I spent 3 years of my 4 years on the Flight Deck of the USS Midway CV-41 in V-1 Division. 1981 to 1984 and as for F-4 squadrons: VMFP-3 Marine Recon, VF -151, and VF-161 were there when I was there. After I left, they changed over to FA-18 Squadrons. Nice to see the RC video, reminded me a little of F-4 sorties.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

I have also flown the F4 in RC, They do try their best to get them as accurate as possible. Every scale detail, every flight characteristic, and even every bad tendency. I love the Marine liveries a lot ❤️ thanks for watching brother 🙏

Loved how you greased that landing. Outstanding model and flight ✈️ 👍 Phantoms Phorever!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Thank you but it was my friend Mike Adams.

What an outstanding performance of this F-4 Phantom. Plus a butter smooth landing. It doesn't get any better than this. Absolutely magnificent in every respect.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@craigpennington1251

Жыл бұрын

@@victorrcjets7660 Very welcome.

Dye that white smoke black, and I'd believe it was real. Had F-4Es at Korat, D models at RAF Bentwaters / Woodbridge. All of them belched a black exhaust trail. Easy to pick up an inbound flight, just look north and watch for the black cloud. to appear. Beautiful aircraft, coupled with some great flying.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it flew magnificently

@jamesberwick2210

Жыл бұрын

@@victorrcjets7660 What got me interested in watching it, the take off. For those unfamiliar with a full-size F-4, the thrust line of the engines actually points down. In full burner, the pilot has to overcome this and hauls the stick full up. The forces on the stab will overcome the down thrust and get it airborne. Once airborne, he can release, so the sharp takeoff, then leveling out, is very scale.

@iamtuben2

Жыл бұрын

I said the same thing about the black smoke, that would put the cherry on top of the realism cake.

@jamesberwick2210

Жыл бұрын

@@iamtuben2 I can remember having a strike force out, and when waiting for their return, all you had to do is look north, and watch for the black cloud of jet exhaust on the horizon. Then it was counting individual trails as they approached the base, and confirmation that they all made it back, or how many we lost. The North Vietnamese military didn't need radar, just good eyes and watch for the black cloud.

@hinterkress

Жыл бұрын

As I witnessed in their RAAF (Australian) service, just look for the bright landing light trailing black smoke!!

Absolutely the BEST RC Scale airmanship I have ever witnessed!!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Yes I want one someday

The ultimate achievement for any RC modeller. Fantastic aircraft and flying presentation. Best I've seen in my 50 years of RC flying. Congratulations are definitely in order.

@victorrcjets7660

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

😮It looks like the nose gear is in the extended position as is for a catapult launch. (Former F4J plane captain). Have a nice day.

@victorrcjets7660

2 ай бұрын

Yeah the r c version has needed some adaptations to function properly

I've been a lover of the F-4 since I saw my first one in 1968 and VF84 the Jolly Rogers is absolutely my favorite navy squadron marking of all time. The jet is beautiful the pilot obviously knows his stuff and that landing was a thing of beauty! Nicely done I'd like to see some up close pictures of this model well done.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

We took a few pictures but mostly video.

@paulmartos7730

Жыл бұрын

I'm also a fan of the F-4, even before I saw one fly. I got to see it in action in that same year, sat in it, photographed it on the ground and generally admired its beauty.

AWESOME!!! One of the best flying I've ever seen.👍👍

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

That was some treat. Beautifully executed flight. What a wonderful job you have done on this aircraft. I have looked up many times an have seen this wonderful silhouette passing overhead. Thank you for sharing and bringing back some stored memories.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

You're most welcome, We had a great time at the event. The airboss did a great job of grabbing as much video as possible!

What a gorgeous model of one of my favourite aircraft, expertly flown and such a smooth landing!

@victorrcjets7660

9 ай бұрын

For sure!

That ain't no parkflyer. That thing looks like a credible threat to half the nation's airforces. Good gravy!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Beautiful model, excellent flying as well. from an old aircraft maintainer, everything looks great.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Yeah quite a few RC pilots are also full scale pilots.

Outstanding, love F4s

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Yeah who wouldn't

That looked more like an Air Force landing than a Navy one.;-) Beautiful F-4 so beautifully flown. So sad to hear it was lost.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Yes the 2 main days was going to be great if it didn't. We took the golden hour flying of it too because the NAV lights on it are fantastic 😎

That was a BOSS flying display. Awesome plane...

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Thanks joe Mike is a great pilot

just love the Adams and the team, amazing family

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

for sure, thanks for watching!

All this beautiful ✈️ is missing, a camera on-board 🙏❤️

@victorrcjets7660

7 ай бұрын

I wish too

Nothing like the sound of baby J-79's !!!🤣

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

for sure dude!

Sweet ship and great flying... Phantoms Forever!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Yes I always enjoyed flying mine! I love Mike's F4 though maybe someday I will build one as big!

I watched it again! The jet looks very fast and flies so calm at the same time. Slow during landing. Thumbs up!!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

Super model and nice to see ‘scale’ take off.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

For sure John

Dammmm! If there was no mention that this is an RC or the size comparison on safety staff by this modeI, i would think this was a full size F4....even the rumble of those turbines...u feel it! Just incredible....so enjoyable to watch! Amazing flying & landing!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Yes skymaster is RC jet maker. Thank you for watching 🙂

I am in awe. Wow!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

we always feel like that each time he flew it. He flew it so well at the Kings Canyon event too!

Absolutely top of the hobby,I would get an ulcer just starting the engines..

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

Sure is great to see AND hear a real jet...well done.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

We enjoy that turbine sound!

Very nice!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Don

Wow! That thumbnail pic looks like the real deal. Beautiful video of a classic jet fighter. 😄👍❤️

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I think that’s the best flying RC plane I’ve seen. The good ones make it look easy.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Mike is a great pilot if you look back at my older video of his flying.

Amazing pilot. Beautiful performance.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Beautiful bird! I often just fast forward to the end to watch the landing,and as redairt4 said,you really greased it!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Yes it's hard to not wanna watch the whole thing completely action packed!

F4 and F14 are my favorites.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

I got Steve's tomcat on our Playlist too.

Great pilot and wonderful Phantom.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

For sure dude

Beautiful. Only this missing is the black exhaust.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

We're trying to use cleaner fuels. I use kerosene.

Awesome! Fear the Bones!"

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I am glad it was a "rip" and not the end of the plane, as "RIP" seemed to hint at. Great flight demo!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

I wish that was not true but sadly it was lost the next day.

@rc-fannl7364

Жыл бұрын

@@victorrcjets7660 Oh darn, so the RIP does apply here, that's sad...

Beautiful airplane - beautiful landing!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Always he did a great show

Now that was some beautiful flying!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Agreed 👍

Beautiful! Looks a lot like the ones I used to repair.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Skymaster does take a long time to try to get it right.

Where's the smoke trail? Beautiful RCs, well flown.

@victorrcjets7660

6 ай бұрын

It really depends on what you use for smoke oil.

@Absaalookemensch

6 ай бұрын

@@victorrcjets7660 I was teasing, but I'm just used to old smokey J-79s leaving their mark on the sky.

Talk about a perfect landing!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

for sure dude!

Beautiful model, and awesome aircraft.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Indeed! that's why we try to grab Mike's flights!

WOW that was to say the least fantastic.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

always when he flies!

PERFECT. Top Notch all around.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Oh yes

What a beautiful craft and display! I don't even know where to begin, torn equally between the master-level build and the piloting. Sad to hear of this build going down, hope it is salvageable. Best wishes to Mike Adams!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Yes we always enjoyed filming it

@steveowens913

Жыл бұрын

Awesome flight!!!

Beautiful jet and flight! That dusty environment makes me cringe, though, thinking about the dust getting sucked up into the turbines.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it is a great site despite the dustiness. Even the gear on both my turbine jets needed to be cleaned badly.

Masterpiece, sad that this was the last flight!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

A truly beautiful get hard to not want to watch it, We tried to film it as much as we could.

Gorgeous!!!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

For sure

Best warplane ever built. I wish they would bring it back better than ever!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

I definitely agree with that! She is a sexi beast!

Wow! what a machine!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Indeed! thanks for watching!

Zoom zoom zoom fun, Jeff in LA USA

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it

worked on them in the air force during vietnam conflict worked on the D,C the RF and the E model,,,,,great aircraft

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you appreciate seeing it in an RC version, we as modelers love to show how beautiful they where!

@mpojr

Жыл бұрын

I failed to mention l been flying Rc now going on 40 years in fact Got rc f4 myself, keep up the good Work

Amazing!!!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

sweet!!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

For sure

Damn good flying and I worked on the real ones . Wild weasels

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

wow Wild weasels F-4C huh!

Well done 🎉🎉🎉

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Great plane but really utterly fantastic piloting. If one was to tune into this video in the middle they could be forgiven for thinking they where watching a real F4 going through its paces.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly!

They may have been huge, and not very maneuverable, but damn they were sexy. Nice model. Only one problem, no smoke coming out the rear.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Yes the rc world its hard to duplicate that level of reality 😕

Incredible how real it is . . . . wow, congratulation! How fast is max flight speed of this RC aircraft?

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

I would say probably about 160 to 170 depending on if you're dropping down

@walterschmolzl3327

Жыл бұрын

@@victorrcjets7660 Thx for your reply!

Auto focus & small fast moving objects DON'T mix unless you are using very high end equipment.

@victorrcjets7660

3 ай бұрын

Yes only Simi high end, clouds and sun make it hard or something in the way like people walking past.

FYI...I believe "AE" is Carrier Ar Wing 6.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah 😎

Great aircraft …needs trailing smoke…lol

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Rc smoke trails are not the same everyone use different smoke oil depending on what your using for fuel. I use Kerosene.

F-4 is proof that with strong enough engines, even a brick can fly.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

They were plenty fast enough under power, just couldn't turn well as a mig-21.

That landing was smooth. Why did it crash?

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

He didn't really elaborate

Mike flew this Phantom so well, I have one myself, any idea what happened? Do you know what lights Mike installed across the top of his F-4, they're super bright and I wouldn't mind a set on mine? The Kings Canyon video you shot of it was awesome!

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

I do not know exactly what happened I didn't want a bug Mike. I agree it has great lights, Is not sure about what brand. Because yeah we enjoyed video tape video taping the the golden hour at the event 😀

@The43rdHammer

Жыл бұрын

@@victorrcjets7660 Hi Victor, that's fair enough and understandable. If you see him, let him know that his videos have been an inspiration, they've really kept me going with mine! Take care.

Amazing flight! What field?

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Button Willow California

The F-4 certainly has a unique look. Where was the event held? Thank you

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

This was Best in the west jet rally in Buttonwillow California. We have a Playlist on the channel of all the video we took.

I could never get so involved with this activity because I could never recover after s crash, looks fun no doubt but also don't have the cash flow.....are the aircraft insured by am insurance company? I've heard some RC can cost upwards of 10 grand?

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

There's no such thing as crash insurance, Airplanes can cost this cheapest a $100 for sure it can go up significantly for like a turbine. There are much cheaper turbines set up though like 6K. But sure they can go up even more than 10K like more like 30K!

GREASY! 😋😎

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching brother

Awesome model. Why dose nobody do the RF-4B unarmed camera platform ?

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

I always like to see the unique models.

@jwc4520

Жыл бұрын

@@victorrcjets7660 well i hz e been trying the YRF-4E. And the oroject worked fine on a 1/32 scale, flew a good ways had to jumo the fen e to avoid neighbors dog.. but every attemot at a larger scale, has been doomed then the air force sdnt the real plane out for new paint 11 years ago. Think ill reshape the nose and fill in the weapons points on a F4E sitting in my basement twon 70 mm edf. Take care

where can I go to see this demonstration?

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Any rc field

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Great plane, nicely flown, but the title is clickbait. No need to put RIP in it, if there‘s no footage of the crash.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Doesn't seem to affect the amount views. 😕

"Jolly Rancher"

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Jolly Roger 😊

@seymourscagnetti1413

Жыл бұрын

@@victorrcjets7660 The F-4, one of the most beautiful airframes to ever be designed. here's a nice screen saver: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/QF-4_Holloman_AFB.jpg

What a fantastic display! I'm still trying to fly my little training RC taildragger with auto-stabilize without boring a hole in the ground. This is the kind of RC flying skill that I aspire to achieve in the next hundred years or so.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Try to fly everyday and try to utilize the simulator. I have been flying 29 years myself.

👍👌💥💯

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

Beautiful aircraft (having worked on the real thing) just needs a center line tank or a suu -23a gun ,,,,awesome,

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

They look good for static, But the F4 Really prefers to be flown clean.

I'm not an RC guy so this is probably a stupid question, but just what kind of MPH can these things hit?

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Around 170mph

@Dbsabzbzb

Жыл бұрын

548 mph, glider, dynamic soaring

What kind of engines are in that F-4 phantom

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

I would have to ask Mike.

@jamespena4721

Жыл бұрын

Are they real turbine engines?

How fast does it fly?

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Around 160mph level flight.

Based on the title, I thought we were going to see it make a smoking hole in the ground. Disappointed.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I understand people want to see carnage

Nice flying, but the "RIP" was clickbait.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

It's gone through Dan...

"Sadly Mike beautiful Skymaster F-4 went down when we went to the hotel for a quick shower." .......... Please elaborate.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

You can ask the owner

@johnopal316

Жыл бұрын

@@victorrcjets7660 Oi vey!

Hey photographer! Don't use autofocus! Just sayin'...

@victorrcjets7660

4 ай бұрын

Check the latest video, this was done long ago.

"Sadly Mike's beautiful Skymaster F-4 went down when we went to the hotel for a quick shower. This is the last video of it flying." Maybe he should have been controlling it instead of showering with you.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha 😆 I was talking about my wife and I not Mike and I Hahaha! But I Never asked him! Yet!!!

I'll bet this guy don't have Parkinsons

The jet is great. The video work is crap.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Thanks we tired

@stephencaparelli7733

Жыл бұрын

so do better always easy to knock someone else. let's see your skills.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

@@stephencaparelli7733 arm chair reviewers.

It didn't really look like an F-4 until he turned on the smoke.

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

it is a F-4 though, a RC VERSION! Different fuel and smoke oil so make a smoke trail.

Nice

@victorrcjets7660

Жыл бұрын

Always beautiful when It flew