Even I was nervous about this one! So, the question is... If you are handed the radio and asked to perform the setup and first flight... what would YOU do?!
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC PLEASE come sometime to Switzerland Hausen a. Albis RC Airshow with a real Airplane runway if you want to come i can send you the Link to the Model club who made this Event sorry my English is bad. So hope we see us sometime there and i made a very very good Video from your flight Martin.
That is a breathtaking aircraft ! I LOVE the polished aluminum, as opposed to paint ! Has to be one of the best looking Ive seen. Thanks for sharing ! 🛫
Martin Pickering Well, the combination of painted/unpainted look is just amazing. That was such a brilliant decision. Most go for the most clever paint scheme they can come up with and don’t consider leaving portions alone. But the combination here can NOT be topped in my opinion ! I loved the look of old Beech 18’s, DC-3’s and of course P-51’s and F-104’s with this look. But you don’t see fighters like this often. I wanted them to strip a Baron I flew years ago, but the owners didn’t share my enthusiasm, lol! Again, thank you for sharing this !
Great jet. Cool video. Thanks for letting us participate at the extraordinary moment. It would be nice if some more data were mentioned about the model. _Best regards, Horst_ 😉👍
Hey Horst! Thanks! Unfortunately don't actually have much more info on the model... It was a one off, build about 15 years ago, since heavily updated to modern tech... See you at Weston!!
I'm extremely impressed with that scale model F-16 and flight demonstration. Excellent flying. Just needs those "ventral tail fins" that a commenter pointed out, I suppose. Really cool! I didn't know that hobbyists made and flew such flying crafts.
Oh my ... ! What a great and fantastic aerial flight display on this gigantic RC turbine jet fighter model aircraft and maneuvers and really looking forward for more of these flights in your next channel here again soon. Regards. From The Flight Deck .
@@superskullmaster standing on the ground watching something fly is not unique. We've been doing it since caveman times watching birds. Unique would be being virtually present inside the cockpit while flying the aircraft, something only a fraction of a percent of mankind has experienced.
Probably because they want to keep within RC/drone regulations and not cross the line into homebuilt aircraft territory, since you need to get FAA certification of airworthiness.
Great first flight !! I would be a little nervous myself but you looked like you had flown it a 100 times before ! Also love the green jet you have - that is a beautiful plane . Great job !
Well you are a 3-D master now you can be the master of Jets and that one there is gourgeous. Nice job Flying her like a true Ace. Keep em coming Martin 😎
wow, that acceleration and 2:05 is insane. From a standing start to take off speed in a few milliseconds! Beautiful model though. Surely you'd have to be very careful with it though, imagine losing control of 50kg going that speed and flying directly into a person - you'd kill em!
It was Martin Pickering ... one and only.It is not easy to operate with this jet, because at lower speeds there is instability, but there's is Martin who explained everything ... thank so much dear professor.
Absolutely great build job on this plane and great job flying it and better yet, LANDING it. Most builders of planes of this level of perfection spend all there time building and relatively very little time flying, and it shows up on the landings where a lot of pilot skill is required. This guy nails the landings, probably because he doesn't spend most of his time building.
Absolutely amazing.....It handles like the real thing, possibly because it is but in miniature. It's the best rc aircraft, that i've ever seen...👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Great video! I can imagine the sensitivity of the controls is extreme, and this guys skills are amazing. When I was a kid, I got a model airplane, a P 51 I believe it was, that was controlled by a hand held device with two strings connected to the plane for elevation and descent. It had a little gas engine, and on my first flight I didn't even make one complete circle before I nose dived it into the ground at full speed. That was the end of my model airplane carreer.
Ouch... You needed some people around you to help with that first flight, with a little guidance it is not too hard, just like driving. Maybe time to give it a second go?!
What a beautiful model. It looks and flies really well! The only things I may nitpick on (and I've worked on the real thing for 10 years) if you want to strive for ultimate realism: -The outer portion of the wing trailing edges are fixed in real life (i.e no ailerons - just flaperons). -The flaperons do not assist in pitch control. -The flaperon flaps mode is triggered by landing-gear down operation. -The leading edge flaps (LEF) are also triggered by LDG-down and Angle of Attack (i get that putting AoA sensors on an RC jet is crazy). Of course, I understand that being an RC jet, it is probably unlikely to build the thing unstable (in terms of center of lift vs center of gravity) like the real deal, which probably accounts for the "semi-realistic" flight controls. However, it is technically possible to achieve. The F-16 Flight Control System is from the late 60's, and what used to take quadruple redundancy computers and lots of space in terms of circuitry can probably fit and run on an arduino uno today. Yeah yeah "You try to do better", I get it :) It's not ment to bash the product, just shed light on possible improvements :) One of my all-time favorite RC models is the Rusjet yak-130. Check it out if you haven't already!
Wow, actually looks like the real plane while flying. Ours really didn't, but it was only 20cm long and was really just a test for whether air multiplier systems would work as an engine for an rc. Made it look like an f16 because it had 1 engine
Really amazing and wonderful!! It flyes like a REAL F16. It does not seem to be an RC scale model, perhaps due to the important weight that it has. It's very stable, and very good maneuvered. Keep on improving it. Congratulations!!
Indeed, we came to the same conclusion. Due to its massive weight (and of course size) the weight to scale ratio must be a lot closer than our usual over-light models are, and the results were clear to see
I have smaller Foam Freewing and Eflite F-16s. I set them up just normal. Separate aileron, elevator and rudder. Then do mixing of channels with switches. I want bigger of course 😊
Martin, Looks very good, yes, on some of the larger Jets they do lack inertia, however this one looks very scale. Very nice flying site, with weather to match.
I'm with all those other guys. What's with the nose gear not retracting? That first landing was a true "grease job" if ever I saw one. All the more remarkable for it being the FIRST TIME you ever flew the thing! That was some truly amazing flying! You are a consummate RC pilot. I take my hat off to you, sir.
Nice acft, I worked at the 122 fighter wing as a full time crew chief on the block 25 F16s. Mine was 84-1236, your model is of Eric (hoofer) Gross's acft 84-1264. The only thing wrong with it is we left the main body of 264 painted upper surface battleship gray and lower surface light ghost gray. Plus we never painted a travel pod . Our travel pods were all unmarked gtay at that time. Not silver simulating polished aluminum as your model does. Because of all the colors we called it the clown mobile. It was left those colors when we moved it to air park at front gate when we retired the block 25s. It was just repainted its original two tone gray scheme. 236 is still flying in vegas as a two tone tan and brown aggressor acft.
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC They were awesome aircraft. Fun to work on and cool to watch fly everyday. Especially fun to do engine runs on in the hush house at full burner. Run throttle up and over , nose would drop while standing full on brakes, then fuel gauge just spinning. Come out of burner and nose would raise back up and fuel gauge would return to normal readings. Worst part was leading edge retorque. Removing hundreds of screws on top and same thing on bottom, just to take panels off. Then torque the rotatory actuator screws on top and the bottom . Then reinstall panels.
Congratulation! Your first flight went very well, the landings were perfect. But it looks like the jet could need somewhat more thrust to cope with its 50kg and I definitely missed a pilot and cockpit interior to complete this realistic model. You can be proud as it looks absolutely stunning in the sky.
Am I mistaken or did the nose gear remain in the down position during all the flights? Viewed on a small smartphone screen, it is difficult to determine. Other than that, what a FANTASTIC aircraft and some excellent flying skills. CONGRATS!!
Don't want to be an 'old stick-in-the-mud' Martin, because the video and the plane are exemplary as are your piloting skills! But just one nitpicking detail though, the Normandy D-Day invasion stripes are a nice retro touch, but the star and bar insignia should have a horizontal red stripe in the middle of each bar to be current. 😊👏👍🇺🇸🇬🇧
I hate that people use gyros on these big planes. They are more trouble than they are worth. One more point of failure. That plane don't need flaps to supplement the ailerons and delta tail control. It's too easy to roll the air frame to begin with. Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you should. Glad the nose wheel stuck down though. It's also a tad nose heavy which is good for first flights of course. Not so much so as to be any problem either. I would work out the handling bugs first, then focus on CG. What a tremendously beautiful aircraft!! I loved my visit to this video and hope you get her dialed in very soon. As heavy as it is, you can use that to your advantage. Heavy wing loading means more stability in high winds. That goes with ALL aircraft.
Man that is a thing of beauty. I've never seen anyone fly so slow and smooth like that with such a huge aircraft. Increases the realism tenfold! You need to master the side slip slide it was designed to do for real dog fighting. Also, does that have thrust vectoring? I didn't catch it if it does.
Hey !!! Terrific toy..... I wonder about the engineering work load in it. Congrats!!! LOOK: what about a movie with an on-board camera? Think about! . Regards. Nelson.
Even I was nervous about this one! So, the question is... If you are handed the radio and asked to perform the setup and first flight... what would YOU do?!
punt been flying r/c's on and off 40 years and only use one mix for aileron and rudder coupling
@@trucker10201 I wonder what it would take to add an afterburner to this plane.?
@@Skywalker8562 I'm guessing.....an afterburner
@@howiebouthat3435 AfterBurningPrinciple.gif
lose the fucking music
Just Amazing. What a beautiful model and so well handled! Wish you the best!
Perfect aircraft, perfect weather, perfect runway! What more you can ask for? Simply brilliant!
Appericiate the effort of you promoting this fabulous Hobby .
Thank you my friend!
Very nice F-16 Thumb up nice flight Martin.
Thanks!
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC no no Sir, we all Thank you for this performance, from Switzerland greetings Tom
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC PLEASE come sometime to Switzerland Hausen a. Albis RC Airshow with a real Airplane runway if you want to come i can send you the Link to the Model club who made this Event sorry my English is bad. So hope we see us sometime there and i made a very very good Video from your flight Martin.
wow, what an awesome package 😲😲
Great vid, great flight 👍😎
Gorgeous plane and great shots. The only negative point of this video is that: the music is way to loud or the speech is way to silent.
I agree and also hates to many F-16 at concerts 🙉
That is a breathtaking aircraft ! I LOVE the polished aluminum, as opposed to paint ! Has to be one of the best looking Ive seen. Thanks for sharing ! 🛫
Its actually both, very clever paint work!!
Martin Pickering Well, the combination of painted/unpainted look is just amazing. That was such a brilliant decision. Most go for the most clever paint scheme they can come up with and don’t consider leaving portions alone. But the combination here can NOT be topped in my opinion ! I loved the look of old Beech 18’s, DC-3’s and of course P-51’s and F-104’s with this look. But you don’t see fighters like this often. I wanted them to strip a Baron I flew years ago, but the owners didn’t share my enthusiasm, lol! Again, thank you for sharing this !
Great looking aircraft! Awesome audio on the video. Great flight demonstration!
Hi-Fi Haven I would have liked the camera man to have locked the AF before the flight, read the manual if you have to Mr or Mrs.
Right On, WOW! That is the best scale ever. Drones Ahoy!
That first landing was like a butterfly with sore feet. Good job.
A dream that few pilots get to experience. You did a great job for sure.
Great jet. Cool video. Thanks for letting us participate at the extraordinary moment.
It would be nice if some more data were mentioned about the model.
_Best regards, Horst_ 😉👍
Hey Horst! Thanks! Unfortunately don't actually have much more info on the model... It was a one off, build about 15 years ago, since heavily updated to modern tech... See you at Weston!!
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC _I fully understand about the incomplete data. Never mind._
No Joe Nall this year? If not, we will see us at Weston 👍😎
Both Landings were pretty decent but that first one was amazingly smooth
Thanks!!
Really great job on that jet and I can't believe how realistically smooth that thing lands.
Its a beautiful machine, its the one that makes us look good, not the other way round
That was stunning! Looking forward to watching your progress with it!
Now you need a pilot in the cockpit. I saw models with pilots who even had their own movements. Such a beautiful plane deserves it. Compliments.
Couldn't agree more!
That's spectacular! I wouldn't be surprised if Hollywood doesn't call you wanting to use that thing in a movie!
I am open to talks! lol
is the wheel nose stuck? really spoils the look of this beautiful plane!
Yes, needs fixing for next time...!
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC Oh. I thought you left the gear down while doing the test flights to sort out the programming.
Use Photoshop Pro on automatic mode.. . ;-)
Better stucks out than inside.
So true!!@@bauernkind8595
You are just such a good pilot, always looking what I can learn from you
First flights are always exciting. Usually a relief to get it on the ground. Makes the second flight great when everything worked OK.
SUOER BAD ASS ON ALL LEVELS. LOVE THE INTEGRATED FLIGHT CONTROLS. TRUE FLY BY WIRE!
I'm extremely impressed with that scale model F-16 and flight demonstration. Excellent flying. Just needs those "ventral tail fins" that a commenter pointed out, I suppose. Really cool! I didn't know that hobbyists made and flew such flying crafts.
That's just beyond cool. Amazing build and amazing piloting.
Thanks!
Oh my ... ! What a great and fantastic aerial flight display on this gigantic RC turbine jet fighter model aircraft and maneuvers and really looking forward for more of these flights in your next channel here again soon. Regards. From The Flight Deck .
Thanks!!
Woww la tensión se nota en el ambiente...ese resoplido lo dice todo...grande Martin!
Now put a 360 hd 4k camera in the cockpit and VR headset for controller
I was thinking it would be better with a Squirrel and a headcam.
Or enjoy the unique view of true rc flying, as opposed to the no skill required pansy ass FPV bullshit.
@@superskullmaster standing on the ground watching something fly is not unique. We've been doing it since caveman times watching birds. Unique would be being virtually present inside the cockpit while flying the aircraft, something only a fraction of a percent of mankind has experienced.
That definitely does sound good, need to get myself a 360!
@UUU U exactly mate
Don't know why they stop at 4m keep increasing the scale so we can climb inside. Beautiful!
Probably because they want to keep within RC/drone regulations and not cross the line into homebuilt aircraft territory, since you need to get FAA certification of airworthiness.
@@MaxPower888 Yup and it can cruise at mach 1.5
@@ChucksSEADnDEAD There already is a 1:1 scale RC F-16... it's the QF-16.
I would not want to be inside it when I fly!! At least not once it is fully set up and as I like it!!
Bruce Ismond it would probably cost as much as buying a real one
Awesome jet Martin. Those slow passes are real nice!!
Great first flight !! I would be a little nervous myself but you looked like you had flown it a 100 times before ! Also love the green jet you have - that is a beautiful plane . Great job !
Awesome pilot.....If you are not the top, you are right beside the top.
Spectacular!!!! F-16 My favourite!!!! Following from Cali Colombia!!
Thanks Juan! Definitely a favourite!!
Awesome video. Great jet.
Que maravilla! Poner una go-pro en el cockpit y después ver la grabación....Awesome!
Molaría mucho eh! A ver si vuelvo a ver al actual dueño y grabamos la v2!
The sound from the powerplant is great !
I wish I was piloting that F-16.Beautiful model ✈✈
I wish I could have had more flights on it! An amazing machine!!
Modelling and flying at its best. You got balls to fly that mutha! !
:P
Wow! Great plane. This dude truly knows how to fly!
Thanks!!
Bravo pilot!
Well you are a 3-D master now you can be the master of Jets and that one there is gourgeous. Nice job Flying her like a true Ace. Keep em coming Martin 😎
Thank you!
wow, that acceleration and 2:05 is insane. From a standing start to take off speed in a few milliseconds!
Beautiful model though. Surely you'd have to be very careful with it though, imagine losing control of 50kg going that speed and flying directly into a person - you'd kill em!
Incredible airplane and amazing flying facility. Big thumbs up!
Truely awesome - my best wishes to every pilot who‘s on the run.
This is just insane. Simply phenomenal.
It was Martin Pickering ... one and only.It is not easy to operate with this jet, because at lower speeds there is instability, but there's is Martin who explained everything ... thank so much dear professor.
Thank you!
Absolutely great build job on this plane and great job flying it and better yet, LANDING it. Most builders of planes of this level of perfection spend all there time building and relatively very little time flying, and it shows up on the landings where a lot of pilot skill is required. This guy nails the landings, probably because he doesn't spend most of his time building.
+1
Enhorabuena Martin, saludos de Portugal ;)
Not too shabby for a front line fighter jet which began the planning in 1969, and first flew in 1975 as the new F16.
beautiful flight, thanks for sharing.
Absolutely amazing.....It handles like the real thing, possibly because it is but in miniature. It's the best rc aircraft, that i've ever seen...👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Wow I would so love to see that 110 pound model airplane amazing
Sweet greasy landing! Outstanding!
You nailed that flight ! BadAss...
What a beautiful crafted jet 🤟🏻👍🏻
Great video! I can imagine the sensitivity of the controls is extreme, and this guys skills are amazing. When I was a kid, I got a model airplane, a P 51 I believe it was, that was controlled by a hand held device with two strings connected to the plane for elevation and descent. It had a little gas engine, and on my first flight I didn't even make one complete circle before I nose dived it into the ground at full speed. That was the end of my model airplane carreer.
Ouch... You needed some people around you to help with that first flight, with a little guidance it is not too hard, just like driving. Maybe time to give it a second go?!
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC I'd love it, I am sure. Do you know of any RC shows in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area?
That is one AWESOME RC F16! 2nd landing was nice!!
Beautiful, love the F16
You know how to fly! that for sure.
What a beautiful model. It looks and flies really well!
The only things I may nitpick on (and I've worked on the real thing for 10 years) if you want to strive for ultimate realism:
-The outer portion of the wing trailing edges are fixed in real life (i.e no ailerons - just flaperons).
-The flaperons do not assist in pitch control.
-The flaperon flaps mode is triggered by landing-gear down operation.
-The leading edge flaps (LEF) are also triggered by LDG-down and Angle of Attack (i get that putting AoA sensors on an RC jet is crazy).
Of course, I understand that being an RC jet, it is probably unlikely to build the thing unstable (in terms of center of lift vs center of gravity) like the real deal, which probably accounts for the "semi-realistic" flight controls. However, it is technically possible to achieve.
The F-16 Flight Control System is from the late 60's, and what used to take quadruple redundancy computers and lots of space in terms of circuitry can probably fit and run on an arduino uno today.
Yeah yeah "You try to do better", I get it :) It's not ment to bash the product, just shed light on possible improvements :)
One of my all-time favorite RC models is the Rusjet yak-130. Check it out if you haven't already!
Woah amazing! Super interesting video with lots of info. Thanks man! Subscribing
Wow, actually looks like the real plane while flying.
Ours really didn't, but it was only 20cm long and was really just a test for whether air multiplier systems would work as an engine for an rc. Made it look like an f16 because it had 1 engine
20cm long sounds like it would be a bigger challenge than this big one! And yes, by far the most realistic model I have ever seen when in the air!
wow! Congratulations. Fine effort.
Great flying and great F16
so smooth like the real one im shocked.
Of course there are machines this size flying around thinking for themselves and fully armed! Scary!
Really amazing and wonderful!! It flyes like a REAL F16. It does not seem to be an RC scale model, perhaps due to the important weight that it has. It's very stable, and very good maneuvered. Keep on improving it. Congratulations!!
Indeed, we came to the same conclusion. Due to its massive weight (and of course size) the weight to scale ratio must be a lot closer than our usual over-light models are, and the results were clear to see
Great piloting and flight analysis skills!
Thanks a lot!
Hi, nice flying. Good one.
I have smaller Foam Freewing and Eflite F-16s. I set them up just normal. Separate aileron, elevator and rudder. Then do mixing of channels with switches. I want bigger of course 😊
Martin,
Looks very good, yes, on some of the larger Jets they do lack inertia, however this one looks very scale. Very nice flying site, with weather to match.
Flies well and sounds great.
Absolutely amazing, better as original.
Beautiful job on the airplane.
You forgot to talk about the landing gear issue ;o) Awesome jet! Hope to see more action after you did the perfect setup for your flying...
When i see it first time i thought that it is real bro awesome work bro awsome👍
Wow, perfection simply perfection. Thank you for sharing.
You are so welcome! Thanks!!
Nice plane mate good flying 🙂👍
Beautiful F16
Sir please tell me how you have made it ?????
Magnificent aircraft.
3:08 was a cool shot!!!! (should put some GI Joe's out there for scale effect!!!)
That is a darn good idea! Need to get the pilot in the cockpit and a few at work around it!
take off and landing both are superb and perfect
I built a 2 and 1/2 foot long EDF RC F-16 for me and my Grandson, just haven't tried to fly it yet.
Pretty cool jet you have their, awesome.
You need to get it in the air!! Will have a blast for sure!
Beautiful jet, great flying.
I'm with all those other guys. What's with the nose gear not retracting? That first landing was a true "grease job" if ever I saw one. All the more remarkable for it being the FIRST TIME you ever flew the thing! That was some truly amazing flying! You are a consummate RC pilot. I take my hat off to you, sir.
Wow keep it coming , awesome jet
Looks like so much fun!
Good steady flying
Nice acft, I worked at the 122 fighter wing as a full time crew chief on the block 25 F16s. Mine was 84-1236, your model is of Eric (hoofer) Gross's acft 84-1264. The only thing wrong with it is we left the main body of 264 painted upper surface battleship gray and lower surface light ghost gray. Plus we never painted a travel pod . Our travel pods were all unmarked gtay at that time. Not silver simulating polished aluminum as your model does. Because of all the colors we called it the clown mobile. It was left those colors when we moved it to air park at front gate when we retired the block 25s. It was just repainted its original two tone gray scheme. 236 is still flying in vegas as a two tone tan and brown aggressor acft.
Wow, cool history on the plane! Thanks for sharing!! Must have been so impressive to work on these beasts!
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC They were awesome aircraft. Fun to work on and cool to watch fly everyday. Especially fun to do engine runs on in the hush house at full burner. Run throttle up and over , nose would drop while standing full on brakes, then fuel gauge just spinning. Come out of burner and nose would raise back up and fuel gauge would return to normal readings. Worst part was leading edge retorque. Removing hundreds of screws on top and same thing on bottom, just to take panels off. Then torque the rotatory actuator screws on top and the bottom . Then reinstall panels.
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC ever have questions on 264 or f16s in general just ask.
Congratulation! Your first flight went very well, the landings were perfect. But it looks like the jet could need somewhat more thrust to cope with its 50kg and I definitely missed a pilot and cockpit interior to complete this realistic model. You can be proud as it looks absolutely stunning in the sky.
I agree completely with all statements! A bit more power would definitely be nice, and a pilot is a must!
Am I mistaken or did the nose gear remain in the down position during all the flights?
Viewed on a small smartphone screen, it is difficult to determine.
Other than that, what a FANTASTIC aircraft and some excellent flying skills.
CONGRATS!!
Yeah, sadly it did, need to have it in the workshop and figure out why... Thanks though!!
Don't want to be an 'old stick-in-the-mud' Martin, because the video and the plane are exemplary as are your piloting skills! But just one nitpicking detail though, the Normandy D-Day invasion stripes are a nice retro touch, but the star and bar insignia should have a horizontal red stripe in the middle of each bar to be current.
😊👏👍🇺🇸🇬🇧
I hate that people use gyros on these big planes. They are more trouble than they are worth. One more point of failure. That plane don't need flaps to supplement the ailerons and delta tail control. It's too easy to roll the air frame to begin with. Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you should. Glad the nose wheel stuck down though. It's also a tad nose heavy which is good for first flights of course. Not so much so as to be any problem either. I would work out the handling bugs first, then focus on CG. What a tremendously beautiful aircraft!! I loved my visit to this video and hope you get her dialed in very soon. As heavy as it is, you can use that to your advantage. Heavy wing loading means more stability in high winds. That goes with ALL aircraft.
Where was this video made? Looks like the Franklin mountains in the background (El Paso area)
Filmed in Spain, specifically Elche
beautiful bird dude!
Beautiful jet, great piloting.
Man that is a thing of beauty. I've never seen anyone fly so slow and smooth like that with such a huge aircraft. Increases the realism tenfold! You need to master the side slip slide it was designed to do for real dog fighting. Also, does that have thrust vectoring? I didn't catch it if it does.
looks like a real size. amazing
Hey !!! Terrific toy..... I wonder about the engineering work load in it. Congrats!!!
LOOK: what about a movie with an on-board camera?
Think about!
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Regards.
Nelson.
It needs to be done!
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC God speed !!! (y)
Awesome F16!!
Can you tell me the name from the Music Track?
Thanks