A Mid Compression Bypass Circuit Breaker could be pulled to give an extra 2000 pounds of thrust: https://youtu.be/BDERZpazb3g?si=lmtA7Ob_lMkAiPaX&t=95 (Given that our planes ingame use WEP [War Emergency Power] for afterburner, we possibly could see this added ingame. Our thrust would increase to 32,200 x 2, giving us a TWR of ≈ 1.47 which is .10 higher than what we have now.
He’s so fun to listen too. He’s basically the embodiment of the Airforce (here’s everything you can do) vs Navy (here’s everything you can’t do, everything else is on the table). Here’s the full thing if you haven’t listened to it already: https://youtu.be/cQZ0Q6anxbo?si=y7fpCd5lUEbWFMei
I’ve seen that picture before, it showcases the latest modification 14D received before retiring.
Possibly some 14B (upg) had that too, i’ve seen pictures of them with and without it , i mean the thing in the intake.
That being said the model in the game is not 14B (upg) .
The one in the AIM-54 pylon is the ROVER upgrade. I don’t think that in the game would have any difference though.
Afaik, A model and B/B(U) model never had ROVER upgrades because they are aged and all squadrons at that time are already transferred to Super Hornets.
Now that they’ve started simulating the coolant, I’d like to see the sealed Phoenixes added. It’d definitely give more options. Not that it’s very worth it with the way Phoenixes are modelled as of right now.
I suppose they’ll leave it for the D or a B late though…
The F-14A Early we currently have is modeled according to the 1977 April SAC and Iranian one doesn’t have time caps. According to P&W’s AD, TF30-P-414 has been in production since March 1977.
I don’t know the actual performance difference from 412A, but it would at least be worth investigating.
