"We're going ballistic Mav!" | Taking the Darkstar to 120,000ft | Top Gun Maverick MSFS
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In this video, we depart out of China Lake and take the "experimental" Darkstar up to 120,000ft.
As I mentioned during the video, the details that Asobo provides for flying the Darkstar are quite vague - if anyone has any further guidance, please let me know!.
Please note this video and all its contents / materials, is for entertainment / simulation purposes only.
PC Specs
MSI B550M
AMD Ryzen 7 5800x 4.7GHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
32GB DDR4 3600MHz
Hardware
Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog
Saitek Pro Flight rudder pedals
HP Reverb WMR headset
TrackIR5
Earthquake Shell Shoxx transducer
Enjoy the flight! - Ігри
you need to click the button behind the stick to the right, below the circular green inop buttons, it looks like 4 boxes, this enables the H2 fuel cell and boosts you to mach 10. it also stops the beeping after enabling the scramjets.
Useful thanks for this!
@@VRFlightSimGuy no problem, this plane is fun as all hell, i chased the sunset last night from KJFK and beat it to KSFO :)
Ah, thank you sir! A fuel supply is always beneficial for these sorts of things haha XD
I’ll pin your comment and that way others won’t make the same mistake. Thanks very much for the info though; I’m planning to compete the whole mission at some point, so this tip should come in handy hehe!
Much appreciated, all the best : )
Now chasing the sunset sounds like a great idea! : )
@@m4chfive I wonder how long it would take from the UK to the USA? Or would it run out of fuel first?
Microsoft has the perfect excuse to not publish manuals:
"Its classified"
Haha, this is true! “We could tell you, but then we’d have to. . .” XD
All the best! : )
The final version will come complete with a high fidelity version of Jennifer Connelly, a lifetime supply of Ray-Ban glasses, and a 6-month supply of Colgate teeth whitener for that authentic Tom Cruise smile.
And an autopilot hopefully.
An autopilot would indeed be very useful Incar. It would be great if Asobo includes one at a later date, but sadly I doubt they will. . .
All the best!
Haha! Can I swap Jennifer Connelly for (1980's) Kelly McGillis? XD
@@IntotheBlueSimulations All good - the Blackbird's on the way ;-)
I absolutely love this aircraft. For a fictional aircraft made for a movie, it's about as good as it gets Getting up to 200,000+ with the sun barely peaking over the horizon is unbelievable. Doing the SR-71 style Dipsey doodle is thoroughly enjoyable too
Hi Jon,
I very much agree with you! I wasn't expecting a whole lot from the Darkstar initially, but Asobo have actually done a very nice job with it overall. Great fun to fly and it provides a nice challenge as well.
Cheers and all the best! : )
imagine taking the darkstar across the pond and landing five hours before you took off
Time (zone) travel!
Haha, indeed Sesgow, that would screw with your body clock I'm sure! XD
I think the Darkstar is the most interesting part of the Top Gun DLC. Sure, it isn’t ‘study level’, but it provides unique challenges and Asobo obviously put some thought into how they were going to implement it. They could easily just made it where you just push the power levers forward and point it at the sky. This requires more thought than that. Landings are interesting too .
Yeah, completely agree Paul. It’s nice that the Darkstar has enough depth, that one can’t simply “brute force” it into the sky. I like the cockpit and I think the aircraft’s capabilities should make for some interesting flights. I haven’t tried landing it yet - I shall look forward to that then haha.
All the best! : )
yes being a space nerd it's very fun to be able to fly a hypersonic vehicle!! XD
How do I fly it? I downloaded the DLC but I can't find it anywhere...
I for this one couple times in VR and I must say that after landing on the Cape I felt physically exhausted, it was an exhilarating ride.
Hi Jan,
I haven't flown VR in MSFS for a while myself (I've just never been able to get the performance I would like), but I NEED to try this one for sure haha. I'll bet it's quite an experience!
Cheers and all the best : )
I usually find fast jets and fantasy planes distasteful outside of dedicated combat simulators, but this is different somehow. It provides a fairly unique experience, like a plane you might make in kerbal space program but in a better framework and environment.
This is a Servey and recognaissance type of aircraft a similar type irl would be the famous blackbird SR-71
its an incredibly insane engineering product Look it up the plane is incredibly interesting
This Plane The DarkStar is actualy design with the help of Lockheed Martin for the movie
It's the dedication to the bit that makes this thing so neat imo, there's just enough detail to keep it interesting while also showing off some of the extremes the sim can handle now. I'm getting more Ace Combat vibes from this thing than KSP, though. You're literally flying one of those objectives from AC that you'd ordinarily need to intercept within 90-120 seconds before it rockets off out of missile range lol.
The Darkstar is basically a maned version of lockheed skunk works SR-72 prototype that should be flying next year. Plus actual engineers from skunkworks helped design the plane for the movie. Apparently it even fooled the Chinese because they turned one or two spy satellites to try to get a photo of it lmao
Agreed zOMGREI, a very nice, balanced offering from Asobo with the Darkstar! I thought the aircraft was going to be extremely gimmicky, but it actually provides a nice little challenge and some very interesting flight opportunities.
On a different note, I see you have become a channel member! Thank you very much indeed - hugely appreciated. If you would like to, please email me at intotheblueinbox@gmail.com and I can fill you in on some details regarding membership "benefits".
Cheers and all the best! : )
Indeed Palmput. I wasn't expecting much from the Darkstar (didn't even realise it was included in the update initially haha) and fully assumed it was going to be a bit of a toy. It's obviously not "study level", but there's more than enough there to make it interesting and it provides a nice challenge overall. Asobo did a good job with it.
It certainly reminds me of some of the SSTO's from Orbiter / Kerbal.
Cheers and all the best! : )
I can’t believe that I had landed successfully on that mystery airplane. 🤙😂
Haha, congrats Abdul! The Darkstar is certainly a pretty tricky beast to land XD
All the best! : )
I'm sooo gonna try this in VR later! Great video as always :)
I don't have all my VR gear plugged in at the moment, but I *need* to try this one in VR as well! It's not every day you can get an appreciation for what 120,000ft / Mach 9 looks like haha.
Enjoy! : )
Well, that was cinematic! This speeds trigger the question if suitable photogrammetry of the moon is available... 😉
Your video reminded me of the SpaceShuttle mod in Xplane, it was quite fun to fly this basically within a range of speed and AOA to avoid overheating of the heat tiles and subsequently structural failure. Pretty sure some skilled devs will come up with this at some point.💙
Cheers Ra, glad you enjoyed it! Haha, well at least on the moon, the 10 year old photo imagery won't matter too much : P
I actually did a vid with the X-Plane shuttle some time ago - a fun little challenge for sure. As you say, I'm sure someone will bring the same thing into MSFS at some point.
All the best! : )
Excellent video! Watched it last night after hours of trying to brute force it into the sky. Completely improved my experience! You have earned a new sub
Ah well thank you very much Wesley, glad you enjoyed it and welcome aboard!
I actually hand't intended for this video to be a tutorial haha, but it seems some have found it of use. If you're still getting to grips with the Darkstar, this vid may well be of help:
ua-cam.com/video/inC9gW1gRI8/v-deo.html
Cheers and all the best! : )
Congrats for climbing up so high and maintaining Mach 3+ without actually engaging the scramjets! 😃 I actually lost altitude when I first tried it and made the same mistake.
Haha, thanks Gábor! It wasn't really intentional on my part, but it shows it can be done I suppose XD
I figured out how to get the tutorial tips to display, so I have the Darkstar figured out a little better now. It's a fun little addon overall!
All the best : )
Love the plane’s name, as that’s the gamertag I’ve been using for a few years, now.
Haha, well there you go Hazmatt, your own personal aircraft! ; )
All the best : )
I'm gonna say it. Your tutorials are definitely my favourite on you tube. Absolutely class. Cheers
Thanks very much man! I wasn't even really intending for this to be a tutorial haha, just to check out the Darkstar (I totally messed up the scram engagement), but I'm really glad you're finding the content useful.
I did actually make a full tutorial after this (if you haven't seen it already):
ua-cam.com/video/inC9gW1gRI8/v-deo.html
Thanks again though - very much appreciated! All the best : )
Looks like you missed to turn on the scramjet fuel cells
Haha, I did indeed Francisco! Amazing what a difference adding some fuel makes XD
I didn't realise at the time, that "Objectives" have to be turned on in order to see the tutorial tips, so I was a bit in the dark about how to fly the Darkstar (and the video wasn't intended as a tutorial at any rate). Got it all figured out now though and seem to be going a little bit more quickly as a result ; )
Cheers and all the best! : )
How do we know this plane doesn't actually exist already? Looks like "Aurora"!
Haha, well perhaps it does Krizzle - maybe Asobo's spies got the jump on the US military! : P
I gather the Darkstar is loosely based on the designs for the SR-72, albeit the performance figures have been ramped up somewhat. Not something I know much about myself though. . .
All the best : )
Man this brings back so many memories of getting the xr2 to orbit on Orbiter. Hope OpenOrbiter manages to get the graphics to look nice in the cockpit
I was thinking about how cool it would be to manage docking with the ISS in MSFS.
@@DEFkon001 yeah! Or use the free terrain data we have from mars and the moon
Haha, good times! I've enjoyed Orbiter for many years now, still fire it up every now and then. I gather it was made into an open-source project fairly recently, so it may well be that it gets some graphical upgrades as a result (fingers crossed).
All the best! : )
Edit: aaand I just read your post a little more carefully haha - yeah hopefully OpenOrbiter brings the sim into the 21st century!
Very cool jet. Nice video.
It certainly is Socrates! The Darkstar is good fun and a nice little challenge to boot.
I'm glad you enjoyed the vid. Thanks very much for watching and all the best! : )
I'd love to see you make a proper flight video of Dark Star. Its a bit of a deceptive addition to flight sim. On the surface it seems like just a bit of a fictional gimmick but actually its an absolute ton of fun and really opens up a whole new area of the sim. I've been up to 250,000 feet in it at mach 9. The whole thing glows hot. Superb fun. The sim really does offer such a wide range of flying experiences now.
It tops out the skybox too. It’ll cruise at 270,000 ft no problem.
I really hope MS/Asobo increases the model of the atmosphere up to space and make it even possible to travel beyond and orbit in gravity. Would really buy an addon which allows us to dock at the ISS.
Hehe, that sounds like a job for Orbiter Berzerk (at least for now)! ; )
Ah, well ask and you shall receive sir! ; )
ua-cam.com/video/inC9gW1gRI8/v-deo.html
Exactly the same as yourself; I wasn't really expecting much from the Darkstar, but Asobo actually did a great job with it. It's a tonne of fun and a nice challenge to fly! Funny how Asobo has done so-so with a couple of their single-engine GA aircraft, but a Mach 9 capable, experimental "space craft" - no problems! XD
Cheers and all the best : )
someone needs to take this thing to orbit..
content gold
Haha, wouldn't that be fun IC! Sadly MSFS tops out at 275,000ft, so it's not going to be possible in the sim any time soon : (
Cheers and all the best! : )
cheers! to you to ...
keeping it all G🙃🏴☠️
Omg finally I have it complete thx for the tutorial the landing was very hard but yeah I tried this 10 times and it doesn’t worked but now it works
Ah great, glad you got it figured out in the end Mikael. Landing the Darkstar is indeed quite an adventure haha!
All the best : )
Can’t wait to see your Mach loop run! 😁
Haha! Now there’s a thought Peter! : D
All the best : )
Entertaining to fly a triangle UFO :D
Indeed! The Darkstar is actually a lot more fun than I had first thought it might be - good work Asobo! : )
Turn on the OBJECTIVES and it will walk you through how to operate it step by step.
Thank you very much Michael, that did indeed do the trick and I now have the Darkstar fairly well figured out.
Much appreciated and all the best! : )
I can't seem to take off without this plane literally not handling and just crashing itself
Hi Chad,
Apologies if I am asking the obvious, but do you still have the park brake on? I know that has been causing crashes for some. . .
All the best! : )
I managed Mach 10.03 on a flight from LA to NYC last night, most of it at over 250k feet
Haha, very nice sir!
Took this up yesterday my God it goes like stink. Different looking at the world skimming across the atmosphere. THANKS
Haha, it certainly does Mav! "Like a stabbed rat" XD
There is something quite magical about looking down on the world from those sorts of heights and yet still noticing it go by with some speed. It's an experience I really want to try out in VR when I get the chance!
Happy flying : )
@@IntotheBlueSimulations yes I did it in today but can’t wait to put my VI headset on it’s going to feel really strong. Who would have thought it would have been possible to do this in your bedroom/Office. What VR headset are you using if you don’t mind me asking ?
Push to 0g to minimize drag and accelerate through the transonic region. Rolling inverted and pulling increases drag and delays acceleration
Hi Rampy,
Thanks for the pointer. I agree that the roll isn't necessary in this particular case, but I included it since it's part of Asobo's tutorial : )
Cheers and all the best!
so, now milviz can release there sr-71. msfs should be capable now :D
Yeah I still have my eye on the Blackbird - particularly if the Dark Star doesn't end up with an autopilot.
@@incar95678 and dont forget, the blackbird is a real plane! I think there is a bit more work needed to fly it 😁
The darkstar is TECHNICALLY a real plane…granted, it’s going to be a drone…
@@jakeh8780 I wonder if the real one will get to Mach 10? Mach 6 was said to be the design goal from what I heard in the past. Will be interesting to see how it turns out.
Indeed Nehilis! I didn't even realise I was looking forward to the SR-71, but the Darkstar has got me very much in the mood haha.
All the best! : )
as long its flying craft still going to MSFS right ? can't wait for them to add Space Shuttle, launch - Orbit - reEntry atmosphere - landing
Hi Rofi,
I gather the sim has a hard limit of 275,000ft, so launch and orbit wouldn’t really be possible, but re-entry and landing certainly would (just like in X-Plane). I’m sure somebody will be working on some sort of mod / product along those lines sooner or later ; )
Cheers and all the best! : )
I maintained a 10.03 mach @ 275,000 for a bit, then it randomly seems to want to 68% engine. Left it for a few hours, and came back to it "pogoing" through the stratosphere going mach 6 while going vertical. Unlimited fuel for the lulz.
Haha, sounds like an interesting flight there CR. . . XD
All the best!
GREAT flight as we finish up the Top Gun Maverick trifecta! !! !!!
Surprisingly the Darkstar was actually the highlight of the update for me! I wasn't expecting much from it originally, but it's actually really good fun and provides a nice little challenge as well.
Cheers Mark! : )
I broke Mach 10, reached a maximum altitude of 275,000 feet and then the altimeter stops working. It's fun watching the fuselage heat up until it begins to glow.
@videotrexx, Post a VIDEO, and PROVE IT
@@saminaneen I’ve seen a few people do it, the physics aren’t bullet proof unsurprisingly, I haven’t done that but I did hit 180,000 feet pretty easily and Mach 9.80 before heading down.
275,000 feet is the max ceiling for the sim, surprised no one has done a shuttle entry mission for it by now.
@@WhiteHawk77 Post videos, of you flying at least at 180,000 ft. or it did not happen, remember, in flight sim, we keep it real, and show proof, of our accomplishments.
@@saminaneen dude, have you even used this sim for very long? The physics ain’t exactly as good as they could be and certainly not when it comes to the extreme edge cases like this. I don’t need to show you proof, and I have no idea why you are so sceptical of this, have you tried to do this yourself and failed many times perhaps? It was extremely easy to get to 180,000 feet in this by the way, as they clearly didn’t go out of their way to limit the plane more realistically from going that high or improve the sim physics at those kinds of altitudes.
Anyway, I’m not going out of my way to make a video for someone who is sceptical for no reason and doesn’t know how the sim behaves, and I’m sure there is a video out there already by someone or will be soon you can find, but here’s a Reddit post by someone who gave a screenshot of them doing it. Not saying that’s the rock hard evidence you clearly need as there is a way to get any plane to that height, but again, not going to spend that energy as I’m sure you will find out soon enough anyway.
www.reddit.com/r/flightsim/comments/uxxy9o/shoot_for_the_moon/
Took the Darkstar out to see the hurricane near Mexico. Thought I was like, twenty odd thousand up. Took a closer look and realized I'm in the 200,000's, not 20,000's. Was surprised since I skipped the inverted stage. Didn't have the scramjets on either.
Haha, I've had a similar experience at somewhat lower altitudes Jason XD
The inverted stage isn't really necessary. I simply included it, as it's part of the Asobo tutorial (and I think it's meant to simulate the avoidance of negative g) . The scramjets really help on getting you up to Mach 9, as opposed to higher altitudes; still, a great effort there only using the conventional engines haha!
All the best! : )
@@IntotheBlueSimulations I got it off the scales for speed and altitude but failed to land. Burnt up on reentry. It was at least mach 10.01 but the altitude was for sure off the scales, plane was glowing red and the scramjets cut out.
On the top left of MFD are green squares which change the MFD. The 3rd gives You a Mach profile so You can see when to turn and so on. I´m not getting right but maybe You can do it on another review of this bird?
Hi SF,
I did in fact end up flying a full profile and creating somewhat of a tutorial - hope it helps!
ua-cam.com/video/inC9gW1gRI8/v-deo.html
All the best : )
Still not convinced by this. Crikey I’m grumbling this evening 😀
Haha, it has a little more depth to it than meets the eye Mark. Well worth a go in my opinion! You'll be going so fast from A to B, that you wouldn't even have time to grumble about the experience to be fair : P
You need to activate the system and then pull 1 to 1.4 negative Gs to activate scramble jets
Hi Malcolm,
Thanks for the pointers. At the time of recording, I wasn't seeing the tutorial tips in my sim. All sorted now though and I'm having much more success in the Darkstar haha.
Much appreciated and all the best! : )
On the world map I was with the plane on 175000 feet but on the challenge I don’t get to the space
Hmm, it shouldn't make too much difference either way Mikael, it's certainly possible to achieve 120,000ft in both the challenge and free flight. The only thing I can think of; perhaps the aircraft starts in a different configuration for free flight vs the challenge itself (scram fuel already on perhaps etc).
Did you manage to get yourself sorted in the end?
Those are rookie numbers, I took it up to 275.000 feet :)
Haha indeed, it’s possible to go much higher (and faster). 275,000ft is actually the limit of what MSFS will allow. I chose to stick with 120,000ft, purely because that’s what the sim seemed to suggest was the aircraft’s “limit”, but being fictional, of course that’s hypothetical either way.
Glad you’re enjoying the Darkstar! All the best : )
I took it to 220,000 ft things started to go very wrong after that
Haha, well I would imagine they might Matt! XD
Asobo state that the max altitude of the Darkstar is 120,000ft, but in reality I know guys have been managing to get it up to 275,000ft (the limit of the sim).
Ah well, from 220,000 feet, I guess you had a bit of time in free-fall, to figure out how to get things back under control again! : P
All the best : )
I wish the Ace Combat 7 version of the cockpit included that display.
I reached match 10.0 at 270,000 wow!!
Haha - nice one Rocky! Now you've just got to figure out how to get back down and land again! : P
All the best : )
@@IntotheBlueSimulations thanks man haha it’s definitely hard to do
You're not pulling more than about 1G during the roll and pitch maneuver, so I don't understand why this couldn't be done without the inversion. Surely, the airframe (and pilot) can handle ~1 G.
Hi Mike,
It's not really necessary, but I included the roll as it's part of Asobo's tutorial. As you say, the g forces are not particularly high, but I assume they are trying to simulate the avoidance of negative g at any rate (and perhaps just add a little more fun / complexity to the challenge as well). Perhaps hypothetically, the Darkstar's fuel system doesn't like negative g's etc. . .
but yes, the whole profile could very readily be flown without going inverted.
I hope that clarifies things a little! All the best : )
Going ballistic = (military, slang) for a powered, usually guided missile or other aerial vehicle to travel on an unguided or ballistic trajectory, having lost power, control or guidance
Cheers Guido, I was vaguely aware of that but: "we're going ballistic Mav" is a quote from the original Top Gun movie ; )
Thanks for the info and all the best! : )
So how about taking that bird on VATSIM cruising at 200 000 feet at Mach 10 ?
Haha, I did think about it Ancistrus, but apparently it's on the list of "banned" aircraft for VATSIM. I can see why though to be fair XD
All the best : )
Does anybody knows why my dark just turn off in middle flight? Like if i lose engines or something like that
Mine does that as well. I think its a glitch as my joystick throttle doesn't increase to max speed and I have use the xbox controller to get max thrust. I found get the attitude above 60000 ft and fly like a rocket. I got to 230000 before my game started to glitch
Hi Sebastian,
I'm afraid I'm not sure what might be causing that, but you certainly aren't the only commenter that has mentioned it. I presume there is some sort of issue / bug with the aircraft, but it isn't one I have experienced myself yet.
Sorry I can't be of more help on that one. All the best! : )
I'll refrain from pointing out your error because others beat me to it lol, also I see you have another video where I reckon you get it right. Did take me a little while to figure out how to turn those scramjets on! Got it up to Mach 10.3 and hit the max altitude the sim supports at around 275k feet, it was still showing a positive climb rate but I ran out of altitude. Not that I think scramjets would work that high and the control surfaces definitely wouldn't work up there!.
I blasted my way across the Pacific and then ran out of fuel somewhere south of the Kamchatka peninsula. Cheated some fuel back in and decided to defect to North Korea but then I had a bit of a mishap coming in to land at Pyongyang airport and left a bit crater in the North Korean countryside.
I wasn't really expecting much with the Darkstar but it's actually pretty neat. I liked the little flight profile page on the MFD as well oh and also that camera is cool even if it's a bit useless really. I'll probably give it the occasional spin now and then just to see the world go by at at low orbit. Cheers!
Haha, you get a "heart" just for reading the comments before chastising me Megadyptes! It's always a joy, replying to the same comment 20 times over : P
In my defence, I didn't realise one has to have "Objectives" turned on to see the mission tips, so the only info I had to go off was the mission briefing. Serves me right though, I saw the "Scram Enable" switch and thought "there's no way Asobo will have gone into more detail than that" XD
Like you, I wasn't expecting much at all from the Darkstar and nearly skipped it altogether (glad I didn't, that other vid is one of my most viewed in a while haha), but I think Asobo did a really nice job with it and balanced it very well overall.
How's North Korean hospitality treating you?
@@IntotheBlueSimulations Yeah I didn't have the objectives on either when I first flew it but I do like nosing around the virtual cockpits to see what buttons and things I can press and noticed that extra battery switch after a while. Pays off to
All my gracious hosts will allow me to say on the subject of hospitality in the great Democratic People's Republic of Korea is not to believe the imperialistic American lies, the Eternal Leader provides for all and loves every one of us. I'm definitely not being tortured or being coerced into saying this. Please do not rescue me, I really don't want to be rescued, Also please ignore any erratic eye movements I may have just
so please ignore any erratic eye movements just then. Just a perfectly normal twitch and not a secret call for help.
Does anyone else have an issue with the multi function displays not displaying? MIne are all blank. Did I miss something in the download?
No issues here, any mods installed? Check to see if any are conflicting.
Hi Catman,
That’s odd. As WhiteHawk suggests, perhaps there could be a conflicting mod causing the issue? Or if you’re using certain hardware and perhaps have the avionics switch turned off etc, that might perhaps be the route of the problem. I’m not sure what could be causing your issue otherwise I’m afraid.
I hope you manage to get it sorted! All the best : )
Thanks for the reply to my issue with the mfd's. I'll check about whether or not I have conflicting mods or addons when I get back from the holidays. Has everyone seen the new Top Gun movie? I hear lots of praise on UA-cam for it. Can't wait to see it!
You’re most welcome Catman, best of luck with it!
Haha, haven’t seen Top Gun yet and I’m a bit unsure as to whether I want to (the original was such a classic and all that); it does seem to be getting a lot of praise though and watching some F-18’s on the big screen would probably be worth the ticket price alone (though the F-18 is no F-14 of course ; )
All the best! : )
That moment for figure out how to turn the scramjets on as you accelerate into almost low orbit as your airframe glows red-orange from the heat. Sublime.
I'm able to get from San Francisco international to Honolulu international Airport in 46:09 minutes with the Darkstar, normally a 5 hour flight. Absolutely bonkers.
I didn’t quite get the scramjets figured out myself in this vid haha, but I’ll be giving them a go on my next run for sure. The Darkstar is (somewhat ironically) really the jewel in the crown of this update. Interesting to operate and should make for some amazing trips as you say!
All the best : )
how do you activate after burners?
Hi Rocky,
You'll have to assign a key to "Toggle Afterburners" via the sim's controls menu : )
All the best!
You have to cut the beacon lights on they’re located to the bottom right then hit the fuel cell button it looks like 4 squares located right behind the control stick and then flip the scramjet switch
Thanks very much for the pointers Drake!
At the time of recording, I didn't realise you're supposed to have "Objectives" turned on, in order to see the tutorial tips, hence the omissions there on my part. Got it figured out eventually though haha.
Much appreciated and all the best! : )
currently @ mach 9.9 at 275010ft
Haha, very nice José! Now you've just got to get back down again! ; )
All the best : )
It gives you instructions on what to do if you open up the 'objectives' toolbar
Thanks Mark, that did indeed do the trick! Much easier to complete the challenge when you know what you're doing haha XD
Cheers and all the best! : )
For some reason, when I apply throttle, the front gear immediately dips forward, causing me to crash my head on the runway. Does anybody know why this happens?
That’s what I’m trying to figure out
Hi Viper,
I believe that's an issue caused by leaving the parking brake on? : )
Hi Colton,
As I mentioned to Viper, if you're seeing that behaviour, I think your parking brake might still be on?
All the best!
@@IntotheBlueSimulations it’s not it, I have managed to take off but it glitches side to side
Ah ok. I know some have had similar issues and said it turned out to be the parking brake. I’m afraid I’m not sure what else it could be then.
Hope you manage to get it figured out!
this reminds me of ace combat :D
Haha, it does indeed have that sort of vibe to it Bantolo; well, minus the combat sadly haha.
All the best! : )
You can't play this game without Danger Zone blasting in the background.
Haha, but of course not! ; )
Happy flying and all the best! : )
After takeoff maintain a 10 deg climb with full throttle and afterburner.
At around 35000 feet gently dive at -20 deg until you reach supersonic speeds
Then climb again at a 10geg angle
Then at around mach 3 you can activate de scram jet engine,. Seat back and enjoy
Hi Max,
Thanks very much for the pointers. That is indeed another way of doing things. The roll certainly isn't strictly necessary, but I chose to include it since Asobo themselves did. I'm sure your tips will be useful for others though, so much appreciated!
All the best : )
Maintain a 10 degree pitch the entire time before invert, doing the invert nose down to negative 20 then roll back aft then maintain a 10 degree climb up to Mach 9 he went rogue but different strokes for different folks 😉 👍
Haha, I did go a bit rogue there YEK. . . some might even say I was a bit of a Maverick ; )
At the time I didn’t realise that “objectives” had to be turned on, in order to see the tutorial tips, so I was flying somewhat “blind” (just going off the tips outlined in the mission briefing). I have subsequently run through the full tutorial though and managed to take the Darkstar from A to B in a reasonable fashion.
Cheers and all the best! : )
@@IntotheBlueSimulations its all good. Lol. Still picked up a sub and like from me !! Hope you have a great weekend ? Thnx for reply
you need to activate the beacons and warm the fuel before activating the scramjet :)
Hi Fizz,
Thanks for the pointers! At the time I recorded, the tutorial tips weren't displaying for me, but I have it all sorted now. Fuel does indeed help the scram jets to run much better! XD
Cheers and all the best : )
Not sure why others don’t have the directions on the screen, but I do when I pick the challenge, and it does tell you to roll inverted for the dive. Anyway, I failed the first two goes, but the trick I found was you really, really do need to be super gentle pulling back up otherwise you lose too much speed to get to Mach 3 before switching on the scram jet, now it’s easy. Landing not as much though. 😁. Of course switching on the fuel for the scram jet is always helpful. 😁 Why didn’t you check before doing the video? That’s not like you. 🙂
Apparently one has to have "Objectives" turned on, in order to see any prompts. Fuel is definitely of huge benefit it seems, even for a scram jet XD
I'll confess that my preconceptions got the better of me with this one (and again at the time, I had no way of knowing what I was doing wrong). I did test out a quick profile to get myself up to Mach 3 before recording, but I saw the "scram enable" switch and thought; 'meh, no way Asobo will have gone into more detail than that". Serves me right haha!!
Anyway, I gave it another stab and had a little bit more success (if you haven't seen it already):
ua-cam.com/video/inC9gW1gRI8/v-deo.html
Cheers!
Excuse my ignorance, but how did u get this?
Hi Oxcart,
It can be downloaded as part of the MSFS Top Gun Maverick update (via the Marketplace - but it's free).
I hope that helps! All the best : )
@@IntotheBlueSimulations
Yeah, i found it! But right now I'm having trouble landing a 747, so Darkstar will have to go on the back (after!) burner!
Thanks anyway!
Clear Huge Turbine!
Just clear the stratosphere! XD
Not the sort of airplane that needs a mag check then!
Haha! I would say most likely not Adam. . .
Turns out it is still the sort of plane that needs a fuel supply to its engines though (unbeknownst to me)! XD
All the best! : )
Can you please explain there are 4 engine and I can only use 2 engine how can u turn on the another 2 engine ?
The other 2 engines are the scramjets. Climb to 60,000 feet at Mach 3, then flip the Scramjet Enable switch and make sure the Fuel Cells (next to the battery switch) are lit.
@@BogeyTheBear the problem is I can’t go to 60 thousand feet because the speed is too low
When you go inverted around 25-30k, try build speed to around 1.5mach, roll back and trick seems to be pitch up slowly back to 20 degrees, speed should then race up to 3mach after a few mins and 60k feet won’t be an issue…
@@nzbankboyinvr4713 i tried this and everything else but i cant get the plane above 1.7 mach and can never activate the scramjets.gonna try again later
@@robertmcmahon4549 check out the reply from Ceejay, it does the trick ua-cam.com/video/yaZ2vdVRZNw/v-deo.html
If you turn on objectives it guides you through the entire thing
Thank you very much Joshua, that did indeed fix the problem right up! Makes knowing what to do a whole lot easier haha.
Much appreciated! All the best : )
Has anyone made it to m10? I wanted to try it but after goofing a bit, crashing then correctly completing the flight I had to turn off the game and sleep lol. Might be possible, I mean hey, Mav made it to 10.3 or rather so 🤷🏻♂️
Hi Ricardo,
I have at least one commenter who reckons he made it to Mach 10.3 and a number of individuals that made it up to Mach 10 - so it sounds like it should be possible ; )
All the best!
"You are writing cheques your body cant cash" with such speeds and danger lol - another Top Gun quote :-)
Haha, well since some numpty neglected to turn the fuel on, I wasn't going nearly as fast as I should have been XD
I like how your following the in game's instruction exactly for this mission but your trying to act like you already know how it works. Like you haven't replayed this lot's of time's already.
Hi OHE,
You’re quite far wide of the mark with your assumptions on that one. This was *literally* my first flight in the Darkstar and I hardly think I was trying to act like I knew what I was doing. I was quite clear during the introduction, that I had read the tips that are provided on the briefing screen and that was about it (unbeknownst to me at the time, one has to turn “Objectives” on see the in-flight instructions). That’s the reason I didn’t activate the scram jets properly haha, because at the time I wasn’t aware of how to do so.
I did give the full challenge a try later on and for sure I practiced it a couple of times before recording, but what’s wrong with that?
All the best : )
bip bip bip bip bip bip bip
Haha! Yes, very annoying that noise - oddly enough it wasn't being drowned out by the roar of the scramjets. . . XD
Botched that one right up...LOL
Yuppp, turns out even scram jets rather like fuel haha XD
To be fair, this was never intended to be any sort of tutorial. I was still learning the ropes myself (without any of the mission tips displaying correctly for me at the time) and was really just looking to briefly showcase the aircraft for the sake of the video.
All the best!
Why it need to be upside down?
Hi TPHG,
Well the tutorial suggests that it’s done, although it’s certainly not necessary. The logic behind it is based on real-wold limitations; by rolling over and pulling through the dive, the pilot (and the airframe) are subjected to positive g’s as opposed to negative g’s - positive g’s are easier for a human to handle. The same is done in the real world during space launches, with the spacecraft rolling over on its “back” as it makes its “turn”.
I hope that clarifies things a little. All the best! : )
@@IntotheBlueSimulations ahh i see. Thanks!
You’re most welcome! Cheers : )
I can’t even control mine. Control surfaces move but don’t move the aircraft whatsoever. It’s on its own
Hmm, that’s strange CG. Is your sim’s flight model set to “Modern”, as opposed to “Legacy? You didn’t happen to have active pause on at the time? Other than that, I can’t really think what else your issue might be I’m afraid. . .
All the best : )
Having the exact same problem. Also when I spawn mid-air, I can't control the aircraft at all. Nothing responds.
@@lukehermansgaming even when I’m on the ground before I hit “ready to fly” the thing starts tipping over side to side lol. It only responds properly in the new mission
@@chiefgstar8966 I've found a solution: Go to Main Menu > General Options > Flight Model > Reset to default (don't forget to apply and save) > Have fun!
is it study level ?
no, experimental .
Hi dsd,
The Darkstar isn't study level, but it has a surprising amount of depth to it (in that one can't simply "brute force" it up to 120,000ft / Mach 9 - you have to fly the correct profile etc). Well worth giving a go in my opinion. It's great fun and offers a nice challenge : )
All the best!
Ha ha does it go to the moon! Ha ha? Nice one?
Haha, sadly not David. Asobo decided to stop building the sky at 275,000ft XD
All the best!
Maverick update ? IMHO the only thing worth in this update is that the f18 got updated. That’s it. That’s all you will remember in one month from this update. Imagine there is no carrier you can take off from - imagine there is no carrier in the free world. This update is just a marketing stunt.
Hi Michael,
I agree that the scope of the update was somewhat disappointing, with the fact that the carrier isn't even available outside of the challenge (yet), being the biggest disappointment of all. Personally I'm actually not too fussed about the F-18 even - the Darkstar was the real highlight of the update for me.
All the best! : )
For all who wanna start the scramjet easy (in free flight). You just have to reach MACH 3. Get there without silly inverted rolls with my Checklist:
- Start (Full throttle, gear up)
- climb (full throttle + afterburners) with 15° pitch at around Mach 0.85-0.96
- for the afterburners bind a Hotkey in the settings or click the thrustlevers with rightclick while holding leftclick
- reach 40.000ft altitude
- nose down to -20° for accelerating to Mach 1.45
- With Mach 1.45 pull up slightly (max 2G) to +10° and just maintain it
- Scramjet-transition: while the plane is accelerating activate the fuellcell ((Green) Square right byside the yoke) and the Scramengine (open red cover left of the screen and activate)
- Keep on holding +10° pitch until the scramengine spools up once you reached Mach 3-3.1.
---Enjoy Hypersonicspeed in the stratosphere.
Approachtip for free flight: You can type the ILS frequency in the small upper display. Type it in, click NAV1 ON before enter. You can use the glideslope and locator manually for easy landing even with synthetic view
Great pointers Ceejay!
I included the roll as it's part of Asobo's tutorial (I think it is there to minimise any exposure to negative g), but indeed it certainly isn't necessary.
Cheers and all the best! : )
@@IntotheBlueSimulations Thank you for your Feedback. The inverted roll is for High-G-Turns in military maneuvers to avoid negative G-Forces. But it is absolutly unnecessary for this maneuver and just a little "funpart" . But when you fly point to point you have to align the plane with the GPS line everytime again after a roll what is inefficient and unnecessary. Btw even in the turtorial the plane expirienced much more negativ G-Forces while leveling out at Mach 9+. If you do my maneuver right, you can pitch down with +0.5 to -0.5G what is totally okay and no problem for any pilot or plane.
Why didn’t you finish the challenge?
Hi B3,
I did, just not in this video: ua-cam.com/video/inC9gW1gRI8/v-deo.html ; )
Unfortunately I didn’t have the time available, to fully study the Darkstar at launch, but I wanted to at least showcase the aircraft a little. I planned on revisiting the challenge at a later date and did eventually get around to exactly that haha.
All the best! : )
I did 100% the same... I don't get it... 😕
Hi Brunsch man,
I didn’t really intend for this video to be a tutorial, so I wouldn’t pay too much attention to it (I neglected to turn on the scram fuel supply for example). I did actually make a tutorial though, so hopefully that’s of help:
ua-cam.com/video/inC9gW1gRI8/v-deo.html
Cheers and all the best! : )
Ok for a freebie.
Absolutely Julian, quite nicely done overall. I like the fact that you can’t just “brute force” it into the air and the Darkstar certainly offers the potential for some interesting flights in the sim.
All the best! : )
@@IntotheBlueSimulations Indeed, when MSFS came out and i traveled to "space" with slew mode, i wished they would implement suborbital flights or even orbital space travel one day. I really would buy an addon that also simulates space flight and docking maneuvers to the ISS. 2016 i played around with the free Orbiter 2010/16 Simulator by Dr. Martin Schweiger. Its pretty awesome.
cmon, you're not gonna try to land it?
Haha, all in good time sir. . .
ua-cam.com/video/inC9gW1gRI8/v-deo.html
All the best!
Never even turned on the H2 fuel cells... Nice try.
Indeed Walter, a bit of a stuff up there on my part (although to be fair, at the time I wasn't seeing any of the tutorial tips, due to unknowingly having "Objectives" turned off). I did state as much during the intro though and I tried to cover that off somewhat with the video title as well - perhaps I could have been clearer. . .
All the best
EY WHERE IS THE LANDING?
Haha, it's classified! : P
I did fly the full profile a bit later on:
ua-cam.com/video/inC9gW1gRI8/v-deo.html
All the best! : )
160 knots on a scram jet............... wow.................
Ok so whenever your flying any airplane, from a small airplane to a scramjet your going to focus on your indicated airspeed. Mach isn't reliable when talking about your plane and it's engine's performance. If you want to hit mach 10 do this fly up to 20k at about 350 indicated then make a shallow climb so that your indicated airspeed will keep increasing. Ideally scramjets should never be started under mach 3.5 so climb to 45k on jet engines and accelerate as high as they will go while your at 45k, when you reach the upper limit to what your jet engines can do then turn on the scram jet
Hi Kevin,
Thanks for the pointers. This certainly wasn't intended to be any kind of a tutorial, I was simply trying to showcase the Darkstar a little and fly the aircraft based on the information I had at the time (unbeknownst to me, "Objectives" should have been turned on to actually see the mission tips, so all I had to go off was the very limited briefing notes). I agree that 160kts isn't going to cut it on a scram jet, a fuel supply always helps as well haha XD
Thanks again and all the best! : )
@@IntotheBlueSimulations Ah yeah I saw you did it right in the newer video, should have just deleted this comment then.
Ah, I don’t like to delete peoples comments; you took the time to write it and I’m sure it’ll be useful to others : )
Cheers!
Unrealistic manoeuvres
I think one could argue that either way Helder, but I chose to fly the profile based on Asobo's recommendations and that includes rolling inverted.
All the best!
Next time read the damn manual. Trash players piss me off
Hi Christopher,
Erm, which manual. . . The aircraft doesn't come with one as far as I am aware?
By default, the challenge loaded up for me with "Objectives" turned off and there was no mention anywhere from Asobo, that they needed to be turned on. So all I had to go off was the briefing tips (as I mentioned at the start of the video) which were fairly vague. Either way, this video wasn't intended as any sort of a tutorial etc - it was merely to showcase the new aircraft a little.
Once I figured out that one needs to have objectives turned on, I was able to study the profile more thoroughly and indeed make a fairly decent flight in the Darkstar - crisis averted!
All the best
That’s a quote from the movie! 😂
Insane speeds, You’re not going to be happy unless you’re going Mach 2 with your hair on fire eh ITB? ... ok i'm done with the top gun quotes
Ahhh, I wish! Sadly work is a little bit more mundane than that. . . XD
Haha, well someone had to do it! Thanks for providing a chuckle sir ; )
@Into the Blue Simulations, At time frame 8:46, you ONLY went to 118,240 ft, and NOT 120,000, stop BSing people, be more accurate, next time
Exactly he should be drawn and quartered for his crimes against the Flight Simulation community!
Hi CB,
“BSing people”? Hardly fair, but I’m sure you know that. We’re talking about a 1.5% error, from a level off with a 40,000fpm rate of climb. It would almost be the same as going on a video and telling someone they aren’t flying at 3,000ft, when you see 2,955ft on the altimeter. . .
We were 1,760ft low, but doing well over Mach 3. I think we can safely say we had the energy in hand, to nudge the Darkstar up the rest of the way!
As I mentioned during the flight, the Darkstar’s supposed altitude limit, at least according to Asobo, is 120,000ft (in actuality you can take the craft much higher than that); much better to level off early and finesse the ship up, than busting straight through the altitude limit - I’m sure you’ll agree?
All the best
Tell me you're not a pilot without telling me you're not a pilot.
This DLC is one big disappointment if you ask me, a lot of fuzz about a livery and a plane that goes up and down very fast …😂 … should have at least seen an F-14 included for nostalgia… and this was the major opportunity to include some sort of weapons system … but hey that’s why we still have DCS, ain’t it? ;)
Don't forget F-18, supersonic flight, sonic boooooom, hud rework was also originally part of this update. They just release it sooner because of movie delays.
Hi Bjorn,
Yes, I found it a little hit and miss myself. The carrier implementation was rather disappointing (only available during the challenge) and I agree that an F-14 is really a must, even if it doesn't tie in with the new movie. I am quite enjoying the Darkstar personally though, so that's something.
Tomasz also makes a good point; I suppose we already got much of the update early, so it seems less significant now.
All the best! : )