![]() "JESTER" AI: A new, lifelike AI that fills the role of RIO when flying in single-player or multiplayer mods without a human RIO.Cooperative multiplayer that allows one player in the front seat to play as the pilot and one in the back seat to act as the Radar Intercept Officer, RIO.Detailed electrical, hydraulic, and fuel systems.The variable wing geometry, wing-sweep system.The Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS).Accurate aircraft systems simulation featuring:.An advanced flight model that will continue to be tuned to provide the most accurate F-14 flight model simulation possible.Incredibly-detailed and accurate 6-DOF (Degrees of Freedom) cockpit that was also built using photogrammetry from museum F-14 Tomcats.New models for several F-14 Tomcat payloads that includes the AIM-54 Phoenix and the LANTIRN pod.A highly-detailed external model that has been built using laser scanning and photogrammetry taken of real, museum F-14 Tomcats.The A model will follow the B later during the Early Access period. Simulation of both the A and B models of the Tomcat.Key features of the DCS: F-14 Tomcat include: This module is the culmination of several years of research, coding and modelling. The Heatblur Simulations F-14A/B Tomcat aims to simulate this iconic aircraft as a high-fidelity module for DCS World. The Tomcat was also played a vital role in the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, where is flew for the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force. It was also immortalized in the iconic motion picture, Top Gun, and starred in several other feature films including The Final Countdown, Executive Decision, and others. The F-14 Tomcat was present in several historic events that include the two Gulf of Sidra incidents, Operations Desert Storm Iraqi Freedom, the Yugoslavian conflict, and Operation Enduring Freedom over Afghanistan. The AWG-9 allows employment of the long-range AIM-54 Phoenix air-to-air missile, and the LANTIRN targeting pod allows precision ground strikes using laser-guided bombs. Noteworthy features of the Tomcat are its swing-wing configuration, two-man crew, and the powerful AN/AWG-9 Weapons Control System (WCS) and radar. Over the course of its long service it also became one of the US Navy’s premier precision ground-attack platform and its lone airborne reconnaissance asset. ![]() The F-14 was the US Navy's frontline fighter from the 1970s to the mid-2000s. Toma's even with the kits short comings it would appear that you have pulled the rabbit out of the hat and have some preformed some magic in making this kit look very respectable to the modeling community.The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a two-crew, variable wing-geometry, maritime air superiority fighter that served with the US Navy for 32 years and continues to serve with the IRIAF in Iran. If certain parts of the model are 2 percent off or the wheels are too small a couple millimeters or the missiles are slightly under sized does one consider the price and other factors such ease of the build? In the end it boils down to what floats your boat and your wallet. Which begs the question did Tamiya come up with a better mouse trap? One has to think of price too and what people will think is a fair trade off or what floats your boat. Its does point out some discrepancies in this kit. ![]() Its rather ironic that this article is based on the drawing from Grumman and they can be suspect too. While contemporary modeling companies seem to us CAD drawings or they can now scan or use LIDAR to measure and use photos to better yet make mistakes or discrepancies are still made. Using the company drawings,photos and measurements from going into the field to not only cross reference the subject taking their time seems to have promoted more accurate kits. Back in the day artisans would use the drawings and would go into the field and take measurements of the 1/1 subject to build a mock up of the kit and then they'd panto-graph the kit down to scale to cut the molds. Hyper scale did a review and it was positive from the writers view point / engineering stand point.Īnother chap an Italian has come out with a review that is of interest and goes into a lot of details based on the drawings of Grumman.
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