IFE Tomcat is out!

Javis said:
Can't still get the wing sweep to work for one thing... (just can't get the yellow knob to move from its down position). And how about a Cold & Dark option ? Not there then ??... (i had to learn from a video that the ejectionseat safety pin needs to be down in the safe position, not up because i clicked it.. $#%^%!!Grrrrr )
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Probably one of the issues coming from the DCS model that allows for separate flap and wing sweep controls, sadly right now MSFS doesn't allow this. If the bindings can be changed this might make it easier. Cold/Dark load up, take the wings out of oversweep (full forward) after engine start, lock the yellow handle down and press the MASTER RESET pushbutton right above. This seems to help keep the wings in the mode you want, for most of the flight wings in AUTO as you reset the CADC computer.
 
DaveWG said:
You could try Chuck's guide for the F14. It's for the DCS version, so a lot of the weapons stuff will be irrelevant, but the startup should be useful.

https://chucksguides.com/aircraft/dcs/f-14b/
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Thank you very much, Dave and Dimus.Wow! That's one of the best ever aircraft manuals i have seen sofar. Can we have that for the IFE/Heatblur F-14 MSFS version, please !?

Yes, just paging thru it a bit i already notice lots of stuff i still know nothing about being cleared up in the cockpit. Fantastic! A bit of work to do for my laser printer (one of the best peripherals i ever bought i might add ;-) Thanks again gents, it is very welcome ! :encouragement:

Mr.Mugel said:
The Heatblur DCS manual should still be a goos input for procedures and layouts:
https://www.heatblur.se/F-14Manual/index.html
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Thanks MM! That'll come in handy as well once i have tamed the beast. ;)
 
Victory103 said:
Probably one of the issues coming from the DCS model that allows for separate flap and wing sweep controls, sadly right now MSFS doesn't allow this. If the bindings can be changed this might make it easier. Cold/Dark load up, take the wings out of oversweep (full forward) after engine start, lock the yellow handle down and press the MASTER RESET pushbutton right above. This seems to help keep the wings in the mode you want, for most of the flight wings in AUTO as you reset the CADC computer.
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Thanks, Victory103 !

Where has Jester hidden the Cold/Dark load up ??... Is a Cold/Dark situation even available ? Haven't been able to find it sofar. Main reason i don't get far with start-up, everything possibly in the "On" status. There seems to be no way neither to get the F-14 to spawn on a parking space with everything Off i.e. Cold and Dark (Parking always set in the 'Departure' slot). Always sits on the runway engines running ready for take off... That's fine of course, fly the wings off of it, but i want to learn the proper start-up, that's what most interests me atm.

I can't do nothing with the yellow wingsweep knob, it moves from left to right a bit but that's it (lock ?). (wings are in Oversweep, yellow knob fully Aft, stuck like glue, Cover is open, Only thing that works here..).Tried everything with the mouse including the top wheel. Nothing, nada. My only clue sofar is that i might not have hydraulic pressure enough because i'm not sure how to work with the Hydraulic pressure pumps yet. (must say, i know a bit more now because of Chucks guide but haven't had time to check it out just yet) i'm sure i'll get there sooner or later. ;-)

I am pretty confident everything falls into place once i sit there with the engine start part of Chuck's guide printed and all on my knee.

Thanks again for your help ! :encouragement:
 
Happy to say Two probs solved : Spawn at Parking spot now works ! So Cold and Dark too ! Not sure really but maybe it's because i used a different way to set up the plane. Now via the Parking spot listing. Before i used to click the spot on the map. So i'm a happy Catter but only just, i still can't get that damn yellow wingsweep knob to move ! :upset:

What could be the cause of that ? (hydraulic power Ok) Anybody else have that ?

Why is it called "Emergency Wing Sweep Lever" ? Doesn't that mean there's a 'Normal' way to sweep the wings too and you shouldn't use that lever in the first place ?...

Wing Sweep Mode Switch is at Manual (doesn't matter where's it at, yellow knob won't move). You know what, i DO *hear* the wing sweeping noise when the knob is in the UP position and turns blue and i rotate my mousewheel. Nothing happening just the noise..

Did the groundcrew forget to remove the safety pins ??.... :dejection:
 
For manual sweep, lift the cover, than click the yellow knob to lift it up. After that, you can move the wings with you flaps up/down commands.
To go back into automatic sweep, ensure the switch on the throttle is in Auto and wing sweep cover is closed (this also puts the yellow knob out of manual mode), before hitting the master reset.

That is generally also described in the FS checklist, the Jester voice checklist and I suppose also in the Heatblur DCS procedures (as far as I've seen, they are pretty much equal to the voice checklist).

In the quickstart manual, it is explained, that in FS they use the flaps also to implement the sweep, which I also expected.
 
jankees said:
anybody interested in something like this?
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Ahh! What if, eh !?.. Always interesting ! I'm in ! Thanks Jan-Kees ! :encouragement:

Talking bout that, maybe i'm a allowed one special request ?... :



Did quite a nice (if i say so myself ;-) 1/48 model of this FGR.2 many many years ago but still alive ! ( good practise for when IFE/Heatblur F-4 comes to town :) )

Few more ideas :





I bet they all will look cool and interesting on the Tommy Cat ! :cool:
 
Mr.Mugel said:
For manual sweep, lift the cover, than click the yellow knob to lift it up. After that, you can move the wings with you flaps up/down commands.
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Thanks MM ! Thing is sofar *my* Tomcat always loads up with full swept wings no matter at a Parking spot or on the Runway. No way i can move the yellow knob to spread the wings.

Anyway, thing is too that your comment made me realize i should try other ways to load the Cat and Low and Behold, i just clicked an airport for Departure and nothing else, who cares, and there is my Cat taxiing to the runway with wings fully spread ! Never seen that before ! (maybe i'm just too damn serious... ) And finally the yellow knob works !!! Hurrah !!! :biggrin-new:

So my name is Saul Goodman when it comes to that friggin wing sweep hassle finally. Wanted to try in flight of course and it works perfectly. (not sure about how that Cat flies.... it felt like i was not alone flying this monster...made sure everything flying assistance was turned off (happend before that one of the multitude of updates inadvertedly put the flying assistance to ON... :mad: ). Also notice that, while parked, i set the wings to full spread the flaps come down. Now that i finally got this yellow knob to work and wings to move i need to learn more about it. (i didn't check it at the time but obviously that auto switch on the right throttle was ON...atleast i think so now...;-)

Just to be sure i saved this flight parked on the tarmac with engines running and yellow knob working. Pfffffff, very glad this yellow knob ordeal is finally solved and i can move forward myself too.

Thanks again MM ! :ernaehrung004:
 
You're very welcome. Still strange, that you're experiencing these struggles. Have you tried a reinstall of the aircraft maybe?
 
With regard to swinging the wings, there's been a couple times that I went to manually control the wing sweep and the lever wouldn't move. At that point I will click on the "Master Reset" button in front of the wing sweep lever and that seems to always be the solution.
 
Mr.Mugel said:
You're very welcome. Still strange, that you're experiencing these struggles. Have you tried a reinstall of the aircraft maybe?
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Well, yes, maybe as a last resort. Didn't have much confidence that it would be a faulty install. What surprised me most is that nobody else happend to be confronted with a stuck yellow knob. It was probabely just the way i loaded the plane. Every time exactly the same ( at Miramar of course.. ;-). It's still a bug of course. It shouldn't matter how and where you load up the plane, if you follow the start-up procedure you should not be stuck with a jammed yellow knob. Pretty frustrating, very glad that's solved now :wink:

Btw, i also noticed now that if the wings are in max sweep while parked, activating the flaps will also bring them to max forward position. Of course i tried that too during 'the yellow knob experience' without any result whatsoever.

All's well that ends well ! ;)
 
Bomber_12th said:
With regard to swinging the wings, there's been a couple times that I went to manually control the wing sweep and the lever wouldn't move. At that point I will click on the "Master Reset" button in front of the wing sweep lever and that seems to always be the solution.
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Sure, i've been hitting that Master Reset switch over and over again too but also without any result. Didn't do anything. I think that it must've been this particular load up situation i kept using. Or maybe that once i loaded it that way something 'broke' and would always load in this 'broken' situation during the same MSFS session.

I will investigate this now i know what's going on and report it (if i know where to go..)

Btw, very nice 'smattering' of Tomcats over at the screenies department. :encouragement:
 
IFE is pretty open about the Cat not being perfect yet and another fix is coming in very soon (depending on the vendor):

Version 1.0.8
15/12/2023
GENERAL
- Fixed multiple minor mistakes in spawn condition
EXTERNAL 3D MODEL
- Changed visibility conditions on pilots and loads (multiplayer Tomcats should mimic the player aircraft...not great but better than nothing)
- Fixed minor bugs in visibility conditions of external tanks and other loads
COCKPIT 3D MODEL
- Fixed bug causing RIO instrument light wheel not to move
- Fixed missing animation of CAP keyboard
- Fixed RECORD SWITCH missing animation in RIO cockpit
- Fixed MVR Switch missing animation in RIO cockpit
- Fixed TCS Azimuth and Elevation Trim Knobs animations in RIO cockpit
- Fixed flaps lever rubber cover animation
INSTRUMENTS AND AVIONICS
- Fixed bug causing HB coordinates not to show on TID, if it was not set as a MSFS Flight Plan destination first
- Fixed bug preventing ownship LAT/LON coordinates to show on TID if alignment was below 30%
- Fixed bug preventing correct Sparrow quantity to show on HUD
- Adjusted text color on VDI
- Fixed bug preventing MSFS avionic master switch from being automatically set to ON in some cases
- Added functionality to the IR/TV switch
- Fixed compass not working
- Fixed RIO ADI roll not working, also improved shadowing/smoothing and repositioned reference geometry
- Added realistic warmup time to the TCS system
- Fixed contrast of TCS image overlay
- Fixed bug preventing NWS ENGA advisory to appear after landing, although the NWS is not enagaged
- Fixed bug causing two white lights to have emitting textures even if switch was off or electrical power was not available
- Added a 35 seconds warmup time for WCS displays
- Fixed bug preventing engine stall warning sound to be played when Master Test knob is in INST mode
- Fixed bug causing COMP MODE knob to move in case of mouse wheel interaction with COMP HDG knob
- Fixed bug preventing Master Arm switch to flip back to OFF, if master arm safety is lowered
- Fixed bug causing OVERSWEEP wing position to be selectable during flight, if Wing Sweep is in EMERG mode
- Rewritten autopilot configuration (it should now be possible to steer the aircraft with A/P engaged and with the HDG knob - although this is not realistic)
SOUND
- Replaced ECS sounds with high quality ones, also fixed spatialization in both front and rear cockpits
- Replaced intenal engine combustion sounds and rebalanced volume
- Replaced ground roll sounds with higher quality samples
- Rebalanced Jester and Radio chatter volumes against engine sounds (when canopy is closed)
- Fixed bug causing TCS Elevation trim sound not to play
- Fixed bug causing CAP Keyboard sounds not to play
- Fixed bug causing instrument lights wheels sound not to play
- Changed landing gear audio samples and fixed bug preventing "gear down" sound from playing
FLIGHT MODEL
- Revised high-supersonic performance (but there is still work to be done)
- Added provisions to inhibit stall compression when teleporting (for better compatibility with MilTech software)
- Relaxed engine compressor stall conditions in case of rapid throttle movement at high altitudes on TF-30 engines
- Redone flight control surfaces sounds
- Solved multiple minor bugs in cockpit sounds for the flap/wing sweep/dlc system
- Added multiple samples to cockpit flight controls
JESTER
- Added SAFE MODE (Jester-Maintenance-Options-SAFE MODE) to disable engine stalls, inverted flight restrictiona and flat spins
- Added NEED FOR SPEED MODE (Jester-Maintenance-Options-NEED FOR SPEED) to set all the switches and systems in flight position
- Jester UI resized and adjusted to be less intrusive
- Jester UI location can now be adjusted using the mouse wheel
- Removed TACAN channel information from TID page
- REFUEL and REPAIR option now also reset canopy and ejection seat status
- Revised logic for "Positive rate, gear up" message
 
Got the mail from HB, downloaded twice now, only to get "corrupted archive"...

I'll wait a day or two and will try again.

Priller
 
Aha, atleast i'm not the only one this time around.. :)

This is what i get :


It says CRC did not succeed for "C:\Users..." expected 38CBF8DE, factual 81669787

Something missing. I was asked if i wanted to further install the file. Said Yes but absolutely nothing was installed...

We'll wait.. Update listing does look promising !
 
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