DCS: Situational Awareness In The F-16

Struggling finding your wingman? Frustrated with being shot down and not knowing how you got shot down? You probably are struggling with Situational Awareness. In this video, we go over how to use the F-16 sensor suite to gain as much SA as possible so we can become more lethal.

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (16-Core)
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Current resolution: 2560 x 1440, 120Hz
HOTAS: Virpil Throttle and Warbird Stick
Pedals: Logitech G Pro

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[shadowfox]

I like how you had the option to have normal mic conversation… but maximum emersion

[nickduan]

Some additional tips about HSD that are not covered in this video:
1. When HSD is SOI, you can move the cursor up and down across the upper and lower edge of the screen to change the range on HSD, similar to how you operate the radar. You don't have to move your hands off your stick and throttle to click the OSB buttons to change range.
2. The second OSB button on top of the HSD that says DCPL means decoupled (correct me if I am wrong), basically it means the range selected on your HSD is not synced with the range selected on your radar. If you press DCPL, you can change the HSD mode to from DCPL to CPL (coupled), which will sync the range selected on your HSD to the range selected on your radar, so you don't have to change SOI and perform the action I mentioned in tip #1 to change the rage on your HSD. You can just move the radar cursor on your radar to make the HSD range change with your selected radar range. This is extremely useful for AA scenarios. Since as your target gets closer, your selected radar range will get smaller. With your HSD range synced with your radar, you will get a more precise picture or SA on your HSD. But be aware, targets outside your selected range will not be shown both on your radar and HSD.

These features are some examples of the awesome representations of F-16's amazing HOTAS design, allowing pilots to fly the jet and operate the sensors without having to move their hands off the stick and throttle.

[nathanalvar]

As a F-16 avionics technician for block 40s, this is good information, and I can appreciate your knowledge.

[loneirregular]

As a virtual Hornet pilot who also wants to learn the F-16; I appreciate this video. Thank you.

[xenozombie]

You're making some of the best DCS videos on YT right now.

[vized]

At the beginning I was pissed that Its a video where a guy talks about whatever, and when I finished the video I was thanking god that I found you. Thank you sir, you've just single handedly improved my f16 dcs experience by tenfold

[Prifly]

Thanks man. Digging the keymap notes, super helpful. Somehow I understood all of that. Well done.

[h.m.]

Good shit as always, BD. Dude, I've been flying the Viper for the better part of a year and I still learned things in this video. The 'basics' aren't always as basic as you might think. lol.

[callsigndoodles]

Best tutorials for the Viper that I've found. Concise and to the point. Great stuff.

[uglyigor]

TMS right to cycle the datalink tracks is the shit man. i have +200h in the DCS viper and I did not know this feature. Always learning something knew when watching your videos BD! Thx <3

[Zamoski]

man i love your videos, they are so helpful, im not looking for a 50 minutes video explaining one thing and in that 50 minutes didnt even explain this good, for you, 15 minutes and all clear, i really thank you for your videos

[toddw]

Thanks. You make great videos. Good pace not to slow not too fast to follow. Also big help with the keyboard and mapping to controls. Best DCS videos.

[Masterkey]

Your videos made me love dcs again. No fluff in your videos and they're never confusing.

[HEATER_]

Outstanding Bogey Dope. I'm new to the F16, been "flying" the Hornet for 8 years. Your voice sound puts me in the cockpit with you. Keep it up man!

[ramye]

Thank you so much. I always had trouble to figure out where planes were in the sky.., your HSD / datalink selection really changed my day.

[paulwalker]

I have been looking for a video just like this for a while. Thank you so much!

[rasmussen]

Wow! That hsd trick really took me to the next level, my biggest issue have been i just cant see them in the air. But now i atleast know were to look. Thank you so much!

[papajim]

You re such a good teacher, looking forward to more videos.

[michaelkphoto]

Love your tutorials - straightforward and easy to understand. Thank you!
Would love to see your tutorial on CBU’s employment, specifically why sometimes they “overfly” the target, or sometimes don’t release at all, and what all the parameters on their relevant SMS page mean and do.

[CubPilot]

Dude, you are awesome. Thank you for spreading your knowledge to the rest of us!