Horizon hobby F18 $500 jet ! Destroyed in seconds !!!

[@FLATearthGARY]

Who was thinking a drone was going to clip the jet and take it out!?

[@roscoep4850]

Yep for a while 7 minutes lol

[@BENDPAK7000]

👋🏾👋🏾Me,me!!

[@joshuagreer4202]

Not the safest location I’ve seen....

[@leifericson2061]

You must fly in bigger Field man.

[@dutchloveRC]

yep

[@rjaquaponics9266]

The entire flying site looked a bit risky to me. Obstructions everywhere, flying all over, it looked like total chaos. I am not surprised he crashed.

[@ksagstertohi6156]

Were these invisible obstructions?

[@rjaquaponics9266]

@@ksagstertohi6156 Line of sight is restricted and the area in which to land is tiny. Vehicles are parked directly next to anyone flying. To name a few.

[@joshrandall3632]

Looked fine to me. Just like any other place most people fly. He came in too hot and tried to land well past his position. That's what did it. He can't blame it on the site, and neither should you.

[@rjaquaponics9266]

@@joshrandall3632 A flying site should be flat with no obstructions. In this site, you are losing visual behind obstructions. You can't even see where the plane actually landed. How can you say the site is safe? You're crazy!

[@joshrandall3632]

@@rjaquaponics9266 Yep. Ideally it would be as you described, but those of us who exist in reality often have to deal with imperfect conditions. To me, anything further than 3 miles from an airport is a suitable place to fly, but to each his own.

[@ringofthebrave]

Really the wrong place to fly this model.

[@sanjaywazo]

ringofthebrave totally that’s all I was thinking.

[@rccosplay3249]

I agree BUT, sometimes people don't really have a choice where to fly, It have been best to be in a proper sized field I agree.

[@MrEffys]

Not to mention all the Bee's flaying around ya...

[@cardinaldriver]

Yeah you wouldnt catch me flying here with all these retards flying e-turbines and fpv behind the box. These are the kinda guys that ruin this sport. Notice they are all flying foam garbage. FOAM=TOY. BALSA&PLY=SPORT.

[@ricardopr54]

@@cardinaldriver Foam can be repaired with a few drops of glue in seconds , Balsa can't, so you would need to buy a new plane if you crash your Balsa model!... Foam = repairable and they aren't toys ... , BALSA = That's the real Garbage that can't take a hard sneeze near them because they'll break... Your comment just revealed how ignorant you are concerning this hobby!... There are foamy planes that are WAY BETTER and Faster then the Balsa ones, not to mention that they are more durables and sturdy... Now if you were referring to the FPV racing drones when you stated that they are the ones ruining the hobby, you are wrong too because they weren't doing nothing wrong there... They were just recording the jet's flight with their drones and presumably with the Jet's pilot permission... I agree that it would've being better for that jet to be flown on a bigger place, but, hey, even in bigger places people make mistakes that cost their planes... This is part of the hobby too.... The DARK SIDE!...

[@MOTO809]

Yeah, it's pretty hard to land at mach 2.

[@richcollins172]

Destroyed in seconds what I'd watched five minutes of the video

[@kristopherketchum1902]

I'm wondering the same damn thing ?

[@Brian-ff7tw]

300 seconds!

[@kristopherketchum1902]

Joking

[@kristopherketchum1902]

@MrThinkTank247 I didn't name it just to get views lol I thought it was cool .

[@christopherleveck6835]

@MrThinkTank247 honestly, it was destroyed in seconds. The last few. Right at the end there. Blink, and you'll miss it. The flying was the part that took minutes. The actual destroying part was done in less than a second actually. Hmmmm, so yeah, you're right. It IS click bait! The title should read, "destroyed in less than a second!". It should be changed immediately.

[@showboatfpv9677]

EDF jets require speed to maintain stable flight. For the landing you need to come in hot, you need to use flaps and you gotta be ready to flare at the right moment to put the wheels down softly. No other way around it. I didn't see any flaps being used in this video. It happens, I've done it.

[@jacklets3851]

Well that’s not always true, if your experienced, you can do a partial high alpha and land it relatively slow but for most people going fast is best

[@williamcrane8236]

I've also flown around corn before with Sticks and slower planes. That Corn, it's just not forgiving. I prefer Soybeans, green is best. Kinda a tall, soft blanket to land on top of. Even vertical can be decent. Bit of a pain swimming out there to retrieve. But corn? That stuff just flails away till you got nothing but pieces.

[@grumpy3543]

@@williamcrane8236 That has to be the worst place to fly out of that I’ve seen. Is that the best they have around there? There has to be something better. Way too narrow and way too many obstacles.

[@FORDEVR]

If this is the Eflite f16 that I think it is, then it doesn’t have flaps. You can rig up flaperons.

[@martinfowler6906]

@@FORDEVR F18

[@mudpuppy318]

Most people can fly, everyone can crash but very few can actually nail a smooth landing.

[@FlyerTuck]

Yeah, ya right on the money Kee-Moo-Sabii

[@cthephasone]

Smaller f18, but I lucked with this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rH6qo5ZtZ6yZabM

[@LordPrometheous]

I honestly thought he had destroyed his landing gear with that touch n go.

[@haskellcrow3524]

How do you even land from outside the plane?

[@draskjudd]

Landing is my fav part of flying!

[@FirstHandBlind]

This has to be the most unorganized, dangerous chaotic RC flying I’ve ever seen. I wonder just how many of those guy actually have an AMA card.

[@f900ex5]

Zero lol

[@kristopherketchum1902]

You guys still trade playing cards?

[@alleznape]

Shouldn't be making high speed passes (or any kind of passes) over pits and spectators. A bad servo or other glitch could get somebody killed.

[@kristopherketchum1902]

Agreed ! I'll warn the boys !

[@missiletm]

Exactly. Taking risks like that is always a bad idea. Learn to fly safely and at a AMA sanctioned flying field. This kinda flying is what is going to be the demise of our hobby. Back road carelessness. Guy spends five bills on a edf but can’t spend money on a club membership or an AMA membership to help protect himself as well as our hobby.

[@cgjohnst45]

@@missiletm I would agree, but my experience at an AMA sanctioned field where I fly at is mostly ancient old guys who yell at anyone that isn’t a thousand years old, flying high wing trainers, or flying anything other than a left hand traffic pattern the whole flight...even if there is only one aircraft in the air.

[@jigginwithryan5334]

That’s why you move out of the way if you see something coming at you, I take it you just sit there and watch something hit you?

[@missiletm]

@@cgjohnst45 The way you fly I can see why someone would yell at you. Flying over everyone’s heads? That’s just not safe.

[@timswope8423]

The hobby isn’t the flying it’s the fixing after the crash.

[@Spinnaker617]

No truer words.

[@jdouglasj2000]

Actually, it wasn't a bad crash. IF your foam breaks instead of smushes, you're fine. You can repair smooshed foam, but it's never pretty. But this crash, eh, he should be able to get things back to 95%

[@ianjones7266]

Yeah! No one wants to come and help then! Landings aagh! Nightmare!

[@dumpsterstu4474]

Same for all RC

[@wallabing]

hot glue gun

[@MrPolymers]

Damn guys. I belong to an RC club where we lease 30 acres of land and have two grass runways with plenty of room. Flying an aircraft there was an accident waiting to happen. I also fly racing quads, those can handle those little areas...

[@piclife1178]

Drones have destroyed the r/c model aircraft hobby in so many ways. I can't imagine a worse modelling nightmare than trying to fly a proper model aircraft with those toy drones zipping around everywhere. Sorry for your loss.

[@christopherleveck6835]

I can't believe I'm going to say this but somebody's got to be the old fuddy-duddy..... Isn't anybody going to say anything about flying behind the flight line? This was dangerous as hell. Maybe it's because I've been doing it for more than 35 years and I seen a few accidents but trust me the only thing worse than being hit in the back of the head by an airplane is being the guy who's trying to explain to somebody's wife how he got hit in the back of the head with an airplane.....

[@kristopherketchum1902]

LoL agreed I'll spread the word !

[@garyjaurique5028]

Absolutely spot on

[@christopherleveck6835]

@@kristopherketchum1902 hey, thanks. Honestly I figured I was going to get flamed. With all that said man that thing is sweet.....

[@rickrussell]

Yeah I really would not want the business end of those planes pointed at a line of cars

[@christopherleveck6835]

@UC_RZDwQLGRhS5l_p0DJognQ I DO fly from behind the flight line, but the plane should not be.....and THAT'S how you get out of that one.... Butt seriously, and only for a moment or ill start to sound like my father and you will stop listening to me...... Its a fairly simple concept. Draw a line on the ground. Planes fly on THAT side. People fly FROM THIS side. Planes, THERE. People, HERE. OR Planes, HERE. (Runs quickly to not be hit in head by airplane........... Again.) People, HERE. OR People, THERE. Planes, WAY OVER THERE. For this to work, People and Planes just have to spend most of their time on opposite sides of the flight line. Don't worry though. You can still be together, alone, when you get home...... Then you can so stuff to her if you want.... Tape her up, glue her to herself, tear her apart cut her up throw her In a bag and dump what's left of her in the garbage if that's what you're into. Then just buy a new one to replace her. Get one that will do all the things the last one wouldn't. You know what I mean? Sure you do.....

[@justanotherguy469]

Nothing good ever happens in the cornfields.

[@Zetamanfly]

It’s simple, just learn to fly before takeoff. Simulator or a good trainer. You will enjoy every flight!

[@capnhardway]

I used a free simulator, it helps but sometimes things just get away from you 😂

[@Wok_Agenda]

Always fly in front of the strip and always choose strip that doesn't have trees in front and sides for 200 meters. It always works

[@earlyculyer4103]

That's what I was thinking That's a very narrow path to land on especially if there's any crosswinds you got to give yourself more room which is hard to find that looks like a recipe for disaster just by the look of the place that roll looks very narrow and dirty and if he landed he had to have landed in a straight line to that corn look tough!

[@solarsnap]

I have crashed at lot of RC craft. That looks totally repairable. Good luck with everything!

[@ukandrew]

Exactly what I thought. A crash, repairable. A crash and burn, fire is another story.

[@Triplethreatindustries]

That sucks man . But don’t stop flying because of that you are a good pilot and sometimes bad corn fields happen ... it happens to all of us . Get your head rite and get back up in the air ..great video.

[@iforce2d]

Destroyed? Almost looks like it could have been fixed in the time it takes to charge the battery.

[@6Sally5]

Exactly

[@pirateradioFPV]

Gotta love how they've sold us the idea of foam coupled with couple of motors and servos being worth $500

[@ShadowTetsuo9999]

That’s why I never got into it lol now that we have quality to work with I will

[@jacklets3851]

Are you saying the jet isn’t worth 500? I’m confused

[@bkpickell]

@@jacklets3851 what he's saying is they are charging $500 for $1 of foam and less than $100 in electronics wholesale. But economics dictate that a product is worth what people are willing to pay for it, and clearly people are willing to pay $500 for $100 worth of parts so $500 it is.

[@jacklets3851]

@@bkpickell I mean that’s pretty much how all purchases work. And your not just buying the foam and electronics. A team had to sit down and design the whole plane which probably took months to do so

[@WalterNut99]

Quite ignorant ...

[@dudebroski9460]

This is madness.... Glad i have my own place to fly that is low traffic, i wouldnt want to worry about that many aircraft at once....

[@kristopherketchum1902]

Fly together die together .

[@dudebroski9460]

@Pedro Sanchez you must fly foamies. Thats cool but when you step it up to gas then things get a little more scary.

[@kristopherketchum1902]

@@dudebroski9460 we are assembling quite a few planes right now over the winter ! Definitely some combustion engines and wood combos ! Few foamies with engines too ! Needles to say , we've got to maiden quite a few rigs this spring so stay tuned ! We do have a video on some of our other planes on here too !

[@dudebroski9460]

@@kristopherketchum1902 i wonder what ever happened to pedro.... Lol.

[@kristopherketchum1902]

@@dudebroski9460 haha ! Didn't see the pedro tag at first LoL !

[@georgebenson6279]

The best ive personally witnessed was a guy hovering his expensive helicopter ( 500 size I think) while another flew his 4ft plane straight into it.. The guy with the heli was literally speechless and couldn't talk.. We couldn't believe he just bagged all the pieces up and walked off like a zombie without a word.. It was like his brain went into protection mode and shut it all out lol.

[@ernestschultz5065]

Probably was afraid if he let loose his anger something bad might have happened.

[@georgebenson6279]

@@ernestschultz5065 No he was more of a quiet geek type and definitely close to 60. I think he was just shocked and stunned but it was amazing how he never said a word and walked off into the distance with his bag of bits lol.. It was years ago but still makes me chuckle 😜

[@microdesigns2000]

@@georgebenson6279 did he ever come back to the field, or did that end his rc hobby?

[@Aereaphotography]

How about toning down on the drone noise..how can you even concentrate with all that buzzing around🤔

[@subliminal1284]

Someone needs to practice landing, he was coming in way too fast.

[@howardharaway2259]

Those drone operators are INSANE !

[@HighVoltageMadness]

Imagine losing your quad in that corn field. You wouldn't find it for years. This is the worst RC feild.

[@jackson2210]

Just because you can afford it doesn’t mean you should fly it. There is everything wrong with that spot.

[@blinkguy4ever]

Nahh.. spot is not perfect.. but very doable.. he just didn't bleed the speed properly and came in hot as fuck.

[@rodgerhecht3623]

Yeah your supposed to slow down to land. Those land way slower that that.

[@jeremyoshea7941]

Wrong spot to fly a plane like that

[@randybaumery5090]

Agreed. They need a for real flying field where it's wide open. With a wide long runway.

[@snipereliete]

This is why we have proper facilities.propper runways and we r covered by insurance if something happens if we damaged someone's property.this is just silliness.

[@skyblazerrc7228]

I see what you did wrong, you applied the American flag decal on the wrong direction, will get you every time!

[@kristopherketchum1902]

Merica !

[@sgtjameslindsey2493]

Looks like a hawk with a couple of mockingbirds harassing him with those drones chasing it,lol

[@keith2964]

Should only fly crop dusters in the area.🤣

[@matthewbalkema792]

🤣😂🤣😂

[@JoshWeaverRC]

lol

[@riverbankfisher]

That landing approach looked dicey so I can't understand why the pilot didn't do a go-around and shoot the approach again. I only fly fixed-wing models in the virtual world using Real Flight 7 and Phoenix RC before it folded, but I learned to land with precision which qualifies me as an armchair critic here.

[@MrChuckmason]

Hot glue, epoxy and patience you'll be good to go!

[@ocsrc]

How about one of the top secret hypersonic orbital vehicles we have ? How cool would it be to have one of those at dusk, just the right amount of light and camera angle, have it look real

[@radioflitercairplanes1715]

It won't look "NEW" but you can repair that and it will be strong and look really good.

[@erikbrodin2198]

The real damage is all that farm land not being used! Holy moly! Ground effect from dehydrated corn stalks is the least of anyone's concern!

[@bayarea5168]

Hot landing. Need to slow down with flaps on approach?

[@bigmoneyjo41510]

Awesome. Great vid. Probably need a more wide open area to land but still awesome to see that fighter jet zooming through the sky. Thanks for sharing

[@gpaje]

Crashing is a part of flying, no worries, didn't look that bad, I've seen far worse that was fixed with some glue and touch up paint. I own a couple of jets but only fly them on areas with a large landing zone, they need a lot of room because they need to come in hot. Even with full flaps, that was going to be a 50/50 proposition landing there. But it's still cheaper than bashing cars!

[@kimnielsenthewordyvikingett159]

Yeah I'm thinking the Bonneville salt flats but I've never flown anything so I'm ignorant when it comes to this. Kinda fun to watch didn't enjoy the crash also couldn't see it I'm thinking the camera person was drinking heavily and was jumping up and down on a trampoline.

[@larrynitso3597]

I don't like crashing or see anyone crashing if you have one plane usually you pack it up and go home

[@gpaje]

@@larrynitso3597 Absolutely, but not the end of the World. Usually easy & cheap to fix unless you wreck the whole plane. I do cars, boats and planes, and foamy planes are vastly cheaper to own and maintain, even with the a mistake here or there.

[@jonathonhebert7042]

For some reason there are some very unrealistic people in this comment section that do not realize that RC clubs, and locations are in short supply. The nearest one from me is over 40 minutes away. The guys in this video look like they're practically in the middle of nowhere, they're fine. I agree the pilot is going a little fast in a tight spot, but I'm sure everyone there knew the risks. I fly my fully custom 6ft wide pusher plane in my backyard because I literally can't even transport it in my car. Just be happy there's people even in the hobby. It was an unfortunate crash, but we've all had ours.

[@kristopherketchum1902]

Jonathon Hebert - let's be friends haha !!!

[@larrynitso3597]

40 minutes isn't that bad try two hours and no guarantee the condition will be favorable

[@larrynitso3597]

And yea these younger guys obviously have the money to go out and buy another, if you are building it you would be a lot more cautious

[@Johnellenberger1]

Flew way too long, even with the bigger pack and it didn't seem like the pilot was using flaps on approach! Way too fast on approach!

[@claytonlance235]

Thats what I thought, way to hot.

[@ryanlemons3255]

Even flaps the jet would stall

[@ryanlemons3255]

Wow time flies lol. Did you see cleetus McFarland flying the b2motion rc bomber lol

[@ricardopr54]

I love the sound of those racing drones!...Thumbs-up👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾🌵🇵🇷😷

[@jameshovey8301]

Let your friend know that he doesn't have to wear a florescent green shirt. We can see him just fine.

[@roberto3262]

But, if he was wearing a gray one, they might mistake him for a dirigible.

[@HughGRekshin]

The shirt functions as the safety marker for the airstrip so the jet can land safely. If it was nighttime that shirt would be crucial.

[@easypimpin123]

That's probably because he's morbidly obese.

[@Jokertuning]

@@HughGRekshin u wouldn't see it out there at night

[@Kevin-zh8bj]

Well being a rc pilot myself, shit happens especially when you're not flying at a Airfield and you got to narrow Runway. But some people don't want to join AMA and fly off dirt roads lol.

[@1000Angus1000]

Karma. Dangerous flying with complete disregard for the safety of the other pilots in the pitts.

[@xraptor10]

Well it's not an actual flying field so if they don't like having someone buzz over their head at 70mph they can just leave. 😉

[@matthewbalkema792]

Yeah clearly the 3 fixed wing pilots we had out have been flying together for a long time. We know each others flying capabilities and pay attention accordingly

[@christopherleveck6835]

@@matthewbalkema792 how does that help if theres an unforeseen problem? High speed low passes are EXACTLY when a problem is most likely to occur. A catastrophic failure at low level pointed in a safe direction never hurt anyone. Lose a servo horn or radio glitch loss of a control surface due to flutter while aimed at the back of a guys head and at the very least you spend the rest of the afternoon sitting in hard plastic chairs of the ER trying to figure out what to tell your wives so they will let you play together again someday.

[@wolfgagger]

“Pilots”

[@1205firefighter]

The guys AMA dislike.

[@WARPONY1973]

Slider: “Hey Maverick… crash and burn.” Maverick: “Slider…” sniff sniff “You stink.”

[@loosingparts6159]

Idiot gonna hurt someone. He’d be kicked out immediately where I fly.

[@brokearcader6625]

@4:17 that was so cool, idk if it was just because it flew through a cloud but being so far away made it look like it broke the speed sound barrier

[@pyroteamalpha5931]

Sorry to see the crash landing, such a nice jet. Not "destroyed" by a long shot. Some glue and paint and she'll fly like new. Next time I suggest finding a more open landing site, so it's not the end of the world if you go off runway.

[@kristopherketchum1902]

Haha yep ! The front landing gear was damaged Christian the owner was pretty upset but debating on what plane to get next so I think he'll be alright lol ! We have permission to fly in this section of fields but we completely agree , next time we won't land the jet between two rows of corn LoL !

[@helithunder56]

Way to hot for landing,lesson learned hopefully. Good luck and happy flying

[@Mark-pr7ug]

He needs to take up stamp collecting. A mate of mine does and he has often dropped a stamp book without any damage

[@Macyam]

I wouldnt say it was destroyed in seconds, it was flying about for quite a while. The actual crash took less than a second to damage it, and it wasnt actually destroyed either, broken nose and some other bits, didnt look that bad, foam glues back together.

[@rdcotta]

Was a stupid flight. He was flying to fast all the flight. Put in risk the people there. Why is coming so fast to the landing??!!! Maybe have some problem with the left stick of the radio.

[@AphexTwinII]

Reading this entire group getting roasted in the comments was more entertaining.

[@kristopherketchum1902]

Thank you sir ! We are enjoying it too !

[@christopherleveck6835]

Let's throw another foamie on the barbie!!!!

[@MoonRambo702]

Actually disappointed one of the drones didn’t take it out 😂

[@deusprogrammer_thekingofspace]

Yep, it was destroyed in seconds. About 3000 of them.

[@Watthead80]

That was not that bad. Great thing about foamies, a little glue and maybe some bamboo skewers and she's ready to go. We always had epoxy and other gear for field repairs. You've not flown enough if you've never crashed. At least it wasn't a balsa kit, do they even make those anymore?

[@jacobishii6121]

Damn that sounds like a legit model jet motor it's insane that you can get those for 500 bucks now that used to be a rich man's toy

[@jackrabbit7389]

It’s a simple ducted fan motor

[@jaket2561]

The jet with the drones sounds so badass. And watching them bank together... so cool.

[@kristopherketchum1902]

Thank you sir 🙏

[@tomahawk1556]

Coming in Too Fast for the Landing! Sorry for the damaged F18 Hornet! We learnt from mistakes! Thank You for the RC Airshow! 🌍

[@darthgrundle2349]

Glad to see the guy in yellow finally beat Anorexia!

[@mickmuzzmkmz1628]

I have crashed so many models. Planes (both props & jets), helis, & even some drones, quite often too. The models usually scattered in many pieces, all over the ground!😱😑😟 Good thing it was on a simulator then!🤣

[@rickkremer0525]

Question. Btw great flying. We’re you flying line of sight or fpv. B/c it looked like a spec.

[@simonbpuk2949]

It's not too badly damaged, the guy should be able to stick the bits back together with it looking like styrofoam. In the 60's and 70's when those model aircraft came down you knew about it with bits shattering everywhere but still, the modellers would simply repair the damaged parts for newly crafted parts. That said in those days the modellers built the planes from scratch following a detailed plan for every part, the wing structure would be like a skeleton until it had it's wing membrane ironed onto the frame joists. I remember listening to my uncle when he tried to sell some of his old model planes near on 50 years later and being told that the pilots of today want an instant plane ready to fly, they're not interested in learning the aerodynamics involved in creating a plane from scratch so his planes didn't sell. So on that basis....Yes the guys damaged plane in the video will probably never fly again.

[@kristopherketchum1902]

Please , just do what Simon says !

[@pawpawstew]

I flew RC back in the 80s and 90s, and with the exception of one aircraft I built them all from balsa, and Monocote. I even modified a few. Without understanding aerodynamics, weight and balance, wing loading, etc., I couldn't have done that. It's ironic now that I'm dipping my toes back into the hobby again, all I can find are foam airplanes. Heck, Tower Hobbies doesn't even sell kits any more.

[@bkpickell]

You don't need to understand aerodynamics to build a model plane. The plansa are very detailed. I used to love putting balsa planes together. Never really liked the foam planes, due to being manhandled too easily by the slightest of breezes. I really miss the smell of nitro burning in the morning. And I am currently building another balsa plane, so yes some people still like putting them together.

[@frankjennings4849]

@@pawpawstew I am flying a highly modified Kadet Sr. that has been flying for 22yrs. It has been crashed and repaired several times but continues to be my favorite all around flier. Show me a foamie that has anything near this useable life.

[@ThePoilkjmnb03]

@@Warpig0321 I think what this dude is saying is that it's also about fixing (and learning to modify) the planes once you break them, it was a pretty long winded point but it's still valid. He wasn't saying Styrofoam planes are junk, it's just that you don't necessarily have to put it back the same as it was for it to fly, have some fun w it The old way is and was fairly expensive and hard, so you have to modify the plane within your skill and budget (you can make custom Styrofoam parts, all you need is a sharp knife or razor blade. It will save you money and a trip to the hobby shop)

[@GreenChilliD]

Criss crossing where the pilots are standing is very sketchy. Flying over a corn field is sketchy too. You go down could take hours to find it if you’re lucky. Unless you have a locator attached.

[@arebrec]

Are we not going to talk about how bonkers fast those drones are!

[@joelpachecoorozco2233]

Haja

[@davidhollfelder9940]

I quit flying “rouge” years ago, for AMA fields. High grass/tall field vegetation, road signs, street lights, soccer goal posts .. bad idea. Ask me how I know.

[@21psd]

I couldn't believe how fast those drones are!

[@RichardSekmistrz]

Me: "Look how fast and graceful this jet is! It looks too fast to fly!" Bird: "I think I will fly up and swoop it and do circles around it!" Me: "Damn you mother nature, you showoff!"

[@Azturboz]

Flying a high speed model, in an area with brush and static objects above ground level, in a highly congested airspace? This was a bad idea. High speed passes over spectators heads and within close proximity of static objects?? That's a recipe for disaster. Don't fly in conditions like this. Fortunately no one was hurt, but it WILL eventually happen if you keep flying like this. Too many things to go wrong very quickly. I've seen people get hurt in better conditions. Keep it safe. 🤙

[@homersipes]

First comment ive seen about flying over heads, huge no no. This is what happens when people go to the hobby store and buy shit without any knowledge or research. Seen planes take out rvs, fingers hands, god forbid if one ever hit a person.

[@aaronjoseph7239]

Those foam flyers glue back together very good. Make sure to balance again after your repairs and your good to go

[@MaxSupercars]

That happend to everyone of us at the beginning. Title change: "When you are lazy to find secure runway for EDF jet... " 😀 That 10-30 minutes of more drive can cost you half a day of repairing or also the whole model... 🙂 Everyone learns... 🙂

[@tonyjohnson7290]

I love once ive crashed a styro-jet. I get it glued back together and i fly much more fearlessly and relaxed. I usually never crash that same plane again....

[@rccosplay3249]

I wouldn't say destroyed!! maybe a bad landing with some damage... 💖

[@EXTRA300s]

Hey mate, 👋 which battery pack ur used? More then 5 minuts air time is just great. Dit you manage repair this beautifull plane? I have serveral rc planes but no impellor, it may be this one, very nice plane.👍

[@KPMACHINE1]

Mans greatest achievement was flight but you have to learn to land first

[@ab3rsur314]

If you are able to land your thing, only THEN you can fly.

[@Thunderbyrd.]

@@ab3rsur314 But don't you have to fly before you can land?

[@ab3rsur314]

@@Thunderbyrd. technically the truth. Good one.😅 yeeees you are right, but you know what I mean.

[@CreativeRC2]

A country road is fairly narrow to land a fast EDF jet. Repairable??

[@Vostok7]

Later when the farmer sees miniature plane parts in his combine: “What in tiny aviation?”

[@lens1736]

I got that! pretty good

[@propgear123]

Unlucky guys we all been their unfortunately haha. Looks a good flying crew 🙌🏼🙌🏼👊🏼

[@bentleymurphree216]

Great looking plane and great flying... sorry for the ending, but I’m sure this isn’t the first plane you have had to repair.

[@TheUpwardbound1]

Came in a bit hot my friend. Everything was lining up perfect should have cut power flared a bit more. Hey it's happen to the best of us including myself. You were dealing with a bit of wind and the corn stalks on each side as well. I try to stay in big fields if possible to allow for adjustments. It's an expensive hobby but we'll worth it. I will be glad when they start making some nice vtol style aircraft or some equipped with GPS and automatic landing. We definitely have the technology to do it just nothing like that on the market yet. How cool would that be to push a return to home like on a drone and it lands itself.

[@kevinmanns1249]

Thts wrong place to be flying a jet not smart at all🤔

[@kristopherketchum1902]

Thanks man ! Love to hear your opinion .

[@hobie1613]

I’d be comfortable flying a jet like that from that location

[@kimbelldify]

in 1987 while training in 29 palms my squadron had the rather dubious honor of being the first Marine Corps squadron to successfully deploy the ejection seat... My XO was piloting his Hornet with full ordinance onboard... loaded with 500 plb bombs he lit the afterburners to get off the ground.. The center-line fuel tank did not have the fuel cap properly secured and a Lucky grunt at the end of the runway got a picture as a giant fireball exploded beneath the plane... sure wish I still had a copy of that picture it was a rare one... Our XO got a fire warning indicator.. He could not punch out because he was still over the runway, full fuel bladders to his left, live bombs on the tarmack to his right, with a cool had on the stick he road the plan down until he was at about 100 feet and past the end of the runway. Once in the clear.. in his own words.. " I got clear so I jettisoned the fuel tank, it was still going down so I jettisoned the ordinance, it was still going down so I jettisoned the airplane... Your escapades brought this memory back... thank you its a good memory.. You might be gratified to know there was alot more of your aircraft left then our XO's

[@kristopherketchum1902]

Star 🌟 comment

[@nothsim]

Got the weird feeling I was watching independents Day during the video.

[@zacharyohare6029]

That's a really nice saturn ion redline there at the end haha. Honestly for all the flybys and the area he was flying in, did pretty decent...

[@kristopherketchum1902]

Thanks man ! SC all zzP stage 3 goodieS !! One of my fastest cars 🚗 vroom vroom !

[@DrummerJohn]

The drone noise makes me crazy. I can’t stand it. I would have to learn to block it out before I could fly anything at the same time. I do however appreciate good drone coverage!

[@coloradoprospecting1034]

This is so awesome the power and technology behind both of these completely different products jet versus quadcopter, I would really like to see the on-board footage from the jet as if it was one of those military versus UFO videos we see

[@crashflowfpv4841]

When you see the title and then check length of the video because you’ve been clickbaited before and know your getting clickbaited right now but you you watch the whole damn thing anyway, yep it’s your fault.

[@mikabreto]

Sounds just like a big jet, but it’s only 2 feet long! So cool!

[@EXTRA300s]

I was sure one of the drones would fly the F18 out of the sky. Next time go stand about the spot were you crashed the plane, and come in a lot slower. Landing in front and pass you on such a smal road is dangerous and not easy. I hope you manage to repair the F18 and you still enjoy to fly such a beautyfull RC plane. What accupack is used in the plane? You got a fairly long flying time

[@maverick744]

I dub your call sign..”corn stalk”… lmao

[@Chilternflyer]

I'm still trying to work out why you'd choose to take off and land a fast model on a road surrounded by corn fields.

[@kristopherketchum1902]

Just to see if we could !

[@bmpowellicio]

@@kristopherketchum1902 Well, you can't.

[@kristopherketchum1902]

@@bmpowellicio Couldn't not can't haha ! Practice makes perfect !

[@bmpowellicio]

@@kristopherketchum1902 Shouldn't is the word you're searching for. FAI World Champion Phil Kraft once said that you should never try to land a model plane in a space smaller than a full-sized Bell Jet-Ranger would need. Forget that you're flying a small plane, its the wiggle room either side of it that matters.

[@pilot3016]

I actually thought the Black Birds (?) were going to be your down fall..(I was attacked in a 50 ft wing span sailplane over Minden, Nevada once at 9'000 feet).

[@urbexcamo3855]

The way he's on his knees almost in tears is absolutely tradgic

[@taz7173]

Sorry about the crash but at least you still have a plane to fix. I recently posted a video of my first flight of the F4U Corsair and I lost connection and my plane flew away never to be found. I was so mad and could not stop saying the f word. If you watch my video, make sure no kids are around.

[@Back2BackLakers2010]

The walk of shame begins around the 5:30 mark. We have all been there.

[@tonywright8294]

I haven’t ,but I’m not a total moron like this bunch of pricks.

[@NickWeissMusic]

That looks like a really, really stupid location to try to land your missile.

[@robjones5]

Could always try flying at an actual field instead of a road.. just sayn.

[@stevenichols1861]

Nice jet! That thing reminds me of the real one in a lot of ways, I spent years around them.

[@forceaerialvision1321]

Totally unsafe to not only fly over people, but taking off and landing in such close proximity to others and on a public road...SMH

[@Spinnaker617]

It would have required perfect calm conditions, flaps and maybe a little rudder mix (doubtful it has rudders) and lots of luck to land that big edf on that little road but hats off to you for getting out there and having fun flying with your buddies. Best part about foam is boil it, glue it, fly it. Good video👍

[@jacklets3851]

@@Spinnaker617 those jets typically do have rudders which will help. I fly these jets and it definitely isn’t luck. It’s pretty much mostly skill, I know many people who would have been able to land on that runway and I also know many more who would have crashed

[@snviper]

Sorry to see. I also had an F18 crash because I collided with the chase fpv drone. Do you still have the remains? I'd buy the landing gear off you.

[@kristopherketchum1902]

I will see if it's still for sale !