Intro

Ya know if 've learnt anything building this it is that I am GREAT at posting teasers! A teaser is meant to be a showcase of something releasing SOON and yet I'm releasing this a full 1.7 yrs later??!...holy hell
When I originally started working on this (before taking massive break) the Prowler had recently been retired so I thought this would be a nice tribute, at this point it's um well a little less recent but the point still stands....right?
I built a version of this plane way back when I first started out, back before I realized that you can "read what a part actually does on Wikipedia" or that" not every pointy bit on the plane is meant to be a gun".

I outfitted this version of the plane with the VMAQ-3 Moondogs livery, which was one of 4 Prowler squadrons within the USMC, but I've taken a few creative licenses here and there to reduce clipping.
I've also used custom inputs to updated all the doodads like landing gear, panels, slats etc. to open with proper timing (so hopefully that works).

ABOUT

The first prototypes of the Prowler (known then as the EA-6A) were made by modifying the A-6 intruder, modifications included a more rugged enlarged airframe to accommodate the bigger more powerful Pratt & Whitney J52-P408A engines as well as sturdier landing gear and a larger cockpit that could seat up to 4 people (1 pilot and 3 Electronic Countermeasure Officers).

The Prowlers primary mission was to jam enemy radar and gather radio intelligence using built in jamming and receiving systems as well extra AN/ALQ-99 external jamming pods.
It's secondary mission was to attack enemy radar sites using anti-radiation missiles such as the AGM-88 HARM.

It's only """""relatively""""" recently that the Prowler has been retired from service, in fact a Prowler flew it's final flight back in March of 2019 (heeeey that's around the time I started building this...........kinda crazy).
This comes after nearly 5 decades of operation, in this time not a single plane was lost in combat.
Replacing the EA-6B Prowler is the EA-18G Growler which is a derivative of the ever popular F/A-18F Hornet.

Controls

AG:1

Unfold wings

AG:2

Activate slats:

Slats auto deploy at speeds below 240mph (this is a higher speed than IRL to improve ease of use), the slats increase the amount of lift at lower speeds so these are useful for carrier landings especially, ideally you should approach the carrier at around 180mph, activate speed brakes before contact with ground and have the arresting hook deployed.

AG:3

Activate speed brakes

AG:4

Activate arresting Hook

AG:6 + 7

Jettison Missiles & Jamming pods

AG:8

Toggle lights

SelectTarget

spin jamming pods

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Trailer

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Credits

Thank you to @Wolfspark for helping flight test
thankyou also to @HansScharff and @captainlevi820 for pointing out a small issue when launching from USS BEAST catapult.

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