Talking and flying the biggest F14!! 

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

B-1 for me, but the Tomcat is a close 2nd in the jet turbine realm.

Sr71

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.

That’s sick

WOW! That's cool man!❤❤❤

Nah

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

Spoilers even go up at touchdown. What realism. I think the only thing i haven't seen is the kneel

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.

@@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.

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?

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.

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😊

At least he explained why he can't sweep forward at the break. That was the only thing that disappointed me in the video.

I am not a fan of the new matchbox cars.

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.

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.

@@cornishcactus where is Weston Park?

@@jordanmascarenhas7974 Near Telford. Weston-under-lizard

@@billkunert7281 this costs $6,800 total. Spymasters is the name of the brand

Watch the mountains

It doesn't in real life. Was wondering why they decided to incorporate on this.

​@spins321 at the end he explains that he did the flapperon on his own. The manual did not say to use the flap in conjunction with the spoiler

The real plane only uses the spoilers to dump lift with the roll input. The lifting wing does not change at all. When wings sweep past 50° the spoilers deactivate and the tail controls all roll commands. There is a mistake in Topgun Maverick where the Tomcat turns left and you see an aileron go down on the right wing.

Think that is now is a sought after collector item..I still have my 3 feet tall Shogan Warrior Robot from 1978😊

@@scottnixon2899 I know that ! How cool 😎😎 my parents have kept all my toys he man RoboCop gijoe older action Man figures back in the day toys were much bigger in size if you are a boy the toy world is incredibly big

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

The pencil nose, although common on the Phantom looks great with that squadron because it is so unique