information about the F-14 Tomcat

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental program after the collapse of the General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B project.

Additional Information about this livery

This Livery is based on the Russian fighter jet, the Su-27 with the air-superiority blue camo paint job on it, This aircraft was apart of the United States Fighters Weapons School (USFWS) From 1993 to 1995. this F-14 A was under the group Adversarial Bad cats referring to the Russian like paint scheme on an American Plane. all of which were made up of old worn out A model Tomcats that were given as trainers for the adversarial program. unfortunately no example of the Bad Cats exist today as all were scrapped after 2000

Specs

Wingspan 63.0ft (19.2m)
Length 61.8ft (18.8m)
Height 17.4ft (5.3m)
Empty Weight 34,090lbs (15,463kg)
Loaded Weight 53,778lbs (24,393kg)
Power/Weight Ratio 0.844
Wing Loading 77.5lbs/ft2 (378.3kg/m2)
Wing Area 694.1ft2 (64.5m2)
Drag Points 540

Instructions on operating Aircraft

Cockpit Overview

General Controls

Ag-1 for speed brakes
Ag-2 for Arresting Hook
Ag-3 for Kneel
Ag-4 for Canopy
Ag-5 for nav lights
AG-6 for Refuel Probe
AfterBurner begines at 96% Throttle

Wing Modes

VTOL down for flaps
VTOL middle Position for Auto wing speed mode
VTOL up is full swept
VTOL down plus AG-1 will deploy spoilers full 6 seconds after touchdown
VTOL middle with Gear down will lock out outer spoilers

This planes flight profile is based on mouse movement, so using direct arrow keys will lead AOA stalls.

Starting the F-14 Manually

How to start up the F-14 A Manually video

to start the plane quickly, locate the QuickStart switch and will start both engines giving power to the whole craft

Taking-off/Landing

For Take-off procedure, Locate the autopilot and enable it and then have be selected to Take-off mode, Flaps should lowered down to just about half once done, disengage the parking brake and throttle up to about 50-ish range of throttle.

For Landing procedure, slow down your aircraft before approach to about 350 Km/h TAS (about 217 MPH). then bring down your flaps fully and throttle back to just above idle. while doing this bring your gear out and keep the nose of the aircraft level while descending, once touch down your spoilers will deploy after about 10 seconds of touchdown at which you can start to brake

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