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Hi Ian, You touched on a subjec dear to me. The fideistic "Submission to procedures cause by lach of understanding , skills and overall awareness". It's a plague in the Civilian Aviation World too, made worst by the general decadence of the world's pilots body caused primarily by, among other things, automation and unchecked market competition (also know as Far West market). One needs to be a free and out of the box thinker with some self esteem and IQ to understand that procedures are created by humans out of logic, common sense, experience and trial and error, they are not God's laws. They are guidelines to achieve acceptable results consistently by the majority. If one finds a better method with which he achieves constant and good results, he is doing nothing different from what the procedures creators did themselves and it's perfectly fine. Unfortunately inferior minds need constant guidance else they would fail systematically, consequently they worship procedures handed over to them as the 10 commendments. Needless to say they demonize those who can "create" because they can't and because they don't understand it. P.S. Your method is pure genious. Leave the sacred scriptires for those who burn witches ..

I love everything about this jet. Only trouble I have is getting it back on the ground the way the Air Force intended lol

Nice.

Regarding your observation (at time 1.52) about the lack of information on how the WSO contributes you may be interested in this vid that I came across ruclips.net/video/PlKNhF2D2Tw/видео.html

Question: Are these summer tactics and strategy, or general over tactics and stategy? I ask this because you said the Russian supply lines would be consigned to paved roads. IF the attack came, say late January or early February, wouldn't the terrain itself be frozen solid enough to support an advance on a wide front? Worked the oilfield up at Fort Nelson BC for a while. They had to let the muskeg to freeze hard enough so that the drilling rigs wouldn't sink in the swamp. I'm wondering if Northern Sweden isn't the same way, and would afford the Soviets an opportunity to attack on a broad front. In such a case that would be a game changer for the scenario. I'm not saying they'd put supply points out in the middle of nowhere, but the tactic of dropping bridges and other transport infrastructure would not be nearly as effective

Refreshing to see an A-10 scenario that actually puts it in a realistic situation, and lays bare its many challenges in executing its mission. This is not the stereotypical "Da Hawg is Da Best CAS platform and will kill all Da Tanks" and more of "we know this will be very difficult, but we believe we can train to a point where it's doable with the machine we're working with." I like that attitude.

Very nice and clear explanation, thank you.

Moving from warbirds to jets is an odd transition. From IL2 Wings of Liberty to F-5 seems like a solid choice. Though I do have a soft spot for the F-14, FA-18, and F-16. (Western child of the 80's...) After getting competent in a BF-109, and absolutely loving the Flying Circus WWI deathtraps (SpadXIII, or Albatross) The F-14 is that hot rod carrier monster that I just wanna go full afterburner and scream the throttle. Also, intentional flat spins just because... AI-RIO makes me nervous to pull the trigger on it. The FA-18, or F-16 is a toss-up for me. I love carriers, but probably prefer the F-16's flight model and envelope more. (Also that bubble canopy...) I suspect that I will end up buying all of those aircraft over time. Probably pickup the F-5, and a modern combat platform at the same time... Then swap between them. (I suspect that the competency of online pilots in F-5 lobbies will be equally as hell as IL2 lobbies... I know my peeps, and they ain't no slouches to air combat expertise) *I was never at the top of those leaderboards. ;) [I was never on the leaderboards... ROTFL] And of course I have eyes on the Mirage, as well as others... I'm kinda a sim junkie, and I love all the toys. And yeah, I gotta do a trial in the Jeff, since it's following is so faithful and almost spiritual. I prefer VR, but may end up picking up a head tracker for Star Citizen, and then see about comparing flat with track to VR in the future.

Awesome job guys, really cool concept, fantastic scenario design, absolutely loving your work!

Soviets biggest advantages: blind hawg driver + lofi mav screen. Still can't pick out those damn strelas from the rest of the white pixels to save my life, or my wingmans for that matter. Not until I'm basically in kissing distance at least.

Thank you Iain.

It’s great to hear from the pilots themeselves. Good to see what their thinking and experience was like.

Excellent vids

Noice!!

Is this target track script included in DCS or is it possible to download it?

This is as good as it gets - Sidekick, thank you for your excellent tutorials.

Murphys Laws of Combat rule #31: if its stupid but it works, IT AINT STUPID.

This was very helpful, now I know.

Just want to thank you for doing this series on the SU-25, I am interested in learning both the SU-25 and the A-4E as my primary strike a/c. Although they are separated by a few years, I love the idea of both of these classic Strike A/C. Joined the Navy in 1982, so the SU-25 is well placed in my memory and the A-4 was placed there by my Grandpa and Dad, also both Navy Men :)

Although many say, and I have to agree, that the SU-25T does fly like a brick compared to the A Model, do you think it is an accurate representation of the actual aircraft? Is one of the two a/c modeled incorrectly or was this the actual difference between the two?

great video sidekick. very informative

Err ... so what do I do with my pile of wood 😁 ???

can the f4e radar be used like the terrain avoidance radar in the viggen?

Great video, and great thoughts. The "reality" is that the numbers published in the weapons manual (or NATOPS) were developed during testing by test pilots, and while they serve(d) as a means to teach new and transitioning pilots to the A/C and its weapons, they were often modified "on-the-fly" by the pilots flying real missions in real time. The ad hoc methods were sometimes more or less documented, but often were part of local squadron lore passed on "word-of-mouth" to newbies when they reported to the squadron or wing ("The Book says do it that way, but we've found that THIS way works better..."). While that might not have satisfied an external check pilot, it probably happened a lot. That was probably A LOT more true in the era of the F-4 and before, and has certainly become less so as the systems have become more integrated and capable. One might argue this is why modules like the Phantom are so popular, as the hark back to a more "seat of the pants, results-based" type of combat flying than is present in a more modern "electronic" jet... In any event. Nice technique, I like it and will try it. Thanks and keep up the good work!

Great to see another video from you. I greatly enjoy the pace and content of your narration. It's informative in a way that is clear, well-ordered, and thoroughly enjoyable. Thank you for all the effort put into recording and editing this, I really appreciate it.

Your writing and delivery of your warnings was really well done and appreciated.

I like this relying on practice and trial and error rather than just relying on what the manual says. What I found in my testing in trying your method, is that I seem to have difficulty lining up all the values properly (speed, altitude, 10 degree angle). I did find consistency though. Most of the time my bombs went long!! Once I adjusted to that knowledge, I found ways to be accurate. I'll still need to practice a lot more though. My guess is through practice I'll probably find numbers that make sense to me, and that will become my own method. I remember the same thing happened when I was learning direct bombing in the Mirage F1... the tables 'kind of' worked, but I found my own method of being consistent with it. Eventually, we get good, and then we try it with AAA shooting at us in the middle of a hectic mission, and basically we drop the bombs praying that the 'bomb gods' will help our accuracy! Hehehe!

Hey Mate, Thank you for the video and totally agree with the developing your own ways. It's often encouraged in the real world as it builds actual understanding of aircraft rather than the monkey see, monkey do techniques Have you found a method that works [for you, or otherwise] with delivery of high drag bombs from low and level flight?

What was the translation / equation / math that got you from what the Bomb Computer suggested as Mil Depression to the 125mil that you ultimately used? Thinking about how to convert for other speed/angle/altitude scenarios.... OR... is that not likely to work? thx

What's ingenious in your method is that you're doing away with the altitude so there's one less parameter to mess up. This should work as long as you can find matching dive angle and sight depression values.

really great video - thanks for the info in which we enviroment we can choose these tactic (small arms) - can you also give an advice which drop method you would choose for an IR SAM enviroment

Thank you Iain.

I'll give this a shot and report back! Thanks, Lain for sharing your passion and expertise! Ok I see how it works! I gotta practice to get my hits in line with the target but it's working out!

Are you the same guy that does Greg's airplanes and automobiles or do you two just sound nearly identical?

Thank you Sidekick really enjoying your content. Your method has given me consistent results. I will be the envy of the next multiplayer session! Keep it up.

This profile worked for me, thank you.

I'm more impressed by accomplishing the mission than flying the numbers as prescribed and failing to hit the mark. Can't wait to try this out

We are the true believers ¡¡ The rest are the sinners. Love your videos Mr. Christie

Great comments at the end. To me, DCS is just a tool for choosing your own adventure. Sometimes I just want the virtual museum experience of admiring well modeled planes. Sometimes I just want the feeling of flight as best as I can get it. Sometimes I want a dogfight challenge, or role play a historical scenario. DCS can deliver all of these things pretty well - when I see that real world fighter pilots can have fun with it, I feel like I’m on the right path and not wasting my time with a junk product.

LOVE the Intro lmao...

Bring on the apostasy- it’s just a game. I mean, simulator. 😅

Great stuff. Didn't know you had added smoke markers to the bombing range. Outstanding. I was wondering how often FACs might have done this in say Vietnam and maybe only during CAS missions? Would having smoke maybe change the delivery mode? Maybe keeping it low and fast?

Thanks for another great video. So if I'm understanding correctly, it doesn't matter what your starting altitude is because you are waiting for the correct angle to the target? The whole method seems very clever, I'm excited to try it out myself. I do wonder how much you could speed up the process. That's a long time to be flying in a straight line, but I'm sure combining it with some sort of offset/pop-up would increase difficulty dramatically.

Thank you for this method!

DCS Greg

I was doing this with 500knots/500feet/flying level/140 mils, which i though was a liil bit off, but not by much. Gonna try this after work with some dive in there. And again, big thanx for your awesome tutorials!!! <3

You had me at “heresy”… :)

i love all the info, and somehow i feel like im learning from a dad...love your stuff, keep it up..

Nice! You figured out how to drop high drags without the reticle being so low you got nothing to aim with