Eflite F-18 flight April 13th - P8 Poseidon Intercept

One of the 6 flights I had on Saturday
At about 1:30 I climbed up to try and capture a departing P8 Poseidon climbing out of RAAF Edinburgh
It was a cool sight from the flightline, with the size of the rc plane and the P8 in the distance making it look quite good

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I had one of the early Eflight F-15's, Just released then. It was a screamer once I had the right gear in it. The only negative really was the dainty landing gear and high landing speed. You had to scream it in each time on the flair and touchdown. After some gear replace I occasionally started using the tall brown field style arresttor net, gear up, especially in the gusty on final. When you shunt the motor completely off, it's like tossing out a out-of-scale drag chute. They do all kinds of crazy things. I started having just a little bit of engine speed on touch, and it helped a bunch. Neat flight, thanks. The Poseidon needed the SAM warning, those guys run out of tea and fall asleep up there. Someone in the Outback I think was brought down in a private craft by a drone. Just recently. Where in the hell??.