DCS F-14 Tomcat Air to Air Refueling Tutorial

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@MongooseTacticool 5 лет назад

Me: Ready pre contact Tanker: Return Pre contact x20 eat a sidewinder

@sebastiaanfranckaert411 2 года назад

Hahahahaha laughed pretty hard with this one

@cloudreaper_6583 Год назад

for me I poured a good 100 rounds of 20mm into where the boom operator should be

@XXNerdzillaXX Год назад

I prefer guns. But yeah, that's my experience.

@djmustang000 5 лет назад

"Do not look at the basket, look at the fuel pod". Wow! Huge thanks, super simple yet very effective tip, applies to all aircraft I've tried it with. Managed many contact almost effortlessly in a few minutes, while I usually wouldn't manage one properly in about 30-45 minutes of frustration and usually would just ditch trying to refuel altogether.

@themalcore_ 5 лет назад

Air to air refueling is one of the most frustrating thing to do in an aircraft. That's why as a RIO I will kick my feet up and relax while my pilot does all the annoying work lol

@tanall5959 5 лет назад

Actually, the RIO has a better line of sight on the probe compared to the pilot. So your chauffeur would likely appreciate you calling corrections if they get out of sorts.

@bazej1080 5 лет назад

Air refuel and formation flying in general is a lot easier in VR. On a flat screen it's actually more difficult than IRL.

@DoveEnigma13 5 лет назад

Lol. Ditto bro

@brycechetwynd4932 5 лет назад

@@DoveEnigma13 gay.

@DoveEnigma13 5 лет назад

I see you want to use jester instead of a person lol

@RedKiteRender 5 лет назад

Awh no shots of hookups from the rio's perspective! Awesome instruction as always Mav. Great to hear jester calling out fuel levels, though i suspect human rio's might have other things on their mind, like taking pretty pictures of your neighbours refuelling!

@hvymtal8566 5 лет назад

I would hope not, my focus as RIO will be on the checklist, lineup, and fuel gauge, since I have two hands to work with and the pilot needs to fly the pod!

@Hellreign82 5 лет назад

Might change my Handle to 'The Oscillator' :D Cracking tutorial as per usual Mav. Top work

@latein1148 5 лет назад

I tried to do refueling before watching this video and i was all over the place now watching this video im going to try and trim first then attempt to refuel. Thanks for the outstanding tutorial!!!

@derrickchennault6562 5 лет назад

Sweet. I was an air crew on a C-130 refueling squadron in the Suck. VMGR-252, 2nd MAW, Cherry Point. N.C. Sgt.

@104th_pyromaniac5 5 лет назад

Finally, the Tomcat gets its shot at Fuel School! And like any of your AAR tutorials, done to perfection. Thank you. Can’t wait to put that flight model through its paces.. Very glad to hear it meets with your thorough approval, I’m expecting a relatively life changing experience the Wednesday after next.

@cowboy10uk 5 лет назад

Just sending this video to my pilot. He’s got some skills to learn. 👍 Love seeing some switch work from the Rio seat as well. I know it wasn’t much but it’s the first footage of someone operating working switches from the Rio seat we have seen.

@crimsoninterceptor 5 лет назад

Really really well done tutorial, Gareth! Thanks! Love your videos!

@teb1687 5 лет назад

Disconnect checklist: forgot to add "flares"

@Warlock7seveN 5 лет назад

It puts the nozzle in the basket or it gets the hose again

@ivan.exposito 5 лет назад

Tanker, tanker, we love you! Jester is the best.

@joec4106 5 лет назад

Iván Expósito *Thank you Tanker, we love you!

@averageaviationgeek9318 5 лет назад

@@joec4106 Just what I was thinkin'

@adamparsons1725 5 лет назад

Couldnt get over all the details in cockpit!! Man looks like this bird has been used, A LOT. Cool to see their attention to details, makes for a great 1st impression! Can hardly wait!

@regamuffin2000 5 лет назад

Great video maverick, learnt a lot from your aar teachings over the dcs module course

@eatleadcobra 3 года назад

Awesome guide. Still have a lot of practice to do, but after watching this I was able to tank enough fuel for mission 4 of the included Tomcat campaign. Great stuff!

@504smudge 5 лет назад

Awesome vid! it's great to finally see a bit more of the back seat to, been itching to get my hands on this for months

@Armysniper360 5 лет назад

Old school refueling, very nice. One of my favorite fighter aircraft of all time.

@MikeLitoris66 5 лет назад

Awesome vid with great tips. And like you said NEVER CHASE THE BOOM. That's the first thing i had to learn when doing AAR.

@davidblizzard9577 5 лет назад

Perfect timing. I moved overseas to Germany in late January. My desktop and flight gear finally gets here Monday. The day before the release.

@reyco1987 5 лет назад

This is me gushing, but this is legit like dream come true stuff lol...growing up, watching Top Gun pretty much religiously. Now, getting the chance to learn how to fly the coolest friggin invention in the history humankind! ...and on top of that, the level of quality and simulation is apparently above anything we've seen so far on the stupidly awesomely fun DCS?! Son of a bitch, this is too good to be true! Very well put together vid btw, Mav. Very well flown too.

@adamparsons1725 5 лет назад

+1000000 Are we there yet! Here I was thinking the F-5 was best thing ever(for a Top Gun Fan)...NOPE!!!

@jamesc9001 5 лет назад

During the time I worked on the flight deck, we would occasionally see a Tomcat return and trap with a basket on it's probe. I wonder if that can happen in the DCS sim world? :)

@chocken4867 4 года назад

i find staring at the basket way easier than using my peripheral vision, it could just be me.

@Ohgr819 5 лет назад

Great tutorial as always Mav, thanks!

@ahmedkamal3227 5 лет назад

Thanks for the instructions, very helpful

@T-Tailer 5 лет назад

Pretty cool stuff, can't wait for it.

@captaindutt6407 2 года назад

excellent video sir! thanks for the help!

@Dg-zj6jo Год назад

brilliant looks amazing sir

@eatthisvr6 5 лет назад

youre SOOOO much smoother than me haha iv spent over an hour today trying to get plugged in and i was all over the place

@fastfiddler1625 3 года назад

Very great tutorial. Not looking at the basket is a hugely important tip that I should have deduced from real life experience in very regular planes. When landing, the last thing you want to do is look at your touchdown zone when you're crossing the threshold. It's a good way to screw it up. Instead, you should transition to looking toward the far end of the runway and I almost defocus my eyes because peripheral vision is what's going to help you feel your actual height. This is especially important to force yourself to do at night when your landing lights give you a nice little lit spot to stare at as you flare late and bang it on. Or I can blame my shoddy refueling work on my Logitech joystick.

@DanielLanducciSpotting 5 лет назад

Damn, best tutorial so far! Love it! Hope you bring more videos/tutorials/tips of Tomcat!

@WinchesterDelta1 5 лет назад

LoL i was just about to say... You should have let this vid be made by 104th Mav. Then i checked :D Great vid again man.

@104th_raccoon 5 лет назад

Well done as usual Mav! Counting the days. :)

@Ked_gaming 5 лет назад

Great moves maverick, tips are very usefull

@prichardgs 3 года назад

THANK YOU for posting this! I have struggled with this for some time. Throttle control is my worst enemy.

@104thMaverick 3 года назад

Glad it helped mate, you're very welcome!

@prichardgs 3 года назад

@@104thMaverick Ok I have been working on this-a few problems- Trim-it seems to constantly want to travel up or down-gain altitude lose altitude-am I missing something? Throttle is still a problem-I think I am to aggressive -I'm using the winwing F18 throttle. Now in the F18-I have no problem-it's just the F14. Suggestions? I have learned so much from your videos-again thank you!

@prichardgs 3 года назад

And of course when I do get connected I get excited and blow it. like a teenage boy.

@efoxneo 5 лет назад

Beautiful.

@Warman_12 5 лет назад

From 1 Jock to another, kraken Vid Mav.........Jester's hilarious.

@nicksmith2361 4 года назад

Very good, informative video, thank you 👍

@adamparsons1725 5 лет назад

Luck Bastad..LOL I know, I know, but are we there YET! Dusting off the Top Gun Soundtrack has begun! AWESOME video, Sir

@King2Stone 3 года назад

That Tomcat livery is freaking sweet!

@jep1103 5 лет назад

Very informative and helpful...and I'm gonna need all the help I can get lol

@coxy8102 5 лет назад

Great stuff

@robh4671 4 года назад

cheers Mav excellent

@CakePrincessCelestia 5 лет назад

Nice guide there :) Being able to do this with a total lack of peripheral vision will be the ultimate challenge though, as it is already in any of the other modules ;)

@arzhangsadeghi 5 лет назад

amazing tutorial, thanks ,

@PeterMatthess 5 лет назад

SO HYPED

@amosk24 5 лет назад

I like how jester is looking hard left as you're about to connect 😀

@Jazzaconda 5 лет назад

Great Channel!

@iberian21 5 лет назад

Great video!

@Neelfy01 5 лет назад

Jeeeezus this is so feckin amazing and beautifull it almost made me greet! :-D Oh and nice to hear a fellow Scot for a change too ;-) \m/

@careless-renyks Год назад

Thank you for guide, go to practice!👍🏽

@104thMaverick Год назад

You got this!

@dwightestey9060 5 лет назад

Informative...thanks.

@soarsoar4218 3 года назад

Seems that things are easier to learn when explained with a nice accent

@Benny-high5 4 года назад

It looks so easy.

@Crainshaw83 5 лет назад

oi slag, yer lucky to have it that suoon, gud vid by de wey

@RevFilmore 5 лет назад

Would love to see this with rctrl+enter so one can see inputs on stick and throttle. Guessing a lot here.

@averageaviationgeek9318 5 лет назад

My body is ready.

@jcbak 5 лет назад

Thanks for making these videos. I noticed that you have a clear view of the refueling pod throughout the process. My view in the cockpit is too high and I lose view of the pod long before contact. Did you adjust your default view? The handle on top of the canopy blocks my view of the pod. Not being able to view the pod makes things a little difficult when judging lateral spacing.

@EnDSchultz1 5 лет назад

Don't know what control setup you use, but I add a keyboard modifier to my view control (Which I have to manage with a directional switch) that causes it to slew rather than rotate. So I can move my view down when refueling for a better view up and ahead.

@h4wk_63 3 года назад

VF-143

@Parafundk4176 5 лет назад

Great video. Any chance you could add the controller input status window to see how you manipulate the throttle?

@juniorslothsix5562 5 лет назад

YES THIS!

@arkady86 5 лет назад

Time to sing the Boom Operator song!

@Froobyone 5 лет назад

Great video. You make it look easy. My time flying A2AR practice in the Bug, assures me it is not. Something's just jumped out at me about the Cat. Shouldn't the B variant (or more aptly, the A+ variant) have a combining-glass HUD? -and not the windscreen projection like the standard A? (Hoping I'm wrong and someone from HB doesn't go "DOH! Delay the release...")

@eatthisvr6 5 лет назад

i thought the b was just a reengined a? the d got avionics upgrades which id love to see

@Froobyone 5 лет назад

Yes, you are correct. Initially, the upgrade was the more powerful engines. After I posted that question I did some more research and uncovered evidence that the B model also had a later upgrade which included the fitting of a split-glass HUD. This happened in the late 90s and therefore after the date at which Heatblur's F14B is based. TLDR Heatblur got it right. :)

@josearjona 4 года назад

Great video, do you have AFCS ON, I mean autopilot on or HOLD altitude ON?

@104thMaverick 4 года назад

No, AAR should be 100% manual with no aids

@user-qi2xq5hb9l 3 года назад

مذهل رائع خلافة ممتازة جميع امكنيات

@axiis1301 5 лет назад

I've always found it odd that the Tomcat's artificial horizon doesn't actually sit on the horizon like the Hornet. Gonna take some getting used to after many hours in the Hornet

@eatthisvr6 5 лет назад

i really dont like the hud at all, its nearly useless to me

@Prophet_waffle 3 года назад

This had no right being so cinematic

@Tamburello_1994 5 лет назад

I can form fly all up in someone's face six ways from Sunday, but cannot mate with tanker with out fumbling it left, right and center...Very frustrating.

@Mak10z 5 лет назад

Jester Mocks me! That Bastard! No Jester, you are not allowed to misquote Starwars at me!

@schnitzelmopi 5 лет назад

The KC-135's AAT doesn't give you bearing, only range. I'm not too sure about the KC-130, though.

@Relax2437 5 лет назад

Great video! Can you turn up your mic sound volume next time please? thanx!

@baltod4978 Год назад

This is surprisingly difficult for me to do in VR. I think my eyes get a little cross-eyed trying to make sure the pod is on the right side of the front handle- but still.

@tea7923 5 лет назад

Hey do you have any tips for when you’re right in front of the boom? I put the same tiny inputs when driving in but it keeps crazy when I’m right at it and flings me. Also when I actually get the boom on it the thrust is too powerful and the cord disconnects 20/10 times. I literally almost smashed my joystick and rudder pedals doing this.

@MongooseTacticool 5 лет назад

I can't AAR to save my life. Which is it's very purpose lol

@GunSlingerAUS1 3 года назад

Hey mate, I'm practicing the Tomcat with KC135, and I noticed in your video you dropped seat height to see the fuel pod. Did you just use the keyboard shortcut for seat down to do so, as it seemed very quick and accurate. I'm trying to figure out a keybind on my Virpil Throttle to do the same, but it's a much slower seat movement. Any ideas? Btw, great video! Thanks from one rather frustrated wannabe Tomcat pilot!

@104thMaverick 3 года назад

Hey boss! Try Rctrl + Rshift + Numpad 2 to go down and Numpad 8 to go up

@GunSlingerAUS1 3 года назад

@@104thMaverick ahh, so that's the same seat change speed as the default. Which is what I've bound to my throttle. In your vid it seemed that you dropped down much more quickly and accurately. Yet you just use the seat up and down binds? Thanks for clarifying.

@104thMaverick 3 года назад

I was using track Ir my friend so all I did was lower my head position

@RevFilmore 5 лет назад

When Jester says "lil left" etc - bank or rudder? Rudder at all?

@eatthisvr6 5 лет назад

you sound like scott manley!

@rws1467 5 лет назад

That video is the dogs bollocks!

@kayakutah 5 лет назад

Interesting. In the real world, the bow wave off the front of the F-14 always pushes the basket slightly to the right as you get close. Just wondering if that could be programmed into the model. It certainly would increase the realism.

@keepwalking6041 6 месяцев назад

TRIM, how to TRIM, what i mean is i have set up the trim on my 8 way hat on the stick, but the up or down click is too much, it will overshoot, what i mean is i can't use trim to make the freaking thing to zero horizontal line, i will overshoot it, i need how should i say, slower movement per "click", is it possible to configure the trim button in same way as joystick curves? i don't get it, how do you do it? it seems no matter what i do i will either have airplane pulling gently upwards or downwards.. impossible to fly formation like this let alone refuel

@Hatredy11 5 лет назад

Is this with track ir? Any chance of a VR version? I have noticed the visual cues are different when trying to use your F-15 AAR tutorial.

@DannyP159 5 лет назад

From what i know Mav doesn't have VR. Also whilst mavs visual cues are good and work well, you should be trying to find what works best for you

@Hatredy11 5 лет назад

@@DannyP159 I'd be glad to. Can you give me access? lol

@kyzerBC 4 года назад

Ive been trying for hours and cant figure out how to 1: Set my trim right and 2: not panic and swerve all over. Ill keep at it for a little longer, but I have the idea that I'm never gonna get this down

@mcthemis62402 4 года назад

Love Me currently cursing this game for not making the damn tanker hose to come out...

@DesertPunks 4 года назад

Any luck?

@ghostrider1827 4 года назад

good vid. Easy to understand; but the questions I have is....HOW DO YOU TRIM!?!?!?!?

@104thMaverick 4 года назад

Raffeal Morris I use the HAT switch on my joystick. You can assign trim controls in the F14 pilot options under Adjust Controls

@ghostrider1827 4 года назад

@@104thMaverick Roger that!! Thanks

@gungriffen 5 лет назад

Hey Maverick, is Knight alright? He disappeared without notice.

@104thMaverick 5 лет назад

He's doing very well mate, just a little bit low key at the moment but he's doing great.

@gungriffen 5 лет назад

@@104thMaverick That's all that matters then, thanks.

@user-xw4hn7lb3x 5 месяцев назад

When I get up to the tanker, the basket never extends out. Yes, I select precontact, but nothing happens.

@GoldPicard 5 лет назад

I really kinda surprised you didn't slip in the "right now" from the Fighter Fling 2002 vid...….

@hondarider100r 4 года назад

Wings at 55 degrees makes it so much easier.

@turo6027 5 лет назад

i don't know why the tanker does not respond when i call the rejoining, it doesn't work even with the correct radio channel and i don't know what to do, can someone help me in some way?

@Anaximander29A 3 года назад

Air2Air refuelling is easy with the Tomcat?! ^^ Idk, maybe I am doing sth wrong. But for me refuelling the A10 is almost a piece of cake, while doing the same with the F14 feels very close to impossible. I am getting pretty close to the basket, but like 10feet away from it I am moving the stick like 1/10 mm too much and booom: Pilot induced oscillation.

@104thMaverick 3 года назад

PIO is normally initiated by the pilot looking at the basket, fight the temptation to do so my friend and use your peripheral vision instead and you’ll find it much easier 👍

@patientmental875 4 года назад

How did you get that view from the tanker?

@shingh2068 3 года назад

I found it difficult that even if I tried the plane well, it still goes up and down when I was controlling the throttle (for the distance with the basket.)

@admiral_nomura 3 года назад

Engines below wings make some momentum

@Anthonychua1982 4 года назад

How do you trim the cat perfectly level like that? No matter how I trim, my cat creeps up or down...

@MasterUxi 4 года назад

One of the autopilot options locks in the roll and another does heading.

@JayDKB 5 лет назад

I never got the hornet on the boom so I know I’m not getting this done

@mr.incognito8704 4 года назад

Do you use curvature on the axis commands to make movements more precise?

@104thMaverick 4 года назад

Yes, I never recommend flying without any curves.

@mr.incognito8704 4 года назад

104th_Maverick thank you. How much would you recommend? Sorry but I’m new to DCS

@104thMaverick 4 года назад

Start with 15 on all 3 axis with a deadzone of 1 and see how you like it ;)

@mr.incognito8704 4 года назад

@@104thMaverick thanks a lot.

@kabzebrowski 8 месяцев назад

Is this even possible on a cheap stick with no Tracker/VR? I'm trying with a PXN 2113 and so far no success, the throttle doesn't seem precise enough to keep formation, no matter what curve I try (I've conected to the basket but fail to decrease Speedo, it always change by too much). I'm using no curves for the stick since it's an analogic plane, but deadzones are high on ~15 to avoid play/drift.

@104thMaverick 8 месяцев назад

Yes it’s possible, I made that video with a $40 flight stick. Try changing your deadzones to a maximum of 2, I recommend 1 and a curve of 15 on all stick axis

@baardk2 5 лет назад

I just wish the K130 could get the f*** basket out. It did before...

@JFulls94 3 года назад

How on earth do you remain so still, even with trim my aircraft slowly osculates

@104thMaverick 3 года назад

Lots and lots of practice my good friend

@chullabatschi 5 лет назад

try to refuel asap when in combat situation . ram it in ;P

@andysim232 5 лет назад

I cant do it. No problem with the A10 or Hornet, this thing is impossible. I get trimmed spot on and when I get to within a foot of the basket I get pitch up or down for no damn reason. Always ends in a PIO