glad you brought it down in one piece - I think we can safely call this a (highly) successful flight - cuts, scrapes and minor bruising - notwithstanding! Really monstrous pull up on the second to last touch n' go. Hair-standingly good stuff!

Beautiful model. I hope you've repaired it to fly again. Thanks for sharing your video.

It's amazing how short Sepulveda's runway gets with big models like his. From the go arounds, I thought he would have it. Live to fly another day!

Beautiful plane. Bad break. We have all done the same thing, so please don't feel bad about it. Thanks for posting this video of such a gorgeous plane!

That was a wicked looking plane before it crashed. Very cool!

CG is everything! CG with full fuel, gear up, flaps up is one thing. CG with low fuel, gear down, flaps down is another. Wing tip weight from one tip to another is important also.

when its in the air you dont even notice its a model plane, it just looks real! :) Respect for the crash!

It looks and sounds real. Great video

very nice nodel, handles like the real thing !

That thing is beautiful!

nice landing ace

what a great sound!

beauty of a plane

Listen. At 2:28, you can hear a jet engine shutting off, then another after the crash. The cause of the crash was that the engine failed because of 0% of fuel and thus causing the plane to tilt over and lose height. The force of impact when it hit the ground caused it to break a wheel and (maybe) damaged a wing or so. I suggest a few days repair with glue, clamps, and spare parts and screws(that is if its built with any. Good luck! :)

Oh man, I didn't notice that until I read your post. That's insane! I would never take off with a servo freaking out like that. Did the jet seem underpowered to you, maybe too heavy for the amount of thrust it had. It looks like it's barely above a stall most of the time. He actually had it on the ground there at one point. I wonder if it was a short runway and he felt he had to bring it in slow to keep it from overshooting.

Wow,thats a really really nice plane.close call,only minor damage.

Wow what a crazy video

Dave it seems heavy ? how's the CG ? is it to far aft, It's One very nice jet great detail . great effort David keep up the good work

Awesome model

I was flying in about 20Knots of wind and had the same thing. I just couldn't find the sweet spot for my speed on landing. I've been flying them a long time. I doinked the gear. It happens. I hope you're still flying. Cheers!

@MrCoward24 what point would fuel do if it doesnt burn?

Notice the descripton of the video. Carrying 3 tanks, more than most jets I've seen. More weight, higher wing loading (especially those small F-18 wings) probably makes that a bear to fly. Pilot did a nice job, IMHO, but it got away from him. Tough to be a critic, since several comments here suggest you've never been on the sticks of ANY plane, much less an RC jet.

Wow, so realistic! Almost expect to see con-trails every time it banks.

Did you see the vibrations in the left-back "wing" (or whatever it's called)?

@bigkid2112 There is no netting but they do have the wire stretched across the runway so the hook can grab onto it

hey, a quick question, how do you tape the link to the the video, i mean the 1:37 ??? i'd be pleased

Wow that is a nice plane man

Freakin Sweet RC

Beatiful RC model. It was fixable corret?

is that at the Apollo Xi Airfield in CA?

David builds amazing models ... and then crashes them :( I've got a great series of photos of his Eurofighter Typhoon going into the tarmac at Best In The West Jets 2006. They are stills but I was shooting at 8 frames per second ... it's quite a sequence.

Hey Dork! The landing gear is down during highspeed aerobatic flight. This is long before prep. for landing.

Does it seem a little tail heavy ? Is it balanced correctly ?

David, was that the FEJ 18?

I can tell you right now just from seconds into it....the left elevator was damaged as you can see it flapping around,thats why it seemed like you couldnt find the right speed.So considering that...well done!

awesome...how much do these things cost to build?

What kit is it pls ?

Oh my God ! :-( Jst a question guys, is it normal the flutter elevator on left at 0:36 ? and again at 0:56 ?

what does it use fir fuel

whats the max mph this thing will do?

amazing plane,, whats a setup like that worth??

BUMMER I was wondering if these scale jets have a "Scale" after burner mode?

i need to get me one of these

Damn..... Yup... it looked like you were struggling with the proper approach speed. Looks like that's tough with jets? Very nice flying though!

Assuming that you DO NOT fly... but the smaller wing surfaces provide less lift. Hence the need for a high speed turbine to provide enough thrust for flight. by that same logic, they take more speed to provide enough lift to land than a standard plane with larger wing surfaces. As he stated in the video, he needed more speed... just couldn't find the median. Could be some tweaks of the setup but first flights are for learning... all in all not a bad flight.

Why is the landing gear down?

Nice plane! The sound was sweet too:) Have you tried to wait a little longer before getting the high nose attitude? I'm rather convinced that it would come mutch more steady in lower speed if you let the nose sink trough a little more on landing approatch...

thats a bad ass jet!

lol i saw the blue angel next to it when they were resting next to each other and i said out loud "oh a Jetblue" ha wow

That will buff right out......

Plane look unbalanced.. But it's a VERY nice baby, and I know this guy knows how to fly jets. i think i've seen him flying a viper (F-16) with great skills ! I hope you can repair it quickly ! keep up the good work, and make us dream !

Rough landing, but that's the beuty of model airplanes. After the crash, you can walk up to it and say, "Man, look at all that mess" and go home and eat dinner.

how much does one of thouse things coast

Nice plane. A rough landing's better than a nose dive any day.

It sounds like the real thing. What powers it, yet or impeller?

There was a hint of a problem before flight. Look at the horizontal stabilizers here they have the jitters.

I know its very different to a turbine but I 've got an edf F-18 that displays similar characteristics. Smooth landings need a bit of throttle. Glide landings need to be done steeply to maintain speed with a fairly sharp roundout. Very nice jet though! I'm saving my spare change to step up to one of these.

with a jet of this size and weight i would make damn sure my elevators were rock solid.thats why it was rolling all over the place on approch,and at my field guys practically fly there jets to the floor with amazing controll and at high speed no flaring visable,i guess it helps to have a long wide landing strip.

Wow, that thing really has a high stall speed. I'd hate to have to land that.

0:36 whats whrong with your left elevon man?

Maverick had just a license for the Tomcat planes and was just used for the navy and they don't fly anymore. This is a Hornet and they are being used for the airforce and navy. This one is for the airforce since he took off from land, flew above the ground and brought it down on land.

@Scorpion85629 with turbines the servos always jitter while the turbine spools up

no retractable gear?

Before taking out precious expensive model to the flying field, it is perhaps a good idea to have a practice session on a R/c flight simulator, especially the landings. True, simulation will never be 100% real, but it should give us a rough feeling and highlight certain aspects we should pay more attention to, e.g. if a nice slow approach proves to be difficult, then we are ready to opt for a higher airspeed but slower vertical descent rate. That could make a difference between a joyful maiden flight and a "bruised" one.

Thin airfoils do not have very good stall characteristics (i.e. they happen abruptly and at lower angles of attack). Besides landing faster, the easiest thing to do that might help is to ensure you have a turbulent boundary layer. This keeps it attached to the wing longer and postpones stall. Cutting some thick tape lengthwise with pinking shears and sticking it to the wing just behind the leading edge radius, jagged side forward, can help this (cheap vortex generator).

That is a really beautiful finished model (I'm not a flyer, so I don't where it fits on the scratchbuilt to RTF scale). I'm just as glad not to have a spectacular flaming crash. 8-)

Do they have little ejection seats for the little toy pilot inside? What about his feelings?

The issue seemed not relating to the size of the jet he used to perform. But it seemed relating to his flying experience. A bigger plane is easier for handling than a smaller one as general speaking. The reason for that is, the smaller one, which faces less drag, is faster and more responsive than a bigger one.

They make rc jet planes!? Where have I been

I see to many people fly jets like prop planes, nose down. They also fly to fast on final then they get into ground effect then they flare and the plane balloons. Flying a jet you have to set an attitude and adjust descent rate with power, but carry power all the way to landing.

that jet is giant

Dang, it sounds like a tie fighter!

Ouch, a little tip stall action going on there. I notice that you don't have a dogtooth on your wings like the full-scale F-18 does, which probably would have prevented this crash. Still, I have to agree with the comment below mine here, just a few cuts and scrapes, certainly nothing that can't be fixed up. Beautiful model.

I have the Foam 64-mm EDF from STARMAX, which is a lot smaller and lighter, and it always flew like a dream. A good bit of glide with power-out, but a rapidly falling sink-rate with falling airspeed. Looks like it sufferd a tip-stall; either get the flaps down, or raise airspeed to avoid this. Peas on Earth.

meow meow has his own air liner now

Ya see these jets and of course are jealous and deep down hope for a crash for that HA HA moment. But when it does happen, the real RC guys are almost as sad and mad as the owner. So glad the damage was not too bad. Beautiful plane My friend.

how mach do thy cost

holy shit HUGE

nice jet

why wasn't the gear retracting?

how much it cost one of them ?

LOL how the EFF do you even land that.. .. wow this is an incredible plane.... and Extreamly fast.. how long have you gottne on 3 tanks???

how much do one of those cost?

@MonacoBlast take-off and flight is optional, but landing is mandatory.

The landing gear was down the entire time. That can actually affect the drag a bit

@jayman6087

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but gear has to down during the landing, duh

Nice plane, great detail. You cut power too early so one wing stalled before the other.

Sorry to see that happen to your plane. Could have been a lot worse (testament and credit to the flyers skill,.. well done). Awesome looking bird!

was some pretty good flying, but like he said in the video he needs to land faster. I think that if he rebuilds this and goes at it again he shouldn't have any problems landing it. He just needed to find the right speed, and he will.

@Ispintechno1 Actually a full size jet like this flies better than a typical foamy EDF style jet. It's larger and more scale, so control surfaces are realistic and correctly proportioned, with flaps, full articulating rear horizontal stabs, etc etc Power-to-weigh is also great than 1:1 (which is actually unrealistic compared to the real F-18 which doesn't have 1:1).

iF YOU HAD MORE THAN 5 VIDEOS I WOULD SUBSCRIBE

i just bought this exact same model and size for $350 what are you on about?

How much did that thing cost

does that thing really sound like that? holy hell

This nice plane was repaired?

I'm new 2 this, but I'm guessing taking off is the easy part.

i really expected that climax

need to get used to low speed characteristics up high so you can figure out how it reacts. come in a little faster and lower. stay off the sticks so much. thought it was gonna be really ugly after the first approach glad you went around. but not too much damage thankfully. pretty plane though.

seems like you were coming in a little slow??? tip stalling the aircraft? any brakes????

Wauw that's a nice jet but how mucht does it cost?

una consuulta a donde se venden esos tipos de aviones ''??