F15E Quick Guide - Switching TWS Modes, Lock&unlock targets, Pilot&WSO Keybinds
In this quick tutorial I give you an overview on how to use the Track Wile Scan Modes in the new F15E Strike Eagle for DCS World. In this step-by-step guide, you’ll learn everything you need to know about switching modes, when to use which mode, locking targets and shooting them down. As always you can find the key binds below and also mentioned during the video. Let me know in the comments which part I should cover next. Please take note that this guide only touches the surface of this complex topic and is aimed to get you started and interested to dive deeper into the mechanics of the F15E.
Stay tuned and have fun fighting multiple targets at once in the F15E!
Keybinds:
You will find all the listed key binds quickly when you type “Hotas” in the search bar of the controls panel. The information in [ ] is the exact category where you find the key bind, I also try to match this setup when I bind it to my Hotas. The key bind listed have the exact wording like in dcs, so you can copy them to search, the description behind the “-“ is only a explanation and should not be copied .
Weapon release (Pickle) [Throttle Quadrant, Hotas] - Fire your ordnance like missiles or bombs
Trigger [Control Stick, Hotas] - Shoot your gun, when selected
TDC Slew [Throttle Quadrant, Hotas] - Slew your cursor on the Radar, TGP etc. You can also bind it with axis.
TDC Press [Throttle Quadrant, Hotas] - Lock the target your cursor is hovering over or conduct Mini Raster Scan
Radar Antenna Elevation UP [Throttle Quadrant, Hotas] - Increase your Radar scan ceiling
Radar Antenna Elevation DOWN [Throttle Quadrant, Hotas] - Decrease your Radar scan ceiling
Castle Switch LEFT [Control Stick, Hotas] - Hold (1-2 sec) long to make the left MFD SOI (Sensor of Interest), take control of Radar
Weapons/Mode Switch FWD (MRM) [Throttle Quadrant, Hotas] - Select Medium Range Missiles like Aim-7 Sparrow and Aim-120 Amraam
Weapons/Mode Switch CNT (SRM) [Throttle Quadrant, Hotas] - Select Short Range Missiles like Sidewinder
Weapons/Mode Switch AFT (GUN) [Throttle Quadrant, Hotas] - Select Gun
Coolie Switch LEFT [Throttle Quadrant, Hotas] - Hold (1-2 sec) to start IFF interrogation (Dots on Radar are friendly!)
Boat Switch FWD [Throttle Quadrant, Hotas] - Cycle between Weapons/Stations when in any weapon mode
Boat Switch AFT [Throttle Quadrant, Hotas] - Undesignate a target
CMD Switch DOWN (Manual 1 Dispense) [Throttle Quadrant, Hotas] - Dispense Program 1 of countermeasures
CMD Switch UP (Manual 2 Dispense) [Throttle Quadrant, Hotas] - Dispense Program 2 of coundermeasures
Auto Acquisition Switch AFT [Throttle Quadrant, Hotas] - Switch to 2TWSH Mode while having an STT lock, Mini Raster Scan
Auto Acquisition Switch FWD [Throttle Quadrant, Hotas] - Switch to 3HDT Mode wile having STT lock, Mini Raster Scan or in TWS
Auto Acquisition Switch FWD [Throttle Quadrant, Hotas] - Hold to switch to 2HDT in STT, Mini Raster or TWS
Auto Acquisition Switch PRESS [Throttle Quadrant, Hotas] - Return to Search mode/Break lock
WSO only:
HC Trigger Full Action [Right Hand Controller] - Lock the target your cursor is hovering over or conduct Mini Raster Scan
Caste Switch DOWN [Control Stick, Hotas] - Cycle Primary Target in TWS
Caste Switch LEFT [Control Stick, Hotas] - Undesignate Target while hovering over it in TWS
AAI Switch FWD [Right Hand Controller] - Hold to start an IFF Interrogation
0:00 Intro
0:24 Switch Radar: On
0:27 Switch Master Arm: On
0:30 Make Radar SOI
0:37 IFF
0:55 Switch to TWS (2TWSH)
1:23 Lock Target
1:36 Primary Target Indication, PDT
1:41 Secondary Target Indication, SDT
1:46 Undesignate Target
1:54 Cycle PDT
2:11 Shoot Missiles in TWS
2:27 Leave TWS
2:36 TWS Modes introduction
3:40 2TWSH, Wide Pattern Mode
4:00 4TWSH, Medium Pattern Mode
4:32 3HDT, High Rate Mode 3
4:54 2HDT, High Rate Mode 2
5:10 Narrow scan Mode
5:53 Target Sampling
6:19 TWS Auto Lock
6:47 Closure
7:06 Outro
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This was so good. Please continue to do tutorials. Well done.
finally a quick guide from a youtuber who thinks he isnt above making a tutorial video that's less than 30 minutes long *cough cough* Reaper and Spud *cough cough*
@Kennyuk77
4 ай бұрын
Straight to the point I like it
Using a translator because I don't understand English very well. I really liked your videos, just do it as if you are learning and need the help you are teaching us in your videos. Very explanatory and with the necessary controls to do so. Congratulations!!
@kamza87
10 ай бұрын
Nice to hear that it helped you out :).
Great video, I love that it's short and to the point. For this kind of content it's no fun slogging through 20m+ videos. Thank you!
You're very under-rated.! Thanks
Great video. You spent a lot of time and effort to put a lot of information in the description and all the chapters. You also explained it well. Nice and simple. That's worth a like and sub in my book!
Tysm man i couldnt figure out how to lock but you did u deserve a follow
Quality stuff man, thank you for this. Can't wait until the WSO seat works properly!
@kamza87
Жыл бұрын
Yeah true, they just fixed the IFF bug for the WSO it seems :)
Your label system rocked!! You just earned a new sub! :D
@kamza87
Жыл бұрын
Thanks mate :)
Straight on point - thanks very much!! 🙂
on point tutorials
love your guide
A TWS button would’ve been so much easier. Thanks for the video.
@kamza87
10 ай бұрын
Haha yeah for sure, but the WSO has to get something to do right ;)
Nice video and help.
@2:23 LMAO!!! 😆 Thanks for the video!
@kamza87
Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it, thanks for the comment :)
Wonderful guide, Thanks
We appreciate your maximum signal, minimum noise style ^_^
If im not mistaken, the IFF interogation is currently bugged in the F-15E WSO seat. It will only work once when commanded then will not work again while in flight. It can be reset for an additional one time use by leaving the aircraft and spawning in it again.
@kamza87
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for adding this, i haven't experienced it myself but a lot of people talking about it. Let's hoe it gets fixed soon 🤞
All of that in this vid i know befor.. But i liked the way you explaned it to new F15-E pilots a short but vey good tutorail thanks
@3dmax911
Жыл бұрын
and a follow for sure !! and if i may ask are your name Hamza the arabic muslim name ? or kamza ? bc in some muslim countries they change the name from Hamza to kamza
@kamza87
Жыл бұрын
Na sorry dude that's just coincidence, it's inspired from pronunciation of a korean word for potato "Gamja" 감자 :P, thanks for watching and commenting :)
@3dmax911
Жыл бұрын
@@kamza87 thanks for the info.. My name is Osamah wich mean in Arabic the lion... Also Hamzah and Harith.. Ext.. The lion in the Arabic has more 100 name.. Its a very beautifull and strong language... I can read and understand books writen moor than 2000 years ago.. Same language..
"Stay a while and listen" - The Cain of modern air combat.
great video
Excellent thank you!
But how to you manually select more than 1 target if they are in, say, a 4 ship formation? The contacts are so close it's not letting me select them.
@kamza87
11 ай бұрын
Hey, from my knowledge the Strike Eagle doesn't have any expand FOV function for the radar like F16 for example, at least i couldn't find anything in the handbook. Maybe someone has more insight on this?
Nice vid
What is az bump
@kamza87
Жыл бұрын
Check 4:20, it's when you bring your TDC to the left or right edge of the screen and slew 'over' it. Cheers
@IulknPdshb
Жыл бұрын
@@kamza87 oh ok. Thanks
thank for you video ! but I would like to understand I am WSO in F15E on DCS and I have never managed to switch my radar to NARROW, I put the ACQ Sym at the bottom left in mode 4TWSH or 2 and then I press the TDC but that does not change nothing while my pilot passes it directly.... Is this reserved only for the pilot seat? thanks in advance I'm going crazy
@kamza87
4 ай бұрын
Hey mate, glad you liked it :). To your question: I'm pretty sure you are using the wrong key while hovering over the 2TWSH text. Make sure to use your "Trigger FA (Full)" key to start a miniraster scan or to change from 2TWSH to narrow, while hovering with the tdc. If it still does not work check that you are using the keybind on the correct hand controller for the MPD you have selected, LHC for the two MPDs on the left side and RHC for the two MPDs on the right side. Hope that helps you out :). Tip: Always use TGP/Radar on the same side and passiv screens on the other, so you dont have to bind both hand controllers in full ;). I didn't explained it in detail in the video for the WSO maybe i should get an specific one out for that in the future.
@barricadefrance5349
4 ай бұрын
@@kamza87 for sure , thank a lot
Meh coming from F-16 this is hard to get. I can only fight a single aircraft at the moment lol.
Does boxing AUTO also slew the radar az/el to keep a locked target in the scan, or do you have to do that completely manually in this plane?
@Callsign_Spectre
Жыл бұрын
Boxing auto in the SE is different than auto versus manual in the F18’s TWS. Boxing auto automatically locks up to 10 (I think it’s 10) targets within your radars azimuth scan. Bogey or otherwise. It can be good for quick SA but then you’ve got to IFF since auto doesn’t care if it’s friend or foe.
Thanks for these great and well put together Tutorials. I´ve added them to my DCS Tutorial Collection (google for that name if you want to check it out). Please let me know if you plan to create a more dedicated Series. From what I see here I can imagine that it would become a real enrichment for the DCS Coomunity.
@kamza87
Жыл бұрын
Hey, tanks mate :). Next video will be a normal dcs video again, i wanted to do laser guided bombs and a coldstart to round it up afterwards. Not sure if i will add more in the future, we will see.
yea, that is a lot to lock, so might not get the E. I struggled enough with the A10 after I got the hornet down..
Hi