Empty F-14 can only get to 12G to my knowledge. In a dive you can get to 13G for a second before it snaps, but that’s about it. It’s also stuck at 11G with the wings forward.
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mind you this is the same game where aim 9ls change lock if they see a missile .
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I remember the good old days when you had to cut AB to flare the 9L
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F-14’s G pull increase is noticeable. Turning at Mach 1.3-2 is massively better and high speed merges feel a lot better.
I think they broke the Aim-54s loft though. I couldn’t get them to loft for the life of me in testdrive.
Also, fuel dumping to 1% fuel is a lot of fun for the Tomcats. Especially because you can merge while dumping fuel and still remain effective due to being able to turn and burn.
Stability isn’t better at extreme AoA, but it is massively delayed and only starts yawing when you get to the peak. Still, that’s more than it should be.
Update: Single Pops for the A models are amazing. Makes them a lot more fun to play now that I can carry 15 chaff and 45 large flares.
Decent update for the Tomcats. Atleast we got something. Praying for an F-14D next major.
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Cool to see changes for F-14 :)
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The antenna has the same size as the AWG-9
If it isn’t a bit bigger than the AWG-9
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Incase you didn’t see… Yeah. Shocker.
But thanks to the fuel dumping mechanic, I can do some testing to see if BPM #1 is telling the truth or not.
Original Report: The F-14s cannot reach their calculated G overload according to the game’s margins.
Response: The overload is calculated to the weight of the aircraft.
I got the F-14 to 1 minute of fuel (nowhere near the weight of the airshow demo F-14s btw) and here are the results:
(All testing is done at sea level with a speed of Mach 0.98-1.0 and a full pull in instructor)
1 minute:
And 50% for a benchmark and more realistic approach to how much fuel would normally be carried during these demos (They say the min radius turn in 1500 in person, which according to the flight manual can be done at 50% fuel):
I’d like you guy’s interpretation of this. To me, this means the Tomcat is underperforming by atleast 3G at 50% fuel (given it could only get to even 11G for a couple seconds.) And at 1% fuel it’s underpeforming what’s supposed to be it’s 50% fuel setting by 1-2G.
Here’s the Video for easier comparison: https://youtu.be/WYoqvKcn-fY?si=QnrnKZKRiVFw9cWB&t=143
BPM #1 was mistaken anyway though. The weight of the F-14 cannot be reduced enough to any proportion to get to 14G, so at a minimum I think that should be resolved.
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I’d also like to add that the real Tomcat instantly pulled it’s max G, while the Warthunder Tomcat has a very clear delay to it’s Max G, which probably has something to do with it’s underperformance in instantaneous turn.
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Just saying… Carriers are back in Sim!
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Love your content btw.
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Are videos of the aircraft performing not sources anymore?
Are they just saying “Nuh-uh” to literal HUD footage now?
Edit: Very high effort copy and paste reply btw :D
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when smin is back on in ~5 days you can ask to reopen the report. or just use report button on issue, but i would caution against this until a community manager is back online because bug reporting manager might just take another look and say the same thing
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Haha thanks! also about the report, I know the Tomcat is more responsive with full real controls as are most planes (such as when you fly in simulator) but I haven’t tested it to know if the numbers are closer to what you’re looking for
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Its actually a touch bigger than the Irbis-E (910mm vs 900mm diameter)
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Try using -1 manual from 1975.
It is ways different from later version and mentioned about flight characteristics in -1 and -1A manual.
For the iranian F14A is gajin going to give it fuel tanks or no? Because iran did get its fuel tanks for its f14s