I Got To Get One of These (F14 Model)

big-boys.com ^ | 13 july 05 | Self

[F14 Pilot]

The title of the Big-Boys.com piece is "I Gotta Get Me One of These!" If you're into airplanes at all, one look at the video for this 6' long jet-powered F-14 Tomcat in full test-flight mode will have you uttering similar sentiments.

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/f14model.html

This is AWESOME!

[F14 Pilot]

Just Click on the source link up here and you will be able to watch the clip.

[F14 Pilot]

ping

[Echo Talon]

I hope you have some $, and nerves of steel :D

[nuconvert]

This is Sooo neat!, Pong!

[ClearCase_guy]

I feel the need ... the need for speed!

[SkyPilot]

I can't watch TopGun anymore. I keep thinking Maverick is going to want me to read "Dianetics", hook me up to an E-Meter, and sell me a $10,000 package so I can attain "Level Clear."

[RandallFlagg]

I remember this a couple of weeks ago.

Build your own! I'm series! I'll bet you can find lots of stuff online about this.

OTOH, if you're into firepower.....


Click the pic to see this baby in action... Avoid the giant smile while viewing or your Wife'll turn off your computer.

[xrp]

Nice landing. Great video.

[F15Eagle]

TFTP.

My video player is messed up. But I'll bet it's like the F4 Phantom II ducted fan model I saw 23 years ago BION. They had video at the show (at a mall) and it was COOL. It was about $1800 back then. I'll bookmark it and catch on another machine.

Thanks

[jneesy]

fly these myself but not anything this nice looking at $15000.00 minimum

[F15Eagle]

good golly miss molly

(picks self up off floor)

I think I'll go to K-Mart and get a 99cent balsa wood glider after you told me THAT!

[F14 Pilot]

We should teach Iranian people how to make one of these and let them kill Mullahs...

;-)

[Echo Talon]

Check this out Cermark has some nice Jet motors

[drb9]

What is this thing putting out, spitballs? The real thing would take one round to destroy the TV. These are nice models.

[xrp]

SPITBALLS?

[RandallFlagg]

The real thing would take one round to destroy the TV.

Yeah, but the real one also requires lots of $$$ paid to the same government that'll prod you rudely with a microscope for half a year -without a kiss. BBs are cheaper as well.

[F15Eagle]

Cool. Wish I was a multi-millionaire. I'd have a LOT more TOYS. hehe

[Marauder]

Gad, what a nice model! This reminds me of when I was in the USAF, and there was an RC club just offbase where I'd go and observe whenever I could. One guy had a model of a B-17 that was huge, and when he had it airborne, he would fly it over the runway and drop a bunch of those little round impact firecrackers. That was awesome as well.

But this jet is a beauty!

[Echo Talon]

Oops this one is bigger :D

JetCat-P160 Turbine Jet Engine
Price: $3,995.00
Thrust: 34 lbs @ 128,000 RPM

Weight: 3.34 LB
Diameter: 4.4 inches
RPM Range: 32,000 - 128,000 RPM
Exhaust gas temp.: 650°C-770°C
Fuel consumption: 16 oz per/min at full power
Fuel: Jet A1, 1-K kerosene
Lubrication: approximately 5% synthetic Oil in the fuel
Maintenance interval: 25 hours
link

[STARWISE]

Easier link

I Gotta Get One of These

[Khurkris]

very cool!

[joesnuffy]

I think I will stick to my park flyer electrics..:)

[IncPen]

ping

[planekT]

Classic.

[Dashing Dasher]

I've seen this video a few times.

Any idea how they friggin' land that thing?

Amazing !!!


Dasher

[Dashing Dasher]

Ping

[panamagringo]

For the BUFF fans out there:

http://www.mcgirt.net/RC/VIDEOS/Giant_B52/B52_flight2.wmv

Woof!

[panamagringo]

More videos:

http://members.chello.nl/r.braam2/video-pagina.htm

[jordan8]

I watched a TV show of an rc airplane meet a few months ago where the overall best was a homebuilt F-100. They also had an F-16. Apparently these scale jets are pretty common these days.

[tet68]

That guy is GOOD, did you see that split S !

[Ichneumon]

A guy doing incredible things with a radio-controlled helicopter: http://www.compfused.com/directlink/557/.

[Echo Talon]

yea, I used to belong to a club. those helicopters can do some AMAZING stuff that i thought a helicopter couldn't do... I watched them hover upside down, then go vertical with it, do rolls, loops... all that. I wouldn't have the patience to fly a helo though.. the first year or so all they do is hover in one spot like 4' the ground TOTALLY BORING!

[Echo Talon]

If you guys are interested in RC check out rcuniverse.com or rcgroups.com .... great hobby. REMEMBER, START OUT WITH A TRAINER AIRPLANE! Try to get someone to help you it will save you $!

[rabidralph]

Pretty cool. I wish someone had been there to run the camera so we could see closeups of the damage. Why type of "gun" is that? It looks like the one used in the Terminator movies.

[Past Your Eyes]

Aw, geez, what a disappointment. I thought this thread was gonna be about F14 tractors, built by International Harvester in 1938 and 1939. Them F14 planes are as common as dirt compared to an F14 tractor.
";^0

[Lazamataz]

Sir Lancelot: Camelot.

Patsy: It's only a model.

King Arthur: Shh.

[HighWheeler]

If you would like a copy of the video, just right click and "save target as..." this link.


http://media2.big-boys.com/bbfilez/f14model.wmv

[freedumb2003]

O man is that too cool for school!!!!

[sonofatpatcher2]

Got my firepower with me...

[nuconvert]

Thanks for the links

[RandallFlagg]

I wish someone had been there to run the camera so we could see closeups of the damage.

I think that they do show that as well. Check out this page at their site.

Why type of "gun" is that? It looks like the one used in the Terminator movies.

Yep! It's a chrome minigun.
Only in America!

[Valin]

COOL!

[Marauder]

That guy is GOOD

He'd better be good; can you imagine the cost of smacking one of those things up?