A truly stunning model, I hope it wasn't too badly damaged. I remember reading an article decades ago that said 'you didn't so much land a Lightning as do a controlled crash'. So 10 out of 10 for demonstrating scale flying !!

@timw6863

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you I now know the type of aircraft this is. I have never seen a twin engine over and under before!

@QuantumCat76

2 ай бұрын

@@timw6863 English Electric Lightning

@agedflier9129

2 ай бұрын

@@timw6863 It was built in the UK at a time when they built their own planes...Some were the best of their type in the world.

Some of this footage, especially the taxiing 0:39 - 1:10, is almost hard to believe this is a model. Not only does the aircraft look realistic, the sounds, even the heat shimmer from the exhaust, feels so real. If someone were shown that footage alone without the rest of the video or title, they'd surely believe it's a real English Electric Lightning. Truly impressive work! Hope the damage to the nose isn't too bad, and more importantly that no FOD went into the engines - that's when things get expensive.

@kingkreole9121

2 жыл бұрын

Spot on. And that is why I now want one. I don't know how to operate it, but surely I can put the beacon lights on, and just look at it. Maybe push around the yard.

@littlepippin8445

2 жыл бұрын

@@kingkreole9121 Ha ha

@Simon-ui6db

2 жыл бұрын

Just a pity they don't have afterburners like the real life ones, having seen one in real life on a night fast taxi here in the UK they're awesome aircraft. Just a shame the CAA won't let any fly.

@quillmaurer6563

2 жыл бұрын

@@Simon-ui6db I could imagine an R/C jet with afterburners - probably wouldn't add much thrust and would give them two minutes of flight time instead of five, but would look really cool, especially in twilight airshows.

@redlioness6627

2 жыл бұрын

How can sound and vision "feel"? Apart from that it is a stunning example of modelling but I do have to disagree with it sounding real, it sounds nothing like the real thing but it certainly looks real in those taxiing shots as you said!

This is truly epic. Beautifully built, with a flight control system that can handle the high speed and maneuverability, it is a testament to the skilled artisans who built and flew it. Landing was a tad problematic, but you'll fix that.

@copperfield3629

2 жыл бұрын

@@pimuce Seems to me there are two main issues with remote control of these models: your perspective must be very different, watching from the side rather than having a perfect line of sight from the cockpit; the lack of feedback because you aren't part of the aircraft, so you don't get the direct "feel" you'd have through the airframe and the controls. I guess you are spared your brains disappearing into your backside when you're making some of those very sharp pull-ups though!

@rydfree

2 жыл бұрын

@@pimuce Flying RC is challenging in a different way . Not being in the cockpit and the controls changing due to changes in orientation is something you have to get use to . Example is , when the aircraft is pointed towards you as in landing , the left and right are reversed .

@stephenbond2057

2 жыл бұрын

@@copperfield3629 8

@rickbear7249

2 жыл бұрын

Pilots of the Apache helicopter have a similar problem when using the monocle 🧐 view through the camera mounted under the nose. Getting the brain to coordinate with a remote camera poses similar challenges to those facing r/c pilots.

@arashshibaie116

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, $30,000 later

As a retired EE F3 jockey my landings were often similar!!

@nihilmiror6312

3 ай бұрын

🫡👍😄😄😄🇦🇺🦘

@Dan-di9jd

Ай бұрын

No they weren’t.

@bertiewooster3326

Ай бұрын

@@Dan-di9jd You never viewed my landings old chum in the 70s!

Stunning looking plane!! Any landing you survive is a good one but not sure how that equates to the RC world

@quillmaurer6563

2 жыл бұрын

When you retrieve what's left for the purpose of flying it again rather than for the purpose of avoiding littering fines. When you don't need a bucket for said task.

@cbrvo8440

2 жыл бұрын

Any landing you can walk away from.....

@XB10001

2 жыл бұрын

When you don't hit anyone? 🤔

@JamesLewis

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's "Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing, and any landing where you can use the plane again is a great landing"... so for RC, I think he did OK, he didn't crash the plane into himself, and I think it will only take some minor repairs and it'll be fine.

@rcdogmanduh4440

2 жыл бұрын

We call them "Hefty" landings, as in the trash bag!

Good recovery! Could have been worse. Thanks for the great video mate

@LWJCarroll

2 жыл бұрын

Ditto here….

@guymerritt4860

2 жыл бұрын

Took the words out of my mouth - coulda been a lot worse.

@joequillun7790

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. I 1st thought it was an eng. falling off, but after the replay, seen it was just the nose wheel. Lucky break.

@Schaumwaffelflieger9

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, BAD recovery. He should have kept the nose up till the jet would have lost speed.

@ffjsb

2 жыл бұрын

@@Schaumwaffelflieger9 Says someone who's never flown anything more complicated that a Testor's model plane.....

That was one of the most convincing scale like flying displays I have seen. Kudos to the pilot who I could watch again and again.

Amazing model of what is an incredible plane, and some very good piloting and a flying too. The landing recovery showed the pilot's experience and understanding of his plane. Back in about '87 (I think) at Fairford, me and my Dad saw one of the last remaining flying Lightnings fly. We were standing at the runway start line opposite the plane, the pilot throttled up to nearly max, brakes off and pow! The noise thundering through me is something I'll never forget. Thanks for posting this, hope the repairs were okay and she's flying again.

@xzox

2 жыл бұрын

Had the same experience ..just listening and feeling one take a short run down Cranfield Airport in the U.K. was an awesome experience. This was in 2014.

@petervoyt24

4 ай бұрын

"landing recovery" ??? are you serious ??? LOL

From what the title says, I was expecting something bad. There's a difference between a crash and a not-so-good landing. I'm glad it was something easy to repair. As any r/c modeler knows, any model in flight is in mortal danger.

@johntamplin

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, easy to interprete the title as either "Huge and expensive aircraft, has a landing fail" or "Expensive aircraft has a huge landing fail". Happily it was the first one.

@BitchspotBlog

2 жыл бұрын

That's not a crash. It's having your gear fold (or get ripped away) and having some minor cosmetic damage. It's easily repairable. Anyone who doesn't expect to have some damage on their models, they shouldn't be flying. It's only a crash if there's nothing left to salvage.

@Captain-Cardboard

2 жыл бұрын

Was expecting to see much destruction. Disappointed.

@tanthaman

2 жыл бұрын

Clickbait

@florianN132

23 күн бұрын

not so good? That was a terrible landing, he seeminglly just completely forgot to flare the plane - no visible movement of the horizontal stabilizers right till the impact. And an impact it was, he can be glad that the main gears didn't went flying as well.

Really really beautiful aircraft model. I once saw the Lightning in real live when visiting a airshow in England and I was blown away by the raw power this aircraft has, it was very impressive. I hope the damage on the model is not that bad and it will fly again soon. Thanks for this great video. Greetings from the Netherlands.

@Phantom-mk4kp

2 жыл бұрын

Always been favourite. My late father took me to see the Firebirds, RAF 56sqn display team of 5 lightning's. I was about 5 or 6 at the time so don't remember a great deal.

@KrishnaYada6000

2 жыл бұрын

Plll

@816taylor

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad it didn't have an on board camera.

@madkittylady

2 жыл бұрын

If you ever find yourself in the U.K. again, make your way to Bruntingthorpe airfield. You'll be able to get up close to live Lightnings

As a non-enthusiast I'll admit that was pretty cool. Came expecting a destructive crash landing but was impressed by how awesome this little plane was.

@BrenMurphy1

2 жыл бұрын

Did he died ?

@managingarkreactors9339

2 жыл бұрын

@@BrenMurphy1 Yes, he did. Rest in Peace, he will be forever in our hearts.

@dimwitsixtytwelve

2 жыл бұрын

@CH4madness little? The things massive!

@blackterminal

Жыл бұрын

It's hardly little

I remember as a child with my father collecting small aircraft models here is a completely different level! The nostalgia has kicked in.

Beautiful flight, really glad it was just a landing gear failure, not total destruction. Dig the forced perspective.

@aeronautee

2 жыл бұрын

This isn't meant to be criticism, but, rather, an observation: I don't think the nose gear would have failed except that the right main and the nose gear hit the runway at the same time in a nose-down attitude; there was no flare. It appears at 3:34 or 3:35 that the nose gear took the brunt of the impact. I found it easier to fly a full-scale plane than an RC plane and I admire those who build and fly them.

I wouldn't have said that was a landing fail, you landed it and with minimal damage, great job

@0623kaboom

2 жыл бұрын

ok so if your 737 did that ... is it a good job or a landing fail ... short glide in ... fast drop onto the runway ... slammed the nose gear down not set it down ... heck im surprised the rear gear didnt fold up also ... yes it is a nice build decent flight as well ... BUT pitiful landing practice ... it all boils back down to the pilot ... they got too ahead of themselves and crashed it into the runway ... instead of FLYING the plane ... as that line goes in that film ... when the civy pilot tries to recall what he needs to do to land .. FLY THE DANG PLANE ... is the most important part of landing

@mcameron6031

2 жыл бұрын

@@0623kaboom"If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing." - chuck yeager

@ElonHusky

2 жыл бұрын

@@mcameron6031 in this landing the approach is stupid, He practice more before trying an expensive plane

@redblade8160

4 ай бұрын

@wolfe1970. Do you always talk out from your backside?

@TheCatBilbo

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely, kudos to the pilot who didn't eject after that 'structural failure' - it must have been terrifying! 😊

I can feel the wallet burning.

That was a beautiful brilliant model, the shot at start going onto the runway you thought it was a real plane. I remember in the 70's as a kid watching them over the house in Beverley when they were based at RAF Leconfield

Stunning model, really captured the essence of a ‘Frightening’. As someone else commented, a great damage limitation recovery.

This looks almost like the real thing. I started my aerospace career at BAe Samlesbury where all Lighting aircraft were finally assembled. I worked with lots of people who built these awesome aircraft and saw some great displays at work. Thanks for the video, brought back many good memories.

@ducks31

2 жыл бұрын

My father worked at EE from late 50's to 1966. Built Canberra's and Lightnings then in the drawing office for TSR-2. My my mum there. Left after cancellation of TSR-2.

as someone has already stated, seeing her taxiing like that was almost like being back at Bruntingthorpe watching 904. The landing, well it was well saved!!! what a beautiful display too! fantastic in every way!!!!!

If you saw that overhead and didn’t know it was a model….. excellent model engineering skills and terrific flying skills. The landing was quite a realistic replay of some of the prangs full scale planes & pilots have. No matter, review, repair and back into the air.

wanted to see this masterpiece fly and what a beauty. bad luck with the landing but I hope we'll see it again soon . thanks for displaying it.

@florianN132

23 күн бұрын

no bad luck - just lack of skill

Cracking machine, looking down the tailpipes was spooky. Loved watching the flying too. It reminded me of the 5 Sqn Lightnings at Binbrook in the 70s during my brief time there. They were in all metal but a Lightning is still a Lightning. So sorry about the nosewheel accident. At least it is repairable.

@andrewstevenson6721

2 жыл бұрын

I think these are 11 Sqn markings. Beautiful model and great flying.

@riggers6214

4 ай бұрын

​@@andrewstevenson6721Correct - this is the 11 Sqn emblem - colloquially referred to as "Fly United"😂 5 Sqn bore the Maple Leaf 🍁

I cannot get enough of these vids, You people are amazing! Thanks for sharing.

What a wonderful aircraft, and what an amazing pilot to fly that machine remotely. I am lost in admiration of the skill and imagination of these builders and fliers. I hope the aircraft was repairable, and that we'll see more. With best regards.

@Captndarty

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing skill doesn’t result in the nose wheel rolling past the aircraft on landing….

@johnlewis7064

2 жыл бұрын

@@Captndarty Can't argue with that comment, but I'd still give them full marks for effort alone.

@walkie1985

2 жыл бұрын

@@Captndarty it was a hard landing, maybe the engineering could’ve been better.

@Captndarty

2 жыл бұрын

@@walkie1985 maybe the landing shouldn’t have been as hard….🤷🏻‍♂️

@walkie1985

2 жыл бұрын

@@Captndarty absolutely not ideal for sure. But it happens to private, commercial and fighter pilots.

Wow... Just, WOW! 😮 Fantastic airplane, Bruce! Thanks a bunch for sharing!!! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Awesome model, and the flying skills top notch, can't be easy with that swept wing and weight :) Hopefully a straightforward repair, that landing gear has a v slim profile. Great flying:)

Great to see this amazing model Lightning. So realistic, it brings back fond memories of visits to Farnborough air show as a boy with my dad. The landing was lucky. Good luck with further flights

As they say in aviation industry: "You cant make a good landing out of a bad approach." But a great looking aircraft anyway. I loved all the details in the cockpit and how life like the pilot looked. Johan.

@BGee-no3uv

2 жыл бұрын

Or as my primary flight instructor used to say, "Never try to save a bad landing. Go around! "

I could never understand how two large jet engines could get enough air through that small inlet. That being said, the EE Lightning is my favourite Cold War interceptor, many thanks for posting the video.

@donvanvliet9477

2 жыл бұрын

Its old jet tech, with no fans.

@GDay_InPrint

2 жыл бұрын

Fast jets typically have a way of reducing the inlet size to ensure that the air is subsonic when it gets to the engine. A small intake is one of them.

@TheBillzilla

2 жыл бұрын

@@GDay_InPrint For sure, but you'd expect that the inlet cone would be able to move fore/aft to vary the inlet area. And also for sure the inlet was optimised for M 1.5+ speeds, but I suspect it would have suffered at low speeds.

If my memory serves me correctly, in 1982 an unidetified plane at 80,000ft flying over the UK was intercepted by a English Electric Lightning. This was a suprise to the pilot of the SR71 not knowing we had a fighter jet caperble.. Thank you for the video Mr Simpson.

@derekgodfrey5

2 жыл бұрын

I read a good story about Concorde and Blackbird , the blackbird crew wearing space suits and the people in Concorde at a similar altitude and speed drinking champers .

@billbonnington7916

2 жыл бұрын

May be the U2 story you are referring to.... SR71 was some way faster than the Lightning (you can't say that about much else...).

Used to watch the Lightning plus Victors, Vulcans etc at the Tangmere airshow in the 60's. The speed and power of the Lightning was something to behold and the noise of the Vulcan unbelievable!

@davidjones332

2 жыл бұрын

A Lightning in reheat could break the sound barrier in a vertical climb -a fantastic machine, and this model is completely convincing.

@somebritishguy8022

2 жыл бұрын

I've sat in a lightning before(two seat variant) a man owns one near where I live at an airfield. They are tryna get in running again.

@richardstone5813

2 жыл бұрын

In 71, @ JHQ Rheindahlen, AOC Mick Martin reviewing the parade, I watched 2 Lightnings from Laarbruch, and a Vulcan from the UK, perform a vertical corkscrew climb. The Vulcan was the quickest to ceiling……

@stumpusMaximus

2 жыл бұрын

Lightning’s and Vulcan at RAF leuchars. Now lightnings can only be seen in Saudi Arabia due to being banned due to noise restrictions

@somebritishguy8022

2 жыл бұрын

Apparently they had a Vulcan at the same airfield as the Lightning but they stopped flying it at airshows because the noise kept cracking peoples windows lol🤣

Wow! What a beautiful aircraft and well flown sir! That little bump at the end not withstanding. I loved it. Thank you and I hope she is up and flying again soon!

Maybe that downwind leg should be extended a bit so the pilot has a bit more time to settle into the approach rather than trying a very challenging aircraft carrier like landing?

@rcpmac

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously, you are giving advice? 😒

@Jazzman-bj9fq

2 жыл бұрын

@@rcpmac I haven't flown rc extensively but enough to know that it doesn't hurt to have some time and distance to settle into an approach. That's all I'm sayin'. If it was that easy then there wouldn't be so many rc landing crash vids on youtube would there?

The mind boggles at how much this utterly stunning model must have cost to build.

@Lucifer-qt9gh

2 жыл бұрын

20k or more easily

@szabolcsmate5254

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lucifer-qt9gh and 2k hours?

@engineeringvision9507

2 жыл бұрын

All labour really

I know nothing about RC planes but that is truly impressive! Amazed at the skill you showed flying it. Thanks for sharing!

Just a really beautiful aircraft. The Lightning was always a favorite of mine. Hope it gets back in the air soon!

Beautiful camera work and editing!

Wow just a beautiful job on the Lightening! The taxiing to takeoff and flying. All scale like! Could teach a few people here on this side of the pond to do that!

Incredibly realistic model and great display to show it off so well. Hope there wasn't too much damage after that landing. Now, about that F4C..... :)

From the title I was expecting a fiery crash, but was glad to see that did not happen. Very nice flying and a cool looking model!

Great “save”!!! You guys and so many others I’ve seen here take it all to an astounding new level. If that jet was diving at me and I didn’t know where it came from Id duck for cover..

Two of my favourite British fighter planes ever made are the Lightning and the Harrier jump jet. Brilliant planes. And great video of a remote controlled model of a Lightning fighter jet. Shame about the landing though. 👏👏👍

What a fantastic model. When I was in the RAF cadets in the sixties, we had a weeks camp at RAF Wattisham. Cold war at its height so they always had a pair of Lightnings in a hanger at the end of the runway, ready to go. That footage of the runway roll out was just like standing there, nearly sixty years ago, watching those amazing planes getting ready to rocket, nearly vertically, into the Suffolk sky. Amazing, Congrats all round.

Great piloting skills! Turned what could have been a serious crash into minor damage. Loved the video

Absolutely stunning. The real thing was an amazing aircraft, you have a model ther to be proud of. Shame about the minor damage at the end but its all part of the hobby. I would rather fix damage than have to pickup a total right-off

you know shiat is getting real when the pilot have a alcantara leather wrapped radio 🤣

@RubyS.1

2 жыл бұрын

For real I don't even know what an alcantara but I know radio master don't have that option

@cloudpandarism2627

2 жыл бұрын

@@RubyS.1 a fancy kind of artificial leather you find in expensive cars like porsche and lambos. and yes. my radiomaster have 2 rubber things which already fell off lol 🤣

@cloudpandarism2627

2 жыл бұрын

@Jesus is coming. Read the Gospel. mate did you eat ants today? or took any other drugs?

Stunning plane, kudos to the builder, the lightning has always been one of my favourites, so glad it wasnt destroyed.

Just Brilliant, I remember going to the Farnborough Air show in the 60s and watching the flying display of the English Electric Lightnings, the model is first class, well done.

Ouch! That'll buff out. I have heard it said that the wings on an E Lightning only serve to keep the nav lights apart :)

Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing... Very rare for a bad landing in RC planes.

@TheFunkadelicFan

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure the pilot survived.

@spudeleven5124

2 жыл бұрын

However, a "great landing" is one after which the aircraft can be used again :-)

@alanhilder1883

2 жыл бұрын

@@spudeleven5124 I definitely agree with that ;-)

@rogerward9492

2 жыл бұрын

He was not onboard. Lol

@grumpyone5963

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheFunkadelicFan Might need a chiropractor!

Epic build. Thanks for sharing the fails too

That's WAY better than I was expecting! Good save

great video, good recovery , didn't panic . Big models can cause issues with depth perspective . I flew into a tree once because I thought the model was in front of the tree not behind it .

@Z4Zander

2 жыл бұрын

Been there ,done that.Twice.Different planes ,same tree.

@robm.4512

2 жыл бұрын

Likewise, also twice but adjacent trees. Worst thing was that the second tree got it only a week after the first. It’d taken a week to repair the damage from the first altercation. I stopped flying that particular field, it became clear that we just simply didn’t get along. Haven’t hit anything of a vertical nature in years since, but hey, that could change.🤷‍♂️😁

My heartfelt condolences to the pilot.

@sce2aux464

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, his career is over after that one.

Wow what a fantastic model and real credit to its creator - I love watching these hobbyists fly, sail and drive their replicas I would love one day to indulge in one but buying it ready made if that’s possible.

FLARE! 😄 The sparks completed the scale look! 😎 awesome plane hope ya get it back together quick.

I love R/C planes, but am terrified of crashing an expensive one. I've put nearly $15K into a flight simulator instead -

@darioinfini

2 жыл бұрын

Same. You can't just respawn your plane after a bad landing.

Too steep an approach. You highlight this impressive model often and I would be interested in knowing more about the plane's specifications.

I watched this video peeking from between my fingers waiting for the landing… that sound, though, magnificent!

These RC guys are in a class by themselves! Brilliant stuff!

It will live to fly another day. There wasn’t much of an approach. Makes me think something was amiss and he needed to land.

Good save, I'd guess that was a $1k landing and not a $30k landing

Wow I'm amazed you were able to find a pilot small enough! Epic!

Awesome vid mate that thing is so realistic! Cheers

That was a pretty good landing. The pilot recovered nicely from the bounce. Losing the nose gear is way better than the plane being destroyed - should be easily fixable.

@jimw1615

3 ай бұрын

The landing was horrible. No flair before landing on the nosewheel. He is lucky to have saved the plane from total destruction, is all.

It's a Lightning, going wrong is the norm

@Zacharia503

2 жыл бұрын

Usually Pilot Error....

@alangarland8571

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zacharia503 Unnecessarily complicated engines played a part too. Made maintenance difficult.

@Zacharia503

2 жыл бұрын

@@alangarland8571 I loved the Lightnings; they were so ugly they were beautiful! I've just looked up the list of Accidents and Incidents; takes some reading!

@TalkingGIJoe

2 жыл бұрын

Yur killin me Smalls!

@goku445

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zacharia503 Honestly this plane looks like a bad design instinctively. You know the old saying if it's a beautiful plane it will fly well.

Beautiful aircraft and flight characteristics. Well done on building this model.

5 Squadron RAF Binbrook Lightnings live on !! What a fantastic model and flying display. Takes me right back to my childhood where my friends and I would cycle up to the crash gate in the school summer holidays (late 70's early 80's) and be absolutely awestruck watching these beautiful aircraft go vertical on double re-heat !!! ❤❤❤

The Lightning was always bonkers: Basically a way to perch a pilot on top of two huge engines. This is/was a beautiful model, and seems to be very scale. Not too much damage done, I hope!

@ST-zx9ue

2 жыл бұрын

I think the term the pilots used was a passenger seat on a rocket..

@125brat

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful model and a shame about the damage but I'm sure you'll sort it out. Apparently you didn't get into a Lightning, but strapped it on😬😂😂

Beautiful plane and airmanship! Thanks for sharing!

Awesome piece of kit, beautifully designed, built and flown. Hopefully its not too badly damaged and will fly again.

Heartbreaking, but at least the damage is hopefully mostly superficial - aside from the nose wheel strut! Gorgeous model, beautiful aeroplane.

@beeftec5862

2 жыл бұрын

I'd wondered how the turbines fared with the inlet at the front, debris getting sucked in? Hoped he was able to cut the engines once he was down but they seemed to keep going....

A beautiful aircraft, expertly flown. The damage minor - a rather aggressive landing but I bet this thing is temperamental at low speed.

That was awesome! When it was in the air, it really looked like an actual RAF Lightning.

Amazing camera work! Best I’ve ever seen.

There is a full size "static" lightning at Castle motors on the A38 near liskeard in Cornwall .makes me feel proud every time I see it 👍

I was a builder by trade and in the 80s had a maintenance contract with the MOD. Most of my work was centered around RAF Binbrook which was a base for the Lightning at that time. What an amazing aircraft. It was probably one of the fastest aircaft on the planet in its hayday. If the stories I heard from the pilots were true it could out perform anything the Americans had at the time. Apparently it could acheive these speeds despite the fact the engines were not pushed to max power. The fuel consumption if ran on full power would drastically reduce the flight time. I dont think they were that stable at such high speeds either. I am no expert on aviation but every pilot I spoke to that had actually flown them said that despite their age they were still one of the best aircraft around back in the early 80s. This may have been a bit of an exaggeration but they definitely had something that made the pilots love them. Watching this vid reminded me of the times I spent waiting to cross the runway watching them land and take off. Exellent scale model / working replica, I hope the damage was not to severe and you have many more hours of flying her around the skys. Thanks for bringing back the memorys.

Amazing model. Glad it wasn't totally destroyed

That took me back many years when I saw several Lightnings at air shows. Magnificent model . Hope it was fixed ok

Fantastic build… You have recreated the Era of the Lightning in this video.

What a shame......such a beautiful aircraft and very impressive build quality of one of the more rare RC aircraft. So glad to see it wasn't completely destroyed and should be able to get a little bit of fixing and back in the air in no time. Great video 👍👍

That was completely amazing to watch, well done to everyone involved, fantastic

That Machine is Awesome!! Sounded better than a full size one...Great piloting until the hard landing...

Beautiful model. Fantastic. I sincerely hope that you got that beautiful model flying again. Any modeller who has a jet aircraft has a thumbs up from me. I built a Glider and couldn’t control it.

Fantastic model and authentically displayed. Kudos! I echo the comment made elsewhere to maybe try a flatter approach. Whilst most military aircraft of that era used a 3 deg glide path, the Lightning used 2.5deg, flattening to 2 deg in the final stages. This enabled the engines to run with sufficient power on finals to be able to spool up quickly in the event of an overshoot being needed, whilst maintaining a nose-up attitude with loads of induced drag to aid the round out. Hopefully the airframe damage was minimal and that nothing was ingested into those fabulous engines to cause damage. Thanks for posting. I can remember watching a pair of lightnings take off at night from Binbrook on full reheat in about 1967, and the sight and sound is still seared into my soul.

That's one of the nicest and most realistic RC planes I've ever seen.

Every time a model flies its like saying goodbye to your prized possession,i actually sat in a real one in the 1970’s.amazing aircraft

I've seen the original aircraft this model is based on many times at the Cold War Jets day at Bruntingthorpe UK doing fast taxi demonstrations. This model is absolutely spot on perfect in every way, well done indeed to the builders and the pilot of this wonderful machine.

Absolutely great thank you, a bit of a bumpy landing but what a build!

Amazing model. It looks so realistic. I hope it's soon fixed and back to flying. In 1973, I was taking my A levels when the public schools armed forces day was held at the school. A Lightning did an aerobatic display over the school when I was in an exam and it went into a vertical climb right over the hall I was in. The vibration from the engines made my bottle of Quink ink decided to migrate across the desk and on to the floor (luckily without breaking). It was DEAFENING!

Awesome! Looks and sounds great.

That is the best rc jet I have seen, beautifully flown, so happy it wasn't a full crash. I can be fixed, living in the UK, and being 45 I just missed out seeing a real lightning flying.

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I’m 38 and feel your pain I missed out on it flying also! This looks incredible very realistic in flight. Time to start saving!

The BAC Electric Lightning is one of my favorite Cold War jet fighters right up there with the SAAB Drakken, and the F-4 Phantom II.

What a pilot this guy is !!

I had the joy of watching scale RC models of old fighter jets at my local airshow Abingdon Oxfordshire September last year I was pleasantly surprised how convincing these looked like the full sized now grounded jets flying when high up and from the similar half as loud sound they made . Bump the volume by twice and size a little more them these would be the future for flying rare jets that have no available and money to fly anymore !

Thank gawd! I thought it was going to be something horrible. I almost didn't watch the ending but listening to it come down in the evening sky with the Crickets in the background was beautiful.

Very sorry about the rough touchdown. You saved the plane nicely with minimal damage. Well done 👍

Fifty years ago I worked in a factory in line with the end of RAF Leconfield runway. Lightnings on training flights from RAF Binbrook would practice touching down at Leconfield then, without stopping, leave the airfield at full gas. WOW did they rattle the factory windows and so low I was sure that one day a lightning would fly in one end of the hanger style building and out of the other. Serious stuff, it was the time of the Cold War. Definitely would not be allowed today but I loved seeing the boys put the fabulous lightnings through their paces.

Somewhere there is a photograph of a Lightening in a near vertical dive , moments before crashing , in the image is the pilot ejecting and in the foreground , a man on a tractor turning around to look at the scene unfolding . Arguably the best picture ever taken.

Ouch! That was painful, but could have been much worse - lovely model of an iconic aircraft!