Maverick966

I don't need to read the speed, the plane itself tells me the speed, learn to know your Tomcat from the buffeting and the AOA.

I say no mainly because it would be a waste of resources, because it would be a useless fighter in DCS World in my opinion, except for the "multicrew" reason, in reality the D variant was mainly used for training and Forward Air Control, 2 useless roles in DCS, the WSO's cockpit is a copy and paste of the pilot's cockpit, the Hornet is a fighter designed to be controlled by only one person, a second person is not necessary. If all the most famous aircraft had been added I would have said yes, but now no, it is a waste of resources honestly.

Belsimtek has been integrated into Eagle Dynamics, so Heatblur could share Jester AI with ED, perhaps earning a certain percentage on the sale of the F-4E, surely an F-4E with Jester AI would increase in value and both companies would benefit from this, or even better Jester AI could become a module that can be bought, like the NS 430 Navigation System, it should be developed for all aircraft with two or more seats.

Yes I know, but it could be added even if it is not an official loadout, Heatblur added the loadout of 14 Mk82 to the F-14B even if it was used only during the tests, I would like all the possible loadouts for an aircraft to be available, at the end if a person wants an historical aircraft should simply not use non-historical loadouts.

When will the Multiple Ejector Rack be officially added for the Hornet?

In fact both could fight in a late Vietnam War scenario

No, It will be an F-4E block 53 of 1972 which has Maverick capability and laser-guided bombs, so it's a late Vietnam War variant

Wut?? F-14A launching a TALD

If they said the F-14D is likely, I suppose they have the documentation, otherwise they would not have made that statement.

Heatblur has developed the F-14B without PTID and Sparrowhawk because they plan to develop the F-14D, Heatblur said that an F-14D is quite likely, so it is quite confirmed.

Heatblur has confirmed that if the F-14A/B sells well they will develop the F-14D

The F/A-18D was little used in the Navy since there was the F-14D that played the role of FAC, it was more used as a trainer, there will be many other aircraft that are coming if you want a shared experience, like the F-14A/B, the F-15E and the F-4E, honestly an F/A-18D is not necessary and would be a waste of resources, moreover, Heatblur said that if the Tomcat's sales will be fine, they will work on an F-14D after the F-14A/B.

You're very wrong, the F-14 Tomcat was a great interceptor as much it was a great dogfighter, the F-14 was much more manoeuvrable than an F-15 without the 6,5 G limit, both the fighters have a stable design, the F-14 has a wing load of 295 kg/m² while the F-15 has a wing load of 358 kg/m², both at loaded weight, at full load the gap is even much greater (200kg/m²), moreover, the F-15 does not have slats while the F-14 has slats and has variable-sweep wings that greatly increase maneuverability at all speeds compared to the F-15.

Surely the F-14 is much more manoeuvrable than an F-15 without the 6,5 G limit, both the fighters have a stable design, the F-14 has a wing load of 295 kg/m² while the F-15 has a wing load of 358 kg/m², both at loaded weight, at full load the gap is even much greater (200kg/m²), moreover, the F-15 does not have slats while the F-14 has slats and has variable-sweep wings that greatly increase maneuverability at all speeds compared to the F-15.

In fact it is impossible that the F-15 is more manoeuvrable than the F-14, both the fighters have a stable design, the F-14 has a wing load of 295 kg/m² while the F-15 has a wing load of 358 kg/m², both at loaded weight, at full load the gap is much greater (200kg/m²), moreover, the F-15 does not have slats while the F-14 has slats and has variable-sweep wings that greatly increase maneuverability at all speeds compared to the F-15.

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An F-18D would be useless in DCS, since it was used primarily to reduce the pilot's workload during intense ground attack missions, for Forward Air Control missions and training, in DCS there is nothing that an F-18D can do more than an F-18C

This is Romanian Mig-21 Lancer A This is the cockpit of a Russian Mig-21-93

-1 it is unrealistic, F-16C block 50 never had CFT. If you need more fuel you have drop fuel tanks.

Even in the Ace Combat the movement of the air intakes is modeled LoL

This seems totally wrong to me, as ED said they are simulating a Navy F-18C Hornet, so it should not have the Litening pod, it's the same reason why they gave the AGM-65F to the Hornet.

I prefer the D!

Yes please! +1

In fact the ALQ-184 long should be added since it is more common than the short one, but not only as a model, if ED were to update the radar model to a more realistic level, the long has in addition a low band module that can jam the low band radars, the same modified radar that detected and shot down the F-117 in Kosovo, a very sensitive and impractical radar, mainly used for weather forecasts, even if I think in DCS there are no low band radars.

There is a reason if the MLA was chosen and not the MLD, the MLA was the most produced variant and is from 1978, more representative of the Mig-23, it would have been wrong to develop the MLD variant which is from 1982 and produced in less units, too modern and not representative of the Mig-23, a Mig-29 is more suitable for the 80-90s, it would have been like developing first the F-14D, not representative of the F-14 Tomcat, first the F-14A/B and then the D.