This is the most complete and clearest tutorial I have seen on a case 1 approach. Excellent.

@guiduz3469

6 ай бұрын

100%

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

I appreciate it, thanks! Although I know a few guys personally in RL, luckily as part of my airline flying I'll also fly with those who have flown a wide range of USN and USAF airplanes so I get to pick their brains from time to time.

Hint: quite a few of the switches should match the hook position: hook down, hook bypass down, anti-skid down, landing light down, baro/rad down. For feet dry ops, these should be up. Just one of the small things McDD engineers took care of.

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

There's always some reasoning behind why engineers do what they do...often unknown...thanks for sharing the "why" I love it 😊

The timing of this is perfect! I had just scheduled my friends to come over tomorrow and try out landing the F/A-18 as an activity. Now I got a good video to serve as a guide.

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

Don't be surprised if they bang into the back of the carrier a couple times 😆

@sodaplayer

6 ай бұрын

@@RequiemsACTL Haha, we did a get a couple of those. Managing power on the final approach was usually the hardest part for most people.

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

@@sodaplayer Two things seem to be a rite of passage in DCS. 1. Slamming into the back of a carrier. 2. "Accidental" weapons release against a tanker when it just doesn't cooperate and keeps making you disconnect. 😉

Excellent teaching . Just made it easy for us to understand

Just when we needed him most, he’s back. Just got back into the hornet after a 8 month hiatus from dcs. Great vid.

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! We all just need a break at some point. It's healthy to do anyway so you don't get burnout

Just epic. Think I’ll be watching this quite a few times

Yup... this is by far the best case 1 tutorial I've seen ... wow

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

Cheers!

Very well done I will reference this video to every newbie I meet

highly underrated channel. we just need some f16 and apache tutorials from you ;)

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

Well I do own the Apache, but helicopters are not my specialty, so I don't expect to make helo content anytime soon. The F-16 though... that's very likely.

lesson more and more clear and good. bravo, mon pote

Best case 1 tutorial out there.

Missed your tutorials! Wish yo u well and thanks.

Useful video. The turn after 90 (for alignment) is always very stressful: bank of this turn depending its weight and too little time to correct in case of misalignment.

great tutorial!

Would you look at this... I was just about needing this video. 😄

Excellent tutorial! Thank you very much.

Outstanding tutorial.

Best tutorial CASE I ever. Thak you

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

Glad it's helped you!

the best - and it correlates with other online presentations of former Hornet pilots

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot, I appreciate it!

Nice video

I just finished watching this tutorial series. I've been learning how to fly this bloody hornet for approx 3 weeks now. It was frustrating and boring to learn some topics here and there (I come from the M2000-C where taking-off/climbs, landing and doing approaches was easy thanks to the velocity chevrons). It felt like starting from 0 again. My landings (either field or carrier) are disastrous, my Case I were approach were executed poorly (that f*ckin' bounce from 600' to 1000' when dropping gear and flaps too late). Everything including landing procedures felt like a constant struggle with shaking hands and sweating fingers (and some swearing). And then i stumbled on your F/A-18 tutorial series. Clear, explanations well put, relevant terminology use, "theory then practice", tacviews, cockpit flows, etc. It's briliant, and it offers me new perspectives to practice flying that bird! Thanks a lot

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

That's really good to hear Clement, keep at it and if you have any questions or issues feel free to ask. Carrier landings especially takes time to get right and is a skill that atrophies if you don't do them for a while, but if you can master the airfield landings first then the carrier ones will be much easier.

Extremely well done

Excellent as always!

great video, wish I saw this years ago. reading the NATOPS and understanding are two diff things....

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, yeah when it comes to that it can get rather dry. I try to cut through that stuff to make it a bit more palatable.

Awesome tutorial as always. Thanks for making such clear lessons :)

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

No worries! Thanks 😊

hey, thanks a lot for the video, outstanding as always! I wonder if you could talk a bit more about the burble effect in your next video, please? I find it to be the exact thing that messes up most of my landings and I just drop to the deck like a brick :D thanks again!

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

Yeah I have a WIP for how to improve these approaches that talks a little about that and other stuff

Nice pass.

Good seeing you post content again mate, I enjoyed your IL-2 stuff.

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate it. I've been on a self induced hiatus because I simply haven't had much motivation to complete new content this year. I have a lot of plans for what I want to make in the future 😊 I'm looking forward to easing into making more. I just needed a break I think.

@PluckyUnderdog

6 ай бұрын

@RequiemsACTL Well sometimes life intervenes, etc, and sometimes like you say we just lose the motivation to do certain things. We're all human. Looking forward to new content. Take it easy mate. 👍

Awsome!

fantastic work make learning to flight with you is much easier

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

That's why I'm here!

Amazing!!!

Would love to see you do one of these for the F-14 as well!

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

Yeah me too!

@flightknight4269

6 ай бұрын

@@RequiemsACTL What's your editing time like on these videos? Mine aren't as elaborate and still take me a good 4-8hrs per video.

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

@@flightknight4269 You really don't wanna know LOL Seriously though I try not to think about it to be honest...but, between recording the footage exactly how I want, the extra elements I create through Photoshop and stuff, then the editing and voiceover....it has to be at least 30hrs for this kind of video. Plus my content gets peer reviewed before anything goes public too, so if I have to make any changes after a draft that's easily an few extra hours provided I don't need to fully refly anything (happens rarely though). I don't really care about making money off YT so with my content it's not just a matter of doing stuff "on the fly" then putting it out there ASAP for clicks, which is why it takes me a while sometimes or I take a break every now and then. I like to plan out what I'm doing to keep things concise and straightforward for you guys. That's probably more than you wanted to know, but figured I'd share my process a bit.

Beautiful❤

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Great vìd hopefully case 2 and 3 will follow...please

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

Yeah I've already got recordings done for it. Just have to put the videos together. You'll enjoy them 😊

45 years of F/A-18 in 2023

The Hornet is a hard module but somehow I feel like the F-14 is easier. Love landing wire 3 without the right engine and busted hydraulics after I took an Igla to the face. Was shocked I even got it.

Why is there an extra set of wire machinery between wire 3 and 4?

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

That's a good question. I'm not sure to be honest, I'd speculate it could have something to do with the emergency barrier net system but I'd be guessing. I'm sure someone who knows more than me will pipe in at some point!

You don’t have an air-to-air refueling tutorial for the FA/18 do you?

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

Not yet.

if you could do this for the f14 I would be forever thankfull!

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

Yep, will be one day. Got flows and everything already done for the Cat

I am not trying to be smarter here, but Air brakes were not use in real. If you fly 350 Knots, you just turn with 3.5G and this works very nice, at least it works for me fine. Then 250 Knots, flaps down, l.gear down and i am on speed. My biggest issue is 5 seconds before landing, even if i am perfectly flying to the carrier, there is something like air burble and this takes me down, then i react to that with more thrust, and then i am too high and i land very ugly. I have no idea, it don't seem for me realistic, cant imagine this in real.

@RequiemsACTL

6 ай бұрын

It's all good. I'm always all ears when it comes to any extra techniques to hear about! I have noticed there is a little something odd right around that time...never quite sat right with me either. I think it comes down to how the lift is modeled around there that screws things up enough to throw you off

@ProGamer-gc3wv

6 ай бұрын

@@RequiemsACTL in your case i looked at 11:26 you were perfect, and even the burble effect did not effect your landing really... I wish i could land at least like you showed here. When i am on the same position like 11:34 it feels i just fall down. I may still catch 3 wire, but i am not satisfied to "fall" down on the carrier. I think, i have to compensate this effect, maybe i should add +Thrust for 2 Sec. then release the thrust ++ Back and then again +Thrust 1/2... I can remember, before they add this burble effect, the landing was very easy and nice...

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