DCS: F-4E Phantom II - Episode II - Flight Model

[@captainkoloth1631]

I am afraid to fly this for fear of rupturing the spacetime continuum due to this simulation being more realistic than the aircraft itself.

[@StoneCoolds]

Hahahaha, You are playing DCS and then Q just shows up and you heard Mon Capitain!!

[@Wheelman_PCAS]

How much of the cpu goes to the systems modeling? If it’s significant can it be simplified in the menu?

[@neo2264]

I don't know that exact figure, but I believe it was said that it has about 30% more systems being computed in real time than their F-14B module.@@Wheelman_PCAS

[@yfbb1]

@@Wheelman_PCAS how much? the answer is: YES!!!

[@grievesy83]

This comment wins the internet today.

[@jonnyj.]

3:40 ohhh man the way the spoilers are slightly moving around is SO DAMN COOL. Ive never seen that level of detail in a sim literally anywhere. You can tell that specific control surface has its own mass, drag and inertia. It really feels like it is its own chunk of metal, and not a texture on a static 3d model :D

[@Davis2920022001]

Gives me the F14 center console glitch vibes .

[@JeremyD986]

Makes me wish Heatblur could go and re-touch up all the planes in dcs with the “Heatblur treatment”! You really raised the bar!

[@johndoe8577]

Agree

[@Bogeyatyour6YT]

I will be flying this and the A-6 until the end of time

[@larrythorn4715]

No, no way. Have you seen how often this thing causes a CTD for some people? I get one every two seconds to twenty minutes. If they give all the other modules the "Heatblur Treatment" I may as well just uninstall DCS right now.

[@nabilelhamdaoui7209]

Man I don't know how you guys managed to bring the most realistic condensation/vortices effect ever seen in flight simulation but I'm here for it. This is insane

[@GamjaField]

Even better than the 1st party modules 😮

[@Peepeepoopo]

@@GamjaFieldthat’s because the models are the quality is the best in the ED world

[@agidotexe7167]

that AOA tone is a nice thing to have, and man i cant wait to get into just some raw cold war style combat in this thing! Screaming over the vallies and ridgelines of syria at 500 feet, hearing the jet treamble and shake as it punches through the soundbarrier, sending a deafening boom like a giant war drum... echoing across the ground.

[@Panther_WolfHound]

just jump in enigmas

[@agidotexe7167]

@@Panther_WolfHound yes thats exactly what i meant

[@PaddyPatrone]

@@agidotexe7167 metoo

[@rawnukles]

I have often thought that is exactly what the MiG21bis needs. An audo indicator of AoA

[@Kumyar]

I swear to god i was literally about to put the phone down and go to sleep. As i was placing it on the nightstand, Heatblur does this.
❤

[@Wilko601st]

Same now no sleep with night terrors of engine flame outs and inlet bellows freezing

[@Lightning_Mike]

You're not alone

[@angelrr3201]

Same here. About tongo tonbed and... Video notification popped. Of course I delayed my sleeping time

[@F22raptor46]

My goodness, you guys really show that there truly are no limits to DCS and your creative power and attention to detail!

[@Andrew-13579]

That looks just awesome!! You, Heatblur, you have to be the one to do the F-105D…quickly, before the last pilots who flew it forget how it felt and how its systems worked.

[@johnfrancisterne1072]

Unfortunately, models like that take time, so it'll probably be a long wait, if they do it at all

[@PhantomMark]

The FFB control news is music to my ears, thank you :)

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

Heatblur never lets us down. MS/Asobo should take that as an example. My biggest wish ever since release of the 2020 was getting FFB support...

[@Merlins51]

As one of the very lucky few with a force feedback stick (VPForce Rhino), I was incredibly excited to hear about the support for FFB in the Phantom. The Tomcat came with an amazing FFB effect set, and I suspect this will be even better.

[@Elysian_Angel_]

Nice to hear, as I have one on pre-order. I can’t wait! 🥳

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

@@Elysian_Angel_ Need to place one as well. My Sidewinder FFB2 is old enough to drink beer in the United **bleeping** States and I want to get more precision and hats (TMWH stick is ready) at some point! :D

[@sandwich5344]

​@@CakePrincessCelestiaif you really want to, better sign up now
The order pipeline is around 2 years or so

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

@@sandwich5344 Wow, thought it was about a year. Thanks. At least that gives me plenty of time to back up the money for it :)

[@coucoul38]

I just watched your other videos on the F4 was simping to my friend about how much work you guys put into this, then I come back to YT and see this. I'm a beginner but if I ever want to play in a Cold War setting I'll definitely buy this module.

[@smokingspitfire1197]

My VPForce Rhino arrived a few weeks ago and I am EXCITED for a brand new aircraft that isn’t FBW that I’ll be able to feel through it.

[@Paloch1708]

"Nothing is better than a good gun kill"
Luckily this is not the earlier Phantom variants...
Amazing work as always, looking forward to this awesome module

[@PaddyPatrone]

In that case you could still mount a gunpod

[@YlmazDALKIRANscallion]

4:15 Thank you so much for Turkish Phantom skin! I will buy this module definitely.

[@irisaviationextras8596]

3:22 Love the meteor soundtrack using the melody from Ride of the Valkeries for the German F-4F theme. Awesome!

[@alexsp7086]

Damnnnn Heatblur, can’t imagine to think what your A-6 intruder will be like.
The F-4 looks brilliant.

[@Spudknocker]

Oh man sooo cool I am so excited for the F-4! After years of studying the Iran-Iraq War and the Arab Israeli Wars it’s a dream come true to get an F-4E in DCS!

[@mohammadmohtasham5216]

much thanks and praise heatblur - the mastery and effort to emulate the real systems in the f4 is just superb - again thanks

[@ZachSmit]

What a work of art, Heatblur truly are the masters of their craft. Cannot wait to fly this historical masterpiece!

[@ivaniuk123]

You guys are keeping history alive.

[@KevinS47]

This is how you sell a product ladies & gents. This teases me for the Eurofighter, just by looking at how much detail and passion has been put into the F4 Phantom, my gosh, you guys nailed it. Can't wait for the Eurofighter now haha!!!

[@PaddyPatrone]

wen next video?

[@cowansimstudio]

Incredible!! Once again pushing beyond what we deserve in DCS

[@wilbuzllf5057]

This looks so freaking awesome! I love the mix of "old and new" in these generation jets, a time when there could never be too much power and yet long before there were computers to handle it all. It was almost as if the engineers had this new cool toy to play with, the jet engine and wanted to explore how far and hard it could be pushed without all too much consideration around the rest of the stuff.

[@Hardcover_Pilot]

I need that Ride of the Valkyries remix.

[@sedlo]

I agree!

[@KJK9029]

Perhaps it will be on the new F4 Album? That would be cool.

[@sedlo]

@@KJK9029 perhaps!

[@AankerStoneshield]

it does sound like meteor, so I would count on it@@KJK9029

[@PaddyPatrone]

@@KJK9029 Im sure it is part of tthe new F4 album

[@JPH11]

The digital artists that work for Heatblur are world class - this looks amazing

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

They literally define what world class is...

[@grinnellidesigns]

Looks amazing, very excited to fly this legendary bird!!

[@frogisis]

Oh man this is great to see-The flight model is the biggest single thing for me, and as ever it looks like you're nailing it. I can't wait for this one, I'm gonna need to wrap up some projects soon so I've got the time to her what she deserves.

[@DustinBlaise]

The detail into this plane is incredible! However the epic version of "rise of the valkyries" in the background is just as awesome!

[@koki7473]

3:13 JASDF 302SQ F-4 final year 2019 Skin!

[@kasper_429]

I can't wait for the Naval version of the F-4! I just recently read the book "TOPGUN" (the story of the real Top Gun/Navy Fighter Weapons School) by Dan Pedersen, its co-founder and former F-4 pilot.
I'm building a new PC this year and I think I'm finally gonna start to dive into DCS after years of lurking and watching DCS TH-camrs, lol. It's gonna be challenging, but fun.

[@iaiband]

The most forgotten iconic fighter of all time. Really incredible aircraft despite its shortcomings. I’m impressed by all the pilots and RIO’s that flew in these made them as combat effective as possible

[@thesimnet]

Heatblur is knocking it out of the park! Quick question for you fine folks - are we still going to be able to see the cockpit dimensions when available? For us simpit/DIY folks those specs are a godsend. Thank you, great work, can't wait to fly this legendary bird!

[@A2Moonclaw]

Is there any for the tomcat available? The natops are not reliable and the forum regarding f14 dimensions the link does work for Cobras dimensions.

[@HeatblurSimulations]

Yep! Will be made available post release. :) Just make sure to share pics!

[@thesimnet]

@@HeatblurSimulations Thank you kindly - I absolutely will! Cheers!

[@CarpetEater]

Is the eurofighter going to be released soon after the f4?@@HeatblurSimulations

[@patrikrenmark2010]

@@HeatblurSimulations About this release you're talking about....

[@supercomp65]

Awesome that you have included the Phantom's tendency to depart controlled flight at high AOA. I know of at least one instance in Vietnam where a pilot couldn't shake a Mig and as a last ditch effort, deliberately caused it to depart and violently tumble, forcing an overshoot and subsequently recovering and killing the Mig.

[@Fabian-UwU]

3:27 i think i hear a valkyrie fly in that Synthesizer line :D also very fiting a german skin in the video, very good cutting :D

[@FlyingWithSpurts]

Stick force limit is something I recall asking about for the F-14 way back. So glad to see it implemented now!

[@SpiritOfMontgomery]

Not only am I very much looking forward to this, I’m also holding out hope we get an RAF and/or FAA livery
Edit: I know the RAF and RN re-engined theirs and that would technically make them different to this version, but I still hope there will be a livery or two for them

[@shinysdcs1212]

I noticed a lot of different countries liveries. I hope you won't forget the ROKAF, they are still flying a few Phantoms here in Korea.

[@alperenerol1852]

One of the best, if not the best aircraft’s in aviation history. My favourite

[@Mirknir]

Can't wait for the Jester episode ; it's the big frustrating and immersion-breaking feature of the F14 for me, especially during stressful parts of the flight.

[@theflyinggasmask]

Absolutely stunning amount of detail!

[@Savage_Viking]

Been asking for this aircraft for 10 years. Thanks and yes...your welcome.

[@brandonproctor3639]

Gonna be revolutionary for flight simulation. Heatblur raising the bar! Love it!

[@user45g-4c5rf]

I love the Phantom in WT, one of my favorite planes, on DCS you will enjoy even more with this beautiful iron bird. Once I have a good PC, I'll switch to DCS.

[@Electricfox]

Man, this is shaping up to be one beautiful brick.

[@Pricklyhedgehog72]

Magnificent in every way!

[@Justapilot_9700]

Just insane how much effort these guys put into making all this possible! 👏👏👏

[@davewills6121]

Dont worry, your paying for it.....its a sales pitch

[@lucazistler]

Looking forward to fly it!

[@Tyfn954]

My uncle used to fly the F4 in the Turkish air force. Man I’m so thrilled to get in depth knowledge from him! Can someone please recommend me a force feedback hotas system?

[@GabryelHdPerformance]

I can't wait to test this unique flight model of the F4E and "feeling" the hold school way. Thank you for this amazing module!

[@phil73805]

Absolutely awesome! FYI, in one of the Vietnam fighter pilot memoirs I read, he said that at high AoA they would never use the ailerons, only rudder.

[@alejandrolorenciomatallana150]

BRUTAL EL TRABAJO DE ESTOS SEÑORES

[@xgreywolf1525]

The Ride of the Valkyries Remix goes hard

[@looneyhoonzinc]

I'm convinced that we aint getting the phantom till Christmas 2024. I'm not mad, but based off the release schedule they have been holding to seems to me like they are working out bugs and issues. It makes sense since the modeling they are doing is completely new, but I am settling into the idea that 2weeks is really 9 months or so. It's cool, I'll rock the streagle till then. But when it comes out..... Well my beloved ESE is going to have to take a WSO slot for a while as I get to grips with this not so little beauty.

[@sanikku7359]

The soundtrack sounds amazing! Also, amazing how simulated this seems, I just hope my CPU can handle all these little intricate things lol.

[@swarajkar3086]

They don't demand a lot

[@GrmlZGaming]

Phantastic!

[@bill8791]

This was so good I had to go watch all your other F4 videos. Genuinely can't wait for this. Also another great Meteor sound track \m/

[@Rundumsfliegen]

This is going to be AMAZING! Can´t wait to fly this beauty!

[@timka018]

This is magic! All those effects/art texturing/flight module, you guys deserve all the respect. I wished if HB will make the Mig-29 but ED toke it 😩 imagine Mig-29 by HB!

[@prichardgs]

WOW! I can't wait to wrestle with this baby! You guys make the world's best aircraft models

[@Adam-eb8zu]

I love the f4 cause it found its way into the raf its such a beautiful machine of an aircraft

[@TrickerDCS]

Hot 🔥🔥🔥

[@unotoli]

I don't like the real jet, but exceptional job on the simulation leaves me no chance but learn and respect this bird! Well done and well presented!

[@unotoli]

Good luck to Razbam with their MiG-23 response :)))

[@chukuma4760]

Real jet was cool too, kinda paved the way for 4th gens with its tech, even the frame too. F15 took after the f4s wing design

[@hanibelsoun9370]

Awesomeness!!!! The F-4E Phantom II is truly on of the best fighter jets!!!!❤

[@elsurferbra]

Thank god heatblur is doing the phantom. I wouldn't want any other dev doing it.

[@D.J._S]

Now if we could only get ED, Heatblur, and HOTAS manufactures together, and actually make an affordable force feedback joystick. Then maybe we could actually use some of these feature. That should be a priority. Even over making more modules in my opinion. It's ridiculous that nobody has taken this on yet, and I do understand the patent stuff that's ultimately making it difficult. That's why they need to work together to solve the problem. Building a heavily modified twenty year old Microsoft force feedback stick shouldn't be the only affordable option. Am I wrong?

[@RW-zn8vy]

Winwing is pretty affordable, also there’s no way you’d make something like that affordable like do you expect someone to make no profit?

[@omarspiderahmed]

@@RW-zn8vythis guy has a brain and actually lives in this corporeal dimension. A human was finally spotted

[@bumrush5735]

The only company I proudly preorder from....keep it up guys if the F4 needs a few more month so be it...thanks for your hard word and taking my money

[@themollerz]

Typhoon next baby!

[@varanzmaj]

Meteor rocking in the background! Hell yeah!!!

[@rmp5s]

Can't. Friggin. Wait. Pre-ordered when I FIRST heard about it!!

[@buzmil]

Phantom Phixer. Hearing that J-79 howl under the narration, when it was on final...goosebumps.

[@hammerofdavey]

Couldn't have asked for a better ending to this video

[@conorcogan9865]

whoa that mig 25 at the end

[@msackett4858]

Awesome Can't Wait for release so Excided, Bring it on !!👌👌

[@stratslinger1956]

The day that this module drops will be bittersweet for me...I have dreamed of a full fidelity F-4 sim my entire life because my dad was a Phantom Phixer in 'Nam (B-model, USMC '66-'67, but this module is close enough for now) and I grew up hearing the awe in his voice when talking about the Phantom and the sheer joy when he'd describe the time "his" pilot took him up for a flight before he DEROS'd and he got to experience mach flight for the first and only time in his life but it sucks because he has been gone 27 years now and we won't get to enjoy it and discuss it together. The last sims we flew together were Jane's Fighter Anthology and the original Red Baron (couldn't get much more of a disparity in eras than with those lol) and when we flew the F-4 in Jane's he said, "damn, this is cool as hell and we are a helluva lot farther with these things than when we got Stealth ATS on NES but son, this doesn't do going mach in an F-4 justice". I know that this won't do that experience full justice either but it'll be as close as it gets for the far foreseeable future!

[@Stoth22]

I flew multiplayer co-op phantom missions with my dad in Fighters Anthology. He's also gone now. Great memories.

[@grievesy83]

Ok, I'm impressed.
And I'm a former military pilot.

[@MechaG2]

Damn. This is beyond impressive. I need to get a suitable flight sim setup ASAP. ❤‍🔥

[@RFPhantom]

Amazing 🔥👻
One of the issues of Added Slats Is , The Jet Have Became Too Sensitive to inputs thus making it harder and more dangerous to fly in low altitude compared to hard wings as one excessive input can lead to PIO

[@trainsim--guy]

2:32 ROKAF!!

[@PaddyPatrone]

A Ride of the Valkyries Meteor Remix? Give it to us now!

[@limeacid]

wonderful video as always, but it was strange to see mig-31 at the end at such a height in close combat

[@Wolfe351]

Mig25 probably more likely

[@limeacid]

@@Wolfe351 it’s 31!

[@Amehdion]

Damnit HeatBlur... Take my money, again...

[@miker3866]

DCS is going to take ALL my money this year

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

I can't say the same (because I preordered this last year)

[@michelestefanini5466]

no It won't since a maximum of three modules will be released AT BEST

[@woodzwalk]

WAKE UP BABE NEW PHANTOM EPISODE

[@avionx8471]

Man, why can't the viper get this much love :(

[@T.K.11]

Looks very good and I hope that HB releases another high quality module. Then it's a thumbs up!
However, I also hope that they haven't messed around with playfully irrelevant details that then don't work or bring the performance to its knees!
Greetings!

[@yfbb1]

3:32 those backfires look scary, u dont want to get flames out of the INTAKE

[@skypiratez]

Bloody EPIC!..

[@heppler92]

This is NASA science! Great work!

[@aitor47]

No need for more episodes, I'm sold 💵💵 💵

[@lexikdark3392]

Okay I've pre-ordered this already. and LOOOOOVE the videos. but please, no more videos about this thing until you're a day or two away from launching it please ^^

[@agidotexe7167]

They have said they are gonna keep releasing these overview videos until release, so we are getting very close as they only have like 4 - 5 more videos to release.

[@PaddyPatrone]

@@agidotexe7167 Well, thats still a month or more away then.

[@agidotexe7167]

@@PaddyPatrone yep, they have been saying late march since xmas

[@dunbar555]

@@agidotexe7167 they also said 2023 would be the year of the phantom...

[@agidotexe7167]

@@dunbar555 they never said that, razbam said ''year of the strike eagle'' HB never actually said concretely that it would come in 2023.

[@SteonCZ]

Phantom Phorever!

[@bulletstop100]

Absolutely beautiful!!

[@heikojakob6491]

When does the presale start on steam? Already preordered the stand alone for my sons rig, now waiting for the presale on steam for my rig.

[@alexkorman1163]

This amount of detail will put this aircraft at an extreme disadvantage in a dogfight, because so much more can go wrong.

[@agidotexe7167]

Not really, jets like the mirage f1, Viggen, f14 and mig21 all have compressor stalls modelled, as long as you dont push it beyond its limits, its not gonna fail

[@TheDisabledGamersChannel]

OH MAN, we must be getting really close now.

[@putzak]

Just received my shirt! Thanks heatblur

[@alexpitts7634]

Amazing work guys

[@AAABBB-zc2zs]

Heatblur is putting ED to shame in terms of realism and quality. This is amazing. I hope ED get its act together and improve its modules to the level of quality of this one, because they are falling behind.

[@RW-zn8vy]

What ed module needs all of that? They’re all modern aircraft

[@AAABBB-zc2zs]

@@RW-zn8vy All of them should have the cockpit animations and effects of the Phantom, the virtual ground chief or the wear and tear system. Heatblur has gone one step away from ED with all that.

[@RW-zn8vy]

@@AAABBB-zc2zs wear and tear? In a modern plane? that shouldn’t be happening unless it’s stress from over g.

[@RW-zn8vy]

@@AAABBB-zc2zs also the hornet had failures pretty unique ones too depending on what happened to cause it. But most of these phantom features are useless for the modern aircraft.

[@AAABBB-zc2zs]

@@RW-zn8vy Those effects and animations in the cockpit would be amazing in every single aircraft of DCS of every generation, as well as the virtual crew chief. About the wear and tear system, I think you don't know what is that actually about. You should read about it in the forum of ED.

[@SimonFredrikLaugsand]

This is going to be great! Cant wait :D