It knows immediately if the target aircraft is hostile or friendly. IFF or identification friend-or-foe is simple in the F-15. Interestingly, the F-15C can feed data into the datalink but not receive it as of March of 2020. It has no ability to display Link16 datalink information so the F-15C can’t build up a picture of the combat space the way that other datalink enabled jets can. The F-15C in DCS World does lack a few other features. It keeps its role focused and that does help reduce the learning curve too. As has been written and said many times, the F-15 emphasizes its air superiority mission leaving “not a pound for air-to-ground.” The Eagle’s ability to attack ground targets is essentially non-existent. That high degree of performance comes from a design optimized for the air-to-air combat role. The F-15C both in sim and in real life is not as flexible as other jets. If your new to those terms, the F-15C will help teach you the difference. The F-15C can sling AIM-7, AIM-9, and AIM-120 missiles offering a semi-active radar, IR, and active radar missile set. That should speak to the jets overall ability in a high end missile fight or in a shorter range gun fight. In competitive multiplayer scenarios, the F-15C is still the preferred platform for many virtual pilots who may otherwise fly higher fidelity jets. The F-15C itself as a jet is an impressive performer with superb performance with high rates of speed, agility, and a very powerful radar that gives it the ability to spot targets earlier in the fight than some other jets. The F-15C may be simplified so is it able to compete with more sophisticated jets? Actually, yes. If you just want to press a couple of buttons and starting flying a very high performance jet fighter, the FC3 level of modeling for the F-15C is just fine. However, if you’re just starting out, the complexity of procedures can be overwhelming and so the F-15C’s simplicity in DCS World can be great as a learning tool. Some suggest that clickable cockpits are ultimately easier to work with and to some degree I agree that is the case. All of these are key accessed by key presses. Those are for DCS World’s full fidelity modules which you can skip with an autostart… but I digress.ĭCS World is still a flight simulator so you still need to make sure that you’re controls are set for the engine throttles, nose wheel steering, lights, radar, and more. Maybe you want to turn on some lights too but aside from that there is no need to mess with the auxiliary power unit, inertial navigation system, arm the ejection seat or follow complex procedures to start the jet up and get it going. A couple of hot keys will start the electronics, left engine and right engine. Learning the controlsĬompared to a full fidelity module, starting up the F-15C is a simple process. Some may want a high fidelity module but for others just getting started, the F-15C represents a simpler learning curve that can get you flying a high performance fighter jet without a lot of fuss. There are no clickable cockpits and most systems are interacted with in a simplified and abstract manner – but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. This is a legacy series that is still very well integrated into the modern DCS World of 2020 and that means that the modeling on these types is a little different. Eagle Dynamics started pioneering this with their sim almost a decade ago and there are now a huge list of DCS World high fidelity aircraft including diverse types as the F/A-18C Hornet, F-16C Viper, A-10C Warthog, P-51D Mustang, Spitfire Mark IX, L-39, MiG-15, and the list goes on.įC3 level aircraft refers to Flaming Cliffs 3, a follow-up to earlier Flaming Cliffs releases and Lock On: Modern Air Combat that came before them. Controlling the aircraft uses a combination of key presses and mouse button clicks on the inside of the cockpit. So, what does that mean?Ī DCS World full fidelity module has full system modeling of every major and most minor systems in the cockpit. Some are considered DCS World full fidelity aircraft and others are, popularly referred to by the community as “FC3 level” aircraft. The first thing we should get out of the way is that not all aircraft in DCS World are modeled at the same level. The Eagle is not a full fidelity module for DCS World So, what does an aspiring virtual fighter pilot do if they want to get into something a bit faster? One of your options is the DCS: F-15C Eagle and this is my mini-review of this module for DCS World. Both TF-51D and Su-25 are good experiences but they don’t really offer the fast jet experience. DCS World is a free to play product which means that you can download the sim and enjoy two aircraft right out of the box for free without spending any money.
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