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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning

Dino Cattaneo's F-14D beta released

Can someone please tell me how to download from Google drive? I know it's a crazy question but every time I click "download anyway" it does nothing! Is there something I need on my system, software or what?

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On my system the animation of the nozzle/throttle seems a bit odd. Throughout the cycle it's jerky and at about mil power it closes/opens many times. I have checked against other aircraft with visible nozzle animations and it's not there.
Apart from that, a superb aircraft :)


Best
DagR
 
AusWilko, thank you fr pointing me in the right direction. I D/L'd Firefox and now I have the "D"! Thanks again!

H
 
I've been loving this beauty since day one, Dino. :salute: Knowing you Sir, it will only get better! Thank You!

WIP to go along with the Team SDB "Big E"
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Like Hanimichal was, I'm struggling to find all of the mapping for bits and pieces.

Hanimichal, I saw that you found the correct texture mapping for the fwd nose and tail top. Would you care to enlighten me? Thanks...Don
 
fxsttcb said:
I've been loving this beauty since day one, Dino. :salute: Knowing you Sir, it will only get better! Thank You!

WIP to go along with the Team SDB "Big E"
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Like Hanimichal was, I'm struggling to find all of the mapping for bits and pieces.

Hanimichal, I saw that you found the correct texture mapping for the fwd nose and tail top. Would you care to enlighten me? Thanks...Don
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Good paint

I have using this way to find all details View attachment 80718and now are in my head and can't explain

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Updating VF-101 "Grim Reaper" View attachment 80719View attachment 80720and continue working in
 
lazarus said:
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Just gorgeous, Dino; and really nice on FPS, too. She's a long way from the first T'Cat of yours I was flying in FS2002. I am going to have to look into some CAF paint for this one. We almost bought F-14s a couple of times. Still have some promo decals around from the '70's
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Now a CAF paint would be very interesting. I'd be interested.
 
@Hanimichal
Nice work indeed.

@All
Here is the "retro" scheme mentioned above. Afaik, very few F-14D had this kind of 70's-like retro livery... This one from VF-31, one from VF-2 and 164601 from VF-101 (which BTW is the plane from which the photos I used to make the cockpit come from).
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Also, Jiri Soukup is working on VF-31 and VF-2 repaints... I've seen some previews of the VF-31 high-visibility liveries and they look really good!
 
Looking good, Dino. Hope there are more of the retro schemes to come. Hope it's progressing well.
 
It's a beauty. A couple things...

Are we able to get manual wing sweep? If not, can the speed for the sweep be lowered? F-14s were able to be fully swept at much lower speeds than have to be attained with this model in the sim.

Not sure if the control surfaces are able to be dialed down, but the deflection of the elevons is way exaggerated for the amount of pitch being generated when in flight. Don't know if it can be adjusted for speed or not...
 
airattackimages said:
It's a beauty. A couple things...

Are we able to get manual wing sweep? If not, can the speed for the sweep be lowered? F-14s were able to be fully swept at much lower speeds than have to be attained with this model in the sim. . . . .
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I did notice also that sitting on the ground. . .engines running, the sweep functions manually, but once in the air it's regulated by airspeed, however in order to get a full sweep I have to basically maintain the engines in AB, as soon as I begin to reduce the throttle setting, the wings begin to sweep forward again.

Addendum: After looking a bit deeper into the whole "Wing Sweep" question, it is the onboard computer that regulates Wing Sweep based on airspeed, although I couldn't find exactly what that implies (what degree of sweep for what airspeed). Dino's operates accordingly (manual override on the ground to fully swept for parking on Carrier Decks). My guess (like Dino isn't already saying to himself, Duh!!), lol. . .is that the wing sweep is what it should be in Dino's model. No further tweaks are needed. The F-14 was only fully swept (as much as I could discern) either at full AB or sitting on the Carrier Deck. The pilot could manually override the system if needed, but it wasn't the norm.
 
airattackimages said:
It's a beauty. A couple things...

Are we able to get manual wing sweep? If not, can the speed for the sweep be lowered? F-14s were able to be fully swept at much lower speeds than have to be attained with this model in the sim.

Not sure if the control surfaces are able to be dialed down, but the deflection of the elevons is way exaggerated for the amount of pitch being generated when in flight. Don't know if it can be adjusted for speed or not...
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Agreed. Good call.
 
Well... as for the wing sweep the current implementation is designed to mimic of the "AUTO" mode of operation as per the NATOPs. In the real deal, the wing sweep is either "AUTO", "BOMB" (slightly different sweep logic) or the pilot can override the computer and sweep the wings manually. As far as I understand the flight manual the sweep speeds are correct. The oversweep mode is also implemented via the "wing fold" command. It was decided not to implement manual sweep to keep controls easy... but it would possible to toggle auto control on/off and control the wing sweep manually via the flaps control. Honestly it is not one of my priorities for the release... but I'll see what I can do.
 
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