Hornet HOTAS Tips and Tricks... for 25 Minutes... | DCS World F/A-18C Tutorial

While the Viper's HOTAS is easier, the Hornet's HOTAS has some strong and often overlooked merits. Hopefully these tips make the Hornet feel better for you. :) Something I forgot to talk about is the RECCE Switch. It's a small button on the stick that blanks your HMD when you press it. It has a secondary function of toggling EXP on the SA page when you TUC (target under cursor) a contact. This is useful as the SA TUC is shown at unlimited range on the HMD, so you can TUC a target on the SA, press RECCE to EXP on them, and they'll show from unlimited range on your HMD for as long as that track remains on your SA page. Apparently the cursor is supposed to magnet to contacts on the SA, so EXP shouldn't be necessary to keep the cursor on there someday if they fix that. Thanks for watching.