F-5E FCU In War Thunder : A Basic Review 

Yeah they definitely realize who they were fighting against.

@@TinchoX .. it was obviously a joke ..

Tim is way better at this game than me that’s all I know

@@tomsmith7207 I consider myself average. When I'm playing "for real" (not for recording footage) I have just as many bad matches as good ones. :-)

@@TimsVariety Haha humble too. Man’s got my vote.

It would never be left out, but the retention stats (which, unfortunately, matters a lot) are much higher when I put it later in the vid. I haven't decided what I'm going to do long-term.

@TimsVariety Yeah, I understood you were looking at it from a viewer retention standpoint. All media seems to be going bite-sized because of attention spans these days.

@@retromecha I just wish that particular metric wasn't so critical.... I absolutely *hate* the whole "chase the algorithm" thing.

I agree! I don't understand people who skip it

@@Jatzki Its not that people skip it - its that they click off the video. :-\

Your videos always bring me joy Tim. Life’s been tough for me the past week. Life changing. I won’t go into the sob story but it’s RU-vidrs like you in warthunder and through RU-vid in general that always gives me something to do and to look forward to. I know you worry a lot about “ZE ALGORYTHIM” but don’t ever skimp out on quality man. It’s in short supply these days. ❤

Get some rest! o7

Its on the list.

@@TimsVariety Ooo Interesting

I just want you to know - because of this comment, specifically, I got motivated to finish editing the F-15J review. It will go live as next week's Saturday release - again, specifically because of this comment. o7

@@TimsVariety that's why ur the goat

I had a whole section in the 'history' segment discussing King Rama's pilot background, but had to cut it for length :-( Really interesting guy to read about.

@@TimsVariety Dang. Any chance you'd consider a short history ramble for a video? (Unless that would hurt the stats.)

Thank you - last week's review of the Bf-110 performed much better than expected, with a HUGE chunk of the views coming from "external" (which includes discord links/embeds) rather than youtube.

Rather than list everything it doesnt have, I just mentioned its 2 targeting modes and that it has no other advanced features. Combined with the stat card shown in the corner, the lack of IFF should be fairly obvious.

No, the F-5E is perfect at 10.7 where it's at. Kinda starting to get sick of people trying to uptier every US vehicle that ends up in its appropriate BR. Play the tree, not the singular vehicle before you try to say this

I've seen people doing that a LOT lately - J out to try and deny someone a kill rather than take the L. Its the worst poor sportsmanship I've seen in the game, and its happening a lot ....

@@TimsVariety Most of the time it credits someone with the kill at least. On the other hand it's infuriating seeing someone nose dive into the ground to avoid letting anyone get the kill credit bc they're a sore loser. They really need to just give kill credit or something for those instances...

@@_ace_defective_ This exact same thing happened AGAIN in another review I have coming out in a couple weeks.

@@TimsVariety 😭 it's seriously a problem, they just need to give people kill credit for maneuver kills already

@@_ace_defective_ For bonus frustration, the vid coming out in a couple weeks has not only a j-out kill, but also a more normal "maneuver kill" without credit....

wdym, what about the phantoms, f15 and f16??

The F-4EJ and EJ ADTW did already have flares at 11.0. But I wouldn't blame you for forgetting them because those jets are also actual garbage...

@@camilorodriguez5602he was trying to say earliest but is also wrong about that.

Probably not a whole new review, but sometime this summer a few planes I reviewed like 2 years ago will be getting a revisit.

@@TimsVariety sounds good

But the grind has nothing to do with the plane or even the tree? Lol. Just hop in a more active Squadron, you get it pretty quick.

Long and complex.

Yes, its notably better when the history segment is later in the vid. I still think the video flows MUCH better with it at the beginning though, so I haven't made up my mind if I'm going to make it a permanent change or anything. I may end up just moving it later in the vid for shorter "quick" reviews, covering minor update versions of planes I've already reviewed. The JAS-39C for example, where I've already reviewed the JAS-39A, and the real-world history/context is just an update to info I've already presented elsewhere.

I fully predict the Thai Harrier and Thai JAS-39 coming after the R2Y2 line of the tech tree.

​@@TimsVariety I also imagine Japan's AJ may get replaced by one of the Thai F-16s

​@@TimsVarietyI hope they give Japan a Mongolian line. Sure, it's just Soviet stuff, but it's variety and we're low on unique designs anyway.

Mornin

night for me

Mornin

​@@Wombat343 no f-15 J vid for you🙅‍♂️

o7

If we ever get it in the game, I'll have a review up.

@@TimsVariety because It’s famous for Shooting down Korean airlines flight ✈️ 007 remake ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fDBz9WD2hb8.html&si=pDTHBQ0A50tVdpq- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k8vIt-5C_DY.htmlsi=TDHeuaRIfGLfIdyZ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007 m.imdb.com/title/tt1597909/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-15 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-15 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kf_OCsEAi7w.html&si=0ACwHKly_7gbYNDs ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-INF71_9XLEo.htmlsi=7wdXrobP8O267oZ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KwmNn7yGcEQ.htmlsi=H3JbXuhdKXT45FhB Sukhoi Su-15 Flagon - A Short History RU-vid· A Short HistoryJan 1, 2022 Sent from my iPhone

@@willgibson9718 Yes, I know, and I would certainly mention the history of its use against civilian airliners.

I use it sometimes, its pretty handy for base bombing.

Thats called ACM Boresight targeting, and I cover it in detail in my radar tutorial ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n78r6klLlEQ.html

@@TimsVariety oh shoot thanks man

I fully predict the Thai Harrier and Thai JAS-39 coming after the R2Y2 line of the tech tree.

@@TimsVariety god no I dont want it

Thats the F-5C, not this one.

@@TimsVariety ah damn