Have you tried the updated F-16? Feels insanely good and eerily real 
I wonder when the tomcat update is dropping for Xbox. Can’t wait. Great shots btw. Look real 
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Whath?! Who’s Steve E?
Heatblur announced that they will bring the F-14 Tomcat we all know from DCS to the MS Flight Sim!
Now that’s a news I waited for just as the autopilot of my DC Designs F-14 left me out in the cold again.
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Mehh .. I already have the DC Designs one
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Competition is always a good thing but unless I can map every switch to my warthog and I do not think MS will allow that, I’ll stay with DC Designs.
Will DC Designs release an F14 D ??? I thought we were to get it with the update. 
Remeber!! if you buy from the marketplace, NO WEAPONS.
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From what I’m seeing, this new D variant isn’t all that great. I mean it’s pretty expensive, and the dev is unknown (to me at least, and seemingly lots of others). At that price I’d be expecting something pretty special.
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DC Designs has announced plans for the F-14D but I think that’s for a future update.
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Okay, so what’s so great about the D variant? I can’t even tell the difference between the A and B variant, other than the fact they the B has a meatier engine note.
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From this mornings flight, Tokyo to Midway Island.
“too arcadey”
Again! I think the F-14 looks awesome. For me it’s more about functioality then it is looks. What gives the F-14 an arcadey feel (IMHO) is the inability to map switchs but I think that’s more of a MSFS problem, not DC Designs.
Note: I LOVE!! the black post under the HUD. I’ve been on a tour of Europe but I do not have the airport freqs and so, that black post helps me in landing the F-14. I use it like the front post on a firearm.
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The general understanding of the 3rd-party forum rules seems to be that giving help in how to use a product seems to be okay (like explaining “landing procedures” etc.), whereas giving help for a specific technical issue (like “cannot install product”, “invalid license key” etc.) is not okay here on the forum.
At least that’s how I have perceived it here and in other product discussion threads. And I am okay with that 
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i think this is sign of things to come in 2023. we already know of two devs working on the tornado and we have 2 P-40 (ok different marks) .
why would a lesser known dev want to take Dcdesigns ? and early youtube reviews are not complimentary. i have my Tomcat and very happy with it, also deano keeps updating his project with obvious passion. if this crew want to do a swing wing 70/80s aircraft what about F-111, Mig 23 or even show mscenery how to do an A-4 to cut there coding teeth?
there are so many options starting from 1903 to make a fun aircraft, and they cant say they didnt know the sim already had a tomcat. its not like dc released theres last week.
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Posted about the variants a couple weeks ago here
The tl;dr is the B has better engines that are more reliable and provide more thrust and the D has improved avionics, multi function digital displays and other stuff not relevant to MSFS like improved sensors and such.
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How do you get the colors to look so rich and contrasty without looking oversaturated? I mean look at the blues in the sky… I can’t even see any color banding because flight simulator has color banding in the sky and oceans on most screens when flying at high altitudes.
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Just an FYI for folks that the F-14D Tomcat is indeed being added to the DC Designs F-14 Tomcats package later this year. It’s a free addition that has been underway for some time, as there are major differences in the cockpit layout from the A/B version, so it will take a while to model everything in. That’s Phase 3 of the Tomcat updates ( Phase 1 has just been released ). Phase 2 will include further model detail, more liveries and refinements before finally bringing in the “D” model once everything else is done.
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I built a new computer and put in a 4090 card. Phone photos tend to blur the pic. It looks a million times better in person. I think I was at 37K
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Great to see continued support and massive improvements to this AC long after a lot of us first bought it from you Dean. Thanks 
I fired it up following the most recent update after (admittedly) not having simed in it for quite a long time. The improvements to it now since launch are, imo, substantial and are a credit to you.
Well done Dean and thank you 
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Just had my first go in the 14b, the thing sounds fantastic all the engine startup and shut down sounds are great.
Hopefully the next update brings the graphical improvements to match the rest of it but she ain’t bad at all
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thanks deano for the info. just proves my earlier point
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