Sim Skunk Works teases its Lockheed F-104G Starfighter

[guibru 474]

Sim Skunk Works unveiled plans to introduce the iconic Lockheed Starfighter to MSFS earlier this year. Some news in pictures...

https://www.facebook.com/simskunkworks/

Long as I’ve waited for him.😍

[6297J 692]

I remember the Captain Sim version in FS whatever-it-was. Bit of a handful! 

[Car147 2,282]

Landing a missile could be challanging.

[Republic3D 1,232]

Holy smokes. That looks promising. 

What a legendary airplane. 

[jpe828 624]

Drool

[DD_Arthur 1,077]

They’ve even got terrain following radar?

Impressed.

 

 

[Matchstick 1,891]

44 minutes ago, guibru said:

Sim Skunk Works unveiled plans to introduce the iconic Lockheed Starfighter to MSFS earlier this year. Some news in pictures...

https://www.facebook.com/simskunkworks/

Long as I’ve waited for him.😍

To be pedantic, that's their two-seat TF-104.

IIRC they are also working on a separate single seat F-104 but I think that's going to come later 🙂

Edited August 25, 2021 by Matchstick

[Tuskin38 6,596]

Ohh I hope there's a RCAF livery. Though I'm sure someone will make one if there isn't.

[odourboy 1,290]

I've been waiting a long time for them to do an updated version of this! Day 1 buy.

Edited August 25, 2021 by odourboy

[Waldo Pepper 1,953]

So I think it was last week I was saying that I don't really care about fighters in FS20,  but dig mil cargo aircraft.   I think I might have to walk that back a little.

Anyone have their Fiat G.91 for FS20?   Wondering about what to expect from them,   as devs go.

[Chock 17,769]

I know they will want to avoid putting AAMs on the wingtips because of that MSFS marketplace rule, but the thing doesn't look right at all without something on the wingtips, so I hope they'll be adding the tip tanks to it. This aside, it look very nicely modeled. Just hope they get the engine sounds right as well; the F-104 has an really unique engine note when it winds up because the big long tubular fuselage acts like a pipe organ. the sound is fairly unmistakable if you've heard one getting ready to take off.

Edited August 25, 2021 by Chock

[scotchegg 4,217]

5 hours ago, Matchstick said:

IIRC they are also working on a separate single seat F-104 but I think that's going to come later

That’s what I want.

[stefaandk 84]

Ha, that's the first model plane I ever built as a little kid, can't say I recalled that until I saw these pics today so I will have to get this one for nostalgia reasons or I guess maybe this will come my midlife crisis plane 😀

[Matchstick 1,891]

2 minutes ago, scotchegg said:

That’s what I want.

I want both because - why not ! 🙂

[Matchstick 1,891]

56 minutes ago, Chock said:

I know they will want to avoid putting AAMs on the wingtips because of that MSFS marketplace rule, but the thing doesn't look right at all without something on the wingtips, so I hope they'll be adding the tip tanks to it. This aside, it look very nicely modeled. Just hope they get the engine sounds right as well; the F-104 has an really unique engine note when it winds up because the big long tubular fuselage acts like a pipe organ. the sound is fairly unmistakable if you've heard one getting ready to take off.

I'm hoping that, like their G91, there'll be options to mount weapons on versions that aren't sold on the Marketplace.

(Just an idle thought but does the Marketplace version of the G91 come with the external app to do things like set the PHI system data ?)

Edited August 25, 2021 by Matchstick