F-14D Cockpit
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Now ain’t she a beauty! ::D
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One of the sexiest planes ever build, has much more charisma than a Hornet !
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One of the sexiest planes ever build, has much more charisma than a Hornet !
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I agree at full burn!! Pls keep going with the project, i am looking ffwd to taking off from the carrier with this beauty in a clickable pit.
I have been visiting Pensacola Navy Museum, and the gate guardian…. is an amazing f14A… The sexiest plan ever built, i agree!
Pvi_PanteSt
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I have been visiting Pensacola Navy Museum, and the gate guardian…. is an amazing f14A… The sexiest plan ever built, i agree!
Pvi_PanteSt
Nice, I was stationed at Pensacola in the early 80’s for my MOS training. Loved it. Great party town!!!
RAM22
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Bouncer = Tomcat
Town = Party
Location = FL
…I’m sold.
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Any progress mykinge? Very interested, and as many are, really anticipating a release
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I hope this one makes it to the next update, together with the hornet.
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bump
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Architectural development is time consuming job. First hand experience here…deadline, deadline, deadlines everywhere
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If someone ask me to share LODs which can be exported from my MOD, is it allowed to share?
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Just said interesting…
I agree the article seems a bit biased but you just need to take the parts you want
I personally liked to learn a bit more about the Iranians Tomcats!
Pepe
you publish the pit as soon as you can I will tell you some thing( but not restricted or classified information because I don’t know them too :lol: :mrgreen: )
I know a F-14 Tomcat retired pilot of IRIAF .he dogfight with 13 Iraqi Aircraft & forced to push more than 11G( more than F-14 limit) to evade their missile (his Boots blow & his tummy Sprain(wrench) his both meniscus teared (both internal & lateral) both (him & RIO’s) helmets Flaw & …) and in Dog fight due to very low altitude dog fighting 3 of them crash to water & others escaped . this action is recorded( not as video as document) . he is ACE . from his words I figured that this F-14 currently flying in BMS is not correct. the real cat is much more maneuverable than this. now he Surgery his legs more than 13 time . now when he type some thing from his arms till palm of hands Numb & many other …. . Peoples see a pilot maneuver and do loops & … then enjoy and wish to be fighter pilot , they never see other side of coin . the painful & hard side.
Heydar
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you publish the pit as soon as you can I will tell you some thing( but not restricted or classified information because I don’t know them too :lol: :mrgreen: )
I know a F-14 Tomcat retired pilot of IRIAF .he dogfight with 13 Iraqi Aircraft & forced to push more than 11G( more than F-14 limit) to evade their missile (his Boots blow & his tummy Sprain(wrench) his both meniscus teared (both internal & lateral) both (him & RIO’s) helmets Flaw & …) and in Dog fight due to very low altitude dog fighting 3 of them crash to water & others escaped . this action is recorded( not as video as document) . he is ACE . from his words I figured that this F-14 currently flying in BMS is not correct. the real cat is much more maneuverable than this. now he Surgery his legs more than 13 time . now when he type some thing from his arms till palm of hands Numb & many other …. . Peoples see a pilot maneuver and do loops & … then enjoy and wish to be fighter pilot , they never see other side of coin . the painful & hard side.
Heydar
The current flight model (from some basic flight tests i made) seams to be more or less based on the official open source manuals. The problem is, it is modeled as that regardless of the current configuration. I.E. the big Turkey should be able to hit 800 knots at sea level, when in clean configuration or with 2 sidewinders on stations 1 and 8, even when full on fuel and with the TF-30 engines. However if you take clean Tomcat right now and dash the sea surface at most you can do is mach 1.16 which is the speed limit given for the 4XAIM-7 and 4XAIM-9 as given in the manuals. The acceleration magically stops there as if you had hit a wall. This is just one example. Another would be the AoA limiter, which didn’t exist as such on the A and B models. Even the D’s didn’t get digital flight control till the mid 90’s which restricted their alpha capability by a significant margin (not that it mattered since by then they were mostly moving mud). Even if you click Shit-C and disable the AoA limiter in BMS, the F-14 stalls above 32-33 degrees and although it does not go into a flat spin, recovering from this stall is sometimes an odd process. In reality the the transitional buffet did not start until 30+ degrees while in BMS it starts at 25. The airflow did not become fully separated well above 50 degrees, while here it does so around 35 degrees. Without an engine flameout or differential control input the plane would not depart even under these extreme conditions unlike in BMS. There is probably more, way more that can be corrected. Still, the model does some things right. You can pull more then 8g in some circumstances and the sim allows it.
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Lots of great info in a single post Mike, thanks a lot!
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yw mate
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The current F-14A Falcon is far away from accurate.
BTW, there is no way to “disable” the AoA limiter in BMS, so I do not understand what has been said previously.With 4 AIM-7 & 4 AIM-9, and a GW of 53,873lbs, a F-14A can reach M1.26 at 5,000ft (766 Kts CAS) and its Design limit is M1.4 (850Kts CAS)
For this configuration, the projected structural limit load factor was 7.5G, but tha actual operational one has been reduced to 6.
Under same configuration, the maximum sustained turn rate is 15.25 d/s @ M0.5/305 Kts IAS.
For comparison,- a F-4E Blk50 with slats, with 4xAIM-7 and 50% internal fuel, aka GW=41407lbs had a maximum sustained turn rate of 13.3 d/s (-2) reached at 500Kts IAS, and can sustain only 11.5d/s at 305 IAS
- a Mig-21bis (iz75A) with 2R-60 and 50% internal fuel (GW=16,318lbs) can sustain 10.5 d/s at M0.5/305Kts and 12.1@ 450Kts)
- a F-16 Blk52 with 2AIM-9 and 2xAIM-120 at a GW of 25,000lbs can sustain 16.9 d/s at 342Kts (maximum) and 15.7 at 305Kts.
At 15,000ft, Under same condition, the F-14A can sustain (maximum) 11.5 d/s at M0.65 (330Kts), the F-16Blk52 sustain 12.3 d/s @ 465Kts (and 11.5 at M0.65/330Kts)
So, yes ,the F-14A had better turn rate (max and at low speed) than F-4, Mig-21…, but is clearly bellow the F-16Blk52 at 5,000ft (quite all speed), and at 15,000ft is equivalent at medium/low speed, and bellow at higher speed).
FYI, the current F-14A BMS FM give sustain turn rate higher than the Blk52 at quite any speed, so is clearly over modeled in this area.
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he real cat is much more maneuverable than this
I have to say a big no…