F14 tomcat by ikar

[munger 25]

No lag problem here, although the speed of the F14 could cause lag on slower PC's due to rapid terrain rendering. Also, the pbo is pretty large at nearly 15 megs. Try removing some other unofficial addons if you haven't already.

[edc 0]

Good addon.  A few suggestions:

Make the Phoenix's bigger size wise

Make the Phoenix's warhead larger

Put fewer bullets

Edit:Make a bomber version

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I just made a mission.  Two F-14s collide in an airshow and I have this huge fireball and explosion.

[NavyEEL 0]

great balls of fire! i guess that about covers the flyby's, Mav.

[munger 25]

LOL NavyEEL.  One of them should have "hit the breaks" and made the other "fly right by".

I like this addon a lot. Handling seems good. The interior is excellent (although missing the revolutionary HUD that DKM invented). Weapon loadouts are comprehensive. The AI knows what it's doing (and can land without crashing unlike some other planes I could mention). The swingwing effect is cool (and is used by the AI appropriately). The only thing I think could do with some more effort is the exterior texture, which is too white (should be more grey) and lacks detail compared to something like Colorchanger's Tornado which had loads of panel, hinge etc detail all over it. Also the missile models, which are not very well proportioned as edc mentioned. Phoenix's in particular are very large in real life.

Overall, a definite keeper. Great work and thanks for the effort Hellden team.