RaceFuel85

The AliCats still have TF30's, this has been confirmed for a long time now. They state they're "upgraded" TF30's, yet still Pratt and Wimpy's all the same. My comment about $150,000 was an absolute best case scenario.

The cost to overhaul one of the privately held Tomcats, with the required permissions from the DoD/USN/Etc..could *easily* be in excess of $150,000... It's not realistic.

Yep... At best, *BEST*, they could find a TF-30 to fire up outside of the aircraft, but that's it.

More so i was meaning in comparison to the F-14A we're going to be getting (mid 80's, which by that time some improvements to the TF30's had made them easier to fly)

Detuned radar that is missing certain modes, degraded ECM equipment, more fussy engines, no Aim-9L/M capability To name a few

I'd stop by the VNAO/103 discord or their FB group and message Max.

There's no proof the AM even exists, let alone concrete data on it. More than likely they mean the downgraded F-14A's Iran got in the late 70's.

I believe the end of march target was before the Hornet went into pre-purchase.

The "early" part of "early access" is tough for some people to understand.

Wags indicated they meant May 31st when saying "end of spring"

It's gonna be a challenge to record a GE powered Tomcat right now..

Indeed.. Having the Hornet will hopefully also be a good reason for a naval ATC/LSO framework to work in and around.

Not quite.. Back in the late 90's and early 2000's a number of squadrons wore this patch..like VF-154. It was partially done to tease the Hornet community.

I believe someone said they're already looking into something like this for the Hornet and NAVAIR DCS updates?

cockpit differences, crew oxygen systems, in fight refueling (probe and drogue vs boom), USN used huffers to start, USAF used cartridges and huffers, etc. nothing super major, but a very large amount of small details.

Those that know, don't talk about it. Those who don't, scream about it.

Looks great! Love the earlier Tomcats with the mid length anti-glare panel.

Don't worry about it Nick, we know you're busier than a one legged man in a butt kicking contest

Human error is an element beyond time.

I think it's more realistic to expect the videos in around 2 weeks. :music_whistling:

On the contrary..you need to be patient

So this just popped into my brain when I was tinkering with my Warthog.. I know Nick/Cobra has said most of their team uses the Warthog HOTAS as their control scheme, but is it possible for the Tomcat module to come with recognition of the Warthog HOTAS as it's native control scheme? Meaning having the various switches on the Warthog throttle base be mapped and functional without having to in and hack up the .lua files. If so, maybe consider an engraved overlay plate with labels?

Whatever field Cobra and company put the cold start training mission.. On my own? Probably Nellis on the NTTR map at sunset.

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=198284 He addresses it there