Thunderbird Fighter Pilot Reacts to Advanced F-16 Simulator | DCS

My Set up (Links with Discount Coming soon)
Corsair Gaming PC with:
Intel Core i9-14900K,
NVIDIA RTX 4090, 64GB DDR5 6400MT/s Memory, 4TB (2x 2TB) M.2 NVMe SSD
Digital Combat Sim Software (DCS)
Next Level Racing Boeing Sim Cockpit
Thrustmaster Warthog Stick and Throttle
Thrustmaster TPR Rudders
TrackIR Headtracker
Oculus 3 VR Headset
Canon R7

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[Universal_exports]

I have to admit Sir, I learned DCS on the Tomcat, but there is absolutely no equal to the Viper in aerial combat. Great jet. Thanks for your service to this country.

[qrunchi]

Cool channel. My grandfather and his twin flew the original left & right Thunderbirds & Skyblazers founding members. I have been lucky enough to get closer to the F16s than most civvies at shows. Keep up the good work.

[HectorRoldan]

Hector Roldan​​I so wish you could team up with other groups and maybe some of us can sneak in people of certain nations to train on these systems.. I'm a Thunderbirds/Blue Angel fan since childhood and love this!!

[MarcPhillip]

I've meet you before when you used to fly for the Thunderbirds you would come to Luke air force base.

[coreyd]

Long time lurker - recent subscriber. Welcome to the VR world! Great job on the content so far. You should do some tutorials!

[Gunzdeep]

They forgot to put the boot prints from the Maint maintenance guys who keep it flying for you

[drkwrk]

9x'es have amazing target identification profiling, it ignores anti measures because it's heading towards what it knows the target looks like through target photography recognition.

[jdmhz]

where i live we swiched back from no move stick to move stick as the pilots hated the no move stick and could not tell if they applied enough stick

[brettwerner]

I would love to hear you talk more about the differences between DCS formation flying and real life. I have such a struggle there and would love more tips on how to conquer this skill.

[tacticaltoolbox]

Great video. Love the commentary. I like how you've obviously put in the time to get some muscle memory for the game setup. Obviously starting to be able to do what you're thinking you want to do. Showing off some skills.

[DanUpdegraff]

Ahh, PIO ... I was a master at causing it back in the 90s while flying Janes F/A-18 fighter sim on my Windows 98 computer. I dreaded missions requiring mid air refueling. Took me like 10 minutes to get my nozzle in the cone. (Too far left, then right, then up, then down. Grrr.)
Great game for it's time. Had the same 3D motion and mouse interaction inside the cockpit as your DCS sim, just had to turn "my head" using the joystick POV hat since there were no VR headsets back then. Complicated as hell too. Had to learn all about using the radar modes, different weapon systems (air to air and air to ground), enemy capabilities, carrier landing procedures. I would love to play it again, but I can't remember enough about how to work the plane anymore, lol. Old age sucks.

[Lux__Veritatis]

I like all the info more than the dogfights. There's enough of that content, I love hearing about what you know.

[lcpgalvan]

You should get together with @GrowlingSidewinder and do some dogfights together

[Ydran]

came because f16 pilot flies dcs, stayed because geat sense of humor. thnx for laughs.

[rickmasseur]

Great vid! I'm curious: when you talk of user-friendliness, how does it compare to the Hornet C?

[JohnGaltAustria]

I'm so used to Growling Sidewinder not firing until after the merge, so the AI firing before the merge was a little bit unexpected lol

[wrighttherealist]

It would be amazing to see you perform a virtual thunderbird show someday!!!

[Youda]

Hi, this might not be your expertise, but can you please comment on how the ingame F-16 feels in a turn compared to the real one, especialy with regards to the energy characteristics. Some pilots said it bleeds speed too quickly, but they only flew Block 30 or earlier. Would love to hear an opinion from somebody from the Block 50/52 family.

[marcosavila]

tx man for this different video, was so nice....now i need to jump to DCS

[ashvandal]

I want to see you verse Growling Sidewinder. Like let’s see the PvP!!!