F-14 Tomcat

[KJ_Lesnick]

My VFX-WHIF concept based on Robert Beechy's Fixed-Wing VFX



I drew over his drawing to illustrate the design features I was going for, the nose was not lengthened as I had proposed and I did not modify the canopy to the best of my knowledge


KJL

[Shasper]

LERXs? Not bad . . . I had a similar idea for an upgraded D model

[gofy]

What about the Tomcat as a modular aircraft (i.e. swing wings or conventional, engines, single/ two seat)??

Also, what about a Vietnam 'Cat?

[dragon]

What about the Tomcat as a modular aircraft (i.e. swing wings or conventional, engines, single/ two seat)??

Also, what about a Vietnam 'Cat?

That would make it "Real World".  F-14 equipped VF-1 and VF-2 were on board USS Enterprise and cruising off Vietnam's coast near the end of the conflict.  No bandits were encountered however.

Now is the "What-If?" portion about the F-14 entering service much earlier?

[Taiidantomcat]

What about the Tomcat as a modular aircraft (i.e. swing wings or conventional, engines, single/ two seat)??

Also, what about a Vietnam 'Cat?

Bunch of stuff here:

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,24956.0.html

 

[Hobbes]

The scanning range of the AWG-9 was so great that, if used as a AWACs aircraft, the aircraft would not need any modification. Iran used it's Cats in this manner during the Iran-Iraq war.

Sure, the AWG-9 has good range, but an AWACS needs to scan the entire sky at short intervals (an E-3 does a scan every 10 seconds). The AWG-9 can only scan a sector in front of the aircraft. That may be enough in some cases (e.g. the Iran-Iraq war).

[gofy]

By "Vietnam cat" I meant an earlier service entry, as well as seeing combat with MiGs.

[Burncycle]

An AESA radar with an aperture that large would be impressive!

[ChernayaAkula]

Some goodness of armament trials and mock-ups for the Tomcat found over on ARC.

ACIMD (proposed AIM-54 replacement)



AGM-84 Harpoon (with Mk 84 in the tunnel)





Dual AIM-9 Sidewinder





AM-88 HARM



Rockeye



Mk 82



Dual AIM-120 AMRAAM



And the pièce de résistance, the AGM-53A Condor

[lenny100]

love those photos just about to do a bombcat so i will try some of those loadouts

[anthonyp]

That dual AIM-120 load gives me ideas (coupled, maybe, with the dual AIM-9, would need to check clearances).

[Burncycle]

That's really cool... looking at the dual sidewinder mount, what about a sidewinder and an AMRAAM instead of the second sidewinder, allowing you to carry two of each and keep your main hardpoint open for bombs, fuel, or a long ranged AAM.

[rickshaw]

Whats the blue practice round on the bottom of the pylon with twin sidewinders?

[Iranian F-14A]

That would be the AN/ALQ-167 ECM pod.I've seen pics of TARPS birds during Desert Storm carrying them on the forward Phoenix pallets.

[Jschmus]

That would be the AN/ALQ-167 ECM pod.I've seen pics of TARPS birds during Desert Storm carrying them on the forward Phoenix pallets.

As seen here: