DCS IS TERRIFYINGLY REAL - F/A-18 First Ever Dogfights! feat. Ralfidude 

Your editing made us look actually competent in that flight. Hahah. But you did very well in that environment, 7 kills and no deaths, so that speaks volumes for someone who just got into this less than a month ago. You're a natural.

And some people have the audacity to think that Battlefield 3's air mission is realistic...

Literally don't understand anything being said in the video but I'm hooked

"It's so much multi-tasking" Welcome to being a pilot in general lol

Looks like someone finally caught the DCS itch. Sorry to ruin every other air combat game for you :x

Hey Drewski, when you go defensive vs a F3, you do NOT want to pull up. You're bleeding your energy while the missile is still gaining energy, therefore increasing its chance to kill you. Speed is life, and pulling up only slows you down. If you're only a few NM away from that missile you'll be in a position where you're going mach 0.6 but the missile is at 2.1 or higher depending on the missile. And that's no bueno. Not to mention if you put yourself above the missile you cant notch it; you're painted against an empty background. Instead drop straight to the deck so the missile is pulled through denser air. Then pull level to 90 degrees to the missile, you'll either lose lock due to notching or will have bled off so much of the missile's energy itll never hit you. Other than that good flying 😊

Holy!! He already has early access of arma 4.

Drew ski you said fox 1 when firing an ir guided missile it is actually meant to be fox 2 Fox 1 = semi active radar homing missile like an aim 7 or the Russian missiles like a 27 er where the missile uses the radar on board of the aircraft to track to target Fox 2= ir guided missile Fox 3= fully active radar homing missile. For example aim 120c or r77 which allows the mothership to notch and lose lock while the missile uses onboard radar to track the target Hope this helps

That cockpit sounds like a McDonald’s kitchen

What's so cool about the way you're learning this, is you're getting the comms and teamwork first. Most of us end up learning the jet in a lone wolf sort of way, and then have to un-learn bad habits to become part of a team effectively. That gives you a big leg up on most of us and you'll be VERY valuable to a virtual squadron quite quickly.

Me watching his 1st video on DCS : "I'm going to suscribe because i'm sure he will do more video on it" Me right now : "Outstanding move"

Arma makes BF look silly, .. DCS makes Arma look childish.

Make sure you utilise your Antenna Elevation when youre scanning targets at known altitudes, it'll make picking targets up much easier without having to alter your own altitude. Great vid!

Great work, Drew!! It's gonna be fun following this DCS adventure of yours! Just one thing: Fox1: Semi Active Radar Guided Missiles (for example and Aim-7) Fox2: Heat seekers Fox3: Active Radar Guided Missiles. Nothing important, just wanted to point that out. Keep it up!!

I was an Aviation Technician in the USMC. Pretty cool to see some of the stuff I worked on in a simulator/video game.

I used to think Arma 3 vehicles were realistic but WOW this is impressive!

Its surreal hearing my voice at 19:00 talking to Darkstar. Great video man, you're learning so quick!

Just so you know, 4:30 would be fox 2 instead of fox 1 Fox 1 is for semi-active missiles (like the AIM-7) Fox 2 is for heat seeking missiles (like the AIM-9) Fox 3 is for active missiles (Like the AIM-120) around 6:50 Ralfidude mentions the bandit is at 21 thousand, if you look at your radar screen, on top and below the TDC (Target Designation Cursor, the yellow box you are moving around) you will see two numbers, the top number is the top of your current scan in thousands of feet and the bottom is the bottom of your scan in thousands of feet, what you want to do is get it so 21 would be the number in the middle of those two numbers so that you would be scanning with the middle of your scan hitting 21 thousand, then the target would show up on your radar. Also while you're looking at the target with the JHMCS and you hear the aim-9 tone, If you push the "uncage / cage" button on the hotas the aim-9 will lock the target so you don't have to keep looking at him to keep tone. Really enjoying the DCS content :D

I’m just here for that sweet sweet grzegorz brzęczyszczykiewicz action. (ralfidude fans know what I’m talking about)

Amateur. Everyone knows to hit the brakes and he'll fly right by.

I really appreciate your longer form videos, I never feel cheated when I watch you! Keep up this quality and you'll be past 1 mil in no time

You've picked up DCS impressively fast. Great work, really.

I was able to catch some of this live and it was so much fun to watch. Keep that DCS content comin!

This looks really cool, exciting yet relaxing at the same time... love the realism even with the comms.... great job buddy.

This game looks so cool. Drewski, you should collab with Karmakut, I just watched one of his videos and made me think to check your channel. You guys are my mil sim channels .

You should try it in vr. Lower res but way more immersive.

Been subbed for about 2 or 3 years seen a lot of stuff love the realism of your channel and the laughs.

Congrats on 1 mill bro 1st time watchin appreciate the good vid man👍🏽

“I’ve been sick for a week and a half” halfway through December....

Drewski, when you were tracking that bandit to the right of the two ship, you weren’t locking him because you hadn’t adjusted your radar altitude (I think that’s why you weren’t locking him, unless it was intentional) anyway amazing video as always and glad to see your finally trying out DCS

Nicely done! Situational awareness can be very difficult to keep when you're first learning DCS. You're getting it amazingly quickly.

Mate, I’ve only just recently subbed to your channel. Love your content and your honest and real commentary. You deserve all the subs you get. Keep it up and I’m sure you’ll hit 1m.

Ive been in love with this game for 2 years now, i defenitly recommend VR. Love that you discovered it to. Learning from the best i see, good job!

Ive been wanting to get into DCS but these videos have pushed me to finally get a joystick and track ir and try it out

I am LOVING your DCS content! Fidelity and realism is great!

Dude - nice work! That must have felt gooood. I've been watching a lot of Ralfidude (subbed too). Love his work.

ive got probably 200 hours in the hornet on DCS now and im just barely starting to feel like I know what im doing. There is soo much to learn, and the more you learn, the more you realize that you don't know. but this is the greatest game ive ever played.

HIGH WAY TO THE DANGER ZONE

I love how your friend has realistic call signs and actually using right call outs for radio tower! So cool, I work at an airport and here this tuff all the time

This is amazing. I hope to catch more of this on your channel.

4:30 that was fox 2 actually

My favourite game ever. DCS gives me endless possibilities, never gets bored. And when i've bought VR i think got addicted. cheers

What it is is learning how to operate about a dozen different, critical pieces of electronic equipment, how to fly the F18, learn a wide variety of coordinated tactics, weapons capabilities and how to defend yourself. Then you have to incorporate all of that knowledge, those skills and the teamwork, simultaneously, at high tempo and under stress. And it's a lot of fun.

Dude I love all your videos!! Keep it going, seriously!❤️

Just wait until you get sucked into the other modules. If you like the F/A-18, definitely try the A-10. It's one of the few fully complete modules and is amazing to fly. I regularly play on the Hoggit server, we always looking for additional!

"radar is 1 to 1 with real life" lmao... we wish

What an excellent mission, thanks for taking us along. I'm several years too late here, but that was a lot of fun.

Good to see that you finally got the grip on DCS! Would love to see you and Ralfi fiddling around the Tomcat.

Hey Drewski, I´ve got a question. What Joystick did you use? Cause I want to play this Game, too :D

Nothing like getting to learn DCS first hand from Ralfi, esp given you're basically the same person. Jelly.

Absolutely entertaining. I have been following you for a while. Im now a subscriber

That was some impressive flying for a nugget. Very well done!

I love this game I've been running the a10 warthog

Drewski, you're actually better than me who has 400 hours in DCS lol. Impressive!

You know how happy I am that you are finally getting into DCS?! My favourite RU-vidr with my favourite game!👌

This is soo cool. Always a fan of your arma vids so lovin this

looks likena lot of fun but im waiting for my vr headset before heading to mp.

You should upload the ground school stuff, or ralfi... Either way it's some valuable information

Fantastic video and well done! I would love to see more videos of DCS! I love flying the Hornet :)

Yaes!!! Wonderful! Amazing! You're getting even better! Looking forward for the next video!

*Your father, FrankieOnPC, should be proud of you*

Is this from yesterday? I remember watching you on Twitch and there was a guy firing "burst colorful flares" (or whatever it was) on the runway, but I didn't see it in this vid!

Great video man! I love DCS as well and it is great to see that you are enjoying it. Also I like to see someone learning like me. Just a quick advise, replicate your EW in the HUD with the option HUD in your EW page. It will help you a lot to quickly see what is locking you.

I really love these! Great job Drew!!!

3:47 I literally said "master arm" out loud unconsciously, got confused why I said it, and then realized that his master arm switch wasn't on lmao

DCS is the real deal. I've been playing DCS for years

Just subscribed. Watched the ARMA3 sniper video first followed by this one and was sold. Solid gold, man.

Awesome video. Around 6:45 when you're going for the guy at angels 21 you need to adjust your radar antennae elevation up. It's a button on the HOTAS. You radar is space stabilized so when you just pitch your nose up it actually stays looking forward at the same slice of the sky. You'll see numbers on the elevation bracket change as you adjust radar elevation and you would have picked him up.

Plz fix your zoom slider :( You'll probably just need to bind Slow Zoom In/Out to some buttons on your stick, which is what I ended up doing when my stick's axes started getting jittery. It might seem like a pain at first, but getting rid of the jittery zoom is so, so worth it. Trust me this will make DCS 100% more pleasant to use.

Very good for a newer dcs player. If you think A2A is complicated in the F18, just wait til your importing coordinates for JDAMs, using the TGP to set sensor points and lasing LGBs. If you catch the dcs bug you'll eventually fly the A10-C and realize how easy the Hornet is haha. Enjoyed the video thanks

First dog fight and now you are dropping them like flies, damn rafi is a good teacher or you are a natural, either way i'm impressed

This game is so fun to watch. please continue to make these!

Your "flickers' are a classic sign of a Saitek rotary axis on their controls. My X56 has the same issue. I fixed it by putting a deadzone of 3 on my view zoom axis, so it doesn't jitter when centered. It doesn't fix the jitters when zoomed in thought unfortunately

You: I'm a beginner *shows very good skills* Me: I'm a pro *crashes on runway*

It has taken me most of this year to get the hang of DCS (and a lot of money), and you've been playing how long? You are doing incredibly well + you have a DCS senpai with ya

Drewski all i wanna say is i love your content, Keep it up :)

"DCS IS TERRIFYINGLY REAL" 8:22 - "ARHH he's lagging!"

Would I be fine with just a single 24" monitor playing this?

Gotta say: You are holding up REALLY good. I remember my first flights and fights and... yeah.

So excited you're now playing DCS! I'm now subscribing don't let me down and keep throwing up the occasional DCS vid :)

You guys' comms are tight! This is so satisfying to watch! Btw I dont fly (yet) but I believe AIM9X's are Fox2. Also I think you lost your first Fox 3 because you turned before it went pitbull, yeah?

Did i see a Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder jet at 1:19? Didn't know that was available in DCS

The information one has to process in a short time is amazing!

Thank you for the educational input while flying on the internal systems I hope to be on DCS as soon as I can acquire control system for aircraft 🦅🇺🇸🦅

FINALLY he plays DCS

You should definitely play IL-2 sturmovik: battle of Stalingrad, awesome ww2 combat flight simulator

Nice to see you on it Bud' ! Ralf is a good teacher :) Fly safe.

So cool. Keep these coming please

I'm not first...... But I sure am loyal.

What's the likelihood DCS or War Thunder will do a Top Gun: Maverick special.

Ah shoot, Drewski in DCS and with Ralfi!! Can't wait to see more of you in the sim :)

Good stuff man, loving it!

What alien tongue are these guys speaking in? and how the f did they learn it?

literally just ctrl c ctrl v this into squad, then youd have yourself a game

this is great to see m8,the whole flight sim community is behind you,i bet.

I just love the real effect when the sun hits the displays.

A common misconseption in the dcs community is that «taking active runway» as ralfi is saying is correct. In fact it is more of a made up topgunish slang that sounds cool on radio, the correct way of saying it would be «lining up runway»

"Dcs is very real" >Yea well, no sh!t

Lmao I was up until 5am last night watching your vods on dcs and now you dropped a new video

Ah if only I had a computer that could run this game. Love your videos man! Just subscribed