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F-14D Super Tomcat

This F-14D is based loosely on the design of my older F-14, but since the older version no longer loads for me (I'm not sure why), this one has been designed from the ground up and is a more faithful recreation of the real-life aircraft. It performs quite well, capable of supersonic speeds and sustained 4g turns. Though the real F-14 has 10 hardpoints for munitions, I couldn't figure out exactly how they were all set up, so this one has eight (four under the fuselage and two under each wing). According to Wikipedia, the other two hardpoints were under the nacelles, so it's possible those are where the external fuel is stored. The external fuel tanks can be dropped with spacebar. There are some inaccuracies I'm aware of (including using AIM-120s instead of AIM-7s or AIM-54s), just thanks to the limitations of KSP and BDArmory, but I'll keep updating the workshop as I improve the design.

This plane requires BDArmory, Airplane Plus, NMB (Nice MKseries), and TweakScale to work, as well as the Robotics DLC. All four mods and the DLC are integral parts of the plane's design and it will not work without them. I recommend ReStock as well, since it makes most of the stock parts look better.

--ACTION GROUPS--
1. Toggle flaps
2. Toggle afterburner
3. Set wings in straight position
4. Set wings in swept position
5. Toggle airbrakes
6. Fire countermeasures (flares + chaff)
7. Select missile
8. Fire missile / hold fire gun
9. Toggle ECM

Real-World History
The F-14D was the final variant of Grumman's Tomcat fighter, a highly effective naval interceptor in service throughout the 1970s. Early F-14 models were sold to Iran before its Islamic revolution, and today, Iran is the only country in the world that still operates F-14s. The plane is still immediately recognizable by its variable geometry wings (aka "swing wings"), a new innovation in the 70s, seen also on the F-111 Aardvark and GR-1 Tornado aircraft. In the forward or straight position, the wings provided high lift and low drag for maximum performance in low-speed dogfights, while in the rear or swept position, the wings created a delta shape that allowed for high-speed intercepts.

Install instructions:
Some mods won't work (or will be missing parts) if you extract them to the Plugins or PluginData folders, so I recommend extracting all mods to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Kerbal Space Program\GameData directly.