Uphill Battle | Mirage F1EE | DCS World

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Story time
02:01 - Start up struggles...
03:21 - Take off
04:09 - Burdened with glorious purpose
05:06 - GCI gives us the bad news
05:37 - The current situation
06:32 - GCI Sitrep
07:14 - Fair fights are for suckers
08:15 - GCI's concern is concerning
08:40 - Merged: Tomcat - Fight's on
11:36 - Sortie #2 - Viggen intercept
13:17 - Radar contact: F-5
14:38 - Guns on Skyhawk
15:41 - Pushing my luck
18:06 - Outro, Members' Shoutout & Links

Fin

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PC Specs:
GPU: GeForce RTX 4070ti
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor
Memory: 32 GB RAM
Resolution: 2560 x 1440, 75Hz

Sim gear:
Warthog HOTAS
TrackIR5
TFRP T.Flight pedals

[esquim]

The engine failed to start because of the igniter/ventilation switch(big red 3pos switch on the engine start panel), you need to leave it as it is or push it up(Selects left or right igniter), and not down (which selects ventilation to run the engine dry and empty the burners from fuel that could be there after a missed start)

[Murrence]

That electricity pylon doing the Lord's work 🟧

[Jubedy]

Every time I forget to arm the ejection seat I inevitably die, you were doomed from the start

[mikeck]

In another week, everyone is going to be flying the F-4.

[TheGate]

IIRC its 300 RPM to throttle idle in the F1

[djbiscuit]

So you really went hard mode facing down tomcats with no Super 530s lol (they're pretty much the only reason the F1EE is a points plane and you don't get all-aspect heaters like all the other points planes)

They're remarkably similar to the Russian R-27 in that you're outranged by the Sparrow on paper, but have a remarkably fast missile. The on-paper range for the Super 530F is 25km/~15nm, but it does a max of Mach 4.5 and is very fast for a decent chunk of that range.

This means if you get inside 10 miles or so, a Tomcat is in serious trouble. If they launch at 10 miles or so and don't crank (which a lot of them don't due to inexperience, complacency from not facing other SARH platforms on ECW, and/or lack of launch warning?), your missile should arrive first.

You want to leverage the speed of the Mirage and come in screaming fast (ideally at angels 10 or more), then launch at around 10 nmi, crank, and drop altitude.

If the Tomcat launches first, you can sometimes get them to break off by counter-launching (though IIRC the Super 530F isn't actually supposed to trigger a launch warning, not sure if it does or not), so try that if you can lock them at all and push in *hard* if they go cold. As they turn hot again, feed them your second angry pipe with wings.

I'm not as good a dogfighter as you, so I prefer to stay outside of heater range, especially because I have a tendency to eat AIM-9Ls at the merge.

[Jrr_]

Forgetting the ejection pin, classic 😂

[TheSilmarallion]

Was going to say you are the luckiest pilot, but... Love your dry sense of humour.

[petlemons]

I advance the throttle at 300 rpm, and I've never had an issue.

[lukalekov]

when i see the point spawn airplane, i just focus on them or try to give em trouble, nice vid.

[Swatmat]

when forwarding the throttle, just do it when you start to hear a noise, always works for me

[km-wezz]

I tend to push the throttle to idle at around 300rpm, works reliably.

[primaryworm]

want to try f1, will definitely buy one on discount

[romansemeniuk]

Skyhawk from your last vid here:D You need to put throttle to idle between 300 and 600rpm.

[PrezDCS]

The 530F is actually quite good. Not as OP as the Super 530D, but you can still out F-pole an F-14 with the right parameters (I know because it happened to me lol)

[triggerdcs]

I really hope they fix the radar in this module, it is so fun. After the F5, this one is my favorite 3rd gen jet.

[marklittrell]

btw the F1 doesnt have a radar gunsight. Its a simple inertia gunsight and doesnt account for Gs and maneuvering. You have to use gunnery skills even with the estimated pipper.

[nickwanrooy]

could you make a short on what buttons to bind for the combat slats and what each button does? i when you talk about them it makes sense. but when I try it it never works.

[MCP]

Great video! Can you post your settings by chance?

[KOOLURATOOLGaming]

What Mirage Kneeboard checklist pack is that at the start of the video?