Grumman F-14 Tomcat Ideas and Inspiration

[GTX_Admin]

Nice info.  Nice pic of how the nozzle part adapts to the back end. I was thinking of trying the F100 nozzle to the F-14D adapter but that pic looks a lot more like the F100 directly onto the back end section of an A model.  Makes things easier from the standpoint of robbing parts from other kits.
Thanks again guys.

Dare I say a pair of F-16 engine nozzles would go nicely:

[kitnut617]

I did that for my RAF F-15, I made a casting of an F-16 exhaust nozzle.

[GaryF]

That’s the plan.  I have plenty of Hasegawa nozzles for my Hasegawa Tomcat and I can get a few PW nozzles from Tamiya Aggressor F-16 kits for my Tam Tomcat project. 

[GTX_Admin]

Hmmm...TF30 powered F-16 also possible?

[finsrin]

Hmmm...TF30 powered F-16 also possible?

Certainly by using styrene engineering principles.

[kitnut617]

That’s the plan.  I have plenty of Hasegawa nozzles for my Hasegawa Tomcat and I can get a few PW nozzles from Tamiya Aggressor F-16 kits for my Tam Tomcat project.

I think the exhaust I used came from a F-16N kit that has been used as a donor for other projects.

[GTX_Admin]

RF-14:

[GTX_Admin]

[GTX_Admin]

CFBV

[M.A.D]

Don't see this everyday 😯

MAD

[The Big Gimper]

A good read.

Well, I’ve been to Topgun so Tom Cruise thinks he’s me

Commander Richard “Corky” Erie flew the F-14 Tomcat with the US Navy. Here he describes the strengths and weaknesses of this massive and iconic carrier fighter aircraft.

https://hushkit.net/2022/11/27/well-ive-been-to-topgun-so-tom-cruise-thinks-hes-me/

[ysi_maniac]

Eurofighter tomcat: carrier based and variable geometry

[ysi_maniac]

Merging 2 related projects.

[GTX_Admin]

[raafif]

Hmm, triple fuselage with "W" wing ?

[raafif]

The F-14 was considered as a replacement for the CF-101.  It certainly looks good in maple-leaf.

[Jeffry Fontaine]

The F-14 was considered as a replacement for the CF-101.  It certainly looks good in maple-leaf.

Even better if it were in the later grey schemes with Lynx squadron on the tail. 

[Kerick]

Merging 2 related projects.

One of my future plans is combining an F-14 rear fuselage and wings with an F-111 front fuselage. Possibly with a third engine. It would be possible to build this with the leftovers.

[apophenia]

The F-14 was considered as a replacement for the CF-101.  It certainly looks good in maple-leaf.

As many will already know, in 1979-80, Canada entered negotiation with Tehran for the purchase of 79 F-14s for which the Islamic Republic of Iran could no longer source parts or support. Ken Taylor and the Canadian embassy's part in smuggling six US diplomats out of Tehran put paid to that plan. Worth it, I'd say 

[elmayerle]

Hmmm...TF30 powered F-16 also possible?

Considering the TF30's problems, why?  If you have to use a lower tech engine for export, Allison's proposed afterburning TF41 makes far more sense.  TF30's bypass ratio is on the high side for a good supersonic turbofan, as proved by its lengthy development.

For those wanting to do a F401-powered Tomcat, the difference in maximum diameter between the two is roughly 2.5 inches (once upon a time, long, long aga, I worked on both versions of the JTF22).  I doubt this would be noticeable until you get to larger than 1/32-scale.

[elmayerle]

Hypthetical F-14E, or F/A-14E, with at least some of the Super Tomcat 21 mods, exhaust nozzles modified in shape and finishes to reduce RCS, F110-GE-432 engines (based on F110-GE-132 engines for F-16E/F), and carrying AIM-174B's instead of AIM-54C'swith AIM-9X's on the pylon side mounts.  Alternatively, carriage of a couple enhanced-range AIM-54 with an integral rocket-ramjet motor, plus a couple AIM-174B's, and the AIM-9X's.