How To Starfight | F-104 Tutorial / Guide (WarThunder)

After ~75 Battles in the F-104A, In this video, I teach you what works, and doesn't work when playing the F104 series of fighters.

Fact check after posting: most planes even at 9.7-10.7 don't have RWR

If anyone wants a specific video topic, guide, or questions answered I may do a Q&A or something similar, comment down below your suggestions or questions!

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00:00 - Intro
00:12 - Stats Explanation
01:40 - Mistakes To Avoid (What not to do)
03:16 - Overview What Went Wrong & How To Avoid
03:43 - How To Do Everything "Right" In A Full Game
13:58 - Outro
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[flohr]

Overall a good video but as a person who spaded all the f104 planes in the game I noticed a few problems. 1. the RWR does not tell if someone fires an infrared missile at you. 2. don’t fly to higher altitudes- radar missiles will destroy you quickly and if you don’t have RWR you won’t even notice it. 3. I would highly suggest takin 30
Minutes of fuel cause the f104 family burns fuel like nothing else and as a supporter you should stay in the fight for as long as you can. 4. The armored targets belt is easily the best one. The chance to set a plane on fire is drastically higher and the chances to get sparks is reduced. Air targets is the worst imo.
Anyway nice to see a video on one of the harfest planes to master at its BR. Have a good time. Peace.

[dominicviner]

Finally someone who doesn’t rant just says what is up with the plane how to use it at its best and done

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[schnozistanczar]

I disagree with taking only 20 minutes of fuel, since this plane isn’t a dog fighter it’s going to rely on afterburner speed and the extra thrust always offsets any extra weight when talking about acceleration, the extra weight will also give it better energy retention when climbing back up after a strafe/kill.

30 minutes to full (34 minutes) allows you to keep afterburner on 24/7 and keep more energy in climbs after dives

[odethious]

F104G for Germany is the best variant. The missiles suck, but the plane is at 10.0, nothing can catch you, you have flares, and four aim9Bs for the free unaware kills.

I got 7 kills in one game with it last night, this is not a bad plane. I actually prefer this to the F4s.

[rileygayming]

Note: RWR is only for Radar (Radar Warning Reciever) so it doesn't pick up heatseekers. What you're thinking of is MAW (Missile Approach Warning) which is only on some helicopters at the moment.

Also the F-104G is basically just a straight upgrade at the same BR. The F-104S is even better at 10.3.

[KeyserTheRedBeard]

astonishing video Sportshot. I broke the thumbs up on your video. Always keep up the high quality work.

[theflyinggasmask]

with good speed and flap management you can dogfight quite well with it.

[chemputer]

RWR does not tell you if an IR missile is launched or coming at you. It tells you if there is RADAR energy pinging off your plane, or if an enemy has a lock. So, it would only potentially give warning for a SARH missile, not IR guided.

[fireghost]

Thanks for the Video, this Jet is actually crazy with this playstyle

[GuyWhoUnboxesStuff]

Gaijin needs to add flares to this, the repair cost is basically robbing me and the f104 doesn't even have protection. Yet, almost every other country with the F-104 has flares. It is just straight bias for every other country besides the U.S.A, I put so much grind for a shitty fighter.

[raxxpl]

Thanks bro i am to close to research the aircraft and i really need a video thanks😊

[braydonzalewski]

I love your videos. They are very educational and you explain everything in a easy to understand way

[j_tha_panther]

Shame I’m getting mig21 missiles jammed down my throat every match😭

[MausOfTheHouse]

Can you make a guide for the J35D? It's a difficult plane to use, and even harder to master.

[kennyxkazuki]

I love the f-104, ive played the a/c/j all of them are really fun to use, The j especially. There was a point where you could be upteird to 11.7 with f-16s and mig-29s. Good times.

[shot]

the f-104j is the best it can carry 4 aim9j's and its performance is so good

[isaachillman]

These are all good strategies, but what I usually do is I go straight for the airbase around halfway through the game since that’s when half of them go back to re-arm. When I was in the a – four early, I would drop my load onto the base to destroy it and then I will go straight for the airfield. Trying to figure out if I should go after the F-111 or the F5.

[gamernoble]

nice tipst but Need more battle reference, please add more your best F104A battle-in arcade and realistic.

[quickrider]

IMO climbing in the f104 is utterly useless at top tier because of radar missiles and you can also instantly zoom climb when needed. Also in most cases you have more power than the enemy… you should mainly Rely on guns because aim9b is basically an unguided rocket lmao

[FakebuG_]

bro said at 1:50 what a dogfight is proceed to show a headons.