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

#rcjets #rcplanes #f14 Incredible: Giant F-14 Tomcat Take Flight For The First Time - Skymaster XXL F14
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[@thelightersideofrc]

View the F-14 XXL Build Playlist here! kzbin.info/aero/PLF09n1avxpLIakKj8mHwjBC_XfIs-L7h7

[@jimpendleton-ms7rr]

Awesome

[@hopeforamerica1714]

RADICAL ! Took me back to the mid-late 80's, VF- 302, -ANY TIME BABY !

[@thelightersideofrc]

Nice! Thanks for watching!

[@merlinnuffsaid5054]

What do you recommend to start practicing before flying one of those? Do you use two people to fly that?

[@thelightersideofrc]

EDF or a sports jet is a great starting point. 2 people are not needed to fly it.

[@beyond8981]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

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

[@davidleleux4948]

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

[@RichardS-qh8mi]

Wonderful to see this outstanding depiction of such a magnificent aircraft, one of the greatest fighter jets of all time.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks for watching!

[@robdobson5056]

Amazing sound the engines make!

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎

[@stevequate1797]

Wow you just took me back 25 years. I used to work in those sky pigs, but at that time there was nothing in the world that could go nose to nose with the F-14 twin tail cat, still a gorgeous lady, ashame they didn’t give her the modifications, and upgrades that were originally made for her to step into, it would blow your mind but there is another model of F-14 fixing to be unveiled. Gotta shut up.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Very cool Memories!

[@juancolon7990]

I remember watching the real ones as they came in off of carriers to Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in PR. This takes me back to my teen years!

[@thelightersideofrc]

COOL! Great memories!

[@45035]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎🙌

[@richardgeorge3136]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

Very cool! Thanks for watching!

[@tracythomasvision]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎

[@kellyrohrbachsbvmhanger9912]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎👍

[@spineynorman303]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks, will do!

[@robertpawlusiak]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks!

[@dougwaltman8488]

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.

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎

[@edcurtis555]

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!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you for watching!

[@flyboy451]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

Oh yea!!!!!🙌

[@geoffhann4109]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

Kool on the sticks!

[@Wootert]

What a fantastic plane! Looks so realistic when flying. (and on the ground of course)

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎

[@JDDupuy]

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!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you! KOOL on the Sticks!

[@EvilMerlin]

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]

All part of the rush!

[@EvilMerlin]

@@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...

[@Polarjack420]

Hats off to all those involved. Outstanding!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you!

[@FredWeaver-b3k]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

Many thanks!

[@flightsystemsrc]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Sal! Very rewarding to see the whole process!

[@michaelzdinak746]

Beautiful

[@williamb.9110]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

No Kidding! Bad A$$!

[@maddywould8684]

Beautiful bird. Beautiful flight

[@thelightersideofrc]

Many thanks

[@RCFlyBoy314]

This field looks like the default RealFlight spot. Wonderful job guys, love it

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks for watching

[@markmed9091]

I’ve loved RC planes since I was a little guy back in the ‘60’s . I’ve always wondered though about how the operator knows when the craft is low on fuel ? It’s probably a stupid question for seasoned experts, but I’ve never had the opportunity to fly a craft and learn the basics . Thanks .

[@thelightersideofrc]

Great question! So typically it's done on time. You may do the first flight with 5 min on the timer, land and check levels. If you can add another minute or 2 it is usually visible in remaining fuel volume. Now, many turbines as part of the telemetry will show fuel volume used/remaining. So you can program 5L of tank volume, setup various warnings, 50% remaining, 30% etc. Very accurate and helpful!

[@markmed9091]

@@thelightersideofrc thanks so much ! Your craft is amazing !

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎😊

[@GJBricks]

I hear the Top Gun music playing when I see that beast... Sounds phenomenal!

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎🥳

[@willi19671]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks for watching!

[@57rcpilot]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

Kool on the sticks!

[@seancox46]

Man oh man I'm seeking at this video... your so lucky to have such sweet planes!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks for watching!

[@michaelpechthalt8627]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you!

[@stephaneduke9736]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you!☺

[@devin1862]

stunning

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you! 😊

[@francofava8818]

Incrível o som desse motor

[@thelightersideofrc]

Agreed! And there is 2 of them! Thanks for watching!

[@ohiorc5586]

Man that thing is beautiful I wish I was rich enough to even just fly one of these things they are so cool

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks for watching!

[@mediccoy]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

😂🙌

[@markhogan9435]

VF 41 has the ace of spades on its tail but no letters on it. It was my squadron from 78 to 81...named "The black Aces" squadron left over from WW2. As far as I know, it's the only squadron using " ace of spades". 100 through 114. 100 was call numb nuts and 111 was Triple sticks.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Cool memories! Thanks for watching!

[@jrmotorsports5532]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@FLYANDI]

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!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks for following along! KOOL on the sticks is Fantastic!

[@Noncenx]

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]

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

[@themapmaker5374]

I’m a 30-year RC’er, planes and helicopters. Been considering getting into turbine jets. With this XXL F-14, I’m curious to know what the cost in fuel per 10-15 minute flight. With twin turbines burning kerosene, I would imagine it’s not cheap.

[@thelightersideofrc]

The larger aircraft with twins will go through 4 - 5 L per flight per engine. so if your 10L per flight it's about 20 -30 in fuel costs plus oil so maybe 30 - 40 per flight.

[@BDTennessee]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

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

[@KidYuma1880]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks a lot!

[@KidYuma1880]

@@thelightersideofrc welcome looked great in flight & landing.

[@lancer737]

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.

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎

[@tomsanborn4156]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎

[@jkepps]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

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

[@michelbrown1060]

AWESOME AIR CRAFT I wonder , do you have airspeed indicator to know V1 V2 V3. . . . . It stopped rapidly on landing ? ? ? does it have brakes ? ? ?It moves with the grace of a real plane, are there adjustment to control the reaction time for the servos. . ? ?

[@thelightersideofrc]

Yes the aircraft has an pitot tube air speed sensor. Yes it has air powered brakes on main wheels. Everything is fully adjustable and customizable from the radio.

[@victorrcjets7660]

Can't wait to get it on video 😊

[@thelightersideofrc]

🙌

[@victormontalbano4993]

Pretty work guys !!!

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎

[@ramsesbrasil8132]

perfect !

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks!

[@justinm1150]

ABSOLUTLY GORGEOUS plane

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎🙌

[@djjohnpiazza7043]

you sir are a legend....

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks!

[@camilo8cheryl]

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]

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

[@networkit]

Amazing! Congrats!!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks!

[@neubert500]

Awesome Aircraft, AMAZING Pilot!

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎

[@ThePaulv12]

Landing looked like a real carrier landing.

[@thelightersideofrc]

🙌

[@cstgDriftR]

It sounds and looks amazing

[@thelightersideofrc]

☺

[@Egan_CS]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

Contact Doug at jetnorthjets.com

[@Egan_CS]

@@thelightersideofrc Thanks!

[@dagtheaviator]

Fabulous! Great job!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you!

[@DougSlmon]

❤😂😢😮😮😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 hell yeah that was awesome. I like to see it right in front of me, man that’s a good pilot flying that with the control. I don’t think I could do that but that is tough.

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎😊 thanks for watching!

[@DougSlmon]

@@thelightersideofrc I love it a lot. I even send it to my friend in Iowa. I like to see some some more please that is so so awesome.

[@davidsnyder238]

Outstanding, nothing else needs said. ❤

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you!

[@davidsoufer116]

Awesome video.. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you!

[@The2010designer]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

🙌

[@tsampson38]

How do you get pne of those? I've wanted one for so long!

[@thelightersideofrc]

It's a fairly large process but can all be ironed out! Shoot me an email if your interested!

[@kokotorossian3423]

Absolutely amazing 🙌🏻🙏🏻🚀

[@thelightersideofrc]

KOOL on the sticks is stunning!

[@RubyS.1]

Sounds amazing

[@thelightersideofrc]

The beautiful sound of twins!

[@DougSlmon]

❤❤😂🎉😢😢😢😮😅😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 that is Hella sweet I wish it was close so I could see that. Hope you have any more videos like that. That was so awesome and do they built that at a store because there’s one like that at Reading California radio control shop but I don’t know if he flies it still but that is tough. Keep up the good work and take care and have a good week.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you very much!

[@jimr7154]

Beautiful maiden

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks!

[@CalebT_RC]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

Very light and floaty!

[@edwardcase]

Bravo....NICE pilot

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks for watching!

[@DougSlmon]

❤😂😢😮😅😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 this is the fourth time I saw your video in one day. I like to know if you’re gonna do any more videos cause you guys are awesome. Please do some more I like it a lot.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you so much 😀

[@Lee-d7b]

Ooh I gets 1 those 🤜🤛🤙👍🌈⚡

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎🙌

[@Sluf7]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Nick! 😊

[@donjames4717]

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

[@donjames4717]

I meant authentic!!!!

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎🙌

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks for watching!

[@Lee-d7b]

Air break tapping on turn

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎

[@keithcarpenter5254]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

It does. just not on the first setup flights!☺

[@moonmullins8227]

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]

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]

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.

[@dradden1556]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎

[@jonathanhmm3470]

Cool 😎

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks for watching!

[@billwendell6886]

For what that cost have you could be getting into a real 152 with your name on the reg.

[@thelightersideofrc]

BORING! Much more exciting to fly this.

[@paulantony4598]

👌👏

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎

[@Lee-d7b]

Turn an burn after burner

[@thelightersideofrc]

😳👍🙌

[@Blueesteel_]

How do you not include the start up?!!

[@thelightersideofrc]

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

[@Blueesteel_]

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

[@TheHelicapt]

Does Koko do all your test flights ?

[@crazyaces9586]

Probably, when it's his Dads jet. 😊

[@thelightersideofrc]

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

[@TheHelicapt]

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

[@schumy1975]

at 11:19 amazing, awesome

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎🙌

[@ladislavdemcak8670]

❤👍👍👍

[@thelightersideofrc]

😎

[@joshuacartwright7735]

Has anyone gotten a top speed reading?

[@thelightersideofrc]

Not a fast plane.

[@Mikeylikesit1968]

Pilot must watch Nascar with left turning only 😅

[@thelightersideofrc]

for the first flights it's nascar only.

[@MichaelJames-h8t]

Does that thing have real jet engines in it

[@thelightersideofrc]

It does! 2 x 240N miniature turbine engines!

[@shaunkelly9053]

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?

[@thelightersideofrc]

total weight with fuel is 99.7 lbs. to put this together your in the range of 35-40k USD

[@shaunkelly9053]

@@thelightersideofrc I meant how much does a full tank of fuel cost? Curious about running expenses. I’ve heard they are pretty high.

[@thelightersideofrc]

@shaunkelly9053 ahh. Jet a is about 2-2.50 per L. Plus oil. So if you put in 10 L of fuel your about $30. Will likely use 7-8L in flight

[@shaunkelly9053]

@@thelightersideofrc what’s the burn rate? How long will 10L last?

[@PhilStewart-xf9rp]

Do the wings swing ?? If not then just a waste of time and $$$ imo. It is nice though I wouldn't have spent the $$ and time

[@thelightersideofrc]

Maybe instead of watching just long enough to make a stupid comment you should watch the wing swing portion of the flight! Just a thought!

[@modellbobby]

Flies like a slow bus. But sweet

[@thelightersideofrc]

Gentle flier!

[@davybloggs1564]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

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!

[@dougwaltman8488]

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

[@thelightersideofrc]

😂😎