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I've done it a few times for fun. Introduces some yaw as expected. It's also a part of spin recovery procedures which I tried a few times, too. Didn't do anything like the movie, thigh didn't really expect it to, either.

You can paint it manually, or Cura has a festure to "stop at layer." You preview the file to print and set to the layer before the text appears. The printer pauses whenn it finishes that layer, you change to white filament and then resume.

I just did some testing. The ME did some interesting things.... the CAP has a mix of weapon loadouts usually A with Mk 60 and C Mk 47 but all the other profiles (Escort, Precision Attack, etc) look like they did C with Mk 60. Was that intentional or am oversight? C with Mk 60 would be more of an odd duck by my impressions. I was using an Iran F-4 as a drone substitute in NTTR, flying at 38k ft going Mach 1.2. I miss from 50-60 miles but hit reliably at 45. This was a shoulder station since the main training mission is delivery of a couple GBU-10. The Phoenix misses were all followed up with Sparrow hits, which was nice Ti see since my early experience with Sparrows was not good so nice to see them effective.

I didn't think I'd ever get it down but I did. Then I didn't think I'd get the A down... until I did. Now I do it at night, sometimes with a human RIO in the back and the rest of the squadron....

Good catch. Either he's remembering wrong... or... Globalsecurity lists a C+ variant. https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/aim-54-variants.htm AIM-54A First production model for F-14A. Analog electronics, klystron tube transmitter/receiver. Liquid-cooled hydraulic and thermal-conditioning systems. Design range of 60 nm (69 mi; 111 km) was easily surpassed in testing. AIM-54B Interim model. Simpler construction, non-liquid cooling. Not produced. AIM-54C Last production model. Analog electronics replaced by Reprogrammable Memory (RPM) digital processor, yielding faster target discrimination, longer range, increased altitude, improved beam attack capability, better ECM resistance, and greater reliability. Continuous-rod warhead replaced by controlled fragmentation warhead. AIM-54C+ High Power Phoenix Improved variant developed by Hughes for F-14D. Contains internal heaters, which eliminates need for temperature conditioning liquid, high-power Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) transmitter adapted from the AIM-120 AMRAAM, and low-sidelobe antenna. Latest version of RPM substitutes 6 ultra-high-speed computer chips for 45 of earlier, less-capable chips. Full-scale development began in August 1987. First test flight of fully upgraded missile on 14 August 1990 scored a direct hit on a QF-4 drone. Puck did seem to more time in the D and would have been in them by 97 anyway, probably and isn't talking about which version he was in at that point.

Puck Howe said Top Gun in 97 trained to shoot long range at 30-40 nm or 0-20 but to hold between 20 and 30 nm since it would be detected and defeated mid range. By that point, only had C.

Was there going to be any sort of Home On Jam functionality in the Phoenix? Speaking of mass, did we ever figure out if the pylon weight is included or not?

Any progress or files? We have all the bindings now... I don't own a Warthog but use a Virpil Mongoos T-50 CM (v3) same size as the TM, but am using my flap lever, etc so would want to add my own electronics. Am looking at motorized pot sliders which look like they should allow simulating the spider gear (with a separate raise/lower of the emergency lever). Only thing against them is most of them look pretty small in travel but might be able to spread it out creatively with some extensions...

Some people were using GIMP, which is free...

Also the Emer and Oversweep flags pop up even if you man mode (with throttle bind) the wings to 68 and DON'T pop up when you put the emergency lever back after any period of time to actually over sweep after trapping, for example. Both are more just visual than broken in functionality, though you see it entering every break and after every trap.

Seems much more standardized for line birds in the time period of our cats with TPS, etc. CAG and CO birds could be one offs as it is now while the mid-late 90s line birds to early 00s could be dynamic. Anything earlier than 92 or 93 or after 2002 are out of scope of our configuration. Generic line bird probably easiest low hanging fruit. Maybe Grumman test livery and add popular squadrons to demand as HB's copious free time allows.

Think they're known behavior. I always center mine out as a matter of habit in addition to a small dead zone.

Definitely curious on what happened.

Buzzing the Burj

Yeah the extra thrust from the GE 110 made it unnecessary and he couldn't cheat the G's because they had things that would "tell."

I took it as a "in BFM, I'm 20 degrees" or otherwise am "running away at 68 degrees" but also seemed to be something he was referencing only when he was in the F-14A but not presumably in the F-14D. He definitely didn't seem as... sea story type like Shoes and Snort sometimes did but is presenting this more matter-of-fact of how he learned from his mentors to maximize his aircraft...

Puck is a great interview. Very interesting how he talked about wing sweep being manual all the time ("on or off") and all the circuit breakers he was pulling, backing up Snort with mid compression bypass, again, etc.

Definitely interested in seeing more of your wing sweep cover and mechanism. I'd be inclined to go with a momentary hinge metal roller lever micro switch for the cover more than a push button but either way.

For Tomcat definitely want split throttle. Need it for startup, airstart, spin recovery procedures, etc

Wouldn't trade my Virpil T-50CM v3 for anything... I am kinda undeterred in trying this 3d printed DIY. Would be hard to give up all the extra hats though. https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/throttle-hotas-box

Radio and Tacan panels rock! Look like very cool designs.

Same. SU-57 does it too, so probably an update to FC3.

Chocks and chains would be my hope sooner than later. At least on the boat. Chocks on the ground.

Everything from that era is pretty maintenance heavy. It really needed the ASF-14/Super Hornet treatment. Reading that study, once it became political the heels got dug in. It wasn't partisan on the usual party line the way it was for F-22, though. It was mostly the New York Congressional delegation fighting for it because once the production number went so low, it actually WAS a jobs program as the argument the NY delegation made was not on affordability but national security grounds to keep Grumman open. The end of the cold war abs the "peace dividend" killed many programs, the Strike Cruiser and never got to 600 ships, either. The Forrestals were retired earlier then planned as well a the recently refurbished Iowas amongst others.

Indeed!