DCS World F-14A & F-14B Tomcat Cold Start Tutorial!

[@Spudspike]

Hey guys! I am sorry for not having made this video earlier! I hope it helps you guys out with getting into and enjoying the Turkey!

[@matepasztor5362]

It didnt worked for me:(

[@rufiotgl]

What was the song you used at the beginning?

[@potatosplanes]

Great Video, helped with the tomcat a lot. :)

[@W_T.VENDETTA]

I have very interesting question for myself. How can you add your friend into your f14 in multi-player?

[@potatosplanes]

@@W_T.VENDETTA You just go into multiplayer and your friend can be your RIO

[@michaelvorderkunz2936]

I believe TIT stands for Turbine Inlet Temperature.

[@brentmc7872]

You are right. TIT = Turbine inlet temperature. ITT = Inter turbine temperature. EGT= Exhaust gas temperature.

[@Ddg-mi5cs]

It’s generally easy to start it up, you just only need to boot up the engine, turn on all display, finish the ins, and off you go

[@Spudspike]

Exactly!

[@Mak10z]

Jester does all the hard stuff :) Chief: Ground power / air > arm ejection > left engine start > spool up > right engine start > spool > Set INS to Fine Please Jeeves (dont forget to turn on the Oxy systems or you're going have fun times)

[@slowhornet4802]

I wonder how they started F-14 in case there were some guests flying in the rear cockpit? E.g. for Top Gun sometimes real actors were flying in the backseat.

[@Kraken9911]

If not for alignment you can be cold to taxi in under 2 minutes easily. The only things you can do to speed it up is get both engines running asap. I've found you can hit crank and throttle to idle instantly with no adverse effects. As soon as the crank switch snaps back do it again for the other. Jester will sit there all day until then. Also you don't need need to tell Jester to do startup. He automatically starts just by you cranking one engine.

[@tmo_117]

@@slowhornet4802 ground crew most likely starts it up before the people get in for that

[@thomaswhalen3703]

Recently got the F16C during this sale. Before it ends, I am very tempted by the F-14. Something about the sound design and the "cold war feeling" to it is really interesting to me.

[@dr.watson8880]

I personally recommend it!! I’ve had it from day one of early access, just remember. They plane will let you fly it stupid. It’s easy to tear the wings off.

[@thomaswhalen3703]

@@dr.watson8880 Yeah, I figured that one out the first sortie. Luckily, I've gotten the hang of it now and it's a very enjoyable experience. The sound design is amazing!

[@facethefrontier]

Dude you're joking! I literally just searched this up (cause I haven't flown his beauty in about a year) and pressed Enter and all of the sudden this pops up in my notifications. Literally at the same second. Kinda scared me a little but hey, thank you very much for making these great tutorials and delivering them perfectly on time ;D Stay safe man!

[@Spudspike]

Well thats kinda weird... in a good way! haha

[@srthebox4946]

God knew you needed it

[@Jacksteri]

I was overwhelmed by the testing in the official tutorial so thanks for the lean info!

[@i3lackflo]

the official tutorials are rediculously bad

[@MavicAir1]

Great vid. The F14B is by far my favorite (out of many modules) aircraft in DCS. Even in single player having Jester to communicate with makes it way more immersive. They really scored big with this module.

[@dash9655]

4:08 Don't arm the ejection seat when you are still under a roof. Best time and place for it is before you roll onto the runway.

[@GyntonikSoul]

just a little thing: when you heard the radar altimeter bit, it was not Jester testing up his instrument, but your RAlt now finally ''warmed up'' and setted to your current altitude (that is below the 600ft, so the altimeter ringed). And after turning on the external lights (or before) you have to press the master light switch (on the throttle, so only bindable but not clickable), elsewhere, your lights will remain off.

[@Scott11078]

Towards the end when you mention the anti skid. It's not just about messing up and taxing off the flight deck. Sometimes the ship can take a hard roll and stay listing to that side for a little bit. I remember watching this guy starting to pull a Prowler off an elevator, the tail had just cleared it when we took a hard roll and hung there for a short bit. Suddenly Prowler is rolling to the elevator then ocean, the guy driving the goat is smoking the tires to try to stop him and the jet getting dragged off the ship. All he was doing was slowing it down then we take a hard roll opposite and atleast the guy had quick reaction because he got off the throttle and stood on the brakes.

[@droman608]

That’s HARDCORE!

[@BunialskiTrip]

Many thanks Spud. Just came back to F-14 in VR now. Mindblowing 3D modelling btw. You are a great teacher.

[@slowhornet4802]

2:46 You have just to click on the HUD cam to remove it?!?! I thought it was something in the mission editor. Great Video.

[@beetlejoose7656]

I was considering buying the f15b, and then i saw this video. Looks like a sign to me

[@Spudspike]

I would definitely get it! Just be ready for a challenge!

[@beetlejoose7656]

@@Spudspike i'm still learning the f18 haha, just got my vr for DCS

[@cliffisfuckingawesome3508]

@@beetlejoose7656 im also still learning the final bits of the fa 18 but this summer im gonna spend a lot of time in the f 14 (and buy it)

[@goldenstateaviation2861]

I think the F14s gonna be my next DCS addon!

[@Spudspike]

Awesome!

[@Kraken9911]

It's worth it. Especially in multiplayer when you get your first multi kill in TWS with the phoenix on a single salvo.

[@blenderalien]

Great video for beginners, I just wanted to add that the manuals I read (Heatblur and Chuck Owl) state that you should set the hydraulic transfer pump to shutoff while spooling up the engines.

[@Spudspike]

While that might be true IRL from what I can tell it doesn’t effect the operation of the aircraft in the shame. I left it out just to make it as simple as possible for beginners

[@rynechristesen2392]

Great video my man! Finally upgraded to DCS from MSFS and this video will greatly help! Much appreciated.

[@Valkarons]

Got a 5950x and 3090 recently. Wasn’t aware of what flight sims were until someone on discord told me about them. Got msfs 2020 about a week ago to test my gaming capacity and have 30 hours on it, ordering a stick, throttle, and IR tracker now. Got DCS yesterday and was hit with a massive learning curve from msfs and I feel like I’m getting addicted to these games. Probably gonna get an F16 once I learn how to pilot the starter planes in a couple weeks on DCS. Anyways, great channel, I’ll be watching more to come!

[@Spudspike]

Awesome man!

[@Krystalmyth]

Flaming cliffs 3 is good for beginners just to get into flying. But if you want a plane that will take time to learn man the F-14 is as accurate to the real thing as I've ever seen in a Sim

[@XCougar85X]

Thanks for your video's. Just ordered this badboy. Your tutorials will be much needed :D

[@possumteeth1692]

Thank you so much for the tutorial!

[@Kraken9911]

If not for alignment you can be cold to taxi in under 2 minutes easily. The only things you can do to speed it up is get both engines running asap. I've found you can hit crank and throttle to idle instantly with no adverse effects. As soon as the crank switch snaps back do it again for the other. Jester will sit there all day until then. Also you don't need need to tell Jester to do startup. He automatically starts just by you cranking one engine. It skips the loud and clear check and he will go straight to closing the canopy as long as you already armed the seat. Also stored heading is automatic if the mission has it enabled so that's a massive boost to startup speed. Lastly as soon as the ins progress hits the final mark and jester switches tid to radar you can start taxiing. His "ready to taxi" comes late and is unncessary. All that matters is you didn't interrupt alignment. Bonus tip:. Instead of bringing the wing sweep handle forward just give it a single mouse wheel scroll down click. It snaps to the front and then you just click it down into place and close the cover.

[@REAPER-vo2fb]

hell yea man love your videos man

[@thejetfighter]

The mighty Tomcat!!!!!! 😀

[@Ronaldobetterthemessi]

how do you turn on nose wheel steering?

[@pilotcmull]

One old tip...never arm the ejection seat under a hardened shelter or in hangar, etc. In the case of an accidental firing you'd be a bug on a windshield...

[@twistedyogert]

The swing wing seems very complicated. Is that another reason why the Tomcat was retired? It seems like it would be a real pain in the butt to maintain or repair if something broke.

[@usarmytanker137]

Roger that Spud, thank you sir for sharing and teaching us noobs Hooah!

[@Arkeny-SS]

i have this tomcat for about 8 month but i dont know anything about the RIO. would like to see a really detail. tutorial RIO RIO RIO hehe thanks

[@razor75250]

Turbine Intake Temperature actually spud!!..( former maintenance officer for a carrier Air wing)

[@barbe6503]

Didn't know about the reset for the altimeter.. that stand-by flag has been casually driving me nuts for a while.

[@TheKythia]

You can disable that thing in the HUD!? I've been bitching about that since I first got the Tomcat! *mind blown*

[@Scott11078]

I guess the Navy was wrong when they trained me TIT Turbine Inlet Temperature.

[@MrTurbine777]

Great video "as well" :)

[@jmac_au4344]

Hey buddy just some Turkish trivia, in Turkish the C is pronounced the same as a J :)

[@neilstocker6097]

FYI . . . The TIT tape is a display of the Turbine Inlet Temperature.

[@machete83]

Nice video! Do you plan to do one for the RIO as well?

[@Spudspike]

I can!

[@ArkanOthman]

@@Spudspike Please!!

[@fibognocci2507]

@@Spudspike Please Do

[@alperhyuksel4813]

The airbase Incirlik is pronounced as "Indjirlik".

[@GabrieleNunnari]

A little feedback on the video, the aspect ratio makes very hard to see what you click at, and the istructions are clear in the discussion, but you do not leave enough time to understand what it has to be click and where... if you speak about something looking somewhere else, and then say "activate this", turn an instant and click it, it does mean that I have to stop and watch the part many times. It could benefit a bit more focus on what has to be pressed.

[@TheEaglePilot]

Hey Spud, I have a question, I do everything correctly for the cold start, but my plane doesn’t move until full throttle, and I can’t touch the rudders or it turns 90^. and rolls over

[@shanemcnulty9054]

You should make a video on the F-22

[@Krystalmyth]

Kind of wish there was just a check list, and that you cited which keybinds to look for.

[@MightyRob1]

That's interesting about the CPU - does anyone know if there was overlap in the engineers & development of the F-14 and Lunar Lander computers?

[@marcusadams7923]

Awesome video as usual Spudknocker, my go to DCS guy! I was actually looking at Patreon and was going to sign up for monthly but wasn’t sure if the a) the spuds buds discord was available and b) if by being an absolute beginner, I was not wanted on the discord?

[@-_Nuke_-]

Bro, I never knew you could click the HUD camera xD

[@RocketToTheMoose]

One thing I recently found out is that you don't even need ground power to start...just the ground air supply.

[@Jolly1-1]

Turbine Inlet Temperature (TIT) Turbine Outlet Temperature (TOT) Exhaust Gas Temperature (EGT) Mean Gas Temperature (MGT) Those are all pretty common in turbine aircraft.

[@unitor699industries]

how is your panel so crisp are you using some graphics enhancement because in the f14 everything is unreadable

[@subaruforesterperu6089]

hi spud, the invite link for the discord is no longer valid!!!

[@Spudspike]

Uh oh! I’ll have to fix that!

[@CampagnoloChick]

Thought tit stood for turbine inlet temperature

[@karlchilders5420]

It does. He seems to have some other sort of information that has given him incorrect nomenclature for that gauge..

[@twasko]

It does.

[@glubflub01ttv]

How do you make your helmet visible in the mirror pls help 😭

[@i3lackflo]

How did you push the yellow wing sweep handle forward without automatically sweeping them forward???? Mine always immediately go forward. Hangar cold starts are impossible this way!

[@Nightdare]

Why sweep wings forward before aligning on the tarmac? On a carrier you don't do it until ready for cat hookup either

[@Takarde]

I thought between A and B the first engine to crank was different. Isn't it ?

[@pigybak]

this is how Iran learned how to fly their F-14s.

[@Krystalmyth]

They've had them for decades man. They're probably the best F-14 pilots of all time at this point. They've updated the avionics of that bird so many times and even make their own parts. It's actually commendable.

[@phx4closureman]

16:04 *you could've gone to MAX AB and gotten airborne already..... geez!! Check Top Gun: Maverick!!!!*

[@patrickchuvala]

One problem I’m having is getting the automatic wing sweep to work. When you pulled onto the main taxi did you press a button on your HOTAS that does it or is it a button in the cockpit?

[@gabrielcopeland2726]

There’s a reset button you need to press before the key bind works. It’s on the bottom right of the panel right in front of the throttle. If I remember right it’s right in front of the wing sweep lever.

[@7boiz795]

How do you use the throttle? I pressed all of the buttons nothing worked

[@7boiz795]

I got it, I didn’t know how to use the wheels or steer and I decided to take off from there

[@7boiz795]

Bad idea, ended up blowing up and crashing into the fence

[@checkpointcharlie7494]

Agency’s …. Some one is in public service lol.

[@melvynarmstead7394]

Hey peoples! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Sooooo I'm looking for help to get me into the DCS world....I'm starting completely cold! I'm looking to pay for someone in the New Jersey area to help me recommend a HOTAS, computer, VR and help me download DCS and bind the game controls to the HOTAS... I'm not advanced computer savy so I don't feel like 2 learnin curves!....got a decent budget so this could be a good project for someone! Hit me up of you can help!

[@SPFLDAngler]

Now I know I’m here watching a video on how to cold start. But from the couple times I did the tutorial it didn’t take ANYWHERE near 18 minutes to start.. I find this problem with a lot of these videos. You tend to overexplain and dwell on steps longer than necessary.

[@snailsnatcher1707]

Looking at the time in the video made me buy the F-18 instrad

[@jamesm7624]

Wish there was a simple quick play option for those of us that will never fly a real fighter jet and just want to to taxi out from hanger. SIMPLIFY this flight / battle simulator and the number of players would sky rocket.

[@Spudspike]

That is called War Thunder

[@straly9221]

Then dont play DCS... that is litteraly the game. You buy a whole 1:1 realistic jet.

[@gabrielcopeland2726]

Left Win+Home will perform automatic start up. However it goes through the proper startup and might take longer than manual start up.

[@jungletroll3844]

braindead take tbh

[@Nightdare]

...so what you are actually saying, is that you DON'T want to fly a real fighter jet in a game Are you aware Spud did not mention the instrument checklist? If he chose "assisted startup" you'd have to go through testing all systems as well and this video would be twice as long

[@JMast]

Holy shit this takes to long.

[@Nightdare]

Think so? Try setting up the harrier before takeoff Yes it has it's own starter, but No co-pilot to handle system/navigation settings for you So you'd be punching in those numbers as well

[@qwertyblitz]

Completely useless information but flight levels begin at 18,000ft. The technically correct way to say it is one zero thousand feet.

[@Pruz1901]

Only in N America. So for Turkey it really was completely useless information 👍

[@dhbroussard89]

it is pronounced insur-Lick.....not in-SUR -lick

[@saadsachwani2837]

Turning on oxygen is so forgetoble I set a reminder on my phone

[@Rahj2001]

Yikes!! While this is helpful, it's not thorough. I would tell any beginner to learn the startup in its entirety before you start cutting corners.

[@The_Radio_Check]

i mean, it's described as barebones...

[@jungletroll3844]

TBH i only ever need to turn on engines moniters and ins and im good to go

[@planespotter78]

How do you get rid of the guy cause he is blocking some switches