Incredible: Giant F-14 Tomcat Take Flight For The First Time - Skymaster XXL F14

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  • #rcjets #rcplanes #f14 Incredible: Giant F-14 Tomcat Take Flight For The First Time - Skymaster XXL F14
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  • @thelightersideofrc
    @thelightersideofrc  Před 12 dny +1

    View the F-14 XXL Build Playlist here! czcams.com/play/PLF09n1avxpLIakKj8mHwjBC_XfIs-L7h7.html

  • @edcurtis555
    @edcurtis555 Před dnem

    This brings back so many memories of watching this magnificent plane flying around the Kitty Hawk when I was on watch, and I would have a little free time! Thank you guys!

  • @spineynorman303
    @spineynorman303 Před 3 dny +2

    Brilliant all round ! Love the captioned comments by Kool on these maiden flights ( please add more ! ) - always something to be learned from experienced pilots.

  • @willi19671
    @willi19671 Před dnem

    It looks like real ! + It sounds like real ! = AWESOME

  • @richardgeorge3136
    @richardgeorge3136 Před 3 dny +2

    Love it.....VF-41 the Black Aces. I was a jet engine mechanic with them 78-82.

  • @kellyrohrbachsbvmhanger9912

    It flew fantastic, such a treat to have David bring these masterpieces to Montana Jets each year. Plus we have a great time.

  • @dougwaltman8488
    @dougwaltman8488 Před 6 dny +5

    VF 41 Black Aces and VF 84 Jolly Rogers were the 1st Tomcats to fly off Nimitz 77-78 Med my last deployment, the continued to deploy on Nimitz well into the 90s.

  • @tracythomasvision
    @tracythomasvision Před 6 dny +4

    AWESOME!!! Congratulations on an amazing project/build!!! As always, GREAT job Koko!!!

  • @flyboy451
    @flyboy451 Před 5 dny +2

    That first swept wing banked pass! Wow!! Just awesome!

  • @Polarjack420
    @Polarjack420 Před 6 dny +2

    Hats off to all those involved. Outstanding!

  • @57rcpilot
    @57rcpilot Před 6 dny +3

    Great skills on the sticks especially pn the landing. No wabbling just smooth, greased landings

  • @JDDupuy
    @JDDupuy Před 6 dny +3

    That pilot is smoking good! So is the guy that built it..Lol! What a great aircraft and test flights. And what a freaking collection!

  • @geoffhann4109
    @geoffhann4109 Před 6 dny +3

    Excellent. What a build, what a plane, what a pilot.

  • @user-mx3uc8mk7c
    @user-mx3uc8mk7c Před 6 dny +2

    Great flying jet. Looked so smooth in the air. In both wing configurations.
    Absolutely Beautiful Jonathan!!
    Fred Weaver

  • @victorrcjets7660
    @victorrcjets7660 Před 6 dny +2

    Can't wait to get it on video 😊

  • @flightsystemsrc
    @flightsystemsrc Před 6 dny +2

    Congratulations - watching it from the build table to the flight line was very satisfying. The wing sweep bank fly by was fantastic .😁

  • @robertpawlusiak
    @robertpawlusiak Před 4 dny +1

    Beautiful ! perfect ! and what a Blue Sky !
    Congratulations on a great jet !

  • @williamb.9110
    @williamb.9110 Před 6 dny +2

    Congrats Jon/David. Another beautiful build! I was waiting for the sonic boom after he swept the wings ;-)

  • @tomsanborn4156
    @tomsanborn4156 Před 5 dny +1

    Love the homage to VF-41 with the paint scheme.

  • @45035
    @45035 Před 4 dny +1

    Outstanding shipmates. Press on. USS Kitty Hawk CV-63. Jan 1980 to July 1983. RC er for life.

  • @jrmotorsports5532
    @jrmotorsports5532 Před 5 dny

    Absolutely beautiful in flight. I love seeing this. Thank you!!!!!!

  • @dagtheaviator
    @dagtheaviator Před 6 dny +1

    Fabulous! Great job!

  • @ThePaulv12
    @ThePaulv12 Před 4 dny +1

    Landing looked like a real carrier landing.

  • @camilo8cheryl
    @camilo8cheryl Před 3 dny +1

    With that cost, you could have bought a super tele-zoom lens..which cost less than a thousand..that will give your viewers more joy in seeing it bigger up there..

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před dnem +1

      😂 Thanks for the tip! Clearly you have never tried to video a moving model plane!

  • @beyond8981
    @beyond8981 Před 10 dny +2

    Great to see her in the air - so stable when wings are swept!

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před 9 dny +1

      For sure! Always a happy day when you sweep the wings and they come forward again as they are supposed to!😂

    • @davidleleux4948
      @davidleleux4948 Před 6 dny

      @@thelightersideofrc What about the CG position with sweeping wings ? Does it stay at the same place or different trimming needed ? Thanks, David.

  • @networkit
    @networkit Před 6 dny +1

    Amazing! Congrats!!

  • @kokotorossian3423
    @kokotorossian3423 Před 6 dny

    Absolutely amazing 🙌🏻🙏🏻🚀

  • @jonathanhmm3470
    @jonathanhmm3470 Před 6 dny

    Cool 😎

  • @mediccoy
    @mediccoy Před 5 dny +1

    Check your six! There's a Black Ace among you!😉

  • @davidsoufer116
    @davidsoufer116 Před 6 dny +1

    Awesome video.. Thank you 🙏🏻

  • @The2010designer
    @The2010designer Před 18 hodinami

    Awesome! Pity the sound wasn't scaled down as well!

  • @ramsesbrasil8132
    @ramsesbrasil8132 Před 5 dny +1

    perfect !

  • @michaelpechthalt8627
    @michaelpechthalt8627 Před 6 dny +1

    Excellent job. Great building and good pilot for amazing and beautiful plane

  • @RubyS.1
    @RubyS.1 Před 6 dny +1

    Sounds amazing

  • @victormontalbano4993
    @victormontalbano4993 Před 6 dny +1

    Pretty work guys !!!

  • @cstgDriftR
    @cstgDriftR Před 6 dny +1

    It sounds and looks amazing

  • @davidsnyder238
    @davidsnyder238 Před 6 dny +1

    Outstanding, nothing else needs said. ❤

  • @jimr7154
    @jimr7154 Před 6 dny +1

    Beautiful maiden

  • @BDTennessee
    @BDTennessee Před 6 dny +1

    Great flight and successful build with Tomcat!
    Where was second landing?

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před 5 dny +1

      Only caught snippets of the second flight! I wanted to see it NOT through the camera

  • @edwardcase
    @edwardcase Před 6 dny

    Bravo....NICE pilot

  • @EvilMerlin
    @EvilMerlin Před 6 dny +8

    I watched the build of this. Estimated costs around 35k total (including radio and turbines), and I 100% get nervous about that test flight. ONE thing goes wrong and a small car in costs is mostly eliminated... for good.

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před 5 dny +2

      All part of the rush!

    • @EvilMerlin
      @EvilMerlin Před 4 dny +1

      @@thelightersideofrc This is why I keep building smaller RC stuff and will never do a turbine... maybe if I had "stupid money"... but I'll keep working on my Bates 1/5th SBD...

  • @KidYuma1880
    @KidYuma1880 Před 6 dny +1

    Congrats maiden flight F-14 XXL. Looking good, impressive in flight nice landing.

  • @FLYANDI
    @FLYANDI Před 6 dny +1

    Followed since u got it. Congratulations and what an amazing aircraft! Man that landing I watched 5x times. That turn radius and smooth landing. Crazy! Really needs an onboard camera!

  • @justinm1150
    @justinm1150 Před 6 dny +1

    ABSOLUTLY GORGEOUS plane

  • @jkepps
    @jkepps Před 6 dny

    Fantastic plane! Great job Jonathan!
    Kudos to the camera man/woman. Superb job!

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před 5 dny

      Thanks! Any usually get better footage when i'm not flying and i'm behind the camera😂😉

  • @stephaneduke9736
    @stephaneduke9736 Před 6 dny +1

    Hello de toute Beauté !!!! c une machine magnifique ! Merci pour le partage ... Stéph de FRANCE .

  • @neubert500
    @neubert500 Před 6 dny

    Awesome Aircraft, AMAZING Pilot!

  • @lancer737
    @lancer737 Před 6 dny +1

    Man I would love to fly this. I love the F-14, I never got to fly the real one BUT in Topgun Hard Lock on Xbox, im 1st place nation wide in every category, AND in Ace Combat 6 and 7, im beating the breaks off my opponents.
    With the F-14 D in Ace Combat 7, I actually won 1st place in a free for all. Its a big deal because I didn't know you could hyper mod every aspect of the fighter in Player vs Player mode, and I had no mods at all.

  • @paulantony4598
    @paulantony4598 Před 6 dny +1

    👌👏

  • @ladislavdemcak8670
    @ladislavdemcak8670 Před 5 dny

    ❤👍👍👍

  • @donjames4717
    @donjames4717 Před 6 dny

    Most are tent RC video. I’ve seen in a while good job. It is so realistic.

  • @CalebT_RC
    @CalebT_RC Před 6 dny +1

    It honestly looks like it flies very easy for how big it is

  • @Noncenx
    @Noncenx Před 6 dny +2

    Any thoughts on what caused the initial gear issue? Personally, I wouldn't fly it again until I felt confident the problem was resolved. But I'm chicken. 😳 But loved seeing it in the air.

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před 6 dny +6

      Yes. The two main doors intersect with eachother. Some sanding resolves the issue.

  • @keithcarpenter5254
    @keithcarpenter5254 Před 6 dny +1

    Awesome,! Does it turn right?! 😮😅😊 lol.

  • @Sluf7
    @Sluf7 Před 11 dny +1

    Stunning peice of kit Team. Flys like on Rails and then some.😅😂

  • @dradden1556
    @dradden1556 Před 6 dny +1

    Very very cool! Alittle above my pay grade but awesome 👍. Lol

  • @moonmullins8227
    @moonmullins8227 Před 6 dny

    Call me old school, but a first flight should also include a relatively high slow flight, high alpha, and maybe an approach to stall to see the behavior in those regimes of flight. Will high alpha cause a flame out, will it abruptly snap at a higher airspeed than anticipated, things like that. Yes it makes a beautiful fly by no doubt, but how is control response at high alpha slow speed, what is the throttle to angle of attack profile like. I always want to know my flight envelope on both ends of the spectrum. Look into a full size EAA flight syllabus and take a few points to import into your first flights. Make it a real test flight. Not to take away from your awesome job of building and flying that big critter. Also as a old school Naval Aircrewman, love the Tomcat.

    • @jacklets3851
      @jacklets3851 Před 6 dny +2

      I believe the same pilot who flew this jet already has experience flying the same model so he most likely already knows how it’s going to fly. I could be wrong. This channel has another video of this exact same model in red and it looks like the same pilot flying it

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před 5 dny +1

      Same pilot did the maiden of the first one last year. That one was the smaller version. For a Pilot like KOOL all of the extra stuff is not needed at all. First flight. Get it up and trimmed in all conditions and get it down safe. No time for anything more than that generally.

  • @Egan_CS
    @Egan_CS Před dnem +1

    I've been thinking about getting a Skymaster Rc plane. Where do you get them? I can't find a place to purchase one.

  • @Mikeylikesit1968
    @Mikeylikesit1968 Před 6 dny +1

    Pilot must watch Nascar with left turning only 😅

  • @MichaelJames-h8t
    @MichaelJames-h8t Před 4 hodinami

    Does that thing have real jet engines in it

  • @modellbobby
    @modellbobby Před 6 dny +1

    Flies like a slow bus. But sweet

  • @shaunkelly9053
    @shaunkelly9053 Před dnem

    Just build one big enough you can get in and fly yourself? Lol. How much fuel does it hold and how much does that cost? I saw you weigh it and you said 100 pounds, but was that total weight or just the fuel?

  • @joshuacartwright7735
    @joshuacartwright7735 Před 4 dny +1

    Has anyone gotten a top speed reading?

  • @TheHelicapt
    @TheHelicapt Před 6 dny +1

    Does Koko do all your test flights ?

    • @crazyaces9586
      @crazyaces9586 Před 6 dny

      Probably, when it's his Dads jet. 😊

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před 5 dny +1

      With this process he does the first flights of the years fleet for this customer.

    • @TheHelicapt
      @TheHelicapt Před 5 dny

      @@thelightersideofrc Got it. Smooth pilot, I can see why.

  • @Blueesteel_
    @Blueesteel_ Před 2 dny +1

    How do you not include the start up?!!

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před dnem +1

      Easy! You just don't include it in the video edit!

    • @Blueesteel_
      @Blueesteel_ Před dnem

      @@thelightersideofrc but that’s one of the best parts! Best sound in the world are turbines starting up!

  • @davybloggs1564
    @davybloggs1564 Před 2 dny +1

    Fantastic model. VERY boring video! Half the length would still have been too long - watching it circle over and over again!

    • @thelightersideofrc
      @thelightersideofrc  Před dnem +1

      Thanks! This video is NOT for someone like you! It's for those that have followed the assembly of this beautiful model and want to see the first flight! First flights on an aircraft are never exciting!

  • @schumy1975
    @schumy1975 Před 3 dny +1

    at 11:19 amazing, awesome

  • @dougwaltman8488
    @dougwaltman8488 Před 6 dny +1

    Now we need to catch a 3 wire....