DCS: F-16C Viper | Maverick Boresight Procedure

[@Agridefense]

I swear Wags should read audiobooks for a side gig, he got that voice. :)

[@AdamD19D]

Hmm I have to try this out. Have been getting really annoyed online with the TGP not handing off properly to the agm-65d and having to manually slew the missile seeker each time

[@JayRacer]

I remember buying FC2, a Saitek Stick, and a “top of the line” ROG laptop powered by a 460m GPU before going to USAF tech school (to learn how to crew 16s). I also had the A-10c. I remember watching the promo vid for Vegas/A-10c when it was Linkin Park in the background. We all wished there was a 16 module. Now I’m winding down crewing 15s and all I fly is still.... the 15. Lol. Thanks for all you do for the community and for paying painstaking homage to these fighters.

[@CameTo]

Very nice - any chance the heat mapping can be sorted out a bit. Right now bushes and trees are on par with moving engines. They should be no warmer than a muddy field

[@williamwinborne3253]

New FLIR has been “incoming” since 2016

[@SVgamer72]

Just gets better and better!

[@ipdjbt]

I have a feeling I'm going to be watching this video multiple times until my confusion goes away, lol.

[@kurothas2181]

@Matt, why is this technically necessary? Do we need to expect this in the A-10C oder the F-18C as well in the future?

[@anasgame5685]

wow your comment before 49 seconds!😂

[@mrifixplanes1813]

@@anasgame5685 I totally agree, it's no wonder real pilots probably only ever fly one aircraft if it's this complicated.

[@anasgame5685]

@@mrifixplanes1813 why you are reply me? why you not reply to kurothas

[@Jarlerus]

@@anasgame5685 Because he doesn't know how the reply function works :P ( He did it in another thread too - A bit confusing xD )

[@anasgame5685]

@@Jarlerus hhh😅

[@Wolfkin18]

Thank you for the explanation mister Wagner.

[@norman191000]

Minister Wagner :)

[@phillipharrison886]

Forgot Master Arm Switch should be set to "Simulate" not armed as you usually do this enroute on things you don't want to die

[@hphp31416]

Arming weapons is part of start up in DCS ;)

[@bloodraiden4038]

[squeezes index finger] "This is my safety sir" - Eric Bananana, Black Hawk Down

[@atadbitnefarious1387]

I can only imagine the poor sod getting his car locked up for the purpose of bore sighting and accidentally getting a mav sent his way. "Man, the speed limit really IS enforced by aircraft."

[@rapteakewl]

great tutorial :) small question.. if i dont have a valid target, for example, a piece of road or a building, is it impossible to bsgt? i tried it now before flying into a hot zone with no luck (maybe with the tv type, h and k it's possible due to area instead of point track)

[@hardcard254]

This makes H and K mavs accurate enough to hit at max range (using force correlate on TPOD designated tracks) 😉

[@marcosavila8215]

ok thats a nice tip, since i like to use the D version

[@Rex-ii2yz]

I wish I had the same game that Wags has. My Mavs act like they are on Bath Salts. Almost nothing in game functions like what I just watched.

[@kzdcs9574]

Are you running it on beta or stable

[@Rex-ii2yz]

@@kzdcs9574 it was beta, and after a few patches everything work, but thank you for asking. :)

[@timmy3822]

Is boresighting your mavericks like this a requirement to get pre-planned mode to work best?

[@toffee_ss]

is this works? Not work for me

[@Deltasayan]

Just bought the F-16 and all I would like to say is.. Thanks :)

[@Asb161]

How do you zoom in the pod and mavricks whats the controls name?

[@Commoner64]

Just to clarify, boresighting on the ground is a no go because you need a reference object roughly 7nm away.

[@MattWagner]

Best to do in air if possible.

[@raymatton7564]

Does he ever reply to comments My NWS will not turn on during ramp start in the F16. I have been ramp starting for 7 months , now NWS will not turn on using the msl step button. Anyone please help me.

[@boggy8557]

I noticed recently that the brightness of the NWS green light is sometimes turned down/off, have you checked that? IF the steering actually works then it's the light brightness. If the NWS doesn't actually work then check your key binding, perhaps something got screwed up?

[@Parabueto]

Hmm. I'm not getting the crosshairs on my mav seeker page, just a small cross. It also won't lock anything when I put the cross on it but will occasionally just randomly lock something that isn't my reference target.

[@TheCraigHudson]

Man I’m out of a pc for a week just got the new Ryzen 5800 zen3 moving up from a intel i5 4500 series so super excited to see the change. I really never noticed how Much I used my pc except when I do t have it

[@ascherlafayette8572]

Waggs any news on the mi24?

[@Pwnzistor]

Hey, this is broke in the current beta version of the game. Can you fix it please? Thanks!

[@raymatton7564]

hey Matt or anyone watching this video .... I need help to why my F16 Viper NWS does not turn on during ramp start. Initially when I first create a new mission and drop a viper on the ramp, I go through the startup procedure that I have been doing for the past 6 months with no issues with the NWS. However once I exit the mission and close down my PC for the night the next time I jump back into the same mission and ramp start the F16 the NWS WILL NOT turn on. It never fails if I make any adjustment to the mission like time change or even assign a new callsign , when I do a ramp start its the same old story ... NO NWS. And even the MFDs are dimly lit , this never happened before the viper upgrade. Can anyone please share with me why my NWS wont come on please.

[@niklasohlen3097]

In boresight mode my reticle on my HUD and the reticle on the mfd does not line up and therefore it's hard as hell to get a lock on targets, any suggestions? (no tgp btw if that helps, just the mavs camera)

[@_DANZIG_]

i have the same prob. any sollution?

[@niklasohlen3097]

@@_DANZIG_ nope, unless you use the tpod and calibrate the mavericks camera to align to the tpod

[@_DANZIG_]

@@niklasohlen3097 mhh okay this sucks. thanks for the reply

[@craigharris41]

how do I zoom in with camera?

[@yyorophff786]

Did you guys change that damn BSGT thing again I can't do it anymore since pach.

[@major_kukri2430]

Neither can I. In my case, the maverick won't follow the TGP correctly. BTW to align it you have to turn ground jettison on and master arm to simulate.

[@Sailor_91]

Hi Wags :) hope you are good and healthy. I have a quick question : will AN/ALQ -131 ecm pod come for the F-16 i the future ?

[@cellokid5104]

This never works😢

[@MattWagner]

Works perfectly fine here. Please post a track or video to our forum and we'll review and help you understand where you are going wrong.

[@PCLUSTERS]

NEVER WORK TOO

[@performance13able]

Wags back in my military years we had an armament team which utilized scopes and fixed targets for accurately bore sighting aircraft weapons stores/mounts. Why would pilots be required to complete this maintenance procedure? Just curious. Gordon

[@MattWagner]

It's boresighting the seeker to the TGP for accurate slaving.

[@BrotherBloat]

Great vid. It's interesting that in the hornet you cannot change FOV on the pod with hotas even if the TGP is SOI when there is a MAV loaded, but in the Viper, you can.

[@ravagetalon]

Hornet Hotas commands aren't finished yet. I believe we should be able to.

[@lankypilot778]

Ohhh so thats whats happening, its been baffling me for a while why my fov button stops working sometimes then comes back. Thanks. Sounds like a bug youd think

[@TLTeo]

What's happening in the Hornet is that the Mav always gets priority over the TGP for the Expand button, regardless of SOI. Supposedly that's accurate (if dumb as hell).

[@lankypilot778]

@@TLTeo thanks. So does that mean the hotas fov when pressed will change the fov on mav even if not soi? Also if mav not boxed im assuming this wouldnt be a thing? or does just having a mav on station affect it

[@frederf3227]

@@lankypilot778 Any time the Mav weapon is selected

[@AntoStealth]

Nice job! I would love to make videos as beautiful as yours.

[@chrisolsen5280]

I wanted to see the bunker go Kablowy!

[@Obi1-KenBone-Me]

The H version is bugged. It dosent show the lines and when in pre you cant slew it but when in vis and bore you cant slew the tgp

[@MattWagner]

Lines show fine here with the H and you should only be able to slew the TGP in PRE mode, that is accurate. Thanks

[@Obi1-KenBone-Me]

@@MattWagner I did not know that,thanks.

[@yourlocalhsisrtagent2554]

Hey Matt i got a question, i am new at DCS, how can i get the The F-16C Fighting Falcon "Viper"?

[@hudsonr.218]

Buy it on steam or ED site. It costs $80 dollars right now, but if you wait for a sale you can get it for $40.

[@yourlocalhsisrtagent2554]

Okay.

[@yourlocalhsisrtagent2554]

Btw i am from Europe.

[@wilbuzllf5057]

@@yourlocalhsisrtagent2554 Being from Europe is not a problem. So am I. I would suggest you create an user on the Eagle Dynamics site and you play the Open Beta of the game. Yes there may be some bugs here and there and less stable (not an issue most of the time) but by being on the Open Beta you get access to functions and modules much faster, if that is your thing. You buy each module you want from either the ED site or Steam if that's the way you want to go. Newer modules don't have the same discounts as older ones when there is a discount btw but if you feel like it it can be worth the wait. The Viper has come very far from the beginning though it's really a beautiful module to fly now. WIlbuz

[@TuneboyR]

whats the advantage? I dont get it. You need to manual slew the mav and the nboresight when the target is in range of the seeker? Why not just fire it?

[@Wawar9]

There is no advantage. It is a requirement. It's something to do if you want to be able to find your targets with the TGP and then shoot a maverick on them.

[@TuneboyR]

@@Wawar9 can you imagine this like an alignment?

[@Wawar9]

@@TuneboyR It is. You have to tell the Mav "where" to look at. Also, IRL pilots are used to do it while they are on the ground.

[@hardcard254]

@@TuneboyR This needs to be done if you want to use the TPOD to aim the mavericks (without needing to do any corrections, just TMS up and fire). It's particularly useful when using H and K mavs, since it provides very accurate force correlate locks, so you can fire at max range and actually hit the targets.

[@VonSpookydoodle]

BGST won't highlight for me like it does in this video. I'm doing this on the ground ready on the runway with a tank on the taxiway.

[@MattWagner]

Please use our forums where with a track file or video. forum.dcs.world/forum/118-dcs-f-16c-viper/

[@colinboone9920]

Man, sure would be nice if the Targeting Pod would work, not get stuck on a steer point, and only show a black screen upon being loaded after a landing...

[@jameshughes37991]

Colin, I know exactly what you are talking about. Try this: 1. In the TGP display, press CZ to lock tgp to steerpoint. 2. Uncheck CZ and move cursor a tad bit. 3. TMS Up short for a point track 4. Hold TMS Aft long (tgp resets to steerpoint but remember to keep holding so that you command the TMS Aft long) 5. Press SP and the tgp will go to snow plow with the bomb fall line and everything

[@colinboone9920]

@@jameshughes37991 I will have to give this a go again, thank you James! :)

[@rjtoten]

Hasn't the ability to boresight mavs existed since the original A-10C? I've never used it but I believe it's always existed.

[@Jarlerus]

Has it existed on the F-16 since the Original A-10C? :P

[@rjtoten]

I just ran a test. In the Hog you don't actually boresight the mav seeker, you boresight the HUD wagon wheel. The Mavs are perfectly aligned with the IFFCC

[@Jarlerus]

@@rjtoten Also, its a different aircraft, and a different module.

[@mrifixplanes1813]

@@Jarlerus Depends on what you mean by boresight Mavs, if you mean return them to looking straight ahead then yes, you can do that in the A10C. On the F16, since the update, you can slave the Mav to the TGP, but the Mav might be mis-aligned with the TGP. So you put the TGP on a target and the Mav is looking nowhere near it. This procedure is to align the seeker of the Mav with the seeker of the TGP.

[@rjtoten]

@@Jarlerus that's nice. doesn't matter...it's the same missile

[@Jarlerus]

So what does this mean? That the Mavericks, from then on, will follow the TGP seeker?

[@lDimachl]

Mavs will follow TGP without that procedure, but doing that will increase accuracy of following TGP

[@Jarlerus]

@@lDimachl Ok, so it's just a calibration?

[@mrifixplanes1813]

@@lDimachl I've had the Mavs pointing nowhere near where the TPOD is looking, so this is a must-do step if you want to target with the tpod.

[@XerxesPlayZ]

@@mrifixplanes1813 oh so this is the step I was missing. And I thought they were just bugged again. Although this step kinda sucks since now we have to do this before entering the AO... not used to it since you don’t do it in any other aircraft...

[@phillipharrison886]

If you don't align the TGP and maverick will be looking in 2 different places

[@j0kerface]

can we remove those reflections in the mfds? they look so off being static and not immersive at all

[@gabrirossi743]

Yes you can, main menu special option

[@marcosavila8215]

well this doesn't makes sense at all if in real life is how it works because its a pain to sync the tpod with the maverick seeker, because in the end you have to lock twice the same target and sometimes mav seeker is pretty off target , sometimes i end up shooting the wrong target in the heat of the moment with so many close ground targets, if this procedure you have shown here is a work around that will sync all mavs with the tpod, ok i will try it, sometimes i see myself just using the weapon display page and ignoring the TGP because ends up sometimes being easier, anyways Matt tx a lot man. I see this video is 3 years old so...is this really how it works in real life or you guys are trying to fix it, i know slave is a thing of the past but here would be nice to see it working , the TGP works way better to lock ground units with a dedicated zoom the different contrasts to choose from, but then when you look to the weapon MFD and is way off target and i need to re adjust the lock, sometimes is very frustrating , you have multiple ground units etc.. , still love this plane and is a pleasure to fly it. Another thing, is normal the amount of de-compensation you have in roll when you drop a weapon from the left or right wing, its sometimes brutal the amount of trim needed to compensate and level the flight, cheers and have a great year guys, i belieeeeeeve in youuuuu(south park)

[@einarabelc5]

It would have been better if you just said what boresight means, I get it has to do with alignment using the target as a reference but it could have been clearer.

[@raymatton7564]

Hello Does anyone know how to turn on the NWS in the F16 ... I do a cold start each time I fly but now I can not get the NWS to turn on before I taxi .. can anyone please help.

[@ssouchan]

After the recent update, ‘part of group in zone’ and ‘group dead’ in ME are not working at respawned air units. And it cause huge problems in our dedicated servers T.T...pleeeeeeese check and fix it~~T.T Anyway, thx for the amazing modules and many get betters~

[@BlackKnight288]

I didn't learn anything from this that I didn't already know--- --that the F16C is awesome... ..even if we don't always know why also thanks for the vid peace out bye ok, I'm out

[@logvg7247]

very inconvinient and annoying, there's not always stuff to lock onto for this to work while flying

[@jamessharpe406]

I don't quite understand why the F-16 is the only aircraft that requires Maverick boresighting. Seems like a needless complication for the sake of "realism".

[@Madnot4]

Dude they're not trying to be realistic they're simulating what happens in the real aircraft as much as possible why do people keep saying this

[@agamemnonn1]

@@Madnot4 that literally means the same thing. And I think he meant it’s a useless thing to simulate.

[@Madnot4]

@@agamemnonn1 well it can be realistic or it can be simulated, a simulation is an exhaustive attempt at being a replica of the real thing, a realistic interpretation is not the same amount of effort or even intent most likely.

[@agamemnonn1]

@@Madnot4 you’re just making things up, now. There’s a reason why military flight simulators are called “simulators”. They simulate the physical thing. You’re just splitting hairs and trying to argue semantics. Let me guess, you’re not on a computer; you’re on a electronic device that stores and processes data.

[@Madnot4]

@@agamemnonn1 no im sure there is a difference, but I won't change your mind its fine, either way the standards of dcs seem to me, to be the highest.

[@Pekins]

I'd appreciate a "special option" to disable this and I find this very annoying to do T_T

[@EliasC]

nice

[@yieovgwqxaz7912]

jesus christ why don't anyone talk about alignment in any of their videos.

[@lookas5160]

Not first

[@nie1367]

fifth comment!

[@anasgame5685]

iam 20th comment😅

[@anasgame5685]

please add the f35 and with full simualtor

[@bazej1080]

Good luck negotiating the licence for classified jet with Lockheed.

[@robbie9082]

Wont happen for many years.

[@Jarlerus]

Won't be possible for DCS in a loooong time. You'll have to look for that in other games.

[@Topper_Harley68]

I will be dead before that happens.

[@anasgame5685]

@@Topper_Harley68 hhhhhhhhh😂😂