DelRoy Posted June 15, 2023 Posted June 15, 2023 Ok, My go-to load for the Tomcat was 2XAIM54 on the glove pylons. 2XAIM9L, and 4 AIM7 on the fuselage. This doesn't seem to be available anymore since the latest stable update. Seems the same for the A & B versions? Is this intentional or is something broken?
Naquaii Posted June 15, 2023 Posted June 15, 2023 Intentional change, the loadout you're describing is not realistic for an F-14A or F-14B as without the forward pallets on the fuselage you have no coolant for the AIM-54. 5
Spurts Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 Oh, I always thought the glove pylons had their own source.
Quid Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 43 minutes ago, Spurts said: Oh, I always thought the glove pylons had their own source. Think that became a thing with the Sealed round and I've definitely seen it on a VF-2 F-14D once, but I don't recall it being a standard configuration and have never seen photo evidence on an A or B, so Naquaii's probably spot on for the Tomcats we have in DCS. 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
Naquaii Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 9 hours ago, Spurts said: Oh, I always thought the glove pylons had their own source. The coolant for the gloves was actually routed from the fuselage pallets to the gloves. Have had SMEs saying it was a pain to flush those lines. 9 hours ago, Quid said: Think that became a thing with the Sealed round and I've definitely seen it on a VF-2 F-14D once, but I don't recall it being a standard configuration and have never seen photo evidence on an A or B, so Naquaii's probably spot on for the Tomcats we have in DCS. Afaik the F-14D didn't have a liquid cooling system for its AIM-54 at all so it could only carry the AIM-54C+ with internal coolant. And also, afaik the F-14A and B still used the liquid coolant even for that version of the AIM-54C so the same applies for that missile on those aircraft. The only photo I've seen with AIM-54 on the gloves without pallets on the fuselage on an F-14A or B was with training or inert AIM-54. 1
Spurts Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 Awesome. I'm all for increased accuracy in simulation. 1
JupiterJoe Posted August 13, 2023 Posted August 13, 2023 Speaking of coolant, when 'fencing in', was it protocol to switch on Missile Prep whilst only carrying Sidewinders? If so, why? Intel Core i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz - 64GB RAM - Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 - Microsoft Sidewinder Force-feedback 2 - Virpil Mongoose CM-3 Throttle
Naquaii Posted August 13, 2023 Posted August 13, 2023 32 minutes ago, JupiterJoe said: Speaking of coolant, when 'fencing in', was it protocol to switch on Missile Prep whilst only carrying Sidewinders? If so, why? Missile prep does nothing for AIM-9s, it's for AIM-7 and AIM-54 prep only so I don't see why it would be. 1
captain_dalan Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 On 6/16/2023 at 1:32 PM, Naquaii said: The coolant for the gloves was actually routed from the fuselage pallets to the gloves. Have had SMEs saying it was a pain to flush those lines. Afaik the F-14D didn't have a liquid cooling system for its AIM-54 at all so it could only carry the AIM-54C+ with internal coolant. And also, afaik the F-14A and B still used the liquid coolant even for that version of the AIM-54C so the same applies for that missile on those aircraft. The only photo I've seen with AIM-54 on the gloves without pallets on the fuselage on an F-14A or B was with training or inert AIM-54. Were C+, C ECCM and C ECCM sealed only a D thing? Modules: FC3, Mirage 2000C, Harrier AV-8B NA, F-5, AJS-37 Viggen, F-14B, F-14A, Combined Arms, F/A-18C, F-16C, MiG-19P, F-86, MiG-15, FW-190A, Spitfire Mk IX, UH-1 Huey, Su-25, P-51PD, Caucasus map, Nevada map, Persian Gulf map, Marianas map, Syria Map, Super Carrier, Sinai map, Mosquito, P-51, AH-64 Apache
Naquaii Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 3 hours ago, captain_dalan said: Were C+, C ECCM and C ECCM sealed only a D thing? I haven't seen anything that says they were but I can't say for sure. 1
captain_dalan Posted August 15, 2023 Posted August 15, 2023 7 hours ago, Naquaii said: I haven't seen anything that says they were but I can't say for sure. Ah, oki. I couldn't really find anything on the subject myself as well. Modules: FC3, Mirage 2000C, Harrier AV-8B NA, F-5, AJS-37 Viggen, F-14B, F-14A, Combined Arms, F/A-18C, F-16C, MiG-19P, F-86, MiG-15, FW-190A, Spitfire Mk IX, UH-1 Huey, Su-25, P-51PD, Caucasus map, Nevada map, Persian Gulf map, Marianas map, Syria Map, Super Carrier, Sinai map, Mosquito, P-51, AH-64 Apache
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