FA-18C Hornet: Fast Cold Start, Alignment & Taxi Tutorial | DCS WORLD

thanks, F/A 18 more understandable in the "cold start" procedure when caompared to the F 16... for me

it's crazy to me that some random people who probably never seen a hornet or a super know how to start it up for flight

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Hey I want an fa 18 😭😭😭

So much easier than the insanity from a carrier takeoff. lol

How should that SAI be "uncaged". By rolling the knob says every tutorial and manual, but how it works. Turn the knob to where, and does it effect to somewhere else in the plane, and if so how. Dont really understand the meaning of rolling that and cage / uncage. How should I set in on startup? OR just roll it "somewhere"? Does it "smell" its zero point automatically?

so dis all that.but the Hud doesnt display anything. if i turn on the head mount display and turn my head i can see stuff but if im fscing forward theres nothing ..am i missing something

Not much then 🤣

How am I supposed to use keyboard controls while wearing a VR headset on a full fidelity plane? Isn't there other ways to shut the canopy etc?

Why didn't you turn off the APU?

Is there a trick to getting the wheel brakes to work on the ground ? I have to use the emergency brake to stop while taxing ? I already set the joystick trigger in the setup menu.

Some start up vids are 30 + minutes. I fucking love you cap ^^

followed this and my HUD never came on.

This is probably a dumb question but when I’m selecting buttons with the mouse as a crosshair why can’t I free look it’s just a fixed position? And I have to hit the number keys to snap to a spot

Honestly without Cap's tutorials I would have given up lol

It looks complicated to start, but the f16 is slightly easier

Hope your doing well too. Going from A10c to the f18. Wish me luck.

you talk to fast

Excellent tutorial, by the way

I know how to setup the a/c from cold and dark. But how to add all the camera views and other joystick features? Seems like the Logitech Extreme 3D is missing a bunch of keybindings... is there a keybinding file I can import that will have most common features?

This video was how I was able help the President defeat the alien invasion force on Independence Day. Thanks, GR!

When I click the apu switch it just flicks on an off an won’t stay on?

This is confusing, slow a bit down, there are some noobs like myself here

I just do Left Windows key + Home Key

It takes more than 5 min for me to align is it ok or is it suppose to be faster ?

My laptop don’t have a Home key :( what should I do?

nice, now I can go to my local airfield and borrow a hornet without too much trouble

my home key aint working :( where can i find it？i want to change it. Rshift+Home

Already know the F16 ,purchased it in DCS.
F16 is missing too many features
So I am learning the F/A18. I am very excited to do some carrier stuff but a lot to relearn.

fuck that i taxi at 100 knots

Speak faster so that any newbie can understand this better!

Hey having a issue with the throttles not going to IDLE like need for the engines to crank and startup. Suggestions? Thank you for the videos!

After buying the mirage , this one will be my second. :)

tbh this was simpler than i thought

Hi I’m at work

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Hi, I have the F18C and I keep having the same issue with rear stabilizers who keep on pointing up hard at 24 degrees as shown on the FCS. This happens at low speed and I cannot get them to go back at an acceptable angle and the plane just keeps on stalling. This happens even if I put the burners on. I tried cycling the flaps from auto to full but this has no effect. Is this a problem you know? I find it very weird and I just cannot understand how this could be a normal feature on real F18 planes.

Thanks for this. This is so helpful for a noob like me trying to get to grips with both DCS and the Hornet. All your efforts are much appreciated.

I keep running into a problem with my nose wheel steering not being available. Every time that I auto start my FA-18, NWS is not available and when I use the key command "a" or "s" to turn it on it does not work. When I manual do a cold start I have NWS available but only about 80% of the time. Is there a bug... or am I just missing something? Thanks for any recommendations.

you put on the ecm to standby .to my knowledge the ecm is still not implemented .is that changed now ?

You don't need to reset the bleed system since you didn't do a fire test, also you can start the alingment as soon as the first engine's generator comes online

Apparently some people (like myself, I discovered today) are experiencing a bug with INS alignment in GND and CV modes where the INS just never aligns. For the time being apparently setting the INS to 'NAV' first is the fix for that, rather than waiting for alignment in 'GND' or 'CV.' I'm not sure what that does to the accuracy of the INS, but it's probably not good. As I understand it, it's been a known bug since earlier this year.

Fantastic !! F-18 tutorials revised !!! Great !

You said "flaps to half" - but put it in "auto". A smal thing, but on a short runway……….

Hey Cap,is the a-10c very hard and does the a-10a have a tpod.

hey Cap hows your Chemo / cancer going?

For some reason I remember that you should start from left engine because connected to more systems. I can be wrong.
Since you're there better to turn on IFF and D/L.

Just what I needed :) Thanks!

Nice Video 👍🏼
Glad the bell works !