WytchCrypt Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Fantastic! Thanks Chuck, you're the man :thumbup: Alienware Area-51M: i7-9700K, 165Hz 27" ASUS Swift PG279 IPS with G-SYNC, 32GB DDR4 Ram, 1TB M.2 PCie x4 SSD, 1TB SSHD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6, Windows 10, CH Eclipse... Check out my fictional F/A 18-C Hornet and Su33 Flanker skins at: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/?CREATED_BY=WytchCrypt&set_filter=Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotRod87 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Thanks Chuck...I printed it out so I could study anywhere. My plan is when you release updates when the new ground attack systems come online I'll just reprint those chapters :smilewink: Why not just download it to your Ipad? EVGA 2080TI FTW3 ULTRA - 99000k - 32gb 3200 14-14-14-34 - ASROK Phantom 9 - EVGA 1300W - 970 EVO Plus 1TB [X2] - Noctua D15 - Noctua NF-A14 iPPC-3000 [X8] - Asus PG349q 34" 3440 x 1440 @120hz - Oculus S - EVGA D87 Case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAZnBLAST Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Thanks Chuck! My Hangar: F16C | FA18C | AH64D | F14A/B | M2000C | AV8B | A10C/ii | KA50/iii | UH1H | Gazelle | FC3 | CA | Supercarrier My Spec: Obsidian750D Airflow | Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K | 32GB DDR4 Vengeance @3600 | RTX3080 12GB OC | ZXR PCIe | WD Black 2TB SSD | Log X56 | Log G502 | TrackIR | 1 badass mutha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backy 51 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Always on top of it Chuck. Great guide/gouge as always! I don't need no stinkin' GPS! (except for PGMs :D) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panton41 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Great, now I have some light reading material for those downtimes at work. Windows 10 64-bit | Ryzen 9 3900X 4.00GHz (OC) | Asus Strix B450-F | 64GB Corsair Vengeance @ 3000MHz | two Asus GeForce 1070 Founders Edition (second card used for CUDA only) | two Silicon Power 1TB NVMe in RAID-0 | Samsung 32" 1440p Monitor | two ASUS 23" 1080p monitors | ASUS Mixed Reality VR | Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS | MFG Crosswind A-10C Warthog | AV-8B Harrier (N/A) | F/A-18C Hornet | F-16C Viper | F-14B Tomcat | UH-1H Huey | P-51D Mustang | F-86F Saber | Persian Gulf | NTTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WytchCrypt Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Why not just download it to your Ipad? Guess I could but I like a printed manual so I can make notes and highlight stuff...time to admit I'm just old school :book: Alienware Area-51M: i7-9700K, 165Hz 27" ASUS Swift PG279 IPS with G-SYNC, 32GB DDR4 Ram, 1TB M.2 PCie x4 SSD, 1TB SSHD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6, Windows 10, CH Eclipse... Check out my fictional F/A 18-C Hornet and Su33 Flanker skins at: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/?CREATED_BY=WytchCrypt&set_filter=Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griz Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 The quality and hard work you've put into this is very much appreciated, Chuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calys Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 PART 2 – CONTROLS SETUP PART 4 – START-UP PROCEDURE PART 8 – FLIGHT & AERODYNAMICS PART 9 – RADAR & SENSORS PART 10 – OFFENCE: WEAPONS & ARMAMENT PART 11 – DEFENCE: RWR & COUNTERMEASURES PART 12 – DATALINK & IFFThank you very much! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] S.O: Win 64bit MB: ASUSTek TUF GAMING X570P CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8 Core GPU: nVidia GTX1080Ti 8GB HD: Sabrent SSD 1TB RAM: DDR4 32 GB 1600Mhz Accessories: Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog Alim: 850 watt Corsair 850TXEU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cytarabine Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Thanks Chuck, great work as always. Required reading for all DCS Hornet drivers out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker69 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Great job as always.. thank you for your support with these wonderful guides Inviato dal mio iPhone utilizzando Tapatalk [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/139168989452694/about/ ASUS ROG - TM Hotas Warthog - TM Hotas Cougar - TM F-18 Grip - Oculus Rift S - Track IR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra747 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Thank you for all your hard work on these guides Chuck. Very much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolk Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Thank you very much Chuck !! Feel Like I'll Read it again soon :) Intel i9 9900K + 32GB DDR4 + RTX 2080ti Reverb2 & Rift S + Warthog + Saitek Pro pedal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trindade Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Thanks Chuck, great to see you back on business! :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charly_Owl Posted August 26, 2019 Author Share Posted August 26, 2019 Updaded Hornet guide on 26/08/2019: Updated Sensors Section with LITENING II Targeting Pod Added AGM-65E Maverick, AGM-84D Harpoon (BOL & R/BL), GPS-Guided Ordnance (Targeting Pod) and GBU-12 (Laser-Guided) Tutorials Updated IFF & Datalink Section Added hyperlinks in Table of Contents Fixed Typos Chuck's DCS Tutorial Library Chuck's Guides on Mudspike Chuck's Youtube Channel Chuck's Patreon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPEC Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 That's absolutly awesome. Thank you so much Chuck. The Tornado is being developed by as many people as the Tornado Development Team contains. It progresses rapidly with the speed of the Tornado development progress. It will be released at the Tornado release date. Support your local Getränkemarkt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Thank You Chuck! [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...
WytchCrypt Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Updaded Hornet guide on 26/08/2019: Updated Sensors Section with LITENING II Targeting Pod Added AGM-65E Maverick, AGM-84D Harpoon (BOL & R/BL), GPS-Guided Ordnance (Targeting Pod) and GBU-12 (Laser-Guided) Tutorials Updated IFF & Datalink Section Added hyperlinks in Table of Contents Fixed Typos Great Chuck! Could you please tell us what chapters were updated by the first 4 changes (I don't need to reprint the chapters with typo corrections). Thanks :smilewink: Alienware Area-51M: i7-9700K, 165Hz 27" ASUS Swift PG279 IPS with G-SYNC, 32GB DDR4 Ram, 1TB M.2 PCie x4 SSD, 1TB SSHD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6, Windows 10, CH Eclipse... Check out my fictional F/A 18-C Hornet and Su33 Flanker skins at: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/?CREATED_BY=WytchCrypt&set_filter=Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charly_Owl Posted August 26, 2019 Author Share Posted August 26, 2019 PART 9 – RADAR & SENSORS PART 10 – OFFENCE: WEAPONS & ARMAMENT PART 12 – DATALINK & IFF Chuck's DCS Tutorial Library Chuck's Guides on Mudspike Chuck's Youtube Channel Chuck's Patreon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WytchCrypt Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Thanks Chuck :thumbup: Alienware Area-51M: i7-9700K, 165Hz 27" ASUS Swift PG279 IPS with G-SYNC, 32GB DDR4 Ram, 1TB M.2 PCie x4 SSD, 1TB SSHD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6, Windows 10, CH Eclipse... Check out my fictional F/A 18-C Hornet and Su33 Flanker skins at: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/?CREATED_BY=WytchCrypt&set_filter=Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DucS2r Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Thanks Chuck :thumbup: I realize this is just a ditto post, but without your guides I would not be the fanatical flight simmer I am now. I have written technical manuals and I know how tough it is to do them right. You need an award for the amount and quality of your work! i9 11900KF, RTX 3090 24GB G DDR6X, 1TB SSD, 64GB Dual Channel DDR4 XMP at 3400MHz, Reverb G2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob10 Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 added hyperlinks in Table of Contents Thanks for the excellent guide and especially for this addition. I missed not having that functionality when trying to look up a specific topic. :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongo52 Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Thanks Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steinbauer93 Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Hello, can you please help me? I'm new in the DCS business. I want to buy a American fighter, so the F14 or F18. Is there an carrier included in the F14 product package? And has the F14 the vapor on the wings like the F18? And which Flys better and which is easier to learn? I hope I'm in the right threat, if not, sorry for that. Thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charly_Owl Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 (edited) Greetings, Steinbauer. You are not the first person to ask, don't worry. First, there is a carrier included in the base game both for the Hornet and the Tomcat; the CVN-74 John C. Stennis. Wing vapor effects are modelled slightly differently in the Tomcat vs the Hornet because the has LEX (Leading Edge Extensions) while the does not have them. However, both aircraft have wingtip vortices as well. In terms of flying better, there is no answer for that. Both aircraft have great flight models but fly differently. The Hornet has Fly-by-Wire (pilot input is interpreted by a controller, which translates these commands directly to the flight controls themselves) while the Tomcat has hydraulically powered flight control surfaces without FBW. This means that the Hornet is easier to fly by design, while the Tomcat can easily get you into unrecoverable spins if you are not careful with how you fly the aircraft. The Tomcat will force you to use your rudder, while the Hornet lets you get away with sloppier flying since the FBW will automatically help you to prevent the aircraft from going into these kind flat-spin-of-death of scenarios. Of course, the FBW cannot do everything for you, so you need to be careful as well. In my opinion, both aircraft are a lot of fun to fly because they both require you to develop different skill sets. Regarding the ease of learn, I would say they are equivalent. The Tomcat has two cockpits, so you can potentially learn two complementary roles in the same aircraft. The F/A-18C, on the other hand, was built for a single pilot with more functionalities available at the tip of your fingers. In practice, the Hornet benefited from technological advances like digital displays while the Tomcat has a more analog cockpit with old school "steam" gauges. The Hornet has more toys to play with but the Tomcat still has a decent ordnance selection available with one of the most powerful radars ever designed. IMHO there is no "better" plane. They are both fighter jets of their time, with the Tomcat being the pinnacle of the age of high-speed Interceptors and the Hornet being one of the most versatile multirole aircraft of its time. LCDR Joe “Smokin” Ruzicka, who was the Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) who flew the last F-14 Demonstration before the Tomcat’s retirement in 2006, once said: The better way to understand the differences between the F-14 and the F/A-18E/F is using the analogy of a muscle car to a mini-van, with the Tomcat being the former and the Super Hornet being the latter. The muscle car doesn’t have much to it in the way of fancy technology, just some raw speed and the coolness of a Steve McQueen movie, but it gets the job done. The mini-van on the other hand is a very nice car, complete with DVR’s for the kids, Air Conditioning, power windows, and lots of places to put your sippy cup. It’s a great car… but it’s still a mini-van. […] In the Tomcat, I think you had to be a better aviator because the technology just wasn’t there. It was up to the aircrew to maximize its performance (or minimize it if you sucked). Edited August 27, 2019 by Charly_Owl Chuck's DCS Tutorial Library Chuck's Guides on Mudspike Chuck's Youtube Channel Chuck's Patreon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steinbauer93 Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Thank you so much for your answer and your expertise. It´s really hard. I think the F18 is possibly the best way to start because of the fly by wire system, but the F14 is soo damn cool. I know that the F18 has got some great tutorials. Does the F14 got it, too? Another point is that the F18 has got a german (I´m german, so its a little bit easier for me :D). And another Question is: Are there (carrer-) missions in both packages? I really like carrier missions and tutorials. I´m looking forward to your answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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