DCS F-14A - RELEASE TRAILER! 

Thank you for your service!

that´s real cool.

Cool!! Tks for your service!!

I was on the USS Enterprise in 1984 and saw them daily. I looooved every second of it. I could stand there all day and watch if I didn't have to do my duties. To this day, it's still my all time favorite jet. BIG, LOUD, FAST.

All I can think about is ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-15ZcIHHSmHw.html

@@sam8742 they dead ?

@@deusvult1202 Yes, well the pilot at least she died as the RIO ejects first

yep that's sad, not a single compressor stall shown in this trailer ;( well, thumbs up to HB anyways for an ealier-than-2025 F-14A release :)

Goose eject, goose I can’t reach the handle

Not to mention all the tower buzzing.

Someone needs to get a swear jar. Throw a buck in every time someone quotes Top Gun.

@@Combatant5 At the actual Top Gun course for the Navy, they actually fine you five bucks if you quote or reference the movie.

@@Hardcover_Pilot correct.

Top gun was good back n the 80s only way to c a F- 14 is n a museum or the sandbox. I miss her too

“You’re a lot brighter than you look”

It's really a birthday present from us to him for his 70th birthday last month. What is much more important is the great help, guidance and feedback he gave us, that helped make the Heatblur Tomcat what it is. :-) Okie is a great guy, he is inseparable from the history of Tomcats and a very dear and special friend to us. His guidance and input are invaluable. His entire family was kind beyond words to us, and to set him such a "tiny monument" is the least we could do. In reality, he deserves a big one of course.

@@104thironmike4 I guess I should resurrect Bio's 101 jet that ended up picked clean for parts behind the JRB Fort Worth flight line...

@@104thironmike4 great to hear, I’m glad he was able to get a little bit of glory from the team at HB. And a very happy 70th to him from all of us in the community I’m sure.

@@104thironmike4 Thanks IronMike for honoring such a great naval aviator and I am happy that I was able to help in getting Heatblur connected with Okie. I knew he would be an asset. You guys rock!

@@straywolf77 Well done indeed. Btw drop by some time soon again, it's a long time no see now. Don't be a stranger! :-)

Exactly that's Why I love the A it's Unique

Absolutely in agree

It is shameful to agree with that. They truly do not want to go "easy" with their goals and take pride for what they do. I would say that Heatblur puts even ED in rear when going for details and quality.

Leatherneck is good too, but they were basically Heatblur's former company.

@@jpetras16 After 5-6 major changes to MiG-21 flight modeling I can't trust it. While their main developer is MiG-21 pilot, it is odd that ex- test pilots for Bis say it is underpowered and can't perform real intercepts even from basic fuel consumption standpoint and flameouts way too easily. And these are who worked directly with MiG company to solve problems in controls, engine etc.

@@paristo I mean I think you're exaggerating a bit. It flames out easily in the game. Of course it's not real life, but it's pretty close.

Jonesing for the -14D.

@@linusa2996 it would be nice, but tbh it’s not gonna ruin my day if HB say they’re never doing it. I’d prefer they work on the existing two planes and maybe announce a third totally different plane before they do a -D

Your actually getting 4 planes for the price of one, the GE-95 is the Iranian one, the GE-135 is the old F-14A with the ARL-45 RWR then you have the next F-14A with the ARL-67 same RWR as the F-14B and the F-14B itself.

@@southernbear736 good point :)

@@southernbear736 true, but all of them have the PW engine which was only supposed to be a place holder engine. A 5.0 mustang with a v6.

To much Top Gun?

It's far from being a Turkey. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aIJ8fZAcH4s.html

It is faster to accelerate than B, and can turn better, but can't fly as fast as B. And compressor stall is said to happen just few times as it was not such a problem unless you janked the throttle continually up and down at fast rate. The B allowed you to have unlimited throttle controls to wank it around as power requirements were. So basically no one should get any compressor stalls if knowing how to handle throttle gently.

@@coolguyhmrwt1332 I call that, and raise ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6MNaUZNiSrM.html

@@paristo max speed on the A is higher

6 that makes 6!

@@F22raptor46 Correction make that 7!!

Ooof

i did actually laught

I’m here for the comments 😂

Cannot wait for your videos on her :)

What do mean engine downgrade?

@@2shae475 F-14A was very prone to flameout during high AoA maneuvers.

@@2shae475 The F14A was forced by McNamara to use a bomber engine with an afterburner strapped on. It was garbage and led to the loss of numerous aircraft from compressor stalls, shed turbine blades that severed hydraulic lines etc. The engine couldn't take a throttle slam safely, y'know, something rather fundamental to air superiority fighters. It wan't until the F14B upgrade that the plane had the kind of engine it had been designed in mind with.

Well, I'm waiting for this because the "F-14B" by them was turned into a complete rocket ship, causally mowing down any other fighter jet in DCS. Hopefully this version will be more representative of the era...

@@getsideways7257 Pretty sure that's not the case from several flights I've seen of it. In BVR and the right conditions, the Pheonix is a monster weapon, and properly flown the Tomcat B is a respectable energy fighter, but it's certainly not a F22 by any means

Ikr

i honestly would love that...maybe goose wouldnt very much

Actually the stalls were fairly rare. You’d only see them about once every 1600 hours of flight time according to pilots that actually flew it

@@CaptainMetalwing that’s a pretty good compared to what other pilots I listen to and read about they say it’s most common when on landing because of the reduced air flow a low speeds

@@airforce1907 My source is a forum post directly from Heatblur’s SME (subject matter expert). ie pilot.

Only a real issue if you come off the throttle while loading the G.

I really hope they'll be able to make the D at some point in the future.

Heatblur already has said they could not gather enough data for the D.

@@FirstDagger ah that sucks

Nah, that's just DCS replays in general.

The replays bug themselfs even with F-15C

Still better than the F18

What do you mean? “Fixed”

It seems that with the next update the Aim-54 will use the new API, which removes Magic INS and adds other nice stuff (SARH only in PDSTT, Seeker goes on 16 s time to impact etc.)

U know the API was activated finally by ED’s changes on the 4th of November right? It’s already in game

The problem now (unless it has been fixed already) is a MP problem..other aircraft aren't getting an RWR warning when the missile goes active. So folks are upset because of the "stealth" AIM-54s

What about fixed aerodynamic performance, especially with FULL flaps?

they all look the same

@@degenetron7590 Three words: High. Viz. Liveries.

Same as the B, just different engines.

@@slider292 Less capable too! The B was a nice upgrade, but the D was what the Tomcat should have been all along - it's a shame it only came near the end...

@@ikeraguirre5865 Word!

But as always, pilot skills will just make all difference in the world...

Forrestal is part of the F-14A + F-14B package... Heatblur is working on it.

Much more beautiful than the F-18 Hornet. (And made the F-4 look like a flying brick, 😂)

Because the F-14A was the vast majority of F-14s active during their service, and because the information needed for the F-14B (u) and F-14D still classified.

I've been talking with their guy, I don't think a new template is coming immediately. B template will work but like the A-10C II, some things need to be removed, different stencils, etc.

I wouldn't mind some love for the A-6/EA-6B, but I really hope someone decides to do up an F-8E.

There are different versions of the F-14A, this one is closer to the F-14B.

@@FirstDagger so it doesn't have the veins ?

@@mrandrossguy9871 ; Jep, welded shut.

You'll be relieved to hear that this is a free addition to the tomcat you already purchased!

Do you already have the F-14B??? If so, you are getting this as part of the original F-14B package...

@@Whiskey11Gaming no I don’t sadly, can’t really afford much DCD stuff, pretty expensive for a game that I don’t play all that often.

Also I couldn’t seem to find the F-14B on the Steam store

@@brendanzio It should be on the Steam Store. I don't use Steam for my install since Steam tends to cause more issues than it solves for Open Beta players.

Your guess is wrong, Heatblur has stated they don't have enough documentation to make the D. This A model was also a part of the DCS F-14 from the start.

@@FirstDagger Heatblur hasn't given a hard NO to doing an F-14D, its just they want that documentation before attempting it. My guess is the modeling crew is going to be doing the work, if they haven't already, if for no other reason than to expedite a release of one IF they get the documentation.

Not only are you getting the skins, but you are getting IRIAF F-14 airframes... there are THREE -A's we are getting... the 95-GE airframes sold to Iran, the 135-GE airframes with the early ARL-45 RWR, and a more modern 135-GE with the current ARL-67. That's ON TOP of the F-14B you already have, the Forrestal when she comes out, and an A6 Intruder AI model. Plus the Campaign, and the soundtrack. It is easily one of the BEST values in the DCS world game... a better one than Flaming Cliffs 3 when it goes on sale for $25 IMO.

@@Whiskey11Gaming Good to know, thanks!

It's not really that rare. It all depends on the deck caller and how your deck is set up. The first event, maybe you clear one cat. But by the second event, all four. I've served in the FDNF and we launched off of the bow, all of the time. I've never seen a waist-only go unless it was an alert launch on a no-fly day. CAT 4 was the culprit on my ship. As a matter of fact, the waist was suspect Lol.

@@crash8926 I'm not saying that launching the bow is rare...we also launched off the bow on every go, but primarily Cat 1 only. After the first event, the recovery always ended up clobbering thr 3/4 row again. We launched the waist cats simultaneously all the time, but I don't even remember having both bow cats open at the same time during OEF.

@@Vicarium Wow! I wasn't as good at deck calling as others but I did manage to clear a cat or two :)

It comes as part of the F-14B module, if you got the B it’ll just update and you’ll have both aircraft

@@Q3ark Thats good, im a poor student and the B module was extremely expensive for me ^^

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