The dream of 'I want to fly the VF-1 Valkyrie' came true, Amazing maiden flight 

“Pulling down lever B.’

Facts, I want to see that so much!

@@NyuuMikuru1 That too, been waiting since 1985, when I first saw Robotech!

C Rodriguez You should sell this design to the US military.

@@RealKingkong9888 You can blame the US military for giving me too much work at my job that I have had zero time to work on this LoL

C Rodriguez wow, I would not be surprised that GERWALK mode becomes a reality some time in the future. I just don’t see the purpose of robot mode.

@@RealKingkong9888 Robot mode for toy models is useless other than proof of concept that you can program active balance and walking. Robot mode in reality would be beneficial for when you want heavy weaponry for a waltz through the woods or a tight urban environment.

C Rodriguez You actually got a good point. Never thought of that. That is why you need the Marines or the Army if you want to occupy a territory. You can’t just do it with the Air Force... the Robot mode is just basically a bigger marine/solider/tank...

That's weird

Modify an rc Osprey to look like a VF, then put in all the actuators at the right places, and there you have it, a Vtol gerwalk jet

Instablaster

They cheated. They mobilized a part that should not be. This is how the VF flies without the rudders: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cMhSPqDxA9c.html

@@MegaroadProducciones I was getting ready to post that the lack of rear stabilizer was fixed by thrust vectoring.

@@neodecker Yeah, but I dont think that in this specific model, they actually used any thrust vectoring, hence the long ground rolls for take off. Had they actually used thrust vectoring, they would have achieved shorter take off rolls. Here are a few theories on how they may have done it: They are basically using full-span and slightly extended flaperons on the trailing edge of the main wing that "mimicks" the same or similar pitch effects as a classic Delta design would have and the c.g. is moved back just enough so that the total weight of the airplane will not make it too nose heavy and this in turn keeps the body flying in a straighter more horizontal path. I imagine that the weight of the engines, also comes into play. Furthermore, if you look at the airplane from the top, you'll notice that the wings are highly swept back and then in this case again, the flaperons act as "extra stabilizers" helping the vertical tails to do their work of stabilizing the whole craft on a longitudinal plane (yaw). This also helps taking in the fact that the vertical stabilizers are a little bit small in area to begin with. This "flaperon yaw control technique" can be clearly seen on the B-2 Stealth Bomber which uses NO vertical tail(s) for its yaw control also relying on computers to make adjustments during its flight profile. I have also made some gliders based on this flaperon control principle. One example of the many that Ive made throught the years, was that of a Mig- 23 that I had made with a swing wing mechanism. The difference here of course is that the Mig-23 has horizontal stabilizers but I remember that when the wing was in the swept back position, the nose would become heavier, requiring increased upwards angle on the elevators and the flaperons and this generally solved the problem together with adding some weight to the back section with a small piece of lead. It resulted also in increased speed and made for some really impressive flights and remember, that this airplane I made was a paper free flight glider or more appropriately " fighter- glider".

monkeybubbles I always thought it would be impossible due to that. Can't believe they pulled it off! Adding It would definitely improve its maneuverability though.

HELLASgate7 You'd be amazed what a good fly-by-wire system will let fly.

It's using a v-tail stabilizer. An unconventional design, but not unprecedented.

You can not get design because this designed is owner originail and not share.

You can find the models in google. In terms of plans and details of the Macross VF-1, the internet is full. Yes, be sure to look for Macross, the original, and not the American version, Robotech that has very bad data, being a bad adaptation. Here you have the model of the VF-0 Phoenix, of Macross Zero. This one uses the elevation and functionality of the thristers, as in the anime: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cMhSPqDxA9c.html Anime: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y9LR-7lsA1A.html

yes the vf-1 is based on the f-14, and probably they took the blueprints of it to did this.

The Tom Cats are all moth balled, destroyed, or in the hands of Iran unfortunately. I would love to see one fly, it was the closest thing we've ever had to a VF-1.