WOW! What a beauty! This aircraft has a special place in my heart. I am 76 years old, and have had a lifelong affair with aviation (26 years in the USAF, private pilot). My very first model airplane back in the 1950's, was an Aurora F6F Hellcat! It is such a pleasure to see this beautiful model fly! Thanks for sharing this moment with others!
@Jim Goose my excuse for that is my eyesight would not pass a aviation medical. But I fly RC aircraft. Largest has a five foot wingspan. Which is difficult to transport about. A trailer is one option. My other is buy an old Transit. Pondering both at the moment. Here in the uk we have from memory a 7 .5kg weight limit. That Hellcat is a great model flown well.
i always wonder how these guys able to contrl RC so smoothly. The angle and distance from where you are controlling plane is so disorienting when trying to align the aircraft to the runaway.
I built just about every ww2 model plane I could find when I was a kid. Loved the era. That is THE COOLEST model plain I've ever seen.thanks for sharing. Drop the 'f' bomb after it crashes. Excellent landing!
Are you kidding?!? That was absolutely amazing. I was watching that with the kind of pride as though I'd actually done something... HUGE hats off to you! And thank you for sharing!
That was really cool. A bunch of retired pilots from the nearby base used to get together and fly planes like that at a commercial sod company field near me. I loved watching them with my Papa on Saturdays.
Beautiful model! Those Moki radials sure sound great!My father flew Hellcats in the Pacific during the war. Just one point, they were painted a much darker blue over grey.
Great aircraft, great engine- such a nice, deep, heavy sound! I'm hoping someone out there eventually will install 2 Moki radials in a large scale F7F Tigercat. I've seen nice looking Tigercats with (the horror) electric motors but I couldn't get too excited about those. Thanks for showing us your awesome Hellcat. Grumman Ironworks forever!
So excellent thank you for filming this I know you have many many thousands of hours and dollars in this hobby and I just want to tell you you made my day
Everyone has covered all the great aspects of this plane and video.. but man those trees on the end of the runway seemed to be getting closer and taller every second ! hahaha great vid.
Why would anyone give this video a thumbs down? Well videoed, clear, slow pan. The 'pilot' does a great job....Kudos to all and thanks for posting. Cheers from Canada.
You have got to go to a museum and see the real deal. They are amazing. I saw one at the Moody Gardens Air Museum in Galveston. Some air shows have them and if you get there before the start of the show they usually let you see the planes up close and talk to the owner. I think it's a great learning experience and I hope you get to see one someday.
