I'm a thousand-hour instrument-rated pilot with a lot of time in a Long-EZ. Like the majority of DCS aircraft, it's a slick bird and it wants to keep flying. This is just one of the best tutorials I have ever seen. Absolutely clear and absolutely concise. It's a pleasure to subscribe to content of this quality.
Thanks Sport. I have watched many of the landing vids here and must say yours is the best, at least for me. You speak to your crowd at their level, which is great for non-pilot viewers. Other vids are good as well in their own right, but many generally assume a person is already somewhat familiar with the airframe and somewhat familiar with the processes (often speaking too fast). You have a great tempo, avoided acronym soup and speak only to what a person should focus on. Great job mate!
Nice dude. Need more of these videos. Helps grow the DCS community particularly those new to DCS and flying in general. It's a steep learning curve and simplification is huge.
F-18 has flight idle and ground idle... after you touch down move the throttles out of idle for 1/2 sec then back to idle you will go fro 70% down to 65% for your rollout with less idle thrust
I've never heard of your channel, nor do I play DCS, but wtf. This is some of the best content I have seen on RUclips. I spent years as an AIC in the Navy and I feel like I learned some shit watching this. Really well done
good show ol sport! In addition our airline has begun requiring us to brief an "approach stable by" altitude on our approach checklist. That altitude is based off of runway touchdown zone elevation. That altitude isn't probably published in DCS world but you could also use airport elevation. Great video!
Top quality, english is not my native language but this lesson was really easy to follow. The pace and delivery is spot on to grasp the concept of the lesson, and keep focus on it the entire time.
MAte, your way of explaining aoA in the first 4 mins of this video, without using the common explanations were brilliant. You let the viewer/learner feel the change in trim you have to put in as the plane is slowing down to keep your vector on the glide slope. This is a must see for new pilots in DCS. As you mention, it may differe slightly for different aircraft (Hornet using the throttle to control attitude for example) but the principles are the same. If you drop the nose, you drop the throttle and vice-versa. I learnt a lot from this. Thankyou.
Good video. In the break always slam the instructor's helmet sideways into the canopy. They like that. Landing: Navy-first 500 ft. Like your spot landing. USAF-anywhere is fine as long as it's a soft landing.🙂
Understanding the 3 degree slope and the angle of attack brackets was my ah-ha moment when I played Falcon 4. After that, working the power to nail good landings was much easier. Great video!
I’d forgotten the heights distances and become set on 45 deg, turn and splat it onto the tarmac. I find the Tomcat the hardest to keep on the runway, on both take off and landing. Lots to learn here including, concentration until engine shut down. Thank, notch up another subscriber. Your diction and speed of delivery is excellent.
Great video! One minor change that I would consider is leaving the flight path indicator at the start of the runway as when you go into ground effect and flare, the plane will travel further than you think and you will touchdown in the landing zone (white blocks).
Another tip, especially for the F-16, is to use what u got to slow her down. Meaning, use the body of the plane to break. With an AOA between 11 and 13° pass the threshold and after the rear wheels touch the ground, try to keep the nose wheel up to archive more drag. But dont pull the nose too high, if you want to avoid a tail strike. Keep nose up until 100 knots and gently drop the nose, now apply brakes.
Great video. Just a quick tip. If you plan to flare with stick, do not fly on-speed AoA (middle of E bracket). Fly the lowest - on the E bracket instead to save some AoA for flare maneuver. Optionally you can fly on-speed AoA and flare with power.
That’s a great tip! By no means is my technique the only one to adhere to and little details or additional tips like this is what people should add to their own to help refine their flying! Thanks for commenting!
Whether you're flying a C172, an A321, or an F-16, a good approach is the best way to assure a good landing. It's easy to get in a hurry and just want to slam it into the pavement, but starting a new jet takes longer than a good approach, especially if it's the tomcat.
Awesome video. I'm taking the time to learn to fly before jumping into multiplayer. P51 then I'll jump in the seat of my F16. Love the attention to detail in this game.
Keeping the stick back full aft even after touchdown is a good tip. The landing training missions for the hornet all say to not flare the nose prior to touchdown though, not sure why that would be unless the rear gear isn't suited to support the full weight of the aircraft.
Better to use the throttle to control the vertical when trying to stay on speed if at all possible. And you hit the nail on the head talking about people trying to land heavy! I had so much trouble fighting that E bracket to stay on speed until I was instructed to control that pitch with the throttle. That can be hard in the F-18 since there is so much throttle lag. But with some practice I can sea saw that throttle keep on the marks.
Please do a case 1 recovery in the Hornet. I have been practicing endlessly but still suck at the initial break to have a stable turn, then suck at keeping the plane steady as I lower the flaps (I'll try half then full after watching your vid), then have so much trouble rolling out onto final as I throttle back but still balloon because I have too much speed as I roll out.
Have a Like and Subscribe. I've got a nice set-up but only about 20 hours across various DCS aircraft, and this kind of general and authoritative flying advice is invaluable. Cheers!
Hi, this is a great video! thanks for an exceptionally executed class. May I ask an addendum? please show crosswind in assymetric loaded F18 lesson. It is always a pain in the neck and a most likely a rough landing at best. Cheers!
good video. only thing is the quality and sharpness of the pitch degrees and you also did not explain about the [ ..... lining the top of that with the 3degree pitch markers.
It's funny how we all first learn how to do a nice stable approach and a good landing, but with practice we forget the first part and just yolo it... At least I do... 99% of the time actually successfully. Midfield brake? How about runway end split-s into short final?
I struggle with flying the ball currently. Only been flying the F/A-18 about a week or so, but flying the ball is defo the weakest part of my case 1 approaches.
14 CFR 91.117 states 250kts below 10,000 unless under a Class B shelf or within 4nm of the primary airport in Class C or D airspace, then it drops to 200kts. Military aircraft are often exempt from this rule, especially when flying within military corridors or MOAs. I’m glad you liked the tutorial!
Carrier approaches are typically around a 3.5 - 4 degree glideslope, and vary depending on the amount of wind over the deck. You can start at 3.5 degrees and adjust from there.
So I have a major problem. My hotas works when in multiplayer, but not in missions or campaign. My stick and mouse works, but my throttle doesn't respond. When I preset weapons on my plane before starting a mission my plane will slowly put its nose down, whether I adjust my trim or not. Has anyone else experienced this?
i think your going to grow into a big dcs youtuber if you keep up video's like this, im going to make a video similar maybe that go's over how to practise to get softer landing's
Honestly, from personal, real-world experience, the P-51 is a great buy. It flies pretty close to the real thing! I'll try and do a taildragger edition of my tips and tricks too!
I've watched almost every dcs landing video I can find and have to be honest and say I'm still struggling.. I can get configured ok but I just can't visually ID a lot of runways until it's too late and I've already started a go around.. if I can actually see the touchdown point then I'm pretty good.. a lot of head looks on this video I'm thinking what the hell are we looking at, where's the runway in all of that.
I always blow up my rare right tire on su27 when I land it. What I'm doing wrong to cause my rare right tire to blow up.This is the only plane I'm using right now.
Make sure you are landing with your wings level and minimizing cross drift. Most tire blowouts are also caused by touching down too fast. Keep practicing and you’ll see steady improvement!
Some feedback. The main thrust of the video is all good and generally excellent. I think some different jets might have been a better tool for this video. Both the T-45 and the F/A-18 are not meant to be flared with the stick to land, unlike the F-16, F-5, Mig-29, Su-27, L-39, etc etc (basically any non carrier based aircraft) Flaring with the stick in the aircraft as you do is an incorrect technique for those jets. Also IRC the aimpoint for mil jets is 500.' not 1000'. (could be wrong though)
The beauty of the techniques I mentioned is you don’t necessarily need a flight path marker. It takes a little mental math, but a three degree glideslope should roughly equal 100m per nautical mile. In other words, you should be fully configured by 300m radar altimeter, and stabilized by 150m!
Landing, and landing well are two different things. Landing well and consistently is a level beyond that. The tutorial is to help shorten the time it takes to learn the different levels.
I'm a thousand-hour instrument-rated pilot with a lot of time in a Long-EZ. Like the majority of DCS aircraft, it's a slick bird and it wants to keep flying. This is just one of the best tutorials I have ever seen. Absolutely clear and absolutely concise. It's a pleasure to subscribe to content of this quality.
I just want to let you know that you're my hero
If this is going to be your standard for content quality you're going to become a youtube algorithm choice.
One of the best instructional videos I've seen on DCS so far. Very clear instructions and a practical approach. Instant subscribe.
Thanks Sport. I have watched many of the landing vids here and must say yours is the best, at least for me. You speak to your crowd at their level, which is great for non-pilot viewers. Other vids are good as well in their own right, but many generally assume a person is already somewhat familiar with the airframe and somewhat familiar with the processes (often speaking too fast). You have a great tempo, avoided acronym soup and speak only to what a person should focus on. Great job mate!
Thank you for taking the time to make this lesson showing us how to do Stabilized Approaches and Landing in DCS Sport.
Nice dude. Need more of these videos. Helps grow the DCS community particularly those new to DCS and flying in general. It's a steep learning curve and simplification is huge.
Really appreciate it! More to come!
F-18 has flight idle and ground idle... after you touch down move the throttles out of idle for 1/2 sec then back to idle you will go fro 70% down to 65% for your rollout with less idle thrust
I noticed this as well on the T-45. A great “bonus tip!” Thanks Bullet!
not going to lie seen most vids on how to fly and this is the best one i seen so far
I've never heard of your channel, nor do I play DCS, but wtf. This is some of the best content I have seen on RUclips. I spent years as an AIC in the Navy and I feel like I learned some shit watching this. Really well done
This video is precisely the type of high quality flight training DCS so desperately needs. Thank you!
good show ol sport! In addition our airline has begun requiring us to brief an "approach stable by" altitude on our approach checklist. That altitude is based off of runway touchdown zone elevation. That altitude isn't probably published in DCS world but you could also use airport elevation. Great video!
Top quality, english is not my native language but this lesson was really easy to follow. The pace and delivery is spot on to grasp the concept of the lesson, and keep focus on it the entire time.
I find myself occasionally having bad landings but i enjoyed this video. Now i have more tips in the back of my mind. Thanks
MAte, your way of explaining aoA in the first 4 mins of this video, without using the common explanations were brilliant. You let the viewer/learner feel the change in trim you have to put in as the plane is slowing down to keep your vector on the glide slope. This is a must see for new pilots in DCS. As you mention, it may differe slightly for different aircraft (Hornet using the throttle to control attitude for example) but the principles are the same. If you drop the nose, you drop the throttle and vice-versa. I learnt a lot from this. Thankyou.
These approaches & landings are super satisfying to watch.
Good video. In the break always slam the instructor's helmet sideways into the canopy. They like that. Landing: Navy-first 500 ft. Like your spot landing. USAF-anywhere is fine as long as it's a soft landing.🙂
I love the energy and production value. Great stuff!
Thanks so much for this! Your video is finally what helped me with my landings after watching so many others!
So far the best tutorial on landing approaches! Thanks!
Excellent, I don't mind what you do next because I like your style. and delivery, Easy to understand.
Understanding the 3 degree slope and the angle of attack brackets was my ah-ha moment when I played Falcon 4. After that, working the power to nail good landings was much easier. Great video!
thanks much for that video, sheds a lot of light on vfr landing
I’d forgotten the heights distances and become set on 45 deg, turn and splat it onto the tarmac. I find the Tomcat the hardest to keep on the runway, on both take off and landing. Lots to learn here including, concentration until engine shut down. Thank, notch up another subscriber. Your diction and speed of delivery is excellent.
Oh no, Don’t let the DCS hornet-ers hear that you’re flaring before touchdown 😂. Jk great tutorial!
Great video! One minor change that I would consider is leaving the flight path indicator at the start of the runway as when you go into ground effect and flare, the plane will travel further than you think and you will touchdown in the landing zone (white blocks).
Another tip, especially for the F-16, is to use what u got to slow her down. Meaning, use the body of the plane to break. With an AOA between 11 and 13° pass the threshold and after the rear wheels touch the ground, try to keep the nose wheel up to archive more drag. But dont pull the nose too high, if you want to avoid a tail strike. Keep nose up until 100 knots and gently drop the nose, now apply brakes.
Very well explained and concise tutorial!
LOL your first few landing crashes reminded me of watching old Grim Reapers vids LOL
excellently explained and very useful for beginners and for users of other aircraft
Love your camera work!!!
This will definitely help my endeavors in DCS. Thank you!
Great info and some really nice cinematic shots... I really want to play some DCS now, but sadly I'm just finishing up my lunch break at work...
Great video. Just a quick tip. If you plan to flare with stick, do not fly on-speed AoA (middle of E bracket). Fly the lowest - on the E bracket instead to save some AoA for flare maneuver. Optionally you can fly on-speed AoA and flare with power.
That’s a great tip! By no means is my technique the only one to adhere to and little details or additional tips like this is what people should add to their own to help refine their flying! Thanks for commenting!
Whether you're flying a C172, an A321, or an F-16, a good approach is the best way to assure a good landing. It's easy to get in a hurry and just want to slam it into the pavement, but starting a new jet takes longer than a good approach, especially if it's the tomcat.
Awesome video. I'm taking the time to learn to fly before jumping into multiplayer. P51 then I'll jump in the seat of my F16. Love the attention to detail in this game.
I've been struggling with my F/A-18C landings, This helped alot.
Awesome video! You explain everything so well, thank you!
Really helpful. Thanks for the video
Very happy to see you're back in the dcs youtube scene! Also just realized I wasn't subscribed my bad :p
Keeping the stick back full aft even after touchdown is a good tip. The landing training missions for the hornet all say to not flare the nose prior to touchdown though, not sure why that would be unless the rear gear isn't suited to support the full weight of the aircraft.
All good info. A great explanation of the glide slope and how to use the flight path marker.
Subscribed, best landing tutorial I've seen yet.
This is a fantastic video easy to understand and implement. You have gained a subscriber well done.
I am a student and just wish my lecturers taught like u did
Thanks!
Better to use the throttle to control the vertical when trying to stay on speed if at all possible. And you hit the nail on the head talking about people trying to land heavy! I had so much trouble fighting that E bracket to stay on speed until I was instructed to control that pitch with the throttle. That can be hard in the F-18 since there is so much throttle lag. But with some practice I can sea saw that throttle keep on the marks.
In reality, the Hornet Pilots got on speed, they tend to rock the throttle back and forth. This helps to keep the bird on speed.
Very well done.... Sounds like you've spent some time instructing in the past.
I love how the moment everyone has access to an aircraft, the airfields quickly spiral into chaos
1:02 that ejection timing though
Nicely done. 🤘🏻
Rock on brother! Keep up the good work over on your channel too!
Please do a case 1 recovery in the Hornet.
I have been practicing endlessly but still suck at the initial break to have a stable turn, then suck at keeping the plane steady as I lower the flaps (I'll try half then full after watching your vid), then have so much trouble rolling out onto final as I throttle back but still balloon because I have too much speed as I roll out.
Great Video mate
You deserve more subs, Keep up the good work
What's the real life procedure for sending it from the taxi-way?
That’s on my “DCS Sport - After Hours” channel
Very well done! Looking forward to your upcoming content. Subbed.
Have a Like and Subscribe. I've got a nice set-up but only about 20 hours across various DCS aircraft, and this kind of general and authoritative flying advice is invaluable. Cheers!
Great stuff!
Hi, this is a great video! thanks for an exceptionally executed class. May I ask an addendum? please show crosswind in assymetric loaded F18 lesson. It is always a pain in the neck and a most likely a rough landing at best.
Cheers!
Please do a landing video on how to aerobrake in the F-16
Great video and calming done, I often wonder why or how some gamers land with ridiculous speed instead of doing a break 🤔.
Great stuff! Really wish you would lower the volume of DCS so that your voice stands more out/easier to listen to :)
good video. only thing is the quality and sharpness of the pitch degrees and you also did not explain about the [ ..... lining the top of that with the 3degree pitch markers.
Thanks for the feedback! I tried to keep it high level so the information could be applied to multiple airframes
It's funny how we all first learn how to do a nice stable approach and a good landing, but with practice we forget the first part and just yolo it... At least I do... 99% of the time actually successfully. Midfield brake? How about runway end split-s into short final?
OK the eject at end of runway was funny, perhaps not in RL though
Great content!
great vid man..what ever happened to teh alert 5 podcast cc Tricker
I struggle with flying the ball currently. Only been flying the F/A-18 about a week or so, but flying the ball is defo the weakest part of my case 1 approaches.
i always think better to come in low and slow than high and fast
Great tutorial, plz remember that below 10,000 MSL airspeed is limited to 200kts unless authorized by ATC
14 CFR 91.117 states 250kts below 10,000 unless under a Class B shelf or within 4nm of the primary airport in Class C or D airspace, then it drops to 200kts. Military aircraft are often exempt from this rule, especially when flying within military corridors or MOAs. I’m glad you liked the tutorial!
@@SportDCS it was great man, just screwing around :P
Thank you very much for this tips. I'm wondering if the "target your touchdown point at -3 degrees" can be applied in carrier landings?
Carrier approaches are typically around a 3.5 - 4 degree glideslope, and vary depending on the amount of wind over the deck. You can start at 3.5 degrees and adjust from there.
Surely people would know how to land a plane when playing games like this
So I have a major problem. My hotas works when in multiplayer, but not in missions or campaign. My stick and mouse works, but my throttle doesn't respond. When I preset weapons on my plane before starting a mission my plane will slowly put its nose down, whether I adjust my trim or not. Has anyone else experienced this?
Required viewing 👍
It should be mentioned that the flare at the end is not suitable for carrier landings
What are your graphics settings??!! ur game looks awesome
i think your going to grow into a big dcs youtuber if you keep up video's like this, im going to make a video similar maybe that go's over how to practise to get softer landing's
I’d watch that!
Awesome video! I'm on the fence on purchasing the P51 or the P47 in DCS. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Honestly, from personal, real-world experience, the P-51 is a great buy. It flies pretty close to the real thing! I'll try and do a taildragger edition of my tips and tricks too!
Thank you very much for the quick response. The P-51 it is. Keep up the great videos. Happy holidays.
I've watched almost every dcs landing video I can find and have to be honest and say I'm still struggling.. I can get configured ok but I just can't visually ID a lot of runways until it's too late and I've already started a go around.. if I can actually see the touchdown point then I'm pretty good.. a lot of head looks on this video I'm thinking what the hell are we looking at, where's the runway in all of that.
I always blow up my rare right tire on su27 when I land it. What I'm doing wrong to cause my rare right tire to blow up.This is the only plane I'm using right now.
Make sure you are landing with your wings level and minimizing cross drift. Most tire blowouts are also caused by touching down too fast. Keep practicing and you’ll see steady improvement!
Some feedback. The main thrust of the video is all good and generally excellent. I think some different jets might have been a better tool for this video. Both the T-45 and the F/A-18 are not meant to be flared with the stick to land, unlike the F-16, F-5, Mig-29, Su-27, L-39, etc etc (basically any non carrier based aircraft) Flaring with the stick in the aircraft as you do is an incorrect technique for those jets.
Also IRC the aimpoint for mil jets is 500.' not 1000'. (could be wrong though)
1:00 LOL
Always rember: We´re looking for safe landings, not to save landings.
Very nice video thanks ! However, how do you do that with russian aircrafts, since they have no path marker ?
The beauty of the techniques I mentioned is you don’t necessarily need a flight path marker. It takes a little mental math, but a three degree glideslope should roughly equal 100m per nautical mile. In other words, you should be fully configured by 300m radar altimeter, and stabilized by 150m!
Do you fly VR or Track IR?
I have both, but usually fly Track IR
0:46 Please don't use my Custom F16 Landing Technique without my permission.
Hello boys! I'm baaaack!
In the words of my generation... UP! YOURSSSSSSS!
Good Vid its a shame this map looks pants
Not sending it like a real Navy T-45. You Only Trap Once.
LMAO!
DO NOT SHOW THIS VIDEO TO GRIM REAPERS!!... :) :) :)
are there really dcs pilots which dont know how to land really... at the point you reach dcs you probably learned it somewhere along the way
Landing, and landing well are two different things. Landing well and consistently is a level beyond that. The tutorial is to help shorten the time it takes to learn the different levels.
Too many cut video... nice
Studly.
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You da real hero