So me and asteroidbook345 had a little F-14 challenge, and we are posting them at the same time. So make sure you tell him mine is better! Here is the link to his F-14

Ah yes the F-14! Its the most iconic fighter jet of all time! Well, most likely... This plane was very good for its time and very good at its job! I love the F-14 and I never made one because of all its weird curvy bits and it was weird to build. mainly the inlets but now that I've done it I feel great it was the hardest plane to make so far. It was used as an interceptor, to escort Tu-95s when they did recon on the US Navy! here is a cool photo of that.

It was also used in Libya and got a few air kills, killing MiGs! it was also given to the Iranian Air Force, and was very successful. they say they are still in operation but the lack of parts means that is very unlikely that they can still fly. This is a pretty spot on replica of the very F-14 in the film Top Gun.

Activation Group 1 : Navigation Lights
Activation Group 2 : Anti-Collision Lights
Activation Group 3 : Landing/Taxi Lights
Activation Group 4 : Formation Lights
Activation Group 5 : Nothing
Activation Group 6 : Nothing
Activation Group 7 : Tail Hook
Activation Group 8 : Nothing
Trim : Trim
VTOL Up : Wing Sweep
VTOL Down : Flaps
Normal Flight Controls

General characteristics

Crew: 2 (Pilot and Radar Intercept Officer)
Length: 62 ft 9 in (19.13 m)
Wingspan: 64 ft 1.5 in (19.545 m)
Lower wingspan: 38 ft 2.5 in (11.646 m) swept
Height: 16 ft (4.9 m)
Wing area: 565 sq ft (52.5 m2) wings only
1,008 sq ft (94 m2) effective area including fuselage[35]
Airfoil:
Grumman (1.74)(35)9.6)-(1.1)(30)(1.1) root
Grumman (1.27)(30)(9.0)-(1.1)(40)(1.1) tip[181]
Empty weight: 43,735 lb (19,838 kg)
Gross weight: 61,000 lb (27,669 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 74,350 lb (33,725 kg)
Fuel capacity: 16,200 lb (7,348 kg) internal fuel; 2 × optional 267 US gal (222 imp gal; 1,010 l) / 1,756 lb (797 kg) external tanks[41]
Powerplant: 2 × General Electric F110-GE-400 afterburning turbofans, 16,610 lbf (73.9 kN) thrust each dry, 28,200 lbf (125 kN) with afterburner
Performance

Maximum speed: Mach 2.34 (1,544 mph, 2,485 km/h) at altitude
Range: 1,600 nmi (1,800 mi, 3,000 km)
Combat range: 500 nmi (580 mi, 930 km)
Service ceiling: 53,000 ft (16,000 m) plus
g limits: +7.5[N 2]
Rate of climb: 45,000 ft/min (230 m/s) plus
Wing loading: 96 lb/sq ft (470 kg/m2) [179]
48 lb/sq ft (230 kg/m2) effective[35]
Thrust/weight: 0.89 at gross weight (1.02 with loaded weight & 50% internal fuel)

Top Gun, is also known as Air Combat Maneuvering, the Top Gun Program. It was made to teach navel aviators to learn to dogfight again because of their dependence on missiles. It was a great success! At the time of the film the main airspace where the F-14 and the A4, the A4 being a replacement to the MiGs. In the film, the MiGs are MiG-28s, or repainted F-5s. I also made one and will be released soon after this, and a link should be here. Top Gun was and is a great film! if you watch the behind the scenes you will see how much work, energy an time, went into it! Its my favorite move, because its not a classic Hollywood lets make the planes really unrealistic, and use CGI. because the film uses real airplanes everything has to be real and live! so its so cool because it takes real flying and puts a plot on it! well, my rant about the best movie ever is over. I've watched it 5 times, on VHS, and the CD, with the behind the scenes.

Well, there is also a MiG-28! so you can fly ageist the newest Russian fighter!

Click Here to get the MiG!

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ACEPILOT109 4/21/2020