Ralfi's Alley - DCS F-14 Pilot and RIO start up (ft. Hellreign82)

[@GW2Vids1]

I'm getting emotional seeing two big community members collaborating with each other to bring us tutorials like that! Please more my dudes!

[@WiltedSnausage207]

The way that the pilot helmet follows the player's camera in the mirror is SUPER satisfying for some reason!

[@bh2022]

it is! though it is not exclusive to the 14. does that in every module as far as Ive seen

[@bh2022]

@@jmax8692 no. other modules have the pilot head move when you do. but the 14 is the only one to move the entire pilot body. not unique just done better

[@FirstDagger]

Heatblur are masters of modelling switches and knobs.

[@realQuiGon]

So true!

[@fyrelsfolly9875]

Not to mention the rest of the aircraft...

[@Flash111]

Good stuff dudes. That dynamic kneeboard is going to be a lifesaver.

[@JETZcorp]

I need as much RIO content as I can possibly get! The manual is great but it's hard to wrap your mind around the text on a page. I need to see that stuff in action so I won't be Dead Weight on release day!

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

Totally understandable. I literally read about this just today, for like 2-3 hours - just to see it here shown in a few minutes and much easier to get. At least I knew what I was looking at already :D Normally I'll just read parts of the manual when I don't know what something does, usually this grows interest in the things around it. But it's always easier to understand all that stuff when you have the virtual cockpit and are able to click the stuff :)

[@rall172]

Don't forget to hit the "clear" button!😂

[@slashingraven]

ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR GODDAMN MIND

[@ScreamingElectron]

I love little things like that.

[@ScreamingElectron]

we all know we have our own OCD tendencies hahaha

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

Almost as important as Ctrl-S'ing in Microsoft Word or Excel every tenth of a minute just because those love to crash rather unexpectedly.

[@hvymtal8566]

REF LOLA IN 9099 ENTER OUT AKT POS

Love seeing Ralphis head move in the backseat!

[@paulf1389]

Have to admit, this is the first time we have had any interaction with the RIO's cockpit. Nice one guys

[@TheRealHeti]

Oh come on guys... I gotta get up at 6! 🙄

[@Default3628800]

But it's 7

[@drewren1231]

This is amazing. I would love to see this continued to cover whole missions.

[@diesel7.315]

Perfect... Tuned in to find the mysterious wing auto/ manual mode selector. "Now we'll just do the wings..." fades to black.

[@GER-Thorgs]

I love to set up good implemented INS and the one from the CAT looks great 😻

[@Acepilot235]

I can guarantee that some servers will make that alignment process much much faster. Not everyone would like to sit for 7 minutes lol.

[@reillybrangan2182]

@@Acepilot235 Stored heading alignment reduces the fine align time to about 2-3 minutes, and it's realistic.

[@wesleywang2661]

I'm super excited to see you guys come together with tandem mission footage. I wanna see ralphie track targets and pump counter measures from the Rio seat! It should make for great "for shits and giggles" footage lol

[@willy03yo]

my 2 favorite dcs youtubers in one video! christmas came early lol

[@archiebunker3654]

Will love to see some missions with the fully manned F-14 with all the cheesy Top Gun goodies and cut-ins you can muster, mister.

[@DaggerOneMike]

Edith, stifle yourself

[@DaggerOneMike]

I didn't mean it in a bad way, my paps used to watch Archie

[@EvanButler320]

Amazing! Loved that clear button meme lmao.

[@RelentlessBR]

Ralfi's alive!!! I miss you. Lol

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

I literally was close to making puns of him being dead for not upping any more F-14 content for over a months... I'm glad I don't have to :D

[@williamhall2386]

The cockpit closing sound reminds me of someone signing off on AOL Instant Messenger

[@williamhall2386]

I wish your video was 6 hours longer. I’d watch it. Even with work tomorrow.

[@treexcactus]

Now with someone in the back seat, pilot error wont exist as it was obviously the RIO's fault.

[@kronks4]

Oh the F-14 doesnt have an apu? Thats something i did not know about the plane.

[@bh2022]

no apu. no battery

[@Star-xx5zr]

Tek Otter so if the f 14 loses its engines, it's done for ?

[@bh2022]

@@Star-xx5zr you can attempt to restart if you can get the airspeed to windmill the engines. theres the emergency generator which helps some but dont remember how much or for what conditions are needed for it to work. otherwise you have some power for a few minutes of limited flight controls to glide somewhere better to bail or ground/ditch the plane

[@RAF33Strike]

I get no APU, but really no battery (at all?)? What does it use for redundant electrical power? Does it have an emergency power generator such as a ram-air turbine or hydraulically driven generator? I can't believe it only has ground power or engine-driven generators for power supply? Then again… so much is unique with this aircraft :) @@bh2022

[@Nine-TailedFox4]

Kind of a shitty deal. I like the F-15 better just from an aircraft standpoint.

[@monk8733]

very nice thanks , I am Planning on Being a RIO so really want to thank you

[@Jackice]

to be honest I would have loved to see more flighting add it into the video, I enjoyed every min of it

[@jeans1515]

So... Do I need to hit the clear button?

[@mrandrossguy9871]

6:40 is what I expect from Ace Combat In Hanger/ plane select Interactions

[@Mark-fo7tu]

All the wanna be RIO's just watched this and went "To hell with that, i'm going to be the pilot". Great video, good to see it in action with a human RIO.

[@cowboy10uk]

Lol, Fraid not. I did however send the video link to my pilot. Being a Rio in this craft is gonna be so satisfying, can’t wait

[@Dg-zj6jo]

would of been nice to see a rotation after all that sir

[@Zbenesch]

After watching this I feel the urge to run out and buy a hat just so I can raise it to you guys.

[@BlooDrUnKMuPet]

I nearly choked on my sandwich with the clear button

[@Munky332]

Is the RIO going to be a hotseat-able position? or can you only join in prior to startup? Asking, because it'd be awesome if for example, you flew with 2 player F-14's, if one got shot down, rather than starting up or waiting for the other to RTB or get shot down, you could jump back into the action by swapping in as a human RIO to replace AI RIO. Also, did they ever fix some of the crazy problems they had with the Gazelle co-op? generally you could screw with people by hopping in their gazelle and it would cause all kinds of bugs. ie what happens if your human RIO ends up getting disconnected? does it default back to AI RIO? Can you turn off the ability for some rando-pubby joining you? I'm assuming also, you need to have the full module to be a RIO? Would be kind of cool for those who can't afford the full module to be able to RIO for free, or if they own some other aircraft you get RIO free?

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

Not sure if it's possible to hop into a live unit, but I guess it's possible. When your RIO disconnects, Jester will automatically take over. And if someone wants to join you as RIO, you'll get a prompt that you have to accept or decline. RIOs need the module license as well as pilots.

[@Basilone45]

"ground air supply is now connected" Bunyap Sims is that you?

[@nuraalek8296]

Sure as hell sounded like him! I know he's been working with ED so I'm guessing that may indeed be him.

[@comradeboris2335]

Can you make a tutorial on how to do a tws attack as a pilot?

[@roteroktober360]

Can you also have the nav aligned by default? Also can the pilot alone also align the Nav system?

[@wiwihfirman8499]

can F-14 startup scramble style? skmething like click all switches and takeoff like mig-21?

[@migkillerphantom]

I don't think so, the plane is designed to loiter rather than scramble.

[@reillybrangan2182]

The aircraft cannot utilise weapons other than the sidewinder without at least a minimum weapons grade INS alignment. Generally for a scramble, you wanted the aircraft's INS aligned beforehand and the aircraft put on alert. You would never really be able to effectively scramble these from cold and dark.

[@wiwihfirman8499]

@@reillybrangan2182 how about aim-7? because aim-54 need ins but aim-7 SARH, it should be worked right?

[@reillybrangan2182]

@@wiwihfirman8499 Whilst the weapons themselves such as the AIM-54 require INS hand-off, this is not the limitation. The radar itself cannot function without weapons grade INS alignment, therefore any weapon depending on the radar also cannot function (AA Gun, AIM-7, AIM-54 and all air to ground weapon guidance).

[@Bellthorian]

I notice he didn't click on water cooling for the AUG-9, is it a simple mistake?

[@andrewmcwilliam1764]

Clear button tangent was the best

[@wilbuzllf5057]

Thanks guys! Great video!

[@CrisURace]

I wonder if there are any real pilots of this bird playin' the game, and see what they think of this.

[@Dennree99]

There are. One of the SMEs (subject matter experts) is active on the ed forums as well, he goes by the nickname of Victory205.

[@joe-nf8go]

Ohhhh yess ohhh yesss

[@MiraPacku]

the first second I was like wait. that doesn't sound like Ralphy, I mean, I haven't watched a video of his in a while, but did his voice change that much? or did he get a new mic? or am I completely confusing him with somebody else-... aaand then the other guy introduced him. -___- sometimes I'd be great to stop your brain from processing for just 2 seconds and just wait and see what happens

[@tswdev]

So basically about 12 minutes from spawn to taxi. I hope they put an option for auto alignment like in other planes. Also backseater auto start, inputting all those numbers in VR is not fun

[@benswanson914]

insta-like. now to see the content...

[@lucapietrogiovanna7780]

CLEAR

[@tibsimm]

Awesome as always buddy!

[@redglyph]

And I thought the A-10 had a long startup procedure ;-) By the way, how does the F-14 manage to align its INS on a moving carrier?

[@reillybrangan2182]

The carrier will share its own INS data to the tomcat via radio datalink or a physical cable that they run along the deck and into the tomcats INS. Basically the tomcat will monitor the carrier's INS and use it as a dynamic, virtual, stationary reference I guess? The tomcat will do its alignment relative to the carriers own INS outputs, so that any movement (sea states, carrier turning etc) are automatically compensated for during the cat's own INS alignment.. This means that the tomcat can still perform a full alignment even in rocky states and with the carrier moving, so long as the carrier's INS itself is working. It does take slightly longer however due to the somewhat increased workload on the INS.

[@redglyph]

Interesting, thanks!

[@unusualbydefault]

excellent video!

[@oldmanfunky4909]

Do both people need to own the f-14 module to be a Pilot/Rio combo? Or can I have a buddy whom may not own the module play with me if I do?

[@DavidBurgess_electricaltill]

You both need to own it.

[@superhornetf-18e78]

No, you would both need the module.

[@MartusTube]

Whats with the wobbly throttle?

[@ralfidude]

His throttle

[@hoofed]

It could be a dirty potentiometers but both throttles are wobbling at the same rate so it’s more likely that he has it plugged into a USB hub with fluctuating power. I had the same problem with a brand new Logitech Throttle Quadrant and as soon as I plugged it directly into my PC, instead of into the USB hub on my desk, the problem stopped. Often people map the grey lever on the Thrustmaster Warthog Throttle to their view zoom. It wobbles like that and can get really annoying. Same problem. Same fix.

[@Hellreign82]

@@hoofed I've got the CH products Pro Throttle, single. Bad Pot as you said, doesn't affect the game though

[@Swift476]

9:38 tens of seconds, not minutes I think.

[@gkooistra91]

It is 1/10 of a minute; 6 seconds. Tenths, not tens, haha

[@GW2Vids1]

So it took 7min 20 sec for the alignment

[@ralfidude]

*English

[@The_Wildfish_]

Yes, tenths, that’s why rally said Bit awkward I know Referring to the 6 second intervals

[@reillybrangan2182]

@@GW2Vids1 It took him 7 minutes and 12 seconds to align.

[@SPIRIT-117]

How long does it take for the INS to align, and is there an option to skip it? Going to get really annoying everytime you die in MP having to sit around for 10 minutes aligning INS.

[@cowboy10uk]

Spirit 117 easy solution don’t die, or if you do. Beat the hell out of your pilot, for making you sit through the ins again. 😂

[@SPIRIT-117]

@@cowboy10uk but I will most likely be the pilot I don't have many friends to fly this with lmao. Does Jester take the same amount of time to align this thing as well?

[@reillybrangan2182]

@@SPIRIT-117 The INS will take as long to align as it always does, regardless of who initiates it. With stored heading alignment, a fine align only takes 2-3 mins so I wouldn't worry about it.

[@TheCamperDCS]

I want this now

[@banzaiib]

This is gonna be fun!

[@L3AF]

question how is autostart feature when you are two in a aircraft. Will lets say rio be able to quickstart his part meanwhile i do normal? my friend is lazy and keeps autostart i hope he cant force me into an autostart when i want to do manual

[@JeronimoStilton14]

What’s the answer to that question. I totally missed this release and would love to grab my buddy and fly but I don’t think he’s going to want to do manual

[@crashtestdummy9985]

Who's up for some Top Gun reenactments?

[@akisakis7980]

Plz add an auto setting for all this

[@mhe0815]

And then he taxis into the grass straight ahead...

[@badnade4886]

Why can I only leave 1 thumb up?

[@ImmortalityYT]

very cool!

[@indianajon7980]

Superb vid and really useful. Do you know if anyone is going to go through the main hotas key binding before release? I want to get going as soon as I can so the quicker I can set up the better :-)

[@seinfeld11123]

why did u cut it off there? why not show us some gameplay from the back. or the rear.

[@ralfidude]

Because you need to keep things to the point. A start up video is just that. Start up. There will be more videos of the back seat in flight, don't worry.

[@ZaizalmoharZainun]

Oopppss. I forgot to press clear.

[@noisytwit]

Thumbnail is a D model but dont let that get in way of the facts.

[@bh2022]

so is the splash screen in game last I saw. I want to change it so bad

[@realQuiGon]

Am I the only one who always hears Ralfi saying TDD instead of DDD?

[@exdeegaming4872]

I hear it too

[@TakeDeadAim]

Words never uttered by any kid anywhere/anytime "I want to be a RIO when I grow up"!lol!

[@Relax2437]

O kurde!

[@jackal1743]

good video. too bad i prefer to auto start all my planes. All i care for is what i can splash. not so much the methodical start up. Say what you will, Thats just how i enjoy my sims.

[@cowboy10uk]

Jackal 1 hey so long as you enjoy your sims, it doesn’t matter how you start it mate.

[@Dg-zj6jo]

not like the films 2 mins ths will be over it takes 30 mins to start the cnt

[@tenkayruanaya2554]

Na so many buttons to turn it on come on . F-18 its so easy. Lol

[@Jagerbomber]

?????? Profit.

[@mossfamily2000]

Hope I don’t offend....all you Brit’s sound the same....are you sure that’s not scat! 😂. Just kidding. Love your vids man! Keep it up!

[@gamestv4875]

5 days wait for the not so worthy.

[@L3AF]

Ralfi can you make a cockpit startup i personally like your better, it sounds dumb but yeah, Nothing against hellreign i watch his videos to but i personally like your stuff like cockpit stuff better.

[@spazmonkey2131]

Ralphi does it better

[@renatoigmed]

I think in real life the preparation for the flight of an air superiority fighter is a little faster than that ... imagine the imminence of an enemy invading the airspace and taking 15 min just to start taxing the fighter for the takeoff lol xD

[@ralfidude]

And you base that on what exactly?

[@reillybrangan2182]

It's quite physically impossible for the tomcat to use its effective intercept weapons without aligning for at least 5 or so mins (however long it takes for min weapon launch).

[@ralfidude]

@@reillybrangan2182 They can, however, pre-align and save that information. All that's needed is for the pilot to start the plane up with the saved align and go.

[@Default3628800]

I got two ads in a row. Disliked

[@jaredegerton4925]

That's on youtube. They recently changed how the ads work not the content creators fault.

[@krostouin]

Rip