turkeydriver

Nice physics and math.....the main odd part of the AIM-54 endgame you have the practice is its not usually coming at you level, not usually launched where you can see its motor and get a visual queue. It'll activate at its 10-12 mile slant range, that angle depends on your closing speed but as long as you're fast enough the missile should activate within the angle limits of your RWR....if you're slow enough, the AWG-9 and AIM-54 should be able to complete the intercept and kill you without ever tripping your RWR correct? I don't know that answer without knowing the beamwidth of the AIM-54 radar and I'm pretty sure I wont ever get it..... but back to the point, I don't think online jet jock should have a problem as long as he trains to counter the missile dropping in from above, not turning a weapon from below or near co-altitude.....that's just gonna take a bit to get used to. Of course this only applies to those who get shot at without taken action and beaming once an AWG-9 search hits and you assume a shot.....and only applies if our online jet jock RIOs master their DDD, TCS, datalink, TID, and AWG-9 to use the AIM-54 effectively.

Should have hit burners at show center once the wheels were up. All the demos(B,D) do this but its hard to notice in the daytime

apparently you love surprises.....

Regarding the AB- you're comparing the in game F110-GE-400 to IRL TF-30 images. The F110 is quite visible at night and overcast conditions but not really in the daytime so much. It is also never used on the ground according to NATOPs. You should compare the video to the Nellis 2004 F-14 demo.

Yes- it looks like it has a cruise under its belt, it doesn't look brand new- however, every squad had their pretty CAG bird, I wouldn't worry about clean jets.

I recommend all hands here read Black Aces High- about VF-41 during Kosovo if you want to know what its like in an F-14 squad.

IRST, TCS, and radar could all be operated independently or slaved but it is all done from the RIOs seat only IIRC. Pilots can watch but not control the sensors.

some AWG-9 sets in the early 1980s were modified for NCTR when the system started testing with APG-63on the F-15. However it was deemed too expensive to the very expensive tomcat program and not seen as necessary for blue water missions so it was cancelled. I do not know if the systems were then downgraded to match the other AWG-9 sets in the fleet or not.

The APG-71 had some much more capable air to air capabilities- the IRST was insane at detection in its element, and you had LINK-16 and NCTR. You couldn't touch a Ds airspace.

Wanting it is understood- I took it that you were criticizing the era and model they decided upon and called it not accurate. I'm very excited for this module. I joined the Navy in 1996, and saw many F-14s on their way to/from Key West while stationed at NAS Pensacola. The daily Blue Angels practice didn't hold a candle to a motivated F-14 entering the break- imagine being able to identify the jets by their sound- and calibrating your snap look to be much further away from the sound if it was an F-14 and the motors sounded wet and the doppler effect moved quick. Tree-line, wings swept- what looked like a wing tip touching the treeline in a knife edge pass into a break and jet just settles into a cozy wings spread landing...… wish I had a GoPro back then lol.

Then you want a broken F-14 at the end of its service life, with speed and G limitations out the wazoo, with wrinkled skin and dents all over. I like my jets new with no limitations.- If they want to add the HUD and PTID later, great.

PTID came about only because the TID could only display the imaging direct connected and shown at half resolution (interlaced or unused lines from the radar screen or TCS screen- correct me, only have this from reading info). So RIOs realized that while they had a large screen, the resolution wasn't great- that's why the Heatblur image looks pixelated- its accurate. The crews knew if they had a higher resolution display and updated databus, they could use the large screen with higher resolution and have no problem lazing a gnat on a window sill. PTID wasn't a part of it until LANTIRN was integrated and used and came about when they realized they could do better- mostly likely because the D guys had a better display and (possibly)could bomb more accurately.

LANTIRN started integration in 1996- pods purchased and dispersed. PTID TESTING completes in mid 97 and then the integration STARTS. There is no way the fleet was completely integrated until 1999. Our F-14B is circa 1996. Its accurate. the only way they fix this is by removing the LANTIRN. They have stated its a 1996 F-14B. There's no PTID according to history. There is LANTIRN. Figure it out.

Testing was completed in June1997 and the TD was issued- most likely as a depot TD during overhaul. They don't just show up the next day and get dropped in. I would bet that the upgrade was not completed across the fleet until late 1999 at the earliest. I'd need to read the TD though.

I don't think it was unfavorable, just people who personally knew him knew his personality.

Did the Tomcats in Desert Fox and Kosovo have PTID? They went to war with their LANTIRN pods and dropped plenty of Paveway II and III LGBs in 1998 and 1999. Afghanistan jets were PTID for sure, just don't know about the earlier ones.

He's referring to the so called ZONE 6 that Hoser came up with- putting the radar in standby and pulling the bleed air circuit breaker... I can't imagine it adding more than 100lbs of thrust or so......kinda comical. Not really a combat tactic. Hoser was a legendary pilot and most noteworthy and teaching aggressiveness and gun accuracy to new F-14 crews. Some of his stories are tall tales....like when he says he shot a locomotive with an AIM-9 to stop the commie train from going into a mountain tunnel in Vietnam, or when he kept a tape recording of the RWR warning of an SA-2in his Vigilante and played it over the carrier and shot up single engine afterburner to scare everyone in the pattern. He has some tactics advice and he has some tall tales for drinks at the bar. Just decipher what is useable and what is not.

Perfect answer and it makes sense- just not after 2 whiskeys lol. So we can cook the TCS by exposing it to the sun! Good to know.

Que? You're not helpful sarcastic one.

TCS can see far beyond 10 miles. You can differentiate between an A-4, F-5 and MiG-21 at 10 miles. You can see and ID large targets much farther out

Read about the way they were able to integrate the screen. It was sent to the unused interlace resolution. The PTID gave full resolution to the image.

LANTIRN on the F-14 differed from F-15E and F-16C LANTIRN in that it incorporated an internal GPS. The Air Force did not get this. Other than that they are the same. Our F-14B should be simulated circa 1996, so our LANTIRN will have a 20,000 ft ceiling limitation. It was upgraded later to the AAQ-25(LANTIRN 40k) and may have had additional zoom. Remember no PTID, so our screen will be projected into the TID at half resolution as it is interlaced.

LOL all good

VF!!!! VF-143 leave that VFA crap to the bugs and rhinos

I'll take your eye witness. Just haven't seen anything allowing it. If you were there and saw it on the deck I can't argue against, despite NATOPS.