Nice work and vids. I really like the work you did not over-commiting in the scissors, and instead giving your oppenent bad angles to work with if they try and snap shot. I have to admit that I had never thought to bring the slats in, but i've never really struggled too much on staying on the tail of an F-5, but it's still worth trying. Where I think it will be really useful is when i'm trying to get on speed in a rate fight, as you reach a place when your close to on speed where the slats come out. Usually I just control my pull to prevent it, but I think pulling in the slats manually will help. One thing with the landing, your touch down was nice enough that you could have continued aero-braking, by keeping the AoA in the green or blue. As long as you don't go into the red you won't tailstrike. It slows you down really well. You then put the nose down at about 120knots. Doing that you won't need the chute (unless your runway is really short). Great flying
The fuel warning light comes on at around 560l (liters, not kg!) I believe. Just some addnl info: Combat flaps is essentially an auto-setting for flaps half - the flap and slat travel is identical. "Auto slats" - which is always on, unless you manually retract the slats via the hi lift devices switch - will give you less slat travel than combat flaps. Looks like you're getting there with the landings =)
Depends if you’re trying to turn faster or accelerate, combat flaps are good for both. Auto slats is the setting by default, but if you’re trying to recoup speed quicker you can force them up sooner.
Are you okay with taking feedback on your videos? First of all the image and sound quality are superb but I would recommend, for the bits where you're doing a commentary voice-over, to lower the DCS volume much more than than what you do now.
All criticism is taken on board, and that’s a fair one, audio balancing is what I feel I’m weakest at. It’s tougher than you might appreciate though, because I see comments on other peoples’ videos bemoaning it because of music choice or blocking out the jet noise or whatever and I feel the need to make the game audio actually notable in the background; but I can’t separate gameplay audio from comms with other people so it’s a battle between the jet being heard, the background chatter being suppressed and then the commentary not being overpoweringly loud to the point I might as well mute the background all together. Need to look into alternate software that lets me separate audio tracks but I’d still very much say this is a hobby rather than an occupation so it’s hard to justify the time commitment, or any potential costs, to something I can just work around.
Hi, about the combat flaps you mentioned. I use the following binds on the stick - " Combat flap button" and Combat flap lever". For landing I use "Slat/Flap Lever - full up" and "Slat/Flap full flap". Is there anything else to this? Thanks a lot !
Only thing you can’t do with those binds is have the flaps down independent of the slats being up, there’s an additional set of binds related to “high lift devices” that control the slats independently - but at this stage I’m not sure how much of a benefit that would actually bring.
The combat flaps I'm familiar with but I've never thought to retract the slats manually. When I'm rolling over the top, what switch/button needs to be pressed to tuck the slats back in?
It’s not bound by default I don’t think but the switch is by the throttle with a black and yellow striped “hazard” style backing - the binding is called "high lift devices"
@@Bullet4MyEnemy Yep that's it! "High-lift devices" switch can be bound to "Retracted Emergency" to pull them in. Excited to try it out for my next run on ECW.
What exactly is the benefit of retracting the slats? And how much of a advantage does it give to use the combat flaps? Any flap increase lift but also siginificantly drag?
8:17 can you explain a bit? Whenever I'm slow enough and/or pulling enough AoA, the slats come down. I wasn't aware there's a way to force them up like on the F-5. Is there a bind for that? How are you forcing your slats up? EDIT: Also, that warning light at about 12 minutes ("NIV") is a fuel tank warning light. It pops on when either feeder tank is ≤250L. Because you have 2 feeder tanks and draw equally from them, it's effectively a ≤500L warning.
Yes, exactly like the F-5 - though the flap and slat controls are separate rather than tied together. To find the bind search for “high lift devices” the cockpit switch for it is next to the throttle.
@@Bullet4MyEnemyThanks! I'll definitely need to look into that, see if it can't help some of my skill issues ;) Also, dunno if you saw the edit but the short version is that the warning light is a
Im looking for people to fly with. Im always flying red. I want to learn and do better in the F1 as well. I’ll come pop in on the discord one of these days.
Yes 87 is specifically for the bombs, you’ll see the pipper centring on the inverted T cross on the HUD during the runs at the start. For air to air mode you get a gyro pipper and it’s awful - since this video I have actually started setting to 44 and using the ground attack mode to lock a static pipper in the right place but it’s not SOP to do that.
Are you paying these F5 pilots to reverse their turn right in front of your guns? What is your secret? 😆
The secret is to follow people who head in first, and rely on them to draw attention lol
I'll never understand why people do it this way. Initially I thought only people in WT do it, but nope
Man... If I could have seen this when I was 14 and was playing Fighter Bomber on my Amiga 500... holy crap.
Tell me about it, I remember playing Ace Combat on the PS1 and genuinely not being able to imagine graphics getting any better.
Another beauty of a video, that move at 5:30 to jump from one guy straight into a gun kill on another was pretty damn clean.
And I can't stop watching! Great video Bullet 👍
I love the AoA indicator and sounds of the F.1. I wish other planes had it.
Nice work and vids. I really like the work you did not over-commiting in the scissors, and instead giving your oppenent bad angles to work with if they try and snap shot.
I have to admit that I had never thought to bring the slats in, but i've never really struggled too much on staying on the tail of an F-5, but it's still worth trying. Where I think it will be really useful is when i'm trying to get on speed in a rate fight, as you reach a place when your close to on speed where the slats come out. Usually I just control my pull to prevent it, but I think pulling in the slats manually will help.
One thing with the landing, your touch down was nice enough that you could have continued aero-braking, by keeping the AoA in the green or blue. As long as you don't go into the red you won't tailstrike. It slows you down really well. You then put the nose down at about 120knots. Doing that you won't need the chute (unless your runway is really short).
Great flying
Beautiful stuff! Great tip with the slats as well.
Very nice, thoroughly enjoying the mirage f1 footage 🤘
Very nice video once again, and thanks for the tips on how to stay alive, I'll keep an eye on that EWR report while fighting - Haze
I'm going to have to try that flap/slat trick
I can't stop flying it either but i can definitely be stopped, pretty easily apparently 😅
100% the best Mirage dog fighting I've seen so far. Taking notes here
I feel mildly hurt by this comment, but i'll get over it.
I'm flying the F1 a lot atm.....really starting to enjoy the flight model now its had some love.
F1 is a lot of fun, just takes a bit to get used to it for BFM.
The F-1 is such a handsome, under appreciated aircraft…
The fuel warning light comes on at around 560l (liters, not kg!) I believe.
Just some addnl info:
Combat flaps is essentially an auto-setting for flaps half - the flap and slat travel is identical.
"Auto slats" - which is always on, unless you manually retract the slats via the hi lift devices switch - will give you less slat travel than combat flaps.
Looks like you're getting there with the landings =)
I'm getting confused, so please correct my idiot brain if I'm wrong:
Auto slats = good
Combat flaps = gooder
Depends if you’re trying to turn faster or accelerate, combat flaps are good for both.
Auto slats is the setting by default, but if you’re trying to recoup speed quicker you can force them up sooner.
The ground textures look like they were pulled from Atari 800 !
Depressing isn’t it? ☹️
Are you okay with taking feedback on your videos? First of all the image and sound quality are superb but I would recommend, for the bits where you're doing a commentary voice-over, to lower the DCS volume much more than than what you do now.
All criticism is taken on board, and that’s a fair one, audio balancing is what I feel I’m weakest at.
It’s tougher than you might appreciate though, because I see comments on other peoples’ videos bemoaning it because of music choice or blocking out the jet noise or whatever and I feel the need to make the game audio actually notable in the background; but I can’t separate gameplay audio from comms with other people so it’s a battle between the jet being heard, the background chatter being suppressed and then the commentary not being overpoweringly loud to the point I might as well mute the background all together.
Need to look into alternate software that lets me separate audio tracks but I’d still very much say this is a hobby rather than an occupation so it’s hard to justify the time commitment, or any potential costs, to something I can just work around.
holy sh!ts these dumb bombs aren't that dumb judging the way they shack at the exact center of everything.. very nice improvement !
the radar gunsight of the F1 is fucking nasty
Hi, about the combat flaps you mentioned. I use the following binds on the stick - " Combat flap button" and Combat flap lever". For landing I use "Slat/Flap Lever - full up" and "Slat/Flap full flap". Is there anything else to this? Thanks a lot !
Only thing you can’t do with those binds is have the flaps down independent of the slats being up, there’s an additional set of binds related to “high lift devices” that control the slats independently - but at this stage I’m not sure how much of a benefit that would actually bring.
what are your graphic settings? it looks smooth and yet its still pretty.
Everything is maxed, using DLSS at 1440p
The combat flaps I'm familiar with but I've never thought to retract the slats manually. When I'm rolling over the top, what switch/button needs to be pressed to tuck the slats back in?
It’s not bound by default I don’t think but the switch is by the throttle with a black and yellow striped “hazard” style backing - the binding is called "high lift devices"
properly simulating that moment Anakin's podracer goes up that ramp and he's gotta relight his engines midflight or something
@@Bullet4MyEnemy Yep that's it! "High-lift devices" switch can be bound to "Retracted Emergency" to pull them in. Excited to try it out for my next run on ECW.
I actually used that clip in a video where I lose an engine flying the F-5 because of fuel balance issues 😅
What exactly is the benefit of retracting the slats? And how much of a advantage does it give to use the combat flaps? Any flap increase lift but also siginificantly drag?
Which button do you use to raise slats? Is it the high lift devices toggle, or the override on the left elbow?
It’s the high lift device one by the throttle
@@Bullet4MyEnemy thanks, I didn't bother with turning off the slats yet, I'll give it a shot.
8:17 can you explain a bit? Whenever I'm slow enough and/or pulling enough AoA, the slats come down. I wasn't aware there's a way to force them up like on the F-5. Is there a bind for that? How are you forcing your slats up?
EDIT: Also, that warning light at about 12 minutes ("NIV") is a fuel tank warning light. It pops on when either feeder tank is ≤250L. Because you have 2 feeder tanks and draw equally from them, it's effectively a ≤500L warning.
Yes, exactly like the F-5 - though the flap and slat controls are separate rather than tied together.
To find the bind search for “high lift devices” the cockpit switch for it is next to the throttle.
@@Bullet4MyEnemyThanks! I'll definitely need to look into that, see if it can't help some of my skill issues ;)
Also, dunno if you saw the edit but the short version is that the warning light is a
Im looking for people to fly with. Im always flying red. I want to learn and do better in the F1 as well. I’ll come pop in on the discord one of these days.
what server was this filmed on?
Enigma’s Cold War; it’s in the thumbnail and like 3 other people already asked
What server were you on?
Enigma’s Cold War
Did you mean to leave your gunsight at 87mils depression? Might explain why some of those shots were missing.
Yes 87 is specifically for the bombs, you’ll see the pipper centring on the inverted T cross on the HUD during the runs at the start.
For air to air mode you get a gyro pipper and it’s awful - since this video I have actually started setting to 44 and using the ground attack mode to lock a static pipper in the right place but it’s not SOP to do that.
where do you get the "F.1" designation? afaict it's just "Mirage F1", no full stop
Now you've pointed it out I actually have no idea...
what server was that?
Enigma’s Cold War