DCS: F-5E Tutorial: Quick Startup, Taxi and Takeoff 

mackan072 thank you for the kind comment! I try my best. Reason for not uploading is that i'm in basic pilot training now with Swiss intl. air lines ;) Will upload after that again.

This is a wonderful set of tutorials, Mustang. I hope your training goes well and that you'll find the time to make more videos. These have been priceless!

Daniel Lombardi thank you! Did you check out my other F-5 videos yet?

Not yet man, got a test tomorrow (final one), i'm gonna study for it now, but already saved it on chrome so i can check them out when i get some free time!!

Daniel Lombardi nice, good luck tomorrow!

Daniel Lombardi nice photoshop speedart mate :)

Thanks a lot! Both internal fuel tanks are full on takeoff, also when you have an external fuel tank, the internals will stay full until you have emptied the external. Only when you then start to burn fuel from the internals does it make sense to start the auto balance, because then the two internals have space in them to balance out the fuel. So only turn them on once you turn off the externals (or drop them). Otherwise you stress the right fuel pump because it has to work for the left one as well, because putting auto balance in left low will turn off the left fuel pump and feed both engines from the right one. Does that make any sense?

If you use an external fuel tank yes your process is perfect, but without this external fuel tank during the rampstart and the takeoff I prefer switch ON the left balance for equilibrate the two internal fuel tanks and when the two tanks are the same quantity automatically the auto balance switch return to the both position, it's not good like that ? But maybe it's an mistake from me...

TBH I did not find this in any manual yet, I'll look into it.

Great video but have also question about altimeter. I'm used to from other aircrafts to have two of them - radar (precise but only for small altitudes) and barometric ("+/-" value but working also in greater altitudes). Does F-5 have only one altimeter? I can see only barometric. Common sence tells me to find altitude above sea level of airfield I'm taking off and set this altimeter to correct value before start.

+Andrew Handerson you are right in your assumptions. Tecnically you could ask ATC for the QNH (barometric pressure of the airfield depending on wheater) and set the altimeter to that value (the other small number with 4 digits) but your method works fine for me.

should be on with battery power... I did the start up after the manuals description mostly.

BadW01f 2 The base game can be downloaded here for free: www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/ there is some modules that are easier than the others, namely the flaming cliffs package wich includes the f15, su27 and 33, mig 29 and su25. the su25t is also easy and comes free with the game. All other modules come with a fully clickable cockpit and all systems function like in real life. Previous flying abilities are not needed, there are good training missions and lots of good video tutorials online. Just start with the su25t, you'll only need a cheap joystick for it.

yes, indeed :)

Alex Sp au schwizer? :P

Swiss English :)) but been living in Switzerland for 4 years now

nice! are you flying in DCS too? Online?

Not yet only just got DCS and this VR system its a whole new lehrestelle ;)))

ah, i want VR too :D have fun :)

The plane has so short wings, it flies with some angle of attack always just to stay airborne. Apparently that is at 3° AOA, probably that is just the average.

Hm... dunno... then ADI should be set from ground so 0° should be achieved when it has 3°. It's like the designers made an error and pilots correct it after their "feel". What if a critical AoA is passed with 1.5°? It would be in that zone where you don't know who to believe... the instrument or the manual.

You can also think of it like that: The nosewheel is too short when not extended for the normal flight attitude. when on ground it then will give you -3° indication on the ADI. But when you align the ADI it goes to 0° normally thats why you have to correct it first. The usual attitude a plane has in normal flight can be chosen by the designers, its all a trade off for different flight characteristics... Bottom line, in flight you should believe your ADI when it shows 0° to be flying horizontal.

I know... that's why I don't really understand that fiddling with it.

so do you have the throttle idle keybind mapped onto your throttle or any key? this one needs to be activated to get your throttle out of the cutoff detent into the idle detent.

@@DCSMustang Which one should I choose for stick or keyboard settings? I can say that I have tried them all. I am using logitech 3d pro. I only have problems with idle during cold start and when shutting down the plane. Thank you.

Gotcha Six there is no "need", although it helps a lot and improves the experience a lot. Feels way more intuitive instead of looking around with the mouse. Google 'delan clip' is a cheap alternative to trackir :)

DCS Mustang thanks

EpicHaley if you rearm and refuel while asking for pressured air, they won't respond for some reason. Do that before or after the complete startup to avoid that conflict. Other than that i dont know what could cause that without more info...

Doesn't seem to be the problem... probably just me being dumb haha.

try to walk me through your steps, maybe i can spot the problem...?

I follow your exact steps, I think it is the throttle idle step in which I am failing. I don't have a joystick or throttle, so that's the problem. I can fix it on my own, thanks for the help!

Yes.

it is called: DCS World. If your laptop is powerfull enough to play modern games then you can certainly install it on the laptop, otherwise I'd advise you to install it on a powerfull gaming PC.

thanks!