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Grumman F-14A "Tomcat"

4,013 Ihavesnowball  2.3 years ago

SHES DONE BOIS

It's Tom cruise Topgunning Tomcat Tuesday My Dudes!


inspired by the film

Brief History

The F-14 "Tomcat" or its full name Grumman F-14 "Tomcat", is an American carrier-capable, supersonic, twin-engined, twin-seater, variable-swept wing fighter. The United States Navy developed the fighter jet to meet its need for a new kind of aircraft to meet its Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) ambitions for hunting and killing high-speed bombers and other threats.
Designed in the 1960s and first flown in December 1970, the "Tomcat" was officially brought into active service in 1974, with the first squadrons deployed to the venerable U.S. carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65). Initially intended to replace the aging McDonnell Douglas F-4 "Phantom", the F-14 quickly earned its stripes as the U.S. Navy's preeminent maritime air superiority fighter.

Sadly, it was retired in 2006 from the Navy, being replaced with the F/A-18 Super Hornet, due to budget and maintenance costs.

INSTRUCTIONS

Important!

Activation group 1:Are you Panicking? EJECCT! yeet
Activation group 2:Tailhook (note: might have a bumpy carrier landing, always use trim when landing)
Activation group 3:Canopy Opening
Activation group 4:Free!, Customize it yourself
Activation group 5:Drop tanks (remains 90% fuel)
Activation group 6:Drop Weapons
Activation group 7: Weapons System Officer Navigational chart zoom(with pitch)
Activation group 8:Main engine and Wing sweep boost shutdown, Doesn't do much after some funky trees, you can leave it alone

Activation group 7 WITH VTOL VTOL up to taxi, VTOL down for pushback

VTOL (without ag7)
UP: Flaps
DOWN: Wing sweep control
Trim: Trim balancing

THE COCKPIT

Pilot

NOTE: To taxi you must activate the taxi switch and taxi using wing sweep lever

Weapons system officer


FEATURES

Reallistic pitch (not quite)

Reallistic landing gear - supports Ryanair landings but not cobras

Afterburner 96-100% thrust

VR compatibility

Taxi and Pushback

WEAPONS

Lets blow up some Communists!

(mods it's a joke)

AIM-54A PHOENIX

Ultra long range missile, rarely misses, Big boom!

AIM-7H Sparrow

Medium to short range missile, smaller reticle

Aim-9L Sidewinder

Short range missile, doesn't last long, keep the reticle on target!

PICS






This thing has 007 Prometheus livery (my fictional designation)

Special thanks to Krmo for modifications and screenshots, suzutuki65 for original cat, SPNonsensical for landing gear tweaks and AnderWorks for overall rivision

FLY HIGH BOIS!

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 63.3ft (19.3m)
  • Length 61.9ft (18.9m)
  • Height 15.9ft (4.8m)
  • Empty Weight 29,714lbs (13,478kg)
  • Loaded Weight 48,087lbs (21,812kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 3.098
  • Wing Loading 48.7lbs/ft2 (237.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 986.9ft2 (91.7m2)
  • Drag Points 1377

Parts

  • Number of Parts 807
  • Control Surfaces 4
  • Performance Cost 4,416
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    Guys, this thing got me to silver, I am very thankful for all of the support I got, Thanks

    Pinned 2.3 years ago
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    @Ihavesnowball 好的好的

    10 months ago
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    @white55 I'll take that, tyty but do keep in mind that it's not completly mine, I just modified it a little bit, the original aircraft is from suzutuki65

    10 months ago
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    @Ihavesnowball 不不不,确实是最好的,零件比他们少做的效果也比他们的好

    10 months ago
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    @Stephen22 frfr

    10 months ago
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    @white55 nah not really, pretty regret what I did here, there are better ones on the site

    10 months ago
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    最棒的f14

    10 months ago
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    1,919 Stephen22

    "panick"

    10 months ago
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    156 mmd2009

    can you make IRIAF livery?

    1.4 years ago
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    I am building this exact plane as a model kit as I type. Just installed the swinging wings today!

    2.0 years ago
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    Yeah, I agree, but who would've thought that stealth was the stealth bomber? Lol @Ihavesnowball

    2.2 years ago
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    @LegendaryPilot ooooh that looks better, although the stealth bomber thing should only be stealth since its pretty song, but nice anyways

    2.2 years ago
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    Tiger II Thursday
    Flanker-D Friday
    Stealth Bomber Saturday
    Stuka Sunday
    Great minds think alike. @Ihavesnowball

    2.2 years ago
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    Highway to the danger zone

    2.3 years ago
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    @Krikkit42 way this build was made much to be a remaster

    Is not a replica I know

    2.3 years ago
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    3,562 Krikkit42

    I don’t get the buzz … this doesn’t spell Tomcat to me. The original build by @suzutuki65 was actually very good for its time. This one adds detail in weird places but omits Tomcat-typical things like the characteristic front window or even a launch bar. The second canopy bow is missing and the cockpit … well, I don’t mind cockpits but if you do a replica … just do a replica. The basic model is very much the same, which is a tribute to the original but also not very creative. I’m not one to judge nilly-willy, but this just doesn’t sit right with me.

    To be fair, the announcement for this one said it was gonna be a „remaster“, so there’s that.

    +1 2.3 years ago
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    The weekdays of aircraft xd @Ihavesnowball

    2.3 years ago
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    Good​ boy!

    2.3 years ago
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    so slicing?

    2.3 years ago
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    @LegendaryPilot

    Tiger thursday

    Flanker friday

    Sikorsky saturday

    Sukhoi sunday

    2.3 years ago
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    23.1k KudaOni

    DANGER ZONE!!!

    2.3 years ago
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    2,454 ShootsPlanes

    It's marvin' time

    2.3 years ago
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    MiG Monday,
    Tomcat Tuesday,
    Wildcat Wednesday,
    i ran out out ideas...
    Anyways, awesome tomcat!

    2.3 years ago
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    41.8k Ren

    Holy shit, this is amazing!

    2.3 years ago
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