Get your notebook out, brew yourself a coffee, and get ready to buckle up as you take in the full Matt Wagner delivered tutorial on the DCS: MiG-29 and how best to use the aircraft’s navigation systems.

Study up with this new video

The MiG-29’s navigation system is quite different from other 4th gen fighters that we’ve seen in DCS World (though it does appear to be a bit like the Viggen). It has three categories of navigational marks – aerodrome, beacon and waypoint. Beacon can only be assigned via the Data Transfer Cartridge (DTC) which is still a relatively new addition to DCS World. DTC in this case is not exactly how the real aircraft works and is instead programmed in by the ground crew but the DTC appears to approximate the functionality.

The video on these systems is in-depth and most of the 51 minute runtime is focused on navigation. The last few minutes, however, transition from setting up for landing to landing the jet. The MiG-29 is a bit of a handful on landing if you do it wrong so you’ll want to make sure you’re brushed up on the correct procedure before doing it yourself.

Get ready and tackle the tutorial below!

Release plans

Responding to near constant questions on the release date of the MiG-29, the video description also answers a few questions on the almighty “when?”

We are still shooting for this month, but we cannot give an exact date until testing is complete.

We know the module is getting close but it sounds like Eagle Dynamics are still hard at work with the aircraft prior to release.

We’ve seen that quite a bit in recent history where achieving minimum early access functionality seems to happen very shortly before it arrives on our hard drives. We already know that Eagle Dynamics have committed to a list of early access features with others, like the Ground Control Intercept function and advanced IFF planned for post launch.

Stay tuned for release info!