Dino Cattaneo GRUMMAN F 14D TOMCAT FSX P3D

Dino Cattaneo GRUMMAN F 14D TOMCAT FSX P3D

  April 07, 2018    kolas

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Dino Cattaneo GRUMMAN F 14D TOMCAT FSX P3D

The final variant of the F-14 was the F-14D Super Tomcat. The F-14D variant was first delivered in 1991. The original TF-30 engines were replaced with GE F110-400 engines, similar to the F-14B. The F-14D also included newer digital avionics systems including a glass cockpit and replaced the AWG-9 with the newer AN/APG-71 radar. Other systems included the Airborne Self Protection Jammer (ASPJ), Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS), SJU-17(V) Naval Aircrew Common Ejection Seats (NACES) and Infra-red search and track (IRST).

Although the F-14D was to be the definitive version of the Tomcat, not all fleet units received the D variant. In 1989, Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney refused to approve the purchase of any more F-14D model aircraft for $50 million each and pushed for a $25 million modernization of the F-14 fleet instead. Congress decided not to shut production down and funded 55 aircraft as part of a compromise. A total of 37 new aircraft were completed, and 18 F-14A models were upgraded to D-models, designated F-14D(R) for rebuild. An upgrade to the F-14Ds computer software to allow AIM-120 AMRAAM missile capability was planned but was later terminated.

While upgrades had kept the F-14 competitive with modern fighter aircraft technology, Cheney called the F-14 1960s technology. Despite an appeal from the Secretary of the Navy for at least 132 F-14Ds and some aggressive proposals from Grumman for a replacement, Cheney planned to replace the F-14 with a fighter that was not manufactured by Grumman. Cheney called the F-14 a "jobs program", and when the F-14 was canceled, an estimated 80,000 jobs of Grumman employees, subcontractors, or support personnel were affected. Starting in 2005, some F-14Ds received the ROVER III upgrade.

General characteristics

• Crew: 2 (Pilot and Radar Intercept Officer)
• Length: 62 ft 9 in (19.1 m)
• Wingspan:
  
  • Spread: 64 ft (19.55 m)
  • Swept: 38 ft (11.58 m)
• Height: 16 ft (4.88 m)
• Wing area: 565 ft� (54.5 m�)
• Airfoil: NACA 64A209.65 mod root, 64A208.91 mod tip
• Empty weight: 43,735 lb (19,838 kg)
• Loaded weight: 61,000 lb (27,700 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 74,350 lb (33,720 kg)
• Powerplant: 2 � General Electric F110-GE-400 afterburning turbofans
  • Dry thrust: 16,610 lbf (73.9 kN) each
  • Thrust with afterburner: 30,200 lbf (134 kN) each
• Maximum fuel capacity: 16,200 lb internal; 20,000 lb with 2x 267 gallon external tanks^[36]

Performance

• Maximum speed: Mach 2.34 (1,544 mph, 2,485 km/h) at high altitude
• Combat radius: 500 nmi (575 mi, 926 km)
• Ferry range: 1,600 nmi (1,840 mi, 2,960 km)
• Service ceiling: 50,000+ ft (15,200 m)
• Rate of climb: >45,000 ft/min (229 m/s)
• Wing loading: 96 lb/ft�^[164] (468.7 kg/m�)
• Thrust/weight: 0.88^[166]

Armament

• Guns: 1� 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1 Vulcan 6-barreled Gatling cannon, with 675 rounds
• Hardpoints: 10 total: 6� under-fuselage, 2� under nacelles and 2� on wing gloves^{[167][N 2]} with a capacity of 14,500 lb (6,600 kg) of ordnance and fuel tanks^[168]
• Missiles:
  
  • Air-to-air missiles: AIM-54 Phoenix, AIM-7 Sparrow, AIM-9 Sidewinder
• Loading configurations:
  • 2� AIM-9 + 6� AIM-54 (Rarely used due to weight stress on airframe)
  • 2� AIM-9 + 2� AIM-54 + 3� AIM-7 (Most common load during Cold War era)
  • 2� AIM-9 + 4� AIM-54 + 2� AIM-7
  • 2� AIM-9 + 6� AIM-7
  • 4� AIM-9 + 4� AIM-54
  • 4� AIM-9 + 4� AIM-7
• Bombs:
  
  • JDAM precision-guided munition (PGMs)
  • Paveway series of laser-guided bombs
  • Mk 80 series of unguided iron bombs
  • Mk 20 Rockeye II
• Others:
  • Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS)
  • LANTIRN targeting pod
  • 2� 267 US gal (1,010 l; 222 imp gal) drop tanks for extended range/loitering time

Avionics

• Hughes AN/APG-71 radar
• AN/ASN-130 Inertial navigation system, Infra-red search and track, TCS
• Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver (ROVER) upgrade

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