F-14 Q1 2020 Mini-Update

customized cockpit please, we need a vr friendly cockpit that will pass IC

Does anyone know what the 'crew position updates' will actually entail ?

I'm building an F-14 simpit and don't want to work on something that is going to be changing later...

Great Update....as allways Heatblur does with Passion enjoy your Work. :thumbup:

Thanks for the update and looking forward to all future updates to the Tomcat. :)

Hmmm...the picture at the top of your post looks just like an A-6 Intruder wing root. :music_whistling:

Indeed... ;)

Thank you HB for the Update! Anticipating 2020 from the Front Seat! :)

Indeed... ;)

 

 

Thank you HB for the Update! Anticipating 2020 from the Front Seat! :)

Indeed, someday I would like to go to SAM City.:)

Indeed... ;)

 

 

Thank you HB for the Update! Anticipating 2020 from the Front Seat! :)

So what's the deal with the Forrestal's wires? I read that it had 6 at one point and then it was cut to 4 but this one has 5...

maybe little far fetch, any plan for 14D in near future ? really want to see this bird go on into modern days

maybe little far fetch, any plan for 14D in near future ? really want to see this bird go on into modern days

not in near future

will you implement full CBG and surface scorts like Spruance class,

FG-7, Leahy CG or Farragut DDG ?

Indeed... ;)

 

 

Thank you HB for the Update! Anticipating 2020 from the Front Seat! :)

I thought this was an AI aircraft.

not in near future

yep, the 14D has a completely different flight control system than the A and B and most of the documentation on it is classified. <looks at Iran> I wouldn't expect them to ever do the 14D.

yep, the 14D has a completely different flight control system than the A and B and most of the documentation on it is classified. <looks at Iran> I wouldn't expect them to ever do the 14D.

F-14B has also been upgraded with Digital Flight Control System.

I thought this was an AI aircraft.

At first yes, but they have strongly hinted that they'd like it to be flyable some day.

F-14B has also been upgraded with Digital Flight Control System.

I'm a bit lost with this F-14 digitalization. So with this DFCS, it basically means it had fly-by-wire system, thus preventing it from performing moves like overstressing, over G etc. with the previous analog system?

F-14B has also been upgraded with Digital Flight Control System.

Not the one we are flying... the ailerons aren't linked to the roll inputs... or maybe it's digital but it's not the same FCS the D had... there were so many block changes and upgrades that didn't correlate to version letters, it's really hard to keep track.

Not the one we are flying

Indeed, our version is prior upgrade.

I'm a bit lost with this F-14 digitalization. So with this DFCS, it basically means it had fly-by-wire system, thus preventing it from performing moves like overstressing, over G etc. with the previous analog system?

Not that much. From what I found it does improve initial roll rate and roll-yaw coordination (improved departure resistance).

Grumman had ideas (more than plans) on FBW. Possibly ST-21 but maybe not until ASF-21 which was always iffy. Definitely not Quickstrike or F-14D.

Sorry If I haven't understood it properly, but is the Forrestal planned to be released during Q1?

I'm a bit lost with this F-14 digitalization. So with this DFCS, it basically means it had fly-by-wire system, thus preventing it from performing moves like overstressing, over G etc. with the previous analog system?

Just to clarify, the DFCS was not a fly by wire system but a more advanced stability augmentation system.

Sorry If I haven't understood it properly, but is the Forrestal planned to be released during Q1?

Hard telling. It was supposed to be released last year. But I guess sometimes things change.

Sorry If I haven't understood it properly, but is the Forrestal planned to be released during Q1?

I would prefer to say asap instead, as you see whenever we try and give estimates we tend to fall a bit on our face again. We'll do everything to have it out as quickly as we can. And ofc, we hope that is Q1.

Thank you all for your comments as well, I've read them all and taken them aboard.

To answer just a couple of them:

- The D version atm seems unlikely, due to lack of documentation of some of its inner workings (not the manual, which is not enough). Hopefully this will change some day, who knows.

- EIG, etc.. as announced previously will come most likely with the cockpit "swap" for the A version (we are not really swapping cockpits, just parts).

- The right engine bug is known, it is haunting us and so far we just have not been able to replicate it. This is what keeps us from fixing it. We just have the incredible "lack of luck" to never experience it ourselves.

Thx for the update.

And please make that A-6 Intruder a real thing!