Thunder Chicken22 Posted June 13, 2024 Posted June 13, 2024 Introducing the F-23A mod by ThunderStruck simulations! Currently WIP and expecting to release sometime in 2024. Please note that this is NOT the YF-23 which was the PAV during the demonstration and validation phase of the ATF program. This is one of the proposed production versions, DP231, for the P&W F119 engine. Based on the unclassified General Arrangement plans. 6 2
Nebula_Creates Posted June 13, 2024 Posted June 13, 2024 14 minutes ago, Thunder Chicken22 said: Introducing the F-23A mod by ThunderStruck simulations! Currently WIP and expecting to release sometime in 2024. Please note that this is NOT the YF-23 which was the PAV during the demonstration and validation phase of the ATF program. This is one of the proposed production versions, DP231, for the P&W F119 engine. Based on the unclassified General Arrangement plans. Oh cool! Can we get some shots of the cockpit? 1
Thunder Chicken22 Posted June 13, 2024 Author Posted June 13, 2024 Sure! Fully clickable cockpit based on our best interpretation of the GA plans and official artwork from the time. 5 2
Nebula_Creates Posted June 13, 2024 Posted June 13, 2024 That... might be the highest quality clickable cockpit I've seen from a mod. Nice!
Stratos Posted June 14, 2024 Posted June 14, 2024 The F-23 looks magnificient! good job! I don't understand anything in russian except Davai Davai!
sebfoo Posted June 14, 2024 Posted June 14, 2024 is there like a discord we can join it see the progress or has the mod released yet
Thunder Chicken22 Posted June 14, 2024 Author Posted June 14, 2024 Just got it up: https://discord.gg/Areu495MXr 1 1
Thunder Chicken22 Posted June 21, 2024 Author Posted June 21, 2024 Another quick update video! A quick look at flap scheduling in action: 6 1
CarbonFox Posted June 22, 2024 Posted June 22, 2024 Looking forward to this. Question. Will it have the extra weapons bay from one of the proposal concepts? F/A-18C; A-10C; F-14B; Mirage 2000C; A-4E; F-16C; Flaming Cliffs 3
Thunder Chicken22 Posted June 22, 2024 Author Posted June 22, 2024 Yes! This is the F-23A DP231 which is the P&W F119 variant. This was featured in General Arrangement plans that are publicly available. This wasn't the final submission as it was dated December 5th 1990 and the final submission was December 31st and has not been released to my knowledge. This is about as close as we can get. You can see the both weapons bays at 22 seconds in on the Flap Scheduling video above. 1 2
Thunder Chicken22 Posted March 20 Author Posted March 20 Check out Growling Sidewinder taking on the Raptor in the F-23! Note: The build featured here is the F-15C FM and is not representative of what the final FM will be. 4
Thunder Chicken22 Posted April 12 Author Posted April 12 On 4/5/2025 at 7:36 PM, pierre0000 said: Amazing! Do you have a release date? We are shooting for sometime this summer for the initial release. I am hoping in 2-3 months but we are a small team. Good news is that we are making quite a bit of progress currently. 7 2
Uxi Posted July 9 Posted July 9 My favorite! Only thing I don't like better from the YF-23 was the off centered refueling. Any updates? Specs & Wishlist: Core i9 9900k 5.0Ghz, Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero, 64GB G.Skill Trident 3600, Asus RoG Strix 3090 OC, 2TB x Samsung Evo 970 M.2 boot. Samsung Evo 860 storage, Coolermaster H500M, ML360R AIO HP Reverb G2, Samsung Odyssey+ WMR; VKB Gunfighter 2, MCG Pro; Virpil T-50CM v3; Slaw RX Viper v2
checksixx Posted July 18 Posted July 18 On 7/8/2025 at 10:47 PM, Uxi said: My favorite! Only thing I don't like better from the YF-23 was the off centered refueling. Any updates? Off centered refueling? What do you mean??
G.J.S Posted Tuesday at 08:53 PM Posted Tuesday at 08:53 PM On 7/18/2025 at 1:10 PM, checksixx said: Off centered refueling? What do you mean?? F-22 has a central receptacle, whereas the -23 s on the port upper side above the intake. 1 - - - The only real mystery in life is just why kamikaze pilots wore helmets? - - -
checksixx Posted yesterday at 05:38 PM Posted yesterday at 05:38 PM On 8/5/2025 at 4:53 PM, G.J.S said: F-22 has a central receptacle, whereas the -23 s on the port upper side above the intake. Nope...the 23's is centered, behind the cockpit. Knowing what you're speaking about is important, that's how you can help prevent spreading misinformation.
Geschirre Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago Looks pretty off center over the port upper side intake to me... Quote Knowing what you're speaking about is important, that's how you can help prevent spreading misinformation. 1 "A plan is a list of things that wont happen"
Ithronwise Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago (edited) 3 hours ago, Geschirre said: Looks pretty off center over the port upper side intake to me... The prototype has the refueling hatch on its back behind the cockpit. Edited 5 hours ago by Ithronwise 1 ASUS ROG Strix B450-F Gaming, AMD Ryzen 5800X, 64 GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3000, ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT, Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe 250 GB (OS), Corsair MP600 PRO LPX M.2 NVMe 2 TB (DCS World), Gigabyte G27QC Gaming Monitor, DelanClip Gamer, WINWING F-16EX Metal Flightstick with Orion2 Joystick Base, WINWING F-15EX II Metal Throttle with Orion2 Throttle Base, WINWING PTO 2 Take Off Panel, VIRPIL Controls Ace Flight Pedals, Buddy-Fox A-10C UFC, Thrustmaster MFD Cougar Pack, Windows 10 Pro
Geschirre Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago Agreed the YF-23 has the refueling receptacle centered. I think the name of this topic is... Quote F-23A mod by ThunderStruck Simulations I guess the creator of the MOD decided to add some refueling markings on the port side for no reason. "A plan is a list of things that wont happen"
checksixx Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 57 minutes ago, Geschirre said: Agreed the YF-23 has the refueling receptacle centered. I think the name of this topic is... I guess the creator of the MOD decided to add some refueling markings on the port side for no reason. Ah...I guess they're going for 100% non-realism. There wouldn't be enough room to refuel there. What a shame. I was aware it was the F-23 topic, just thought they were going for realism. That really looks clownish...BTW, the plans for the production aircraft keep it where it was on the YF.
Geschirre Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago (edited) Wow! I guess the guy who has devoted over a year to this project to provide us with an enjoyable MOD didn't do any research on the F-23A. Enclosed is a cropped image from a file that matches source documents of what the F-23A would look like. If you click on the link you'll be able to see plenty of detail concerning the F-23A. https://i.imgur.com/a5ytmhg.jpeg This is the book I immediately referenced in regards to F-23A schematics (pg 102), there are English captions. NORTHROP YF-23 Photo Book (Legend of the Black Widow II) Edited 1 hour ago by Geschirre Formatting "A plan is a list of things that wont happen"
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