*sorry for the Thrustmaster overlays, I was practicing for a Thrustmaster DCS competition and forgot to turn them off for recording. By the time I realized, the boys were no longer available for filming. It doesn't obscure anything important.
I think that the asterisk showcased at 16:00 simply indicates that that's the contact selected in the SA page by the 'step' button. (It has nothing to do with the contact's target designation.) This makes it very useful cause you can select any contact you want on the SA page, including enemy, and have it always highlighted on JHMCS. Also the number below, I believe, is the distance to the contact, not their altitude. Another quick tip for the SA 'step'... When there are a lot of contacts on your SA page, it can be obnoxious having to "step" through all of them before finally getting to the correct one, so what you can do instead is simply assign TDC to the SA page and then slew the cursor over the desired contact and then press 'step', this will immediately highlight the correct one.
You can easily switch between the HSI and SA modes by using the SCS. Press SCS in the direction of the display it is on to assign it TDC priority, then press it again to toggle between the modes. So by default with the HSI on the bottom AMPCD, press SCS down to select the screen, then SCS down again will switch it to SA, SCS down again will return it to HSI.
Could you imagine what an F-22 or F-35, even a new system on a 16 or 18, could do, the tech would probably blow your mind. Just learning this 18 blows my mind, all it can do. Thing is an absolute terror.
Guys - sometimes I read on the Interweb you get some not so positive comments....well - Thanks for this. Plain and simple and does a great job. Bravo :-)
So question, may be pointless as it may cause data overload. But say dark was a member with simba, and cap was a member with simba but not dark would cap still see darks data? Shared through simba? The use case would be say 2 flights of air defense working together, to many for 1 member group but data shared and pulled through the 2 leads, making iff and target deconfliction better,maybe……
How about another silly idea! I’d love to see a futuristic US Navy Arsenal Ship strike to see what would’ve happened if they hadn’t cancelled it. They would be made up if a squadron of 2, and would be stealthy and hard to detect over the horizon. Each ship would carry about 500 missiles, so 1000 between the 2, made up of some sams as well as various attack missiles, like lrasm and probably some futuristic american hypersonic attack missiles. Maybe the type 055 would finally have some competition 😂
Excuse my ignorance(I know almost nothing of DCS) is it possible to take these datalink features.. and then say apply/add them to the F-35 in DCS? I ask because of the B-21 stealth package video you all did about 8 months ago
So...will a Non-Member and Non-Donor still contribute targets up the AWACs and in turn down to your SA?? Also, instead of using your HMCS, can you step to his SPI on the SA page and designate from there??
Hello cap Thanks for this helpful video but there is something i want to know is there a way to know your STN code in flight like for example in the viper its in DED page and you can share it with your friends over radio and thay can add you or you can add them is it even possible to find that code in game and use it to add members like in the viper or its just possible it the mission editor Thanks a lot
Does this mean we can use the datalink in the F18/F16 of a flight member to guide a Fox 3 while the launching fighter keeps its radar off as not to give up its position?
Question? Is it worth buying DCS (or rather the planes n stuff) Or, is there going to be a new even better DCS-2 (or similar) out soon? Feels like maybe i missed the boat. Always love the videos though
DCS just had a major upgrade to the core game now is a good time to get in.. best thing to do is get a reasonable joystick with twist grip for rudder and a slider for throttle (like a logitec extreme 3d pro) need a good pc with decent graphics card and memory. first module to buy should be Flaming cliffs3 as you get a heap of fast jets F15,Mig29,Su27 etc that are easy to learn on before getting a more complex module like the F14 or similar
So there's not really a way to directly share A/G targetting information in a precise way like the A-10C can do? The SA page method shown here is really just moving the tpod across terrain and spitballing the cursor overlap with a needed visual confirmation through the tpod if you need to hit a precise and specific target. The HMCS method is basically the same with the initial step being through the HMCS. The reason why the difference matters is that A-10C's sharing will get you looking directly at a vehicle that may be well hidden and the other can't. If you're going to drop a CBU-97/105 in the area, maybe the imprecision doesn't matter, but if you only need and want to use a 500lb JDAM or LGB on a reasonably armored target, then you need to be pretty dead on.
Please Please can we have a mission with some Blackburn Buccaneers. I Know they are antiquated but in their small slot were a very important part of the fleet air arm(with nuclear weapons). I think it would be nice change to the modern gen 5/6 stuff. Regardless, I love your stuff and your rapport with your gaming group. Thanks guys.
*sorry for the Thrustmaster overlays, I was practicing for a Thrustmaster DCS competition and forgot to turn them off for recording. By the time I realized, the boys were no longer available for filming. It doesn't obscure anything important.
Sweet! Hope you do well.
I think that the asterisk showcased at 16:00 simply indicates that that's the contact selected in the SA page by the 'step' button. (It has nothing to do with the contact's target designation.) This makes it very useful cause you can select any contact you want on the SA page, including enemy, and have it always highlighted on JHMCS. Also the number below, I believe, is the distance to the contact, not their altitude.
Another quick tip for the SA 'step'... When there are a lot of contacts on your SA page, it can be obnoxious having to "step" through all of them before finally getting to the correct one, so what you can do instead is simply assign TDC to the SA page and then slew the cursor over the desired contact and then press 'step', this will immediately highlight the correct one.
Roger thanks!
Very helpful! Some correction: I believe the 7.2 number at 11:09 is actually the Viper fuel (7200 lbs), since its altutide is already 6,500ft
You can easily switch between the HSI and SA modes by using the SCS. Press SCS in the direction of the display it is on to assign it TDC priority, then press it again to toggle between the modes. So by default with the HSI on the bottom AMPCD, press SCS down to select the screen, then SCS down again will switch it to SA, SCS down again will return it to HSI.
Could you imagine what an F-22 or F-35, even a new system on a 16 or 18, could do, the tech would probably blow your mind. Just learning this 18 blows my mind, all it can do. Thing is an absolute terror.
This is all pretty awesome! Thanks, Cap! - Starscream
Guys - sometimes I read on the Interweb you get some not so positive comments....well - Thanks for this. Plain and simple and does a great job. Bravo :-)
lovely!
Good tutorial - thank you
TX - in comms means to transmit; RX means to receive transmissions.
Excellent!!! Thank you!
Nice! Do you plan to do a similar in-depth tutorial for the new datalink features, including TDOA, for the Viper?
This has been done, should be up soon if not already
Roger tomorrow.
Nice.
great lesson as always !!
thanks a lot
So question, may be pointless as it may cause data overload. But say dark was a member with simba, and cap was a member with simba but not dark would cap still see darks data? Shared through simba? The use case would be say 2 flights of air defense working together, to many for 1 member group but data shared and pulled through the 2 leads, making iff and target deconfliction better,maybe……
How about another silly idea! I’d love to see a futuristic US Navy Arsenal Ship strike to see what would’ve happened if they hadn’t cancelled it. They would be made up if a squadron of 2, and would be stealthy and hard to detect over the horizon. Each ship would carry about 500 missiles, so 1000 between the 2, made up of some sams as well as various attack missiles, like lrasm and probably some futuristic american hypersonic attack missiles. Maybe the type 055 would finally have some competition 😂
Does this have to be set up beforehand in the mission editor? Or can you do it on the fly. Also do you have to have an AWACS?
16:00 you are at 6.3 feet, and he is at 6.8 and appears lower? something tells me the number is actually true distance to the contact...
Could TXDSG be “Transmit Designation” or something like ta
Hat?
Agreed
Excuse my ignorance(I know almost nothing of DCS) is it possible to take these datalink features.. and then say apply/add them to the F-35 in DCS? I ask because of the B-21 stealth package video you all did about 8 months ago
Trying at moment but not seeming to work annoyingly.
Please add to the f18 tutotial playlist also … topjob
Done.
So...will a Non-Member and Non-Donor still contribute targets up the AWACs and in turn down to your SA??
Also, instead of using your HMCS, can you step to his SPI on the SA page and designate from there??
Hello cap
Thanks for this helpful video but there is something i want to know is there a way to know your STN code in flight like for example in the viper its in DED page and you can share it with your friends over radio and thay can add you or you can add them is it even possible to find that code in game and use it to add members like in the viper or its just possible it the mission editor
Thanks a lot
Do you have to select AWACS as a doner to receive their data flow?
No. At least for now AWACS is still all automatic, so you just receive it. Don't think it's like that in real life.
Does this mean we can use the datalink in the F18/F16 of a flight member to guide a Fox 3 while the launching fighter keeps its radar off as not to give up its position?
we should have that fuctionality but i don't belive its been added yet
@@killimon1635 haha would be a game changer for tactics with a wingman....might be unfair for Soviet jet flyers and cripple the gameplay.
@@BlkInc1maybe but image how fun it would be to lock from 80 miles out and then have a friendly that's within range and hiding from radar to hit them
If dark fed data to poosh who fed data to cap, what would be seen?
Question?
Is it worth buying DCS (or rather the planes n stuff)
Or, is there going to be a new even better DCS-2 (or similar) out soon?
Feels like maybe i missed the boat.
Always love the videos though
DCS is free and they keep upgrading it for free. I reckon any aircraft bought would be transferable to new version of they ever used a new engine
@@eastyorkie1972 thank you
DCS just had a major upgrade to the core game now is a good time to get in.. best thing to do is get a reasonable joystick with twist grip for rudder and a slider for throttle (like a logitec extreme 3d pro) need a good pc with decent graphics card and memory. first module to buy should be Flaming cliffs3 as you get a heap of fast jets F15,Mig29,Su27 etc that are easy to learn on before getting a more complex module like the F14 or similar
So there's not really a way to directly share A/G targetting information in a precise way like the A-10C can do? The SA page method shown here is really just moving the tpod across terrain and spitballing the cursor overlap with a needed visual confirmation through the tpod if you need to hit a precise and specific target. The HMCS method is basically the same with the initial step being through the HMCS. The reason why the difference matters is that A-10C's sharing will get you looking directly at a vehicle that may be well hidden and the other can't. If you're going to drop a CBU-97/105 in the area, maybe the imprecision doesn't matter, but if you only need and want to use a 500lb JDAM or LGB on a reasonably armored target, then you need to be pretty dead on.
Please Please can we have a mission with some Blackburn Buccaneers. I Know they are antiquated but in their small slot were a very important part of the fleet air arm(with nuclear weapons). I think it would be nice change to the modern gen 5/6 stuff. Regardless, I love your stuff and your rapport with your gaming group. Thanks guys.
not a plane available to fly in dcs
Looks like a typo in the description. But interesting feature!
F-A-10-18 Wartnet!
I think I missed an opportunity here; “Hornhog” would have been better.
Cap, you wrote F-16C in your description instead of F/A-18C. Otherwise nice vid!
Would be better they fixed hornets radar dropping locks often.
I believe thry did make radar changes for the Hornet, but I don’t know if it’s improved things or not.
Day 4 of asking for type 45 vs arliegh burke
first 😃
If this is new GR format than I'm unsubscribing...
Wym they’ve always done tutorials and fun videos…
Byeeeeeeeeee 🚪
They've always had these tutorial videos? OP is being a silly goose.