FLARE is now Roundout. Same licence, same landings.

Grumman F-14 A/B Tomcat

F-14 Tomcat family FAA approach category C Payware (DC Designs/Heatblur)

Target for the Grumman F-14 A/B Tomcat

100 to 200fpm

Full marks for descent rate up to 200 fpm; under 100 fpm the coach says the touchdown was softer than this aircraft is normally flown.

Vref reference
125ktat 22,680 kg
Tail-strike limit
14°this aircraft's own
Ideal touchdown zone
200 to 500mpast the threshold
G-force
1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve

Two-seat carrier-based fighter from Grumman with a variable-sweep wing and two afterburning turbofans, flown by the US Navy from 1974 to 2006.

Roundout scores this aircraft with the Military Fighter / Combat Jet category's curves and touchdown-zone window. The figures it uses are below.

How its touchdown is scored.

The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.

Descent rate at touchdown (fpm)30 of the 100 points, on the carrier curve.
100≤ 200fpm
100≤ 600fpm
85≤ 1000fpm
65≤ 1400fpm
35≤ 1800fpm
10≤ 2200fpm
G-force at touchdown (g)20 of the 100 points.
100≤ 1.10g
90≤ 1.26g
75≤ 1.49g
55≤ 1.80g
35≤ 2.11g
10≤ 2.50g

No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.

For reference.

Aircraft data

Manufacturer
Grumman
Model
F-14
Variant
A/B Tomcat
FAA approach category
C
MTOW
33,720 kg (74,340 lbs)
Vref in flight
Adjusted to the weight you land at
MSFS source
Payware (DC Designs/Heatblur)

Roundout recognizes it in a title that contains

  • Grumman F-14 A/B Tomcat
  • F-14 A/B Tomcat
  • F-14A/B Tomcat

$23.99 once.

Every landing in the Grumman F-14 A/B Tomcat, graded against these numbers. Every update included, and tax or VAT in most countries.