Flying The OV-10 Bronco On A FAC Mission

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Today we're taking the OV-10 Bronco out on a FAC mission - simulating the jungles of Laos and Vietnam. Can you spot the bunkers and lay down a mark that's accurate enough for the fast movers to bring the pain to the insurgents on the ground?
Try this "Whack-A-Mole" mission! You can find it on my Discord at:
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Or on the ED User Files site at:
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  • @yappydawg8985
    @yappydawg8985 Жыл бұрын

    I really like the sense of "teamwork" you created with this mission. Flying solo in DCS always feels a little "gamey" to me and this mission adds some immersion. I know getting these scripts to work right can be a very frustrating experience so thank you and it looks like you got it right :)

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for the comment. That's what I was going for! I was thinking of using this mission as the basis for some ME tutorial videos about writing scripts.

  • @headintclouds3657
    @headintclouds3657 Жыл бұрын

    That was great! You never disappoint Iain 👍

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    Than you sir. Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @rogeraylstock3641
    @rogeraylstock3641 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for all the work on this nice mission. Loving the Vietnam era stuff!

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you are enjoying it.

  • @rogeraylstock3641

    @rogeraylstock3641

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Sidekick65 I get a message "Need Modules for Load Mission: WWII Armour and Technics". Is this the DCS WWII Assets Pack or something different?

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    I am assuming it is. I don't think I used anything from any mods. I probably used some wwII vehicles around the FOB. sorry didn't think about that causing a problem.

  • @RossOneEyed
    @RossOneEyed Жыл бұрын

    I haven't had much luck yet spotting the targets yet. Still working on seeing them from the air. Glad you put this video together, maybe it will help me a bit.

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    Keep at it. You need to get pretty low- and look for a little bit of white amongst the sea of green.

  • @RossOneEyed

    @RossOneEyed

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Sidekick65 it's even harder trying to find infantry guys in the green....it's a work in progress

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    Good luck!

  • @sloppydog4831

    @sloppydog4831

    Жыл бұрын

    Flying the Bronco and looking for targets made me get a whole new level of appreciation for FAC (A)s. It is hard work to find, properly mark targets and then coordinate aircrafts to attack.

  • @weaselboy66
    @weaselboy66 Жыл бұрын

    The dirt on the windshield drives me crazy trying to spot the Scooters! Great mission!

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    Ain't that the truth. Combined with the crap on my monitor, it gives me fits.

  • @kontoname

    @kontoname

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Sidekick65 literally crap, since it's bright the flies love to poopy on it. I always make it a habit to check with a white background and if needed to spray a cloth with cleaning fluid and wipe it down 😅

  • @TheOpsCenterByMikeSolyom
    @TheOpsCenterByMikeSolyom Жыл бұрын

    That's a very creative use of the assets, Sidekick. It looks like a fun mission. I wanted to mention that a terminal controller can specify when and how an attack aircraft approaches a target. So if you wanted you could tell the pilot "Make your attack west-to-east, stay below 4000, call IP inbound." Then the pilot would come in on a known heading, below a known altitude, and give you a second indication of their progress over a known point (beyond the obligatory "IN" call at the beginning of the terminal phase). The reason I mention all that is it gives you this nice, clear bit of airspace where you can safely orbit and some extra warning of the attack jet's approach. Now you can just do a big circle without having to go belly-up on the target (possibly at a time when you need to see the target and/or the striker).

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh, I know all that stuff. I was actually an Arty FOO in a past life. Unfortunately, getting the DCS AI to understand is not so simple. Ground attack AI is particularly squirrely in DCS. This was the only I could find to get the AI attackers to do what I expected them to do reliably. As it is, they start WAY too far out, but it you start them any closer, they will turn around and go back out before coming in. The AI seems to need more than 5nm separation from target to think it has enough room to attack BAH! don't get me started on the DCS AI - I have spent WAY too many hours fighting with it over the past two weeks.

  • @TheOpsCenterByMikeSolyom

    @TheOpsCenterByMikeSolyom

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Sidekick65 You did a great job on this mission and I totally understand the DCS AI aspect. The last time I told an AI wingman to shoot a HARM at the SAM a few miles to our right, he went twenty miles to the left before turning around to shoot. If it wasn't so amusing I might have gotten upset.

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    Eggggszactly! I nearly lost a good monitor this week when I wanted to throw my mouse at it as I screamed "Where are YOU going!?" At the AI pilots...

  • @yappydawg8985

    @yappydawg8985

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Sidekick65 AI is the problem, Friends in multiplayer is the solution :D

  • @matk4731
    @matk4731 Жыл бұрын

    That is a cool mission. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻🙃🙃

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you are enjoying it. We're having a competition on my Discord to see who can kill 4 bunkers and RTB in the shortest time. Let us know how you do.

  • @matk4731

    @matk4731

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Sidekick65 I haven’t flown DCS for a while but I will be giving this a crack 👍🏻

  • @nigelhughes862
    @nigelhughes862 Жыл бұрын

    Great suff, thank you Iain

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @ryanhooper4660
    @ryanhooper4660 Жыл бұрын

    That looks like a fun mission! Thanks for sharing with the rest of us!!!

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    My pleasure. Hope you enjoy it.

  • @websterl.william106
    @websterl.william106 Жыл бұрын

    this is an awesome mission

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

  • @sloppydog4831
    @sloppydog4831 Жыл бұрын

    Cool man! I'm looking for something like this since I got the Bronco. I've tested a mission made by a guy named Carsten Gurk and his script is a little bit more complex but works as well. 2) what I've noticed flying as FAC is that, well, it is hard! Not easy at all, that's why they took the best pilots to do this. Spotting targets under the jungle canopy is hard, I imagine doing this for hours straight. 3) the grass strip was a very nice touch.

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it. We are having a competition on my Discord to see who can engage 4 targets and get home the quickest. Come by and post your best times.

  • @doubleugly1594
    @doubleugly1594 Жыл бұрын

    Hey Iain, great mission! Im fairly sure that the bunkers did actually shoot back when you were marking the second bunker. I heard some impacts and I thought I saw a tracer fly up right past your nose... Either way a super cool mission for the Bronco. A buddy and I were doing something similar with the Bronco and the F/A-18 the other night. Its a great little addition to DCS

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks glad you are enjoying it. That's definitely why you need to flybwith a wingman. Being a FAC is a lonely kind of war for sure.

  • @doubleugly1594

    @doubleugly1594

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Sidekick65 Yeah, I can only imagine some of the crazy things these planes did over korea and vietnam. Once we have the skyraider we will have some super cool cold war scenarios available to us. OV-10 on FAC, Skyraider on CAS, and Phantoms/Intruders on Precision strike... should be a blast

  • @toddw6716
    @toddw6716 Жыл бұрын

    Nice thanks

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it b

  • @suecobandito8954
    @suecobandito8954 Жыл бұрын

    Nice mission. Will it be on ED too? A Rumor of War and Fields of Fire-couple good books from a marine grunts point of view. Any luck with the Bronco radios and opening the canopy? Hoping devs will address those and the machine guns armed all the time issues. Thanks.

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    I'll try to get it up on ED. Just need to take the time.

  • @Scoop1_1
    @Scoop1_1 Жыл бұрын

    Love the plane and enjoyed this mission. Also revisited one of your classics and replaced the A-4 with the Bronco in ‘Troops in Contact’. Works fine and good fun. Just be aware of the AAA.

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    You're a brave man! That one's no joke in a Bronco

  • @Scoop1_1

    @Scoop1_1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Sidekick65 tribute to the guys who did this in real life. Reading the book ‘Da Nang diary’ from Tom Yarborough. Brings home how dangerous this was and how many didn’t return.

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    Yup Finished that and A Lonely Kind Of War. That's what inspired this mission!

  • @Scoop1_1

    @Scoop1_1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Sidekick65 Good tip, next on the reading list. ‘The Ravens’ from Christopher Robbins should also be good. No Bronco’s, but Bird Dogs and Trojans. Do you happen to know good books about Sandy operations? Like to start reading ahead of the announced A-1H development.

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    I do not have anything off the top of my head. I will give it some thought though. If you find some good stuff, drop by the Discord and let us know!

  • @grantdodge7087
    @grantdodge7087 Жыл бұрын

    Howdy! Great video and the mission looks sweet, especially because ive been reading about FACs in broncos out of Da Nang in 70 and 71. This hits the spot! Question for ya tho- i dont have the ww2 assets but can i i open the mission and swap out the assets for something generic then play it? Thanks!

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, I don't think you can. I should probably make a WWII-asset-free version. Tell you what, if you come to my Discord and remind me, I will move thay to the top of my list. Shouldn't be much work. Appreciate the support. The mission was probably bases on my reading the same books you are.

  • @grantdodge7087

    @grantdodge7087

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Sidekick65 will do, thank you! When i get over dischord ill share those books titles as well. Cheers

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    We actually just started a "what-are-you-reading" channel. Check there.

  • @ctguy1955
    @ctguy1955 Жыл бұрын

    P51 bin stuff I must have messed up as DCS stops usage of Bronco

  • @rutrose2000
    @rutrose2000 Жыл бұрын

    Anyone have any idea what the black "T" painted on top of the wing is for?

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    I believe it is the line that you can walk on. When servicing the a/c

  • @RocketToTheMoose
    @RocketToTheMoose Жыл бұрын

    Tried to load this, but it said I needed a WW2 Armor and Technics module?

  • @Sidekick65

    @Sidekick65

    Жыл бұрын

    Otherwise known as the WWII assets pack. My apologies, I guess a few vehicles from the assets pack snuck into the airfieldbset up b

  • @Saguanay
    @Saguanay Жыл бұрын

    Is that tracer flying past your wing at 9:00?

  • @cory4576
    @cory4576 Жыл бұрын

    Man the bronco is sexy

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