I’m a huge fan of the F/A-18, so whenever I see it come up on this channel I’m usually a little bummed when it so often gets outshone by its other fourth generation colleagues in a dogfight (particularly against the F-16). Safe to say after this video and the last one against the J-35, I’m happy to see the Hornet still has its sting :) Great vid as always GS, keep up the great work!
The F-35 isn’t a very good model and from what I’ve heard it barely has a complete cockpit. It might be done, but GS probably wouldn’t be in the F-35 for it
Super hilarious that the first 3 times you ejected you didn’t get any chute. I know it’s a horrible and horrifying way to go but in this case it was just too funny
What? Legacy Hornet had roll rates like 720/second! Ridiculously fast. Super hornet has more thrust, better control in high AOA (legacy had an issue with asymetric bomb loads - like if you dropped one - at high AOA it would go into a spin). Also, Super Hornet has significantly higher thrust to weight. With half a tank of gas more like 1.1:1 So it's a Hornet that not only can get slow, but theoretically get fast again. Also the front aspect RCS is roughly .2 M (the legacy about 2.0M)
Speaking of the East German MiG-29s, I read an interview with the first USAF pilot to fly the MiG-29. He was an exchange pilot to the Luftwaffe shortly after Reunification when they were integrating the 2 German armed forces. He said the MiG was like flying a big F-16 with some extra tricks. This was when NATO was learning about the HOBS capability of the AA-11 Archer, and was playing catch up. For sure the MiG has some tricks to play as a dogfighter that could catch enemies off guard, but it's very old tech, especially vs the Rhino.
The MiG-29 falls like a rock when it's critically hit so you really can't hesitate to eject when you're on the deck... or you end up eating the missile and the ground.
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For me the MiG-29 is kind of an overall mix of an F-8 Crusader (short legs) and a legacy Hornet (modernized aerodynamics). If the late model Crusader was in DCS I'd request a dogfight between an early MiG-29 and the late model F-8.
OMG! THE LIVERY! I just had to comment on this vid because the 2005 50th Anniversary Camo of the Diamondbacks is my all time favourite! The snake has never looked this good! And I got a model of it right here in my room!
In 2000, I used to play a mig29 simulator on an old Gateway PC out neighbor gave us. If I'd known then what you've taught me about defeating missiles, I have benn unstoppable. I played it from the f16 side too.
The Super Hornet is not only stealthy in the front squad, but also has a reduced heat signature. That's why you couldn't hit it so easily with those archers.
10:22 - SPLAT! 😂😂🤦♂️ Keep your eye on about 40-50 feet out in front of his nose and you’ll see the pilots parachute and deploy and it and him disappear into the ether. 😊 😂 🤣
Great vid GS! Sorry but I had to root against you in this one. Absolutely love the Super Hornet. The other pilot did a fantastic job, you should have him on more often.
At the close distance that those two fighters were maneuvering in the second dogfight, he could have won if he had a backseater firing at the other aircraft with a pistol.
At least you won in the race to the deck... vs. your own plane.
This is the first time I've seen GS hitting the ground so many times while ejecting.
hehehehe.
1:55 He was indeed not too close for missiles
"He's a little to close for missiles. Oh not he's not." 😅
Shit happens.
Famous Last Words
Well his last words were "alright eject. Oh where's the chute" (SPLAT)
15:07 "Why do I hear a Hornet?" *Angry Hornet noises rapidly approaching your location*
Buzzing the canopy.
15:10 *Howling intensifies* Clearly a Canadian pilot following the "no prisoners no wounded" doctrine.
He can't go back to base without being able to put some checkmarks on the Geneva Checklist.
RCAF do not have Super Hornets, to be fair.
That "splat" sound you use when your pilot craters is so perfect, I laugh and cringe each time lol
F/A-18F Pilot, excellent flying and some super great turns/maneuvers.
Who was flying the Super Hornet, you need to have them back again.
GS: "He's too close"
Hornet: "hold this AIM-9X for me, my dude"
So much Russian barbecue
Hot potato!
I’m a huge fan of the F/A-18, so whenever I see it come up on this channel I’m usually a little bummed when it so often gets outshone by its other fourth generation colleagues in a dogfight (particularly against the F-16). Safe to say after this video and the last one against the J-35, I’m happy to see the Hornet still has its sting :)
Great vid as always GS, keep up the great work!
This was a Blockbuster of a duel. Have that opponent again.
12:00 the plane got shot facing up and it unceremoniously went down without wings.
1:44 "Too close for guns, switching to missiles"
- F/A-18F, probably
F/A-18E/F vs F-35C (Fox-2 fight) would be epic to see! Navy vs Navy : Old vs New
Day 2
The F-35 isn’t a very good model and from what I’ve heard it barely has a complete cockpit. It might be done, but GS probably wouldn’t be in the F-35 for it
@@mrcelsius2928I know but it would still be cool if GS did. The F-35 should be much more aggressive. F-35 pilots say it is like a hornet.
Yea. I like the idea.
@@mrcelsius2928 I just would hope that he would give them both 9Xs.
@@mrcelsius2928the F-35 has the F-15C cockpit. Not very appealing to see.
It's been a while since i could watch DCS videos but hearing the Hornet Howl is like greeting an old friend
Super hilarious that the first 3 times you ejected you didn’t get any chute. I know it’s a horrible and horrifying way to go but in this case it was just too funny
At least it's a quick way to go
I just noticed that you changed the skin of the Fulcrum pretty much every engagement, so it felt like it was a different MiG-29 each time
Kinda agree
Man this turned into a GS Moments of Death montage really fast xD, way to hang in there as long as possible though and rack up a couple yourself
I also was not expecting the 9x that early in the last fight, definitely jumped at my desk when it came in
God the hornet sounds so good
Jeez that last 9X scared me .. I jumped! Didn't even see it launched.
I was so happy when you finally got that 4th chute to open and land, despite the Hornet's best attempt to sabotage that landing too! 🤣
Well its not often you see someone get the best of Captain Pancake that many times in the same video. Fun times!
Captain Pancake ! hahaha
Like bugs on a windshield.
Every time You got nailed by a 9X was screaming out for you to eject instantly so you had time for the chute to actually open😭
5:50 "Man, fuck yo' rate fight"
"sorry I was so rude, have a missle!"
Thought he was going to cut your chute on that pass.....the ultimate insult.
What? Legacy Hornet had roll rates like 720/second! Ridiculously fast. Super hornet has more thrust, better control in high AOA (legacy had an issue with asymetric bomb loads - like if you dropped one - at high AOA it would go into a spin). Also, Super Hornet has significantly higher thrust to weight. With half a tank of gas more like 1.1:1 So it's a Hornet that not only can get slow, but theoretically get fast again. Also the front aspect RCS is roughly .2 M (the legacy about 2.0M)
2:23 GS, you actually hit the ground before your Mig did!
I love these ultra slow 1 circle fights. Idk why they are just so satisfying to watch. Then I still love some good BVR!
Speaking of the East German MiG-29s, I read an interview with the first USAF pilot to fly the MiG-29. He was an exchange pilot to the Luftwaffe shortly after Reunification when they were integrating the 2 German armed forces. He said the MiG was like flying a big F-16 with some extra tricks. This was when NATO was learning about the HOBS capability of the AA-11 Archer, and was playing catch up. For sure the MiG has some tricks to play as a dogfighter that could catch enemies off guard, but it's very old tech, especially vs the Rhino.
Gotta love that hornet howl at the end
A hornet in HOBS merge is pretty terrifying
What a great vid! I know you probably didn't mean it but the chute antics were hilarious!
That was good flying on both parts, yours and Br3aker7's! Really good 1-circle moves for 4th gen.
I’ve been wanting to watch this matchup ever since reading Red Storm Rising. A period accurate 1980s match would be amazing!
The MiG-29 falls like a rock when it's critically hit so you really can't hesitate to eject when you're on the deck... or you end up eating the missile and the ground.
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DO A WW1 CARGO PLANE ESCORT, (OR A WW2 ONE?)
Ya need differential thrust in those ejection seats.
Now I feel sorry for bugs on my windshield.
that intake howl....truly they are modern dragons
Thank you for all the dogfight videos. I like them very much.
That was FANTASTIC dogfighting! It was fierce, deadly, quick. The quick and the dead. You miss cannon opps too often my friend
1:52 ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT??
"Oh, where's the chute. Classic."
There appears to be something wrong with our bloody parachutes today
Really enjoyed that fight, great flying by both of you.
didnt realize the Hornet was half Tie-Fighter lol
For me the MiG-29 is kind of an overall mix of an F-8 Crusader (short legs) and a legacy Hornet (modernized aerodynamics). If the late model Crusader was in DCS I'd request a dogfight between an early MiG-29 and the late model F-8.
I don't think I've seen GS splattered this much in one video before.
OMG! THE LIVERY! I just had to comment on this vid because the 2005 50th Anniversary Camo of the Diamondbacks is my all time favourite! The snake has never looked this good! And I got a model of it right here in my room!
ngl the parachute gag cracked me up. i'm sure it wasn't intentional, but still. good for you surviving the last round haha
Had my laughing so hard at the end of the round 1 😂
'Gonna lose it if this missile misses' is a fun admission to hear. This was interesting to watch.
Gimmie a MiG-29 anyday, they fly like a dream and the power to weight is glorious.
2:00 Holy chute
Love the one rule dogfight. Survive!
This is gotta be my favorite video. Especially the end!
In 2000, I used to play a mig29 simulator on an old Gateway PC out neighbor gave us. If I'd known then what you've taught me about defeating missiles, I have benn unstoppable. I played it from the f16 side too.
It kills me that you technically won most of those fights, but the missiles didn’t track.
Every time the missile hit’s his aircraft it jump scares me because I don’t see it
The Super Hornet is not only stealthy in the front squad, but also has a reduced heat signature. That's why you couldn't hit it so easily with those archers.
I honestly love these modern dogfights so much, really shows how scary technology can be.
That was awesome to watch...maybe one of the more interesting ones for me....being so close to each other and trying to maneuver to get the advantage.
"OH WOW!!", lol. scared me when the missle came out of the sun, haha
10:22 - SPLAT!
😂😂🤦♂️
Keep your eye on about 40-50 feet out in front of his nose and you’ll see the pilots parachute and deploy and it and him disappear into the ether. 😊 😂 🤣
Love hearing your commentary in the engagement , l wonder if hearing both of you , talk each other tactics would be possible
F-18: Have a 9x.
MiG-29: Thank you, sir! May I have another?
I enjoy these as much as the guns only fights.
High level banter in this one. "Why do I hear a Hornet? Might be the best one.😂
*LITTLETOOCLOSEFORMISSILESNOHEISNT-KABOOM* - a classic GS moment
I love your frustrated and distressed noises after you get hit by the hornet
When you punched out when you were upside down in that first round; it looks like you got fired out of a gun!
Its the "Squelch" when you die that produces the Simultaneous grin and grimace 😄
GS, i must admit that you're the master of jynxing yourself.
that ejection into the ground was just. perfect
Great vid GS! Sorry but I had to root against you in this one. Absolutely love the Super Hornet. The other pilot did a fantastic job, you should have him on more often.
I love how you just cut back into the conversation when you re up haha
Famous Last Words "He's a little too close for missiles, no he's not."
On a side note, if these two pilots aren't careful they could FOD each others engines with those flares they keep spitting out....
The eject right into the ground had me lmao
LOL! It’s about time GS got a taste of his own medicine. Both are a beautiful aircraft.
I always think about my dad building these airplanes when I watch your videos.
Patiently waiting for GS to drop the BF3 F-18 mission “Going Hunting”
You’ve been grinding brother!!! Keep it going!!
I heard a pilot say the mig 29 has excellent nose authority as slow as 100 knots. That seems crazy slow.
That last buzz: When the FOD is so foreign it's carrying a passport
😂 I laughed at every splat..thanks for the entertainment
That fly by was incredibly disrespectful
“Fulcrum” has got to be the coldest name in aviation.
At the close distance that those two fighters were maneuvering in the second dogfight, he could have won if he had a backseater firing at the other aircraft with a pistol.
Seeing the ejection straight into the ground in the replay was pretty funny.
The diesel bros would be jealous of all the coal this things rolling. 2:52
Thank goodness the ground crew didn't sell that last plane's chute.
Man that howl at the end was sinister 😂love the hornet
Love that after the missile strike, the whole way down your jet continues to deploy flares 😂
dewd... did you piss off your ejection seat maintainer? Did you preflight for safety pins left in place?
that pass by after shooting u down is so disrespectful lmao
The hornet is such a badass aircraft
1:57 Rescue on the way
nah hes dead he hit the ground too hard
I felt so sorry for that guy who kept squashing to the ground 😂
Those thick black/green smoke trails visible in the 29's mirror.... Behold the MiG-29, the first diesel-fuelled jet fighter! 🤣
"You will believe the Admiral Kuznetsov can fly..."
@@stevepreskitt283 Well, why not? After all, who'd have thought flying tank turrets would ever be a thing...
"too close for guns, i'll just mince him with the compressor.."
I Like hiw he just adapts not just to the jet, but also to the whole experience, u see’em using the metric system as a measuring term
Pilot was like: "Oh, look! A penny!"
Mods aside, a Hornet with 9X's is probably the most fearsome thing you can merge with in DCS.