HUGE A10 JET MAIDEN FLIGHT - Skymaster A-10

[@thelightersideofrc]

It's didn't take off like an A10 is supposed to take off! COMMENT BELOW WHY?😉

[@Liam.921]

How are they meant to take off?

[@sawtooth4615]

Maybe a little more air speed to let it fly off without so much elevator input. But the C.G. issue seemed to be still a factor.

[@michiganengineer8621]

I'm going to guess that the wing angle of attack was a bit low (nose down).

[@pauld5530]

No take off flaps, tail heavy and lots of elevator throw. 🤔

[@waynesmodels2064]

Great work Jonathan. I agree with many of the comments here as to why. Probably not any one single factor but several contributors. Tail heavy, excessive throws, possbily thrust angles, and probably the biggest one is the often overlooked nosewheel too short (causing reduced or negative wing incidence and need for big elevator forces to unstick- I think the A-4 had variable length nosewheel for to help with this issue) and also possible the drag from the grass on the main wheels causing a nose down moment which again forces the need for a big elevator force to unstick). How did the second landing go?

[@dinozuzic1765]

Awesome video, I never get tired of watching the A10 fly. I love the turbine sound.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Couldn't agree more! SWEET TWINS!

[@jasonBucao671]

Stuck that landing like an Olympic Gold Medalist! What a legend!

[@thelightersideofrc]

HAHA. Thanks Jason.

[@gregoryh4601]

Jonathan. What awesome Driver you are. I think there are Some WWII pilot Blood in you. The first flight Reminds be of the Real A10 when they Fly Bye my House. Jonathan I would love to learn to fly Jet has you the Teacher. Still your Site is # 1. GOD Speed Jonathan.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Greg! Your very kind! 😊

[@redfishtom]

That first approach was terrifying !

[@thelightersideofrc]

HAHA. No kidding!

[@justinm1150]

looks like AMAZING n fun GORGEOUS plane

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Justin!

[@aaronl_trains_and_planes]

My hometown A-10 warthog! Woo pig sooie! Go hogs go! So awesome! Great work!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Aaron!

[@IansRCExploits]

You are a very skilled and brave man Jonathan!! Amazing to land that massive A10 without flaps 😀👍

[@thelightersideofrc]

HAHA. Thanks Ian.

[@jamesmaroon6161]

Hey Sir. I remember when this aircraft was taken out of the box and I was so amazed at it. What a very nice aircraft it turned out to be. I can remember I asked back in January or so when can you fly it. Now it's taken flight. Thanks for the great video.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks James! Always a fun time when the maiden is complete. I find with something like this you do your best to get everything sorted out prior but usually after the maiden it requires bit of tweeking here and there to get it 100%.All part of the 10-15 setup flights to get the aircraft dialed.

[@crazyaces9586]

Who says tail heavy flys once ... nice landing . A10 is my favorite jet i perfer Alaska scheme can't wait to see it trimmed up flight. Nice job 👏 👍

[@thelightersideofrc]

HAHA. Thanks! No Flaps and extra speed is key! Thanks for watching!

[@texnikvova]

Excellent job Jonathan as always 👍👍👍👍

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Vladimir!

[@roguedroneroboticscanada250]

Thanks!

[@roguedroneroboticscanada250]

Awesome builds, keep up the good work!!!

[@thelightersideofrc]

You bet and Thank you!😎

[@daleyahnke7215]

beautiful aircraft! Thanks for sharing!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks for watching Dale!

[@BDTennessee]

Good maiden! Nice bird and sounded good too!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks for watching!

[@johnmueller8448]

Nice plane along with your Plus your 28 x

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks John!

[@big-smoke-rc]

You need to up your flight filming game, so you never miss a crash again! What a bummer. At least we all know it wasn't shoddy construction that caused your crash. The next plane you build will be even better. 🙏🏻

[@thelightersideofrc]

HAHA. Thanks.

[@davidsnyder238]

I had a little or a lot of pucker when I saw that take off seeing it was tail heavy. Yikes! I normally keep a flap and elevator adjustment on the flaps and elevator in the event that happens during a flight but with it being tail heavy that wouldn't have helped! Great flying saved the day and great landing under the circumstances! Good luck on the next flights!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks David. Yea I was very surprised and knew right away on take off that it was. Will get her dialed in more!

[@crimzonr9371]

Wish I knew how to fly r/c's ... love 'em .. Great video

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks 👍

[@crimzonr9371]

@@thelightersideofrc Very Welcome

[@Cronus_1]

Butter.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks!

[@kennethroe5376]

One of my favorite aircraft

[@thelightersideofrc]

Totally Agree Kenneth!

[@kennethroe5376]

@@thelightersideofrc It did seem to be a little tail heavy. I can remember hauling fuel to them when I was in the military. It's just an awsume platform. Great flight, nice recovery. Enjoy your content. Keep On Keepin On

[@scottmitchell7302]

Done real good

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Scott.

[@liounisdim]

Amazing jet!!

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks!

[@wrxs1781]

Great video.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks!

[@alric9562]

Nice landing man. Not bad for a newbie 👌 😉

[@thelightersideofrc]

HAHA. Thanks Al!

[@peterwilson470]

There was fuel coming out the underneath off the rc plane near the front were the white is were u pushing it back when u do u check on the plane

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Peter. Yea that was fuel coming out of the vent lines as we didn't have our taxi/overflow tanks setup. Completely normal.

[@RC-Take-off]

What kind of sleepy man hold the camera? Nice bird, and perfect landing with this problem.👍

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks for watching!

[@alandaters8547]

You are a meticulous builder, so I am sure that the original CG was spot on to the plans. If you ultimately settle on a different CG, will you tell Skymaster? That would seem to be an important issue.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Hello Alan. Yea what I will do now is go back and confirm my measurements were in fact correct compared to the suggested and go from there. With the F18 Previously, skymaster was notified and the manual was changed as a result.

[@DetoursRC]

Even if I had the extra cash for a plane like that Id never get up the nerve to fly it. Just flying my couple hundred dollar foam edfs is stressful to me. Lol. Awesome A10 though my Eflite twin 64mm a10 will have to do.

[@thelightersideofrc]

That's one of the great holdbacks that keep people from progressing. Flying the money not the plane. The A10 Is Awesome!!!!

[@DetoursRC]

@@thelightersideofrc ive heard that saying. Fly the plane not the money. I fly my older crashed planes that ive already got my moneys worth with soo much better because im not too worried about crashing them. Im trying to get over that soo I can enjoy the hobby more.

[@JustEnoughRC]

Man I would love to fpv that A-10 😍 👍

[@thelightersideofrc]

HAHA. No kidding!

[@DonDegidio]

Hi Jonathan, Think I lost a heartbeat the way it pitched up on the first takeoff. Definitely tail heavy, but it shouldn't behave that way as you set the CG to specs. Guess the specs are off some. Looking forward to the next flight video when you have it dialed in more. You and the family stay safe.

[@thelightersideofrc]

You and me both Don! Some more dialing and she will be a treat!

[@kimpanattoni]

I posted the question about thrust/weight ratio on another video, but watching more of your videos, I am coming to understand that all of these aircraft are to a certain point ARF (it seems, perhaps not). Would one achieve a more accurate ratio while using a jet engine by scratch building the plane?

[@thelightersideofrc]

If your scratch building from wood it may end up lighter but less strong. If your scratch building with composite it would probably end up heavier.

[@kimpanattoni]

@@thelightersideofrc: I was not sure if prefabricated was heavier or lighter... though I still am curious about the comment I left on your other video regarding T/W and replicating flight characteristics. If you would like, I can find that video and post the comment here so you can help me understand better.

[@thelightersideofrc]

For sure. Or email me. The KZbin comments section isn’t great sometimes. Random comments disappearing

[@DaveZotzman]

I think you screwed up your comment at the end of the video where you said "still slightly nose heavy with added weight", I assume you meant tail heavy as it still seemed to jump up on take-off.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Ahh Yes exactly! Yea added an additional 240G but didn't get to put flight 3 on it.

[@IansRCExploits]

Did it take off like that due to it being a bit pitchy ( tail heavy ) ?

[@thelightersideofrc]

exactly! and it was even more pronounced with the flaps on. That's why I landed no flaps.

[@pauld5530]

Still tail heavy…. Lots of these out there flying, surprised your set up was so far out? Tail heavy maidens are no fun! 😵‍💫

[@thelightersideofrc]

Yea I was very surprised as well. Have to double and triple check everything now.

[@terrencejackson4587]

Very nice build, but the engine sound really takes away from the scale build of the Warthog.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Thanks Terrence!

[@-2772-]

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[@thelightersideofrc]

😎

[@TheZxman]

This cost more than my car! No thank you.

[@thelightersideofrc]

Each to their own! Thanks for watching!

[@cosmiccharlie8294]

White man build big plane, fly far away.

[@thelightersideofrc]

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