THATS IT! I'm DONE! - The F4 Phantom Twins

#f4phantom #thelightersideofrc #turbines THATS IT - IM DONE The Skymaster F4 Phantom Twins! TONS covered in this video! This is Video 9 in the Series.
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F4 Phantom Info from Wikipedia.
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II[N 1] is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.[2] Proving highly adaptable, it entered service with the Navy in 1961[3] before it was adopted by the United States Marine Corps and the United States Air Force, and by the mid-1960s it had become a major part of their air arms.[4] Phantom production ran from 1958 to 1981 with a total of 5,195 aircraft built, making it the most produced American supersonic military aircraft in history, and cementing its position as an iconic combat aircraft of the Cold War.[4][5]
The Phantom is a large fighter with a top speed of over Mach 2.2. It can carry more than 18,000 pounds (8,400 kg) of weapons on nine external hardpoints, including air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground missiles, and various bombs. The F-4, like other interceptors of its time, was initially designed without an internal cannon. Later models incorporated an M61 Vulcan rotary cannon. Beginning in 1959, it set 15 world records for in-flight performance,[6] including an absolute speed record and an absolute altitude record.[7]
The F-4 was used extensively during the Vietnam War. It served as the principal air superiority fighter for the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps and became important in the ground-attack and aerial reconnaissance roles late in the war. During the Vietnam War, one U.S. Air Force pilot, two weapon systems officers (WSOs),[8] one U.S. Navy pilot and one radar intercept officer (RIO) became aces by achieving five aerial kills against enemy fighter aircraft.[9] The F-4 continued to form a major part of U.S. military air power throughout the 1970s and 1980s, being gradually replaced by more modern aircraft such as the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon in the U.S. Air Force, the F-14 Tomcat in the U.S. Navy, and the F/A-18 Hornet in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps.
00:00 Introduction
01:33 Chute and Tail section complete.
06:39 Flap fix.
09:48 New F4 Final Weight.
15:06 Battery size and location dealt with.
16:43 Twin Xicoy 120 Test Run Time.
21:56 Single SWIWIN 220 Test Run Time.
26:22 Landing Gear Check.
28:45 Nose gear mix in JETI
29:33 Chute Mech Programming in JETI
32:19 Ordinance on Old F4 Installed.
32:30 Landing Gear Check on New F4
36:00 Adjusting Failsafe on XICOY SEQUENCER
38:56 Gremlin Chasing Time.
45:40 Canopy Name Change
49:16 closing

[@thelightersideofrc]

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[@anthonywatkins2783]

Only one word comes to mind SUPERB 👌👌👌

[@PhilipAlonzo]

You are one heck of a builder sir and that parachute is way cool

[@jcheck6]

Having flown the real thing, your detail is impressive especially the drag chute.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you very much! I appreciate it!

[@s9523pink]

Brilliant post, excellent information and enjoyable to watch!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Many thanks!

[@mikepirkl9653]

Great looking birds and an excellent build; not a jet flyer myself but what I learned from watching I can apply to my prop job warbirds; I wish I had half the talent you have; enjoyed the build very much.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Mike and Thank you for watching!

[@Axr24have]

That was fun to watch! I do like the ‘run ups’. Looking for gremlins is always informative, I suppose you’ll find some after the maiden.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks John! Yea the goal is to catch them before the maiden but finding more is always expected! 😂

[@wings9925]

New to the channel. Loving the new twin. Beautifully crafted and diligently tested. Good to see the Red Arrow in the background during the test 🇬🇧

[@thelightersideofrc]

Welcome aboard!

[@anthonywatkins2783]

Just one word comes to mind SUPERB 👌👌👌

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you!

[@rolandtheheadlessthompsong4346]

Enjoyed it very much Jon….Thank you!

[@thelightersideofrc]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

[@gregmcgee4430]

Totally impressed with your professional skills with these model builds.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you Greg!

[@martinj9251]

Another spectacular Build!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you!

[@davidsoufer116]

What a fantastic series.. the twin F4’s look amazing.. can’t wait to maiden them. Excellent work. Thank you so very much Jonathan🙏🏻🤩

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank You David! Looking forward to the maidens as well!

[@halroofner4069]

Awesome work again Jon X2!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@DetoursRC]

Wow amazing plane great job!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you David!

[@helischorsch9786]

Such an iconic aircraft! Beautiful build Jon👍… cheers from Munich 🍺, Sven

[@thelightersideofrc]

Many thanks Sven! I appreciate it!

[@Jay-zc7iq]

Yay the baby mig made the blooper reel 😂 god that hurt even me 😢

[@thelightersideofrc]

Yea. Still sucks!

[@olddogg60]

Double beautiful Jon. 👍

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you kindly

[@MR_Mazza]

Excelente trabajo!!! Felicitaciones

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you!

[@manoelgomesdesouza8472]

This was another excellent series of videos, where, more than the satisfaction of seeing your work, the learning opportunity was once again very well taken advantage of. Now I actually look forward to seeing so many projects debut in flight!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you Manoel for the kind words! It's going to be an exciting spring with all the maiden flights we need to get completed!

[@DadsRCHangar]

Those F4’s make my mouth water. Orsum builds. Love the cap, I will have to get one. 🫡

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you very much. They really are fantastic looking aircraft! Love the F4's!

[@dcabrick]

Brilliant work! Awesome jets!!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks a lot!

[@andrewpoole6854]

Incredible mate!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks a lot!

[@jonvanskiver2437]

I had the exact same wing fit problem with my twin F-4 that I bought years ago. The spars are not parallel, it was/is a production problem. Skymaster was no help, my only solution was to force it into position which is putting a lot of stress on the wing/ fuse mounts. My F4 is at least 10 years old so this problem seems to have never been corrected as Skymaster knew at least 10 years ago about the problem because I told them about it.

[@thelightersideofrc]

In this case the wings fit great but you could pull on them and create a gap in the rear 3/4 of the wing root. Definitely an oversite on their part to not add a wing fixing bolt or tab on the rear section.

[@lawrenceessard4086]

Congrats another great build series 👏 👍 👌 💪

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Lawrence

[@ILSRWY4]

Awesome! Just fantastically awesome! You did a great job on the build... and you have to admit, the United States Navy, particularly in the late 1960s thru the early 1980's had some of the coolest paint schemes on their naval aircraft. The VF-84 is my favorite. by the way, the VF stand for "Navy Fixed Wing (V), Fighter (F). And 84 is the squadron, known as the "Fighting 84 Jolly Rogers". I thought that scheme looked best on F-14s but this Phantom here looks sweet too. Anyway looking forward to these taking flight!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks! Was a fun build for sure. I enjoyed having the two done together!

[@davidgerlach1132]

I love you! j/k -- I envy you, nicely done absolutely beautiful job and aircraft 🙂

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you David! I appreciate it!

[@mdemed]

Great build series. Looking forward to the maidens!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you! Should be mid June at the Montana Jets Event!

[@victorrcjets7660]

Wow so much detail it's hard to say what is best😮

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you so much 😀

[@jrmotorsports5532]

Awesome job! Both are beautiful birds.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you very much!

[@josephkerkau2520]

I enjoy watching your videos. The information is very educational. But, there's one thing! It makes me wish I was part of the Rich 1%

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks for watching!

[@WalterMitty1966]

Hi Jon , Excellent , as usual mate !!! They look brilliant !! Well done Cheers Phil

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Phil! Happy with the results!😎

[@michaellongford871]

Your builds are badass🇦🇬😁

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thank you very much!

[@terryperrott9913]

The "" Phantom "" is my favorite, then its the ' Hornet 'F-18. The single f-4 that a skymaster ? Very nice birds

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Terry! Both of these are skymaster kits. The F4 is loved by so many! Crazy that these things used to land on a carrier!

[@jonkje]

Money doesnt buy experience.... Excellent promo material..

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks!

[@aaronl_trains_and_planes]

They turned out AWESOME!! Wish I could afford a F-4. It's my fav!!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks! I’m very happy with the final results! Turned out great!

[@andrewmagro7703]

the idle down whistle sound of those twin Turbine is like Mozart & Beethoven just in RC Jet Mode Absolutely 💯Awesome 😻

[@thelightersideofrc]

Totally Hey!!! So dang nice. What does it for me is when you shut them down and they both go down to zero RPM together and you can here them at slightly different RPM and sounds. MUSIC for sure!

[@ramonmedina1974]

You did great work! Beautiful model airplanes! I think the F4 is a beautiful airplane.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Ramon! It's very unique and mean looking! Thanks for watching!

[@wearemany73]

I love this phantom. Is the chute rigged with Kevlar cordage? 🤔 I’m interested as to how those elevator covers work and whether there’s a “binding” risk involved with their operation. Also, when the fuel runs low, won’t the aircraft have problems being tail heavy (the most undesirable kind of CG asymmetry) and potentially un-flyable? I always thought that the tanks in these aircraft were baffled and precisely over the CG. That Zicoy “balance and weight meter” is a beautiful little device.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks! I believe it's kevlar cord. RCJETCHUTES have a full size F4 Chute in their possession so they also make it as scale as possible. The hole covers on the aileron work quite well. No issues with binding as all the parts are fastened down. The only contact surface is between the outer keeper pieces and the inner sliding piece. With the Older F4. the saddle tanks are on the CG location and the front tank is forward of the CG. Front drains first and then the saddles last, one at a time. CG completed on old aircraft with Zero Fuel. So with full Fuel, CG is forward. On the new F4, All the tanks are in front of CG. CG checked with a landing amount of fuel in the system, 1L in a 6L system. So when it's full it will be nose heavy. As you near the end of the flight it will get closer to proper CG location. That's one of the major issues with some of the Scale Aircraft, Tank Location. It would be ideal to be as close to CG as possible but due to design and intake layout it's often not possible.

[@wearemany73]

@@thelightersideofrc Ahh I see, if anything the only CG asymmetry is forward during takeoff (which isn’t a problem) and with fuel low the CG will only be where it should be, I get it. Thank you for taking the time to explain Johnathan, you’re a legend mate! 👍🤓❤️🇬🇧

[@thelightersideofrc]

My pleasure 😊

[@-2772-]

a real fighting-yet...amazing...heard beating moments during maidenflight..i would do n o t fly maiden

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks! Looking forward to these two!

[@Rdenham1976]

It's ashame such a beautiful airplane was painted in a inaccurate Gray for the VF-102 Diamondback F-4

[@thelightersideofrc]

Meh! The owner has a blast flying it in a non scale type flying style as well! Flies it like a sports jet and enjoys it! Much more important In my opinion!

[@RubyS.1]

Badass garage heater

[@thelightersideofrc]

HAHA. Totally!

[@Sluf7]

Hi Jon another great build series and to have the opportunity to do a single and duel set up comparison was really interesting. With Daves having a few more Flashy bits than yours was a good comparison on what ya can do either way. The ole F4,s just look like Brutes they both came out great. Good to see the Gremin checks showing there ugly heads now and not at the field. Right NEXT. keep at it. ;0)

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Nick! It was a cool build for that reason for sure! A fun build for sure! Agreed! They are dang good looking aircraft, those F4's!

[@joeottsoulbikes415]

Thise are amazingly huge! Im used tonseeing 1:18 as big. I dint think I have seen 1:12 , 1:6 or 1:4 before

[@thelightersideofrc]

Crazy how things have changed over the past 5 - 15 years!

[@IceMan2035]

I didn't realize how much weathering they did at Skymaster.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Yes!!!😎

[@jimradigan5282]

I noticed when you raised the gear on the old aircraft the front nose gear door didn't close when the side door did why is that?

[@thelightersideofrc]

Hey Jim. I didn't pay much attention but my guess is that the nose leg wasn't extended? That's the reason the nos leg needs to be extended when retracting. The scissor linkage sits funny and prevents the gear from retracting properly and the nose door from closing properly.

[@gregmcgee4430]

I would be interested if you build another set of F4s... I was going to make an offer but yours sold. You said bigger? If it's not bigger than a $$$ new Ford Raptor, I'm in!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Greg. If we do build a set of Larger ones, Davids could be for sale as well.

[@acw400]

Where did you get the fuel delivery system with a digital screen showing fuel flow and how much fuel was dispensed? @ 13:28 Got to get one!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Hello Arnaud. Check out Joes website www.rccustom3dprinting.com/fill-station-1

[@acw400]

Thank you

[@NotoriousBGK64]

I'm a newbie to this but what is the loud noise after the gear comes down. Air compressor for the air system?

[@thelightersideofrc]

Great question! Yea we installed onboard compressors that automatically turn on and off at a set range.

[@P-J-W-777]

Why to the engines not seal up to the airframe intakes as well as the thrust tubes ? Wouldn’t it be more efficient and not potentially allow so much airflow inside the airframe itself. Which has more power/thrust the dual or single engine?

[@thelightersideofrc]

Full bypass systems are very efficient but in somecases like this twin F4, due to size contraints it's difficult to accomplish. On the single I could have installed the top portion of the bypass but opted not to do so. If we would have put a 240 in the single, on paper they would have the same thrust output. 2 x 120's or 1x 240. BUT you have to take into consideration that the single used a bifuricated pipe so they is generally a small amount of thrust loss there.

[@P-J-W-777]

@@thelightersideofrc thank you for the reply and explanation. Keep up the great work.

[@josephkerkau2520]

How much did the skull and crossbones sell for, if I may ask?

[@thelightersideofrc]

A Decent amount! Feel free to email me

[@mikepirkl9653]

Video of the maiden of the F4?

[@thelightersideofrc]

Maiden happening mid June. Video to follow.

[@wayneschenk5512]

Don’t know how many hours went into this I think lots.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Oh Most Definitely! Quite a few hours to get these birds together.

[@josephkerkau2520]

On the landing gear, what is that buzzing noise..

[@thelightersideofrc]

Hello Joseph. Not sure what you mean. Could be the onboard compressor turning on after gear cycles? What time in the video are you talking about?

[@josephkerkau2520]

@The Lighter Side Of RC I heard it twice, once on each model old and new. Could have been the compressor, but I think it was something that sounded bad.. Both times that I heard it was after the landing gear came down.

[@RcpsychoRen]

[@thelightersideofrc]

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