Just Flight - DC Designs F-14 A/B Tomcat MSFS

This DC Designs F-14 Tomcat package for MSFS brings you highly detailed and VR-ready A and B models in a total of seven paint schemes, with front and rear cockpit positions, authentic cockpit night lighting, custom sound sets for both variants and custom-coded manoeuvring flaps, slats and intake ramps.

DC Designs are proud to announce the F-14 A/B Tomcat package for Microsoft Flight Simulator, bringing you two highly detailed MSFS models.

Fully native MSFS aircraft:

• All models have been coded with Microsoft Flight Simulator native 'Model Behaviors' animations and built to MSFS operational specifications to prevent issues with future simulator upgrades
• All custom cockpit instruments and screens are coded in HTML for native, high-performance display in MSFS
• The Tomcats make use of the new simulator's features such as effects and sounds, fully reflective glass, native aerodynamic sound structures, the new 'Modern' aerodynamics system with the ability to provoke 'departure spins', and customised visibility controls for wheel chocks, covers, tie-down chains and GPU
• The Tomcats also contain custom-built and animated effects such as afterburners
• Full compressor-stall engine modelling and coding for the F-14A TF-30 engines
• Other features include authentic cockpit night lighting with brightness controls, which includes user-operated 'slime lights' for combat operations, and custom-coded manoeuvring flaps, slats and intake ramps, all based on aircraft airspeed and angle of attack
• Numerous external animations including canopy, crew ladders, tail hook and control surfaces
• The F-14 Tomcats are fully compliant with Virtual Reality headsets
• Full custom sound sets for both the TF-30-powered F-14A Tomcat and the GE-F110-powered F-14B Tomcat

Cockpit:

• Truly 3D virtual cockpits featuring accurately modelled ejector seats, controls and detailed texturing
• All analogue instruments constructed in 3D with smooth animations
• Reflective rear-view mirrors
• 'Scratched canopy' glass effects, reflective glass, icing and rain effects
• Crew figures in the virtual cockpit are coded to disappear when you occupy their seats
• Front and rear cockpit positions included in both variants
• Fully customisable crew helmets, names, flight suit patches and even faces

Aircraft systems:

• 3D modelled dials, ADI, 'whiskey' compass and other high-detail instruments designed to emulate the appearance of the real F-14 Tomcat
• Display screens with visual layouts based on the real aircraft's systems (within the confines of MSFS' current capability)
• Head-Up Display with authentic layout based on the real F-14A
• Custom-coded, user-controlled ordnance via the simulator Payload Manager, allowing for live mounting of weapons on hardpoints with active weight increase
• F-14 Tomcat systems include Direct Lift Control, CADC and basic ACLS
• The aircraft are compatible with the Hard Deck Simulations Aircraft Carrier Module

Paint schemes + Paint Kit:
F-14A

• VF-1 Wolfpack
• VF-41 Black Aces
• VF-84 Jolly Rogers
• VF-142 Ghostriders

F-14B

• VF-143 Pukin' Dogs
• VF-32 Swordsmen
• VF-213 Black Lions

Manual
A full operations manual is included in the software and you can also download it here.

DC Designs' F-14 Tomcat is designed to provide a top-quality aircraft that is extremely detailed, yet less demanding to fly than today’s most complex procedural simulators. Equipped with all required avionics, and with custom-coded animations and systems, the DC Designs F-14 Tomcat is designed to be accessible to all users without the need for intense study.

• Microsoft Flight Simulator (Version 2020 Standard)
• Operating System: Windows 10    
• Processor: Intel i5-4460 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (Intel i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X recommended)
• RAM: 8 GB (16 GB recommended)
• Graphics card: nVidia GTX 770 / AMD Radeon RX 570 (nVidia GTX 970 / AMD Radeon RX 590 recommended)
• 1.6 GB hard drive space
• Sound: Sound card, speakers or headset
• Peripherals: Keyboard and mouse or compatible game controller (Xbox One Controller for Windows)

Note: Ensure you set the Flight Model option to 'MODERN' in the MSFS Options (OPTIONS > GENERAL > FLIGHT MODEL).

Version 1.1.2:

• Re-built cockpit layout based on actual F-14 NATOPS for higher accuracy throughout
• Fixed cockpit interior lighting always on at flight start bug
• Revised emissive code for warning lamps
• Corrected weathering on several liveries
• Added VF-33 "Starfighters" and VF-114 "Aardvarks" liveries to F-14A

Version 1.1.1:

• Fixed no-drag issue with F-14A Spoiler
• Added improved interior and exterior lighting
• Added ambient sounds when canopy is open
• Corrected wheel chocks position
• Linear animation for wheel rotations

Version 1.1.0:

• Fixed bug with F-14A glove vane animation code
• Fixed bug with inner flap animation code

Version 1.0.9:

• Wing-sweep now visible in multiplayer to 10 kilometres
• Crew visibility fixed, now attached to Navigation Lights
• F-14A compressor-stall code corrected

Version 1.0.8:

• Free addition of F-14D Tomcat with five liveries
• Improved LOD model arrangement
• Tinted windscreen added to F-14A/B for improved HUD visibility in bright sunlight
• Addition of further liveries for A and B models
• Code improvements and fixes

Version 1.0.7:

• Revised elevator trim limits.
• Revised pitch authority vs mach.
• Improved handling at high airspeed.
• Revised lift vs flaps values since CFD
• A little surprise in the PFD...
• MFD, revised ranges
• Revised Cockpit Panel/Cabin Lighting knobs functionality not working as intended.
• Formation Lights now works as Recognition Lights, so should be working in Multiplayer
• Remodeled and re-textured canopy frame and glareshield for higher realism
• Moved stock cockpit camera for greater instrument visibility and landing view
• Added virtual cockpit collision mesh for virtual reality cursor
• Added cockpit collision mesh for camera movement within canopy bounds
• Added new internal crew models for higher realism and detail
• Improved F-14B exhaust nozzle animation code

Version 1.0.6:

• IAS indicator fixed
• Computational Fluid Dynamics added
• Windscreen tint added for HUD data visibility in bright skies

Version 1.0.5:

• Fuel tanks visibility fixed
• New afterburner effects
• Avionics improvements
• Thumbnails revised for SU11
• Rudder INOP bug from cold and dark fixed