Southernbear

Targets on the TID are split in half, top and bottom. The top signifies your own IFF while the bottom is AWACS IFF fed into your plane via the Link 4C datalink In the picture above you are only dealing with your own IFF and as such up arrows are confirmed Hostiles, semi circles are confirmed Friendlies and rectangles are unknowns...this goes without saying, typically, don't fire on rectangles or circle. The line coming down towards you on the scope is your velocity to the target and not it's heading, if your chasing someone but are faster you'll see a much smaller line but it will still be pointed down the scope towards you. Remember this is not a heading indicator. The "Steering centroid" only appears when in TWS-Auto which basically shows the AWG-9's centre point of interest. This is because in TWS-A the AWG-9 will automatically keep targets within its radar cone meaning once you find someone as the RIO you don't need to keep adjusting the scope to keep them inside the cone unlike other radars. in TWS-Manual or TWS-M this is not the case but Jester typically defaults to TWS-A these days. When firing the AIM-54 it is best to wait for the AWG-9's shoot que when outside 25nmi or so. This is indicated by the target on scope starting to flash and will give you a higher kill probability. The AIM-54 itself is currently using some AIM-120 API logic because ED needs to change things in order for Heatblur to be able to put in their custom API, until then their hands are tied. Think of the Phoenix as an AMRAAM that doesn't have has good maneuverability but has much more thrust and isn't limited by some arbitrary Battery life/flight time they got from some dusty F/A-18/F-16 manual. As such the same rules apply. In TWS mode the target only knows there is an F-14 in that direction but gets no lock or launch warning. The missile goes active at the same time the AMRAAM does which off the top of my head is 15nmi. which given the speed and altitude of most intercepts gives the target about 5-10s to go defense before impact. Now in PVP people will not just let an F-14 sit on their RWR for 2mins just flying straight but against the AI you are correct. Going anywhere from 30-40,000 feet your good to shoot at about 60-50nmi with high probability of kill

I would literally kill for the SparrowHawk and PTID F-14B/U...but then again they're one of the biggest hurdles from what I know stopping them from making an F-14D as well (APG-70 and 71 share a lot in common and RB is able to get 71 data for the F-15E so) So if they did get the documents...probs just go the full nine yards and make an F-14D at that point.

I'm going to be honest here, given the evidence and that Polychop and RAZBAM have been fighting over the Tornado Licence since 2014 with no current resolution in sight it seems a lot more likely that their next module would be the A-6 Intruder. The other thing I'd like to mention which is more of an opinion is if a Tornado were to come I would prefer TrueGrit to do it since they are probably the best people to get the recourses to give it justice as well as almost having the typhoon out. But I will admit, if those 2 options are off the table, Heatblur would be my next choice of dev for the Tornado

Well first, the only platforms to use the R-33 and R-37 is the Mig 31 which we won't get because its still in service with Russia and will be till 2030-2040. Regardless even if it were the case the Mig 31 suffers the same issues as the Mig 25 in that unlike the F-14 they were built as pure interceptors and suck at anything else aside from dropping missiles from 60+ nmi away. And we can't get Russian weapons in service either which puts solutions such as the R-77-1 ect out of the question as well (although existing R-77s, R-27 and the like do need a rework but your not gonna get AMRAAM ranges out of them even with said rework) The only solution I see for REDFOR is to get Chinese weapons (like the SD-10) to level the playing field...as the only Russian weapon that could and also could come to game is if we got a Mig 25 with IR and Radar R-40 missiles...but these missiles are huge and sluggish so you'd need to really rely on sneaky tactics otherwise they'll just spoof the missile. Plus as I said before the Mig 25 is kinda dogshit compared to say a contemporary such as the F-14 as its limited to 4.5 Gs max. Also the R-37 is an Anti AWACS missile...and would be kinda trash at doing anything else considering how many you can carry at any one time.

I mean TrueGrit's Typhoon will have a similar ability in the form of the IRIS-T, sure your not using a way point but the JHMCS allows you to look behind you, fire the missile and then it will lock on after launch. Like a AIM-9X 90 degree off bore sight shot but much more extreme. Considering we have similar waypoint weapons like JSOWs and cruise missiles I could see it as possible...just depends if its a thing it can do IRL and how important Deka thinks it is for it's module.

Question is in the name, the F-14B currently has previsions in it's weapon selector for the CBU 59A, B and C. Now I know these are just upgraded Rockeyes but the F/A-18 and F-16 have the CBU-87, 97, and eventually CBU 103 and 105 so I'm just wondering if Heatblur has plans to add these CBU-59s to the F-14?

Kinda in the title. Chances are I already know the answer because ED really likes to stand by their tag lines of when aircraft are meant to be represented (i.e our Viper is circa 2007) but at the same time the Scorpion is designed to be installed on a standard issue HGU-55/P and HGU-68/P helmets and is fully compatible with standard issue U.S. Pilot Flight Equipment without special fitting. Also the USAF and USANG actively use it on F-16s and A-10s So heres the thing: Are there any plans to add this to our F-16 and yes I know it wasn't given to the F-16 IRL till 2008 and I don't quite know if by moving it to a 2008 model by adding it if it'll open up any other cans of worms for people want bits of equipment from 2008 but from what I could find the Scorpion was the only note worthy upgrade of that year. So ED, are there plans?, is it possible?

Yeah I figured

You also have to remember the F-4 Phantom would be ED's first Multicrew plane and the second Multicrew plane to come after the F-14 if they chose to stick with it over the F-16. So I could see the Hind and Huey multicrew being a so called "test run" for ED implementing Multicrew their own way also much like the F-14 you can't get away with leaving it empty without a player like Razbam is doing with the F-15E because the F-4 is older meaning they'd need to make their own AI or license it/modify Heatblur's Jester to work with the F-4 Phantom

As many threads have been posted over the years I'll nip this one in the bud for all the information we know so far. Particularly since it seems the BilSimTek website domain has been given to someone else which I can't access anymore. We were planned to get an F-4 Phantom by BilSimTek. It was meant to be an F-4E from the Gulf war era (or there about) time frame so a Block 53 can be assumed or equivalent upgrade as it was meant to get access to the internal gun, Gun pods, AGM-65 Mavericks, AGM-45 Shrikes, AIM-7E-M, AIM-9s as well as a bunch of bombs, rockets and other bits. But its the AGM-65s that date it. What happened next isn't exactly clear but what we do know is that BST got reabsorbed into ED, by my guess, given the last update on their website (a farewell to Igor Tishin) is that BST had a lot of involvement with Igor Tishin, founder of ED and for some reason his passing cause BST to be reabsorbed. Now its been stated a few times in interviews that Nick holds another job and does DCS as a passion project as well as ED not always turning a profit. He as also stated he enjoys WW2 content much more then Modern combat. They have also stated they are not interested in doing Century series fighters themselves and one must remember the F-4 started life as the F-110A Specter. Now you take all this into account and it starts to make sense why they chose the F-16 and FW-190 and pushed the F-4 back initially because the F-16 was seen as a hyped product (guaranteed sales, something I would say wasn't as guaranteed with the F-4 in Nick's view) and theoretically was an easier module to do due because of the commonality between the F/A-18 and F-16's systems. Of course this is only "in theory" in practice they pushed the F-16 out too early (probably because they needed the extra buck sooner) we got the half baked module we did and since the P-47 update they've seen how complicated it was to bring over Hornet systems into the Viper without any huge game breaking bugs happening in both planes so they stopped doing this extending the time it would take to make both planes. This then pushed the F-4 back even more...then we had Supercarrier (they said after SC and the Hind they'd try to get back to the F-4/AH-1) and we still don't have the Hind. NOW we finally get to the present...ED almost reviled a "New" module for the 2020 Beyond video but decided against it at the last minute (good thing too given the P-47 update drama that was to come in the next few months) and this "New" module is meant to be "Groundbreaking" for DCS and "a Milestone aircraft" as well as Nineline confirming its not something they've teased before and he used the F-4 as an example specifically. This "new" module (which many believe is the Apache or perhaps a Full fidelity russian aircraft such as a Mig 29A) will probably ALSO take priority over the F-4 and is to be announced "Q4/End of 2020" so, SoonTM. My guess then as a realistic timeframe for the F-4's reannouncement and eventual delivery to the game would probably be, reannouncement some time during mid-late 2021 and actually coming to the game mid 2022 (assuming the old BST files and stuff is still compatible with 2.5.6 or beyond). If not? well I could see it being even 2023 maybe even early 2024 depending on how much recources the "New Module" takes up before we see the Phantom actually in game. Don't get me wrong, I hope I'm wrong about the timeframes...but chances are I'm not. Last pictures of the BST progress before they were reabsorbed: There are external pictures but they are all from the only BST site and won't show up using the Forum image thing due to the BST website being "no more", just type up 'F-4 belsimtek' if you wish to see them for your self.

Oh idk RazzleBazzle already nabbed the F-100...so you never know!

Soon we'll have it...but let them do the 339 first

Alternatively you can use the Auto start function until your familiar with the plane enough to then learn the proper start up phase so that forgetting things like oxygen isn't an issue. But nice job taking the lead ahead.

"You can generally hold up to 8.2 - 8.4 G's without blacking out If you go to 9G it will take roughly 3-6 seconds to blackout. F-18 can hold 8.2-8.4 G's without losing speed as long as you're faster then 480 ish knots. F-14 loses speed when holding 8.2-8.4 G's at 520+ knots F-16 loses speed when holding 8.2-8.4 G's at 500+ knots (faster than F-14)

Glad you enjoyed it, yes I do know the bird did have a long and successful career but you never know what could've happened ;) As for the A-12 Avenger, this is it: The flying Dorito...I don't know too much about the project but it's cancelation did also effect the Tomcat (a small part of why the Tomcat was given the LANTIRN to take up some of the slack from the hole left by the A-6/A-7 and failed A-12) I wouldn't be surprised if it failed due to being over budget or too complex tho with this design :lol: This is whats left of her:

This Forum post is dedicated to all the possible integrations the F-14A-D could have had during it's life time but just didn't quite fit the budget or the timeframe and were decided against. So come with me and explore what other options we could've seen on our favorite TOPGUN bird. AIM-120A/B: Many might already know about this one, but when the Navy approached Grumman for upgrades for the F-14 tomcat Grumman, given the budget estimated, gave them 2 options. Integration of the LANTIRN (Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infra Red for Night) Targeting pod or integration of the AIM-120 AMRAAM and it's software to replace the AIM-7. Of course due to DoD requirements of a diminishing Cold War threat and a need for a more multirole Navy the LANTIRN was chosen AGM-88 HARM: Now we get into the slightly more obscure weapons fitted to the F-14. Let me ask you...have you and your RIO buddy ever been tasked with a strike mission in you Bombcat only to be blocked by SAMs? Do you think waiting on the Hornets to do their job is boring? Well Grumman was way ahead of you. Grumman tried to stir some interest around the idea of giving HARMs to the F-14D...unfortunately the Navy and DoD weren't impressed at the time and were only semi interested in the proposal. A few Harm adapters were still built however for this weapon for stations 1B and 8B with 1 test flight on a F-14D Prototype. The HARM would again be dug up for the F-14D in the form of the Quickstrike upgrade, an interim solution to give the F-14D HARM, SLAM and Harpoons to keep it on deck till/if the Super Tomcat 21 aircraft could be completed. Of course this never happened with the F/A-18E/F seeming like the quicker solution and thus here we are today. AGM-62 Walleye: Last but certainly not least we have a slightly left field option, the AGM-62 Walleye...with *reasonable* success during Vietnam and the fact the F-14 already has a TV screen for a TV guided weapon for a short time AGM-62s were considered for the F-14. It was tested on the F-14 at the NAWC. The evaluation of the Walleye on the F-14 ended without clearance for operational use and unfortunately the program was cancelled. And there you have it, a quick and tidy little post about the "what if" and "we were this close" moments for weapons we could have seen on the Tomcat should the opportunity had presented itself. I hope you enjoyed and have a lovey day. :thumbup:

+1 Yep, give us a few well know squadrons from Vietnam skins and some Gulf war stuff...of course bonus points if you add skins from squadrons that served in both! Maybe even do squadrons that actually served on USS Forrestal, USS John C Stennis and the Supercarrier carriers for extra realism!

I mean...perhaps this is a little too "on the nose" but a 38th Parallel map would be great! not to try and make DCS compare even closer to any other particular flight sim :lol: But a none discriminant 38th parallel map would be great. My question would be what would people prefer? A 1980s-Modern Day Korean 38th Parallel map or a 1950-54 map? TL : DR, whos more happy to compromise here? I would prefer a more modern map and compromise when flying Korean war jets because I fly more modern planes...but who knows...if we got a accurate 1950s Korean map perhaps I'd be willing to compromise Modern missions for more 1950s accuracy when I want to fly my Sabre or the Mig.

Ah yeah I was talking about a Fulda Gap map on another thread for what Urgan's next map should be. I marked out the available space we have using Syria's measurements...the biggest issue we have is that all the interesting stuff happens in Berlin and the boarder but most BLUEFOR bases of note were south near Alsace Loraine. Oh and as stated, due to Demark it would make carrier ops very difficult unless people wouldn't mind a very large undetailed area so the map would include Demark so the Carriers could go through the Danish Strait? Something like how Crimea, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Turkey is portray in the Caucuses map? so the land is there just no cities or airfields.

Mach 2?...50k feet... last year...I'm has it a guess it was an F-15C then. Yeah...them PlayStation 3 jets will get ya ;) but least it looked like good fun.

Cool! Also my mistake they're using AIM-9Hs when it first saw service during Operation Frequent Wind not Ns coz the N was USAF.

You'll have to use the Jester menu and don't forget to switch the HSD to Radar so you can see what hes doing. Options you have include making him scan different altitudes and distances for example I could get him to scan at 100nmi at 20,000 feet as well as changing between bars and azimuth. And keep in mind as well that scan distance just changes what the HSD displays rather then the range he focus the radar too.

Is this a early model of what Heatblur was testing out but ultimately decided against? or is this some kind of mod?

Yeah and lets see where thats got us. F-16 was released without even a damage model and half baked and even with the additions in a few days its still not going to be finished (tho I will say ED has gotten a lot better) and neither is the F-18 finished As for RAZBAM they have routinely shown their inability to put out a module without major issues. the Harrier, Mirage and Mig 19 had terrible launches to the point where they had to get the French airforce in anyway to help them with the Mirage. The Harrier is now "feature complete" and out of EA despite its current state so RazzleBazzle can now push the F-15E out before or around the end of the year despite not even having a physical model yet (they're using the AI F-15E current) to say I'm skeptical about the F-15E's release and anything else from RB would be an understatement. Razbam said that the license for the A-6 was taken already...and heatblur has stated their new module will be 2 engined and "complex" yet also stated that they aren't moving over to it till the F-14 is totally finished which is currently projected to be around March 2021. Nick has already stated ED barely runs at a profit and that hes had to put his own money to pay for some things and thats EVEN WITH all the sales and other stuff. The reason HB don't do sales is because they only have 2 products and they know people will buy them at full price anyway because they are quality products. For all we know they may have been working on a full fidelity module of an A-6 for years now but like they did with the Tomcat but haven't told us because Heatblur doesn't need to ride the hype train to sell EA products before people repeat the process of "realizing" that the product they've bought doesn't even have a damage model. I don't know about you but I would prefer to wait a little longer and buy a quality product at $127 AUD then buying a 20% off EA product that is half baked and won't get all its systems and weapons for another 2-3 years

I've heard of ex Tomcat pilots pulling the flaps down to **** with F/A-18C guys since their plane was almost twice the gross weight of a Hornet and yet it could pull horizontally inside them. TOPGUN guys seemed to underestimate the tomcat during BFM and ACM training (odd given its shown how well it is against an A4 in the movie that takes the schools name sake) and it was always a laugh apparently to use the manual wing sweep lever to fool the younger kids into believing it was going much faster then it was, pull the wings out and drop the flaps and the Hornets would just fly right by and get "shot down".