DCS Harrier IR Mavericks Guide | Everything you need to know!

Today we take a look at using IR Mavericks in the Harrier inside of #dcsworld
We go over two different examples, one with how to use the maverick with a TPOD and the second pass we use all four mavericks in one pass while using the TOO mode of the #harrier
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:27 Example 1
03:28 Example 2
06:40 Outro
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[@TrickerDCS]

Download the mission yourself and try it out! www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3320801/

[@carmo55511]

Mate, of all of the guys who do tutorials, you are pretty much the ONLY one who explains every single button press, exact button press to ensure the process works. The prices 6 fit the Harrier isn't common sense and I was mucking up often. Now here I am and now I can do it 👍 Please keep doing these, rage quit prevention channel 😁

[@afatcatfromsweden]

Glad to finally see someone make this type of harrier tutorials.

[@countvonaltibar236]

Fantastic video, there’s been so many changes to the Harrier it’s great to have an up to date tutorial that’s well put together keep it coming!

[@ByronLina]

Awesome - a new video on these given the changes over the last year was needed.

[@grizzly4736]

Damn. Thank you for the simplest video yet. I struggled with these last night thinking I was doing something wrong. I saw a video where they had the TPOD up as well as the Maverick sensor on both screens. When I uncaged the Maverick the TPOD sensor switched to the what Mav was seeing. I thought I was doing something wrong. Must have been an old video. I will work on this some more using your work flow. Thanks again and you got a new sub here dude.

[@craigmcallister2310]

I really enjoy your videos. Clear and concise. Keep up the great work!

[@tracerfacer6234]

It's been awhile bud, but i still come back to these videos for refresher training when I've been on hiatus! Thx for making them!

[@tekaid23]

When I saw the JDAM vid in a playlist on it's own I was hoping there'd be more Harrier vids on the way. Great stuff!

[@TrickerDCS]

There will be more

[@thunderace4588]

Thank you for making this AV-8B Harrier IR Maverick tutorial for us Tricker.

[@danielkuliner743]

Thanks so much for this! coming from the viper the Hotas controls on the harrier are so frustrating and the workflow straight up feels wrong, but you killed it man

[@EinsteinEP]

Great content! Keep it coming!

[@PappaBear_yt]

Cool vid, as always! 👍🏻 Btw, hearing all those abreviations sometimes reminds me of the scene from the Naked Gun movie where everyone talks in abr. words. 😂

[@IRoNCLaW]

Bad ass video, brother. Really great to watch.

[@BlackKnight288]

I just subscribed, because this was an excellent and up-to-date video. Awesome job!

[@philc1974]

Nice tutorial, thanks for putting it together, it helped a lot!

[@calvinmulraine736]

Great content as usual

[@TheDavidloxley]

i've been stressing trying to get this to work, this vid has made complete sense to me, thank you very much! would love to see lsr guided bombs tutorial if you ever get the time, Thanks again!!

[@TrickerDCS]

I have plans for one actually, stay tuned

[@30K_ACTUAL]

Nice use of the TOO!

[@oldanddisgusted5998]

Very informative! Thanks.

[@toweleeielite]

nice one for these videos mate, i was/still am having a mare with this thing.

[@DraxTheDestroyer]

It was very useful, thanks!

[@Wrootplonk]

Excellent tutorial! Have a sub :D

[@callsignwinklesworld]

Another great video. Thanks.

[@Pyrocumulous]

Couldn't seem to get it to lock (close up the reticle) until I watched you hit sensor-select-forward at 02:36 to switch from TPOD to IMAV. Thanks!

[@qthemerrybandofanons4481]

Once again great video. One thing though I have noticed that may confuse new pilots. When you are talking about putting the TPOD in SOI, you refer to the command as TDC Down twice. You should actually differentiate between down and depress. Some people will not know that there is a depress function on the z axis rather than going down on the y axis.

[@TrickerDCS]

Good point on the difference between aft and down. I really appreciate the compliments 💪🏼

[@medwaystudios]

It's listed as down on the controls so should be easy to figure out for anyone who's mapped it. He did say action as well.

[@GIZALARF]

This is one of the aspects of this jet that I have yet to master. Having purchased this in Jan 21, I quickly asked for a refund as I couldn't operate this as I did not own a HOTAS. However, I decided to purchase this again in the latest winter sale. Still no HOTAS, and I have set this up for keyboard and mouse use only. There is a lot more muscle memory using it this way, trust me, but I have spent quite a few hours just mastering VTOL, which I am pretty good at now and I cringe at the first few videos I have uploaded compared to my skills now. Great video and now time to master the weapons systems. 👍👍

[@TrickerDCS]

Good luck without a HOTAS, that's some dedication

[@GIZALARF]

@@TrickerDCS I know. You should see some of my vids. They look simple, but I swear I should have been born with 50 pairs of hands 😂😂

[@xpendable6172]

Good refresher. That muscle memory keeps failing me because I don't do the IR Mav's often enough. Thankfully this video exists, so I can get past that #facepalm moment!

[@cookie125]

Appreciate the Harrier content step bro

[@conker4311]

I'm glad to see you a man of culture, the tpod belongs on the right hand side. :)

[@TrickerDCS]

It's because I drive on the right side of the road 😈

[@conker4311]

@@TrickerDCS Now thats just uncalled for, no man in their right mind would drive on the right. How are you going to draw your weapon and defend your self squire, you would have to use your left hand, silly man, the right hand is the proper way good sir. Draw right, defend right. 😂

[@mk0978]

gonna have to circle back to this. The viper, hornet, and jeff have been taking up all my play time. need to get trained up on the harrier now.

[@SAEVONIX]

thanks for the tutorial.very good job

[@jep1103]

Great vid

[@SportDCS]

Yuh Yeet!!! I'm surprised more people don't use this vs the A-10. Seems more efficient for taking out 4 targets quickly

[@pinkfloyd7572]

Thank you!

[@alextowers3564]

For those who are struggling to get a lock - you might have to slew the tdc around a little bit for it to find the target. Took me ages to work that out.

[@hernzo9798]

Great tutorial I find that I have to wiggle the seeker head with TDC slew when uncaging to get a lock on ground targets with IR mavs

[@tuukka518]

Did not know this TOO technique

[@lukemchale-jones3041]

Thanks for this video. You've pretty much answered all my questions regarding this weapon and how to deploy it. I've one question though - how come your FLIR has so much contrast? I play in VR and I'm wondering whether or not it's just a bad shader for VR.

[@jameswilliams1085]

Please!!! More videos!!!

[@iou0]

good stuff

[@CatabductionsAnoym]

You can even shoot IR mavericks with only the cage/uncage maverick cam, and skip DMT camera if too close to target, or whatever. Its the faster way, but i mostly still use both cameras in harrier.

[@TrickerDCS]

Yah you sure can. I love this method tough

[@AdamWalkLikeSuicide]

IR Mavs are my favorites.

[@alpha_juliet]

Awesome

[@Raven-sv4es]

Nice and short.

[@Tha1mikemike]

Yup! Just like my p… oh. Nevermind

[@jeepinbanditrider]

These videos make it seem so simple. So far the Harrier has been the biggest frustration of a module for me to learn. I spent litteral days trying to just do simple things. Everything is a combination lock of buttons to get it to do anything. Today I took off with some IR mavs to take out a AAA site. simple right. Nope. Could easily target things with the tpod and get the irmav uncaged and seeker up but it would not target lock on anything even when shit was firing at me and would not fire. I took out half the site with my gun and never once fired a maverick. I gave up for a bit because I was getting very frustrated with the whole thing. I'm slowly getting it but I have to take breaks to keep from getting too frustrated with the whole airframe.

[@TrickerDCS]

Sorry to hear about your frustrations but always take a break and make sure you read chucks guide or the manual to help gain a further understanding. Keep at it man, you will achieve it.

[@patbarnard6937]

im finding i cant get a lock unless i move a little either side of the target with the tdc slew, then it locks, and only then for some reason.

[@Ssooz]

Learned a lot from your vids, thanks! Now im still trying to figure out why I cant chose TOO's on my EHSD, it only rotates through waypoints and never show Ts

[@TrickerDCS]

Are you sure you are in TPOD DES mode first before doing the TOO and enter?

[@Ssooz]

@@TrickerDCS actually just found it haha, I was skipping the WP Increment step! Now this is game changing :D

[@rossb2006]

Great vid, as I haven't touched the Harrier in a long time. But no matter what I do I cannot get the crosshairs to close and "lock". Cage/Uncage multiple times FOV (in white hot) and SSS FWD for IRMV mode, nothing works...latest OB. JDAMS and Laser MAVS all work fine. Using your test mission or one of my own. Only way to get them to lock is to slightly move the seeker head...odd

[@rudyvinck1447]

Hi, i wonder if its possible for you to share your hotas warthog profile for the AV-8 ?

[@keepwalking6041]

thank you sooooo much for the tutorial!!! i was looking precisiouly this, cant wait to test it! still learning the ropes of the tpod and maverics and harrrier.. there was one video explaining t0 but the guy was whispering and i couldn't get it, this is amazing video, hope it works (worried only if my version is same as yours, sometimes this is problem, tutorial explaining things that are changed by the time viewers try it, but i see its modern video so ..keeping fingers crossed). Also strange that you can't fire maverics once lock established? it wasn't just me being frustrated! Also, is it possible to move maveric head? after seeing it fails to lock on target for reaquiring the lock? u just move it with tdc slew buttons? but u do not hit "tdc action"? i tried but that just locks on VV ? i read it should lock on its own, just point the head into direction and that is it.. but will it lock on buildings? or do you need Laser maverics for that?

[@TrickerDCS]

Make sure you press sensor select fwd to go into IRMV mode and you can freely move the maverick around, place over a target and wait for a lock. If you’re trying to take out buildings then I would use a laser maverick instead

[@malbicho6174]

I am doing the same test with TOO but the Mavericks does not get the traget and I have to move the TDC a little bit :( In any case it is pretty useful.

[@BK45AUS]

I've run into a problem with the harrier and TOO tgt points, after a strike and im RTB, i cant delete the TOO tgts and it wont let me nav off waypoints, it will only show the T1-T4 points. Anyone else run into this?

[@FatherCommodore]

Hi Tricker, got any video with controllers setup? hotas.

[@TrickerDCS]

No not yet, but that’s a great idea

[@brettt777]

Okay, I so all of this and it works up to a certain point. When the seeker head of the maverick gets uncaged and becomes active, I'm looking at the target, but I don't see anything white hot in the MFD. It's looking right at the target but it's not locking on because the target is just as cold and black as the desert around it. How am I not getting the white hot image that you are?

[@TheAlpha8181]

How are you expanding FOV?

[@alheeley]

Quick question - when you say sensor select down do you mean depress button or do you mean ss aft? There doesnt seem to be concensus on this between airframes and reviewers!

[@TrickerDCS]

Down press, not aft

[@DCano01571]

Increíble! Llevo jugando un montón de tiempo el Harrier y desde la última actualización no puedo lanzar los Mavericks como lo has hecho tú, en el modo IRMV no me funciona. Tampoco me funciona el TGT designa te, simplemente el Tpod va por libre y no se queda bloqueado al WP designado, estoy muy frustrado. Un saludo.

[@taidean]

If I haven't flown the Harrier in awhile, I always forget about the INS/IRMV hah

[@TrickerDCS]

Yah its a pain lol

[@NoXiDLP]

Hi. Hm... When i press than TDC Forward short my Target didnt lock, it jumps a little bit higher and the lock/position is gone? What i am doing wrong?

[@medwaystudios]

TOO only works on station targets right?

[@LionidasL10]

Really making me want to pick up the Harrier. F14 is amazing but so limited in its ground attack options.

[@brianrivers2028]

HI THANK YOU FOR THE TUTORIAL I HAVE COMMENT MOST OF THE VIDEO IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE WHERE THE MOUSE CURSOR WAS AT PLEASE SLOW DOWN AND USE ZOOM IN AGAIN THAN YOU HAVE A NICE DAY

[@sergeantliangplays]

I have broken my HOTAS now. I get a lock, I hold bomb pickle, master arm is on, nothing. I think I'm going to get a stroke from the rage right now... Edit: I had to deselect the Maverick and go back again to be able to fire, very weird

[@ryanlemons3255]

Wheres the uncage switch??

[@Magpie...]

Can you input TOO's from the DMT? Or just the tpod?

[@TrickerDCS]

Yah you can do both!

[@Bryan-ty8wq]

This probably a long shot but I do everything you say but when I go to uncage my maverick I dont get the maverick page. I am not sure if its because of the vehicle I am shooting at or what. I do the same exact steps in your mission and It pops up sometimes.

[@TrickerDCS]

Are you sure you selected the right plane with the IR MAVs?

[@Bryan-ty8wq]

@@TrickerDCS So I’m using the IR Mavericks (it’s the 3rd option when selecting your load out). I’m not sure if I’m hitting the uncage button too soon. My right mfd shows TPOD, Tpod desinate at the bottom right after the TDC down. I select the mavericks, has D1 on the fuze. So when I hit uncage, nothing changes on the right mfd. I understand that it’s hard without me showing you, but I just wasn’t sure if you had anything that came to mind I may have missed lol.

[@reimhunter2717]

Is the video still up to date? Can't lock with the IR Maverick right now keep pressing the cage/uncage button it just doesn't work

[@TrickerDCS]

Yes this video is up to date. Cage/uncage brings up the seeker head on the MPD. make sure you do sensor select forward short to make the maverick go into IRMV MODE, place the cursor over the target and it should lock automatically with enough contrast.

[@MedicineWolf]

No matter where I map the SSS Down to it will not switch to TPOD. I use a T16000 Hotas, any ideas?

[@TrickerDCS]

Interesting I haven’t had that issue, make sure you’re binding sensor select switch PRESS

[@AdamWalkLikeSuicide]

I'm old school and prefer no targeting pod.

[@TrickerDCS]

Yah I get it, I love the tpod just to see what I'm going after, especially if there is IR Sams in the area

[@CatabductionsAnoym]

Another way I sometimes just use the cage/uncage on left side and it seems to work for IR maverics. Most time i do use dmt key or right mfcd.

[@ghostskills]

for me the harrier kinda sucks in everything. loved it when i got it, after some stol vtol got bored really quick, system management is unneccesary comlicated, controls and processes even changed with dcs updates - altogether it is more a module for players who only fly one or two, but if you are module hopping, like me, the harrier is a desaster... it looks much cooler than it actually is and it is a very short ranged smoker as well... easy to detect mid-air through its black exhaust smoke when pilot changes throttle!

[@delta9990]

The IR Mavs take 5 minutes to warmup right?

[@TrickerDCS]

3

[@jarrydlee7906]

When I push uncage it doesnt swap to the MAV.

[@TrickerDCS]

Make sure it’s warmed up

[@brettt777]

So, I go through all this bit I still can't get the thing to lock onto a target... and I think I know why. Whether viewing the target through the Tpod or the Maverick seeker head, I get no IR signature on it at all. If I'm white hot, everything is white including the target. If I'm black hot, everything is black including the target. Then I see an AI vehicle go by my target on the road, and it's lit up. It's got an IR signature. So what the heck am I doing wrong? Why are my targets all cold?

[@DragonRiverTaiChi]

try playing with the gain knobs & other dials round the MFD - I had similar issues with something else & found that one or the other dial helped make things much clearer

[@michaelmichaelwwest1022]

did everything the same yet when I press my cage/uncage button nothing happens

[@TrickerDCS]

Are your mavericks warmed up?

[@michaelmichaelwwest1022]

@@TrickerDCS yep did everything the same it just wouldn't uncage

[@TrickerDCS]

@@michaelmichaelwwest1022 I’ll take a look tomorrow

[@descentmvm]

@@michaelmichaelwwest1022 same thing did you ever figure it out? followed everything and it doesnt work

[@michaelmichaelwwest1022]

@@descentmvm nope I just used the maverick seeker head instead of the targeting pod and it worked

[@Blu0tuth0ninja]

Idk if there was an update, but for some reason I never get an auto acquisition from my mavericks. I have to move them around.

[@TrickerDCS]

Try making sure you're within 8 miles and use TMS right on the TPOD while in AUTO mode

[@Blu0tuth0ninja]

@@TrickerDCS in the harrier? I didn't see that step in your video, and I don't see that option in the mfd, unlike the 16 when using auto acquisition for the cc'd Mavs. Does the harrier have an auto mode on its targeting pod?

[@TrickerDCS]

@@Blu0tuth0ninja My apologies, for some reason it told me you responded to an f16 video so I thought you were referencing to that. When you lock up a target in the targeting pod, and select uncage in the harrier, the TPOD goes away and is replaced by the MAV Seeker head. It should be looking at the target you were looking at in the TPOD.

[@Blu0tuth0ninja]

@@TrickerDCS this is correct. It's looking at it. But it is not collapsing the cross unless I touch the tdc first.

[@TrickerDCS]

@@Blu0tuth0ninja are you sure your zoomed in as well on the maverick? Usually it takes about 3-5 seconds to get a lock depending on the range

[@MedicineWolf]

Ok I remapped and now I can get it to TPOD designate but it still won’t fire. Checklist: Lock on target check IRMW check Master Arm on check AG mode check TPOD Des check Nozzles at 0 check Uncage/Mav seeker takes over check Will not fire

[@TrickerDCS]

Uncage the maverick and then do sensor select fwd to make the maverick IRMV, then you should be able to fire after locking onto something

[@MedicineWolf]

@@TrickerDCS Thank you, and if it still won't fire it must be that I do not actually have a lock, is there a visual indicator to look for to know that it is a lock? I thought if the TPOD or Mav continues tracking the target that is was locked?

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[@ryanlemons3255]

Jaysus i still cant understand it much i mean its kinda confusing

[@TrickerDCS]

What do you need help with, what are you not understanding?