F-16 Aerial Refueling Guide - How To Refuel In-Flight

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🚀 Master the art of aerial refueling in the F-16 with Tricker's easy-to-follow guide! In this comprehensive tutorial, your friendly Airbus Pilot will walk you through the entire process of refueling your F-16 mid-flight. ⛽
Learn the essential techniques and strategies to successfully connect with the tanker aircraft and maintain a stable position during refueling. Tricker will share expert tips and tricks to help you overcome the challenges of aerial refueling and keep your F-16 flying longer. 🛩️
Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your virtual fighter pilot skills and conquer the skies with the F-16! Make sure to like, comment, and subscribe for more amazing content from Tricker. ✈️👍
Happy flying, and see you in the skies! 🌤️
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@TrickerDCS Год назад

Go get some fuel! Mission Download from Mulder76: www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3329609/

@TheEarthwinders Год назад

I'm Mulder76!!! This is so awesome! I'm glad someone is finding my mission useful and thank you for the credit! Cheers! Working on a much more involved campaign that's 6 months in the making so far. Can't wait to share it with the community soon. 3 more missions to finish.

@TrickerDCS Год назад

Awesome, thanks for the mission and keep up the great work!

@ImpendingJoker Год назад

About 2 weeks ago, I had set up my own mission with an aerial refueler in the air. After MONTHS of practicing this, I finally heard the sweet sweet words of, "You're taking fuel". I was so happy, I started laughing like a mad man. haha

@stickmaster-jake 2 месяца назад

that's impressive, practicing months in only two weeks!

@Pman353 Год назад

I don’t know if this will help anyone but it helped me to think of it like driving a boat. You want to anticipate what is happening and make your input early so when the aircraft moves it all syncs up!

@TrickerDCS Год назад

Nice

@TacticalFragAddict 11 месяцев назад

To be able to do that, it also pays off to set your joystick response up based on the F16 "gains". Once you open the refuel bay, response is going to be much more sensitive.

@julianmorrisco 8 месяцев назад

One thing that people might have said but it never registered with me - AAR (in DCS, anyway) is one of those tasks that clicks. It was for me, anyway. For over a year I feared AAR. I regularly failed and sometimes ended up taking it out on the tanker with a sidewinder :D. I watched tons of videos, followed instructions to the ‘T’ but it didn’t seem to help. Ok, I’m obviously a bit slow, and because it was so not-fun, I didn’t do it very often. Then one day I plugged in without struggling. It was initially in the Falcon, so I went to the Hornet. Same thing. It was like a light switch had been flipped! Don’t get me wrong, I still struggle occasionally and I’ve been known to use ‘police station’ language when the tanker decides to turn just as I’m about to connect but I find it hard to put myself back in the mind set where I never knew if I’d be able to get fuel. It means I’m a lot less miserly about fuel economy and I no longer dread those missions that require a top up towards the end, so I’d fail the whole mission after maybe an epic struggle against the enemy because I’d not be able to get enough fuel to make it home. TLDR - for me, AAR was one of those tasks that clicks into place after getting enough experience. If it seems frustrating and nearly impossible, just keep going. My experience was that almost suddenly, it became almost trivial.

@ReflectedSimulations Год назад

Assigning 'Ready Precontact' to a HOTAS button is such a game changer, I had no idea this was a possibility. I hate to fiddle with the F10 menu in such situations. Thanks!

@mace1367 Год назад

I struggle so much with boom refueling, yet have no trouble with the basket style and ppl tell me its more difficult. Thanks for the vid.

@asphelite Год назад

Pretty sure that there will be many pilots finding this helpful, good stuff man!

@davidjames7382 Год назад

I have done a lot of A2A refueling in the F18 and did it once in the F16. You are absolutely right, takes a lot of practice!

@thefridge71 Год назад

Love your videos mate. So simple and straight forward when you do it :)

@roberthunt641 Год назад

Thanks for the good video. The pace of the commentary and actions makes it super helpful.

@christurner666 Год назад

Another cracking video! Thanks Tricker!

@JamesCK1104 Год назад

Thanks for this video I needed it

@SsgtHolland Год назад

Very smooth, Tricker.

@splashfreelance2376 2 месяца назад

Excellent tutorial. I watched it as a refresh, I often find little things I didn't know or had forgotten even if I'm fairly confident in the task, and that's true for this video. I have two comments: AAR is one of those tasks that 'clicks'. I found it really hard. As in, I could never be sure I'd be able to get fuel and that could be anxiety inducing if I'd just done the hard yards on a mission and I needed to refuel to get home. But then, one day - snap. It stopped being hard and became almost routine I say almost, because depending on the day, the weather and probably if Jupiter was retrograde with Pluto or something, I'd struggle a little bit. But I was confident I'd get it and get home. The second comment, is these skills appear perishable. I didn't fly the F-16 for a while. I'd been happily refuelling the Mirages, the Hornet and the Harrier. Then about six months later I jumped back into the Viper and AAR was hard again. It only took me a few attempts to get back in the groove, but for a while there, it felt like my boom refuelling skills had vanished. I found it incredibly frustrating to learn in the first place, and seriously thought I'd never get it. I wondered if it was my el-cheapo HOTAS or just a permanent skill issue but no. Something eventually happens with eye hand coordination and 'click'. For some reason, I mastered boom refuelling before basket but now, maybe because I only have one plane that requires the boom at the moment (hello F4!), I find it a little harder. I also find the guide lights very difficult to see sometimes, but I've watched IRL refuelling and that's what it's like for the real pilots as well. At least on video, maybe with their eyes the lights are easier to see for them. But if anyone is struggling, my experience was that it was near impossible hard until one day it wasn't.

@thelespauldude3283 18 дней назад

When this guide was released, i used it to learn how to do aerial refueling in the F16. Then i got the hornet and flew that for about 8 months without touching the F16 a single time. I just recently got back to the F16 and got reminded how little fuel it can carry, so here i am again relearning aerial refueling. For me the biggest problem without VR is judging the distance to the tanker. I have no issues holding it perfectly stable, but i always tend to be too far back or too far forward so im thinking about getting a VR headset just to be able to properly fly this beautiful bird. edit: When it comes to turns, you can set it up in the mission editor so that the tanker tells you every time its passing a waypoint. I just put down 4 waypoints in the same racetrack pattern the tanker flies. It tells you that its passing a waypoint and about 2 seconds later it starts to turn. The bigger you draw the racetrack the bigger the turn radius, so the tanker doesnt roll that much.

@void1968able 3 месяца назад

Well, the voice tone puts me in instant relaxing state, perfect for refueling :). Good hint: I never knew you could bind the "ready for pre-contact" to a joystick button. I messed up my smooth manouevers with that stupid key combos so many times... me being quite good at refueling at last this key command is still very valuable. "Transfer complete, disconnecting" is one of the most satisfying phrases. What might help: don't stare at one point, let your surrounding view and subconsciousness do the work. Like passing a truck with your car in a very narrow lane. Let your eyes fix a point in the distance and it works - still checking the F/A and U/D light of course. If you stare at the dangerous truck next to you then you'll over-steer, like the PIO pilot induced oscillation.

@GoofballVidProductions Год назад

Took a full tank today, for the first time ever in VR. Used to be pretty good at it, some 20 years ago in Falcon 4, but this was my first in DCS.

@TrickerDCS Год назад

Hell yah dude

@UWfalcin 7 месяцев назад

Managed today to fully reguel FA/18 with 3 fuel tanks on Growling sidewinder after not having tried since a year ago…And that was maybe 3 attempts that year. Managed to contact on command 5-6 times. Felt REALLY nice! Time to start doing this online. Everything changed when I started testing moving the joystick contantly and quickly with small motions but as gently as I could.

@TrickerDCS 7 месяцев назад

Good for you! 👏🏻

@trentsavation4817 Год назад

thanks for the vid

@felixf4613 Год назад

Yesterday I sucesfully AAR the Harrier for the first time. Now this vid showed up. 😀 Next level. F-16

@pd28cat 7 месяцев назад

Now having done this myself, I can appreciate how awesome Tricker is.

@TrickerDCS 7 месяцев назад

Nice work!

@TsZen876 11 месяцев назад

Beautiful

@irishpat64 Год назад

Thank You

@sedlo Год назад

Nicely done, Tricker.

@TrickerDCS Год назад

Thank you kindly Mr Sedlo!

@davidjames7382 Год назад

Always great videos Tricker! Just ordered some of my parts for my build last week. Ordering some more parts on Friday. Ordered my Foxxmounts last Friday. What stick, throttles and rudders do you use??

@jonathonmcrae5671 5 месяцев назад

I feel a big thing to remember is something the Thunderbird pilots use while refueling, is to wiggle your fingers and toes every once in awhile

@TrickerDCS 5 месяцев назад

Good point

@jonl.1603 Год назад

Nice flying, tricker! I find that if I put my fpm right on the tip of the boom OR top of hud supports touching the bottom of the tanker's inboard engines when getting into pre-contact, I'm at the correct height for refuel and only have to worry about fore/aft positioning. When you get close enough, the boom will lift up and get out of your way anyway. Irl, you dont fly under the boom, the boom operator pushes the boom all the way to his left to let you slide forward into contact position. Obviously not quite the same in dcs, but helps you deal with one less target when moving to contact. Another tip with throttle management: when you want to move forward or aft, blip your throttle in that direction for a moment then put the throttle back in its initial position. Do that repeatedly to get to your desired fore/aft position rather than big throttle movements to avoid pilot induced oscillation fore/aft.

@TrickerDCS Год назад

You hit the nail on the head! Nice comment

@martwint6 Год назад

Nice tutorial, really smooth. Sometimes the belly lights are hard to see. We need something like the Flols overlay of the carrier...

@TrickerDCS Год назад

Yah I would agree with you there!

@roter_milan Год назад

Great video mate, thanks for this! You really make it look so easy 😅 Maybe I should begin a daily 30 minutes AAR session for myself. Greetings Milan

@TrickerDCS Год назад

Thanks brother, greetings from USA

@roter_milan Год назад

@@TrickerDCS And thanks for the mission link, maybe I'll try it in one of my upcoming videos 😀

@3dmax911 Год назад

i have master the f18 & f16 in every aspects !! and I succeeded to AAR in the f18 but not the f16 !! just for a few seconds !! really its the hardest thing to do in DCS !! thanks for the tips !!

@3dmax911 Год назад

After a lot of practice i finaly become good (not mastring) the A-A refuling for the F16 and the F15-E strike Eagle

@phrozen755 Год назад

One of my favorite things to do in DCS :)

@stevo905 Год назад

Nice one!,any chance you can do a "how to" formation flying video,and do you use curves in your HOTAS settings? and if yes,what are your'e curves..

@HoundDogMech 8 месяцев назад

Love to ese a Video on the Arragement and Use of the Refuleig Light System on the Belly of the Tankers.

@TrickerDCS 8 месяцев назад

Noted!

@Tuuvas Год назад

daaaym, Tricker pumping out these tutorial videos

@TrickerDCS Год назад

Next is with an Xbox controller 😈

@Tuuvas Год назад

@@TrickerDCS 👀 and while ... inverrrrted?

@TrickerDCS Год назад

Bahahaha yasss

@thecasualgamer1457 Год назад

Still training for this, as it really got me frustrated! Trying again and again. Still not managed a full refuel, but have managed contact and about 800lbs of fuel. Thanks for the guide, but still shot the KC-135 down for my last attempt

@TrickerDCS Год назад

Haha just practice something else and then come back. Take breaks and have fun with it

@marswor Год назад

what are your curves for f16 if you don't mind sharing?

@BigHESS2009 Год назад

Thank you! Great video, love your content! May I ask you, do you use reshade?

@TrickerDCS Год назад

Hey thank you! I do not, all default

@BigHESS2009 Год назад

Oh wow, didn’t expect that! Thanks for the reply

@tenevas666 10 месяцев назад

J'ai plus de 40 ans, j'aurais souhaité que DCS existe lorsque j'étais jeune, ;) depuis je suis sur DCS depuis en gros 2012 ou 2015 et c'est un bonheur.......il existe depuis 2008 me semble ;)

@JayI Год назад

Also a throttle with a long throw makes this much easier to dial in the power

@ramtin-s8722 Год назад

I also find this very difficult..not with the hornet , tho…the viper is pretty hard for me…but the air brakes really help ..and turning doesn’t work for me yet haha

@horstweihrauch1 Год назад

SUS 4:23 "let's go ahead and slide on in... As you can see as I'm sliding in everything is nice and gentle, i'm not yanking and banking on the stick, everything is smooth transition."

@TrickerDCS Год назад

Always be gentle :D

@maikchaos 10 месяцев назад

Well made video, I enjoyed watching a professional at work. I really enjoy watching your videos

@erkancolakoglu237 6 месяцев назад

the hud shows at the side you look how could you do it? I use tracker IR too but the hud doesnt show where I look.

@MustardActual Год назад

I think people depend a bit too much on "tips and tricks." AAR is a stupid hard thing to do as a beginner. Once you learn how, it's just gonna take a lot of time practicing. You just have to put the time in, there's no way around it. Great video, though:) Putting the pre contact command on the hotas is a great idea

@badassoptic Год назад

Not sure why KC135 keeps turning or increase speed without notifying me

@simontwitchett672 Год назад

Your aircraft isn't moving all over the sky! What curves do you use for your joystick please?

@TrickerDCS Год назад

I just use 10 on pitch and roll for a warthog stick

@gnranger 11 месяцев назад

My issue is holding position with the tanker. I can get contact, but no matter how hard I try to use smooth motions, I get massive PIO.

@stevel1458 Год назад

DCS should adjust the refueling speed. IRL, the F-16 is refueled at 315 KIAS. The "other simulator" uses 300 KCAS, which is more accurate.

@Hatredy11 Год назад

The reasoning may be the A-10. Long ago, I remember first trying it with the A-10 and raging when I couldn't catch the tanker.

@yungcaco1443 5 месяцев назад

This works, I got it down in like 3 hours man. I feel pretty good considering some people here are saying it’s taken em months. Thanks!!

@cesarferrolho1647 10 месяцев назад

My problem is that when i get contact, the plane always seems to want to slow down and descend, even if it was having the opposite attitude just before contact, we are talking about small changes of course, but still, that tendency seems to manifest... also, rather hard to trim the plane for level flight, even for 5 seconds...

@sschreck 11 месяцев назад

Tricker ASMR “Go get that sweet JP5”

@alfredjr2k556 Год назад

That's right Tricker. Master arms off is the answer. Don't shoot the aerial tanker.

@joytoys5669 2 месяца назад

I'd like to try Track IR, how did you feel with yours, is that better than no track IR software? thanks

@TrickerDCS 2 месяца назад

Definitely use track ir

@joytoys5669 2 месяца назад

@@TrickerDCS well, it looks more stable than non-trackIR

@captaininsano564 Год назад

That’s some high quality h2o right there…..

@TrickerDCS Год назад

Captain insano shows no mercy

@ilankeren1449 Год назад

for me personaly dogfighting in the f16 is way harder than aar. i would love a good tutorial on that

@TrickerDCS Год назад

BFM or bvr?

@ilankeren1449 Год назад

@@TrickerDCS bfm

@jarrydlee7906 Год назад

Dude that was ridiculous. What flight stick and deadzone/curves do you use? My X-56 is impossible.

@TrickerDCS Год назад

Thrustmaster HOTAS

@M60A3 11 месяцев назад

On the mission I ask and he tells me « no can do, chicks in tow » like its a single player mission could I not have to wait

@sondrelima9982 Год назад

Try this with keebord and mouse😂

@TrickerDCS Год назад

Challenge accepted =D

@sondrelima9982 Год назад

Looking forward to it😁

@Mak10z Год назад

"Let's keep this in the groove, hey? Smooth moves, like smooth little babies." - Benny

@eatthisvr6 Год назад

is the left hand light forward/back and the right elevation?

@TrickerDCS Год назад

lol wut

@eatthisvr6 Год назад

@@TrickerDCS which light shoes what info

@TrickerDCS Год назад

@@eatthisvr6 ah sorry, left is up and down, right is foreword and back

@mrsirkosky7618 Год назад

5:21 i just literally tried to zoom in with the standard DCS keys to see the lights on the belly.........

@TrickerDCS Год назад

lol

@scrag0416 11 месяцев назад

Man I am struggling with this. Had it down.....then transitioned to the F-14 and got that down...came back to the F-16 and it's like data dumped it all. I am al over the sky.....keep practicing I guess.

@MNHemiGuy Год назад

HOTAS curves?

@TrickerDCS Год назад

10 and 10

@Hatredy11 Год назад

Whoever designed the light system must have been dyslexic. The lights on the left correspond to stick movement and the lights on the right are corrected with throttle. Am I wrong?

@Virtch Год назад

i dont have trouble getting into position, but maintaining that position is what kills me. literally. i pulled up a little too much on my most recent flight, and then end of the boom killed my pilot. i then decided "yeah i need help"

@Heitzsche Год назад

Ah yes, the only thing i dread having to learn with the F-16. 😅

@sondrelima9982 Год назад

Try with mose and keyboard, or you cant do that???Do you accept the challenge???

@horstweihrauch1 Год назад

tutorial how to get chad voice when?

@chadvader974 11 месяцев назад

hours and hours and hours and hours and hours ive tried to do this and cant.......

@billh308 Год назад

They didn't teach this at ATP

@TrickerDCS Год назад

Only how to make trains 🚂

@JayDKBGames Год назад

IM good UNTIL THE TURN LOL

@IulknPdshb Год назад

The biggest mistake is not setting high curvature on roll and pitch on the hotas. So don't make that mistake

@SPFLDAngler Год назад

Whenever I see landing/refueling videos on dedicated DCS channels I always want to see them try it with a crappy HOTAS One or any of the other awful T.Flight cheapass “console” HOTAS. You absolutely cannot get precise smooth movements out of it and the throttle? Lmfao… I have the curve set to 60 and a dead one of 8 for X/Y just to get some tiny semblance of control. The stick is stiff as hell and the tighten/loosen knob does nothing. You have to have the throttle and stick connected as one because the stick base isn’t heavy or wide enough to keep it stable on its own. I tried using it on a desk and if you try to roll the entire thing just tips over. I have to play with the whole thing on my lap. I ain’t shelling out near 100$ to get desk mounts for it and not drilling through my desk lol

@SPFLDAngler Год назад

If you say “ well just push down on the stick to roll” nope. They are so damn cheap that any pressure on the handrest of the stick will separate it. Like it literally pulls away and nearly snaps off if you do any more than rest your wrist lightly on it.

@MrBlueGameReal571 6 месяцев назад

they wont even respond to me

@TrickerDCS 6 месяцев назад

Make sure you’re on the right frequency

@MrBlueGameReal571 6 месяцев назад

it worked thank you!@@TrickerDCS

@Carnados 3 месяца назад

its SOOOO tedious

@extech921 Год назад

This is a joke .

@TrickerDCS Год назад

It’s not April fools anymore

@SuperAd1980 2 месяца назад

Refuelling "Made Easy" 1st thing you said... "Remember this is HARD" DOWNVOTE and moving on! 👎👎 I hate liars! 👎👎

@TrickerDCS 2 месяца назад

It’s a hard task to complete according to all fighter pilots 🤷🏼‍♂️

@SASCAT1972 Год назад

I get that it’s a learned skill, but there should be an ‘easy refuel’ option for those of us wanting realism in everything but still need help with this.