Heatblur show off F-4E backseat, more screenshots

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A bunch of new screenshots have come out from Heatblur in recent days with the most recent batch coming just a few hours before posting this. We’ve got great new images of the cockpit, the back seat WSO position, and a look at the radar display. Let’s go!

Cold and dark, dark, and the back seater

One can’t help but feel like Heatblur is gradually ramping up towards early access release with their window of release still planned for somewhere between today and sometime in March. The latest images show off the artistic work on the F-4E with a black and white image coming paired with news that the team are fine tuning flight model, integrating more of Jester AI.

The following batch of screenshots give us a close look at the details of the back seat – weapon systems office (WSO) position. The description tells us that the WSO position has controls for the APQ-120 radar, the Pave Spike TGP, and is a backup set of eyes for the pilot with the ability to control the airplane as needed.

Heatblur also report that we will soon start to see long-form, in-depth videos and development updates as the team moves towards release. Excited to see it!

Keep an eye on Heatblur’s Facebook for more!

4 responses to “Heatblur show off F-4E backseat, more screenshots”

  1. CanadaOne Avatar
    CanadaOne

    That’s one delicious looking plane.

    Love to see the stats on how many planes become hangar queens for a solid month after the Phantom comes out. 🙂

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  2. Urgent Siesta Avatar
    Urgent Siesta

    Tomcat will still be top dog for me, but this is gonna be a great experience nonetheless.

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    1. ShamrockOneFive Avatar
      ShamrockOneFive

      With their Jester improvements coming to F-14 as well the F-4’s development cycle has certainly been a useful and productive one for them even if it took longer than they expected. All good for Heatblur fans in the end!

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      1. Urgent Siesta Avatar
        Urgent Siesta

        Interesting – I just noticed the WSO seat stick has one less button than the Pilot’s (what, on Hornet, is the wep select 5-way). Gonna have to look that up.

        A large part of my interest in DCS Phantom is, in fact, the new coding framework & upgraded sim effects HB have spoken about building into it.

        Though Tomcat has been receiving a steady stream of updates, it’s still, at it’s core, a 6-7 year old code base. I’m curious to see if Phantom’s new framework, plus all the lessons HB has learned since starting Tomcat, will make it “feel” even more visceral & nuanced to fly than Tomcat. And if so, I may TDY myself to Phantom.

        IDK, though, as, all things equal, carrier ops are something I can’t seem to resist. 🙂

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