DCS F-14 Tomcat CASE I Carrier Landing Tutorial
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
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A quick-ish look at how to get to grips with the CASE I recovery in the amazing Heatblur F-14B Tomcat.
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Disclaimer: This tutorial is not perfect, I'll probably re-do it at a later date once I get more familiar with the aircraft and its procedures but I hope it helps you guys out. Please forgive any mistakes.
Fuck those people complaining, that was a good lesson thank you !
We are running Open Beta @ckatlinga
Still good enough :)
Your tutorials are awesome /)
This may interest you Mav...
ruclips.net/video/VSwLSEQjxfg/видео.html
F14 pilots chatting on a radio cast!
Have you heard of this Mav....
ruclips.net/video/SjArYxIxB1M/видео.html
why is no one talking abt how hilariously hard this is
I mean it’s not easy IRL lol
Looking good? -Check
Feeling good? -Roger
Smelling good? *CHECKLIST CANCELLED*
Mine got cancelled at step 1
Roger, ejecting!
"The Tomcat has a very good Au'Oh Thra'Oh."
LOL.
_"Ottle Throttle!"_ Great tutorial and great accent.
This is seriously one of the most brilliant Case 1 landings I have seen on RUclips, can't tell you how many times I've watched/studied this. One thing that blows my mind is how the heck do you get on speed and trimmed out so fast after completing the initial 180 break back towards the carrier?! You get dialed in so quickly and so precisely! Is there heavy use of DLC, or is that purely from trimming and managing throttle? I always run into the issue with struggling to keep the nose from taking a huge dive and losing too much altitude after completing the turn and trying to get on speed. Never quite sure when to get back on the throttle and how much to give. You do it flawlessly man, so many things happening in such a short window of time! Truly impressive! Cheers!
excellent landing. finally someone who notices (and actually cares about) that weird E looking thingy :)
I prefer to your tutorials over the reapers. That guy is too excited when he talks and I feel you explain it better. Cheers man.
Gotta love all the info the reapers put out, just frustrating how you can't get through a video without finding 3 mistakes pointed out in the comments. Doesn't help that half the videos are shot in early access either.
His tutorials are alright but watching him play with other people is infuriating the guy is a jackass
@@jmax8692 bet you touch yourself to caps voice
Ewen McGregor stars in this gritty drama about a young Scottish heroin addict who becomes a naval aviator. With Robert Carlyle as Meg Ryan and Rab C Nesbitt as Goose....
Finally a proper case 1. Thanks Maverick, outstanding!
Wow, your tutorials help a lot! Much better than other tutorials (looking at you Grim Reapers)
I still only catch 4-Wires, but hey Jester and I are still alive
Grim Reapers tutorials are quite bad in general imho.
In the fleet out on deployment or doing work-ups with the CvBG, most of the time there will be a guard ship stationed 1000yds directly aft which in addition to being there to pick up anyone who goes in the drink is also there for a quick indexing while landing. You should be coming out of the 90 just forward of the duty guard and is especially useful while doing quals.
I found this tutorial informative and easy to listen to. The humor caused me to chuckle in places! I think a perfect combination of info and fun. Thanks for creating it!.
“In case there’s a woman on board..”
Me: where is he going with this?
“We want to make sure we look as cool as possible, like cool volleyball players.”
Me: ohhhhh nice xD good one lol
Iceman is already oiled up. You can be his wingman anytime, Mav.
me: lookin good feelin good let’s land this thing
*forgets to set hook*
Bolter Bolter Bolter! :(
Same thing happened to me in the hornet except my gear wasn't down
@@FlumpFlibbus LMFAOOOOL
You seriously need to upload more content. After your Harrier landing tutorial, you're my favourite "instructor" in DCS. We NEED more content from you! :)
What a cracking tutorial. I've just bought heatblur IFE Tomkitty and super carrier pro for flight sim. This helps ne loads. Thank you.
Great to hear!
Good stuff Mav, getting it down nicely
Thanks for taking the time to make this video. It’s been immensely more useful than any other tutorial vid I’ve seen so far. 🖖😀
Bruhhh you make that look so damn easy and after starting dcs this weekend past I know it is gonna take a lot of practice to get to that point but this video helps TREMENDOUSLY! Thanks Mav! Keep up the good flying!
6:40 That very important wing sweep as you pass the ship...... the chic on the deck might see it........ man that is hilarious :)
I've just begun to trial the F-14 once again; your talent as an instructor is huge. One of my favorite documentaries of all time is "Speed and Angels" (available now on RUclips), about the last two US Navy pilots trained to fly the F-14........ as I'm following your tutorials I appreciate even more the challenges those pilots faced.
You just helped another newbie learn to Case I. Brilliant video tutorial. Easy to understand if you know how to fly the Cat even with rookie skills. I'll be sure to share this with people who want to learn right away!
This video would have been fantastic if you showed your control inputs so we could see how much throttle and trim was used.
Great video, I appreciate it! Getting in speed in the downwind is the sticking point for me. Feel like I trim too much nose up and end up floating to too high an altitude, need more practice I guess
"You're Goddamn right Jester!" Had me laughing!
Great guide just got my first two consecutive landings following this. :)
The perfect landing of all time in dcs, no explain needed
This is just eye-watering and perhaps a DCS "First" -- A CASE I video before (not after) Early Release. Well Done, Maverick!
Nicely done Sir ! Would you happen to have the mapping of your keys for the Tomcat available somewhere ? Thanks a lot.
Man I wish Meg Ryan would have seen that 3 wire!
you see the wings move out in the rear view mirror!! so fkin cool man!
You can also see the DLC popped up in the mirrors, no need to give your neck a cramp. I give them a quick flick up and down to make sure they're operating properly while checking the top mirror myself. Great vid!
id love to see the input visualization (the ctrl+enter one). Id be nice to get a rough idea for how much power/roll/rudder is used, it'd def help me land
Question: You are not using auto throttle in this video correct? Also, on the final turn towards the back of the carrier how do you keep your onspeed AOA so perfect? Are you primarily managing throttle, or constantly trimming as well to keep the E bracket centered? Much use of DLC? My issue is that right at the last second when I level out from the turn just as I'm about to reach the deck my AOA goes totally out of whack. Do you have a recommendation in terms of keeping it simple / focusing on just certain control elements and leaving others alone? I think I might be messing with too many things and making it overly complicated. But at the same time, every adjustment with the Tomcat then requires re-adjustment of some other area. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you very much! Still the absolute best Case-1 vid in the Tomcat on RUclips, hands down!
LOL a female on the deck - classic.
Still a great example in 2024. Thanks for sharing this!
You're very welcome!
Nice landings! I remember watching your F-18 case 1's. Looks like all that Hornet time has really helped, these landings look a lot better than your initial Hornet attempts :)
Agreed, being intimately familiar with where I 'should' be really helped out :)
I think this is the best Case I recovery tutorial on here. I used to do these over and over with the F-14 mod (F-15 cockpit) a couple years ago, ready to jump back into DCS for the Cat. I was an 80's kid, this module is a dream
Amazing Landing Performance. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome video. Simple clear, to the point!
Very very good landing and thank you very much for this tutorial !
Great balls of fire, that was a beautiful landing!
Wow mate, fantastic approach and 3-wire trap, it looks so easy in your vid XD
What a great video! THanks a bunch! This is a massive help.
This is my first module purchase on DCS since I’ve always been interested in it but I didn’t really feel like emptying my wallet but since the F-14 has always been my all time favorite plane, I had to get it and since I’ve never flown properly in DCS I’m super bad, although I did get my first carrier landing last night (albeit super rough) I’m pretty hyped for getting good at the f-14 over the next few days/weeks
Same with me!
Amazing vid, would be great to have the input screen up so we could see the inputs, I can't even get close to this and I suspect it's power related
cramthelan I hear you big dog! I’m going to do another one that will be more accurate to how the real guys did it. Should take me a few weeks tho
@@104thMaverick Fantastic! You're the best. Look forward to it :)
@@104thMaverick Hey man. Did you get to do the other landing video?
Perfect, Awesome, amazing, informative and TO THE POINT! Great job!
Liked and subscribed. I hope there are some volleyball loving hotties on the carrier next time I sweep my wings and do a perfect CASE I thanks to you!
Just FYI IRL if you rested your hands on the throttles while engaged it would only take 5lbs of pressure to disengage them. It was actually a check we did often for auto throttles so resting your hands on them was probably not a good idea.
Thanks for the heads up sir, great advice and always fantastic to hear from a real Tomcat aviator
Great video. You nailed the 1st rule of being a Fighter Pilot: Look good! :) Altitude and airspeed are over rated.
I swear to fucking neptune my AOA never stays the same, I'm gonna trim it, then 5 seconds later it goes off trim, there's gotta be seagulls playing with my tailerons or something
Gentlemen, I am happy to announce that shortly after making this comment, I have indeed mastered the F-14 at landing, and it's never been a problem since, I even get 3 wires!
It's doable guys, you really just gotta tame her that's all, or maybe she tames you..
Please keep making these this entertaining! You forced me to subscribe.
Thanks for the CASE I sample - it will helps a lot.
Aaaaand subbed. Great teaching man.
I know this video is old, but it's really great to watch someone do this and have them slowly explaining things out at first and speed it up as the procedure goes on. A lot of the stuff for this procedure just barely made sense because in most cases it doesn't seem like you should have a speedbrake for landing, rely so much on weird flaps and stuff to land but seeing it in motion it makes much more sense. I know this video is old, but I do have a question. Do you possibly know why the procedure asks for wings swept back so far on the approach? Wouldn't it make more logical sense to have the wings forward for lift and to slow down? I don't know, just has always seemed odd.
The wing swept back was purely aesthetic mate, they simply did this because it looks cooler 😆
Thanks for the kind words, I’m glad the video helped.
Appreciate you going over the ottle throttl mate.
That’s otta problem brother 🤣
I need to watch this 10 more times
Serval question maverick
1 how do you maintain on speed whilst the rpm is around 90%, for at 90% rpm the aircraft would accelerate for which would rise the E bracket over over 10 AoA making it unreachable , for me is usually 85%~86%rpm
2how do you ensure stable banking and on speed while the aircraft is in 120 knots extreme low speed, and still having steady glide slope
3 the dlc is highly disruptive to aoa and on speed, but in you video, there is no such sign
4 in manual, dlc are designed to control sink rate without using throttle, did you use both throttle and dlc on on final approach? If is, how do you still ensure sinking while having an 90% high rpm?
if you don’t mind, please consider remake a video that could show your stick movement as well as the mirror to help us learn about your control. you have so far the BEST carrier landing in RUclips
Cheers. It’s great having these guides ready for launch. I’m probably still going to spend the first few hours, threading her in between Dubai’s skyscrapers though 🤣🤣🤣
Would have loved to see the control box in bottom left but great tutorial.
Not sure what impresses me more, the carrier landing or that accent!
You make this look easy and I feel completely incapable-Meg laughs at me every time and Joker is constantly telling me to tell his wife and kids he loves them. ughh.
This was a very nice and useful tutorial! Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
- How do you set the course line (boat direction)?
- So you just move the stick slightly up down left right in auto mode? I have to try that...
- Except looking good and impressing the girls on deck, why manual and 68 degrees wings?
-There's a course knob on the HSD frame
-Basically what we shouldn't do in the Hornet... :D
-It adds drag while pulling AoA and you want to slow down in the break
Awesome freaking video. Just landed my first F14 on the carrier but came in way to hot and low. LSO marked me for no proper communicaiton also. Now I know.
You make it look so easy. I find the tomcat very difficult to control when on speed. What curve do you use? X52 @25% all axis is not working so hot for me lol
Hi Paul, I use a curve of 8 when flying the Tomcat on all 3 axis. It just takes time mate, the more practice you get the better you become 💪
@@104thMaverick working diligently. Still rather new to the game and of course I pick the hardest jet to cut my teeth on lol
Can I blame the stick? Because i could never dream of having my cat so smooth and so well trimmed. 2 wire galore.
An ACLS video would be superb.
2:02 - most crucial part. get this right first or dont even try.
Great instructions and a positive approach to your direction. It's my intentions in the near future to be proficient with the Tomcat, it would really help me if you could give me a recommendation on the computer size or proper graphic card, RAM ect. Looking forward to more instructional video. Good video
My specs are listed in the description if you want to take a peek sir.
RAM wise I highly suggest at least 32GB if you can stretch to it, DCS can be very RAM intensive and having only 16GB can be a slight handicap in certain servers or missions.
@@104thMaverick okay thanks for the info, and again I got alot out of your instructions. 🇺🇸
Love your video. I tried exactly how you described it and ended up head butting the ship more often than not. Keep your awesome work up. I will improve
Funny thing is I got better when I realise the pitch ladder isn't the same as the hornet. In my practice I forced it to a -3 glide slope and accident happen. This pitch ladder thing is very confusing when there isn't any tutorial for it.
Yes, perplexing isn’t it. Definitely takes some getting used too 🫣
Great tutorial, Maverick. I'll be sure to have this video open tomorrow.
Wings swept for the break. Got it. LMAO. You're the man.
How long do you reckon you've spent working the boat? I'm a long way off being this smooth awesome work!
Not that long mate, I think all the practice in the Hornet really set me up well for landing the Tomcat. Before filming I practiced for about an hour to make sure I was sharp.
@@104thMaverick
Perfect.
I've been trying for 5 days and done around 50-60 traps and NOT ONE TIME I did an OK 3 WIRE Grade.
I'm doing something wrong obviously ...
Just perfect!! Well done!
Thanks a lot!
Hi Maverick great video and very controlled flying and that's what originates this post. Case 1 after the break you keep 800 ft altitude really smoothly. When I do my break turn I'm really fighting the plane to keep it at 800ft in terms of the additional lift from the wings coming forward and then the drag from lowering the gear and flaps. I'm not very smooth. Do you have any tips to help? Are you using constant rudder input to keep your turn smooth. Any advice will be greatly appreciated 🙏
Hi Justin, in regards to maintaining 800ft its important to be ahead of the aircraft and to be able to predict how its going to behave as the wing position changes, so this means making control adjustments before the aircraft reacts, essentially what I mean is you have to start counteracting the aircrafts tendency to want to climb before it actually happens, this takes a lot of practice my friend and is something I struggled with early on.
Its also very important to always start the turns with the rudder and never the stick, I don't tend to keep the rudder in all the way around the turn however there are certain wind conditions where this will be required.
Practice makes perfect my friend, I struggled for a good while before I got on top of the aircraft to this level so don't be to hard on yourself if you don't see results straight away, remember... this is the hardest thing you can do in an aircraft! But the good news is if you continue to practice you WILL see results my friend and then you'll be catching those crispy groove entries that give you lots of confidence to fly the ball all the way down to the 3 wire.
@@104thMaverick ty for your reply. I'll keep practicing 🙂
Hi Maverick. So when, for example, the gear is about to come down, you know your nose is going to dip because of the drag. To you counteract this with pitch adjustment only or to you pre-trim at the crucial point. As always brother your guidance is appreciated.
*do* not to
Very well done! If you redo this tutorial could you please add your control input indicator?
God damn beautiful landing! But should have buzzed the tower first!
You make it look so easy! This is the most frustrating thing ever
Try flying this pattern at altitude like 5800 ft with 5000ft being the deck a couple times. Should help with trimming and pattern checkpoints before smacking into the water
@@ml1754 I spent a whole lot of time practicing last night and I think I've got it down now! :)
Maverick, fantastic tutorial. I am still straining to get lined up correctly on the e-bracket in this jet. In the hornet I get speed settled in and use trim to get it on the e-bracket and it stays there no problem. In the 14 I feel like the e-bracket is constantly moving and I'm having to chase it with trim constantly. Any tips or ideas about what I may be doing wrong? Again, I have LOTS of wire 3 traps in the hornet but this is really vexing me. Thanks for the help!
Same here. I have no problem in the Hornet but this beast is something else. Mav makes it look so easy so it must be me. If you get it sussed please share how you do it. All the best!
Sim Deck thanks buddy, will do.
You guys always make it look so easy...
Top notch! Great work. Now do it in zero visibility.
Always a helpful video.
Glad you think so!
big fan of the au-o thro-o
I hear you big dog
Sorry to harp Maverick. In terms of arresting the drag from the gear down do you compensate with power or stick or do you pre-trim or a combination of all of the above? As always, your guidance and help is greatly appreciated.
Both my friend, stay in front of the aircraft ;)
My throttle control is aweful lol think i need a few maual traps before i go auto
Mav, this is a great video. I'm working on my traps now, trying to get more proficient at them. The main issue I'm having is throttle control. I want to get good with manual throttles befor letting AUTO take over. The only thing I want to see in videos like this is a repeater for your input, so guys like me who can't quite get positions right can see where you are putting the controls at certain moments.
I'm loving the 'Cat, she really needs finesse and I'm working still on calming down my inputs.
I suppose the smarter thing to do would be to try landing on solid ground first >_>
I'll do some Live Stream CASE I sessions mate on twitch with the controls showing soon. Hopefully that will help out.
@@104thMaverick That would be great! I got my first couple 3 wires today but I went way outside NATOPS and started on the groove more like 1.2nm out instead to give myself more time to get the bird where I wanted it to be. I can get everything else sorted, but in the final 90s I tend to get swallowed up chasing the E bracket and trying to balance engine power with DLC and everything else.
Very important step there at 6.44 :D
You were totally spotting the deck!!
cool story fam
Well Done Maverick!!! Great Video. Say Hi to everyone for me.😀
Thanks! Will do! Great to hear from you old boy
What curvature do you use on your stick and throttle? Your landings make CASE I look easy.
25 on all 3
@@104thMaverick thank you!
minor thing but when you said you were at 600 ft you were actually at 700. need to reference the radar altimeter for the approach also shown as the right vertical strip with the dots on the hud. also would have been nice to know the proper abeam distance since that varies per aircraft iirc and is a big point to hit for a good lineup (saw this later in the video so nevermind). good looking tutorial though! also why is it in the procedure for 68 deg wing sweep for the upwind? I dont see why you cant just leave them in auto the whole way so I dont know if there is an actual reason or its just showboating
Thanks for the feedback... I spoke to a real Tomcat pilot regarding the 68 degree wing sweep and asked him the same question... he told me there was no operational reason for it, they simply did it because it looks cool :D
@@104thMaverick A proper reason to come in that way.
@@104thMaverick more than fair! Just wanted to clarify. Thought initially it might be trim related since you need a lot of nose up trim to get that 15 unit aoa I would imagine so thought it might start you closer to it. But guess not and that's fine
IIRC I've read (written by Victory205) that the 68° has the purpose of having more drag when initiating the break as well. It's like a delta wing, being a massive airbrake with some AoA.
@@CakePrincessCelestia makes sense
Do you have to use the DLC to help descend in the groove while using AUTO throttle or is it enough to be on speed to descend?
I am also trying to figure this out. So far just using AUTO throttle on the F-14 has not being as useful and reliable as the Viggens Auto throttle.
Can you be on speed without descending? brilliant video, im just doing case one mysef at the moment but fiding it difficult to not chase the E bracket.
Thanks mate! Yes you can be, in the downwind you should be on speed flying level at 600ft by the time you’re abeam.
Takes a lot of practice tho my friend
Great vid, Maverick. The Top Gun sound bytes were ON POINT.
Couple of quick questions:
800ft should be AGL, and not MSL right?
Is it like the hornet with regards to keeping on speed AoA, by using trim to set AoA and using power/dlc to maintain altitude/descent? Or is that just a fly-by-wire thing?
Yes mate 800ft should be the radar altitude which is AGL over water. I messed up in the video and flew the Baro Altitude instead of the Radar Altitude. There is no Fly By Wire in the Tomcat but it is the same process of getting on speed as the Hornet, you slow down and trim to get the aircraft on speed at the correct AoA and use power and trim to stay on speed.
@@104thMaverick Ok, right on. Yea I knew about the tomcat not having fly by wire, but just wasnt sure if flying on speed would be different because of that.
Thanks for the reply man!
Love the tutorial and the Scottish accent.
Great video man! One question: If you use Auto Throttle, how do you control your sink rate and altitude?
Pitch brother, opposite of the Hornet
Hi there, I'm rather new-ish to DCS. How do I purchase one of those Carriers? Or is it a free download somewhere? Thanks. Great vid to watch while I'm eating my cereal!
Arnò Mezzanotte the carriers are included in DCS for free my friend
Amazing just started to get into the case 1 with the tomcat and hornet because honestly I didn’t think It would matter but it’s a massive help cheers
When you're making the small throttle changes to keep your rate of descent, are you constantly making small trim adjustments to stay on speed too?
No mate, I trim the aircraft so its on speed in the downwind and ride the train all the way down.
@@104thMaverick Thanks for the reply, good sir. Getting the Tomcat on speed is finally clicking for me, mostly due to this video. One more question. When you are using the little bit of rudder to start the turn towards the groove, is that all it is? Some rudder right there at the start then once you get settled into your bank angle no more rudder? Again, thanks a bunch.
please add the control window with your next one. It will help a lot to see what you do with the controls