F-14D Cockpit
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The reason behind why many people would contest the maneuverability of any plane is mostly due to semantics and differences in doctrine. Just look at the difference in approaches between ex-USSR and USA designs. Or the US NAVY and US Air Force designs. Saying that one plane is more maneuverable then another has be taken into context about how that plane is going to be used in actual combat. Is it going to turn and burn? Zoom and Boom? Engage at BVR? Intercept? Patrol? Point defense?
Things get even nastier when people start throwing in dog-fighting capability. Pretty much everywhere in the forum, media and everyday life, the colloquial use of the word has become synonymous with all air to air combat. But the term clearly relates and originates in close in, visual range, knife fights. Regardless of weather dofighting is to be endorsed or avoided, people are using the word to describe any airplane that is good in air to air battles even when it clearly wasn’t designed to fight most effectively like that.
From that aspect, i’d say the F-14 was pretty good dogfighter for a plane of that size and weight. In a turn and burn and furball environments it had the advantage of good sustained turn rates at lower speeds and good nose authority. This gave it shorter turn radius at it’s best STR then most planes of its time. When in the mach 0.8+ region it’s effective thrust to weight ratio was greater then 1 when in combat configuration (60% fuel, 4X4 AIMs), so it could zoom and boom when needed. It’s acceleration was very good in the transonic and supersonic region, which combined with it’s great energy sustaining at supersonic speeds made it a great interceptor.
However the need to carry large missiles like the Phoenix and the large AWG-9 radar did have its toll on the overall performance of the plane, especially in the high subsonic region. The need to stay long periods on CAP also meant that the cruise speed suffered as well. The look-down capability over land was not that great too. The lack of thrust and the reliability of the TF-30 engines meant the AC would not reach its full potential.
Out of all these “facts”, one has to take into account what are the ones that affect the mission the most, and judge the maneuverability accordingly.
cheers and have a good night mate!This has to be the most descriptive and eloquent post I have ever seen concerning aircraft dogfighting and not to mention the details about the Tomcat.
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Hi
(Sorry, my english is not good.):rolleyes:
It is very good project. :woohoo::woohoo:
I want to know the date of release.:D
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Hi
(Sorry, my english is not good.):rolleyes:
It is very good project. :woohoo::woohoo:
I want to know the date of release.:D
3-4 falcon weeks
aka
25 to life….hmm just saw your new so you many not get the references. In other words this project is highly unlikely to go any further. Although there is a half done project in the 80’s theater I think
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In other words this project is highly unlikely to go any further.
I do not believe that is the connotation of “3-4 weeks.” It is rather that the release time is unknown or cannot be determined at present.
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I do not believe that is the connotation of “3-4 weeks.” It is rather that the release time is unknown or cannot be determined at present.
I wasn’t referring to the to the meaning of the 3-4 weeks I know what it means
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lost??
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dead
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-Little Boy
Never kicked out of ANY wing.
Never had an FSX model
“Pretend developer” - Did more than you
Never made anything for F-14
- For someone who Stole MH and my Korean Theater, “modified it to your 420th specifications”, from your own words. Without any permission. And you attack me??
420th first of all Does not have specification. We fly high no lie you know this “BALLLIN!!”
1st, 801st, 27th thats 3 by my count
Mark Haper… google it and click images… OMG SO FAMILIAR lol
and you keep saying I stole. When all your work is predicated on stealing From your Korean Theater to you SU-27 Cockpit textures.
And please stop with this little boy talk its creepy
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-Little Boy
Never kicked out of ANY wing.
Never had an FSX model
“Pretend developer” - Did more than you
Never made anything for F-14
- For someone who Stole MH and my Korean Theater, “modified it to your 420th specifications”, from your own words. Without any permission. And you attack me?? Im not a thief
i don’t really know you, or why ya’ll are so hostile, but as someone who flies in the 420th, we fly stock campaigns.
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Does this puppy brawl mean Falcon is finally after what…15 years becoming mainstream?
Yeehaa!
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the banstick is still airborne folks, please return back to topic.
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Gentlemen,
is there a place we can download it from???
I wanna fly it!
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Even if the LOD is available somewhere you have to install manually with LOD Editor. In my Korea '80s MOD in WIP state the pit has been applied. If you have the skills you can extract and import to another database. Only problem that without the approval of the creator.
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Thx buddy for quick reply! Ehi i would buy it if this make things easier…. I am not very expert of db, and always worried to brake something… Any suggestion apprechiated!!
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Is this pit still in the works Mykinge?
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IMHO it does not matter because there is another F-14 pit in progress.
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And right there is the difference in opinion Molny. You regard it as a commodity and the rest of us look at it as a piece of art through which we connect to the original intention of the artist because for him and for us it is about more than bits and bytes and availability or whether or not it will be implemented…
Kilo Mike Alpha, Baby. Tomcat forever!