Bibliothèque d'appareilsGrumman F-14 Tomcat
Grumman F-14 TomcatU.S. Navy photo · Public domain · US Navy F-14D Tomcat

Grumman F-14 Tomcat

A two-seat naval fighter with variable-sweep wings and a cockpit built around pilot and radar-intercept officer roles.
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Connaître l'avion

The Tomcat was developed for the US Navy after the F-111B programme ended. Twin engines, widely spaced tails and variable-sweep wings supported fleet defence and, later, strike missions.

Pilot and radar-intercept officer divided the work between two cockpits. Engines, avionics and other systems changed between F-14 versions; the X-Plane documentation describes the model included in that simulation.

Aircraft / family

Propulsion
Twin jet↗
Configuration
Variable-sweep wing · Tandem crew↗

Grumman F-14 Tomcat · Specifications (F-14D) · real aircraft; source units retained

Length
62 ft 9 in (19.13 m)↗
Wingspan
64 ft 1.5 in (19.545 m)↗
Height
16 ft (4.9 m)↗
Wing area
565 sq ft (52.5 m² ) wings only 1,008 sq ft (94 m² ) effective area including fuselage↗
Empty weight
43,735 lb (19,838 kg)↗
Gross weight
61,000 lb (27,669 kg)↗
Max takeoff weight
74,350 lb (33,725 kg)↗
Powerplant
2 × General Electric F110 -GE-400 afterburning turbofans , 16,333 lbf (72.65 kN) thrust each dry, 26,950 lbf (119.9 kN) with afterburner↗
Maximum speed
Mach 2.34, 1,544 mph (1,342 kn; 2,485 km/h) at 40,000 ft (12,190 m) Mach 1.2, 794 kn (914 mph; 1,470 km/h) at sea level↗
Cruise speed
420 kn (480 mph, 780 km/h)↗

En savoir plus sur cet aéronef sur AirframeDB

A preserved Tomcat carries a specific service history

The National Naval Aviation Museum identifies its displayed F-14D with a combat sortie from USS Theodore Roosevelt on 8 February 2006, its 224th. The museum’s airframe history gives the preserved aircraft a connection to the final period of U.S. Navy Tomcat operations.

A demanding cockpit depends on people on the ground

Erie remembered the Tomcat as an aircraft that demanded attention to the stick and throttles, particularly during landing. Flying it also meant working closely with the radar intercept officer behind him. His affection for the aircraft included respect for the effort required from both seats, rather than treating the pilot as the whole crew.

One of his favourite maintenance memories concerned a young sailor who had just arrived after a long journey. A persistent fault had resisted previous attempts to fix it, but the newcomer offered to investigate and found a hidden connector problem. Erie’s recollection gives that practical success as much personality as the flying.

A first cockpit visit becomes a career ambition

Roustaie first encountered the Tomcat during his training years in the United States. A chance to look inside its cockpit left a strong impression: it seemed roomy and inviting, and he hoped he would eventually fly it. Returning to Iran and flying the F-4E did not displace that ambition.

When he finally reached the F-14’s front seat, the view became one of its strongest attractions. He compared it with the more restrictive feeling he remembered in the Phantom, where looking around could mean moving his helmet against the canopy. He also liked the arrangement of the controls and the cockpit environment.

A familiar cockpit still demands an alert crew

Mazandarani appreciated the Tomcat’s accessible controls and outward view, comparing the cockpit favourably with the F-5 he had flown earlier. Yet his interview also describes a moment when a familiar aircraft and airfield did not prevent a dangerous loss of awareness. The contrast is part of his own recollection of long operational nights.

Returning to Isfahan in the early morning, he saw another Tomcat in an inverted attitude near the airfield. A calm radio call prompted the other pilot to level the aircraft. Mazandarani connected the episode with fatigue and the need to keep watching what was happening around the crew. The story conveys his concern for a colleague without treating his later explanation as an independently established accident finding.

Sources publiques 11
  1. Grumman F-14 TomcatResearch background · Wikipedia revision 1374360313 · retrieved 2026-09-12
  2. Grumman F-14 POH
  3. X-Plane 12 Desktop Manual
  4. X-Plane aircraft and avionics manuals
  5. An interview with Tomcat pilot Richard Erie27 November 2022
  6. Flying and fighting in the F-14: Mostafa Roustaie27 February 2020
  7. Interview with F-14 pilot Fereydoun Mazandarani7 April 2020
  8. F-14D TomcatMuseum airframe history · retrieved September 2026
  9. ICAO Doc 8643 — aircraft type designatorsPublic search data retrieved 2026-09-14; authority update 2026-09-03
  10. F-14A/B Tomcat exact product reviewProduct listing captured 2026-09-24; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  11. F-14 TomcatProduct listing captured 2026-09-24; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue

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Grumman F-14 Tomcat

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The Tomcat was developed for the US Navy after the F-111B programme ended. Twin engines, widely spaced tails and variable-sweep wings supported fleet defence and, later, strike missions.

This starting point selects Grumman F-14 Tomcat. Its aircraft-level settings do not select a particular developer’s custom systems.

Artificial feel supplies centering around powered primary controls. Spring resistance builds with the selected airspeed response. A separate aerodynamic term adds speed-dependent control load.

Documented pitch/lateral trim shifts stick neutral; the profile’s powered-trim option represents that mechanism. Valid trim provides the configured pressure relief. Autopilot following is off.

Controls and trim

The F-14 uses powered stabilators and spoilers with artificial feel. Heatblur’s A/B reference describes pitch and lateral trim shifting stick neutral. DLC, wing sweep and automatic slats/flaps are separate functions; MSFS documentation also identifies systems omitted from that rendition.

F-14A/B TomcatF-14A/B underlying flight controls and trim; DCS differences must be excludedUser GuideIndiaFoxtEcho F-14 Tomcat Microsoft Flight Simulator The Grumman F-14 Tomcat Price $53.33 AUDGrumman F-14 POH

About the values

The gains are normalized profile settings. They describe the chosen effect balance; hand force depends on the device and its output limits. IAS references are tuning values rather than operating limits. Physical acceptance of this revision remains pending.

Master gain & control system

Master gain85%

L'échelle globale finale appliquée à tout ce que produit le modèle, avant la limite du périphérique.

Plus : tout (ressort, charges, effets) se renforce ensemble.

Moins : tout s'adoucit ensemble.

Pourquoi ici : Scales overall profile strength while preserving effect balance, subject to device and output limits.

Forces

Spring strength80%

La force de rappel de base qui ramène le manche au neutre. Toutes les autres forces s'empilent dessus. Trop faible, le manche paraît mou en vol normal ; trop forte, elle lutte contre la main et masque les signaux plus fins.

Plus : un centrage plus ferme qui résiste davantage à la main.

Moins : un manche plus mou qui ne compte que sur la charge aérodynamique.

Pourquoi ici : Artificial feel supplies centering around powered primary controls. The baseline spring is 0.8. Its low-speed blend reaches baseline strength at 90 KIAS.

F-14A/B TomcatF-14A/B underlying flight controls and trim; DCS differences must be excludedUser GuideIndiaFoxtEcho F-14 Tomcat Microsoft Flight Simulator The Grumman F-14 Tomcat Price $53.33 AUDGrumman F-14 POH
Spring deadband4%

Une petite zone neutre autour du centre où le ressort reste muet, pour que les micro-mouvements à l'arrêt ne vibrent pas. Plus large, c'est plus calme mais plus lâche ; plus étroite, plus précis mais parfois nerveux au neutre.

Plus : un centre plus calme mais plus lâche, avec plus de jeu.

Moins : un centre plus serré qui peut vibrer au repos.

Pourquoi ici : Sets travel around the centre before the baseline spring resists. Smaller values engage it sooner.

Overall aerodynamic load25%

Une échelle maîtresse sur les deux charges d'axe, appliquée avant leur équilibre individuel. Les profils la laissent en général en place et règlent les deux axes.

Plus : les deux axes chargent plus fort.

Moins : les deux axes s'allègent ensemble.

Pourquoi ici : The aerodynamic-load gain is 0.25 with an indicated-speed reference of 300 KIAS. The hydraulic-load factor of 0.35 scales that modeled term; it is a selected artificial-feel approximation.

Airspeed blendingTrue

Active la fenêtre d'engagement basse vitesse du ressort (début/plein en nœuds ci-dessus). Désactivé, le ressort est constant à toute vitesse.

Pourquoi ici : Allows baseline spring strength to rise with indicated airspeed where the control law permits it.

Low-speed spring floor55%

La part du ressort qui survit à l'arrêt, avant que la vitesse ne crée la moindre force aérodynamique. Un plancher haut garde le manche ferme au parking ; un plancher bas donne le jeu de câbles d'un avion léger au parking.

Plus : un manche plus ferme au parking et au roulage.

Moins : un manche mou au parking qui ne s'éveille qu'avec la vitesse.

Pourquoi ici : Sets low-speed spring strength as a fraction of baseline when blending is enabled. One keeps full strength.

Spring engagement start20 kt

La vitesse à laquelle le ressort quitte son plancher basse vitesse vers la pleine raideur : le début du réveil des commandes au roulage de décollage.

Pourquoi ici : Sets the IAS where the low-speed spring blend starts rising. This is a feel threshold, not a flight limit.

Spring engagement full90 kt

La vitesse où le ressort atteint sa pleine raideur. Entre le début et ce point, le centrage se raffermit avec le vent relatif.

Pourquoi ici : Sets the IAS where the low-speed blend reaches baseline strength; high-speed stiffening also uses it.

Vitesse de réglage des forces300

La vitesse indiquée où la charge aérodynamique atteint son niveau de conception. Elle ancre toute la courbe au domaine réel : un 172 charge dès 110 nœuds, un jet bien plus tard.

Plus : les charges arrivent plus tard ; le manche reste léger jusqu'à plus vite.

Moins : les charges arrivent plus tôt et la croisière pèse davantage.

Pourquoi ici : Sets the IAS reference for aerodynamic loading. It is an estimate, not published cruise TAS or a flight limit.

Centre firmness vs speed0%

Combien le centrage lui-même se raidit avec la vitesse, en plus des charges de braquage. Zéro garde un centre constant ; plus fait centrer dur en croisière et souple en tour de piste.

Plus : un centre qui durcit nettement avec la vitesse.

Moins : une sensation de centre constante à toute vitesse.

Pourquoi ici : The high-speed spring-stiffening gain is 0. No additional speed-driven stiffening is added; this does not disable independent aerodynamic loading.

Centre stiffening cap5

La limite haute du raidissement lié à la vitesse, pour que le vol très rapide ne remonte pas le ressort sans borne.

Plus : plus de raidissement total permis à haute vitesse.

Moins : le raidissement se bride plus tôt.

Pourquoi ici : Limits the squared airspeed ratio used for high-speed spring stiffening; it is not a device-force cap.

Aileron load65%

La charge de roulis soutenue issue du braquage d'ailerons et de la vitesse, équilibrée indépendamment du tangage. Avec la charge de profondeur, elle fixe l'harmonie des commandes dont parlent les essais.

Plus : des efforts de roulis plus lourds.

Moins : des ailerons plus légers, plus vifs.

Pourquoi ici : Roll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 0.65 and 0.65, respectively. They set the aerodynamic axis balance. No custom spring-travel curve is enabled.

Elevator load65%

La charge de tangage soutenue issue du braquage de profondeur et de la vitesse, équilibrée indépendamment du roulis. Le levier principal du poids en tangage d'un type. Il ne touche ni ailerons, ni ressort, ni trim, ni buffet.

Plus : des efforts de tangage soutenus plus lourds en vitesse.

Moins : une profondeur plus légère, moins musclée à tenir.

Pourquoi ici : Scales pitch aerodynamic loading; pitch spring travel and trim responses are separate settings.

Max output force55%

Un plafond par force stable de tangage ou roulis avant le périphérique : la garde contre le claquement ou la saturation du matériel en manœuvre forte.

Plus : des pics de force stable plus élevés avant écrêtage.

Moins : un plafond plus doux ; les manœuvres dures s'aplatissent plus tôt.

Pourquoi ici : Caps directed-force output. Native spring effects and device limits remain separate.

Trim

Trim relief (elevator)30%

Combien le trim de profondeur soulage l'effort tenu et déplace le point de repos du manche. À 100 %, un avion bien compensé ne demande aucune pression : le geste réel de compenser la charge.

Plus : le trim retire plus d'effort tenu ; à 100 %, plein trim l'annule.

Moins : vous continuez à tenir de l'effort même compensé.

Pourquoi ici : Documented pitch/lateral trim shifts stick neutral; the profile’s powered-trim option represents that mechanism. Pitch authority 0.3 relieves permitted loading; hydraulic centre movement is off. Roll authority is 0.09.

F-14A/B TomcatF-14A/B underlying flight controls and trim; DCS differences must be excludedUser GuideIndiaFoxtEcho F-14 Tomcat Microsoft Flight Simulator The Grumman F-14 Tomcat Price $53.33 AUDGrumman F-14 POH
Trim relief (aileron)9%

Le même soulagement pour le trim de roulis. La plupart des avions légers n'ont pas de vrai trim d'ailerons, donc zéro ; les types qui en ont reçoivent une valeur adaptée.

Plus : le trim de roulis retire plus d'effort tenu.

Moins : le trim de roulis fait moins.

Pourquoi ici : Scales supported roll-trim relief and permitted centre movement. Zero removes roll response.

Effect gains · Ground

Runway rumble40%

Vibration de roulement issue de la vitesse des roues et du revêtement : la texture du bitume, de l'herbe ou du gravier sous le train.

Plus : une texture de surface plus forte dans le manche.

Moins : un roulage plus lisse.

Pourquoi ici : Sets rolling texture strength, modified by speed, surface and undercarriage configuration.

Gear bumps32%

Chocs courts et distincts des joints, ornières et surfaces rugueuses : la ponctuation au-dessus du grondement continu.

Plus : des chocs plus nets des joints et ornières.

Moins : des détails de sol plus doux.

Pourquoi ici : Sets gear-bump texture during ground motion, separate from touchdown impact.

Effect gains · Airframe

Stall buffet30%

Buffet de cellule à l'approche du décrochage et pendant l'avertisseur : la voix de cette aile quand elle est mécontente. Les types à décrochage franc reçoivent un buffet modéré, le klaxon porte l'alerte.

Plus : un tremblement pré-décrochage plus fort.

Moins : une aile plus discrète ; le klaxon porte l'alerte.

Pourquoi ici : Sets stall-buffet strength. Zero removes the cue without changing simulator stalls or warnings.

Mach buffet0%

Buffet transsonique près de la limite de Mach. Parlant pour les jets près de MMO, zéro pour pistons et turbopropulseurs qui n'y vont jamais.

Plus : un buffet transsonique plus fort près de la limite de Mach.

Moins : un vol plus lisse à haut Mach.

Pourquoi ici : Sets high-Mach buffet strength; onset and full-strength thresholds are separate.

Flap buffet14%

Vibration basse fréquence de cellule avec les volets dans le vent, dans la fenêtre où ils travaillent vraiment l'air.

Plus : un vol plus rugueux volets au travail.

Moins : des volets d'approche plus doux.

Pourquoi ici : Sets flap buffet at the configured position and speed gates. Flap movement texture is separate.

Gear buffet10%

Le tambourinement du train rentrant sorti dans le flux. Zéro pour les trains fixes, dont la cellule ne change jamais de forme.

Plus : plus de tambourinement train sorti.

Moins : un vol train sorti plus propre.

Pourquoi ici : Sets gear aerodynamic buffet; movement and ground-contact cues are separate.

Stick shaker90%

Le vibreur de manche dédié, déclenché par l'avertisseur de décrochage de l'avion. Seuls les types à vrai vibreur reçoivent une valeur ; les autres comptent sur buffet et klaxon.

Plus : un vibreur plus dur.

Moins : un vibreur plus discret.

Pourquoi ici : Sets triggered shaker strength; inactive while the shaker feature is disabled.

Effect gains · Engine, mechanical & drag

Touchdown thump90%

Le coup unique au toucher, proportionnel au taux de chute : un kiss se murmure, une arrivée ferme cogne.

Plus : un coup plus dur au toucher.

Moins : des arrivées plus douces.

Pourquoi ici : Sets landing-impact strength; landing telemetry and response shape determine the pulse.

Reverse rumble50%

Vibration de roulage sous inversion de poussée ou plage bêta. Zéro pour les types sans reverse.

Plus : un roulage plus rugueux sous reverse.

Moins : une reverse plus discrète.

Pourquoi ici : Sets reverse-thrust vibration with valid reverser and engine conditions. Zero removes the cue.

Engine rumble6%

Vibration continue du moteur suivant le régime du ralenti à la pleine puissance : le rappel permanent que quelque chose brûle du carburant devant.

Plus : plus de moteur dans le manche.

Moins : un moteur plus discret.

Pourquoi ici : Sets estimated engine vibration using configured telemetry and response, not measured cockpit vibration.

Flap motion12%

Vibration continue seulement pendant que le simulateur signale les volets réellement en mouvement. Elle suit la course réelle et les pannes, pas un minuteur estimé.

Plus : plus de vibration volets en mouvement.

Moins : des courses de volets plus discrètes.

Pourquoi ici : Sets texture from observed flap movement; a command without movement does not establish the cue.

Autopilot follow

AP follow authority10%

Jusqu'où les ordres du pilote automatique peuvent bouger le manche physique. Minuscule dans MSFS, où un axe déplacé peut être relu comme entrée pilote ; zéro coupe le suivi.

Plus : le pilote automatique bouge visiblement plus votre manche.

Moins : un suivi à peine perceptible.

Pourquoi ici : Sets admitted AP-follow gain, not a percentage of travel. Runtime ownership and input limits still apply.

Stick feel

StickFeel · Trim feel enabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Pourquoi ici : Retained for compatibility and group membership. Trim relief, rather than this flag, controls centre movement.

StickFeel · Trim relief enabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Pourquoi ici : Allows trim relief with supported control law and valid telemetry. Axis authorities set its amount.

StickFeel · Force trim enabledFalse

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Pourquoi ici : Enables local force trim, separate from aircraft-owned trim and add-on integration qualification.

StickFeel · G load enabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Pourquoi ici : Allows load-factor changes to modify permitted spring laws. Passive fly-by-wire feel can suppress it.

StickFeel · Rate damping enabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Pourquoi ici : Enables rate damping with the configured coefficients and control law.

Autopilot

Autopilot · Follow enabledFalse

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Pourquoi ici : Autopilot following is off; the configured spring and load retain the hardware feel.

Autopilot · Neutral hold enabledFalse

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Pourquoi ici : Permits centering hold during a supported AP state, separate from following a moving target.

Autopilot · Neutral hold strength0.6

Pourquoi ici : Sets admitted AP neutral-hold strength; inactive while neutral hold is disabled.

Aero

Aero · EnabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Pourquoi ici : Enables aerodynamic cues; each still needs nonzero strength and its simulator conditions.

Aero · Max flap index3

Where this effect reaches full strength (or has fully faded, for washouts).

Plus : a more gradual build to a later peak.

Moins : a quicker build.

Pourquoi ici : Sets the final flap index for detent normalization. UP plus three detents uses maximum index3.

Aero · Min flap index2

Where this effect begins fading in.

Plus : the effect begins later.

Moins : it begins earlier.

Pourquoi ici : Sets the first flap detent that admits buffet; this is a handle index, not degrees.

Aero · Shaker enabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Pourquoi ici : Permits shaker at supported warning conditions; the switch does not establish aircraft equipment.

Ground

Ground · EnabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Pourquoi ici : Enables ground effects; each still needs its own strength and contact or motion telemetry.

Engine

Engine · EnabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Pourquoi ici : Enables engine cues with nonzero settings and valid running-engine telemetry.

Mechanical

Mechanical · EnabledTrue

Whether this feature is active in this profile.

Pourquoi ici : Enables accessory cues with configured strengths and observed accessory movement.

Mechanical · Gain0.12

The strength of this effect.

Plus : a stronger effect.

Moins : a weaker one.

Pourquoi ici : Sets texture from observed gear movement, separate from aerodynamic and touchdown effects.

Tous les réglages du profil
Réglages estimés du profil
ParamètreValeurCe que cela contrôle et pourquoi
Spring strength0.8 Artificial feel supplies centering around powered primary controls. The baseline spring is 0.8. Its low-speed blend reaches baseline strength at 90 KIAS.
Spring deadband0.035 Sets travel around the centre before the baseline spring resists. Smaller values engage it sooner.
Force gain0.25 The aerodynamic-load gain is 0.25 with an indicated-speed reference of 300 KIAS. The hydraulic-load factor of 0.35 scales that modeled term; it is a selected artificial-feel approximation.
Master gain0.85 Scales overall profile strength while preserving effect balance, subject to device and output limits.
Dynamic-pressure blendTrue Allows baseline spring strength to rise with indicated airspeed where the control law permits it.
Minimum spring factor0.55 Sets low-speed spring strength as a fraction of baseline when blending is enabled. One keeps full strength.
Spring wake-up speed20 ktSets the IAS where the low-speed spring blend starts rising. This is a feel threshold, not a flight limit.
Spring full-strength speed90 ktSets the IAS where the low-speed blend reaches baseline strength; high-speed stiffening also uses it.
Vitesse de réglage des forces300.0 ktSets the IAS reference for aerodynamic loading. It is an estimate, not published cruise TAS or a flight limit.
Airspeed spring stiffening0 The high-speed spring-stiffening gain is 0. No additional speed-driven stiffening is added; this does not disable independent aerodynamic loading.
Airspeed stiffening cap5 Limits the squared airspeed ratio used for high-speed spring stiffening; it is not a device-force cap.
Aileron force scale0.65 Roll and pitch aerodynamic scales are 0.65 and 0.65, respectively. They set the aerodynamic axis balance. No custom spring-travel curve is enabled.
Elevator force scale0.65 Scales pitch aerodynamic loading; pitch spring travel and trim responses are separate settings.
Maximum output force0.55 Caps directed-force output. Native spring effects and device limits remain separate.
StickFeel · Trim feel enabledTrue Retained for compatibility and group membership. Trim relief, rather than this flag, controls centre movement.
StickFeel · Trim relief enabledTrue Allows trim relief with supported control law and valid telemetry. Axis authorities set its amount.
StickFeel · Elevator authority0.3 Documented pitch/lateral trim shifts stick neutral; the profile’s powered-trim option represents that mechanism. Pitch authority 0.3 relieves permitted loading; hydraulic centre movement is off. Roll authority is 0.09.
StickFeel · Aileron authority0.09 Scales supported roll-trim relief and permitted centre movement. Zero removes roll response.
StickFeel · Force trim enabledFalse Enables local force trim, separate from aircraft-owned trim and add-on integration qualification.
StickFeel · G load enabledTrue Allows load-factor changes to modify permitted spring laws. Passive fly-by-wire feel can suppress it.
StickFeel · Rate damping enabledTrue Enables rate damping with the configured coefficients and control law.
Autopilot · Follow enabledFalse Autopilot following is off; the configured spring and load retain the hardware feel.
Autopilot · Follow authority0.1 Sets admitted AP-follow gain, not a percentage of travel. Runtime ownership and input limits still apply.
Autopilot · Neutral hold enabledFalse Permits centering hold during a supported AP state, separate from following a moving target.
Autopilot · Neutral hold strength0.6 Sets admitted AP neutral-hold strength; inactive while neutral hold is disabled.
Aero · EnabledTrue Enables aerodynamic cues; each still needs nonzero strength and its simulator conditions.
Aero · Gain0.3 Sets stall-buffet strength. Zero removes the cue without changing simulator stalls or warnings.
Aero · Gain0 Sets high-Mach buffet strength; onset and full-strength thresholds are separate.
Aero · Gain0.14 Sets flap buffet at the configured position and speed gates. Flap movement texture is separate.
Aero · Max flap index3 Sets the final flap index for detent normalization. UP plus three detents uses maximum index3.
Aero · Min flap index2 Sets the first flap detent that admits buffet; this is a handle index, not degrees.
Aero · Gain0.1 Sets gear aerodynamic buffet; movement and ground-contact cues are separate.
Aero · Shaker enabledTrue Permits shaker at supported warning conditions; the switch does not establish aircraft equipment.
Aero · Amplitude0.9 Sets triggered shaker strength; inactive while the shaker feature is disabled.
Ground · EnabledTrue Enables ground effects; each still needs its own strength and contact or motion telemetry.
Ground · Gain0.4 Sets rolling texture strength, modified by speed, surface and undercarriage configuration.
Ground · Gain0.32 Sets gear-bump texture during ground motion, separate from touchdown impact.
Ground · Gain0.9 Sets landing-impact strength; landing telemetry and response shape determine the pulse.
Ground · Gain0.5 Sets reverse-thrust vibration with valid reverser and engine conditions. Zero removes the cue.
Engine · EnabledTrue Enables engine cues with nonzero settings and valid running-engine telemetry.
Engine · Gain0.06 Sets estimated engine vibration using configured telemetry and response, not measured cockpit vibration.
Mechanical · EnabledTrue Enables accessory cues with configured strengths and observed accessory movement.
Mechanical · Gain0.12 Sets texture from observed flap movement; a command without movement does not establish the cue.
Mechanical · Gain0.12 Sets texture from observed gear movement, separate from aerodynamic and touchdown effects.
Sources publiques 14
  1. Grumman F-14 TomcatResearch background · Wikipedia revision 1374360313 · retrieved 2026-09-12
  2. F-14A/B TomcatIncluded models and custom systems; Exact product features and simulator requirementsProduct listing captured 2026-09-24; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
  3. F-14A/B underlying flight controls and trim; DCS differences must be excludedTrim section; Heatblur underlying F14A/B flight controls and trim; separate simulator implementation
  4. User GuidePDF pages 2-6,8-10,15,17-21,23
  5. IndiaFoxtEcho F-14 Tomcat Microsoft Flight Simulator The Grumman F-14 Tomcat Price $53.33 AUDNamed product and Supported Simulators
  6. Grumman F-14 POHGrumman F-14 Tomcat
  7. X-Plane 12 Desktop Manual
  8. X-Plane aircraft and avionics manuals
  9. An interview with Tomcat pilot Richard Erie27 November 2022
  10. Flying and fighting in the F-14: Mostafa Roustaie27 February 2020
  11. Interview with F-14 pilot Fereydoun Mazandarani7 April 2020
  12. F-14D TomcatMuseum airframe history · retrieved September 2026
  13. ICAO Doc 8643 — aircraft type designatorsPublic search data retrieved 2026-09-14; authority update 2026-09-03
  14. F-14 TomcatProduct listing captured 2026-09-24; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue

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