I hope you enjoy this one, took quite a while, and covers the whole lot, don't forget a pen and paper! Videos like these take a considerable amount of time to research and produce, if you enjoyed the content please consider supporting me on Patreon!: www.patreon.com/RedKite
Your a legend Redkite. Because of folks like you who take the time to do tutorials you make it so much easier to understand, frequently visit and enjoy your greatly appreciated work. Thanks so much.
Thank you for not falling for the letterbox format that so many ‘How to’ videos seem to be shifting to. It’s refreshing to be able to see what I’m being taught.
UA-cam's compression and low bitrate are the primary reason I prefer to do closeups! otherwise it's so easy for things to blur away, especially with lots of motion.
As a newer Hornet driver, I greatly appreciate this like the others have said! Have shared this on our discord channel under hornet training. Thanks much!
This is really good and welcome stuff. A brilliant roundup of all the features of one specific system. This is the sort of tutorial that is worth watching over and over to remain ‘current’ and get refreshed. Because whatever the case, you tend to forget stuff. Thanks for your work Redkite. It is very much appreciated!👌
Many Thanks. I was so frustrated when after a long time in VR I couldn't get along with the Hornet because of the pot. I'm training that right away and give thumbs up for this calm and very good tutorial. Thy vm ^^
This is such a good video. There's the normal stuff that's in most tutorials then there's the 10000IQ shit like the A/A flir usage or that HARM TOO interaction. Thanks a ton, man. This was really helpful.
Thanks for the tutorial, I found the hornet TGP is confusing, and harder to use than the A-10C TGP. The TGP on the A-10 is so intuitive. This tutorial helped me a lot, thanks!
I've been waiting for a video like this. The TGP in the hornet has gone through so many changes and revisions that the official videos are rather worthless. I will also say that I really appreciate your no-frills, no-bullshit style of video. Very well done.
Incredible informative video. I personally never thought of using the MPCD with the TGP for greyscale. Super useful as that green overload can really take its toll on your eyes after a while. Again, great job.
This is so good, I realize now just how much I leave on the table. Time to get out there in the sandbox and put some of these new techniques to the test!
Holy crap, wow, that was very impressive. Thank you so much for putting in the effort for this video, i'll be using it as a reference for a long time to come!
This must be the updated video I was asking about in the laser guided bomb tutorial from 2 years ago. *Gets out pen and paper. No, I'm going to bed. I'll save this for tomorrow :)
WOW! What a load of information, will definitely give these a go tonight. As is with any training, you will only memorize it if you do it. Thank you RedKite :)
Impeccable as always. I've only ever signed up for one Patreon, this one, because how can you not? The results clearly come from the effort put in. Thanks as ever.
07:12 great video, I'm pretty sure only the horizontal lines can be used as metersticks. Confirmed page 469 of the manual. Once again great video thank you sir
Hey Redkite, just bought the Hornet and Supercarrier in the Christmas sales and just getting to them now. Thank you so much for these! You should make a training campaign for the hornet mate. I'd buy it tomorrow :)
Youre a boss mate. What an anazing teacher you are. Having taught a hands on trade online this year I can really appreciate the amount of planning and time that this has taken you. Thankyou for your efforts and I hope you are being well rewarded for your hard work. Take care, all the way from Australia! Tom
We've all been anxiously waiting for this one for quite some time and you haven't disappointed. Exceptional work ... as usual! Thank you Mr Kite. Now if I only had a Display Port connected directly to my brain I could download all these into permanent memory. 😉
At 7:15: The meter stick can not be "any" leg, only one of the two horizontals can be used for any distance measuring according to the meter number on the screen. The vertical ones in the TGP always show different distances, depending on how steep or shallow the TGP is looking at that moment. Similar to the flashlight effect. You can also see the reason for difference, if you look at the North direction cross top right corner, which is represented paralell to the ground in the display, in kinda 3D. Look at it at 6:45, the South-North arrow seems to be much longer, because you see it broadsided, the East-West arrow seems much shorter, but is is the same size, only tilted. Also see A-10C DCS manual page 337: "This numeric, when visible, displays the relative ground distance covered by the right half of the crosshair"
@@noisytwit It did for me. But I keep trying to be smart and use the pod to avoid the awkward Mav slewing, which requires the TDC to be depressed for some reason. Problem was I couldn't see shit and was fumbling with the mouse because I didn't fully know the Hotas controls.
@@starfleethastanks you can disable realistic slew in the special page in settings under the F18 and you should be able to slew the MAV then without holding TDC depress. Taking out the Grisha for me wasn't too bad. Taking out the fastboats with the rocket showever was a pain, could not see those at all! Though I did do the mission the other night whilst we had the white NVG so with green it may be easier to see them.
Very nice Red! Can you please elaborate more on the topic about the offset? I am not so sure that real life pods have troubles maintaining locks on low contrast areas. We all have seen pods locking perfectly during the gulf war where there are a lot of content available.
In most cases the pod won't have issues, sometimes sunrise/sunset can also upset the IR camera tracks! I couldn't say how much this method is used over just using INS ground stabilised or area/point but it serves as a useful a fall back mode.
I'm currently getting back into this and was struggling with the HOTAS controls - the RAID/FOV/FLIR thing wouldn't work - reason was: It doesn't if you got a Mav selected on the store page, which takes over control for that button. Read the same applies to HARMs. Couldn't find out why zooming with the antenna elevation control doesn't want to work, though. Mapped it to the TMWH ministick. Might be because I lowered the sensitivity in the axis settings, though.
What do you guys think that Commander Fravor saw in the California coast in 2004? I absolutely cannot wrap my head around it, and it has been tormenting me since I heard him in a podcast a couple of weeks ago.
As usual a very detailed and easy to follow guide. I'm just confused as to the difference between a TDC designate and a point/area track. TDC designate seems to feed the coords into the INS while a track just has the pod track something ?
Yes, in most cases the pod will automatically be designating (for example if you slew off of from a WPDSG the designation will follow) But, if you go into snowplow or VVSLV and then into area track you won't be designating a point yet. In this situation you're tracking the ground with the pod, but it's not passing any co-ordinates onto your weapons system. Pressing TDC Designate will then set the designation and start passing on the pod's target.
@RedKite, what i noticed is that the TPOD LonLat is only 6 digits, is it possible to have a more precise LonLat (8 digits) to send to the JDAMS / JSOWS, or will the TPOD send a 8 digit LonLat when you designate a target? This way you get more accurate hits at long distances.
I hope you enjoy this one, took quite a while, and covers the whole lot, don't forget a pen and paper!
Videos like these take a considerable amount of time to research and produce, if you enjoyed the content please consider supporting me on Patreon!: www.patreon.com/RedKite
Your diction is so good that even fan from S.Korea can understand easily!
Glad to of been of help!
fans from north korea seeng this video: write that down
Hi, so do I. I am from Russia and I can understand him easily
Isn't that awesome!! I know the feeling when only native speakers can understand....
Your a legend Redkite. Because of folks like you who take the time to do tutorials you make it so much easier to understand, frequently visit and enjoy your greatly appreciated work. Thanks so much.
Thank you kindly!
A-10C II and RedKite video in the same day? This is great!
Thank you for not falling for the letterbox format that so many ‘How to’ videos seem to be shifting to.
It’s refreshing to be able to see what I’m being taught.
UA-cam's compression and low bitrate are the primary reason I prefer to do closeups! otherwise it's so easy for things to blur away, especially with lots of motion.
The letterbox format is a result of recording a widescreen display which has a different aspect ratio to non-widescreen displays
As always, amazing tutorial, no bullshit and straight to the point! Much appreciated and keep it up!
laughs in grim reapers doing nothing but handing out wrong tutorials
@@wee6838 fr grim reapers is not even good
Appreciate guys like you and ralfidude stepping up with these detailed tutorials of late.
THis guys videos are the BEST tutorials he doesn't do a lot of other talk around no joking just straight to the point. I friggin LOVE his videos.
As a newer Hornet driver, I greatly appreciate this like the others have said! Have shared this on our discord channel under hornet training. Thanks much!
Thanks! Welcome to the Hornet! It's my second favourite (after the hog)
This is really good and welcome stuff. A brilliant roundup of all the features of one specific system. This is the sort of tutorial that is worth watching over and over to remain ‘current’ and get refreshed. Because whatever the case, you tend to forget stuff. Thanks for your work Redkite. It is very much appreciated!👌
Coming back to this after a year (and noob on DCS at that time) has great value!
Thanks again, great video..
Glad to help!
Many Thanks. I was so frustrated when after a long time in VR I couldn't get along with the Hornet because of the pot. I'm training that right away and give thumbs up for this calm and very good tutorial.
Thy vm ^^
This is such a good video. There's the normal stuff that's in most tutorials then there's the 10000IQ shit like the A/A flir usage or that HARM TOO interaction. Thanks a ton, man. This was really helpful.
Thanks for the tutorial, I found the hornet TGP is confusing, and harder to use than the A-10C TGP. The TGP on the A-10 is so intuitive. This tutorial helped me a lot, thanks!
Agree! And I find the green screen vastly inferior to the black/white version.
@@terryboyer1342 True! I find it so hard to find targets with green scale.
Redkite videos - the Chuck’s guides of UA-cam.
Your tutorials are one of the best sources the community has to offer!
Thanks GeFlixes! glad they're appreciated.
I'm 400. You make very good tutorials. You speak slowly, clearly and calmly - this is important for people with poor English :)
So many informations. It's quite impressive.
If only I could watch these videos while flying in VR
An excellent video for a hornet driver returning after a long break (and perfectly timed, to boot), thanks!
A veritable firehose of information, all good stuff. I know how I'm spending the next three days.
I've been waiting for a video like this. The TGP in the hornet has gone through so many changes and revisions that the official videos are rather worthless.
I will also say that I really appreciate your no-frills, no-bullshit style of video. Very well done.
Thanks!
This is amazing, good to have it all in one place.
It's nice to be able to cover a (mostly) complete feature too!
Very informative bro, I'm still coming back to this video while trying to master the tpod
Incredible informative video. I personally never thought of using the MPCD with the TGP for greyscale. Super useful as that green overload can really take its toll on your eyes after a while. Again, great job.
Can also be easier to discern and identify objects sometimes.
I wish I found this one earlier... Thx a bunch for a spot on tutorial. Very informative and easy to understand.
Great video, you're detail and calm explanation helps a lot
Got my pen and paper ready, can’t wait!
The reasoning for the offset had puzzled me, thanks for explaining what it is for.
Best Hornet Litening pod tutorial ever, amazing work 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
God your videos have the best clarity, organization, and flow..... you make these modules worth really digging into
For sure best video on the pod I've seen. Very nice job! The timelines also were every helpful.
Without you it would be impossible for me to learn DCS F/A-18.
Thank you so much.
Thank you! It was hard to find videos since so much has changed over time
Best tutorial for the TGP, ever! Clear and detailed. 👍👍👍
This is so good, I realize now just how much I leave on the table. Time to get out there in the sandbox and put some of these new techniques to the test!
The bomb fall line on the TGP I was not aware of. This is a game changer!
That little indicator packs quite a bit in! Took me by surprise.
Holy crap, wow, that was very impressive. Thank you so much for putting in the effort for this video, i'll be using it as a reference for a long time to come!
Core systems deserve the time and effort to present properly! Wouldn't want to teach someone badly.
14:13' VVSLV I did use it a lot, until the HMD A2G capabilities came out :) Great Video! And yeah, I'm taking notes :)
Fantastic buddy. Finally put warheads on foreheads with help from this video.
I am watching every of your tutorials. I don't even have DCS, it's just so well done that I like watch it :D
Thanks for the kind words! (DCS does have a fair bit of it for free, with the simplified Su-25T being available if you want to try it out though!)
This must be the updated video I was asking about in the laser guided bomb tutorial from 2 years ago. *Gets out pen and paper. No, I'm going to bed. I'll save this for tomorrow :)
Red Kite this is just BRILLIANT Thank you! flaming well done mate, I don't know how you do it! 10. Out. Of. 10.
Thanks kindly!
WOW! What a load of information, will definitely give these a go tonight. As is with any training, you will only memorize it if you do it. Thank you RedKite :)
truly a masterpiece you got here, sir. Much appreciated.
Impeccable as always. I've only ever signed up for one Patreon, this one, because how can you not? The results clearly come from the effort put in. Thanks as ever.
Thank you kindly!
Best in depth view of the system
07:12 great video, I'm pretty sure only the horizontal lines can be used as metersticks. Confirmed page 469 of the manual. Once again great video thank you sir
Great Tutorial, well done. Thanks for your time and explaining the pod. I didnt know several points I found very useful.
Hey Redkite, just bought the Hornet and Supercarrier in the Christmas sales and just getting to them now. Thank you so much for these!
You should make a training campaign for the hornet mate. I'd buy it tomorrow :)
Youre a boss mate. What an anazing teacher you are. Having taught a hands on trade online this year I can really appreciate the amount of planning and time that this has taken you. Thankyou for your efforts and I hope you are being well rewarded for your hard work. Take care, all the way from Australia!
Tom
Much appreciated.
We've all been anxiously waiting for this one for quite some time and you haven't disappointed. Exceptional work ... as usual! Thank you Mr Kite. Now if I only had a Display Port connected directly to my brain I could download all these into permanent memory. 😉
Haha i'd settle for not forgetting why I walked into a room!
I like your videos so much, I watched this even though I’ve already learned the pod. You sound happy!
Hah It's nice to be covering a (mostly) complete system!
Best video I've seen on that topic - Congrats ! - Thx
As always -- and I do mean always, with your channel -- another masterfully done tutorial!
Hi Redkite, thank you very much for your tutorials! So calm, and simple to understand, but nevertheless very complete.
You're very welcome!
Thank you so much for doing the job that ED should be doing. Your instruction is fantastic.
You are very welcome!
Very well done. Best tutorial I've seen on the subject. Thank you.
As usual a very informative and concise vid...I learned a lot from this thank you
At 7:15: The meter stick can not be "any" leg, only one of the two horizontals can be used for any distance measuring according to the meter number on the screen. The vertical ones in the TGP always show different distances, depending on how steep or shallow the TGP is looking at that moment. Similar to the flashlight effect. You can also see the reason for difference, if you look at the North direction cross top right corner, which is represented paralell to the ground in the display, in kinda 3D. Look at it at 6:45, the South-North arrow seems to be much longer, because you see it broadsided, the East-West arrow seems much shorter, but is is the same size, only tilted.
Also see A-10C DCS manual page 337: "This numeric, when visible, displays the relative ground distance covered by the right half of the crosshair"
Awesome tutorial. Very comprehensive ... Thanks!
I've got a lot to learn. Thank you for this!
Wow so much info! Thank you for your hard work! I will be referencing this video a lot.
I thought I had the flir pod down pat but I learned a lot from this lol
This tutorial was needed !
This was really well put together, thanks sm
Training time! Thank you RedKite!
Extremely well done tutorial, thank you!
hey kite, thanks in advance for this one. Will help me a lot to get back to the bug!
learned a lot, and with great pleasure, thank you!
Excellent. Thanks RedKite!
Raven One Mission 8 has been giving me trouble. After this video, that Grisha's hosed!
Go get 'em!
I was sure the default load out didn't give us a FLIR on M8?
@@noisytwit It did for me. But I keep trying to be smart and use the pod to avoid the awkward Mav slewing, which requires the TDC to be depressed for some reason. Problem was I couldn't see shit and was fumbling with the mouse because I didn't fully know the Hotas controls.
@@starfleethastanks you can disable realistic slew in the special page in settings under the F18 and you should be able to slew the MAV then without holding TDC depress.
Taking out the Grisha for me wasn't too bad. Taking out the fastboats with the rocket showever was a pain, could not see those at all! Though I did do the mission the other night whilst we had the white NVG so with green it may be easier to see them.
@@noisytwit Wait, is it green again?
Absolument fantastique le tuto...Merci
Awesome work! Fantastically useful resource. Thanks for all the hard work.
Excellent video as always. Thank You.
Great video, very easy to follow.
Best guides ever!!! Thank you!
A world class video! Thank you!
Very nice Red! Can you please elaborate more on the topic about the offset? I am not so sure that real life pods have troubles maintaining locks on low contrast areas. We all have seen pods locking perfectly during the gulf war where there are a lot of content available.
In most cases the pod won't have issues, sometimes sunrise/sunset can also upset the IR camera tracks! I couldn't say how much this method is used over just using INS ground stabilised or area/point but it serves as a useful a fall back mode.
Great video. Underrated for sure
I'm currently getting back into this and was struggling with the HOTAS controls - the RAID/FOV/FLIR thing wouldn't work - reason was: It doesn't if you got a Mav selected on the store page, which takes over control for that button. Read the same applies to HARMs.
Couldn't find out why zooming with the antenna elevation control doesn't want to work, though. Mapped it to the TMWH ministick. Might be because I lowered the sensitivity in the axis settings, though.
Great tutorial Red!
Thank you very much for doing this, it helps a lot.
Brilliantly done. Very helpful
Another awesome video. Thank you!
Jesus I need to take a course just for the tgp. Going to take some time to get all of down for sure.
I just love your videos ! Keep them coming !
Thanks for the great video.
Could you please turn on the subtitle feature for me, as I am not very good at English hearings?
You teach better than my flight instructor :)
Great video thanks. It's cleared a few things up for me :)
Thank you. This is brilliant.
Great Job Redkite
What do you guys think that Commander Fravor saw in the California coast in 2004?
I absolutely cannot wrap my head around it, and it has been tormenting me since I heard him in a podcast a couple of weeks ago.
As usual a very detailed and easy to follow guide. I'm just confused as to the difference between a TDC designate and a point/area track. TDC designate seems to feed the coords into the INS while a track just has the pod track something ?
Yes, in most cases the pod will automatically be designating (for example if you slew off of from a WPDSG the designation will follow) But, if you go into snowplow or VVSLV and then into area track you won't be designating a point yet. In this situation you're tracking the ground with the pod, but it's not passing any co-ordinates onto your weapons system. Pressing TDC Designate will then set the designation and start passing on the pod's target.
Spot on ! 👌 very informative💥👏👏👏
amazing video! Thank you! I could bet that real life F-18 pilots use this to study for their finals hahahaha
10/10 guide, keep it up man!
Thanks again RedKite!
Nice and professional.
Wow ! Fantastic 👍🏻 you are brilliant.
thank you so much for updating!
@RedKite, what i noticed is that the TPOD LonLat is only 6 digits, is it possible to have a more precise LonLat (8 digits) to send to the JDAMS / JSOWS, or will the TPOD send a 8 digit LonLat when you designate a target? This way you get more accurate hits at long distances.