mattgn
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Who finds April fools day amusing? Is it just me that hates it and thinks that it's stupid?
Yup.
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Bueller?
Bueller?
Bueller?
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Attached Dxdiag just in case someone wants to help out........
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Just did a full wipe and clean re-install of open beta and the F14. Still no joy.
Please help.
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I've managed to get to fly the F14 twice now since release, other than that just lots of crashes whilst on the loading screen.
Uninstalled F14, re-installed F14, repaired open beta, no joy.
It's even completely killed my PC on a couple of occasions, and I had to hard reboot.
So sad. Want to fly.
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I am having the exact same problem with the open beta. Tried repairing it etc, makes no difference.
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Man, hat's off to whoever put that vid together, to get all those shots identical to the TG ones. That must have taken a long, long time.
Worth it, so worth it :)
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What's the postage cost from Switzerland to Anglesey, UK?
Send me one :)
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Other than a stunningly put together trailer, does the fact that you had me counting the TopGun references make me a sad man?
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You're forgetting the classic Blackadder quote from Lord Flasheart.
"First thing to remember is: always treat your kite, like you treat your women, get inside her 5 times a day and take her to heaven and back."
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Shit bucket ftw.
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Yeah, I wondered how he managed to find several additional vertebra to play with too.
Still a great shot though.
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The MB seats in the F14 had two arming points. A tab for the upper curtain and a lever type handle for the lower handle. This was in addition to a bunch of pins used when the jet was in maintenance or at an airshow or overnight ramp somewhere.
The rocket sear was open and accessible, and one had to be very aware of not bumping it. It happened once with catastrophic consequences for the crew.
Ok cool, wasn't aware that that system was implemented. Thanks for the heads up.
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The old Martin Baker seats didn't have any kind of arming handle on them, it was purely a series of safety pins fitted into the firing unit sears and through various components, as in seat pan firing handle.
Just wanted to share a bit of knowledge, and yes I know it was a tongue in cheek topic, but couldn't help myself.
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MATS Site really doesn't say much.
The glove vanes were designed to counteract a nose down pitching moment at high speeds caused by two phenomenon on the F14. The center of pressure moves aft on any aircraft as flow goes supersonic over the wing surface. This occurs at or above the transonic range (~.85-1.2 Mach), and swept wings can make it worse than straight wings, depending upon a host of other variables, like whether or not the outer wing is which the fuselage shock cone.
Also, peculiar to the F14, the wingsweep also increases to 68 degrees by ~.9 mach, this also causes the center of pressure to move aft as the lift producing area geometrically moves aft. Both reduced the supersonic maneuverability, so the gloves were used to put aerodynamic surfaces forward to increase the lift forces forward. It increased the G available at supersonic speeds and diminished the massive drag of a delta wing at increased alpha.
It wasn't a huge problem in the F14, and since that isn't a common flight regime in the first place, and doesn't present a huge tactical advantage all things considered, they were removed.
See "Mach Tuck" and "Swept Winged" aerodynamics for more information.
I want your brain. Swap with me !
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Russia has still holidays as their christmas holidays are later than in the west. That's why ED is still on a break.
Sorry, I wasn't actually being serious.
My apologies.
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Ahh okay. Got it. So the control column stiffens up the higher the G loading. Actually this opens up very interesting potential solutions to force feedback implementation for the module too, and that is something that I would very much like to see implemented in Heatblur's F14.
So now the question remains how much force was required to pull back on the stick for any given G in the real plane.
To be honest, I think you'd need some substantial framework onto which you could fix your full feedback control stick. It'd be awesome to have that depth of realism. Just not practical I don't think.
It's not like having a MS FF2.
And yes, I did work on fast jets just before anyone guns me down for talking ship.
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P.S.
Yes i did actually started legal action, and im waiting due to holidays here.
What I want to know is who the hell is still on holiday on the 9th January?
Bastards.
Lucky, lucky bastards.
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Loved the opening narrative, very funny :)
Fascinated by the amount of work required to properly fly this airframe.
Great vid mate, thanks !
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This is great, thanks for your efforts.
Reminds me of working on the line on Tornado F3s on XI Sqn.
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I think the best part of the Multicam is the Bottom Right looking Rearwards. Gives us all a good indicator on how much you're gonna have to WORK To get this Big Girl to turn level. make sure to grease your Pedals Boys!
I was interested to see the amount of pedal input too to be honest.
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Too cool for words really.
It's like watching Topgun with all the unrealistic bollocks taken out.
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Just stare at it, for uncomfortably long periods of time.
Then do what Backspace340 suggested "Shoot down an AWACs from 100nm+ and giggle maniacally."
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Don't bother painting it, take my money and give me plane and boat.
Ta.
Talk to me Goose! feature request
in DCS: F-14A & B
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It wouldn't suprise me in the least if this is something that HB has already got planned.
Let's hope so eh?
Great idea.