The F-111 is one of the greatest aircrafts ever designed. It is mostly known for its swing-wings and “dump & burn” fire show. First drafted in the early 1960s by General Dynamics, the F-111 Aardvark, despite its weird animal choice for a name, was a widely used strategic bomber at its time. The aircraft took its first flight on December 21, 1964 and was brought into the in July 1967. The early F-111’s had some design imperfections, but once the F-111E came to the surface (on 20 August 1969), all of the previous conflicts were fixed, and the Aardvark became a highly useful aircraft for many years.
Features
- Big, powerful, fast, extremely high-altitude & hedgehopping, all-weather, multi-purpose F-111 was designed to be the best.
- Fly high and fast: above 50,000 feet and 2.4 Мach
- Try full power of two Pratt & Whitney TF30 engines with realistic controls and monitoring systems.
- Flight model is based on actual performance characteristics at diverse altitudes and speeds taking into account wing swing angle and overall configuration of aircraft.
- detailed checklist and performance that precisely matches that of the real aircraft, with procedures and performance figures taken directly from the actual flight manual
Cockpit Systems and Gauges are made with ultimate realism according to the original F111 Pilot’s Manual:
- Fuel Supply System
- Electrical Power Supply System
- Landing Gear, Tail Bumper, Nose Wheel Steering and Arresting Hook Systems
- The full functional Autopilot with more than 24 different modes of flight.
- Maximum Safe Mach Assembly
- Warning, Caution and Indicator Lamps
- Lighting System.
- Communication Equipment
- Navigation system
- Lead Computing Optical Sight
- Fire Extinguishing System
Exterior Model and Virtual Cockpit are very detailed, with full 3D gauges and many animated parts:
- Stunning realistic texturing with highly detailed weathering
- Wing Flex animation taking into account loading and sweep angle
- Realistic Flaps, Slats, Spoilers and Wing Sweep animations with interdependency and payload limitations
- Refuel Receptacle, Arresting Hook, Gear, Weapons Bay Doors
- Naturally animated pilots
- Different variants of payloads
- End many more…
Custom FX for the ultimate in realism are taken far beyond what is available by default:
- Advanced Afterburner effect
- High angle of attack and stall vortex effects
- Sonic boom effect
- Dump & Burn effect
- And much more…
