Grumman F-14 Tomcat

[T6flyer]

Hello,

Was talking to an old friend yesterday who is thinking about coming back to simulators and he asked if were there any good F-14s out there for FS2004?
Now I know nothing about fast jets, so thought that the best place to ask would be here.

Cheers,

Martin

 

[rayrey10]

Iris Simulation has a freeware F-14 that's pretty nice.

http://www.irissimulations.com/product-classics-f14.php

 

[Daube]

Indeed, the freeware (ex-payware) F-14 from IRIS is the best freeware F-14 actually available for FS2004. And it has tons of very nice repaints.

 

[Navtech]

IMHO the best freeware is the one of Dino Cattaneo

 

[T6flyer]

IMHO the best freeware is the one of Dino Cattaneo

And there I thought there was only one.....will have to try this one out too, but can see my friend getting back into simming rather quickly I think. Read the above replies and just had a little trip in a very highly detailed flying machine. Not my cup of tea as used to flying GA, but very nice indeed.

Best wishes,

Martin

 

[awj112]

The only downside to the Iris model is that they never modeled the B/D Super Tomcat. If I could find the "definitive" version of Dino Cattaneo's Tomcat I may vote it the better of the two. There are so many updates and ultimate fixes that I gave up.

 

[Rallymodeller]

I also toss in a vote for the IRIS Tomcat. Although there is no model of the A+ or D, the package covers just about every variation of the "vanilla" A-model, including beavertail variations, different chin pods and glove vanes. Automatic wingsweep and DLC spoilers are a bonus too, as is the nice touch of having the exhausts settle into the characteristic "one open, one closed" on shutdown. Nothing to complain about here!

 

[OBIO]

I agree that the now freeware IRIS F-14 is a wonderful package....it is the ONLY F-14 in my hangar. The only complaint I have with the package is the HUD gauge in the VC.....it can be a frame rate killer on older slower systems. On my old system, I had to comment out the HUD gauge to have decent frame rates in the VC. On my new system, no problems with the HUD gauge in the VC.

OBIO

 

[HorusJ]

The Iris Cat is nice.I bought it back when it was payware.My only problem with it(and prevents me from using it:angryfiris after about ten minutes with this F-14 FS shuts down,
...every damn time!
Of all the hundreds of aircraft I have and use in FS it is the only one that causes this.If anyone out there knows the cause I would be extremely grateful for your help.
Joel

 

[Matt Wynn]

yeah the HUD was and is a frame hog.... fortunately i swap it out for the Coral F-15's HUD... seems to be a nice tradeoff....

...now who do i blame for making me want to paint it again?

 

[Wing_Z]

Dino's was the golden standard until IRIS went freeware... now you are spoiled for choice!
I'm a sucker for all the F-14 animations, and so made a clip...

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