Amazing tutorial, chief. For the first time I managed to land the Hornet the right way. First try btw xD youre now my favourite tutorial channel, keep it up!
I can now make an on-speed landing! Thanks again for the help! I built a pretty good setup for my controls as well. Makes all the difference having a solid ergonomic setup for vr.
Now you could land like that Straight in no drama. Or you could come in to hot get 2/3 down the runway & go oh fuck to fast no worries I’ve got this turn on NWS just before the piano keys hard left punch the throttles into after burner 180 the jet all good. 😜 Thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻🙃🙃
Thank you for making new videos!!! Question, Have you been getting CTD (2.7) while making missions and going to training? It's not stopping me..lol Just curious.. Take care my friend.....SS
Once you’re trimmed to on speed you use throttle to maintain the yellow ball in between the green datum lines as you roll into the groove for the carrier landing. If the ball is below the lines you need to add power to increase your lift and nose position, if it is above the lines you need to reduce power to decrease lift and nose position. It’s a constant dance on the throttles to land, always moving forward and back to adjust aircraft position on final approach to the deck
My pilot friend did not like me constantly moving the throttle. The pilot says I should adjust, wait, then adjust rather then up down up down on the throttle like a mad man lol. But they fly commercial so idk if their concept applies to this jet.
I hate on air aoa. 90 rpm the plane goes slightly up. 89 rpm the plane goes down . Lol just 1, I have to adjust like 1milimeter on the throttle. It's crazy
Practice practice mate, throttles never sit still when your flying onspeed or formation flying, they are always moving forward and backwards all the time
So thats exactly what I would expect to happen. However, landing is troublesome (the last week) in that the velocity vector is way off to the right or left and if you cage the hud you still hit the runway at an angle. Has something changed?
Thanks for the prompt help. I did think of that then discounted it as the wind was only 10knots. However after you mentioned it, it did indeed sort out the problem. But as there is usually wind I guess I need to practice with wind set in the mission. One further question though; how do you control wind on instant action? I guess not; you have to take account of it I guess!
@@LordRoxy yeah instant action you have no control of the wind or weather at all unfortunately. Landing at half flap may help reduce drag with the crosswind also but you will have a higher landing speed due to less lift on the airframe… see what works best for you mate, but offsetting left or right so the crosswind pushes you towards centreline is best practice
Thanks again for the very prompt reply. I think that until recently I created my practice missions without weather and because I added weather to this last one I noticed the difference both on takeoff and landing. It’s of course a learning curve and I will focus on the wind and managing it for now before I move on. Once again ‘mate’ helpful and prompt feedback. Cheers.
It’s best practice to try and make the wind as little of crosswind as possible especially when doing carrier landings but landing on crosswinds is tricky I 100% agree. I had to do a psycho crosswind landing in the new raven one dominant fury campaign series I’m currently in the process of recording now… hectic haha
There is no better education for landing with F18... Thank you, i hope your channel become as big as others useless DCS channels :) Because i watched other channel's landing tutorial, but i coulnd't success the true/smooth landing, until watched yor video :) Thank you so much dude, i am excited to watch your other videos in this playlist, i thank you very much :)
Oh shit here I am again. Quick question, when I press F10, some airfields have no TACAN? What do I do here. Sorry noob question. Do you have a video for that?
Great video man. Think you are the best DCS channel out there, should have more subs! Question: Would love to watch some past livestreams on Twitch... Don't seem to be available? Do you not save them? Not sure how it works.. Thanks!
They get deleted after a certain amount of time unless you’re partnered with twitch which I’m not. I haven’t streamed in a long time due to work and life commitments but I do plan on getting back into it at some stage when I can find a happy balance for everything 👍🏻
New to DCS, Thank you for a perfect tutorial, you talked slowly, almost like force nutrition, giving us time to duplicate what your doing in the game in real time, instead of a speedy word salad 🤘😆
Excellent video. I found it really helpful as I’ve been struggling with landing on speed in the Hornet. Tonight I managed to land successfully at Kutaisi but I was having a bit of PIO right at the end of the flight as I was trying to keep the velocity vector on the front of the rubber smears on the runway.
@@TorniQuetHD Question: Am I correct in my understanding that you should only trim for ‘speed on AoA’ ONLY after you have slowed your aircraft to landing speed? And, how precise does this need to be? What might be reasonable practical upper lower speed limits for trimming if, say, desired lamding speed was 150knts? Cheers
When the aircraft gets to around 150kts it will be more stable and easier to trim to on speed for sure. Just hand fly it straight and level until it gets close to 150 and then start trimming it out from there 👌🏻
Thanks mate,, appreciate the lesson very much. The problem that I have is that when I land, the aircraft slews sideways and I end up either tipping it, or, doing a 360.
@@TorniQuetHD X and Z on keyboard to try to steer, and tap W to brake,, but,, if I brake too hard,, the arse end comes around,, almost like a handbrake turn
@@leor2830 I would suggest saving money for either 1) Rudder pedals or 2) a twistable joystick. Using keyboard while possible isn't recommended for optimum control.
After hours of training. I now know the trick to be on speed AOA. WOOOTTT. You should teach people that throttle up and trim down and throttle down and trim up to catch the on speed and also maintaining velocity vector on target haha. that's the trick! worked for me!
@@TorniQuetHD I just found out about using ATC (aka. auto thrust) to land! Much much easier using pitch to control altitude once ATC is engaged. Still experimenting!
@@erfguuipo8084 don’t rely on all the additional systems to learn how to do on speed mate, if ATC fails for whatever reason you still want to know how to manage your aircraft without it to land 👍🏻
Question , did u use the airbreaks all the way in to land? If not my other question is, can u use the airbreaks to slow u down once u hit the runway? Or best to just use the wheel breaks? Im new and want to learn!
Airbrakes will auto close when gear comes down but you can hold them manually open if you’d like to. I don’t use speed brake once I’m trimmed for onspeed. As for slowing down on the runway, there is a little trick with the throttles… when you touch down and have weight on wheels give the throttles a little bump forward and then back to full idle as it sometimes gets stuck in flight idle RPM which is about 75% instead of the 65% ground idle. You will slow down a lot faster with 10% less throttle 👌🏻
@@TorniQuetHD Hey thanks for the tip and respeonse! im sure i got loads more question once i learn more! F-18c is what im going to use , so i will keep my eye out on your channel for future updates:) Again thank you
Mate, another great tute. I tried this last night and my throttle movements were too large at first so was bouncing up and down like a drunk kangaroo but I'm getting the hang of it slowly.
Your ability to explain is exceptional, it’s helped me to break through that learning curve. Thank a lot.
Awesome video. A great series all together. Brand new to DCS and Hornet is first aircraft. Learning lots from your series. Keep it up.
Cheers mate
Amazing tutorial, chief. For the first time I managed to land the Hornet the right way. First try btw xD youre now my favourite tutorial channel, keep it up!
Awesome work mate!!! Glad you learnt something from the tutorial 👌🏻👌🏻
I can now make an on-speed landing! Thanks again for the help! I built a pretty good setup for my controls as well. Makes all the difference having a solid ergonomic setup for vr.
Really good explanation, tried this in the training mission that comes with the module and it was not clear at all! keep up the good work.
Now you could land like that Straight in no drama. Or you could come in to hot get 2/3 down the runway & go oh fuck to fast no worries I’ve got this turn on NWS just before the piano keys hard left punch the throttles into after burner 180 the jet all good. 😜 Thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻🙃🙃
Thanks for many good videos, and at least learning to fly the Hornet🙂 Greetings from Norway 🇳🇴🇳🇴🤙
Thanks for the kind words mate ☺️ g’day from Australia and glad they are helping you learn 👌🏻
thanks for doing this series
Amazing video. helped me a lot.
Glad it made sense for you mate 🙏🏻
Thank you for making new videos!!! Question, Have you been getting CTD (2.7) while making missions and going to training? It's not stopping me..lol Just curious.. Take care my friend.....SS
Thanks!
So are you using the E bracket and velocity vector when landing on a Carrier? How does that work with the meatball?
Like the Aussie livery. Cheers.
Once you’re trimmed to on speed you use throttle to maintain the yellow ball in between the green datum lines as you roll into the groove for the carrier landing. If the ball is below the lines you need to add power to increase your lift and nose position, if it is above the lines you need to reduce power to decrease lift and nose position. It’s a constant dance on the throttles to land, always moving forward and back to adjust aircraft position on final approach to the deck
My pilot friend did not like me constantly moving the throttle. The pilot says I should adjust, wait, then adjust rather then up down up down on the throttle like a mad man lol. But they fly commercial so idk if their concept applies to this jet.
th-cam.com/video/krsKCgX8YAI/w-d-xo.html watch an actual hornet pilot land mate… look at the throttle inputs he does 👍🏻
@@TorniQuetHD Yea bruh. I saw this video too! I always browse YT for content.
I hate on air aoa. 90 rpm the plane goes slightly up. 89 rpm the plane goes down . Lol just 1, I have to adjust like 1milimeter on the throttle. It's crazy
Practice practice mate, throttles never sit still when your flying onspeed or formation flying, they are always moving forward and backwards all the time
So thats exactly what I would expect to happen. However, landing is troublesome (the last week) in that the velocity vector is way off to the right or left and if you cage the hud you still hit the runway at an angle. Has something changed?
Sounds like you’ve got a crosswind in the mission mate, check the ME for any wind.
Thanks for the prompt help. I did think of that then discounted it as the wind was only 10knots. However after you mentioned it, it did indeed sort out the problem. But as there is usually wind I guess I need to practice with wind set in the mission. One further question though; how do you control wind on instant action? I guess not; you have to take account of it I guess!
@@LordRoxy yeah instant action you have no control of the wind or weather at all unfortunately. Landing at half flap may help reduce drag with the crosswind also but you will have a higher landing speed due to less lift on the airframe… see what works best for you mate, but offsetting left or right so the crosswind pushes you towards centreline is best practice
Thanks again for the very prompt reply. I think that until recently I created my practice missions without weather and because I added weather to this last one I noticed the difference both on takeoff and landing. It’s of course a learning curve and I will focus on the wind and managing it for now before I move on. Once again ‘mate’ helpful and prompt feedback. Cheers.
It’s best practice to try and make the wind as little of crosswind as possible especially when doing carrier landings but landing on crosswinds is tricky I 100% agree. I had to do a psycho crosswind landing in the new raven one dominant fury campaign series I’m currently in the process of recording now… hectic haha
This is the BEST video I've seen about staying on spee. Thank you!
Glad it helped mate
Full elevator deflection and airbrakes help you slow down - Nice work though!
Yeah - not sure if he landed with airbrake or if airbrake was activated once WOW.
There is no better education for landing with F18... Thank you, i hope your channel become as big as others useless DCS channels :) Because i watched other channel's landing tutorial, but i coulnd't success the true/smooth landing, until watched yor video :)
Thank you so much dude, i am excited to watch your other videos in this playlist, i thank you very much :)
Cheers mate 🙏🏻 glad the video helped you get your head around landing 👌🏻👌🏻
I had a hard time controlling on speed AOA while carrier landing and this is so helpful
Glad it made sense for you buddy
do you have discord ?
Oh shit here I am again. Quick question, when I press F10, some airfields have no TACAN? What do I do here. Sorry noob question. Do you have a video for that?
For airfields that don’t have TACAN you have to radio the ATC and they will tell you a vector to fly to get within visual of it so you can land
Great video man. Think you are the best DCS channel out there, should have more subs!
Question: Would love to watch some past livestreams on Twitch... Don't seem to be available? Do you not save them? Not sure how it works.. Thanks!
They get deleted after a certain amount of time unless you’re partnered with twitch which I’m not. I haven’t streamed in a long time due to work and life commitments but I do plan on getting back into it at some stage when I can find a happy balance for everything 👍🏻
Watched a couple of videos, but here I finally understood it for the first time. Thank you so much!
Yeeeeew!! Awesome it clicked for you mate, now to perfect that onspeed landing and then onto carrier landings
Great video!!
New to DCS, Thank you for a perfect tutorial, you talked slowly, almost like force nutrition, giving us time to duplicate what your doing in the game in real time, instead of a speedy word salad
🤘😆
Awesome to hear it helped you out mate 👍🏻 thanks for the kind words
Excellent video. I found it really helpful as I’ve been struggling with landing on speed in the Hornet. Tonight I managed to land successfully at Kutaisi but I was having a bit of PIO right at the end of the flight as I was trying to keep the velocity vector on the front of the rubber smears on the runway.
Brilliant! New to DCS but, thanks to your video, I've now cracked landing my F-18 Hornet - Tally Ho, onwards and upwards!
Glad it helped you out mate!! 🙏🏻
@@TorniQuetHD Question: Am I correct in my understanding that you should only trim for ‘speed on AoA’ ONLY after you have slowed your aircraft to landing speed? And, how precise does this need to be? What might be reasonable practical upper lower speed limits for trimming if, say, desired lamding speed was 150knts? Cheers
When the aircraft gets to around 150kts it will be more stable and easier to trim to on speed for sure. Just hand fly it straight and level until it gets close to 150 and then start trimming it out from there 👌🏻
@@TorniQuetHD Thnx, Roger, Out.
Thanks mate,, appreciate the lesson very much. The problem that I have is that when I land, the aircraft slews sideways and I end up either tipping it, or, doing a 360.
Do you use rudder pedals or a twist grip stick?
@@TorniQuetHD X and Z on keyboard to try to steer, and tap W to brake,, but,, if I brake too hard,, the arse end comes around,, almost like a handbrake turn
@@leor2830 I would suggest saving money for either 1) Rudder pedals or 2) a twistable joystick.
Using keyboard while possible isn't recommended for optimum control.
@@Tamburello_1994 thanks mate,,, will get pedals
After hours of training. I now know the trick to be on speed AOA. WOOOTTT. You should teach people that throttle up and trim down and throttle down and trim up to catch the on speed and also maintaining velocity vector on target haha. that's the trick! worked for me!
Glad you finally got it down mate, it makes landing so much more intuitive for the carrier when you are ready to start working on Case I recoveries
@@TorniQuetHD I just found out about using ATC (aka. auto thrust) to land! Much much easier using pitch to control altitude once ATC is engaged. Still experimenting!
@@erfguuipo8084 don’t rely on all the additional systems to learn how to do on speed mate, if ATC fails for whatever reason you still want to know how to manage your aircraft without it to land 👍🏻
@@TorniQuetHD TRue truee. I got to know it from Matt Wagner's video that was recommended. Quite cool, have you watched?
Question , did u use the airbreaks all the way in to land? If not my other question is, can u use the airbreaks to slow u down once u hit the runway? Or best to just use the wheel breaks? Im new and want to learn!
Airbrakes will auto close when gear comes down but you can hold them manually open if you’d like to. I don’t use speed brake once I’m trimmed for onspeed.
As for slowing down on the runway, there is a little trick with the throttles… when you touch down and have weight on wheels give the throttles a little bump forward and then back to full idle as it sometimes gets stuck in flight idle RPM which is about 75% instead of the 65% ground idle. You will slow down a lot faster with 10% less throttle 👌🏻
@@TorniQuetHD Hey thanks for the tip and respeonse! im sure i got loads more question once i learn more! F-18c is what im going to use , so i will keep my eye out on your channel for future updates:) Again thank you
@@TorniQuetHD Litening vs ATFLIR which one do you use or would recommend please?
I prefer the ATFLIR, no real reason other than it’s the newer pod that is more accurate for the hornet in terms of what they flew with
@@TorniQuetHD Thank you Sir!
Mate, another great tute. I tried this last night and my throttle movements were too large at first so was bouncing up and down like a drunk kangaroo but I'm getting the hang of it slowly.
Glad it made sense for you and it helped you out mate 👌🏻 soon it will become instinctive and you won’t even think about it
Hey man do you give training sessions for beginners?