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I've talked to multiple pilots of supersonic aircraft and they said they don't really know when they break the sound barrier. One guy even said that the only way he knows is when he looks at the ground and says, "Oh sh*t, I'm going fast." and then looks at the mach.

Allow me to direct you to the most recent, large flame war on the topic.

Just flew it. Loved it, except that my wingmen took off and flew over the gulf for some reason...

I used the black cockpit mod before. It looks AMAZING

You have to be pretty assertive on TS because most of the time they don't realize that what they're saying in relation to bandit location means nothing to you. If you can get bulls calls then just pull up your kneeboard and you can have a good educated guess, or at least good enough to find him on radar. I've had good success with the R-3R, however surprisingly I've also had good success with IR missiles and just leaving the radar in search mode to locate and pull up to the enemy. Once you lock the radar they tend to start taking you as more of a threat, so if you can visually ID them when getting close and launch a R-13M1 or R-60M into their tailpipe they will most likely not even know before it's too late. With that being said, my typical loadout is 2x R-3R and 2x R-60M.

Let's hope! It will be a rough road, but I'm looking forward to the challenge

Thanks guys! I'll definitely be working hard to not ruin this opportunity. It will be a race between ED and I to see who gets to the hornet first.... :thumbup:

Just take the URL tags out, as well as everything before V= in the url itself. Hoping so!

Thanks buddy, looking forward to the challenge

Awesome! I have been pretty bad about getting on lately, between getting the flu, flight instructing, and other things going on I haven't touched DCS in about a week and a half. In more exciting news, was just selected today to be a Naval Aviator. Doing this for real!

A point in the center. What's the difference between a non-moving SAM site and a building besides size? Obviously I have never used/studied these missiles outside of the sim so I don't know their capabilities in and out

FC simply launches the missile to a certain location on the ground, correct? I use it to launch on SAM sites, however if they move it doesn't work at all. He could have been referring to pressing TMS Up to get the IR Mav to try to select the blob and it working.

Just watch the time of flight on the left of your HUD before launch. Make sure it's under 60 seconds or the mav will self detonate

This. Make sure you're not locked on anything, as you can't IFF. Also, make sure the Type 81 IFF transponder switch is on. It's RV 4, the little silver switch to the left of the RWR power switch.

Come on blob.... Come onnnnnn DIE BLOB DIE

The problem with this is that it's irresponsible to produce incorrect guides and give people false information. Teaching is supposed to get you into the information so that very thing doesn't happen. You would get much, much better results with the extra hour of studying before writing a list of items to cover in a video.

Just keep your descent rate 1m/s or below upon touchdown and follow the manual for airspeeds. Everything else you will hear is normally a little all over the place.

Historically true, but really can't do that against the gen 4 fighters though. They would see you on radar a hundred miles away and launch a few missiles at you and you wouldn't even know it. With the radar only looking 1.5* down, you really can't play around up high.

Close fights. This aircraft loves high AoA. Use the emergency afterburner as well. Although this clip doesn't show a full fight, it does demonstrate the high rate of turn that's possible, and even faster turns are available at slightly slower speeds. 7d8ciL_mYcc

They extend and retract into the bottom of the wings. At speeds above 700kph they're subject to getting ripped off. Just make sure to retract them before that mark and you're good to go

As everyone else said, nice try, but please try again. If you're going to say exactly what the switch you're clicking at that moment is, make sure you know what it really is. Noticed a few times where your description of the switch was just wrong. Please for the love of god don't use the gun cam. It was only used in training sorties and serves no function in DCS. I die a little more every time I see a video with it on. Also, RSBN is like a VOR. ARC is the NDB equivalent

Above about 55,000ft you're practically always above mach 1. I was stalled at 88,000ft still going over Mach 1. Air density is so low up there that you just don't slow down, and you need a massive TAS in order to keep control of the aircraft.

Yeah, any year now! :lol:

Two of three missions flown, as Yurgon mentioned, only a few spelling notes and small houskeeping items to fix on the ones I've played. I'll finish the last one tonight and send the notes back

In my experiences you have enough for a go around if you need. You can land at higher fuel loads such as 1500, I have as well, however if you touch down with little more than 1m/s descent rate then it's time to repair