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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

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Grumman F-14D Tomcat for FSX(A) v2.0 released

We flew this baby in multiplayer last evening with 4 friends and it performed flawlessly. The radar also worked and we could detect each other. Excellent work Dino! A very generous offer of an obvious labour of love.
 
This is a great piece of freeware; many many thanks Dino! I'm relatively new to your F-14's; I take it there are no weapons load-outs, is that correct? And is there a layered paint kit that can be had anywhere?

Thanks once again, really enjoying flying the Tomcat!!:applause::icon29:

DaveQ
 
A very nice addon! Great modelling, great paints and great programming. I enjoy it a lot ;-)


Best
DagR
 
rcbarend said:
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If you like AutoSweep, do NOT click the switch on the throttle.
After loading the aircraft, Autosweep is ON by default. Clicking the switch on the throttle sets it to Manual, v.v.

Note: if Autosweep doesn't seem to work, and you haven't clicked the VC Throttle switch after loading, make sure you have raised the Flaps (Default: F5). When flaps are not fully up, Autosweep doesn't work.
See README in the package.

Rob
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I was operating IAW the manual, no go. So I reloaded the plane and now works fine. Thanks for advice.
 
On behalf of Jiri Soukup (who did the VF-2 and VF-31 repaints) - and the rest of the team - I would like to thank you all for your appreciation.

Jiri, who can not register at SOH at the moment, would like to thank you for your appreciation and especially piperarchepilot for the great screenshots (a personal note - F-14B and D do not use afterburners on take off and cat launches)... by the way he will be doing a Jolly Rogers repaint (fictional - although I suggested to paint 1064604 which was painted in VF-103 colors after its retirement...
 
Yes thank you to all who painted, these textures are awesome. I especially love Gunfighter 160. Speaking of which, a second VF-101 ship would be great... How about 163 or 164?

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Add that to my request for a late VF-11 Red Rippers paint. CAG and line would be nice :)
 
Spent most of it's time prior to pulling gate guard as Vandy 1, the VX-9 all black jet, next to VF-84/103, one of the coolest schemes for any Tomcat!
 
Just for kicks, I flew and recorded this little ACM training dogfight between an NSAWC Viper (Aerosoft) and VF-2 F-14 (Dino's Cat)

There was no sound, so I did add music. Hopefully it works in all countries.

http://youtu.be/sY7THl-69ac

Watch in 1080 and full screen.
 
Dino Cattaneo said:
On behalf of Jiri Soukup (who did the VF-2 and VF-31 repaints) - and the rest of the team - I would like to thank you all for your appreciation.

Jiri, who can not register at SOH at the moment, would like to thank you for your appreciation and especially piperarchepilot for the great screenshots (a personal note - F-14B and D do not use afterburners on take off and cat launches)... by the way he will be doing a Jolly Rogers repaint (fictional - although I suggested to paint 1064604 which was painted in VF-103 colors after its retirement...
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Thanks for that info... cool video of Tomcats!

 
The F-14 is a classic. I'll never forget what it felt like to stand next to one of those babies when she went to to full power (stage 5) on the cat. It was so loud it rattled your brain inside your skull and made me want to cringe and hug my chest. On Enterprise in the early 1980s, you could stand by the island when an F-14A went to "stage 5" on CAT 1. The heat was intense, from all the way back to the island. That's frikken awesome, anyway you slice it.

Thanks Dino. And nice video, 2-Fun! :)
 
Dino/Rob,

I'm just thinking here....maybe this will work, maybe not.

Since the slow speed characteristics are good, and you probably dont want to mess with them, how about this idea to simulate slow speed depature from controlled flight.

A gauge that watches AOA and airspeed. If the airspeed drops below say, 115 kts, AND the angle of attack is over the critical angle of attack, the gauge will roll the plane 45 degrees or so and pitch it down to a pre determined angle (-10 degrees?) ?

Would that work? The reason the airspeed has to factor in, is that the F-14 was somewhat stable in higher speed accelerated stalls (over Critical AOA). But...haha...not so at low speed.

Just an idea! It would help teach fresh new Naval Aviators to respect this big Cat!

PS. I think the wings begin to sweep back too soon...shouldnt it be in the .50-.55 mach range? 380-400kts? I remember watching Tomcats acclerate all the way down the runway after takeoff, in full A/B, and start a climb with the wings full forward, so it had to be over 300 kts at least. I know what the NATOPS seems to suggest for speeds...but it just seems really odd to me.
 
piperarcherpilot said:
Dino/Rob,

I'm just thinking here....maybe this will work, maybe not.

Since the slow speed characteristics are good, and you probably dont want to mess with them, how about this idea to simulate slow speed depature from controlled flight.

A gauge that watches AOA and airspeed. If the airspeed drops below say, 115 kts, AND the angle of attack is over the critical angle of attack, the gauge will roll the plane 45 degrees or so and pitch it down to a pre determined angle (-10 degrees?) ?

Would that work? The reason the airspeed has to factor in, is that the F-14 was somewhat stable in higher speed accelerated stalls (over Critical AOA). But...haha...not so at low speed.

Just an idea! It would help teach fresh new Naval Aviators to respect this big Cat!

PS. I think the wings begin to sweep back too soon...shouldnt it be in the .50-.55 mach range? 380-400kts? I remember watching Tomcats acclerate all the way down the runway after takeoff, in full A/B, and start a climb with the wings full forward, so it had to be over 300 kts at least. I know what the NATOPS seems to suggest for speeds...but it just seems really odd to me.
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Well, this is not a VTOL development, which would make you first question possible; but I think an on/off control for such a function would be too abrupt ...

As to wingsweep: it start now at .40 Mach (== 275 Knots IAS at sea level).
If someone has better numbers (Mach-nr. when wingsweep starts, and Machnr. at which wings are fully swept back), I'll gladly implement them (5 min work).
But they have to be "spec" numbers ...... :)

Let's see if Dino has any comment..

Best, Rob
 
Well,

as for the stall behaviour, I'll be very careful to change anything at the moment as I am quite happy in the "controlled flight" envelope. Rather than an external agent, I would rely on .air file changes - maybe some FDE guru can do the trick which is above my skill.

As far as I can tell, the wing sweep logic is quite accurate... then, again, although I have been working on F-14 simulation for years, I have not even seen one for real - and I am relying on the official NATOPs figures.
The figure 2-19 of my F-14 manual (in the docs folder, page 47) comes straight from the real flight manual - but I have not gone through the amendments and changes section and I am not sure there are corrections to that.

Rob, the only thing I have not checked is if the current wingsweep control curve (sweep vs. Mach) is just linear or has multiple slopes like the real one, but this should not make a big difference...
 
Dino Cattaneo said:
Well,

as for the stall behaviour, I'll be very careful to change anything at the moment as I am quite happy in the "controlled flight" envelope. Rather than an external agent, I would rely on .air file changes - maybe some FDE guru can do the trick which is above my skill.

As far as I can tell, the wing sweep logic is quite accurate... then, again, although I have been working on F-14 simulation for years, I have not even seen one for real - and I am relying on the official NATOPs figures.
The figure 2-19 of my F-14 manual (in the docs folder, page 47) comes straight from the real flight manual - but I have not gone through the amendments and changes section and I am not sure there are corrections to that.

Rob, the only thing I have not checked is if the current wingsweep control curve (sweep vs. Mach) is just linear or has multiple slopes like the real one, but this should not make a big difference...
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Hi Dino,

At present it's just lineair.
- Position.6 : less then Mach 0.40
- Position.5 : above Mach 0.40
- Position.4 : above Mach 0.48
- Position.3 : above Mach 0.56
- Position.2 : above Mach 0.64
- Position.1 : above Mach 0.72
- Position.0 : above Mach 0.80

If it should be non-lineair, these number are easily changed :)

Best, Rob
 
I think the wing sweep is good. Also I would agree with Dino, the flight model is great right now, Id hate to lose that in favor of a dramatic stall sequence, myself.
 
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