Serpent Reaver

I'm back! Blaze, I'd like to thank you so much for your help on here. Ever since I have learned from you, I have become a much better, more improved pilot in the F-15C. I am starting to become quite a competetive pilot in it, as I've managed to take on my foes with more ease. R-27ER is horrible to defeat, though I have been beating them with ease. I either defeat them by energy going straight up full speed, sideways to escape their intercept and spamming a bit of chaff every 4 seconds... Believe me, I have been a very lucky one against these, as I've even saw one whizz past my canopy - a true close call. I am really pleased with your help, as many other new pilots would love to read what you've put down. This topic deserves a sticky, and Blaze deserves reps! Thank you!

Thank you very much Blaze - last night I managed to down 4 bandits in one entire flight. It isnthanks to you and your knowledge that you shared with me that I was able to do this. Now I do have some trouble with missile evasion now and then. Sometimes I will soam my Q and dive straight down and away from the missile as hard as I could (even with afterburners off) but I still seem to be hit. I sould assume it is because I wasn't doing something right and that the missile was probably too close for an evasion. Do you know any ideas or manoeuvres I can learn from on dodging different (Russian) missiles? Any images I can see that demonstrate it?

Crank? Is that an immediate slow-down (airbrakes, lower the thrust, hard turn) ? Sorry - Still new :D

Woah! Thank you very much Blaze, that is a very informing post. Now I cannot wait to get home this Sunday and see if I can use these ideas next time. I usually have always left my radar on to spot any threats; I had never thought the enemy would be able to pick my radar up. From now on I will approach from the flank flying either very low or very high for a stealthy approach (I hope it would work, it is nice fo develop my own skillset!) Though I have another question regarding the SU-27 medium range missiles. Soecifically the R-27ER. In multiplayer, those missiles always seem to get me, no matter how hard I turn or how much chaff I dump, it seems to get me. I was reading somewhere that it is semi-active and requires the SU-27 to maintain lock until the missile goes fully active. Do you know any ways to dodge the R-27ER?

Hi everybody! I am 'Serpent' in-game and I am new to DCS, but I have done a lot of research (reading manuals, watching tutorials) and now capable of actually flying the F-15C in multiplayer skirmishes. But, I still need to know more, especially about ways I can become hidden from enemy rRdar Warning Receiver, understanding Radar modes and what they are best used for, ways to manoeuvre properly in dogfights or tactics to defeat the opponent in a dogfight. I prefer the F-15C than the the SU-27 because of its 'easier' feel and BVR advantage. While I know both planes have significant advantages, I am leaning closer to the F-15C. I would like to know when to use ECM or how I should use it. I would like to know the idea of the TWS mode and what it is used for. Does it let the target know it is being locked if I lock it in that mode? If I turn on my radar, does the enemy detect me by their Radar Warning Receiver? (So if I turn the radar off I will be hidden from it?) I will have more questions as I continue to learn more DCS. I have always been interested in aviation, but thanks to Eagle Dynamics for creating the best flight simulator ever, I am now even more enthusiastic about aviation. Oh and I cannot wait for the Eurofighter Typhoon next year. Oh my goodness!

Ok, so I have just pasted it into the aircraft/mods But now when I try to start DCS, it doesn't open. It pops up a command prompt up with bin/launcher.exe So what happens now other than the fact I might need to re-install the whole game and modules? EDIT: So I reverted (deleted) the planes from the mod folder and now DCS starts fine... are you sure it's that?

Sorry, this might be a stupid question to ask but I've been itching to fly the MiG-31, but this is a Mod. I've downloaded the Mod, but I have no idea how to install it... I cannot find any tutorials on YouTube or anywhere else on how to do so. Can somebody help a newbie like me to install this Mod? :pilotfly: