Tim just out here like Sisyphus with his boulder with Gaijin updating RWR and Radar mechanics every few months. One must imagine Tim happy (Which is why he gets my upvote!)
Hopefully unlike with radars, this will be relevant and accurate for a long while after it's posted. Though if Tim's luck with his radar guides is anything to say we're about to get another RWR overhaul lol
The official channel just made a video about RWRs themselves, don't think they'd outdate themselves so quickly. Then again, this is gaijin we're talking about...
I just love how user-friendly and easy to understand your guide are and how it feels like I'm listening to someone explain what they genuinely enjoy, plus it feels like I'm talking to someone who is a real person. Great job!
0:50 Although I chose a different specialization at university, I would still be interested in learning more about radar technology. Whe had a Prefessor from raytheon anschütz in basic course and I always found the topic very interesting.
Great guide as usual. Your examples are really good, especially the one showing the differences in practice between sensor-based and direction-based sensors.
A friend of mine just got his first jet with RWR, I was looking for a good video and yours happened to pop up! After watching this through it, turns out both of us learned something new about RWRs!
Great video Tim; I've been flying simulator battles in my F-5E and was wondering why my RWR was picking up signals from MiG-23s despite being to their sides and behind them. I guess those side lobes and back lobe on the Sapphire radar must be huge! Makes it easy to track them down without using my own radar
US jets : the MiG-29 fired a R27ER on your 4 o'clock at about 22km Soviet jet : there is a missle i think Pilot: where Soviet jet: dunno. just wanted you to know that you need to bail out in about 10 sec
It's unfortunate, since SPO-15 does show signal strength of a primary threat. You can see the indicator on the image at 6:45, the dash almost-circle outside the big red "OKAY, PANIC" circle is the signal strength indicator. Indeed, in DCS, they are some situations I prefer it over the AN/ALR-67 on the Hornet.
This is perfect, I remember suggesting Tim make this video back when he made his Radar video and I'm overjoyed to see he made a videon on the subject of RWR's! Thanks Tim for putting the extra effort into these, they are extremely powerful tools now!
3:21 Love the discussion of the stat cards... really useful and as a side effect a good reference for having all units on one picture to compare directly
Their introduction of IFF mostly working is very nice. Cleans up the mess a lot. However I have had one instance I can think of where I got hit by an R-27R1 from a German MiG-29 in my Soviet MiG-29 and I was quite confused cuz I did not recall my RWR going off at all. It came at me roughly from the side (I was almost notching)
FYI: you’re not going to find a lot of information on IFF and how it’s integrated with the RWR because IFF uses 2 different systems that aren’t always inherently linked with the RWR or TWS. It uses your radar and interrogator. In real life there is legitimately only a small amount of aircraft that has proper architecture integration that implements this. Nothing will be written about it however and *spoiler* it doesn’t actually filter out contacts as you see in game. If you have any other questions regarding these systems you can ask me. I used to work avionics and EW for F-35s
Best War thunder RWR Explanation ever! Thinking that war thunder RWR model is almost complete, this would be the final version and thanks for that, this is the best video for it.
Tim your videos, tutorials and reviews, are absolute essentials for understanding warthunder and I am grateful for them, thanks for your impecable job :D (Gaijin should've added you to the partners program by principle)
Ive just unlocked £ my first top tier CAS JAS39A 👌🏻 being a ground focused player over the years, this is the kind of easy to digest information I need… says the ex JTAC ;)… As always keep up the good work !!
Thanks for the guide on this Tim. The core principal behind the RWR is easy to understand from the game, but the details about individual components aren't explained well at all by the game system.
I've got a surprising number of subscribers (based on comments like this) that watch my WT stuff out of general interest, but don't actually play the game.
I really wish someone would post MAW going off because I actually really like it some some odd reason Note, M247 tracking radar is actually from a F-16, you will see F-16 a m247 is tracking you.
Good Day tim & thanks for this perfect video, Getting to learn a few extra things I didn't know of. Ohh boy I can't wait for the next three weeks of reddit posts going OMG for the SAM's you listed from this video (there has already been similar posts since the official channel just posted an RWR video as well). A surprise you didn't show off the S125 in a custom battle as the V-600P missile found on the Project 56K Bravyi is such a missile. On a sidenote what are your thoughts on the poxy rwr pings from IAI Kfirs? As if you get them as teammates your rwr is screaming all match from their gunradars locking you even if 30km away behind them & ohh french rwrs truly suffer against them as it's a constant ping over beeping.
This video getting only a third of the views of the radar guide is somewhat understandable, but also not completely. Understanding certain mechanics and their interaction is so important in WT and your guides are always really beginner friendly. Thank you again Tim for all the effort and work that noticably go into every one of your videos 🙂 Next video up is the Complete Guide To Air To Air Missiles (2024) th-cam.com/video/_tQ6JzPWEFU/w-d-xo.html I can only imagine how much work it takes to make one of these guides, so it almost feels wrong to only think about it: But I really would like similar guides for Air To Ground Munition and other mechanics. Best wishes from Germany
my fav part about the RWR is the fact that whenever I play with my friend he locks me for the entire match :/ all I ever hears is BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
There's been everything going odd in Sim now, AN/ALR-45 doesn't detect nearly anything. The A-6E TRAM got launch detection on the specs but when you in simulator, doesn't catch anything from tunguska, not ping nor lock or launch. Guess there's maybe some realism but based on singal reciever it should totally identify the bands.
Great question, I could have gone into more detail on (noted for the next time I have to update this). On a RWR with a range of 50km, that will the scale of the circular scope. So a target halfway between the center and outside edge will be apx 25km away.
Its funny - I actually asked them just a few days ago if there were any major RWR revamps coming anytime soon, and all I got was "Sorry, we can't share that info." ..... I expect to be remaking this guide in a couple of months.
I heard on another channel that the Question mark mostly signifies that Gaijin didn't complete the configuration file, and should show the source type instead...
Quite likely, they just revamped the RWR system a couple of months ago and its very likely a few bits and pieces are incomplete or not working right under the hood.
btw the gripen keep showing as a ? on late rwr and idk why :/ same for the mirage 4000 when its litterally the radar of the m2KC. And i forgot the su27 appearing as a mig 29 when its absolutely not the radar of the mig 29
What does it mean if the stat card says SPI? I noticed that the hunter F58 that i'm not far off researching (it'll be my first radar/RWR equipped plane in war thunder) has it listed where the rest of the RWR information is listed.
@@rainbowappleslice It designates a target point for guided weapons and targeting cameras (like laser pods etc). Its the thing that makes the little red square target on the ground.
Not a stupid question. Short answer - yes - but **currently** the IFF feature (on units that have it) is supposed to filter it out. They may or may not change that 5 minutes after I post this comment.
Thank you very much for your answer. You're doing a great job. One of the best war thunder channels. Only specific information. Keep it up. Greetings from Poland.
The spill-over effects, while im sure well-meaning, are still unfinished to say the least. Planes locking and launching from 3 or 9 o'clock abeam aircraft at 10+km routinely make RWR systems go wild.
Complete guide to radar:
th-cam.com/video/n78r6klLlEQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=gCRGaUBNWrvT48uC
Awesome! Would also love a guide on Defeating incoming missiles/locks.
Tim just out here like Sisyphus with his boulder with Gaijin updating RWR and Radar mechanics every few months.
One must imagine Tim happy (Which is why he gets my upvote!)
One must imagine Tim happy
His tutorials are pretty much a staple at this point after all
Yooo big T back with another fire guide
Facts
Hopefully unlike with radars, this will be relevant and accurate for a long while after it's posted.
Though if Tim's luck with his radar guides is anything to say we're about to get another RWR overhaul lol
The official channel just made a video about RWRs themselves, don't think they'd outdate themselves so quickly. Then again, this is gaijin we're talking about...
@@Flaruwu Yeah they dropped that vid literally the morning after I got done scripting this guide ....
@@TimsVarietythats how the cookie crumbles
I just love how user-friendly and easy to understand your guide are and how it feels like I'm listening to someone explain what they genuinely enjoy, plus it feels like I'm talking to someone who is a real person. Great job!
**pinches arm** Yep, still real. :-)
Thanks for making such good content all the time Tim!
0:50 Although I chose a different specialization at university, I would still be interested in learning more about radar technology. Whe had a Prefessor from raytheon anschütz in basic course and I always found the topic very interesting.
Great guide as usual. Your examples are really good, especially the one showing the differences in practice between sensor-based and direction-based sensors.
A friend of mine just got his first jet with RWR, I was looking for a good video and yours happened to pop up! After watching this through it, turns out both of us learned something new about RWRs!
Great video Tim; I've been flying simulator battles in my F-5E and was wondering why my RWR was picking up signals from MiG-23s despite being to their sides and behind them. I guess those side lobes and back lobe on the Sapphire radar must be huge! Makes it easy to track them down without using my own radar
Oh some jets, its VERY pronounced.
US jets : the MiG-29 fired a R27ER on your 4 o'clock at about 22km
Soviet jet : there is a missle i think
Pilot: where
Soviet jet: dunno. just wanted you to know that you need to bail out in about 10 sec
True, they need to fix the spo15 within the next update or soviet mains are going to struggle with the amraam.
It's unfortunate, since SPO-15 does show signal strength of a primary threat. You can see the indicator on the image at 6:45, the dash almost-circle outside the big red "OKAY, PANIC" circle is the signal strength indicator. Indeed, in DCS, they are some situations I prefer it over the AN/ALR-67 on the Hornet.
@@PaiSAMSEN the spo15 is also missing a full dimension of data, that being if the signal is coming from above or below you
This is why Tim is the GOAT no doubt about it.
This is perfect, I remember suggesting Tim make this video back when he made his Radar video and I'm overjoyed to see he made a videon on the subject of RWR's! Thanks Tim for putting the extra effort into these, they are extremely powerful tools now!
ty for this video i think we will use it to teach new members of our squadron
I really appreciate that you put a lot of effort in these videos and they’re always educational yet very entertaining.
I’ve kinda been needing this for awhile cause the RWR rework added a whole bunch of new terms so, glad you made a guide on it
3:21 Love the discussion of the stat cards... really useful and as a side effect a good reference for having all units on one picture to compare directly
Thank you very much Tim!
absolutely amazing video as always, thank you!!!!!!!!!!
Their introduction of IFF mostly working is very nice. Cleans up the mess a lot. However I have had one instance I can think of where I got hit by an R-27R1 from a German MiG-29 in my Soviet MiG-29 and I was quite confused cuz I did not recall my RWR going off at all. It came at me roughly from the side (I was almost notching)
Freshly brewed coffee, bagel, and a guide from Tim... my Sunday is set, hell yea.
o7
Tim absolutely killing it with guides as always
Wow, I caught this _really_ early. Looking forward to it!
Tim posting lights up my evening
Man, I could've sworn I've seen 'F3' blips from Tornado F3's - you learn something new every day
Great guide mate, you're a credit to the WT community
That list of IDs is very likely to change over time. I could see them making changes, like, tomorrow, just for the hell of it.
You're Amazing...thanks for this guide!
Played thousand hours of top tier jet, drop multiples ace and yet I still learn stuff. Thank Tim.
Been waiting for the new rwr guide! Thanks for doing it, love all the details, and historical facts you put into your videos.
Thank you, this was very helpful
So comprehensive as always, thanks Tim
Thank you Tim. Been waiting for this video 🙏🏽
Awesome video, covers the topic very well. Thank you!
FYI: you’re not going to find a lot of information on IFF and how it’s integrated with the RWR because IFF uses 2 different systems that aren’t always inherently linked with the RWR or TWS. It uses your radar and interrogator. In real life there is legitimately only a small amount of aircraft that has proper architecture integration that implements this. Nothing will be written about it however and *spoiler* it doesn’t actually filter out contacts as you see in game. If you have any other questions regarding these systems you can ask me. I used to work avionics and EW for F-35s
Thanks, you make getting into the jet age much easier
I appreciate you and your content greatly, sir.
Best War thunder RWR Explanation ever! Thinking that war thunder RWR model is almost complete, this would be the final version and thanks for that, this is the best video for it.
Tim your videos, tutorials and reviews, are absolute essentials for understanding warthunder and I am grateful for them, thanks for your impecable job :D
(Gaijin should've added you to the partners program by principle)
Excellent guide. I will follow you my good sir
Thank you. Keep the good work
thank you for the hard work in this amazing guide.
Great info, thank you!
Thank you Tim!
Thank you. Very informative.
Ive just unlocked £ my first top tier CAS JAS39A 👌🏻 being a ground focused player over the years, this is the kind of easy to digest information I need… says the ex JTAC ;)… As always keep up the good work !!
As always, just perfect.
Who else skipped the War Thunder guide for this? Thanks Tim kick ass as always.
I had ... a look on my face .. when they dropped that the morning after I finished scripting this guide ...
@@TimsVariety all the more reason to stay away from it lol
Damn I have been waiting for this! godsent
Thank you so much for all of your guides, I'd be mega lost without these
Cant wait for RWR guide 2024 4k February edition
Yeah .. they LOVE to do that to me ..
Absolutely destroyed War Thunder’s own RWR guide, good work
Thanks for the guide on this Tim. The core principal behind the RWR is easy to understand from the game, but the details about individual components aren't explained well at all by the game system.
Good stuff, as usual Tim. Thank you! :)
Ohhh the tables have turned, now YOU are the one releasing a tutorial right after gaijin, awesome vid man, some of the modes still bugged me
Very informative video. Thanks for this! Do you have any plans to stream soon?
10/10 video
saved me
Nice caught this early too ;)
Keep on making this great content, love the channel!
Love your vids
This video is EXCELLENT !
Thanks for this video, ive been kinda wanting gaijin to change how the system works again.
(But in all seriousness amazing job as always
Average Tim W
I don't have any RWR planes yet but I'll certainly use this when I do!
8:30 wow i didnt know the RWR can tell you what type of threads there are
Typos happen ;-)
Still watching and enjoying your videos, still not playing war thunder. I spent all my grind hours in another game, now it's real life catch up time
I've got a surprising number of subscribers (based on comments like this) that watch my WT stuff out of general interest, but don't actually play the game.
Tim I love you mate
2:05 that shape reminds me of something
Oh God... The Beep Boop of the RWR when someone missiles you will haunt me till my last day
(I fly a Bucc, theres not much i can do to avoid it)
I really wish someone would post MAW going off because I actually really like it some some odd reason
Note, M247 tracking radar is actually from a F-16, you will see F-16 a m247 is tracking you.
Thank you Tim, now can you explain Ground radar from Aircraft?like on Radar Pod for SU-39??
There is a section in my radar vid about it, link is in a pinned comment.
Imagine flying at High Altitude, and the "N-H" warning goes off.
Good Day tim & thanks for this perfect video, Getting to learn a few extra things I didn't know of.
Ohh boy I can't wait for the next three weeks of reddit posts going OMG for the SAM's you listed from this video (there has already been similar posts since the official channel just posted an RWR video as well).
A surprise you didn't show off the S125 in a custom battle as the V-600P missile found on the Project 56K Bravyi is such a missile.
On a sidenote what are your thoughts on the poxy rwr pings from IAI Kfirs? As if you get them as teammates your rwr is screaming all match from their gunradars locking you even if 30km away behind them & ohh french rwrs truly suffer against them as it's a constant ping over beeping.
My thoughts are that I wish more players wound switch their radar rangefinders off on the runway ;-)
This video getting only a third of the views of the radar guide is somewhat understandable, but also not completely. Understanding certain mechanics and their interaction is so important in WT and your guides are always really beginner friendly. Thank you again Tim for all the effort and work that noticably go into every one of your videos 🙂
Next video up is the Complete Guide To Air To Air Missiles (2024) th-cam.com/video/_tQ6JzPWEFU/w-d-xo.html
I can only imagine how much work it takes to make one of these guides, so it almost feels wrong to only think about it: But I really would like similar guides for Air To Ground Munition and other mechanics.
Best wishes from Germany
I've got an ATG guide up, but it needs updating for the new GPS bombs and such. Soon.
@@TimsVariety Looking forward to seeing it!
my fav part about the RWR is the fact that whenever I play with my friend he locks me for the entire match :/ all I ever hears is BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
There's been everything going odd in Sim now, AN/ALR-45 doesn't detect nearly anything. The A-6E TRAM got launch detection on the specs but when you in simulator, doesn't catch anything from tunguska, not ping nor lock or launch. Guess there's maybe some realism but based on singal reciever it should totally identify the bands.
IRST system using laser range finders (MIG-29's for example) should trigger LWR, but for some reason they don't
cant wait for gaijin to completly revamp the mechanic in the next update now...
Me: Starts pressing random buttons hoping that it works
As is tradition.
Mention of F-102 and used it as a aircraft image for the lobes early in the vid.
Does this mean Tim wants it in game as bad as the rest of us?
One of many aircraft from the early-mid coldwar era that I'd love to see get added instead of more powercreep at the top tier.
Could you do a video on the KA 50 If you haven’t already
I did the Ka-52 recently, will get to the Ka-50 eventually.
Thx
Bro I honestly thought u was gonna do a Kanye and just never drop this guide💀nice vid tho saves me🙏
7:49 *starts sweating hearing that*
What does an RWR consider long, medium, and short range? Is it different for every receiver?
Great question, I could have gone into more detail on (noted for the next time I have to update this).
On a RWR with a range of 50km, that will the scale of the circular scope. So a target halfway between the center and outside edge will be apx 25km away.
Since you published that video, I am sure gaijin is going to change in the next few weeks. They are waiting for your reviews ;)
Its funny - I actually asked them just a few days ago if there were any major RWR revamps coming anytime soon, and all I got was "Sorry, we can't share that info." ..... I expect to be remaking this guide in a couple of months.
I heard on another channel that the Question mark mostly signifies that Gaijin didn't complete the configuration file, and should show the source type instead...
Quite likely, they just revamped the RWR system a couple of months ago and its very likely a few bits and pieces are incomplete or not working right under the hood.
TIM THE GOAT 🐐
Gaijin gonna drop a patch to change RWRs now...
Tomcat's radar, what does Mid mean?
btw the gripen keep showing as a ? on late rwr and idk why :/ same for the mirage 4000 when its litterally the radar of the m2KC. And i forgot the su27 appearing as a mig 29 when its absolutely not the radar of the mig 29
What does it mean if the stat card says SPI? I noticed that the hunter F58 that i'm not far off researching (it'll be my first radar/RWR equipped plane in war thunder) has it listed where the rest of the RWR information is listed.
SPI is "Sensor Point of Interest" , part of the air to ground weapon suite.
@@TimsVariety What does it actually do?
@@rainbowappleslice It designates a target point for guided weapons and targeting cameras (like laser pods etc). Its the thing that makes the little red square target on the ground.
@@TimsVariety thanks for explaining. Though i'm slightly confused about why the hunter has such a mode despite having no guided munitions
@@rainbowappleslice Its needed for the CCRP, check out the guide on my channel for air to ground weapons.
RWR on f-4s shows many targets as MID, what is that?
I know this is a stupid question. But does RWR detect allied radars in ground realistic battles?
Not a stupid question.
Short answer - yes - but **currently** the IFF feature (on units that have it) is supposed to filter it out.
They may or may not change that 5 minutes after I post this comment.
Thank you very much for your answer. You're doing a great job. One of the best war thunder channels. Only specific information. Keep it up. Greetings from Poland.
I think this will be very quickly oudated with the new fox 3 missiles coming out in the next two updates :')
as what does the strellas radar show up ? just asking because thats what i face the most and i didnt see it in the list :(
❤
Thank you so much!
Fucking studying for exams, gotta ingest this info
I can't even figure out how to turn it on or search it up, my plane has it in test flight but when I load into a battle it's not there
It turns itself on and off automatically when you receive a signal
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The spill-over effects, while im sure well-meaning, are still unfinished to say the least. Planes locking and launching from 3 or 9 o'clock abeam aircraft at 10+km routinely make RWR systems go wild.
You have to be a radio engineer
Not professionally, but I "speak the language"
Huh, learn somethin new every day