WOW this gonna be awesome well done guys!
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Major accomplishment of the nightā¦refueling. I found that scrunching down in the cockpit down and to the left really helps because the canopy bow blocks a lot of your view of the tanker. Once I moved down and left a bit, I had a much better view of the KC-130 and could position-keep better once on the hose.
By the way - how long has tanker wake been in the game? Guess whatā¦you can compressor stall behind the tanker. Thank goodness that arenāt TF30s, they come right back onlineā¦
Alright. Iāll try to go silent while I work on what I need to work on. Iām looking forward to @Chuck_Owlās preview! I know Iāll learn a lotā¦
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Shoot, thatās easier than the Harrier.
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Much easier. I struggle with the Harrier with that over the shoulder glance. This is way easier in my opinion.
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I believe it will be easier to get gas from a KC-135 if we ever see the wingpod version (I heard thatās what theyāre planning to add). KC-10 would be ideal, but beggars canāt be choosers.
Though with all aerial refueling, the trick seems to be more in flying for the aircraft and not with the basket/probe.
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Youāre the first of us mortals to expierence it. The F-14 is the first jet that has this included. Thereās also wake coming from other assets, such as other planes. Even your own missiles produce wake and it will influence your jet when you fly through it!
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Iām SO glad you said that. You have no idea how happy that short statement made me lol
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Most definitely. That was something I learned from @EinsteinEP - focus on the aircraft points that keep you in position and you will naturally find your way to the drogue.
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Ah, OKā¦I thought I had missed something in a previous update and I was just experiencing it for the first time. It is a nice effect. You are fine if you are low and on the basket from the tanker, but if you drift up and behind itā¦you have some stick activity that needs to be countered.
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I think he said he was going to take a little break as the F-14 hype built up and youtubers got to flying the jet.
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Yep I remember now you mention it. Iām almost more excited to hear his view on it than fly it myself!
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Iād guess there is no better authority on it. He loves that machine.
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I love that machine @BeachAV8R. he LOVES AND UNDERSTANDS it. Like a connoisseur. Iām itching to hear his opinion
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I am sure he will once he had the oppertunity to fly it. Maybe the staff here can make it so that he will be Chuckās RIO? Iād love if the mudspike preview included a view on the multicrew action
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PS - @nicholas.dackard has already seen that screen I posted and has noticed a bug in the canopy seamā¦LOLā¦that poor guy has laser like eyes. I just robbed him of another couple hours of sleep, he says heās fixing it. Shout out to the entire Heatblur team. They have been so friendly and accommodating and helpful. True professionals and I was lucky to get to meet them when they came through town. Iām hoping they come back to take a look at a certain A-6 that is in the areaā¦(after they get some sleep someday)ā¦
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Near blind should be included on the tomcat preview. He is the Official Mudspike Tomcat Professional.
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Yo, Iām touched by your concern. Truly.
Without taking anything too far off topic, I got an early head start on my new years resolution and quit my job after the last 24 months of misery. For the last three weeks Iāve been jumping through the administrative hoops of leaving my job, going through the processes of negotiating with various services Iād received discounts on via said job, abusing utilizing the last of my health insurance before itās cut off, interviewing at a new place that has fallen into my lap, and considering where I want to go and what I want to do with my career should that fall through. Toss in working through the fall out of some unrelated silly social drama, and my life is essentially in an advanced state of triage at the moment. If @BeachAV8R has any extra press copies laying around, that would be a welcome distraction 
Iāve watched Jabbers and Magz videos. Taken as a couplet I think they did a good job explaining the strengths, concerns and quirks of the aircraftās flight regime. Iāve gotā¦ thoughts about existing comments on the weapons systems, but none of them are worth sharing until the RIO seat is fleshed out in greater detail.
Needless to say Iām blown away, if not actually surprised, by the quality of Heatblurās work and looking forward to hooning around in it whenever that may occur.
Continue with your regularly scheduled gawking.
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Glad your OK dude! Best wishes and good luck on your next adventures.
Iām very pleased with your thoughts. Canāt wait to get my hands on it either!
Thanks for replying 
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