistic Startup Tutorial if you want an in more depth look. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6i4Y56in6hmo9ksi=LvBHXy0-LziVI9na Manual: f4.manuals.heatblur.se/procedures/startup.html

[@cornexus1051]

cant wait for the ''how to start the f-4 in dcs world'' short

[@SDsc0rch]

...in 60secs 😂

[@Glostermeteorf3]

Need laobi to come back and put out some of his tutorials for the F-4

[@cornexus1051]

@@SDsc0rch forgot that part

[@dshornet1]

@@Glostermeteorf3 "Remember to tell me to go fuck myself in the comments."

[@medic1334]

kzbin.infosf50QGzbrC4

[@ReflectedSimulations]

Cartridge start, huh? Somebody likes flirting with danger :D Great video man, and thanks for the shoutout, much appreciated!

[@TrickerDCS]

The cartridge start is a nice loud bang… love it. Fantastic work on your part, thanks for your continued work in the community 💪🏻

[@mikeck4609]

cant wait to try your Phantom mission reflected!

[@rudelchw]

@@TrickerDCS Hi, I have a doubt that I haven't been able to find the answer for in the manuals: after the cartridge start is completed, do I need to ask the Ground Crew to remove the spent cartridges? or that is done after mission end, when the engine is shutdown?

[@Sovereign_UK]

"Thank you for your passion and support".

[@stoops417]

I love that you show that the different levels of detail and realism are up to the player. Linking to Reflected for the more detail oriented startup and providing a more practical approach here is a class move.

[@j4s0n39]

I was hoping to practice this tonight. Maybe tomorrow...

[@TrickerDCS]

Fingers crossed!

Love the basic start up that hardly changes over the decades...absolute legendary experience in the F-4

[@mateusfcl]

These voices that were added to the F-4 are amazing! Awesome work from Heatblur and the voice actors!

[@aandc2005]

I see you have Robin Olds in the cockpit.. I'm pround to say I met and talked with Robin Olds at EAA in 95👍🇺🇸 great job in making this!!!

[@LtRiot]

his (daughter's) book is incredible if y'all haven't had the chance to read it yet. Man is a legend

[@Fahreun]

The attention to the details is insane

[@mikeck4609]

Thanks for this Tricker! I watched Reflected’s but- god love him….he goes through every pre start check and test there is (including testing the pitot tube heat). I’m a 52 year old cop on my second wife with 5 kids between us. During the 2-3 times a week when I get 1.5 hours to myself to play, I can’t spend 45 minutes of it checking things I know work. But hot starts are for communists

[@TrickerDCS]

I love reflected’s work but I agree, I’m more of a… let’s just go out there and fly type of person.

[@tanberjan]

I'm a bit of both. Sometimes I just like to sit in the cockpit on the taxiway in VR with the canopy open and take in the sights and sounds. When I'm in that mood a full cold and dark start up is perfect. I also only have between 1 and 2 hours a few evenings a week. When I want to do some more flying/action the quicker start up procedure is perfect. Well done to both of you for your efforts!

[@asphelite]

Lovely video Tricker - keep it up! ^^ Looking forward to more

[@scarletlightning565]

That cartrage start sounds like something out of Thunderbirds XD I forsee everyone who bothers with cold starts on public servers to do cartrage every time. Cept me, I love the air start

[@TrickerDCS]

Yah I would imagine everyone would do the cartridges, much quicker

[@Red-Magic]

​@TrickerDCS Shame honestly, not supposed to use the cartridge unless in emergencies

[@scarletlightning565]

@@Red-Magic also makes me wonder how many people only do a min weapons alignment in the tomcat and when. I always go fine and all the post start checks and planning I do easily takes up the time and then some

[@sovreign5240]

​​@@TrickerDCS i would probably do the start cartridges mainly because i like aircraft that don't need an external source for like electric and air to start their engines. the F-15E/16/18 for example. however i get why the F-4 wouldnt have it. as most aircraft didnt.

[@hawkexo]

Thanks for putting this together 👍

[@theflyinggasmask]

Nice and simple guide, greatly appreciated! :D

[@Cubrooski]

It's been a minute since I've ran the F-4 and I can't remember for sure but I want to say we waited until we 35 or 40% until we went over the horn holding the ignition button. Minor details in the grand scheme of things. Heatblur did a beautiful job on the F4 and I can't wait until I can get it one day

[@PrometheanGOld4]

Looking forward to using your tutorial to start 'er up in under an hour hopefully! I really appreciate this!

[@swisslynxFPV]

VERY NICE!

[@aerohubentertainment9552]

Please never stop making tutorial content!!! youre the best!

[@TrickerDCS]

More to come!

[@Jimmybrianmike]

@@TrickerDCS Will you be doing any Kiowa videos ? If so i can't wait

[@TrickerDCS]

@@Jimmybrianmike maybe 👀

[@tenToesUp747]

Cartridge starting the F-4e is a treat. Love the noise and the smoke cloud!!!

[@Fox3Hammy]

So excited to fly this with you step broooooo

[@acdcdave1387]

Appreciate the video, I didn't know about the start cartridges and they weren't in Chuck's mini guide so I had no clue that was even implemented

[@MisterMannIndy]

Nice job, Tricker! Really enjoy your style and approach to assisting the community. Thanks for making your content.

[@TrickerDCS]

Appreciate it!

[@julianmorrisco]

Excellent! For purposes of immersion, I tell myself that my Crew Chief, or maybe WSO, ran through the boring parts of checklists etc while I was taking an unexpected dump. So I have no problems using expedited startup sequences. 😄

[@SportDCS]

I wonder if you could repurpose those start cartridges for something else after you use them? Like a paperweight… or a fleshlight?

[@jacobdoolan4978]

💀💀💀💀💀

[@anthonyhershko]

Amazing!!!

[@Elysian_Angel_]

This is going to be so much fun! 🥰

[@TrickerDCS]

Yes it is! Enjoy!

[@VenomCinematic]

Ohhh you start that Jet

[@TrickerDCS]

Jump in the back baby

[@shinobi61]

nice one tricker

[@randyreal5871]

That's pretty sick I saw the weapons lists, longest I've seen yet 🙂

[@biggus3348]

This vid helped me realise that I'm on the part of the spectrum located between 'must use the ground air supply rather than cartridge start because realism' and 'CBF doing the BIT tests because I want to bomb shit really soon'. GG, Tricker. Helping us all in unexpected ways.

[@TrickerDCS]

💪🏻💪🏻

[@pickandstrum]

I was a crew chief on f4 C D and E we did cart starts all the time lots of smoke but other than that a pretty normal start. I did run up’s on f4’s all the time looking back on it now I can’t believe they would allow a 20 something kid to start up and run F4’s but they did, scared the crap out of me the first time I ran one up my knees were shaking holding the brakes on. Had a captain in the back seat the first time when I had to qualify for the run license. You can’t imagine the power of the phantom until you actually run one up, pretty nuts the C and D were fun because of the model of the j79 they had they made a very distinctive noise when you got above 80 percent throttle, the phantom howl it was called people could tell if we were running above the approved throttle range in the chocks by the noise the jet made.

[@SDsc0rch]

HOTSTART FTW roger that!

[@medic1334]

At 10:00 "Then we'll come over here to the right" --> Proceeds to look left. :D Love the videos Tricker! Keep it up!

[@TrickerDCS]

I got a small brain

[@medic1334]

You can still be my wingman, anytime ​@@TrickerDCS

[@aerohubentertainment9552]

Thanks

[@TrickerDCS]

I really appreciate the 10$! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@LAWest]

Your camera shots are making me froth. Just all round awesome video man

[@TrickerDCS]

Well I could say the same about the Kiowa 👀

[@yogiparashara4016]

Hey Tricker - great video and just what we needed , a swift startup process 👍. By the way what button do you press to engage the Jester UI? 😊

[@TrickerDCS]

Thank you! Jester ui action

[@jg7Momo]

Thank you! Man you got a chilling voice, perfect for Tutorials. What MIC do you have?

[@TrickerDCS]

Appreciate it! SM7b

[@jg7Momo]

@@TrickerDCS no wonder!! o.0 good quality is pricey

[@DevrimBabacan]

Hey. Thanks a lot for the video. At 3:53 - What's the reason that turning RGEN to OFF and ON again? Thx.

[@TrickerDCS]

Cycle the gen to get jester to start the alignment

[@commanderstud2417]

I don’t have a split throttle. How do you start the left engine bring the throttle up the 50 percent and back down to idle without the right throttle moving with the left throttle??? I’m stumped. I don’t know what key bindings that would prevent this. Edit: I figured it out. Had to add a modifier to the left throttle under axis.

[@floydkershner6591]

Just a quick note - If you fly VR when Jester asks for Alignment information, you will need to use the same button you used to call up Jester. I have tied several options and that is the only one that worked

[@dang6369]

Thanks for the video!! I do have a side question....the little labels that appear when you hover the mouse over a switch.....mine have disappeared. How do I get those back?

[@TrickerDCS]

Make sure tooltips is enabled in your options

[@DCSWarriors]

Do I have to have split throttles to do the ignition of the engines where you only move one throttle?

[@RaptorCallOfTheShadow]

That jester is a life saver. Without him/her/themthey/turtle/fridge it would be a lot harder 😅

[@RailgunCyclops]

can you still use jester menu for the crew chief if you have a real back seater? or do you have to use the comm menu instead

[@TrickerDCS]

Yes you can still use it with a rear seater

[@konzeptzwei]

Is crosasfeed also possible like in the F-5?

[@Paolo_Pinkas747]

Is there no more assisted start up with jester?

[@TrickerDCS]

It’s more focused on the crew chief with jester just doing the alignment. I kind of like this way better.

[@nathanskupowski4726]

how do you advance the throttles? they wont move out of the idle detent when i move mine, and the keybinds that are set for all other aircraft dont work?

[@chilisushi948]

how would to recommend starting the engines for people who don’t have split throttles?

[@TrickerDCS]

Just use the key commands to go from idle shutoff to idle, moving the throttle halfway up isn’t necessary in the current build

[@mikeck4609]

Does the phantom use nose wheel steering like the F-16/f-18 or differential breaking like the A-4?

[@TrickerDCS]

Exactly like the F5 or F86

[@pickandstrum]

Nose wheel steering

[@driftybull72064]

The Issue is that when I try to reach for that Red button in the engine it's not letting me go and press it. What should I do?

[@VonHoffnung]

Let's fricken goooo

[@TheChicken1337]

Is there a stored heading alignment? Or are we doomed to a full alignment time every startup?

[@lakota2-1warden]

About 4:15 there is a jester STH option

[@TrickerDCS]

Yup sure is!

[@jonmartin6451]

Can’t you use bleed air to start engine #1?

[@Eroglik]

How do you change the units of the stabilator? I can't find the controls for it anywhere. Super confused. Is it called something else in the keybinds?

[@TrickerDCS]

It’s under elevator trim

[@Eroglik]

@@TrickerDCS Thanks, I didn't realise that with the nose trim - even though the stick doesn't look like it can move anymore, the stabilator indicator keeps going. Didn't explain that anywhere in the manual :D

[@dunbar555]

how do you set flaps down ? there are many flaps controls/input. I am not sure

[@TrickerDCS]

Flaps/Slats Swtich - NORM and OUT

[@DOGosaurus_rex]

NA NA NA NA NA NANA NA PHANTOM NA NA NANA NA NA NA NA NA phantom phantom PHANTOOOOOOM

[@sypherdronegaming6145]

Why would one use air sources to start if cartridges are faster? Is it a damage thing?

[@TrickerDCS]

Yah precisely, big bang to get it going

[@TheMinipily]

I would imagine the cartridges cause more wear and tear so they'd be reserved more often for scrambling rather than a general take off sortie.

[@Lemard77]

Probably for when there isn't airfield support equipment like in improvised /quick deploy bases during wartime

[@Red-Magic]

Because cartridge start can damage the engine. Cartridge is for emergencies only, like scrambles for intercept

[@tanberjan]

How are you getting Robin Olds in these videos ?

[@TrickerDCS]

Certain skins have him

[@tanberjan]

@@TrickerDCS Ah, I see, thanks!

[@Jason-tg5ky]

For whatever reason I have no steering. Any suggestions?

[@TrickerDCS]

Gotta hold nose wheel steering while taxing

[@AnthonyAdrianAcker]

Weird everything is going fine but I can't reset my altimeter. It just stays in Standby.

[@jimbob6031]

I cant get my slats and flaps to go down and my gear wont go up aftertake at like 160 knots

[@harryamanatidis1576]

i cant manage to move the throttle. i only have a single throttle hotas. am i doing something wrong?

[@TrickerDCS]

I would use the keybinds on the keyboard for bringing the throttle to idle

[@PeterMatthess]

Does anybody know what time today it should be released?

[@TrickerDCS]

1500 Zulu

[@PeterMatthess]

@@TrickerDCS much appreciated, thanks!

[@m3taleye]

Okay now in 60 seconds please 😛

[@zlatkom1300]

Is this Robin Olds in F-4? ❤

[@TRS717]

That’s exactly what I was thinking. Pretty cool. Fighter Pilot is one of my favorite books.

[@marswor]

PSA: to turn while you taxi you need to use nose gear steering button

[@larryp1938]

What map are you in there?

[@TrickerDCS]

Sinai

[@rmc7098]

It seems you could start both engines simultaneously with start cartridges.

[@TrickerDCS]

Haven’t tried this yet actually

[@pickandstrum]

In the real world we would cart start one at a time too much going on to do both at once

[@iou0]

Any reason not to use start cartridges every startup?

[@TrickerDCS]

As of now, I haven’t seen any damage to the aircraft, so I don’t see why not

[@Red-Magic]

It has a change to damage the engine. It's for emergencies only, so shouldn't really use it unless you're on a time crunch to make an intercept

[@iou0]

@@Red-Magic If it doesn't damage the engines in-game. I'm going to use it every time. Time crunch and all that.

[@pickandstrum]

As a former f4 crew chief you don’t want to really do a cart start every time the cart start actually uses the same exact starter they the -60 starter cart used but the cartridge spins up the starter with the gases from the cartridge instead of the bleed air from the external starter cart.

[@fastfed]

I and most others will always use the cartridges

[@Matt-tf1wz]

I swear they modeled the pilot after Robin Olds.

[@schweizerluchs7146]

6:29 😂

[@robh4671]

Did you forget to mention the button to press tap bring up the jester menu ???

[@TrickerDCS]

Nope, I went over it the first time I brought it up, jester ui action

[@nball461]

Where do I plug my cartridge in?? 😜

[@TrickerDCS]

Ask your scientist wife 👀💀

[@nball461]

@@TrickerDCS 🤣 hopefully she’ll say - the mistress 😅

[@TrickerDCS]

@@nball461 bahahaha, good to hear from you sir

[@nball461]

@@TrickerDCS you too! I do try and get on DCS every now and then - just v tough with two crazy kids 😅 (and the job!) hope you’re well Captain 😉

[@TrickerDCS]

@@nball461 I totally get it family man! Miss flying a10s with you on Nevada

[@darqen271]

Is it just me or is the new jester menu kinda buggy

[@TrickerDCS]

Takes time to get used to for sure but I like it

[@superteaman1456]

we also should have been doing a cold start in the phantom today :(

[@TrickerDCS]

Yah I know… it sucks, I wanted to fly it today with my step bros!

[@superteaman1456]

@@TrickerDCS the phantom is my favorite fighter jet and i was so excited for today, sucks quite a bit that ED JUST HAD to make it launch with their update…

[@user-pe8yi9uh7d]

but how to cold start as wso? am i the only one wanting to fly more as wso?

[@TrickerDCS]

I thought better was done other creators that did this

[@user-pe8yi9uh7d]

@@TrickerDCS not really. I found just one dude with 2k subscribers that did a guide on f4 wso cold start, thats it

[@TrickerDCS]

@@user-pe8yi9uh7dlook up a guy named Prez

[@user-pe8yi9uh7d]

@@TrickerDCS thank you

[@rjs1138]

Olds aka "the tash" flew for the Israelis? Who knew 🤯😅

[@TomP-148]

This doesnt take 40 minutes?

[@TrickerDCS]

Yah sorry, as always I try to keep them a bit shorter

[@TomP-148]

@@TrickerDCS damn it dude how dare you.

[@Stone46988]

I bet it gets delayed again. Looks like I got to become a KZbinr just to get this jet.

[@gaebbi]

60 Sec Version where? Kappa

[@TrickerDCS]

👀👀👀👀

[@subjectc7505]

Huh, the F-4 isn't as complex as i thought it would be. Weapon development aside.

[@TrickerDCS]

It’s a blast

[@brutoosXJ]

Two weeks

[@spitfire5452]

why *srael livery?

[@TrickerDCS]

It’s what the mission came with

[@davidlawrence3230]

Is that Herc coming out soon? I wanna fly big planes, big planes, big planes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no boring tiny jets, and no interest in unstable MSFS2020 or XP12 no ty I want combat support sorties!

[@TrickerDCS]

I haven’t heard much about the Hercules lately, great question

[@topgears7775]

i cant even turn my head around.. wtf

[@qacarxan3647]

Unsubbed for the genocide livery choice. Bummer.