F-14B Tomcat: Aim-7 Sparrow Tutorial | DCS WORLD 

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Just bought the f-14. Figured the WCS out by myself, but I thought I'd watch this to see if you'd cover something I missed. Instead, at 9:03 you show me civilian casualties. Your videos never disappoint.

Re: SP PD mode-some models of the AIM-7 (I believe from the AIM-7E-4 variant onwards) can guide on pulse-Doppler returns instead of continuous-wave returns, which allows you to launch Sparrows without lighting up the enemy's RWR, similar to the way the Phoenix can guide solely in SARH in PD STT mode.

Me and a friend of mine were just playing around with this missile minutes ago. Glad to see this upload, should help a lot!

+1 If you want the "Super Cap" for your teacher in a flight school

Very helpful for understanding the different modes. Thank you and keep it on!!

Loving the F14 vids my dude! Keep it up. Honestly think you might be one of the hardest working RU-vidrs and I really mean that. On a side note, I've had two times where I fired off a sparrow and it flew for maybe half a mile and just nosed dive like it ran out of fuel or something. Only seen it do that twice was wondering if it's a glitch. Hmmmm

@11:32 You said thump. This makes me happy. LOL

Very good tutorial. Thank you.

Thanks so much I love your videos

thanks heaps cap - just got the modules and working on missile modes now

@Cap Yes sir you are correct about the AIM-7M of the era or "block modification" or the missle. The missiles had matched or "tuned" to the AWG-9 to ensure proper tracking. It was also believed this would be helpful to prevent "cross-controlled missles" when dissimilar aircraft armed with the same missile were in the same AO to prevent the missiles from tracking off of another aircraft's radar. This was not proved or disapproved in the Navy. I believe it was a valid concern just not validated one way or the other.

The Sparrow does have a radar and does go pit bull. Its why you can also fire it bore sighted.

About 1 min in - waiting to see if you find the Aim-7 as useless as I did in "Harpoon" - I was so happy when the AIM 120 came out.... Best, Pete.

perfect video helped a lot!! but i have one question - do all you did but the inverted T is not showing up in the hud - can you tell what i maybe missed to do? thumbs up for your videos!!

when i lock a target and press pulse stt it looses the lock within 1 second almost 95% of the time, help?

Ok, I have a question. I mainly play single player, and I've noticed some odd behavior with the F-14 and AIM-7. If I engage in a FOX1 fight and perform a crank after launch it seems that the radar struggles to keep up with the maneuver. You can actually see the line move off the bandit. When using the AIM-7M that is it. The missile loses guidance and goes stupid. Let me be clear I have not lost lock. Once leveled off the radar continues to track the bandit. I have a ton of Tackviwe data showing this. With the AIM-7MH this is not an issue. My theory is tdd that the MH has a data link with the mother ship, and that it is getting corse corrected back onto the bandit when I'm leveled off again, and the M dosen't. Any ideas.

In the most recent update I don't see the upside down T in the HUD.

Is there an horizontal scan mode? Have you included that in a video I've missed maybe?

How come I am not able to move the cursor on the TID? anybody suggestions?

In the current version of open beta (2.5.6.49314), the sparrow just flies straight ahead as if there is no radar lock on the target. Any idea what is wrong with it? Phoenix works fine.

How do you unlock a target?

i dont know how to slew the radar and when i used jester to lock he had a lock but i couldnt fire

Here's a question. In bore sight mode, does the Tomcat need to guide the missile? Or will the missile just find its target and track it independently?

Thanks for video. I've a problem. when I hook a target (by Jester) the upside down t does not appear. Can you help me? Thanks in advance

Can you make a tutorial video on how to cold start MB-339-A??

4:28 does he go over how to get the rio in STT in a previous video? 10:25 or how to unlock the target?

some your buttons are differ then my f14B i dont have the little circle fire button in the front

Weird that you put the lead in the right spot exactly, and the missile came off the rail and did not go in that direction when it was high offset.

A question I've had for a while is: Are SA missiles harder to defeat using countermeasures compared to F&F missiles? Obviously F&F missiles have many more advantages with practical fighting, but I've been curious for this specific aspect for a long time. I think I may have researched it at one point, but I can't remember or it was pretty vague.

Coming from someone who's used to strapping into virtual wood busses with 1-2 machineguns bolted to them and off to fight the enemy good luck chap done deal kinda thing: Would have been nice if it just showed which buttons and off we go, instead of 11 minutes with TOO much information for me to make heads out of tails. And before anyone flips out: I figured out guns and Sidewinders without google, forums or any help what so ever.

Thanks for the info. Do you know why Jester will refuse to get targets that are in front of him at the same height till they are right in top of us?. That is the main problem I have with the F14, Jester has a hard time finding targets.

How do you get in the back seat, i press the configured button and doesn't work? Thanks

Hi Guys. Thanks for the tutorial. Here is a little background about Puse / CW: www.mwrf.com/technologies/systems/article/21849213/pulsed-vs-cw-signals-both-loom-on-a-designers-radar Long story short: Pulse is more resistant against ECM, CW has a better range-resolution, compared to pulse-mode Hals und Beinbruch!

Have a technical question here that hopefully someone can answer: how many AIM-7 sparrow missiles can an aircraft guide against a single target, and for whatever number you claim, please explain why?

Good I'm not the only one who uses a controller

Interestingly, you gave it a load of lead, but as soon as you fired, it turned directly towards the target, straight off the rail.

Over a year in, and Ive yet to achieve more than 2 or so AIM-7 kills. (Unless I have a human RIO gotta figure out what to do/how to approach to help JESTER) Keep loosing otherwise textbook locks

I dont understand, if the aim7 is a semi active missile, how can it track a target by itself without radar lock and guidance in boresight mode???

you lost me at the armament screen

Stop making such videos because someday i gonna become a bank robber just to upgrade my PC and buy this expensive module ;-) That complex radar is something i want to have.