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F-14A Superpit description of
functionality |
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Instruments
and lights in blue:
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1.
AoA indexer light |
15.
Vertical speed indicator |
29.
Exhaust Nozzle position indicators |
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2.
Left engine stall warning light |
16.
Airspeed knots/Mach indicator |
30.
OIL pressure indicators |
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3.
WHEELS, landing gear failure light |
17.
Radar Altitude indicator |
31.
Hydraulic pressure indicator |
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4.
Autopilot enabled light |
18.
Altitude indicator |
32.
RPM indicator L and R |
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5.
Nose Wheel Steering enabled light |
19.
Left engine fire warning light |
33.
Turbine Inlet Temp indicator L and R |
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6. Heads
Up Display |
20.
Right engine fire warning light |
34.
Engine
Fuel Flow indicator L
and R |
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7.
Right engine stall warning light |
21.
VDI |
35.
Range/HDG digits |
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8.
SAM launch warning light |
22.
Backup ADI |
36.
Course digits |
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9.
RWR activity light |
23.
Acceleration and G units indicator |
37.
Digital HSI |
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10.
Analog Compass |
24.
Backup HSI |
38.
Fuel indicator |
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11.
Angle of Attack indicator |
25.
UHF radio |
39.
Liquid Oxygen quantity indicator |
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12.
LOCK indicator light |
26.
Flaps position indicator |
40.
Clock |
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13.
SHOOT indicator light |
27.
Landing gear status indicators |
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14.
Swing wing degrees indicator |
28.
Airbrake position indicator |
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switches in green:
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1.
Gun rate |
12.
HUD auto/day/night |
23.
Browsable checklists |
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2.
Missile preparation |
13.
Emergency Jettison button |
24.
AA selection |
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3.
Master Arm switch |
14.
Landing gear control handle |
25.
AG selection |
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4.
Master Caution |
15.
Parking break control handle |
26.
All Weather Landing/ILS |
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5.
Missile mode boresight |
16.
Emergency gear down (spot*) |
27.
VDI mode |
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6.
Fuel Shut off left |
17.
Alt gear reset switch |
28.
RF switch |
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7.
Fuel shut off right |
18.
Fuel feed switch |
29.
VDI power ON switch |
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8.
' Touchscreen ' MFD buttons |
19.
Fuel/Wing first switch |
30.
HUD power ON switch |
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9.
HUD brightness |
20.
Range/HDG turning knob |
31.
HSD/EMCD power switch |
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10.
VDI brightness up |
21.
Course turning knob |
32.
HSD/EMCD power switch |
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11.
VDI brightness down |
22.
HOOK control handle |
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*
means location but no visual switch |
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Pan
down for TACAN checklists for Korea,
Balkans and ODS |
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Instruments
and lights in blue:
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1.
Landing gear status indicators |
4.
Hydraulic pressure indicator |
7.
Engine
Fuel Flow indicator L
and R |
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2.
Airbrake position indicator |
5.
RPM indicator L and R |
8.
Kneeboard/Kneemap |
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3.
OIL pressure indicators |
6.
Turbine Inlet Temp indicator L and R |
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Switches
in green:
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1. Emergency stores Jettison button |
6.
Fuel/Wing first switch |
11.
Kneeboard Steerpoint info selection |
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2.
Landing gear control handle |
7.
Fuel quantity selector |
12.
Kneeboard Briefing info selection |
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3.
Parking brakes pull handle |
8.
Refuel probe Extend switch |
13.
Kneeboard map selection |
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4.
Emergency down landing gear (spot* ) |
9.
Inlet ramps switches |
14.
Emergency seat ejection handle |
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5.
Fuel feed switch |
10.
Flaps control handle |
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means location but no visual switch |
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Switches in green:
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1.
HOOK control handle |
6.
RF silent switch |
11.
Canopy open control |
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2.
Air to Air selector |
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VDI power switch |
12.
Browsable checklists* |
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3.
Air to Ground selector |
8.
HUD power switch |
13.
Emergency ejection handle |
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4.
All Weather Landing (ILS) |
9.
HSD/EMCD power switch |
14.
Seat LOCK/ARM control |
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5.
VDI mode switch |
10.
Steer Command ILS/NAV |
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Use left and rightclick to browse |
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Instruments
and lights in blue:
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1.
Fuel control panel |
2.
Caution advisory panel |
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Switches
in green:
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1. Radar
Warning Receiver volume threats |
7.
Automatic Flight Control System |
12.
TACAN channel selection (push #) |
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2. Radar
Warning Receiver volume missiles |
8.
Air Start switch |
13.
TACAN channel band selection, X / Y |
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3. UHF-2
radio volume control (Comms 2) |
9.
L and R Engine Crank switch |
14.
TACAN Function selector |
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4.
Autopilot Altitude switch |
10. Inlet
Ramps switches |
15.
UHF radio channel selector |
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5.
Autopilot Heading switch |
11.
Flaps position handle |
16.
UHF radio volume control (Comms 1) |
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6.
Autopilot Engage switch |
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Switches
in green:
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1.
Canopy open/close |
5.
Instruments lights brightness |
10.
Master test selection switch |
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2.
AN / ARA 63 decoder panel power switch |
6.
Wing position lights |
11.
Video recording control switch |
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3.
Taxi lights switch external |
7.
Tail position lights |
12.
Master Generator switches |
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4.
White Flood light switch internal |
8.
Position lights flasher switch |
13.
Air Source selection buttons |
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9.
Anti collission lights switch |
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Instruments
and lights in blue:
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1.
GO / NO GO lights |
2.
Caution advisory panel |
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| Functionality description
in HTML on this website |
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| Functionality description
in Word (printable) |
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| Functionality description
in PDF (Printable) |
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| splashscreens |
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| General info F-14A
Tomcat in Word (Printable) |
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| Rampstart checklist
in Word (Printable) |
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| Rampstart checklist
in PDF (Printable) |
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F-14A
Tomcat Superpit features:
features: |
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- 2D and 3D
cockpit |
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The add-on has a complete and matching 2D and 3D cockpit, only from the pilot's position.
In an F-14A the RIO can not fly the plane. |
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Note
that the 3D cockpit's functionality is very limited at this moment but
that can change. |
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The Normal and wideview cockpit is not available, in the F-14A
Superpit was chosen for an 'in between' cockpit, not wide not close up
but with maximum visibility and panel image quality. |
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- Canopy
reflections |
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The cockpit
canopy has its own reflections set, matching the external skins of the
aircraft and interior |
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Nightlighting |
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- Big advantage is
the
ability to switch in the cockpit between day and night ready cockpit
with various interior lighting options. |
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For flying at night, push keys Shift-2 for enabling the backlit panels |
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For flying at night, you can use separately backlit panels,
instruments lights, NVG green or a combination of these |
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The Falcon/Red Viper install allows dimmable instruments lights and also
dimmable floodlight |
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- Tacan/maps |
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-Clicking down
or keycombination Shift-1 shows the tactical and reference view
with Tacan/Airbase information and maps. Panning
sideways shows other theaters' reference guides like Desert Storm and
Balkans |
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- Extra
pictures option |
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- There are 2
empty graphics which you can use for your own pictures/data in the
cockpit, panning sideways from the tactical and reference view wil show
these. These can be used for information about additional theaters for
example. |
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You can find
these images in Microprose/Falcon4/art/ckptart/F-14A or 1983 dirs,
depending on your install type. They are called n_16_12_wide.gif and
n_16_12_e.gif |
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- Tactical and
reference view |
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-Clicking down
from the default 2D pit position or keycombination Shift-1 shows the
tactical and reference view with extra and typical F-16 functions.
Clicking further down pans to the nightlit cockpit. Panning up from this view shows
the normal daytime cockpit. Panning
sideways shows other theaters' reference guides like Desert Storm and
Balkans |
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Display
(Vertical Display Indicator) |
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The VDI display is made clickable in a 'touchscreen' mode, meaning you can
operate the display by pressing the area that is showing. |
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Kneeboard
on the right side |
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The right leg has a complete browsable rampstart checklist, a Carrier
Landing Pattern checklist, a refueling checklist, an SAM/AAA threat list and
an option to put your own picture in there, see 16_tmplt.gif in your
cockpit dir. Browsing is done by left and
right clicking. |
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Rampstart |
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A full rampstart is possible, checklists available on your right knee in the sim.
The rampstart sequence is modelled to match the real F-14A rampstart as
much as possible. |
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Textures |
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Included
in the add-on are 2 different texture skinsets for the exterior plane. VF-32
Swordsmen and VF-41 Black Aces US Navy squadrons |
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- Tactical
Engagement |
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In Red Viper
you can set up a tactical engagement set of missions for the F-14A from
the carrier in the default theater, it will use the VF-32 Swordsmen sqn. |
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- Campaign |
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In Red Viper
you can fly a full campaign in the Korea2005 theater, where the campaign
plays in 1983. This will use the VF-41 Black Aces sqn launched form the
carrier. |
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Credits for
this add-on: |
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- Homercide for the excellent installers and all his help in general. |
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- Daws for the 3D
swing wings in the 2D cockpit and his assistance with the 3D cockpit
conversion to Falcon's format |
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- T-Rex for the
Red Viper installer. |
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- Welsh-Madman
for helping with the conversion of the 3D cockpit to Red Viper format |
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- Chris Woodul
from the
Frontiers of
Flight museum in Dallas Texas for allowing me to use his ejection
seat images |
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- My wife and
kids for allowing me to invest time in the project |
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