Random catastrophic failures: I can confirm that DCS has this already implemented. For more than one module. I have mapped Ctrl-Alt-Del / open the task manager to my HOTAS 😎 Just kidding, amazing piece of software (DCS and especially the F-14).
John Malkova 1997 when it Recieved Lantirn it also recieved more Upgrades including a modern HUD, It no longer used the A Model.. Example, in 2003 all VF-11 Red Ripper Airframes were all B Upgrades, which is different than the Grumman term “B” upgrade as that’s an F-14A Converted, Give is a follow on Instagram, We Represent the F-14 Tomcat Straight outta Calverton where it was produced! 👍
f_14_tomcat_ AnytimeBaby! I discover that the F-14A does have ALR-67 Indicators. Edit: I don’t want Heatblur to change the cockpit. The F-14A cockpit does look exactly like the F-14B cockpit. Watch the video called “Black Knights Final F-14 Tomcat Cruise” and see if the F-14A does have the ALR-67 Indicators in both the RIO and Pilot cockpit.
f_14_tomcat_ AnytimeBaby! Are you guys the ones on Instagram constantly posting the f-14 edits and RAG stuff along with the "where are they now" posts?
What people didn’t notice is that F-14As are equipped with GPS dome, TACAN antenna, UHF antenna, radar warning systems on glove vanes and port side nose gear.
mR andross guy yes Go to Part 1 (F-14B) and Part 3(F-14A) www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234910566-tomcats-101-article/ Those two are distinctly very similar.
Yeah. The F-14A is the older model. The F-14B cockpit is slightly different from the F-14A cockpit. The B model supposed to have a digital RPM instruments. forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/439373-f-14-abd-tomcat-true-topgun/page/2/
Thanks for the reply! We are currently dealing with the cockpit of the A model in our early access b model tomcat... Either way It's my go to module. It's so heavy and large it makes landing really fun and far more difficult than most others imo... Thanks again...
Phelens Sorry I may have a bit of an exaggeration of the F-14A cockpit. I think some F-14As get the ALR-67 Indicators because F-14As are outfitted with antennas on the portside nose-gear. I don’t think there’s a reason for Heatblur to change the cockpit. Edit: I researched and found out that F-14As (block 60 and 65, some of the later block variants) have GPS Dome, UHF Antenna, TACAN Antenna, NACA gun vents, and Radar Warning System on glove vanes, and port-side nose gear, same capabilities as the F-14B. As I said before, there is no point in changing the pilot and rio cockpits entirely. www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234910566-tomcats-101-article/ www.flickr.com/photos/128627782@N05/16914706051
As a F14A pilot said on the DCS forum, he had only one compressor stall in his life. It didn't magically stall, it stalled if you did not follow the preconisation (not native english sorry). If you fly well, you will not have issue. The problem of these engine is the lack of thrust, it's a real downgrade compare to the F110-GE-400.
@@Power5 and dry thrust. The f110ge produced much more dry thrust and more thrust at low speed. Iirc takeoffs in the A were always done in zone 5 AB whereas we dont touch the AB for takeoffs in the B
@@asancoon2363 also true. I mean a decade of engine advancement in that era was enormous. And the 110 was 20 years newer than the Pratt. Still says something about the parts low down performance. Don't race an A model on the deck or you will be upset when it eventually flys by. 😁
The right engine is flight hydraulics only, the left engine is combined hydraulics for brakes, gear, refueling probe, etc. I’m not sure which engine is standard to start first but I would think it would be the left so that you have brake pressure.
Maybe they'll use a headset mic this time instead of having his room sound picked up by the SM-7B while he's got his head turned 180 behind him. Amateurs!
Dear Heatblur Simulations, the F/A-18, Harrier, Mirage 2000C and F-16C all have state-of-the-art modern glass cockpits. The F-14B is a 4th generation combat aircraft too just like the aforementioned so why can't you produce the F-14D with the glass cockpit? I'd be willing to pay full price for the F-14D....
Heatblur, if you’re reading this, I have no i idea why there are so many idiots here demanding the F14D and bashing the TF-30s. Just know that you guys are doing amazing work
The entire Eurofighter Typhoon program including all its classified systems is about to be compromised by the release of a German Eurofighter Typhoon module for DCS World this year meanwhile no documentation can be found for the F-14D which was retired 14 years ago.... Heatblur has ALL they need to develop the D module.... Ex F-14D pilots for lord's sake!!!!!!!
@heatblur Could you guys just revert your F-14B back to the way it was in mid-late 2019 in regards to flight model and damage model. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, completely get rid of the flap jam below 300kts
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The entire Eurofighter Typhoon program including all its classified systems is about to be compromised by the release of a German Eurofighter Typhoon module for DCS World this year meanwhile no documentation can be found for the F-14D which was retired 14 years ago.... Heatblur has ALL they need to develop the D module.... Ex F-14D pilots for lord's sake!!!!!!!
The f14 arguably has the biggest following of any fighter jet, yet it seems in DCS after the first 6-12 months F14 was released in EA for DCS, everyone deserted and there's nobody in F14ville anymore.
In proper DCS fashion, we are all getting excited for an update that makes our planes worse. Sure the A will be neat and all, but I'd rather have a Phoenix that doesn't have the tracking model of a Aim-9B. It's designed to shoot down tiny missiles but it can't track a SU27 that is listing lazily to the left.
@JETZcorp The entire Eurofighter Typhoon program including all its classified systems is about to be compromised by the release of a German Eurofighter Typhoon module for DCS World this year meanwhile no documentation can be found for the F-14D which was retired 14 years ago.... Heatblur has ALL they need to develop the D module.... Ex F-14D pilots for lord's sake!!!!!!!
Hey, Heatblur: Any word on a movie-accurate paint scheme for the Tomcat? (For those wishing to do accurate reenactments) For that matter, any word on being able to reskin these beauties? (I want to be able to fly a GI JOE XP-14F Skystriker in DCS, but due to copyright it'd have to be free.)
There is a texture set somewhere in the user files, I think. Requires a good image editor, DDS plugin (tutorials: google) and a bit of skill (youtube).
@@ohyeah2389-samd Thanks for the Top Gun stuff! Got anything for GI JOE? Edit: Found it! www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3304372/ Now all I need is a way to texture swap "on the fly" via a menu or some kind of loader.
@heatblur I've spent the last ~2+ years in mourning because the F14B is so wretched STR/ITR/TWR/lift-wise in BFM. Also the fragile flap damage model neutered it below 300kts. When you guys frailized/fragilized the F14B flaps and it went from being so awesome at BFM to being so wretched at BFM, part of me died.
@@mk6315 where's all the F14 fanboys that were shooting in their pants for DCS F14 release in 2019? It's like 6 months after F14 EA release in 2019 they all just evaporated into thin air, flipflopped, act like they hate it now and take dumps on anyone that's asking "why's the F14 bad now?". Graywolf is probably the most visible individual of the entire HB F14 project production/design team and he doesn't even fly it anymore. WTFF?
F-14 A has weaker engines, slightly different structure (weaker), slightly more capable at pulling G at Mach 2.0. It also has a different RWR and slightly less computing stuff behind the scenes. But, most importantly, the F-14 A's engines suffered from compressor stalls - like the one that kills Goose in Top Gun.
The engines are the big headline. A lot of the other differences between the two were applied to both models as updates over time. Some B models started life as an A and got upgraded (originally called A+), and others were new-build. It was not uncommon for an A model to have more modern updated systems than a B flying at the same time, just based on the haphazard way the Navy updated its Tomcat fleet.
The A had the Pratt& Whitney TF30 engines from the factory which the Navy accepted on the grounds of getting the Tomcat into the fleet quicker than having to delay initial procurement Grumman while they were still working out the bugs to put in the General Electric F110-400 engines into the airframe, Grumman had designed and planned on using the TF30's for the initial production run because the F110 was still not available in large numbers yet(1967-69) and the TF30's were because they are the same engines that are in the A-7 and F-111( and remember the Tomcat was a design offshoot of the F-111B under Defense Secretary McNamara). The plan was for both Grumman and the Navy to fund replacing the TF30 with the F110 while they were doing the initial roll out and then retrofit the earlier birds with the newer engines as they became available and remember the F110 is the same motor as in the F-16 so you have basically two Falcons worth of raw power in the pilot's left hand there. And as well engines some avionics were upgraded namely the RHAW stuff as LANTIRN integration plus the wing glove vanes were removed at the factory since the help in the transonic range they provided was negligible and not worth the additional maintenance.
@@kwilliams3161 Why do people fly WW2 flight sims when they could an F/A 18? Heck why fly the F14? It's a plane from the 70's/80's. Firstly, the challenges make it interesting. Secondly, the A is 10 years older than the B. So it comes up against different enemies. The F14B can rival many of the newer fighters, slightly worse engines doesn't change that. But when the F14A came out the Mig29 was still 7 years away. This thing was perhaps more of a beast back then, and it makes some interesting dogfights.
It’s a bomber plane engine and the reason why they included on the F-14A because it came from the F-111B. Reality: It was never meant to be added on a naval, fighter-interceptor swing-wing jet.
Please provide the F-14D Super Tomcat at 50% off for current F-14A/B module owners!!! If modules such as the Eurofighter Typhoon are coming out which could potentially compromise certain highly classified systems then I don't see any reason why there shouldn't be an F-14D! C'mon Heatblur!!!
