known among other things as 'the widowmaker' and 'the missile with a man in it', the F-104 was an american fighter-bomber designed in the 1950s, capable of reaching Mach 2. It is, unfortunately, perhaps best known for being extremely hard to fly, which was illustrated in the German Luftwaffe, where there was a 50% mortality rate among pilots.
As is now becoming an expected feature from me, I have provided 3 historical/semihistorical loadouts in addition to the m61 cannon for those people who like realism:
---1--- air superiority -- which consists of
-5x fire-and-forget AAM
-2x drop tank
---2--- bomber -- which consists of
-7x 500lb dumb bomb
-2x fire-and-forget AAM
---3--- Close Air Support -- which consists of
-2x fire-and-forget AAM
-2x AGM
-4x rocket pods
(Please note loadout ---3--- is semihistorical; though this is a loadout used, it may not be 100% accurate to the true loadout it is based on)
this is not all of the payload configurations used or possible, so go wild!
Controls:
AG1 = parachute
AG2 = arm cannon
AG3 = arm missiles, bombs and rockets
AG4 = landing lights
AG5 = navigation lights
AG6 = detach drop tanks/wingtip ordnance
AG7 = drop wing and fuselage ordnance
AG8 + VTOL up = landing gear doors
AG8 + VTOL down = flaps and parachute expose
and my favourite feature of this aircraft?
IT ACTUALLY HAS AN ALL MOVING TAIL!!!!!
Gallery:
Specifications
Spotlights
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General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 71.1ft (21.7m)
- Length 70.9ft (21.6m)
- Height 15.8ft (4.8m)
- Empty Weight 30,041lbs (13,626kg)
- Loaded Weight 48,639lbs (22,062kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.217
- Wing Loading 35.1lbs/ft2 (171.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,387.2ft2 (128.9m2)
- Drag Points 7070
Parts
- Number of Parts 432
- Control Surfaces 2
- Performance Cost 1,928
beauty masterpiece - awesome! thnx
@Zoowarp yeah, it happened to be one of the best wing designs for super high speeds, which is why the F-104 broke so many records.
@Trijets and the wings look like someone has chopped the ends off them xD
@Zoowarp hah true, it is just a sausage with wings and goes super fast
@Trijets I mean I just picked it because it was shiny and looked easier than one of the other planes I was trying to make xD
BWAHAHAHA!
Everyone is going to make a starfighter now because of the new war thunder update
@SnoWFLakE0s tried that...?
@xXMrCoolDudeXx tbf it doesn't look like it should fly
@Zoowarp my bad I wasn't thinking about speed and it it was real
@SnoWFLakE0s oh I just realised the problem... I use iOS! Sadly I’ll have to stick to the G meters hahaha
@SnoWFLakE0s I think I didn’t explain my problem well but I’m not too good at these things anyway. I can click the settings title five times to enable dev console but I don’t really know how to interact with it any further. It’s probably different for PC than for mobile. Do you know how to open something to input that command for mobile because I can’t seem to find that info anywhere
@Mustang51 @Zoowarp
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Open the console, copy and paste the aforementioned text.
@Mustang51 aha same
@SnoWFLakE0s I think I understand what you mean now. Do you know how to add that on mobile? I can open console commands but I don’t know how to put that specific command in
@Mustang51 I think it displays g at that time, but i cant get it to work
@SnoWFLakE0s I cant find it? i just get expressionsDebug as inva;lid
@SnoWFLakE0s does that just limit the g load the aircraft is able to take? Like what can be done with a fly-by-wire system
@Mustang51 @Mustang51
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Just a thing to add- no need for G-meters: the console command
DebugExpression VerticalGgives exactly what you need with incredible accuracy.@Mustang51 tahkns
@Zoowarp no problem! I’ll tag you in it
@Mustang51 um yeh I can't find an accurate g meter can you post one unlisted for me please??? Sorry 😂
@Warhammer55 AHHAHAHAHAHAHA
sorry xD
Oh and also quick little trick of mine: make it shiny and people love it, hence why I'm doing a Cuban mig 15 and an Indian mig 21 (oops leaks xD)
@xXMrCoolDudeXx um it was a real plane so it did fly, probably because it was very fast.
However it had a hilariously high landing speed because of the short wings
Dang dude sweet, gotta one up me like that lol.