Interview with Dave "BIO" Baranek F-14 Part 2

[+MigBuster]

 

[mono27]

I love the Tomcat! Can't wait for the DCS module.

Nice interview.

[Caesar]

I'm glad Bio mentioned that the carriage of various weapons and tanks affects the performance of fighters.  This is something a lot of folks don't think about; you see the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds (or let's say an F-15C or F-14B or MiG-29 or Su-27/30/etc.) do demonstrations with aircraft stripped of all ordnance and assume said aircraft is going to handle like that in combat--that's not the case.  Sling some weapon pylons and the weapons themselves as well as some bags of gas to the fighter and well, it's not going to turn or push vertically like you see in a demonstration.  Hell, simply having the racks on the bird is going to affect its performance!  Thanks for sharing, MB.

[+Menrva]

2 hours ago, Caesar said:

I'm glad Bio mentioned that the carriage of various weapons and tanks affects the performance of fighters.  This is something a lot of folks don't think about; you see the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds (or let's say an F-15C or F-14B or MiG-29 or Su-27/30/etc.) do demonstrations with aircraft stripped of all ordnance and assume said aircraft is going to handle like that in combat--that's not the case.

Blame our favourite Ace Combat games for that!