@@timn4481 no, never met bob. i was on the program for a couple of years in 1984-1986. We made some “A+” and “D” model structure for new engines, electronics, etc. Watch that FS 596 bulkhead!
Not only beautiful, but deadly. As a kid to present I've always loved the F-14 Tomcat. Air superiority at its finest along with the right pilot. Can't forget the pilots that made this aircraft so dangerous and feared in the skies.
$6895 which includes paint job and is pretty much ready to run out the box. I think that’s a very fair price. Back when I was a kid I dreamed of this being a reality and now it’s here. The future is here old man
$7k for the basic airframe, + $1400 for the swing mechanism, $3800 for the landing gear, $7k for the turbines, 3 or 4 grand for the radio gear and another few grand for tanks, pipes, canopy etc etc etc. and then it'll be "pretty much ready to fly"
I've never seen anything this cool and awesome in this hobby. I can't imagine the time, effort, and money it took to get this in the air. What an amazing accomplishment. Cheers
@@robinac6897 They are a kit but take alot of work to put together. I cant remember the channel name at the moment but there is a youtuber who builds these monster rc planes for customers.
Wow!!! What a fantastic model - the only thing it's missing is 6 AIM-54 Phoenix missiles that actually fire!! You could use such a platform to take down your neighbor's drones that invade your airspace over your back yard 😁👍
Working wing sweep is cool, but the working flaps, spoilers and slats are just EPIC! Also noticed the tailplanes work together as well as differentially, just like on the real thing. Great work!
The differential stabs are super cool to see on an RC jet! Now I just wanna see a legit working afterburner and supersonic RC! It can be done, why is it not? Expense? Regulations/laws? What ARE the laws on supersonic "objects"? Bullets are supersonic and make a sonic boom/crack. I know well the rules for "real" aircraft, but what size object triggers the sonic boom regs? Just thinking aloud, pardon me. 😊
@@MattH-wg7ou The current prototype has 2 real turbines. I too would like to see an RC model with an afterburner. What are the problems that would have to be overcome?
Awww YES -- my Favorite Jet -- AND my favorite Squadron the "Jolly Rogers" !!!! I worked 3 years on the USS Midway CV-41 in the early 1980's and while having duel operations with another Carrier 24 hr flight ops, (since we didn't have f-14's aboard) the other carrier got FOGGED in and we had to trap two of their F-14's. While those two were onboard, some of our f-4 squadrons took liberty to write all over the F-14's Fuel Tanks! I worked in V-1 Division - aircraft handler -.
i was at EGLIN AFB at the same time , F-15's , funny thing, early 2000's , i worked with a navy guy , we were (are) on v.a. disability for almost the same thing , from almost the SAME TIME ! , I had a couple IDIOTS drop an AIM-9 on me ! , (i only weighed 130 at the time ! after lifting and such in the Marines , i would catch it and smack them with it , i weigh as much as one now ! lol) , screwed my back pretty good ! , my friend , under an F-14, had an AIM-7 dropped ON his back !!, he was lucky to survive !
F-14 Program Grumman Bethpage. Bought many subsystems , radar and structure including vertical fin and rudder for 7 years. Most fun I’ve had in my 35 years. Still miss that plane.
@@garypinsker thanks for building the best plane in history. As a fellow long islander, what advice would you give to someone focused on following your career path?
@@jordanmascarenhas7974 A degree in either Supply Chain Management or Business would be a good place to start. There are no more Aircraft Prime Contractors left on the island. A lot of the subcontractors like BAE Systems, L3 or Telephonics would be a good place to start.
Amazing how smoothly the jet transitions from its wide-wings to swept-wings configuration while in flight. I would have thought that there could be all sorts of possible control problems involving shifts in CG and the effectiveness of all of the control surfaces as the aircraft transitioned between those two very different configurations.
1:52 I've worked on F-14's while I was in the navy. That damn near is copy of the actually system. The only difference is the full size uses a jackscrew acutator for the wing sweep. I'm guessing with wings swept back the CG goes forward and it flies like it is on rails.
Bloody hell! The cost of a toy like that, both in terms of money and in time and effort, is more than most of us can dream. Still, glad someone can. It brings a sense of wonder into my life. I wonder how someone can build, afford to build and fly such a thing.
According to the website it's $5000 which doesn't seems too much. Although I am not sure what extras you need (except remote) before you can fly with it.
When I was serving on aircraft carriers, the F-14A model made up our fighter squadrons. I liked it when I could make it topside to watch them in action. This is an incredible representation of the mighty Tomcat!
Wow what a fantastic model! Looks pretty scale when flying. Impressive! Now the only thing that puts me a little off is the amount of riveting that is going on the wings where they should not be at all. There is a 1/48 scale model made by hobbyboss with the same problem and it looks like the designer of this model was looking at the hobbyboss kit and made all the mistakes from it.. Also the post shading of all panel lines looks a bit off. I would love to paint and weather that beast!
I loaded weapons on that very aircraft on two cruises when I was on Nimitz form late '83-'86. They are AMAZING to see the full scale be it static in the hangar bay or rolling of the cats with a full load of ordinance.
@michaelmappin4425 I was not.. At 60 years old I couldnt name tail numbers or pilots. It could have been in any series. I do however remember specifically numbers with 08 and 04 on the F14's. I also loved the A6e's we had on board as well as the S-3 Viking squadrons. Some people on the internet are JUST That Anal and like to talk smack because they have no real life to speak on. MAYBE If I werent busy in the middle of the night helping to haul the `386000lbs of ordinance per day for those three days against Libya I might have had time to stop and memorize tail numbers and every detail about a single specific aircraft I helped move ordinance to.
@@michaelmappin4425 But he said "that very aircraft".....I can tell you for a fact, that if you see a VF-32 Tomcat with side numbers 211, 212 and 214 ....I worked on those EXACT aircraft! I took that to mean he worked on 808. I was just curious if VF-84 (or VF103) had an 808 in the squadron.
3:20 there is a programming issue when flaps down. It is using a flight mode likely , can see elevator compensating however the transition is not smooth.
I worked with that squadron onboard the USS Nimitz. The numbers of VF84 were 200 through 214 as it's sister squadron VF41 with 100 through 114. ..the 808 number shown here is incorrect. The Jolly Rogers as they were called what we called Hollywood...also the pilots helmets are yellow and black
..I am a "Bone Head" and you are totaLLy correct shipmate...the manufacturers shouLd be caLLed out for reaLism...but it seems to be a good product.... I rode Nimitz in 1982-1983 Med Jolly Rogers and BLack Aces.... Anytime Baby
What a magnificent plane! Everytime I see a plane that _I MUST HAVE!_ I just remind myself that all planes are just one glitch away from reverting back to kit form.
7:20 to 7:25 perfect landing! That has to be the first perfect landing I have ever seen any radio control pilot do. Incredible landing! 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️😀😀😀 Tom Sisson
The ole show buzz, loved that feeling you knew it was going to be a good slot. Weston park was probably THE best venue to fly at with those trees to go under. Awesome bit of kit and stick stiring.
With regard to the folding wings not affecting flight, I believe the F-14 was designed so that most of the lift actually came from the body of the aircraft. I heard somewhere that the plane could almost generate enough lift from the body by itself to keep the aircraft in flight...almost.
Awesome model. And I loved how it handled in flight. Also, the F-14 was my favorite fighter jet growing up. And after seeing this vid, I can now say, it's still my favorite. Thank you for sharing.
That's just the airframe. That doesn't include the landing gear, at $3800, the swing-wing setup at $1400, for the bits and bobs, another $2500, this kit has weathering so add $600. Radiogear (I won't include a transmitter as I doubt this is his only airframe) around $2500 for the receivers, high end, high torque metal geared digital servos, about $3400 per turbine, plus another $1200 for the bits and bobs for them. So just to get this in the air (as long as you are doing the work yourself) you are looking at close to 26 THOUSAND dollars.
@@bamboozledbob3298 Yeah, it's almost impossible to get into a turbine (fuel) powered airframe in RC for much under 9k. Sure you can do it if you try, but it's not going to be easy. And its going to be something in pure kit form.
Awesome! What else can be said of such a gorgeous aircraft that looks spot on in flight and on the ground! I was a F4E&G crew chief for 8 years and saw real fighters ever day!
If you're going to do a roll in the F-14 with the wings extended you gotta make it look right by "kicking" that rudder. A little differential lift on the wings, helped the F-14 roll when the wings were fully extended. That's why in the when F-14s did rolls in the Topgun movie they kinda look like they're doing a corkscrew more than a roll.
Bin there my self 4:35 . Flown one of my planes while filming and with spectators, was so uncomfortable that my left hand was shaking so much I was not able to operate throttle. I just left it in safe position and flown only with right hand.
Nice to see you do some rolls from normal horizontal flying that others don't do. As well as doing a loop and going inverted and back to normal. Very cool jet and awesome flying!
What an incredible RC aircraft! I sailed along with VF-84 Jolly Rogers when they were flying F-4's back in 1969. VF-84 and VF-41 .. popular graphics and names.
2:05 i can confirm as well. I have build MiG-23 and Su-22 , and there is almost no change in flight characteristic. CoG changes a bit, true, but it can be handled just by hand. What a beast!
I wonder how much that kit cost. It's a magnificent aircraft. I remember when RC Modeler had plans for a ducted fan F 14 with movable wings. That was 25 - 30 years ago. Never did see evidence of any being built.
Nice jet sound to the engines. Also, the flight looks very realistic, meaning that I don't see any of the jitter and other little motions that I see on many RC aircraft which give away the fact that I'm looking at a miniature model rather than a full-sized aircraft.
The real Tomcat had an oversweep on the wings for a parking configuration. The trailing edge of the wing would be parallel to the dark gray portion below the swept wing. Can it fold any further than what we see? Probably not to keep you from accidentally hitting the elevons with the swept wing, but I'm still curious.
I was at an air and space museum in Tulsa recently, where they happen to have a F-14 on display, so that was fun. BUT, this model is just epic. Can’t believe this is a real thing
0:17 - OMG IT'S HUGE...!!! (that's what she said) 0:22 - btw when someone asks the size of an RC plane (based on a full size plane) what they want to know is the SCALE. nice work i can see this dwarfs Bob Fiorenze's famous swing wing Tom Cat of 30 years ago. 🤙
I've suggested something before for adding realism to large R/C aircraft but I've never seen it done. One giveaway that they are models is the way they jiggle at a high rate when rolling along on the deck. I think it would very cool to design a softly sprung yet highly damped suspension to slow down the rate of jiggle during taxi. I don't think it would be that difficult and I think the effect would really help in creating the illusion of a full-size aircraft. Just a detail perhaps but it would be a nice one.
I was structural design engineer at Grumman and worked on the f-14. Beautiful! Glad to see it fly into the future. Anytime, Baby.
Anytime baby 👌 you should check out the dcs f14 module by heatblur, the virtual detail is amazing.
@@timn4481 no, never met bob. i was on the program for a couple of years in 1984-1986. We made some “A+” and “D” model structure for new engines, electronics, etc. Watch that FS 596 bulkhead!
I am a F-14
Plant 1 Bethpage?
@@garypinsker yup
As a child of the 80s,the F-14 I think is still the coolest airplane ever. And this is completely awesome
Like a countach on a trapper keeper!
I agree! 80s and VF-84 rock!
Hell yea brother!!! @@IndependantMind168
Not only beautiful, but deadly. As a kid to present I've always loved the F-14 Tomcat. Air superiority at its finest along with the right pilot. Can't forget the pilots that made this aircraft so dangerous and feared in the skies.
It was even cooler to a child of the 70's - I watched the Airfix box fade in the shop window as I walked by each day.
$6895 which includes paint job and is pretty much ready to run out the box. I think that’s a very fair price. Back when I was a kid I dreamed of this being a reality and now it’s here. The future is here old man
What’s the website where I can buy one
I couldn’t imagine crashing 😢
$7k for the basic airframe, + $1400 for the swing mechanism, $3800 for the landing gear, $7k for the turbines, 3 or 4 grand for the radio gear and another few grand for tanks, pipes, canopy etc etc etc. and then it'll be "pretty much ready to fly"
FANTASTIC, but i'd rather have the Panavia Tornado GRMK1a, in that large format.
@@CMD_Lineand that is you would see a grown man cry.
The sweptback F-14 is THE MOST awesome aerial profile in all of aviation, hands-down.
This is just great. Well done.
B-1 for me, but the Tomcat is a close 2nd in the jet turbine realm.
Sr71
@@gmanbeavislame
Nah, an Apache head-on is, followed by the A-10, these 2 would be a very close 3rd.
Concorde was a beautifully sleek aircraft when in flight.
I've never seen anything this cool and awesome in this hobby. I can't imagine the time, effort, and money it took to get this in the air. What an amazing accomplishment. Cheers
He bought it off the shelf as a kit didn't he?
@@robinac6897 They are a kit but take alot of work to put together. I cant remember the channel name at the moment but there is a youtuber who builds these monster rc planes for customers.
@@robinac6897 I'm not sure, I was too busy just watching that beast fly
Wow!!! What a fantastic model - the only thing it's missing is 6 AIM-54 Phoenix missiles that actually fire!! You could use such a platform to take down your neighbor's drones that invade your airspace over your back yard 😁👍
Lol "park your drones, or I will launch interceptor aircraft!" Only a matter of time before someone at least puts remote bottle rockets on one lol.
I love the realistic inertia of these large-scale models.
Agreed, it looks like the real thing.
What an amazing aircraft! Thank you for making this video! And thanks to the owner for sharing such awesome pice of machinery with us!
Absolutely stunning, and very nice to have a proper chat about the details... not enough people do that.
That Jolly Rogers livery is a really good look for the venerable Tomcat. Thanks for posting!
Working wing sweep is cool, but the working flaps, spoilers and slats are just EPIC! Also noticed the tailplanes work together as well as differentially, just like on the real thing. Great work!
Spoilers even go up at touchdown.
What realism.
I think the only thing i haven't seen is the kneel
The differential stabs are super cool to see on an RC jet!
Now I just wanna see a legit working afterburner and supersonic RC! It can be done, why is it not? Expense? Regulations/laws?
What ARE the laws on supersonic "objects"? Bullets are supersonic and make a sonic boom/crack. I know well the rules for "real" aircraft, but what size object triggers the sonic boom regs?
Just thinking aloud, pardon me. 😊
@@MattH-wg7ou Where can I find information on the engines without afterburners that are used for this model?
@stevebett4947 sorry man, I know next to nothing about RC planes! Just would want to see one with a real turbine and AB!
@@MattH-wg7ou The current prototype has 2 real turbines. I too would like to see an RC model with an afterburner. What are the problems that would have to be overcome?
Awww YES -- my Favorite Jet -- AND my favorite Squadron the "Jolly Rogers" !!!! I worked 3 years on the USS Midway CV-41 in the early 1980's and while having duel operations with another Carrier 24 hr flight ops, (since we didn't have f-14's aboard) the other carrier got FOGGED in and we had to trap two of their F-14's. While those two were onboard, some of our f-4 squadrons took liberty to write all over the F-14's Fuel Tanks! I worked in V-1 Division - aircraft handler -.
i was at EGLIN AFB at the same time , F-15's , funny thing, early 2000's , i worked with a navy guy , we were (are) on v.a. disability for almost the same thing , from almost the SAME TIME ! , I had a couple IDIOTS drop an AIM-9 on me ! , (i only weighed 130 at the time ! after lifting and such in the Marines , i would catch it and smack them with it , i weigh as much as one now ! lol) , screwed my back pretty good ! , my friend , under an F-14, had an AIM-7 dropped ON his back !!, he was lucky to survive !
@@DUSTER7071 what squadron were you at at Eglin? I worked F-15 avionics for the 60 FS from 1999-2004.
Awesome story.
Thank you for your service.😊
For an RC, I think it's so clever how the centre of mass moves as you sweep the wings but it remains stable
F-14 Program Grumman Bethpage. Bought many subsystems , radar and structure including vertical fin and rudder for 7 years. Most fun I’ve had in my 35 years. Still miss that plane.
@@garypinsker thanks for building the best plane in history. As a fellow long islander, what advice would you give to someone focused on following your career path?
@@jordanmascarenhas7974 A degree in either Supply Chain Management or Business would be a good place to start. There are no more Aircraft Prime Contractors left on the island. A lot of the subcontractors like BAE Systems, L3 or Telephonics would be a good place to start.
It's the coolest aircraft, and for the cherry on top... the coolest paint scheme ever.
Even the flareless touchdown looks realistic. In fact it looks like the prototype. What a thing.
Amazing how smoothly the jet transitions from its wide-wings to swept-wings configuration while in flight. I would have thought that there could be all sorts of possible control problems involving shifts in CG and the effectiveness of all of the control surfaces as the aircraft transitioned between those two very different configurations.
The best F-14 I've ever seen in an RC model, Awesome job!
holy crap! i've always loved the f-14. I have various models from 1/72 to 1/10 scale, but this is just magnificent.
Super! And the 56 kilos makes the plane fly more realisticly and steadily. Not as wobbly as lighter planes usually are.
1:52 I've worked on F-14's while I was in the navy. That damn near is copy of the actually system. The only difference is the full size uses a jackscrew acutator for the wing sweep. I'm guessing with wings swept back the CG goes forward and it flies like it is on rails.
Most impressive RC plane I’ve seen in my life. Amazing
Only thing more impressive would be an F35B with working VTOL.
My favorite plane EVER!!! Beautiful.
Superlative flying skills and aircraft, an absolute joy watch. Thank you for sharing!!!
Bloody hell! The cost of a toy like that, both in terms of money and in time and effort, is more than most of us can dream. Still, glad someone can. It brings a sense of wonder into my life. I wonder how someone can build, afford to build and fly such a thing.
According to the website it's $5000 which doesn't seems too much.
Although I am not sure what extras you need (except remote) before you can fly with it.
@@ppdanAll up you'd be looking at around $25 to $30 k USD to get it into the air.
When I was serving on aircraft carriers, the F-14A model made up our fighter squadrons. I liked it when I could make it topside to watch them in action. This is an incredible representation of the mighty Tomcat!
Loved the F14 since my childhood. The view of this beauty flying is absolutely awesome, looks just like the real thing.
Love the F14 you did an amazing flight beautiful jet
Congratulations for the model and your pilotage skills!
Wow what a fantastic model! Looks pretty scale when flying. Impressive!
Now the only thing that puts me a little off is the amount of riveting that is going on the wings where they should not be at all. There is a 1/48 scale model made by hobbyboss with the same problem and it looks like the designer of this model was looking at the hobbyboss kit and made all the mistakes from it..
Also the post shading of all panel lines looks a bit off. I would love to paint and weather that beast!
The F14 tomcat is my favorite jet of all times , I just wish Northrop Grumman would make a modern day F14 tomcat 👍🏿
Beautiful work on this Tomcat!!!
Wow! Flies to scale, looks so realistic 👍😊✌️💜
Aww maaan! - I had one of these over 40 years ago. It was my absolute favorite Matchbox.
I am not a fan of the new matchbox cars.
I loaded weapons on that very aircraft on two cruises when I was on Nimitz form late '83-'86. They are AMAZING to see the full scale be it static in the hangar bay or rolling of the cats with a full load of ordinance.
You had Tomcats numbered in the 800 series????
@gtc1961 I don't think he was being that literal.
@michaelmappin4425 I was not.. At 60 years old I couldnt name tail numbers or pilots. It could have been in any series. I do however remember specifically numbers with 08 and 04 on the F14's.
I also loved the A6e's we had on board as well as the S-3 Viking squadrons.
Some people on the internet are JUST That Anal and like to talk smack because they have no real life to speak on.
MAYBE If I werent busy in the middle of the night helping to haul the `386000lbs of ordinance per day for those three days against Libya I might have had time to stop and memorize tail numbers and every detail about a single specific aircraft I helped move ordinance to.
@@borgonianevolution IYAOYAS! But really, ABs make everything happen. 😃
@@michaelmappin4425 But he said "that very aircraft".....I can tell you for a fact, that if you see a VF-32 Tomcat with side numbers 211, 212 and 214 ....I worked on those EXACT aircraft! I took that to mean he worked on 808. I was just curious if VF-84 (or VF103) had an 808 in the squadron.
putting some cameras and VR camera would be awesome. 😊
3:20 there is a programming issue when flaps down. It is using a flight mode likely , can see elevator compensating however the transition is not smooth.
That is amazing! Love the construction, attention to detail, pilot skills... all of it.
Beast of a plane that is!! Can I have a go?
No
I worked with that squadron onboard the USS Nimitz. The numbers of VF84 were 200 through 214 as it's sister squadron VF41 with 100 through 114. ..the 808 number shown here is incorrect. The Jolly Rogers as they were called what we called Hollywood...also the pilots helmets are yellow and black
I noticed that too..... I was in VF-32 1982-1984....ours were 200 series (TARPS equipped) and our sister squadron, VF-14, used 100 series numbers.
..I am a "Bone Head" and you are totaLLy correct shipmate...the manufacturers shouLd be caLLed out for reaLism...but it seems to be a good product.... I rode Nimitz in 1982-1983 Med Jolly Rogers and BLack Aces.... Anytime Baby
I was in VAW-124 Bear Aces, Power Plants department, 1983-87. I can confirm VF-84 had 200 numbers for A/C Identification and yellow and black helmets.
@@thumper347 correct
Alert One, this is Eagle Control.
What have you got?
Fantastic model. Hats off to designer and pilot.
What a magnificent plane! Everytime I see a plane that _I MUST HAVE!_ I just remind myself that all planes are just one glitch away from reverting back to kit form.
„Tower, this is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby.“
Negative ghost rider, the pattern is full.
@@MrJim117😂👍🏻
Snot nosed rookies flying past my tower at over 500 knots...I want some butts!
Tower, this is "victory" requesting fly by.....😉🫡
@@supersnake9634I was going to say that exact comment😊
My favourite fighter of all time. Made me want to be a pilot. Glad to see it still live on as an RC plane.
This is the most beautiful Tomcat I have ever seen. Congratulations from Germany
I love how it's sounds ❤
... how it* sounds.
7:20 to 7:25 perfect landing! That has to be the first perfect landing I have ever seen any radio control pilot do. Incredible landing! 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️😀😀😀
Tom Sisson
At least he explained why he can't sweep forward at the break.
That was the only thing that disappointed me in the video.
The ole show buzz, loved that feeling you knew it was going to be a good slot.
Weston park was probably THE best venue to fly at with those trees to go under.
Awesome bit of kit and stick stiring.
@@cornishcactus where is Weston Park?
@@jordanmascarenhas7974 Near Telford. Weston-under-lizard
That is a masterpiece!! Great flying too.
Funny thing…my body shakes when flying my drone out over water etc.
With regard to the folding wings not affecting flight, I believe the F-14 was designed so that most of the lift actually came from the body of the aircraft. I heard somewhere that the plane could almost generate enough lift from the body by itself to keep the aircraft in flight...almost.
This is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. Thank you. I have always been a fan of the F-14 ever sine the GI Joe Skystriker and Top Gun.
Awesome model. And I loved how it handled in flight. Also, the F-14 was my favorite fighter jet growing up. And after seeing this vid, I can now say, it's still my favorite. Thank you for sharing.
Honestly surprised at the price tag...was expecting a lot more than 6900$ for a kit of that level.
That's just the airframe. That doesn't include the landing gear, at $3800, the swing-wing setup at $1400, for the bits and bobs, another $2500, this kit has weathering so add $600. Radiogear (I won't include a transmitter as I doubt this is his only airframe) around $2500 for the receivers, high end, high torque metal geared digital servos, about $3400 per turbine, plus another $1200 for the bits and bobs for them. So just to get this in the air (as long as you are doing the work yourself) you are looking at close to 26 THOUSAND dollars.
@@EvilMerlin Oh well, that figure is a lot closer to what I was thinking.
@@bamboozledbob3298 Yeah, it's almost impossible to get into a turbine (fuel) powered airframe in RC for much under 9k. Sure you can do it if you try, but it's not going to be easy. And its going to be something in pure kit form.
As a top gun fan this is nostalgia and got "goose"bumps every time I see those wings slant back, coolest plane ever
That's a fantastic plane!
Great squadron great group of people I’m honored to have served with in the early eighties priceless memories but a lot of hard work.
that was awesome thought I saw shock waves coming from the wings
Iran still uses F-14
Awesome! What else can be said of such a gorgeous aircraft that looks spot on in flight and on the ground! I was a F4E&G crew chief for 8 years and saw real fighters ever day!
So glad to see models of these great aircraft on the other side of pond. Keep ‘em flying ✈️
Absolutely great plane! Landing was truly navy style. Congrats!!
If you're going to do a roll in the F-14 with the wings extended you gotta make it look right by "kicking" that rudder. A little differential lift on the wings, helped the F-14 roll when the wings were fully extended. That's why in the when F-14s did rolls in the Topgun movie they kinda look like they're doing a corkscrew more than a roll.
That is a stunning RC plane. Definitely the best one I've seen yet.
The Tomcat is a beautiful aircraft.
Everything a Masterpiece! Thanks for showing this video 😊❤
Absolutely beautiful! 😍😍😍 I love this hobby!! 😊
Croikey! Just make it a bit bigger and get in it!
Absolutely stunning Tom Cat .. BRAVO WELL DONE....
Bin there my self 4:35 . Flown one of my planes while filming and with spectators, was so uncomfortable that my left hand was shaking so much I was not able to operate throttle. I just left it in safe position and flown only with right hand.
As a rookie I experienced that too 😬
But somehow it correlates with the price point of the plane and the amount of spectators too 🤣
Here with 2000 people he would have been less relaxed :P
What a great bit of flying 👌
Beautiful aircraft. Thanks for posting.
The final countdown, with the USS Nimitz.
Nice to see you do some rolls from normal horizontal flying that others don't do. As well as doing a loop and going inverted and back to normal. Very cool jet and awesome flying!
What an incredible RC aircraft! I sailed along with VF-84 Jolly Rogers when they were flying F-4's back in 1969. VF-84 and VF-41 .. popular graphics and names.
2:05 i can confirm as well. I have build MiG-23 and Su-22 , and there is almost no change in flight characteristic. CoG changes a bit, true, but it can be handled just by hand.
What a beast!
This scale is perfect for a kitty pilot. It literally becomes a Tomcat F14.
Beautiful plane
OMG! So cool to see a working swept wing F-14 in the air even if it is RC. Totally Epic build bro!
"There's no change"
"It just gets faster and more slippery"
Yeah, so that's literally the definition of a change.
Clicked the thumbnail with limited expectations. I was happy to find out it wasn’t an exaggeration.
Nice job.
The baddest looking fighter ever made! Nice plane! My son-in-law was in VF-41, The Black Aces.
The pencil nose, although common on the Phantom looks great with that squadron because it is so unique
Dear Santa...
I wonder how much that kit cost. It's a magnificent aircraft. I remember when RC Modeler had plans for a ducted fan F 14 with movable wings. That was 25 - 30 years ago. Never did see evidence of any being built.
@@billkunert7281 this costs $6,800 total. Spymasters is the name of the brand
It flies like a dream! Breathtaking.
That’s just amazing, you could mistake this for a full scale jet in the air. I was surprised that it’s not mega expensive as well. One day maybe 🤔
Wow this is the best sounding RC place
My favorite jet of all time. Still beautiful today. Unbelievable rc jet. Stunning
Impressive. Seems the only thing missing is the dynamic lift control surfaces :)
The spoilers do pop up on touchdown though so I consider that pretty close
That is so cool. Fair play for the build & awesome flying skills. ✈
And here I thought my 15 firearms and their optics was an indulgence. HA! This RC F-14 Tomcat is amazing. Congratulations on piloting this big boy.
Nice jet sound to the engines. Also, the flight looks very realistic, meaning that I don't see any of the jitter and other little motions that I see on many RC aircraft which give away the fact that I'm looking at a miniature model rather than a full-sized aircraft.
The real Tomcat had an oversweep on the wings for a parking configuration. The trailing edge of the wing would be parallel to the dark gray portion below the swept wing. Can it fold any further than what we see? Probably not to keep you from accidentally hitting the elevons with the swept wing, but I'm still curious.
One of the greatest RC Jet in the World. Amazing Toy. Shaking Pilots the best in the World 🙂 This RC Jet is a Master Piece
I was at an air and space museum in Tulsa recently, where they happen to have a F-14 on display, so that was fun.
BUT, this model is just epic. Can’t believe this is a real thing
Impressive! This is 150% my favorite plane ...
0:17 - OMG IT'S HUGE...!!! (that's what she said) 0:22 - btw when someone asks the size of an RC plane (based on a full size plane) what they want to know is the SCALE. nice work i can see this dwarfs Bob Fiorenze's famous swing wing Tom Cat of 30 years ago. 🤙
Wow F14 my favorite bird , sir you got a beautiful F14 congratulations and you are good Pilot 👍🏆💯
I've suggested something before for adding realism to large R/C aircraft but I've never seen it done. One giveaway that they are models is the way they jiggle at a high rate when rolling along on the deck. I think it would very cool to design a softly sprung yet highly damped suspension to slow down the rate of jiggle during taxi. I don't think it would be that difficult and I think the effect would really help in creating the illusion of a full-size aircraft. Just a detail perhaps but it would be a nice one.
At 10:24 why is his red and green lights on the tails are backwards from normal navigation?
Brilliant filming too…!subscribed.
Wonderful! Even sounds like the real thing!
Beautiful!!!... The Tomcac is the most incredible machine ever created... I got the need... the need for speed!
ahhh, the sound of the engines, beautiful!