CrazyGman Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 (edited) So while the F-4 is nice news and Heatblur is going to be developing apparently multiple versions of them, is there any news on the F-14A-95GR? It's getting close to 3 years since the release of the F-14B, and now over a year since the late F-14A version was released, has there been any new information on the F-14A-95GR? Edited January 26, 2022 by CrazyGman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronMike Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 (edited) They are in development, and we hope to complete them soon. Please understand that these "cherry on top", or extra items of the initial list of features to be included (neither early A nor IRIAF versions were part of that) are slightly lower priority for us, but we neither forgot, nor do we want to delay them any longer as absolutely necessary. Edited January 26, 2022 by IronMike 14 3 Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger22 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 3 hours ago, IronMike said: They are in development, and we hope to complete them soon. Please understand that these "cherry on top", or extra items of the initial list of features to be included (neither early A nor IRIAF versions were part of that) are slightly lower priority for us, but we neither forgot, nor do we want to delay them any longer as absolutely necessary. Wasn't the AN/ALR-45/50 always meant to come with the F-14A? Seems somewhat strange to hear this is a cherry on top when the first sign of it was teased nearly 5 years ago. I worry slightly that with the F-4/EF/A-6 all in development that the F-14 EA may creep for far longer than any EA has the right to. Considering there are still many lingering smaller items that need to be corrected with both the B and A, how long does HB consider a EA period to be? "I'm just a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronMike Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 22 minutes ago, Gunslinger22 said: Wasn't the AN/ALR-45/50 always meant to come with the F-14A? Seems somewhat strange to hear this is a cherry on top when the first sign of it was teased nearly 5 years ago. I worry slightly that with the F-4/EF/A-6 all in development that the F-14 EA may creep for far longer than any EA has the right to. Considering there are still many lingering smaller items that need to be corrected with both the B and A, how long does HB consider a EA period to be? Until it is finished, quite frankly. If anything the F-4 rather furthers the development of older systems and does not bare impact on their delay. All these modules have been under development since early 2021 - so nothing changed with the announcement, and won't. The matter of fact on the F-14 simply remains, as I said many times: a lot of extra content requires a lot of extra time, is all. 1 1 Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger22 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 3 hours ago, IronMike said: Until it is finished, quite frankly. If anything the F-4 rather furthers the development of older systems and does not bare impact on their delay. All these modules have been under development since early 2021 - so nothing changed with the announcement, and won't. The matter of fact on the F-14 simply remains, as I said many times: a lot of extra content requires a lot of extra time, is all. Cheers for the reply mate! Though it still doesn't answer my question on the ALR-45, does HB still consider it apart of the core F-14 package or has it become a "Cherry on top" that will see less development attention as you've mentioned? "I'm just a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronMike Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 4 hours ago, Gunslinger22 said: Cheers for the reply mate! Though it still doesn't answer my question on the ALR-45, does HB still consider it apart of the core F-14 package or has it become a "Cherry on top" that will see less development attention as you've mentioned? Oh, no, my bad, ofc it is part of the package, always was, too, the above what I said I think was a mistake, although frankly I did not go through the initial list anymore - it is still a cherry on top though, considered everything else, if I may say so. The IRIAF is also part of the package, whatever we promised becomes part of it, 100%. Just that we prioritize it slightly lower (which does not mean bottom of the list btw, far from it), because the Tomcat has so many extra content features. But it is all part of the package and also part of EA exit criteria - which also means we want to get it done asap ourselves, we do not want to remain in EA forever naturally. Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sLYFa Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 screw the ALR-45, I want my oxygen quantity indicator i5-8600k @4.9Ghz, 2080ti , 32GB@2666Mhz, 512GB SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronMike Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 The ALR-45 is nearly done, btw. 4 Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvroLanc Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 7 minutes ago, sLYFa said: screw the ALR-45, I want my oxygen quantity indicator + Command Eject Indicator - ''MCO in the window'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfHound009 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Is the -95GR going to be IIRAF and USN ? Or exclusively IIRAF?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronMike Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, WolfHound009 said: Is the -95GR going to be IIRAF and USN ? Or exclusively IIRAF? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk It is going to be primarly USN - the IRIAF is the real cherry on top, which will basically be a 95GR with Iranian skins and certain features and weapons disabled/limited - but that will be it. 4 1 Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfHound009 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 It is going to be primarly USN - the IRIAF is the real cherry on top, which will basically be a 95GR with Iranian skins and certain features and weapons disabled/limited - but that will be it.Cool So like the F-14A -135GR And F-14B is like the cake. The USN -95GR is the icing and the IIRAF -95GR is the cherry. The Forrestal is the plate.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronMike Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 7 minutes ago, WolfHound009 said: Cool So like the F-14A -135GR And F-14B is like the cake. The USN -95GR is the icing and the IIRAF -95GR is the cherry. The Forrestal is the plate. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Haha, yeah, one could put it like that. Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronMike Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 On 1/27/2022 at 12:24 PM, IronMike said: It is going to be primarly USN - the IRIAF is the real cherry on top, which will basically be a 95GR with Iranian skins and certain features and weapons disabled/limited - but that will be it. My apologies, everyone - the primary ealry A USN variant will ofc be the 135GR early, while the 95GR will primarily serve as the IRIAF version - the above was a brain fart of mine. However, we will see if we will make the 95GR available for the US as well, or not - no promise for now though. Apologies again. 10 Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarthogOsl Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Does the 95GR still have automatic maneuvering flaps like the 135? I know the 95 got automatic deployment of the slats, but I've never been clear about whether that included the flaps as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quid Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 4 hours ago, WarthogOsl said: Does the 95GR still have automatic maneuvering flaps like the 135? I know the 95 got automatic deployment of the slats, but I've never been clear about whether that included the flaps as well? Auto maneuver flaps and slats were introduced in Block 90, so the 95 should have them. 3 Rig: i9 10900KF @5.3GHz | 64GB G.Skill DDR4 3600MHz | ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 3090 24GB OC | ASUS Maximus XII Formula | 2x 2TB Intel SSD6 NVMe M.2 | VKB F-14CG on Gunfighter III Base | TM Warthog HOTAS | TM Rudder Pedals | HP Reverb G2 Hangar: FC3 | F-86F | F-4E [Pre-Ordered] | F-5E | F-14A/B | F-15E | F-16C | F/A-18C | Mirage 2000C | JF-17 | MiG-15bis | MiG-19P | MiG-21bis | AJS-37 | AV-8B | L39 | C-101 | A-10C/CII | Yak-52 | P-51D | P-47D | Fw 190 A-8/D-9 | Bf 109 | Spitfire | I-16 | UH-1 Huey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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