Grumman F-14 D Super Tomcat
Brief History of The F-14 Tomcat
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after the collapse of the General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B project. A large and well-equipped fighter, the F-14 was the first of the American Teen Series fighters, which were designed incorporating air combat experience against MiG fighters during the Vietnam War.
The F-14 first flew on 21 December 1970 and made its first deployment in 1974 with the U.S. Navy aboard USS Enterprise (CVN-65), replacing the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. The F-14 served as the U.S. Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter, fleet defense interceptor, and tactical aerial reconnaissance platform into the 2000s. The Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) pod system was added in the 1990s and the Tomcat began performing precision ground-attack missions.[1]
Controls For The F-14 D Super Tomcat
AG-1 For AirBrake
AG-2 For Ordnance drop
AG-3 For Kneel
AG-4 Arresting Hook
AG-6 Open Canopy
AG-8 For Full wing sweep
VTOL For Flaps
Trim For Trim
Gallery
future Liveries will be added here..
Versions
- Version 1
- Version 1.1
Specifications
Spotlights
- Kennneth 1.5 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s) +7 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 63.0ft (19.2m)
- Length 61.7ft (18.8m)
- Height 19.2ft (5.8m)
- Empty Weight 59,310lbs (26,902kg)
- Loaded Weight 73,326lbs (33,260kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.937
- Wing Loading 121.0lbs/ft2 (590.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 606.0ft2 (56.3m2)
- Drag Points 1701
Parts
- Number of Parts 1573
- Control Surfaces 6
- Performance Cost 6,136
@LinusTouchTips Oh thanks!
@Jamalbee1244 i'm making one
Just a quick question. Can you add the Iranian livery?
@LinusTouchTips no sadly
@LoneSpaceGaming got discord by chance
@LinusTouchTips
Cool, man.
I just wrote this comment and accidentally deleted it by upvoting before I submitted it lol.
AG-8 being standard sweep makes sense. The really F-14 has notches for the manual sweep handle for full sweep and over-sweep. I just think it would be nice to have the ability to go into over-sweep too.
It looks AMAZING though, great job on it!
And sorry for the massive for comment, and thanks for reading it all. If you want any help with this or any other project, feel free to ask me.
If you want to write a FAR too long comment on my F-14, (mostly because my F-14 is my only decent aircraft) please do!
(Even this comment is too long lol)
@LoneSpaceGaming AG-8 btw is standard sweep not over sweep.
@LoneSpaceGaming I made the whole wing sweep automatic out of preference.
@LoneSpaceGaming holy poop, thanks for the info and did not take any offence so you can rest assured on that. idk if i'll be making another tomcat as i'm working on multiple different other planes such as : MIG-21 and 29 UB, F-15 C and EX variant, L-39 American AF Livery and the list continues. I could probably release a new Version under this post as a fix with your information as a basis.
I'm not trying to be a hater, it's supposed to be constructive criticism, but hear me out:
Most F-14s on the front page look great, but lack proper functionality (unless you're talking about the F-14 I saw with EVERY... SINGLE... SWITCH... which had great functionality [at tanking my FPS] and was pretty cool) and cockpits that leave some to be desired, at least in the realism aspect.
This one looks awesome and flies alright, but the realism isn't the best. (AWESOME afterburner by the way)
This'll just be a list of things I'd like to be improved upon so it doesn't sound like I hate this thinks entire existence.
First off: THE DARN FLAPS! THOSE THINGS WENT LIKE 60 DEGREES DOWN LOL
Idk the real flap angle, but I would go somewhere 30-40 degrees.
Second, the aircraft pretty much has fly-by-wire. I understand it to make it easier to handle, but things like the slats moving automatically kinda bugs me.
The cockpit could be greatly approved upon, especially the RIO seat. I get that it's probably a mix to be good looking but also functional. If you want a more realistic cockpit, not to toot my own horn, but I am more than willing to help. :) I have a Tomcat of my own, (although some changes for the D variant would be needed) and it would be great to check it out if you want. Mine is far from perfect, and if anyone wants to write a long-winded comment of the things you would like to be improved on on mine, (technically proper grammar?) PLEASE DO!
And lastly, the wings:
If action group 8 is meant to be the storage sweep, it goes past the normal 68 degree wing sweep (as you may have noticed, I'm a major F-14 nerd). I also suggest making either negative or positive VTOL the flaps, and the other side manual wing sweep. Say positive VTOL is the flaps ik it's weird instead of negative, it's because I want negative for manual wing sweep) and negative VTOL manual wing sweep. When VTOL goes all the way down (negative), the wings sweep 75 degrees back (doesn't have to be exact idk if mine is) and VTOL up makes the flaps go down.)
The wings also need more lift. :)
And again, I'm not trying to hate on you or your aircraft. It's just supposed to help. As I said before please go ahead and do the same thing to my aircraft!
I hope this helped a little.
And JEEZ this is a long comment!
Thanks for using my yee yee ass map in the screenshots, lookin great! :D
@Robomo119DerMustangKiller here, you’ll have make it 720p on the YouTube app
@Robomo119DerMustangKiller okay hold on
@AWACSgodess hey so I tried and it really didn't work could you give me like a example of what your supposed to do?
@Robomo119DerMustangKiller I helped him make it with this, it’s pretty simple, just remember to set the “width” and “height” of the text piece to at least 20, maybe more.
@Jawskiller25 it's a D type so similar plane, essentially a future livery
Is this the flight model that’s getting livery’s or is the b?
Super cool!
@AWACSgodess thanks
@Robomo119DerMustangKiller yeah sure
May I use the insinga??
Beauty!
Very cool