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F-14B Tomcat

150k BaconEggs  yesterday
Auto Credit Based on BaconEggs's [b]f14b

The main purpose of this build is the flight model. I spent a long time fine tuning the handling, energy/maneuvering characteristics, acceleration, top speeds, drag coefficients, and inner workings of the F-14- and I am glad to say that the flight model is actually done unlike last time. At this point, I will not add anything more to this as it is. I am okay with letting go of everything I didn't finish, I think it was unrealistic to expect myself to be persistent enough to put in the work for every single thing. Maybe once SP2 is out I may try again, hopefully with easier parts to work with, but for now I am retiring from working on this thing. I hope you enjoy flying it, it took me a very long time to get it to where it is.


The control setup is a little strange for sp, but is playable once you understand it

Control Setup Tutorial <- very important watch
Flying Characteristics <- works well enough

Ag1 - fun mode
Ag2 - nose strut kneel, was gonna be master arm
Ag3 - hook
Ag4 - ground armed spoilers
Ag5 - speedbrake
Ag6 - canopy
Ag7 - nose wheel steering
Ag8 - (genuinely not sure)


(I did say that I will stop work on this build, though it has been a few days since I wrote that- and in the coming weeks, an -A model will eventually become available)

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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor [b]f14b
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 64.5ft (19.7m)
  • Length 68.3ft (20.8m)
  • Height 20.3ft (6.2m)
  • Empty Weight 45,564lbs (20,667kg)
  • Loaded Weight 55,573lbs (25,207kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 496.464
  • Wing Loading 51.1lbs/ft2 (249.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,088.0ft2 (101.1m2)
  • Drag Points 0

Parts

  • Number of Parts 907
  • Control Surfaces 17
  • Performance Cost 4,134
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    431 oldnoble

    @BaconEggs this dude probably plays on sum low physics smh

    a minute ago
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    150k BaconEggs

    @ccc12345 never in the previous 2 years of making this did I have any issue with the connections so it must be a thing with your game/device

    3 hours ago
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    5,150 ccc12345

    @BaconEggs I hope you don't take my words the wrong way. The design you made is beautiful, but the connections weren't made properly.

    6 hours ago
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    150k BaconEggs

    @ccc12345 me too. the f14 makes me weak every time I see one

    6 hours ago
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    5,150 ccc12345

    Very weak 🤢

    7 hours ago
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    150k BaconEggs

    @F8boa nope

    8 hours ago
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    562 F8boa

    Does it have a gun?

    9 hours ago
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    damn

    17 hours ago
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    29.9k NotRob119

    @BaconEggs dam.... honestly respect for working that long. And this looks beautiful so obviously you weren't just hanging on to it lol

    20 hours ago
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    15.6k Randomplayer

    CHAT AM I DREAMING

    21 hours ago
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    150k BaconEggs

    @NotRob119 i started it 3 years ago and after about 6 months my attention was won over by pretty much everything else i was working on lol

    the project as a whole started 4 years ago with the cardboard f14... this is the 3rd build out of all of them and it ended up being my most finished one

    +1 21 hours ago
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    29.9k NotRob119

    Didn't this take you a year to build?

    21 hours ago
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    150k BaconEggs

    @SpearSystems only guesses... (within a week or two) in true me fashion i started doing the engine swap at the very last second right after i had already announced when id release this lol

    +1 23 hours ago
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    @BaconEggs is there an estimated release date for the A-model? (I can’t stop flying this masterpiece btw)

    23 hours ago
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    0 Lian07

    @phrongus :piss_jeart:

    yesterday
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    150k BaconEggs

    @SomeSPGuyWhoLikesLore could be because i have a mod that turns down the editor lighting

    +2 yesterday
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    43.4k phrongus

    @Lian07 f14 b IN MY FOIUR SANDS

    +1 yesterday
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    It's just me or the craft preview is darker than usual

    yesterday
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    Been flying it for hours, feeling like it's DCS all over again

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    562 F8boa

    Very hot gng

    yesterday
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    71.6k Mal0ne

    hot

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    0 Lian07

    THE FUNN M ODOEE !!! I LOV E MOVEING IN A LKL ONF TYH E DEOCRTIIUDCEOTIUONS INLOVE IT NMSO OMUICH !!!~~
    1111.... CARBB!!!
    THHANKD YOOFUIIR NMAMKNGI IT SIO GIOOMD AND |N FIORNMONT ONJF MMEE!!!! MINNR RISEWSEC YSE LOLVE TH)POT SEE SOO COOLL@#ENN ANND WOOYYRMMS!!!!!11!!!!!!!~!!!!!!11!!~~!!!!!!!111111!!!!!!!!1!!!!
    - GLORPING THHE FLLIUGHT
    - ABBIOSDOOULUTLY SNURGING
    - GLORT's
    - CLARTED
    :D!!11~
    CACN"NT WAII|T TO DR0UNTCH MMY SPPLEEEN !!!!!!!!111!!!~~~~

    very happy to see something with so much love, time, and effort put into it!!!! <33

    +4 yesterday
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    7,059 PlaneSpike

    yes?

    yesterday
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    85.4k MrCOPTY

    Tomkitty :3

    yesterday
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    I am assuming fun mode was whatever the heck made it spin in three pieces

    +7 yesterday