SimWorks Studios F-4B Phantom II

Navy Chief said:
Yep, can't afford one. And even if I could, I wouldn't spend my cash on it. Many, many years ago, ESCAPAC seats were affordable, especially when the USN retrofitted their A-7s with updated NACES seats. Boy, that was a waste of taxpayers money. The SLUFs were already being sent to the boneyard, the ESCAPAC was a proven performer. But at the time, I wasn't thinking of getting my own surplus ejection seat. Heck, I was sick of working on them! The Martin Baker seat was heavy. I have no doubt my neck is messed up today, as a result of lifting buckets (with rocket motor) out of a Phantom cockpit by myself (against regs of course). But back then, we did a lot of stuff that would never happen today (leastwise I doubt it.). NC
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Yep, back problems with me lifting the buckets by the handles over the sill. The rails were top heavy and at times trying to lift the rails past the top of the catapult was a struggle. The other way was to grab the rod on the back of the bucket while straddling the sills and raising it. The F-4 shops has about 20+ team members to cover 24hrs shifts, with the B-52, four team members. I have never removed B-52 seats. Only raised them in maintenance position by crane which was twice that I can remember.
 
Navy Chief said:
This one is more affordable:

http://www.flighthelmet.com/mm5/mer...L&Product_Code=EJSS-USAFF4&Category_Code=EJSS
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All you need is four for this...

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Gene K said:
Hope all is progressing well, Alex.

Gene K
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We're mostly done with what can be seen, and making good progress on things that can't!
Most of the stuff we're working on can only be shown through videos, so updates will be sparse but more "appealing", hopefully!
 
A call to testers:
We intend to start a closed beta by the end of March and are looking for a limited number testers.

Ex F-4 crews and experienced testers will be preferred. The testing team will have to provide us with feedback with regards to game performance, plane performance and improvements.

Anyone interested contact us at simworksstudios@gmail.com and we will come back to you.
 
We will update everyone who applied through e-mail, whether they will be in the beta team or not, by the end of next week. So if anyone believes he can offer to the project, there is still time to apply through e-mail at simworksstudios@gmail.com.

Meanwhile we're hard at work on this project and progressing daily with additions and corrections that will be demonstrated later on!
 
Trying to find a "famous" former F-4 driver that was on the VRS forums years ago, not sure he is still into flightsims or not.
 
Victory103 said:
Trying to find a "famous" former F-4 driver that was on the VRS forums years ago, not sure he is still into flightsims or not.
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Bart Bartholomay, he's still around on various net mediums. Run a search and you might find a direct contact link to him.
 
If you are needing picture or pictures of a specific aircraft from a specific squadron, etc.... I go back to the Naval Aviation Museum Library for my weekly volunteer job next Tuesday, if you don't already have a answer by then. NC
 
Good evening,
How is the project going so far?
This sounds like a wonderful rendition of the Phabulous Phantom... :ernaehrung004:
 
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