The F-14A - The Navy SR-71

[Southernbear]

Now yes, this is a bug but I haven't put it in that section for a reason, 1, I think this is just amazing and frankly HB can take as long as they like fixing it because its hilarious and 2, its not practical...this is only possible at or above 70,000ft and at that altitude if you go off Afterburner the lack of air will cause both engines to stall instantly. As well as the high speeds screwing with the jet like telling you your in a stall and many other failures.

 

Someone who isn't me posted on a Discord that the F-14A at such altitudes could reach Mach 3 so I just had to see for myself. Sure enough it does. Obviously with the TF-30's and the ramjet effect at high altitudes something hasn't gone quite right. I believe its this because you reach your "normal" Mach 2 speed (Btw its very funny being at Zone 5 while only sipping 1,500Ibs and hour) and then suddenly your speed, fuel usage and engine temperature will start to slowly keep rise in what could be described as a runaway feedback loop effect.

 

Now right after reaching my max speed of Mach 3.37 the plane exploded, idk if its me hitting the map boarder, the game not liking people approaching 2000knts or that even at ~75,000ft Mach 3.37 was just too much for the F-14A's structure but whatever the case. While this bug is around I will use it as a mock up for an SR-71, seeing how different SAM systems deal with very high and very fast objects but I thought I would share this trick.

 

I've only tried it with no pylons, tanks or weapons with full internal fuel, but as I said I don't think realistically this will be an actual issue that would effect many individuals or servers, for example in my first attempt at 65,000ft my speed was capped at in the 1,700knts or about Mach 2.8 and my engines temps just kept going up and up till I ran down to 1,900Ib of fuel and decided to go straight up to 130,000ft. It was very pretty up there. But yeah once the effect starts to happen the engines start to draw more and more fuel so its not like your gonna see F-14As cruising around at Mach 2.8-3.1 at 70,000ft+ and hell idk even know if it will work with weapons and tanks on the plane.

 

TL : DR, F-14A can do Mach 3 at 75,000 feet, yes its a bug, but its not practical in combat what so ever.

[draconus]

(Btw its very funny being at Zone 5 while only sipping 1,500Ibs and hour)

 

Did you measure it or just read the gauges? They do not account for afterburner flow.

 

What killed you is probably engine temperature alone.

[Southernbear]

What killed you is probably engine temperature alone.

 

Could be, though it was my understanding a overheated engine would catch fire or just quit rather then complete break up of the aircraft but its possible it was that.