Beginners guide to Navigation and Autopilot in the Heatblur F-14 Tomcat in Flight Simulator

[@jonbeckett]

Note - the HSD is the "Horizontal Situation Display" - NOT "High Speed Display" - I just searched the internet and have found both names - never trust your first search :)

[@superskullmaster]

Who in there right mind would think HSD means high speed display yet paid for a complex plane?

[@eggsdooley]

@@superskullmasterwho in their right mind would troll someone who has spent time and effort making a video to help people out?

[@SteviePonder123]

Also way points aren't managed by the "co-pilot" as jester is a RIO and there are no piloting controls in the back of the f14

[@jonbeckett]

@@SteviePonder123 I think you'll find the waypoints ARE managed by the Rio :) of course the back seat isn't fully implemented - it isn't in DCS either.

[@SteviePonder123]

@@jonbeckett yes you said "co-pilot" 2:44 just a nitpick

[@williamfrench9910]

I'm about to enter the Danger Zone, thanks for the tutorial!!

[@AmericanRajput]

Awesome! I haven’t seen many tutorial videos on the f-14 in FS

[@jonbeckett]

This is by no means complete - it turns out there are various switches in the copilot seat that *work* that I didn't cover.

[@mg7021]

If you press MAN on the cmd steer buttons, you can move the heading bug with the joystick hat and it’ll steer the plane.

[@eduardogranja6418]

Wow Jomathan, great flying!

[@clarkac1]

Very interesting & enjoyable, thanks.

[@gabor-toth]

Safe to say there's no proper autopilot in this, it's best to just manually fly. This Jester/Cougar menu system makes trying to use autopilot functionality more cumbersome than it needs to be.

[@toribarron5700]

You can use the autopilot in the pilot’s cockpit (front). It is not robust. Or you can direct the pilot to do autopilot things from the co-pilot’s Cougar menu. This gives you some slightly different options.

[@roarkr51]

How do you engage Afterburner on this airplane? I can only set it to MIL power.

[@Nor0252]

Assign a button to " TOGGLE AFTERBURNER"

[@ColtonRMagby]

At least the F-14 Tomcat has the controls laid out in a fairly sensible way, unlike some WW2 fighter planes.

[@jonbeckett]

True :)

[@Faye-9896]

Is there anyway to turn the TV mode on? Ik the.... *Other* tomcat has and ik. DCS def has it but im. Curipus if its on here? (The screen is black but its obviously on)

[@mg7021]

It does work but not sure what button turns it on. Found out that when you Ctrl+E it will turn it on during auto start.

[@Faye-9896]

​@@mg7021ok so it does work on xbox even which just mwde my day rn but i wish there was a way i could do it manually bc the ctrl e kinda glitches the plane out sometimes.

[@morid1n]

Starting watching but asking: can this fly an IFR FP on VATSIM?

[@owendoughty6341]

I set toggle afterburner and it doesn’t work when I press the key bind that I set for it

[@jonbeckett]

Sorry - can't really help with that :/

[@owendoughty6341]

@@jonbeckett never mind got it to work thx bro

[@owendoughty6341]

@@jonbeckett which one is better in msfs F-14A or F-14B

[@jonbeckett]

@@owendoughty6341 Good question :) They're both good.

[@owendoughty6341]

@@jonbeckett thx man but like what one is your personal favorite just curious anyway they are both beautiful

[@rigbi8041]

Hows fps in Tomcat compared to other planes? Any noticeable drops in cockpit?

[@jonbeckett]

Seems pretty good.

[@MrSnow0808]

You can change the waypoint selected with the destination selector on the Jester’s section, can’t you?

[@davidwelker9212]

What happens if you push the autopilot reference/nosewheel steer button on the joystick in the simulator to activate heading and altitude?

[@flyeagle320]

Hi Jonathan , Please share video on how to setup OBS like your where you can hear your voice and also game sound . I am tired of finding setting in youtube and didn't find any solution. Please

[@jonbeckett]

By default OBS captures the desktop sound, and whatever microphone you have plugged in. You might have to go into the settings for each to choose the device - but it's kind of hard wired for those two inputs.

[@Q3ark]

The waypoint selector is the rotary knob to the right of the TID display in the back seat

[@jonbeckett]

But does it work in the MSFS version? An awful lot of the RIO switches are either completely inoperative, or just not attached to anything...

[@ungeneer1506]

@@jonbeckettit does. The whole INS system works at least. I did a flight today where I manually input the waypoints and they showed up and I could switch between them just fine

[@jonbeckett]

@@ungeneer1506 good to know :)

[@Q3ark]

I'm glad they seem to have most of the systems working, I can't decide if i should get this or not, i love it in DCS though@@jonbeckett

[@paulm5025]

Thanks

[@jonbeckett]

Thank you! :)

[@bruhitsmoh]

Is there some kind of GPS or something where you can put in the destinations manually??

[@jonbeckett]

Unfortunately not. You have to do it in the world map screen. It's not as good as the DCS version :)

[@bruhitsmoh]

@@jonbeckett ohh Roger thanks

[@Ticklersoft]

Not correct. You can enter waypoints using coordinates just like the DCS version from the RIO seat. There is an analog computer left to your left knee. See the DCS tutorials.

[@bruhitsmoh]

@@Ticklersoft ah

[@brunogt1982]

Imagine 2 pilot players co-op on the jet 😃

[@jonbeckett]

You CAN in DCS :)

[@eggsdooley]

@jonbeckett Oh! I did not know you can have dual pilots in DCS! I have it and have the F16 and F4 and have really hit a wall with the training. I’m finding it very hard. I have the Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS so I’m geared up - just a bit overwhelmed! Gonna do some jets on MSFS first.

[@jonbeckett]

@@eggsdooley is the F4 available for DCS yet ?

[@eggsdooley]

Yep, from Just Flight @@jonbeckett

[@pega-luke8053]

​@@jonbeckettRelease on 21st May

[@Faye-9896]

Is there anyway to move the rio control stick? So i can align my stuff up?

[@jonbeckett]

No idea.

[@jonbeckett]

Do you mean move TO the rio position? It's in the camera settings.

[@tk64681]

What happened to the navigation tutorial? Looks like the need for speed took over. 👍

[@jonbeckett]

I showed how to select a waypoint, and then use heading mode to get to it :)

[@giantlabs]

The F14 feels ancient even in the simulator after you've flown their version of the F35.

[@jonbeckett]

The F35 is 40 years newer though :)

[@TamaHawkLive]

Hell even the F22 feels ancient anymore, that thing is almost 20 years old which is nuts considering how advanced it is and how dominant it still remains.

[@jonbeckett]

@@TamaHawkLive I imagine the replacements for the current crop of fighter jets are already in testing, and have been for some time (decades even). No doubt we'll see them as UFO reports before they are finally unveiled (if ever).

[@calicav84]

Yeah altitude hold doesn’t work on Series X 🤷‍♂️

[@owendoughty6341]

Yea it does you have to go to camera copilot and then select the cougar menu then altitude hold press twice you might have to and then autopilot master twice as well and yea I’m on series x works for me

[@calicav84]

@@owendoughty6341 cool thank you!!

[@owendoughty6341]

No problem have a nice time flying pilot 👨‍✈️

[@owendoughty6341]

Does it work now?

[@calicav84]

@@owendoughty6341 I’ll have to try later, just had a new baby 😂

[@hezziek3]

Is this worth buying?

[@jonbeckett]

If you are expecting the DCS tomcat, probably not.

[@jmuring]

is there a auto pilot in this game or sim? 😅

[@jonbeckett]

Yes :)