Will the F14BU allows pilot control radar?

[herobie]

Wondering whether pilot are able to direct control radar in the upcoming new plane, or it could still be controlled only by RIO?

[ValhallaAB]

No, unless you mean through jester AI or communication with a real person. no. The new firing cues for the pilot HUD might make it easier but I know very little of the Sparrowhawk HUD.

 

[Carl Bingo]

The F-14A/B can't, but the F-14D can. The AN/APG-71 is a truly modern radar, but for now, we can only look at the HOTAS in the front cockpit of the F-14D in the photo.

[Dragon1-1]

Hopefully now that the Iranian F-14s are officially gone, the US government will release its death grip on anything related to F-14D sooner or later. 

[ValhallaAB]

7 hours ago, Carl Bingo said:

The F-14A/B can't, but the F-14D can.

The F-14D HOTAS is visually very similar, unless the throttle has multiple inputs that force control over the radar (force pilot priority) then I don't see how controlling the AN/APG-71 from the front seat is possible. The pilot stick only changed the weapon select to mimic the stick on the F/A-18 from what I know. 

5 hours ago, Dragon1-1 said:

Hopefully now that the Iranian F-14s are officially gone.

Do we have clear sources for that? I know it's silly to state that there's even a number over two: actual Tomcat fuselages left in the entire world unless you count museums. Even if they exist they are probably so out of parts and tech that the danger of ''advanced'' documentation is gone or low but knowing some previous decisions, law and fear will hinder that hope. I was glad and sad at the same time when the drone footage got released.  

[Dragon1-1]

4 minutes ago, ValhallaAB said:

Do we have clear sources for that? 

Looks like it's not official yet, there was an announcement some time ago that they were supposed to be gone by now. It doesn't seem like it's officially retired yet.

In any case, those jets Israel took out were pretty much museum pieces, so worn out that they couldn't actually fight all that well, if at all (as seen by their utter inability to do anything about the Israeli strikes). Iran finally managed to buy Su-35s, I'm pretty sure that the Tomcats will be sent to static displays once those arrive.

[BadgerNZA]

2 hours ago, ValhallaAB said:

The F-14D HOTAS is visually very similar, unless the throttle has multiple inputs that force control over the radar (force pilot priority) then I don't see how controlling the AN/APG-71 from the front seat is possible. The pilot stick only changed the weapon select to mimic the stick on the F/A-18 from what I know. 

Do we have clear sources for that? I know it's silly to state that there's even a number over two: actual Tomcat fuselages left in the entire world unless you count museums. Even if they exist they are probably so out of parts and tech that the danger of ''advanced'' documentation is gone or low but knowing some previous decisions, law and fear will hinder that hope. I was glad and sad at the same time when the drone footage got released.  

The F-14Ds APG-71 can be controlled from the front seat, check out the Tomcast episode with "Fun" on the F-14Ds systems, the Pilot interviewer, Crunch (F-14D Pilot), clearly talks about and they both agree on being able to use the APG-71 from the front seat