johnmjones1975 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 It really is fun to just jump in a simple primitive airplane (compared to the F18.) and go for a ride set up a fun mission in Caucus to fly about 75 miles Navigate based on taking Radial off of Tacan meet up with a JTAC and drop some laser guided munitions on a couple of unsuspecting tanks in the valley killing those tanks triggers a couple Migs to scramble stay in the valley, use your sensors (Or Awacs) and you can pop up behind them that triggers a bomber to take off pick off with your guns on your way home. Just a fun way to fly a mission and enjoy without massive workload managing so many different complicated systems. took me awhile to learn how to land the thing, just gotta learn how to trim and maintain turn at low speed and make sure downwind is far enough parallel of runway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 You have reached DCS Enlightenment! :thumbup: 2 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] http://www.476vfightergroup.com/content.php High Quality Aviation Photography For Personal Enjoyment And Editorial Use. www.crosswindimages.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cthulhu68 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 just gotta learn how to trim and maintain turn at low speed It always takes one too fast turn and the never ending stall warning to remind me its an F5 not an F16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiG21bisFishbedL Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 There's a simple enjoyment about the F-5. If a child were to ask you "What's a fighter jet?" the F-5 is basically what you'd describe. Reformers hate him! This one weird trick found by a bush pilot will make gunfighter obsessed old farts angry at your multi-role carrier deck line up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester986 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 I love it too. looking forward to more from that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraith70 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Would you mind sharing that mission? Sounds like lots of fun. I love the F-5 as well obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryM05 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I agree it's a great plane. Best advice I ever followed in DCS was to use the F5 as my first 'full fidelity' plane...really lets you learn how planes actually work without getting bogged down too much dense switch-ology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count von Altibar Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 It's a great aircraft and probably one of the best to start your DCS career in, I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOViper Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I fully agree. If a pilot is guided by a human AWACS or a GCI controller, the aircraft has the potential to be really harmful to F-15 & co. If loaded with two AIM-9P5 and no external loads, the jet is quite agile AND fast. You have chaffs & flares to defend yourself in case needed. I recently notched AIM-7M and R-27R successfully, and killed two highest skill AI pilots, and got some kills on the famous "Cold war Syria special edition" with this amazing bird. If you know how to handle and know its weaknesses, there are some options to make the life of the enemy hard. On the other hand, if a guy is behind you, not important which one, have the ejection seat lever in your left hand ready and start trim to full forward :cry: Visit https://www.viggen.training ...Viggen... what more can you ask for? my computer: AMD Ryzen 5600G | NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti OC 11GB | 32 GB 3200 MHz DDR4 DUAL | SSD 980 256 GB SYS + SSD 2TB DCS | TM Warthog Stick + Throttle + TPR | Rift CV1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Now hop on the 'Cold War 1947 - 1991' server with that F-5E and get into some real action :thumbup: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmjones1975 Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 Thanks for the heads up on the Multiplayer server, will try been trying to circle in Caucus valleys and ambush someone but keep eating missiles from F16's from about 300 miles away. I will post my very simple mission not easy to kick my 14 year old off the computer during Fortnite/Call of Duty marathons on the weekends cleaning it up and writing the mission briefing, playing with time of day for visual effects last night and before i knew it it was 3:30 am schoonights he gets booted at 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raisuli Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 It's a great aircraft and probably one of the best to start your DCS career in, I love it. That's exactly what I did. About as rusty as you can get, but I did manage a (very bad) landing at Ramat David the other day. Like riding a bicycle; you get it all back pretty quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon1-1 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 What this thing needs is more singleplayer content. I don't fly multi, and I think I managed to get through every single mission for it during the free trials earlier this year. A neat little bird, to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorelRo Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 What this thing needs is more singleplayer content. I don't fly multi, and I think I managed to get through every single mission for it during the free trials earlier this year. A neat little bird, to be sure. More singleplayer content is about to be released 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon1-1 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Well, if it's any good, then I might end up getting this plane one day. :) If kind of felt like a trainer at first (expected, seeing as it's basically a single-seat T-38 ), but after getting used to its quirks and shooting down a Russian AWACS, I found myself liking it a lot. Might be just the thing for introducing any visitors (...that I'll have once the pandemic winds down) to flying. It's reasonably simple, doesn't have INS so there's no need to sit and wait for it to align, and it's quite easy to fly, unlike the MiGs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northstar98 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Yeah, it's a great aircraft, and a brilliant first module, nice and simple. Only thing for me is the cockpit, which could do with an update and RADAR which is currently simplified. I think there might also be an issue with the RWR, whereby search mode doesn't let you see RADARs in anything other than a search mode, requiring you to keep changing modes. Modules I own: F-14A/B, Mi-24P, AV-8B N/A, AJS 37, F-5E-3, MiG-21bis, F-16CM, F/A-18C, Supercarrier, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Mirage 2000C, FC3, MiG-15bis, Ka-50, A-10C (+ A-10C II), P-47D, P-51D, C-101, Yak-52, WWII Assets, CA, NS430, Hawk. Terrains I own: South Atlantic, Syria, The Channel, SoH/PG, Marianas. System: GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32 GB, Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB (DCS dedicated) & 2 TB NVMe SSDs, Corsair RM850X 850 W, NZXT H7 Flow, MSI G274CV. Peripherals: VKB Gunfighter Mk.II w. MCG Pro, MFG Crosswind V3 Graphite, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOrion Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 More singleplayer content is about to be released info please RDF 3rd Fighter Squadron - "Black Knights": "Ar Cavajere Nero nun je devi cacà er cazzo!" My Blog (Italian): Notti a (Video)Giocare ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CPU: i7-11700K@5GHz|GPU: RTX-4070 Super|RAM: 64GB DDR4@3200MHz|SSD: 2x 970EVO Plus + 980 EVO Plus|HOTAS Warthog|TrackIR 5| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2alpha-down0 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 info please Probably talking about his upcoming campaign: https://forums.eagle.ru/forum/english/digital-combat-simulator/dcs-f-5e-tiger-ii/231428-f5-e-black-sea-resolve-79-campaign Early Cold War Servers https://discord.gg/VGC7JxJWDS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOrion Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 ah ok! Thanks Inviato dal mio iPad utilizzando Tapatalk Pro RDF 3rd Fighter Squadron - "Black Knights": "Ar Cavajere Nero nun je devi cacà er cazzo!" My Blog (Italian): Notti a (Video)Giocare ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CPU: i7-11700K@5GHz|GPU: RTX-4070 Super|RAM: 64GB DDR4@3200MHz|SSD: 2x 970EVO Plus + 980 EVO Plus|HOTAS Warthog|TrackIR 5| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 A really fun Aircraft. It's what i recommend to all my friends who are just starting DCS.:thumbup: MODULES: A10C Warthog,AH-64 D APACHE,AJS Viggen,AV8B Harrier,BF109 K4,C101 Aviojet,F14 Tomcat,F15E Eagle,F16 Viper,F5 Tiger,F86 Sabre,FA18C Hornet,FW190A8,FW190D9,I16 Ishak,JF17 Thunder,KA50 Blackshark,L39Albatros,Mirage2000C,Mirage F-1,MI24P,MI8MVT2,MIG15BIS,MIG19P,MIG21BIS,Mosquito FB VI,P51D Mustang,P47D Thunderbolt,SA342 Gazell,SpitfireIX,TF51D,UH1H Huey,Yak52. OTHER:Flamming cliffs,Combined Arms,WW2 Assets Pack,SuperCarrier. TERRAINS: Nevada,Caucasus,Normandy,Persian Gulf,Syria,Channel,Marianas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qiou87 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 This plane is just pure fun. I have flown the 16/18 for a while and just thought, let’s fire up that F5 and go for a ride in Through the Inferno. And I actually had a blast, dropped some bombs, fired some rockets, busted my gear like an idiot...and did all of that with a huge smile on my face. That plane is a gem to fly. AMD R7 5800X3D | 64GB DDR4 3200MHz | RTX 4080S 16GB | Varjo Aero | VKB Gunfighter Pro Mk3 + STECS + pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikita_nomad Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I keep hearing about f5 as a good first full fidelity jet. I was also suggested it by some guys. What's so good about it for beginners over any other modules? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Simplicity. It’s a jet you have to actually fly and not just “manage.” 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] http://www.476vfightergroup.com/content.php High Quality Aviation Photography For Personal Enjoyment And Editorial Use. www.crosswindimages.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 It's an amazing aircraft that has been around in one form or another for some time now and with the upgrades it has gotten it's still to this day a formidable fighter.I would love to see a modern version in DCS.:thumbup: MODULES: A10C Warthog,AH-64 D APACHE,AJS Viggen,AV8B Harrier,BF109 K4,C101 Aviojet,F14 Tomcat,F15E Eagle,F16 Viper,F5 Tiger,F86 Sabre,FA18C Hornet,FW190A8,FW190D9,I16 Ishak,JF17 Thunder,KA50 Blackshark,L39Albatros,Mirage2000C,Mirage F-1,MI24P,MI8MVT2,MIG15BIS,MIG19P,MIG21BIS,Mosquito FB VI,P51D Mustang,P47D Thunderbolt,SA342 Gazell,SpitfireIX,TF51D,UH1H Huey,Yak52. OTHER:Flamming cliffs,Combined Arms,WW2 Assets Pack,SuperCarrier. TERRAINS: Nevada,Caucasus,Normandy,Persian Gulf,Syria,Channel,Marianas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon1-1 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Its systems are simple, switchology is quite straightforward, and unlike the MiGs, for example, it has no major quirks that a beginner will struggle to overcome. It has little automation, but what is there is sufficient to make flying easy. The only thing that's really hard in the F-5 is ground attack, especially bombing, but learning to do it that way will make using the more advanced systems properly much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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