Check out the Merch Store: teespring.com/stores/growling-sidewinder-store Just a little video to show you guys how I fly when I use the Hornet on my PvP server, not to say this is the only way but this is just how I do it, if you have things/tactics you use when you fly the hornet go ahead and share below to help people struggling. Thanks for watching guys and I'll see you in the next one.
People often complain that a fight isn’t fair. In reality, you NEVER want a fair fight. Once you decide to fight, you fight to win. So you want (need) as many advantages as possible. You steer the fight into positions favoring your own strengths and amplifying vulnerabilities of the adversary. Logical and timeless. (Ref: Sun Tzu)
"This isn't dueling pistols at dawn, this is war. You never want to fight fair. You want to sneak up behind your enemy and club them over the head." -Kara Thrace, Battlestar Galactica
i guess i learned a begginer/intermediate version of this through trial and error in other vr dogfighting sims and I have to say its my favorite version of dogfighting, the joy i feel when i hug the mountains while defending against missiles and then being able to whip around and shoot is unmatched
"almost hit the ground there... no problem". How you stay so cool when you basically mow the grass constantly at Mach 1 with a missile warning screaming in your ears always astounds me. Great vid once again GS.
GS's videos are so silky smooth; the Track ir, music, and calm voice makes it feel like I'm riding in an relaxing elevator while watching him lure unsuspecting bandits to their death.
@@skyofstorms actually its the minimum abort range. The range where if you pass it there is a high chance of you getting splashed unless theres some mountains or you manage to notch it.
"That is right, but I held something back. I see some real genius in your flying, GS, but I can't say that in there. I was afraid that everyone in the tax trailer would see right through me, and I just don't want anyone to know that I've fallen for you".
Don't even have hardware to run DCS properly, but as an aviation geek I just love love love the channel. Also as a finnish person, love the legacy Hornet.
@@ryz_vik I feel for you. I couldn't play for a long time cause I was on a laptop with a GTX 660m with a 2.3ghz processor. I had the laptop for a decade and when it gave up I got a PC with a 3060 ti and I've enjoying DCS so much
When your canopy passed literally like 3 feet from that mountain while you were inverted I literally said "holy shit" out loud. I would have faceplanted
does anyone else find the beeps and boops of the rwr detecting contacts relaxing up until u realize its a potential bandit that can obliterate u out of existence lol
*Me watching all these videos and downloading dcs fo try it out only to realize I need to pay for every single plane* Ah yes the frogfoot my favorite dogfighter
Lol on the bright side it’s a study level simulator just get 1 and I promise you it will keep u busy for a very long time. U don’t need to buy all the planes.
*goes to the growling pvp server in a f/a-18* "I got this" *gets impatient* *goes after a guy in a group* *Loose lock a dozen times* *smoked by his buddy in a f16 going mach 1.5 at 40k* *give up and go back to the f16*
@@gb7418 this story is more of a joke inspired by my experience. The f18s radar is pretty wack these days in dcs. It drops locks constantly when compared to the f16. Even when messing with interleave, refresh rate and track file store time, its not great.
@@chronics143 I see - haven’t tried the viper in a while and 0 experience with the hornet, but I remember the viper losing lock easily compared to the BMS Falcon viper. It annoyed me.
@@gb7418 I’ve only been flying the F16 for a few months now but it seems to maintain a solid lock most times only time I lose lock is if the bandit nose dives for the ground and hides in mountains over than that it’s great
As we see the pilot is the biggest weapon and not the plane? When we talk about similar capability planes. I would like to watch you playing PvP using an older generation plane like F4 phantom or similar.
You have any suggestions for the hornet losing the lock constantly even when all the parameters are good (target is hot, set to the right altitude, target is in the radars field of view, etc). I’m not sure if it’s lag or ping to the server
I’ve always been flying in a hornet and when I engage in a dogfight, I forgot to pay attetion to the hard deck and when I notice that he’s flying away I’m always confused on why he’s flying away until I see why and notice that I’m about to crash into the ground.
Are you using the VR headset still these days normally for these engagements or using the IR tracker? Finding it obviously more immersive to use the VR headset, but also having difficulty learning the software without being able to see the controls.
That config you're flying is making me nervous, even on a virtual aircraft... Never done a 6+6, but a couple of 10+2, and those are always a pain in the backside, especially the LAU-127 test. On that note, does the aircraft's flight behaviour change with the armament in DCS? I've known some real-life Hornet pilots to refuse to fly certain training missions with a 10+2 config, saying that "it flies like a bus".
@@GrowlingSidewinder you dogfight real fighter pilots for Christ sake lol keep up the good work man i really enjoy watching it gets me out of this shit world for a little while.anyway hi from Australia
You know what has to happen now right?... You better do this pvp server stuff on every single fighter jet available in the game... or at least modern ones like the su-27 and su-33/35
Ya f16. I’m pretty sure. Exact same thing happened in his server a few days ago. I’m still new to pvp. Wish he had the call signs on but I’m pretty sure that was me.
Man at this many years out is the curve to hard to start learning? Are there noob servers in this game? Watching these vids has me all pumped up to go get owned..LoL Now how to buy five hundy worth of sticks and controls w/o being Fox 3'd by the wife
That HMCS SA with the radar and SA page still active is so awesome. I´m driving F-16 and do you know if that module will get anything like it? I like to drag em down as well but keep switching between short RWS and Dogfight, it´s not optimal running against what you just showed :)
What do you think? If that Flanker had done a Drewski and used his infared sensor thingy and fired at you from behind with his radar off, would he have shot you done?
How do you keep your left display from switching to stores when you change from AIM 120's to AIM 9x? My left display ALWAYS automatically changes to stores...
Is there a reason you stayed with trackir and not VR? I’m trying to get into DCS but the setup is a pain. Currently trying VR but even with a top tier PC and 2080 Ti I can’t run my Reverb at max settings without choppiness. I’ve heard people say once they go VR they never go back but it seems you have?
Hello, i really want so start playing DCS but the only equipment i have is a keyboard and mouse and i find the game a bit complicated, it'd be great if i could get your advice!!
Check out the Merch Store: teespring.com/stores/growling-sidewinder-store
Just a little video to show you guys how I fly when I use the Hornet on my PvP server, not to say this is the only way but this is just how I do it, if you have things/tactics you use when you fly the hornet go ahead and share below to help people struggling. Thanks for watching guys and I'll see you in the next one.
That was quite informative. Thanks so much for posting stuff like this.
@Hailee Hexem notch to merge.
@@GrowlingSidewinder J 15 vs Su 33
People often complain that a fight isn’t fair. In reality, you NEVER want a fair fight. Once you decide to fight, you fight to win. So you want (need) as many advantages as possible. You steer the fight into positions favoring your own strengths and amplifying vulnerabilities of the adversary. Logical and timeless. (Ref: Sun Tzu)
Actually using Sun Tzu correctly, without meming ahahha a rare one )))
'If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.' - Steinbeck John
Fair fights are 50/50 odds. So...let's keep betting it all on those odds. Again and again and again.
@@icecold9511 You nailed it. Repeat game theory with those odds is not good for your war fighting (or your personal health).
"This isn't dueling pistols at dawn, this is war. You never want to fight fair. You want to sneak up behind your enemy and club them over the head." -Kara Thrace, Battlestar Galactica
"please try this at home"
Well if you insist
i guess i learned a begginer/intermediate version of this through trial and error in other vr dogfighting sims and I have to say its my favorite version of dogfighting, the joy i feel when i hug the mountains while defending against missiles and then being able to whip around and shoot is unmatched
"almost hit the ground there... no problem". How you stay so cool when you basically mow the grass constantly at Mach 1 with a missile warning screaming in your ears always astounds me. Great vid once again GS.
thanks buddy, you do anything enough times and it gets normal lol.
To bad I'm more like Hollywood and Wolfman from Top Gun, "Where'd he go?" "Where'd who go?"
Oh I loved that
😂😂
GS's videos are so silky smooth; the Track ir, music, and calm voice makes it feel like I'm riding in an relaxing elevator while watching him lure unsuspecting bandits to their death.
I could recognize jets from inside cockpits because GS teached me ❤️
GS might be a good 'taught'-er
@@hillaryisorena4283 his videos teaches me lol
Same
Remeber guys, respect the MAR
*Fox 3's a guy within 2.5 miles*
lolol sometimes u gotta go for the merge man
What MAR stand for ?
@@kyuby534 minimum arming range for missiles I believe, the space needed for a missile to arm, track, and have enough lead to hit a target
@@skyofstorms actually its the minimum abort range. The range where if you pass it there is a high chance of you getting splashed unless theres some mountains or you manage to notch it.
IT'S MADDOG MONDAY!!!
"Please try this at home"
Yeah, except I don't have a good rig or mad skills, so... Yeah, I'll just watch GS do it. 😁
You don't need a good rig! Ate destroyed GS with a logitech 3d extreme pro using the hat switch to look around.
@@dsdy1205 I think by 'rig', he meant computer. Need a pretty decent one to play DCS effectively.
@@MOTO809 ah, fair enough
The beginning's "disclaimer" was hilarious. Many bandits were harmed, please try this at home lmao.
"That is right, but I held something back. I see some real genius in your flying, GS, but I can't say that in there. I was afraid that everyone in the tax trailer would see right through me, and I just don't want anyone to know that I've fallen for you".
Whoa, tone down the bro-mance…
I feel like I’ve heard this phrase somewhere before…maybe 35 yrs ago… 🤔
I learn so much about actually fighting with these aircraft from you, love the tac views too. Thanks for taking the time to do these.
Don't even have hardware to run DCS properly, but as an aviation geek I just love love love the channel. Also as a finnish person, love the legacy Hornet.
I run DCS at a potato quality, it works though
@@ryz_vik I feel for you. I couldn't play for a long time cause I was on a laptop with a GTX 660m with a 2.3ghz processor. I had the laptop for a decade and when it gave up I got a PC with a 3060 ti and I've enjoying DCS so much
@@CruelSun69 I thought that DCS was CPU heavy - how good would the GPU actually have to be?
GS - I think your crew chief is going to scold you for coming back to base with tree branches on your wingtip hard points.
watching you fly is such a treat. Making it look so easy haha
When your canopy passed literally like 3 feet from that mountain while you were inverted I literally said "holy shit" out loud. I would have faceplanted
The hornet is on the hunt with the golden voice and hand at the Control’s.
Navy should be putting in a few orders for mountains instead of more carriers!
I like these type of videos. Long and shoes you just fighting in a contested area
"It's about using situational awareness..... You see hes off to my left right there...." (*looks right). Lol. Good kills (momentary dyslexia aside)
After that two-mile AMRAAM shot, I said over the river and through the woods to AMRAAM City he goes.
Man you do an outstanding job at explaining what you are doing! I love your videos!
I like the warnings you put. Lol
I don’t play this game at all but I want to, I’ve learned so much from your videos keep up the good work
Ngl Eagle Dynamics can probably attribute at least 10% of their revenue to GS
Man I love your videos dude! You are the reason I just got into DCS.
Please try this at home!!! Love it.
GS:says the opposite of what a normal vid
normal vid makers:we will NEVER ever do that
That RWR tone is nice lol
Now do "how to survive in a 3rd Gen"! So fly the Viggen, F-5, MIG-19/21 on your server!
The Viggen would be nice, yes! It's hardly outdated, but it's a very special and iconic jet offside the american and russian ones.
@@eaMCMLXXIX and has the best A2A missile in the game, the RB75!
Wondering if the JA 37 Viggen will come to DCS?
"Many vandits were harmed in the making of this video"
Now, that's some real stylr
Great vid, love the narration and explanations as you went. I learned a lot and was very entertained.
Thank you for this video, Just go on 🙏
holy cannoli that HUD is b r i g h t
That cockpit is just plain sexy.
@@scowler7200 yes 😘 it is
Hornets with AESA radar, AIM-120D and AIM-9X would be unstoppable.
Love it. I'm workig on getting a good HOTAS. Ive been "playing" DCS with a keyboard for almost a year. Huge disadvantage.
Love the content!
Wait until you also get to fly helicopters with collective and cyclic hardware incl VR.
Truly a game changer.
So helpful I've been going at the hornet all wrong she's great about letting you know what's gonna shoot you down the radar only sees about 60nm
does anyone else find the beeps and boops of the rwr detecting contacts relaxing up until u realize its a potential bandit that can obliterate u out of existence lol
8:59 little did he know😂😂
That low altitude flying man, I peed a little at 8:58 xD
You make it look sooo easy! LOL Impressive!
"Please try this at home"
Yeah I would Growly, but i dont have a worthy rig yet 😢😢
soon buddy
Thanks GS :)
It takes two hits to shoot down a flanker because they are bodybuilder jets 💪
*Me watching all these videos and downloading dcs fo try it out only to realize I need to pay for every single plane*
Ah yes the frogfoot my favorite dogfighter
Lol on the bright side it’s a study level simulator just get 1 and I promise you it will keep u busy for a very long time. U don’t need to buy all the planes.
The art of using science
Very good.. I like the instructional mode
I love the sounds
1:20. wow DCS looks amazing on higher graphic settings
Fighting like an IDF pilot I love it!
Since you seem to be on a server thing, it would be neat to see some wingman stuff on it (maybe with Longshot?)
we do a little baggin and draggin
*goes to the growling pvp server in a f/a-18*
"I got this"
*gets impatient*
*goes after a guy in a group*
*Loose lock a dozen times*
*smoked by his buddy in a f16 going mach 1.5 at 40k*
*give up and go back to the f16*
Why did you lose lock?
@@gb7418 this story is more of a joke inspired by my experience. The f18s radar is pretty wack these days in dcs. It drops locks constantly when compared to the f16. Even when messing with interleave, refresh rate and track file store time, its not great.
I hate the hornet radar these days it loses lock constantly, F16 tho TMS up and bang you never lose him...
@@chronics143 I see - haven’t tried the viper in a while and 0 experience with the hornet, but I remember the viper losing lock easily compared to the BMS Falcon viper. It annoyed me.
@@gb7418 I’ve only been flying the F16 for a few months now but it seems to maintain a solid lock most times only time I lose lock is if the bandit nose dives for the ground and hides in mountains over than that it’s great
throwing a fox2 missile is like throwing 1,000,000 $ out of the airplane
Badassery at its finest!
Thanks GS i literally just got the hornet
"Drag and teabag"
Good piloting.
As we see the pilot is the biggest weapon and not the plane? When we talk about similar capability planes. I would like to watch you playing PvP using an older generation plane like F4 phantom or similar.
Can you do a video with nothing but FANCY "top gun " maneuvers?!
You have any suggestions for the hornet losing the lock constantly even when all the parameters are good (target is hot, set to the right altitude, target is in the radars field of view, etc). I’m not sure if it’s lag or ping to the server
I’ve always been flying in a hornet and when I engage in a dogfight, I forgot to pay attetion to the hard deck and when I notice that he’s flying away I’m always confused on why he’s flying away until I see why and notice that I’m about to crash into the ground.
What a boss GS. Please try this at home disclaimer.. Hells Yeah..
Are you using the VR headset still these days normally for these engagements or using the IR tracker? Finding it obviously more immersive to use the VR headset, but also having difficulty learning the software without being able to see the controls.
Got a 82inch tv today. First new tv since 2011. Damn thing wont turn on. Watching this on my phone.
See if the wires are all patched up correctly.
You need a wingman for that tactical approach.
The superior aircraft is not the F-18, the Flanker or the F-16, it's the one GS flies.
So what is the Hornets BVR Problem? Is it speed/thrust-weight-ratio?
ya it doesn't have the power to get fast and get high which are 2 super important things in BVR.
"That's Hornet BVR" = I gotta see the WHITES OF HIS EYES!!!
thanks for this video ! :) do more PVP in different planes to help us learn ;)
Just in time for me to learn
Right On
That config you're flying is making me nervous, even on a virtual aircraft... Never done a 6+6, but a couple of 10+2, and those are always a pain in the backside, especially the LAU-127 test. On that note, does the aircraft's flight behaviour change with the armament in DCS? I've known some real-life Hornet pilots to refuse to fly certain training missions with a 10+2 config, saying that "it flies like a bus".
0:19 Should I bought F/A-18C first, and delivered to my house?
i dont understand how you only have 183k subs and 1.83million subs
Thanks buddy, steady growth man we’ll get there someday maybe.
@@GrowlingSidewinder you dogfight real fighter pilots for Christ sake lol keep up the good work man i really enjoy watching it gets me out of this shit world for a little while.anyway hi from Australia
@@steveb2915 many thanks for the kind works man, much love from Canada.
Do you have a MAR chart?
If it wasn't for GS I wouldn't know anytjing about ACM
Rule of thumb for aim-120: 30nm at 30000ft, 20nm at 20000ft, 10000ft and below 10nm
@@Mike_Romeo thanks. What do you do with Fox1? I'm finding 15nm @20k+ works good with AIM7 or Super 530's, but am unsure about lower altitudes.
Can you explain what is in the HUD and radar? It's a lot to take in when you don't know any better.
slick kills
great just great
You know what has to happen now right?... You better do this pvp server stuff on every single fighter jet available in the game... or at least modern ones like the su-27 and su-33/35
Damn! Vicious!
Lol. I got to watch my own death lol!
That was you in one of those victim jets?
Ya f16. I’m pretty sure. Exact same thing happened in his server a few days ago. I’m still new to pvp. Wish he had the call signs on but I’m pretty sure that was me.
@@oldanddisgusted5998 Well, it's an honor to be killed by an ace like Growling Sidewinder so you can take comfort in that :)
lol why do I feel like I had something to do with this 💀
maybe, but we will never know.
you were at 100k not to long ago right? already almost 200k
Man at this many years out is the curve to hard to start learning? Are there noob servers in this game? Watching these vids has me all pumped up to go get owned..LoL Now how to buy five hundy worth of sticks and controls w/o being Fox 3'd by the wife
That HMCS SA with the radar and SA page still active is so awesome. I´m driving F-16 and do you know if that module will get anything like it?
I like to drag em down as well but keep switching between short RWS and Dogfight, it´s not optimal running against what you just showed :)
Do you want me to try baggin the dragon or am I supposed to do the draggin and baggin? I'm so confused
What do you think? If that Flanker had done a Drewski and used his infared sensor thingy and fired at you from behind with his radar off, would he have shot you done?
Maybe, we will never know it for sure.
not at 12miles on a cold bandit who was aware he's there.
How do you keep your left display from switching to stores when you change from AIM 120's to AIM 9x? My left display ALWAYS automatically changes to stores...
Is there a reason you stayed with trackir and not VR? I’m trying to get into DCS but the setup is a pain. Currently trying VR but even with a top tier PC and 2080 Ti I can’t run my Reverb at max settings without choppiness.
I’ve heard people say once they go VR they never go back but it seems you have?
A headtracker provides more FPS and smoother movent which is better for recordings.
Can you make a dcs beginners guide next? I’m trying to get into dcs but don’t know what I need to have, buy, and know.
yes, thats coming very soon, I've had that on my mind for a long time.
Thanks
Is that a glitch where the missile hit but the Flanker didn't register?
Maybe a server desync. It’s quite common in dcs multiplayer
happens a lot eating a sidewinder doesn't mean bandits dead but he's out of the fight for the most part, just have to finish him off.
What if you have no mountains to hide in?
use the notch.
Hello, i really want so start playing DCS but the only equipment i have is a keyboard and mouse and i find the game a bit complicated, it'd be great if i could get your advice!!
Could you do a comparison with the F18 hornet vs. The F18 Super hornet?
Their flight models are identical in DCS, since the Super's just a mod for the Hornet. The difference is entirely cosmetic.
DCS is really amazing it has this awesome graphics that could be compared to Microsoft flght sim.
Daddy Snek
Can you do a video in SU57 vs maybe F22
He already did.
@@Mike_Romeo gs in su 57 fox 2 vs F22 fox 2
Trackir or vr glasses?
He has both but is using TrackIR for recordings because its smoother and provides more FPS
What map is this? It's beautiful!
The default Caucasus map