DCS A-4 "COMEBACK"... taking flight in one of the best aircraft that happens to be a free mod!
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- čas přidán 14. 10. 2023
- Probably the best free to download mod for DCS. A-4E Skyhawk just has all the bells and whistles to make it worth trying out!
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I helped the developers with this mod. At the time, I was working on a Marine Corp base that has a A-4 on display. They asked if I could take a lot of pictures, especially the gear. The MPs had questions, but didn't stop me from doing so. :D
wish they'd added the RNZAF A-4K kahu
thats awesome man
Sounds like a huge steaming pile of BS
And you know how I know you're full of it.. No way would you have been left out of any sort of thanks or recognition that you contributed. And your name isn't listed anywhere in the docs for the aircraft. Though they thanked a lot of people for help on it. Checked for all your social names, and real name, in the docs and found no reference to you. Not a single mention of you anywhere. Even after asking the Devs on the forums their was zero reference to you.
can you back up your "research"? feels full of shit without something to back up your statements. @isray
The brakes don’t work great because the designer knew the aircraft would be stopped by the arresting cable on the aircraft carrier. He was obsessed with keeping the plane as small and lightweight as possible, you don’t need big, heavy breaks if the wire is doing the work for you.
Got it
...and I thought it was because the brakes were noy serviced prior to the aircraft being flown.
The brakes work fine in a straight line, what this model hasn't got is nose wheel steering. As stated because of lightness of design, it has differential braking on the rear wheels and it takes some getting used to. Later models had nose wheel steering fitted.
This is a fantastic model of a wonderful little aircraft.
the brakes seem to lock up if you use a button for braking instead of toe brakes. if you use an analog input for braking the a4 steers much easier but most people don't have a dedicated rudder pedals.
Good video. Brake pucks very small. Get hot quickly and lose grip. Spoilers are wired to the squat switch. Don’t want them to deploy in flight . Really don’t want an assymetrical deployment of them in flight.
DCS is often criticized for being an expensive game to play and there is some merit to the argument when I look around at all the peripherals and modules I have bought over the years. On the other hand, with an old joystick lying around you can download the free client and free A-4E-C mod and have tons and tons of fun. The A-4E-C mod brings DCS to a lot of people that would otherwise not be able to join in.
Former Air Force F-4G Wild Weasel mechanic here. The SEAD (suppression of enemy air defenses) system could lock onto a SAM/AAA radar from just a short moment of that radar transmitting. The system had radar receiving antennas in the nose and tail of the aircraft that would triangulate the location of the offending air defense battery. The WSO (weapons systems officer) could then assign the target to a HARM, launch the weapon, and it would hit the transmitter. While flying Northern and Southern Watch missions over Iraq in the mid nineties, Iraqi air defenses would not operate for fear of the Wild Weasel’s, both Air Force and Navy.
Shrike missiles required prior electronic intelligence flights over the operating area (see the movie BAT-21 for reference) to find the targeting and/or locating radar transmitters bandwidth. This data was programmed into the Shrike missiles and aircraft mounted jamming pods for better accuracy.
"Oh, I got him! Oh, I'm dead!" XD amazing
Let's call it a trade!
The scooter mod is by far the gold standard.
Absolutely 👍
I’m not sure mod is the right word. It’s like a unofficial free 3rd party module.
@@Tengu4201 , I get where you are coming from, but in general DCS itself refers to each aircraft as a module / "mod", and this is evident in their folder structure as well :)
F-4 by heatblur i think takes this title after the 21st
A couple of things:
- locking your wheels (skidding) will always give you worse braking performance than if you feather them at as high as you can without them skidding
- you seemed to not have your yaw damper on (stab aug on left side, autopilot panel)
- your radar wasnt on so it was falling back to radar altimeter for bombing (less accurate)
nice video tho
Your right! I’ll look at that yaw damper. I didn’t know that was a thing on this aircraft
Yea it will help it feel a lot more stable especially on a bombing run. Love your video though.
Love the Scooter!
The Skyhawk didn't require folding wings for storage aboard carriers.
She also was designed to carry nuclear weapons.
Heinemann's Hotrod!
Size isn’t everything, especially when a jet that size can drop nukes!
Yeah the A-4 is the BEST mod aircraft by far. If you like high quality mods, try out the Uh-60L Blackhawk mod. It is also crazy...
I have and would like to make a video about it. Just need to think of what to make
Another great video! Thanks a lot - especially sharing your bombing workflow and experiences with the scooter. The Sabre scene was spot on. Epic stuff! Cannot wait for the next one!!!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it
The A-4 was amazing for its time. DCS IS GETTING to be where reality and simulation are blurred.
I’m not exactly sure what you mean.
Dude loved that, worthy of a subscription, love the A4 content.
TY glad you enjoyed it!
I just noticed that the aircraft suspension shifts with the weight when each bomb is added to the wing pylons!
it does
Amazing work! My sons are big into the hyper realistic games like this, at this level they’re fun to just watch.
That’s great! I’m glad to hear that you and your son like it! 👍
Was listening to a podcast with a former Skyhawk pilot who flew in Vietnam, he said they would be 20 degrees nose down on bombing runs.
Okay good to know
Brakes on this are actually really good, this a/c doesn't have anti-skid so if you want to get the absolute maximum out of it, you need to increase pressure on the brakes until just before they lock up (what you described as screeching)
Oh okay didn’t know that it didn’t have anti-skid. Thanks for sharing
@@DTMCRAZYGAMING no problem, we all had to learn it one day, hope you continue exploring and enjoying this most wonderful of little scooters
@@Cutstalk absolutely
Also, carrier operations don’t require brakes except to hold and maneuver around the deck! The hook and trap is what stops you!
The A4 Skyhawk is a great plane and the fact that the MOD is free, makes it better 😀
You know it!
A4 is absolutely my top choice for Enigma Server!! Or just playing around...
Wonderful video quality, keep them coming!
TY you got it
Love the video man! Love watching people fly the A-4!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Adding the A4 to enigma opened the game to so many people they have literally no idea l
I would agree... Just wait until the F-4 Phantom!
Needs a compareable FREE Mod for the RED's to make it really accessible. A Freeware Mig-17 for example, or a Mig-21F-13. But no one ever thinks about the other side. WW-2: 7 different planes for Blue, just 3 for Red! And those 3 don't even have exotic Weapon Setup's for Air to Ground. Not even Panzerschreck's for the Anton's!
@@WanderfalkeAT it’s two, let’s be honest the 190 variants are basically identical. But agreed, as a fervent RED enthusiast it’s disappointing to see. I read commends of people saying, “a good year for blue,” like every year isn’t a good year for blue! 💀
@@evansnyder430tbf there's not too much that would suit dcs that they could add for red except maybe one of the heavy fighters or jets but I doubt there would be much of a market for them or they would be way too powerful compared to what blue has
When you arm the spoilers they will deploy when your under 70% ish throttle. If you chop throttle in flight with them armed they’ll deploy too.
Oh okay thanks for sharing. I didn’t know that
I want to fly sims again after watching this, BUT I'm on MacBook Pro. Thank you for putting the 'Scooter' through her paces.
TY sorry to hear that you only have the Mac. Save as much as possible to upgrade to PC.
Nice video!
Also the videos of you flying the Gazzele are amazing. Make more of them pls!
More A4 please! Nobody else is doing much with this jet, and that's too bad because it is a lil monsta!
Obtw I subscribed, and I'm really picky . 🤟🤟🛩️
Haha sounds good! Welcome to the channel!
Great👍👍
If I remember right, the A-4 was the only aircraft to ever be put into service by the US that over performed, under budget, and ahead of schedule.
The scooter is my go to plane if i want to hit ground but also want to boogie with air a little.
Same! 👍
15:25 the newer harms don’t need a constant radar signal to hit, once they have a target, the missile gets the GPS of the target to so even if the radar turns off the missile still hits
Hmmm I don’t think I knew that. TY
Best DCS CZcamsr by far
You too kind TY!
Keep em coming. Love your vids
Ty you got it
I think I saw you whilst you were recording this, remember the 4x Sidewinder and gunpod loadout, never seen anyone bother with the gunpod before lol
Haha yea there was an area busy with hinds at the time. So having the gun pods allowed me to stay out a little longer
The A-4’s brakes are locking up. If you hold the brakes down all the way, they’ll lock and won’t actually help you much. If you put around 60% brake pressure, you won’t lock them up.
Or you can pump the brakes.
New subscriber and living the videos so far. Many thanks. Would like to see more of the A4 - one of my favourite planes. 👍🏻
You got it and thank you!
Great video. I love the A-4 but had no clue about the trim/flaps trick for takeoff. Will be trying that next time I take her out.
Definitely! Takes off on its own
Glad you enjoyed our little mod!
And I love how the cockpit is lined with designer fabric. Or maybe that’s Kevlar.
a lot of time and thought went into making this
Love your stuff hope to see you in the skys
Thank you! Anytime anyone sees me online they more then happy to reach out to me
Love the A4 footage. More Please!!!!
You got it! Nothing planned now but there will be more in the future
I think whats going on with the Brakes is Hydraulics related/limited. So, for instance when landing try pumping the brakes with 3 second long holds initially and as you slow make the pumping shorter 1-2 secs long. The other thing is it may be related to an ABS style system. But, I have always landed her with that method as I found it works best as well as giving her a little nose down input at the same time. I hope this helps especially if you encounter shorter runways or poor weather!
Just got to give it love tapes on the breaks
IIRC, the current HARMs "remember" where a signal was when it turns off, so the missile stands a chance of still hitting the radar. Particularly if it goes active again.
i think dcs without any labels shows you why in so many hud camera videos the party being shot down doesn't even know anyone is behind them
You would calculate your stab trim setting for every takeoff. It is different depending on loadout.
So when a jet lands on an aircraft carrier they're not applying their brakes. They're applying throttle the arresting cable is things slowing down to stop in the jet. Because if they applied brakes every landing airframe shop would be replacing the brakes every landing.
6:00 you were not diving enough for the a/g radar to properly get the range. I recommend at *least* 20°, preferrably over 25°
So the shrike is designed to loft, so close in it really makes it even more iffy than it already is because of how not maneuverable they are. It also doesn’t help that you need to make sure you have the correct seeker head for the radar band you’re looking for. I’m curious to see if ED can improve on it more with the F-4 coming out.
Yo!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure you need the radar on to get the computer to work.
Yep
yea, radar needs to be in AG mode (last position on the dial). You'll know it's right cause you'll see the scan bar descending vertically on the bscope
good work tho, keep it up
Ty
Scooter forever 😎❤️
Das rit
I could watch hours of this!
Guess I need to make more in the future to make those hours into days! 😋
I wouldn't complain! I normally rewatch your DCS ones anyway 😀
@DTMCRAZYGAMING >>> Great video...👍
Just FYI - the targeting computer doesn't work with snake eyes or cluster bombs. It can only compute pure ballistic tracks, so anything with a lot of drag doesn't work. Slick bombs work just fine, even in toss bombing, and you can sometimes cheat it a bit by aiming way past the target with CBUs. Like most things in the A4, it's more art than science - by which I mean it's complex and completely manual, so it's difficult to do well.
I'd like to see the Bronko mod supported as well. Would be kinda cool marking targets for ground strikes.
I've seen this before but never tried it out... Think I'll have to do that ASAP
I would love to see you try the OV-10 mod...
@@breakallegro I have start to fly it
Subscribed. I'd love to see more A-4 content.
I've downloaded the A-4 to try out although I've got a lot of rust to shake off. How does the A2G payload compare with the F-5 Tiger?
Admittedly I'm still itching for a company to bring out the A-6 Intruder and SU-17. I'm definitely a ground pounder and would love to see more Cold War aircraft in general in DCS, I was disappointed when the F-16 and AV-8 announcements turned out to the more modern versions.
Sadly the A-6 might not come for a few more years. The A2G payload for the A-4 is 1000% better with the amount of options to choose from
@@DTMCRAZYGAMING - Unfortunately I think you're right regarding the A-6 but I can always hope. I'll have to get into the A-4 as soon as I can.
Probably better off lobbing Zuni rockets at the Shilkas than trying to use Shrikes.
ok it been a min since i few the A-4 in dcs . but i think when you use the computer as bombing runs. it suppose to say LARS in the center console ,
i could be wrong . like i said . it been years
NGL I wanna see the phantom comming around or the intruder for the vietnam mod
Can i ask how you switch to a exterior camera? Because when im on Enigma than im locked in cockpit view. Can you help? nice video btw
ECW doesn’t allow external views. You have to enable it through the game Replay file after your play through
I wanted to love the A4 but it has some major pain points mentioned in the video. 1) The bomb computer gets messed up with any roll input, and the A4 rolls VERY easily. 2) No nose wheel steering. They desperately need to add this back. Differential breaking is pain because 3) As shown in the video, the breaks are weird. They seem to lock up even at low speed.
The other thing I will add, my experience on Enigma's are every Mig 21 heads right at you. Because of how the AWACs works on Enigma's you can feel like Mig 21 food at times.
That’s been my experience with the migs…. Hard to find ground targets without being hit by a MiG first.
I've found that if you retract your flaps shortly after touchdown the wheel brakes work much better. Don't know if that's intended or not.
I’ll have to give that a try
That actually makes a lot of sense. I'm pretty sure there's another plane I remember that uses the same procedure when you get all wheels down because lifting the flaps would put more weight on the wheels since there's less lift.
I started playing DCS just like a month or so ago and the A4 was the first airplane I tried. It wasn't easy😂
Haha I’m sure it wasn’t
In your bombing runs, did you even have the A/G Radar turned on? Think that may have been part of the reason those first clusters were nowhere near the mark.
I guess not... Many other viewers have pointed this out and it wouldn't be surprising if that was the case.
Nickname "Mongoose" for FWS(Top Gun- Fighters Weapons School).. {A-4 F-N's)...... Or "Scooter" back in the day nickname(Navy and Marine Corps) .. Sen. John McCain flew 'Scooters" A-4A's
Unreal this is free just found out about it today and got one
NICE enjoy every minute of it!
@@DTMCRAZYGAMING Thing handles like a spitfire, taxiing is different and I fired some rockets it was awesome
Can you recommend some nice Skyhawk missions, possibly in the Caucasus or Syria?
I don’t really make campaign missions. I mainly go on multiplayer servers and the main one for the A4 is enigmas Cold War server.
And the A-4 was designed for carrier ops, do it had a hook to stop it. They didn't put much in the way of brakes on it because it was really never meant for runway use.
8.35 you need to map your brakes to an axis and apply them incrementally. You were locking the brakes.
Got it
Good times. Scooter is sex, always apreciate more
18:51 Never knew that you could just eject a gun pod. How does that even work? XD
It looked like your clusters did go off in your mirror looking back to me at 6:00 mark
HAHA I didn't see that until you pointed it out!
First downed plane was a Sukhoi Su-25 in Russian camo, the second was Sukhoi Su-7 Egyptian AF...
I wonder if the Sidewinder launched while the Saber was in pursuit of the MiG did not actually hit your ally instead. The two aircrafts were awfully close and your Fox 2 seemed to go straight for the closest contact.
Nice video for the greatest of the DCS mods.
Watching the replay, it actually didn’t, it’s just a tractor any of the aircraft at all
If it lands on aircraft carriers then brakes will be weak as you dont need good brakes. The F18 is the same.
Can I recommend you check out the channel "Ian Christie" AKA "Side Kick" and his series "Moving Mud" he is a CZcamsr like yourself and does DCS and some other content as well, but he has great tips for anyone learning the A-4. The "Scooter" is a great little air plane.
I’ll definitely check it out Ty
Since I'm a noob, these doods on the ground are they other players or bots ? Thanks !
Bots
can you recommend a video for the computer bombing?
czcams.com/video/TTX66vDtJeU/video.html From the main dev himself
They didn’t call it Heinemans Hotrod for nothing!
The loadout you can carry on this little plane is crazy - is it realistic?
I'm not sure, but your not wrong that it can.
It can haul quite a lot for its size; according to Wikipedia the E variant could carry up to 8500 lb of ordance on its five hardpoints. More than the internal capacity of a B-17.
@@MosoKaiser 😳
Half of it’s weights were it’s weapons
@@MosoKaiserin all fairness the b17s load is kinda light for a heavy. Still impressive tho
The A4 still has a lot of work to be done on it. Niggling little asthetic things liek the nose oleo being a tad too short to the flight model being quite a way out of whack. The roll rate (ridiculously responsive and far, far, too much rate), pitch response, acceleration, etc all need a lot of attention. A life long friend flew A-4C's (VA-75) in the mid to late 60's and is also an avid DCS flyer gave me his opinions and they pretty much went along with my own. Its good, but it isn't quite there yet. Keep going guys, this will be one heck of a mod when she's done n dusted, after the OV-10 Bronco definitely one of my fav mods.
The A-4E has one of the fastest roll rates in the world at 720 degrees per second. The A-4E in game is within a few % of the published numbers plus an A-4M pilot was hugely involved in the flight model tuning especially for all transient conditions, plus there are plent of other A-4 pilots that have commented on the forums saying it's quite close. So I'm not sure where way out of wack comes from. Perhaps you flew a much older version.
@@JNelson_ I am fully aware of the Real World A-4's flight characteristics, alas the DCS Model is far removed from reality in many ways and I will reiterate that it has a LONG way to go. I would be happy to debate this statement with the other "real world" A-4 "pilots". FYI the A-4 was LIMITED to a 360 deg roll rate, a fact that is stated quite clearly in the A-4 NATOPS manual. This was put in place as the aircraft would break apart due to the excessive forces brought to the airframe at such high rates. Lets not get into roll rates with war loads... A book could be written concerning the inaccuracies the flight model. This aircraft has been recreated in its present form for "WOW" factor, nothing more, nothing less. However it is as I originally stated a fantastic attempt at bringing a superb aircraft to the simulator world.
@@Ecthaelyon The limit to 360 deg/s is a requirement for the pilots. There is nothing limiting the aircraft from A-4 from doing more than 360 deg/s. Unfortunately you are misinformed.
(from the NATOPS)
Aileron Rolls:
During and upon termination of high rate aileron rolls
(above 200 degrees per second) in the high speed,
low altitude region, abrupt pitchdown will be
noted. This pitchdown, though uncomfortable, is
structurally safe and aircraft structure limits will
not be exceeded provided that 360 degrees of roll
are not exceeded.
CAUTION
When executing high rate, low altitude rolls
(above 200 degrees per second), recovery
controls must be applied after completing
180 degrees of roll to prevent exceeding
360 degrees of roll.
If you think there are inaccuracies with the flight model use numbers otherwise you are just talking without any informed basis.
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has it been updated since the forever free update? I haven’t checked but i fly it all the time so i prolly need to😂
Sorry I’m not sure but I would definitely check it out on their discord page
yess a few times
@@JNelson_ funny it just got updated to the 2.2 update. Adding upgraded harms and rockets and other features
Yes, infact I released said update 😅, hope you are enjoying it.
Is this like a ''steam workshop'' mod or a free dlc?
Its a free to download mod
what server were you on?
Enigmas Cold War Server
oh man I didn't realize they put the a4 on there! I'll definitely be getting on there soon.@@DTMCRAZYGAMING
@@scottz143 OMG get on the server and enjoy yourself! 😄
How are you so smooth with the A4, I'm always shaking and waving all over the place
I forget, if there’s a way to change the shaking amount in Special settings, but also the aircraft loses speed very fast if you pull on the joystick too hard and too fast. You really want to try to avoid going under 250 mph after that it’s very hard to get your speed back and you’re going to find yourself shaking a lot.
@@DTMCRAZYGAMING thank you so much, i didn't not expect just a fast response, i literally just finished watching the video
@@lefisheauchocolat968 NP I try my best to respond to everyone
Do more
Ok
When I tried, I thought it to much sensitive..
The 2.9 update will not authorize the A4.
I’m confused on what you mean. Are you saying that ever since the 2.9 update, you aren’t able to use the aircraft?
If so, you might need to check to see if you have the latest A4 update. They just released one and I think it’s 2.2.
Can't be bothered to link to the mod?
how to join the enigma server?
Is this a trick question? Just look up enigma server on search browser
Ok thank you!@@DTMCRAZYGAMING
dont think the computer works for high drag or snake eye bombs
The ARM is too good in DCS.
The Shrike is almost useless.
The AGM-122 Sidearm that Harrier has, is so useless thst it wasn't carried as it was just dead weight, because any target required you to get so close to shilka that it shot you down twice before getting Sidearm acquiring a lock, and then tou were way too close to die your own shrapnel where ever the Sidearm flew, other than target.
The AGM-88 HARM is same way overpowered. Regardless it having a INS to record the coordinates if the radar turns off, the HARM is so inaccurate that you don't likely hit anything so it would be damaged.
The next generation ARGMER is a different thing, as now missile has GPS guidance and it know where it is, and it can acquire better coordinate mid-flight so that it memorizes the target coordinates better.
As well the Shilkas are so unrealistic in the game. They shoot with constant pure lead tracking, and does so awful job. As there is multiple methods how to do area denial for attack planes. You dont fly in that saturated area as you will fly to shells and die... Now tou are in control through whole attack run and Shilkas aint any danger to you.
The targeting computer is as well way too accurate. It is great at 20-35 degree attack runs when your target is on flst desert terrain. But otherwise they are challenging to hit a thing. That is one reasons laser guided bombs were invented becsude changes to hit a stationary tank with full 12x Mk.82 release was around < 10%. And that is why AGM-65 Maverick was created. To give a 50% Pk to hit a tank size target 1.5-2 Km range.
The laser guided bombs main benefits is that ground forces designated target for you, and you could find the target more easily with tracker. Capability drop a bomb from 15000ft while flying over was huge thing.
There is reason why ARBS system was invented, because any bombing triangulation calculation was very inaccurate. Radar or just using bombing tables. Nothing was as accurate than ARBS until GBU-12 was invented.
That is what Harrier got in nose and A-4 got to use later on as pod.
Sadly all in DCS can perform wrapon drops with perfect reticle sighting, that should be massively inaccurate without GBU or ARBS.
And Mavericks are way too long range capable to track anything.
The roll rate is really fast. Too fast.
True but you can always change the roll rate to you liking
@@DTMCRAZYGAMING how ya do that?
The real scooter had an insane roll rate. You can tweak your curves a bit to make it a bit more docile, but it was a handful in real life.
@@buzmil true!
They recently added the Agm-45B (upgraded shrike) would be great to see those in actiom
What are you using to zoom your view in and out?
I have the VIRPIL throttle that has a slider on it
@@DTMCRAZYGAMING awesome and what is the control binding?
@@rob7566 “zoom view” in the axis tab
@@DTMCRAZYGAMING thanks buddy👍
Nice video!
Also the videos of you flying the Gazzele are amazing. Make more of them pls!
You got it! TY