What is this?

[Wiggo]

What is this wire thingamob over my wpn buttons? (gun speed, msl prep + sidewinder cooling buttons..) Havent seen it before, though before have only trialed f-14 -  about 6 months ago. I dont see that in youtube videos? What is it? When i reload there is first metal black plate half over those buttons, and the reset the mission there is that wire etc etc. Is it just upgraded cockpit outlook, or what? As I said I´m noob to f-14 so dont have any clue about anything.

 

 

 

 

 

[MAXsenna]

What is this wire thingamob over my wpn buttons? (gun speed, msl prep + sidewinder cooling buttons..) Havent seen it before, though before have only trialed f-14 -  about 6 months ago. I dont see that in youtube videos? What is it? When i reload there is first metal black plate half over those buttons, and the reset the mission there is that wire etc etc. Is it just upgraded cockpit outlook, or what? As I said I´m noob to f-14 so dont have any clue about anything.
 
 
 
 
 

It's random and part of the immersive cockpit Heatblur came up with.

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[Wiggo]

2 minutes ago, MAXsenna said:

It's random and part of the immersive cockpit Heatblur came up with.

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Ok. Was confused, when there first was metal plate that hadnt seen (and didnt find) in any vids etc. I knew it was ment to be there ofc. Was jus hilarious when hadnt seen that ever before. Looks cool though.

[Mud]

21 minutes ago, Wiggo said:

Ok. Was confused, when there first was metal plate that hadnt seen (and didnt find) in any vids etc. I knew it was ment to be there ofc. Was jus hilarious when hadnt seen that ever before. Looks cool though.

Some more info here also:

 

[bonesvf103]

There is another one you'll see eventually where there is Scotch tape over the GUN RATE/SW COOL/MSL PREP buttons.

Heatblur was just simulating for more realism some Tomcats that may have had some "fixes" made to it by the ground crew after years of wear and tear.  These were actually on a few Tomcats, all custom fixes, in real life.  It's cool and funny but some of us miss the "clean" version too.

v6,

boNes

[MAXsenna]

I thought I had gotten amnesia and couldn't remember when and which cockpit mod I had downloaded.
It's very cool!

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[Wiggo]

On 9/25/2023 at 3:02 PM, Mud said:

Some more info here also:

 

Yup. Thats the plate I ment  But yeah. Just was confused as cockpit changed while playing same mission, 3 times  (after reseting/restarting the mission ofc..) My first thought was that i  have put somekind of ground crew thingamob on ;D "chief, put coverplate on". What the heck is that plate IRL BTW? That other wire-thing version skin is somekind of paperholder? (or supposed to look like one to be more presice)

Edited September 26, 2023 by Wiggo

[av8orDave]

25 minutes ago, Wiggo said:

Yup. Thats the plate I ment  But yeah. Just was confused as cockpit changed while playing same mission, 3 times  (after reseting/restarting the mission ofc..) My first thought was that i  have put somekind of ground crew thingamob on ;D "chief, put coverplate on". What the heck is that plate IRL BTW? That other wire-thing version skin is somekind of paperholder? (or supposed to look like one to be more presice)

 

The wire you're seeing is aviation safety wire; it's used by aircraft mechanics for everything that you can imagine. 

In this case, both the plate you're seeing and the safety-wire version is being used to hold the buttons in place. Apparently it was super common for the gun rate, sw cool, and msl prep buttons to come loose. The plate or safety wire were improvised field fixes to hold them in place.

[Wiggo]

On 9/26/2023 at 4:27 PM, davidrbarnette said:

The wire you're seeing is aviation safety wire; it's used by aircraft mechanics for everything that you can imagine. 

In this case, both the plate you're seeing and the safety-wire version is being used to hold the buttons in place. Apparently it was super common for the gun rate, sw cool, and msl prep buttons to come loose. The plate or safety wire were improvised field fixes to hold them in place.

Hmm interesting. I have heard sometimes, from old RIO, stories how some buttons in radar stick got stuck etc. (in hard places also.. :P) . Salt ofc does its job in ocean. In DCS i really like while trialed F-14 how the model itself is made. Even the sounds are so nice in swithes that first time I just halted /jammed to pushing all buttons.. And I really have feeling in turns that some big thing is shaking and rattling. I bet as electrician that with that vibration, was and salt etc, was pretty usual to have some connection problems in switches... (?) But yeah, I dont like flying f-14 as much as f-18 or f-16, but it was really fun. As model f-14 goes straight to the top. The feeling being in BIG plane is just somehow succeeded nicely. 

Edited October 2, 2023 by Wiggo

[Iron Sights]

The F-14 is top notch on the visuals. I wish they a slightly newer version of the cockpit that wasn’t so badly worn. Just to see what a newer Tomcat would have looked like.

[Wiggo]

On 10/2/2023 at 9:14 PM, Iron Sights said:

The F-14 is top notch on the visuals. I wish they a slightly newer version of the cockpit that wasn’t so badly worn. Just to see what a newer Tomcat would have looked like.

I bet they have been more or less beat up to max, before carrier, just for testing. But ofc it is not in that shape when drawn from package to deck first time  I like the worness of the cockpit, the model itself is VERY nice, pretty much in every aspect, but yes, alternative cockpit age could be something  (and again 10gigs more of nice little texture files.. =^__^=)

[Iron Sights]

Well, I agree it looks great as well, but like the A-10 that has the newer look, if you want. I fly both in the A-10, but sometimes when I train I use the newer cockpit just to make it easier to find things.

[Uxi]

3 or 4 times in a row now on different instant action missions only seeing the wire.  Is the tape and plate gone?  Would like to have all in rotation (as well as none more often than the rest). 

[WarthogOsl]

23 hours ago, Uxi said:

3 or 4 times in a row now on different instant action missions only seeing the wire.  Is the tape and plate gone?  Would like to have all in rotation (as well as none more often than the rest). 

Saw the tape yesterday, fwiw.