HOLMES Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 .....Hope you like this...One of MY Favorite jets.. ENJOY the video.. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1687187 :wub: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EX_Birdgunner Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Super awesome, thanks for sharing Holmes! Happy Holidays! Denis Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EagleAviation Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Fantastic! Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted December 22, 2012 Author Share Posted December 22, 2012 (edited) You are welcome gentlemen. :thumbsup:/> Edited December 22, 2012 by HOLMES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Cool video, thanks for sharing the link, My Dear Holmes ... -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
k5ikl Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Oh Yeah !!!! Great video Mr. Holmes. Thanks sir and a Merry Christmas. Jerry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Oh I say 'olmes...jolly good show ol' man;you never disappoint. Amazing how VF-84 is still the only US jet fighter unit to have two A6M kills to their credit . whaddaya mean that was a movie..a kill is a kill B) :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 Glad you enjoyed it Clif. Oh yes where are MY festive manners gone to.. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL. Have a very safe, beautiful festive and enjoy the happy holidays. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 Oh Yeah !!!! Great video Mr. Holmes. :thumbsup:/> Thanks sir and a Merry Christmas. :cheers:/> Jerry Jerry right back at you ...have a wonderful lovely Christmas with your folks and enjoy it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scapilot Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 I liked that part around 9:05 where the camera is fixed on the pilots hands and feet. I gained a whole new appreciation for those guys that flew that thing back in 2004. I was an ordnance tech for VF-143 at the time and for my re-enlistment, I managed to talk one of our RIO's and my Gunner into getting me into the sim labs. I would have like a back seat ride, but some nimrod admiral had just ejected himself out somewhere over the sunny Nevada desert about a year before, so the Navy was kind of restricting access to the back seat for a while. However, while in the sim, I learned how much work it really takes to make one of these things go. I did really well with it, but you definitely realize that it's like trying to drive an RC car with an 18 wheeler steering wheel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DutyCat Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 (edited) I liked that part around 9:05 where the camera is fixed on the pilots hands and feet. I gained a whole new appreciation for those guys that flew that thing back in 2004. I was an ordnance tech for VF-143 at the time and for my re-enlistment, I managed to talk one of our RIO's and my Gunner into getting me into the sim labs. I would have like a back seat ride, but some nimrod admiral had just ejected himself out somewhere over the sunny Nevada desert about a year before, so the Navy was kind of restricting access to the back seat for a while. However, while in the sim, I learned how much work it really takes to make one of these things go. I did really well with it, but you definitely realize that it's like trying to drive an RC car with an 18 wheeler steering wheel. In many ways it is an "old school" jet. Underpowered engines, VG wings, analog instrumentation, hydraulic everything, complicated and hard to maintain electronics, and plumbing for Phoenix missile coolant. Grumman built a complicated aircraft with 60s technology. What kept it going was its brutish capability. The new engines allowed the airframe to finally realize its potential, although not every squadron got them. Edited December 23, 2012 by DutyCat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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