1. Oxygen ON 2. Ground power ON 3. Ground Air ON 4. Order Copilot to Begin RIO Start-Up Procedure 5. ICS Com Check: Loud and Clear 6. Arm Ejection 7. Close Canopy 8. Crank Right Engine 9. Wait until 3rd bar: Uncage Right Throttle 10. Engine Settle 700 RPM 11. Crank Left Engine 12. Wait until 3rd bar: Uncage Left Throttle 13. SAS Switches ON: PITCH, ROLL, YAW 14. HUD, VDI, HSD: ON 15. Switch HSD to TID to monitor INS alignment progress 16. Uncage backup ADI 17. Activate and Set Radar Altimeter 18. Adjust Wing Sweep to 68° 19. Wait 10 Seconds 20. Adjust Wing Sweep to FULL 21. Push Wing Sweep Lever Down, Close Cover, Press Master Reset 22. Press Wing Sweep Auto Mode: ON 23. Adjust Lights 24. TACAN Radio set to BOTH 25. TACAN Mode Selector set to T/R 26. Disconnect Ground Air Supply 27. Disconnect Ground Power 28. Wait until Jester confirms INS alignment complete 29. Parking Brake IN 30. Nose Wheel Steering ON

@actualdogwater

4 ай бұрын

thanks, just spent 20 minutes writing that all onto a sheet of paper and calling it a manual top gun

Love to see US pilots try to align INS and do some general test while soviet MiG-21 pilots just told to : "Comrade, click all switch in the cockpit and you're ready to scramble!!!"

@FireflyActual

3 жыл бұрын

Funny you should mention this, it's exactly what happened during one of the Cold War tournaments I participated in. A mass of Fishbeds out of Krasnodar (including four from our squadron, myself among them) took off, formed up and attacked the Blue base at Anapa. The Tomcats were still sitting on the ground aligning their INS. Needless to say we crushed them.

@firmanpandi9666

3 жыл бұрын

@@FireflyActual XD. That what I called "Blitzkrieg" as you strafed them up in Anapa XD. Ironically this is how VVS lost the opening stage of Barbarossa as the Luftwaffe strafed all VVS Ishak's in their airfield. To make it worst, the high ranking official prohibited any flight operation for the VVS, giving the Luftwaffe a free waffle. Yes this mig "click all switches" procedure is an absolute beast by itself. I always do those procedure to intercept any opposing aircraft, hit them (spamming all missile) and run away landed back to the airfield. Totally worth it lol

@firmanpandi9666

3 жыл бұрын

@@FireflyActual Actually I read an article about an interview of an Ukrainian ex-Su 27 pilot. In that interview, he said he once flew with the US F-15E crew. He shocked to the fact that the US do all day long 20 minutes startup checklist and aligned the INS. Unfortunately that F-15E somehow had a malfunction so the ground crew decided to abandonned that Eagle and moved to another Eagle. This Ukrainian pilot said that he had gone through another all day long shutdown checklist for the unairworthy Eagle yet another all day long startup checklist for the backup Eagle. At the end of the day, he finally took off with it. He suprised by the fact that in his Su-27 and MiG-29, they can be in the air within 5 minutes after they enter cockpit. Most of the former eastern bloc pilots claimed that their (Ukrainian) modified Su-27s are better in terms of scramble to take-off as this is a primary Soviet 80s doctrined where they were trained with. Edit : here the article www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/fighter-jet-fights-both-sides-180975834/

@FireflyActual

3 жыл бұрын

@Hawker75 Event page: forums.eagle.ru/topic/209700-red-alert-2/#comments. Twitch stream: www.twitch.tv/videos/458823220?t=0h0m1s/?tt_content=twitch_logo&tt_medium=embed 104th_Maverick had a bird's eye view of the event and streamed it live, but sadly the video is NLA.

@FireflyActual

3 жыл бұрын

@Hawker75 Here's an after-action report I posted to my squadron HQ. AAR: [27.7.19] (Red Alert 2) Sortie #1: Aircraft type: MiG-21bis, bort 545 Red Sortie #1 aircraft status (RTB, Ditched, Crashed, etc.): RTB Sortie #1 pilot status (ACDU, WIA, POW, KIA): ACDU Sortie #1 A2A victories: 1 Sortie #1 A2G victories: 0 Sortie #1 Synopsis: Took off from Krasnodar (runway 09) leading a pack of 6 MiGs (1 - Firefly, 2 - Vietkong, 3 - Britchot, 4 - Razwald, 5 - LazzySeal, 6 - Skyman), Razwald had a problem with his landing gear, detached with Britchot, both landed to repair, rearm and refuel. Pressed on as two elements, 1-2 and 5-6. Found ourselves over Anapa, got locked up, turned north, then south. Found an F/A-18 (all thanks to Variable's exceptional GCI work) who was attacking our tank approaching Anapa, engaged and shot it down. Separated from Skyman and LazzySeal, returned to base with low fuel, Vietkong landed on fumes. Rearmed, refuelled and readied for the next flight. Sortie #1 Lessons Learned: Always be prepared for emergencies (such as Razwald's landing gear problem). Practice large formation flying as much as possible. Have the mechanics pour me a shot of radar coolant before the flight to help with the stress (I was literally shaking afterwards, got a bit overwhelmed, could ask @Jonne for some tips). ------- Sortie #2: Aircraft type: MiG-21bis, bort 545 Red Sortie #1 aircraft status (RTB, Ditched, Crashed, etc.): RTB Sortie #1 pilot status (ACDU, WIA, POW, KIA): ACDU Sortie #1 A2A victories: 0 Sortie #1 A2G victories: 0 Sortie #2 Synopsis: Took off from Krasnodar (runway 27) with Vietkong (Skyman and LazzySeal went to another airfield). Having heard of Britchot's and Razwald's demise we headed west in full mil, got into a MASSIVE furball, found the tanks overrunning Anapa, completely lost my SA, then tracked an F-14 (who got splashed), was about to shoot down an F/A-18 when a MiG-29 swooped in and got the kill. Egressed out of the combat zone and headed back to Krasnodar. Sortie #2 Lessons Learned: Practice coordination with dispersed flight elements. Have the mechanics pour me two shots of vodka.

Thank you very much for making these quick start tutorials. It´s important for a newby and learner in a new aircraft type to really focus on the individual aircraft systems (in this case: the turbine starting - and NOTHING else. Cranking the engines injecting fuel switching on primary flight avionics powering hydraulics and up she goes). The DCS tutorials overwhelm with at least five times testing every single system in the cockpit, testing all fire systems, having all radio buttons switched to different positions, testing 150 more systems at least five times and so on... I don´t want it "arcady and simple" - the more ultra-realism the better! But it is important for a newbe to focus on every individual aircraft system one after another (and don´t get instructed 100 other realistic checklist procedures at the same time and being in need to control the complete cockpit and already have knowledge about full radio panels radar avionics flight computers and every other stuff..... when just wanting to learn how to spool up these two turbines :) One aircraft system after another, this is the perfect way to show tutorials. This is why KZread vids are so incredible helpful, instead of one hour long checklists focussing on one specific feature of the airplane. After being able to start and activate all avioncs focussing on learning all about the AWG9 AA radar. After that learning the Bombcat AG modus and the Lantirn and other features this flying cat has to offer.

Takeoff from runway= Newbie Cold Start in Pilot seat= Average Cold Start in RIO seat= Pro Cold Start without using Jester AI= Legend

3:27 From that angle it looks so real.

Hi Cap! Thanks for the straight forward video! I love those short start ups. Just two things I would like to add: 1. That the Altimeter can now be uncaged by holding it up towards Stdby for a couple of seconds. The other thing is, that you should set the round counter (above the Display Panel) to 670 prior to start. Otherwise your gun in the HUD will show 0 Rounds when selected and you don't know how many are left.

Thanks cap now i know how to startup the f14 cause before i just dont know how to start the f14

FYI, If you hold the reset on the altimeter long enough the standby flag clears

@grimreapers

5 жыл бұрын

thx

@Express0083

5 жыл бұрын

Scott Valline yep

Just a quick note, If you release the parking break before the INS alignment is complete, then the alignment will stop and will not complete.

@grimreapers

5 жыл бұрын

thx

omg thank you for this. I gave up playing because I got tired of feeling like I was getting a whole new job just to operate this plane

thanks for doing these, they really help.

the training tutorial was much slower and this video was faster and made me actually learn how to start it up!

Just came here to say thank you. Used your video to guide me along. Now I don’t feel so bad spending $$ on the F14. Second guessed myself on the purchase when I couldn’t start it up 😂

Thank you for this great video serie! It helps a lot. I just have a suggestion as a DCS beginner : It would be nice if you could do a recap mission in order to conclude the serie. Something like setting up a mission in the editor using F14 waypoints, carrier, E3, Sam, tanker,etc, then fly that mission with a bombing run as the objective to illustrate A/G stuff, then come back to the carrier and encountering some air defense on the way to illustrate air to air combat. With air refuel in the middle and a Case I recovery at the end, it would show beginners like me a good start package to create our own mission using what we learn in your tutorials. Keep up the good work

right to the point, good video as always.

brilliant as always 👌🏻

Thank you!

We unpin the ejection seats before we get into the aircraft. We hand the pins to the plane captains who store them under the nose gear, there’s a box. We only arm the ejection seats after we are strapped in with three different belts. Leg restraints, lap belts and shoulder harness.

great stuff mate, nice one!!! ;) merry christmas

5:08 I had no idea you could play 1980's Battlezone on that screen! Well it is an old jet i suppose 😁

@grimreapers

5 жыл бұрын

lols

@fernandogray2811

Жыл бұрын

Ain’t old, it’s timeless!

I love the Grim Reapers version of the start-up. Quick and to the point. Good vid brother keep it up and I hope you are doing well.

That is a very nice picture of VF 102 Diamondback.

Also, you forgot to put your air source pushbutton to both after the engines were started.

@grimreapers

5 жыл бұрын

If this is an essential step then could you please message me on Discord to discuss? Thanks

Regarding the INS alignment, there is an option that comes up once the engines are started where you can tell jester what type of alignment to do.

@grimreapers

5 жыл бұрын

ooOO haven't seen that... cool

@trevorbodnar5495

5 жыл бұрын

@@grimreapers Watch Jabbers front seat startup to see what I'm talking about.

It's not a hard plane to get started, which is a good thing.

@Shloomy_Shloms

5 жыл бұрын

Most planes aren’t that hard to start up once you strip down the start up without going through all the checks!

@shawdawg2852

5 жыл бұрын

@@Shloomy_Shloms Does the game simulate failures without the checks? Cause it'd be an interesting thing to simulate for people who bypass everything.

@Shloomy_Shloms

5 жыл бұрын

Shawdawg28 if you’re doing just regular free flight and instant missions, no I don’t believe there are random failures but I’m pretty sure in the mission editor, you can enable random failures for a chance of something going wrong and I also think you can set up specific failures yourself if you want to make an energy scenario or something like that and I’m sure when someone starts a server in multiplayer they can enable the random failures option as well, I’m still pretty new to DCS myself, only starting since the F-14 went into early access but I do remember seeing that option somewhere before

Hello Grim Reapers, first of all I'd like to thank you very much for all of your excellent tutorials! I always watch your tutos for all my modules now. I have a little problem with the throttle of my F14. When I want to start up the F14, when I try to put the throttle from off to IDLE position, it doesn't work. I need to return back to OFF (cut off) position, then I can go to IDLE position. Is there a solution for that little problem?

best cold start vid ive seen, keep it up boys. do you guys do training missions at all?

Issue I always have is that While I switch on nose steering, and I can see the toggle, I can’t steer with the gear…

Before you go ! What switch do I use to turn this beast off ....... damn.

What do you do when the canopy is opened, you ICS hot mike is on, but when you request ground power, you get no response from the ground crew and it never connects?

as someone that doesnt even have dcs, thank you

Thanks for the vid I notice your instrument panels are a lot less weathered than mine/. Is there a way I can get these textures?

@ 1:07 I dont even know how to navigate the radial dial. Therefore no start up. I love how you get a module, then have to take a computer course to set up the controls. No idea how he was to get a pointer line in radial dial. Anyone know?

Any plans on doing a joystick button setup. I know they are all different, but most people who play this have a throttle with buttons, and a stick with buttons, about 10. Just wondering what you guys usually set your stuff to.

@grimreapers

5 жыл бұрын

Yup but it's about a week away as I haven't finished learning yet :)

Can I do that all with irl switches?

Question: How do I fix my flaps? When I land with them down, they don’t want to go back up.

@tomickert8453

3 жыл бұрын

U mean when doin the instantaction landing? Same. But work fine on regular flying

@Short_Round1999

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomickert8453 Then I need to do something g different cuz I’ve been putting them down for every landing like any normal landing

I was in VF-101 in 1986 🙋🏻‍♂️

The red STBY bug is still alive and well in 2024 😂

Cap one think I would really like to know, is it possible to fly with my friend in the same F-14 aircraft?

@grimreapers

4 жыл бұрын

yes thats what it's designed for.

@cptdutchy3108

4 жыл бұрын

Wow that is incredible! Thanks for replying so fast everytime cap! Love all of your vids so so much! Keep em going man!💯

I didn’t even buy F 14B. All of sudden i got notification that i got F 14B at my module manager and i downloaded it. It was hard to control and laggy as F

@user-is2nn8mc9q

4 жыл бұрын

It's free for this weekend started on friday

@mrmochi2133

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-is2nn8mc9q owh lol😂

It's been a minute huh Mav...

Pay attention kids.. you might be stranded in the middle of Iran and need to know this one day to get home 😂

@Slasher_heavymetal

Ай бұрын

😂im 14 and I can pilot the rio and main perfectly

Ok how do I join your wing. I just got into he Cat and will be training but I love your videos and your shit is so squared away. I am not military and give tons of respect to those who are.

@grimreapers

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/jJOotJmBZ8vbZdI.html

my mouse wont slide over the jester context menu

@moosetracks656

4 жыл бұрын

Ok u fixed it by now but you’re supposed to look and then press the jester button to select which should be a

I did everything, then top right corner, “server reset in 60 seconds”

Hmm. F14 or M2000?

@grimreapers

5 жыл бұрын

tough one that. For me its 14, but both are good

@hondarider100r

5 жыл бұрын

@@grimreapers ended up getting m2000. It's nice but dont like how small everything seems in cockpit.

@jakubdabrowski3846

4 жыл бұрын

Difficult question, french beauty or american muscle plane?

TOMCATS am I right?!

Hello im 1st, nice vid

As always great video and your guidance is always appreciated. When you switch off the air supply remember to cycle through your air source settings and finally select air source Both. Usually you will have to ask Jester to align the INS. Arguably you should turn off the hydraulic pump before starting engines, then back on once both engines are at 70% and you should ask ATC for startup permission.

If you say "Cold Start" you basicly have to run down everything. Now Green Reapers are synonym of "absence of attitude". Dont make a video if yoy dont know. Dcs is a SIMULATOR. Stop using it as your arcade centre and go play ace combat. Propper cold start means running everything down, bot making and easy peasy video

@user-is2nn8mc9q

4 жыл бұрын

If you are looking for hyper realism then gr probably isn't right for you. Their entire point is to just have fun. Other groups such as the 104th and 132nd are much more realism focused. The purpose of the gr tutorials is to give players the bare minimum amount of knowledge to operate the aircraft as stated at the start of the video.

Thank you!