I recently bought the Mig 21 in the Fatherland sale. So I am watching your tutorial series. I must say I learn more from your tutorials than any other I have seen. Great style. Clear, concise and well explained! Thanks.
Relearning the MiG-21bis currently, and I have to say I love the elegant simplicity of this system. Lovely instrumentation for a perfect circuit approach. Thank you John for this excellent tutorial, I noticed you haven't uploaded for quite some time and hope you are well o7.
Thanks so much for doing this xxJohnxx It clarified for me how those little numbers on the rsbn work. The audio was low but I was able to hear it adequately by raising the volume on my end a bit.
Byeohazard Thank you for the feedback and also thank you for reminding me ;) Glad that the video could explain a thing or two! Yeah, that with the audio was a bit unfortunate. I had to record the video about 3-4 times, because some update within the recording software caused the files generated to become incompatible with the editing software I use. + After some reconfiguring I got it working, however during the process of fixing the problems, I changed some settings, that caused the audio levels to be lower than usual. Will be fixed for the next videos.
Hey mate, thanks for the video it's always fascinating to learn about all the little indications and functions on the instruments (if you're a certain kind of nerd). Beautiful flying too, and I could hear your audio fine, BTW. Just one thing - I think you're using the wrong end of the course needle to set your RSBN radial - that's why your course correction lines are backwards - if you are to the right of your intended course (need to turn left to get back on course) the lines on the ADI and NPP are to the right instead of the left. I did the same thing for ages and it bugged me why the RSBN course line was backwards whereas the PRMG course lines were "normal". So I actually read the manual (last resort) - on page 54 it tells you which end of the needles is the head or tail.
3:16 Perfectly coordinated turn! Textbook. Look at the slip ball of the Attitude Directional Indicator (ADI --> KPP) and the vertical speed = 0(!) indicated by he Vertical Velocity Indicator (VVI --> DA-200 aka Variometer). Great flying.
Let me guess, you're not just an armchair-pilot but a pilot in real life too? I mean, the entire flight was close to perfect, heading-, altitude- and speed-wise. Not many sim pilots are that keen to try to perfectly maintain a plane's attitudes, thus I think there must be more behind it. ;)
Indeed, I have been flying since 5 years now. In fact, I just started an integrated flight training at an airline this week, transitioning from private pilot to commercial pilot in the next couple of years. :)
Really? Congrats! Once a childhood dream of myself was to fly for an airline. But didn't persue it thouroughly enough. Like John Lennon said, life is what happens while you make other plans. I started my pilot training at the age of 14, first theoretical classes, but then even managed to have had my first flight 9 days before my 15th birthday, hence still with 14 :) Hooked on flying in particular and aviation in general ever since. For more than 30 years now. Do you want to fly for a living? Also ATPL or would CPL + IR be sufficient? Anyways, it's a good way to start from scratch with a PPL and to build some piloting skills first before to move on to heavier aircraft and more complex workloads. I started with gliding back in the days. First became a weather expert and learned to fly without engines. :) Like my former inspiring example, legendary Russian flying ace Sasha "Sotka" Pokryshkin. I wish you all the best, if you weren't already a pilot I'd recommended you to become one with these instrument scanning and manoeuvering skills. :D
Thank you! Yeah, flying has always been a dream for me, however I did not intend to fly for a living. I had everything set up to go to university and study electrical engineering. However, as you said so well, plans don't always work out and sometimes something better comes up! I actually applied to a couple of airlines because I thought I would regret it in 20 years if I didn't do it right now. After a couple successfull assesment tests I found myselfe inside the training program of a great european carrier. Part of the training is in Europe and part of it is in the US - Really looking forward to that! The training program starts from 0, so currently we are learning PPL theory (I have allready learned that 5 years ago, but oh well, at least it is a great way to refresh my knowledge) and in a couple of months we are doing our basic flight training. After that more theory and then we head to the US for a couple of months for instrument flying, multi engine and other stuff. After that, loads more theory and then ATPL exams mid 2019. If you are intrested, I mentioned a bit about the whole thing here: th-cam.com/video/2KSXBIre1lI/w-d-xo.html
***** Hi, First off all, thank you very much for your feedback! I will try to answer the questions as well as I can, so here we go: 1. No, you can fly without a joystick, and quit a lot of people do (not the majority though). However, a joystick, a throttle, rudder pedals and TrackIR a generally recommended to get the most out of a flight sim. 2. Hard to tell, but the MiG-21 feels very nice to fly with a joystick. 3. That is a bit of a difficult answer, as I have been flying for a couple of years now. Adjusting to a new aircraft, like the MiG-21 was quit a fast process. However, if you don't have much experience it will take you longer. 4. I would guess a couple of weeks. There are a couple of good tutorials included, that will take you through the basics and some of the advanced stuff too! I personally use the Thrustmaster Warthog combined with MFG Crosswind rudder padals, however that is nowhere close to 50$. Maybe have a look at the Saitek/MadCats sticks, they might be in the right price range for you. Hope that answers all of your questions! Best regards, John
***** Thanks for the kind words! Allways appricated! I am normally buying from the main site: digitalcombatsimulator.com/ There is a sale nearly every month, so you can get quit good savings on most of the modules if you wait a bit.
I would assume that nowadays most of the enroute and terminal navigation are based on their GLONASS system. Not sure if and how commonly RSBN/PRMG is still used for approaches.
charenton82 Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, the speaking turned out to be a bit lower than usual. Still is audible on all the devices I could test it with... I do own a micro, but thanks for the advice anyway!
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I recently bought the Mig 21 in the Fatherland sale. So I am watching your tutorial series. I must say I learn more from your tutorials than any other I have seen. Great style. Clear, concise and well explained! Thanks.
Relearning the MiG-21bis currently, and I have to say I love the elegant simplicity of this system. Lovely instrumentation for a perfect circuit approach. Thank you John for this excellent tutorial, I noticed you haven't uploaded for quite some time and hope you are well o7.
Now that was one heck of a pattern tutorial. A big thank you! I learned things I did not know.
Thanks so much for doing this xxJohnxx It clarified for me how those little numbers on the rsbn work. The audio was low but I was able to hear it adequately by raising the volume on my end a bit.
Byeohazard Thank you for the feedback and also thank you for reminding me ;)
Glad that the video could explain a thing or two!
Yeah, that with the audio was a bit unfortunate. I had to record the video about 3-4 times, because some update within the recording software caused the files generated to become incompatible with the editing software I use. +
After some reconfiguring I got it working, however during the process of fixing the problems, I changed some settings, that caused the audio levels to be lower than usual. Will be fixed for the next videos.
Hey mate, thanks for the video it's always fascinating to learn about all the little indications and functions on the instruments (if you're a certain kind of nerd). Beautiful flying too, and I could hear your audio fine, BTW. Just one thing - I think you're using the wrong end of the course needle to set your RSBN radial - that's why your course correction lines are backwards - if you are to the right of your intended course (need to turn left to get back on course) the lines on the ADI and NPP are to the right instead of the left. I did the same thing for ages and it bugged me why the RSBN course line was backwards whereas the PRMG course lines were "normal". So I actually read the manual (last resort) - on page 54 it tells you which end of the needles is the head or tail.
3:16 Perfectly coordinated turn! Textbook. Look at the slip ball of the Attitude Directional Indicator (ADI --> KPP) and the vertical speed = 0(!) indicated by he Vertical Velocity Indicator (VVI --> DA-200 aka Variometer). Great flying.
Thank you for your comment! I try to take pride in my flying and comments such as yours acknowledging that, are really appriciated. :)
Let me guess, you're not just an armchair-pilot but a pilot in real life too? I mean, the entire flight was close to perfect, heading-, altitude- and speed-wise. Not many sim pilots are that keen to try to perfectly maintain a plane's attitudes, thus I think there must be more behind it. ;)
Indeed, I have been flying since 5 years now. In fact, I just started an integrated flight training at an airline this week, transitioning from private pilot to commercial pilot in the next couple of years. :)
Really? Congrats! Once a childhood dream of myself was to fly for an airline. But didn't persue it thouroughly enough. Like John Lennon said, life is what happens while you make other plans. I started my pilot training at the age of 14, first theoretical classes, but then even managed to have had my first flight 9 days before my 15th birthday, hence still with 14 :) Hooked on flying in particular and aviation in general ever since. For more than 30 years now.
Do you want to fly for a living? Also ATPL or would CPL + IR be sufficient? Anyways, it's a good way to start from scratch with a PPL and to build some piloting skills first before to move on to heavier aircraft and more complex workloads. I started with gliding back in the days. First became a weather expert and learned to fly without engines. :) Like my former inspiring example, legendary Russian flying ace Sasha "Sotka" Pokryshkin.
I wish you all the best, if you weren't already a pilot I'd recommended you to become one with these instrument scanning and manoeuvering skills. :D
Thank you!
Yeah, flying has always been a dream for me, however I did not intend to fly for a living. I had everything set up to go to university and study electrical engineering. However, as you said so well, plans don't always work out and sometimes something better comes up!
I actually applied to a couple of airlines because I thought I would regret it in 20 years if I didn't do it right now. After a couple successfull assesment tests I found myselfe inside the training program of a great european carrier. Part of the training is in Europe and part of it is in the US - Really looking forward to that!
The training program starts from 0, so currently we are learning PPL theory (I have allready learned that 5 years ago, but oh well, at least it is a great way to refresh my knowledge) and in a couple of months we are doing our basic flight training. After that more theory and then we head to the US for a couple of months for instrument flying, multi engine and other stuff. After that, loads more theory and then ATPL exams mid 2019.
If you are intrested, I mentioned a bit about the whole thing here: th-cam.com/video/2KSXBIre1lI/w-d-xo.html
That was a lot more helpful than the goddamn DCS tutorial. Thanks mate.
+Nevyn Tanis Thank you for the feedback! Allways appricated.
BRILLIANT!
Thank you. You're the best!
Thanks for doing this, it really helped me a great deal in understanding these approaches!
I didn't know about this functionality, really helpful video - excellent as always! Looking forward to your Hind videos ;)
Ausgezeichnet! Vielen Dank aus Amerika! I love your MiG-21bis videos. Keep up the good work.
LennysCopilot Thanks for the feedback! Allways appreciated.
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Hi,
First off all, thank you very much for your feedback!
I will try to answer the questions as well as I can, so here we go:
1. No, you can fly without a joystick, and quit a lot of people do (not the majority though). However, a joystick, a throttle, rudder pedals and TrackIR a generally recommended to get the most out of a flight sim.
2. Hard to tell, but the MiG-21 feels very nice to fly with a joystick.
3. That is a bit of a difficult answer, as I have been flying for a couple of years now. Adjusting to a new aircraft, like the MiG-21 was quit a fast process. However, if you don't have much experience it will take you longer.
4. I would guess a couple of weeks. There are a couple of good tutorials included, that will take you through the basics and some of the advanced stuff too!
I personally use the Thrustmaster Warthog combined with MFG Crosswind rudder padals, however that is nowhere close to 50$.
Maybe have a look at the Saitek/MadCats sticks, they might be in the right price range for you.
Hope that answers all of your questions!
Best regards,
John
*****
Thanks for the kind words! Allways appricated!
I am normally buying from the main site: digitalcombatsimulator.com/
There is a sale nearly every month, so you can get quit good savings on most of the modules if you wait a bit.
Thanks for the video John, informative as always!
This makes a lot more sense than the tutorial^^
Good Video, bad Sound.
Is it possible, that you give us a "checklist" about the bix box approach?
Thanks for the feedback!
In case you missed it, here I have a slightly louder version of the video:
m.th-cam.com/video/KGaqgAaLGGI/w-d-xo.html
Grate video, thanx :)
will Don
Is Russia still maintaining RSBN as their primary navaid?
I would assume that nowadays most of the enroute and terminal navigation are based on their GLONASS system. Not sure if and how commonly RSBN/PRMG is still used for approaches.
Nothing to hear!
your speakng is too low.
Buy a Micro .........
charenton82 Thanks for the feedback!
Yeah, the speaking turned out to be a bit lower than usual. Still is audible on all the devices I could test it with...
I do own a micro, but thanks for the advice anyway!