F-16C Viper: Air To Air Refueling & Approach Tutorial | DCS WORLD 

Yeah, AA Refueling is hard as hell, I like basket more, but I don't get the Jet full either, can't hold position long enough 🙈 More Training...

Don’t feel bad bro iv been at it for 3 days and keep missing the boom 😂 but that’s why it’s so intriguing and satisfying lol now imagine having to do this everyday in under 20 mins 😂

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did not realise, thanks!

Let’s make it a little more simple! Cat 3 makes it easier to control the aircraft while trying to connect with the refueling boom... Auto Pilot ATT switch makes the plane stay steady at the optimum refueling nose angle... what I meant at the last section was that the refueling boom can move left and right without disconnect(but not up and down)

Atth hold doesn't work when aerial refuel switch turned on

Ah! Thanks a lot, I had no idea :)

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thx was a bit shaky lol

Actually I found that a hell of a lot easier than the F-15C.

@@grimreapers Eagle has conventional stick, no hard trim FBW and it is lot more sensitive. F-16 decreases stick sensitivity even more when fuel doors are open. If you select Cat III it can also dumpen steering impulses.

Yup always want to talk to real operators. Please give me a shout in the GR discord.

I owe a lot of gratitude to a boom operator at the 100th at Mildenhall. Gave him a photoproll somewhere post Desert Storm and he send them back with great pictures of SP F-16's over Iraq or Turkije somewhere!

Try using the engine rpm gauge, or the fuel flow gauge to judge power output. Real pilots memorize certain power and configuration settings on the airplane to get it to fly specific speeds and descent profiles. For example, a Cessna 172 will fly 90 knots, level in a clean configuration at 2300 rpm. A 500 foot per minute descent with no flaps for an ILS approach in the same airplane calls for 2000 rpm. With flaps 10 at 90 knots is 2300 rpm. Pitch- Power-trim in that order. Use the same configuration whenever possible. Now, in an aircraft like the f-16 you’ll have to throttle and trim for different payloads and weights, so the throttle wont always be the same. so faint the setting which holds the desired airspeed, if the setting you have is too much, reduce it until you begin to decelerate, note both fuel flow/ rpm numbers, the setting you need is somewhere in between that. You cant fly with precision if you don’t measure what you’re doing. Now pitch is infinitely easier to manage when you watch your Velocity vector (aka flight path marker) set it level to the horizon. And keep it there. If you’re fighting a lot of pitch up[/down, learn to use the trim. When I fly IRL, trim is key to good flying. Set your power then trim for that airspeed. The f-16 in DCS has a lot of Dutch roll and Ive found you really shouldn’t use the rudder to adjust your left/right position, its just too unstable, so roll gently. Use your fingertips to manipulate the joystick. No more than maybe 3 degrees of bank. Small inputs, small corrections. Flying an ILS is much the same way, to say on glide path, use the throttle and adjust for your glide path using power changing by only SMALL corrections and WAIT for the slope to return. Localizer path same deal, a few degrees left might cause the needle to move too much, note it, then go right til it stops or returns the other way, again you know the heading/power setting in somewhere in between 2 extremes but ALWAYS small corrections.

Turn on music. Helps me a ton. I usually fly with a friend of mine and we will chat while one of us is refueling. Helps keep you relaxed. Turn off your radios if using srs. The lights are all that matter, fly the lights and you will get it.

Have you properly set your Axis curves?

Fast forward 6 months, aar disables auto pilot

lols

Thanks

I get the same result

Press Enter.

Didn't the yesterday's update give us a very simple damage model?

@@TealJoshYeah, but I think that's a "placeholder."

@@romakrelian but can the plane be killed by other means than squashing the pilot? I haven't tested post update f-16 yet, so I don't know.

@@TealJosh Well, I was hit a few times by AAA and didn't notice anything. Then again, I never die on purpose, so I'm not quite sure.

Yup! missions vids start tonight.

Both of those are correct yes :-)

I didn;t realise about the door. Thx

@@grimreapers I think the OPEN DOOR 5 mins before applies when you have external tanks , not when you are internal fuel only?

The external tanks are pressurized by bleed air to move fuel to internal tanks. This is the pressure you are relieving by opening the AR door 5 minutes prior.

This one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3wRw3_ufFqM.html

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@@grimreapers thanks bro

hmm will have a look for some functionality but it's also certainly an external script function.

@@grimreapers For sure, but a might useful one for mission replayability. Thanks!

@@davidhaystacks4153 Sure, I'll check it out. Sadly, I'm highly illogical myself but perhaps I can work it out lol

Impossible that slow. 350+ best.

270 is the default F-16 mission speed for tankers. If you make a custom mission I think you can set the airspeed of the tanker higher if needed.

I refueled my first time successfully yesterday with an f-16 and a tanker that flew at 200 knots IAS lol, was hard as fuck

Trust the lights. And if you can't see them, just make very very tiny adjustments until the guy says you are plugged in. Or just go land and refuel, it's easier 😂

Good Lord

why does it matter?

@@lordofweed because the F-16 is a lot more unstable at low speeds. It's more like drifting in the air, rather than flying an airplane. The F-16 was designed to only be aerodynamically stable when it's supersonic. The slower you get, the more unstable it is, which makes it harder to do small corrections.

The speed for refueling an F16 is 310KCAS.