TW F-14A Persian Tomcat nosegear mod

[+Crusader]

The TW F-14A_Iran has the compressed nosegear strut, used by USN for carrier catapult takeoffs.

Just doesnt look right for a land-based F-14...

 

I changed the default values for Spring and Damping factors , that tweak will raise the nose-down angle by ~ 2.4°

 

 

// Landing Gears ---------------------------------------------------------

[NoseGear]
...
SpringFactor=7.0
DampingFactor=5.0

...

[+Coupi]

Super! Very good Crusader. Many thanks!!!

[+Kulbit80]

Thanks Crusader! Works fine on all TW Tomcats. Now it looks real on the ground.

[+Crusader]

Collecting several small mods of the TW F-14A Tomcat

 

[+Crusader]

Here is the latest: F-14A_Iran.zip

Re-colored lights for the ACM panel and the radio channel indicator texture, all changed from amber to red.

To use the textures with the SF2NA F-14A and F-14A_77, remove "_Iran" from the file names.

Move or copy the files into the respective cockpit folder(s)

[UllyB]

very nice!

[CowboyTodd41]

Would it be possible to use this same method to change the nose gear strut on the Phantom so that it is fully extended for carrier launches?

[+Crusader]

Ive never tried it with the F-4, but with the F-5E. The easy way (modifying spring factors etc.) did not work with this model.,

I experimented with modified on-ground angles and special flap setups ... cant remember if I got it working to how

I wanted it to work.