I don't know how you do it. Your quality of build is better than I could ever do. The scale detail makes it virtually indistinguishable from the full size. Knockout model!

@Thercgeek

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I intend to show what I do through this channel, it's just a slow process given everything I have going. Plus I don't have an airplane to the point of detailing and paint yet. Once I do, it'll be a lot easier for me to show you guys.

Very nice jet Chris! You fly it very well,love the scale type flights.Got to see a lot of the A-7 when I was in Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa from '76-'78.In '76 the ANG was flying F-100's and by the time I got out in early '78 they were flying the A-7's.School is at the end of one of the runways,so we heard them well too! Thanks for sharing this!!

That plane is BEAUTIFUL!!! and beautifully flown - Great Video!

@Thercgeek

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Beautiful... Corsairs forever, pistons and jets..Cheers from Beirut Lebanon...

@Thercgeek

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Long live corsairs! ;)

@modelmaker56

7 жыл бұрын

:)

Very nice touchdown of this speedbird :)

nice filming, I especially liked the scene when it came out from behind the gate, and afterwards when it was taxing back. Oh yeah, and nice flying too.

@Thercgeek

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I say. THAT is what I want. Oh yep. Greetings once again, Chris. Janne from up north. Coldies but Goldies...or something...

Beautiful A-7.. Looks very scale-like and no cheater holes.. You nailed that landing..

@Thercgeek

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :)

fantastic flying

awesome modell and perfect flight - looks great! Peter

@Thercgeek

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :)

Hooooooly! It looks like a real A-7, loved the take off and landings! :O

@Thercgeek

7 жыл бұрын

thanks! :)

Excellent Video = sound presentation music, when the plane enters the runway passing the fence ( "great visual effect and very surprising") the aerial views, everything, everything..!!

@Thercgeek

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

Very NICE !!! Chris !! Grate job Bro !!!

@Thercgeek

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

VA-72 Bluehawks!! I have some great memories from there and from the A-7...my favorite plane ever. And I absolutely LOVE that it has Sanders as the pilot. Best damn CO we ever were under. I may have been a kid, but he made our squadron fun again....and he and his wife (and boys) were amazing when my family needed them.

@Thercgeek

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, that’s really cool! Thank you for your service btw! 😊

@nicoleb2650

3 жыл бұрын

The RC Geek it was my dad that was in the Navy and the reason we were stationed there. I was a kid the same age as JR’s boys. We all kinda “grew up” together. But your video brought back some awesome memories of that squadron and the A7. So, thank you.

Great production and great piloting!

@Thercgeek

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! I do wish the flight video was a little better. Getting decent vid of my own airplanes is almost impossible sometimes, haha!

NOICE!! EXCELLENT model and superbly accurate rendition of a real A-7 takeoff, flight characteristics as well as landing. Used to LOVE watching gaggles of A-7's flying in the skies over Southern Arizona and landing at either davis-Monthan AFB or into Tucson International Airport when the AZ ANG was flying them. What a sight to see! Overnout

@Thercgeek

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! That’s really cool. I don’t really have any memories of A-7s flying. I love the airplane though, it looks so cool in the air! I’ve been flying this one for 12+ years now I think!

That is awesome! ✈️👍

@Thercgeek

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

You bloody beauty mate!!!! I give it 3 thumbs up 😎

@Thercgeek

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

My favorite JHH model! Glad to see more video of your stunning Corsair II. I hope to own and fly one some day!

@Thercgeek

8 жыл бұрын

Well, hopefully we can make that happen. :)

@tonyaccurso1090

8 жыл бұрын

SWEET! :)

sweet looking plane.

Great looking plane and nice flight!!

@Thercgeek

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

always been a fan of the 'flying brick' jets like the F-4 and this model. You wonder how their sheer bulkiness can get airborne AND be supersonic. Bravo on your presentation here. Great flying, music and camera-work.

@Thercgeek

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words and for watching! I hear you, I love me some heavy metal jets too. :)

gorgeous aircraft!

@Thercgeek

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

That seriously moves! Probably more get up and go than the full-size!

@Thercgeek

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's probably true! ;)

Very Nice! I had that kit many, many moons ago. I was going to use a K&B 7.5. Never got around to building it, and sold it off. Nice to see you have got yours airborne with EDF power. Definitely the way to go!

@Thercgeek

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! They flew great on glow power, but EDF is so much nicer. You can get more power from a smaller package which is great for making clean ducting.

Very nice. It didn't _look_ as hard to land as I expected. My son wants to build one... Building is probably within my abilities, flying... We're gonna have to get some help with that 😂. I'm planning on a simple, semi-scale, probably made from foam and balsa. Nothing like the beauty you got there!

@Thercgeek

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a fun build! There was a plan for a pusher A-7 that looked pretty good that you might could start with.

Last of the Gunfighters......Nice!!

@eshankulkarni2843

3 жыл бұрын

This is an A-7, not an F-8.

Do chubby like the J-29 Tunnan 👍💗 love this!!

Such amazing plane my friend and perfect flight. What I would give to have this baby. Thanks for posting this video and big salute from Slovenia, Pilot Robert

@Thercgeek

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words Robert! :) This airplane is probably coming on 14 years now and I still love flying it.

@PetrincicBrosRC

5 жыл бұрын

@@Thercgeek It looks really amazing. I just love EDF jets so much. Iam happy to hear that its still in the air. Happy landings my friend.

@Thercgeek

5 жыл бұрын

I'm with you, my most favorite airplanes to fly are jets.

Mr Geek. next time you fly this awesome bird can we have a look at the gear retracting and extending?

@EnterpriseXI

7 жыл бұрын

The RC Geek face book yes

Great model and flying, pity that there aren't more A-7's available.

@Thercgeek

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you! There's a possibility of a limited run being available for a short time. That's still being worked out, but possibly in a couple months if it works out.

@zubuxstein

4 жыл бұрын

@@Thercgeek its been three yrs instead of three months?!

@Thercgeek

4 жыл бұрын

@@zubuxstein yup, needless to say, the limited run didn't happen... :(

@modeljetjuggernaut4864

4 жыл бұрын

@@Thercgeek I settled for a J Power foamy people r willing to sell out of their toybox.

Dang... I've never commented on a video before, but I have to compliment your skills. Both the quality of the build and the piloting... Incredible. Pretty narrow wheelbase and you stuck the landing. Do you switch to lower aileron rates on approach? And were those brakes??

@Thercgeek

8 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you! The airplane can be challenging in crosswinds, but otherwise flies awesome. I don't typically switch rates for landing, I'll usually find a rate that works well for the whole flight envelope and keep that throughout the flight. And yes, the airplane does have brakes. They've been a nice addition as I don't have to worry about the landing roll out so much if I end up a little long on landing.

I used to load this plane back in the day .....VA-174 Yuma, AZ

@Thercgeek

6 жыл бұрын

Very cool! Do you have any pictures of them? Thank you for your service!

@BLeal-tc7qk

6 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately no, just the hat I used to wear .....it was awesome working on the flight line ....the Marines were next door on their Phantoms

Beautiful! It flat out scoots with the JF90. Have you done a video on how you do panel lines and weathering? Steve (RCjetdude)

@Thercgeek

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, the performance is awesome. It's been a lot of fun with the EDF. My only complaint is that it's too quiet. ;)

@Thercgeek

8 жыл бұрын

I've not done a weathering video yet, mostly just because I haven't had a canvas to demonstrate on. Once I do, I plan to do a video on it. I like to use a combination of washes and airbrush shading.

@stevehodges3335

8 жыл бұрын

I would love to see how you accomplish your detailing. I have seen the video on decals already.Your panel lines and weathering detail is not overpowering but enough to really set it off and I like that.

@Thercgeek

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I try to take a less is more approach while taking cues from the full sized airplanes. It's very easy to over power weathering IMO. Also, always apply weathering inside under artificial light...doing shading and airbrushing in direct sunlight will throw things off. If it looks about right in direct sun, when you bring it inside, it'll be too dirty. That's been my experience. I will probably do a quick and dirty airbrush weathering video using a foamy as the canvas in the shorter term and then longer term I'll cover applying washes in conjunction with airbrushing on my Skyray project.

@stevehodges3335

8 жыл бұрын

+The RC Geek Thanks. Looking forward to it.

NICE !!!! what was the AUW? thx?

@Thercgeek

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks! AUW is about 14.5 lb.

I worked on the real deal a 7B Corsair II from 1972 to 1974 it was a Great Plain and it could carry a shit ton of bombs 30 Mark 82 500 lb bombs

@Thercgeek

6 жыл бұрын

Very cool! Yeah, they could carry so much ordnance, such a capable airplane!

What a beautiful build. Doesn't look like it's available anymore. Do you know if this is true?

@Thercgeek

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Unfortunately this is the one kit my folks no longer make. It’s kind of a long story as to why, but essentially they don’t have the molds anymore. 😕

@JustFlyIt09

Жыл бұрын

@@Thercgeek That's a loss. What a beautiful model and you have the best video of it on KZread. The RC industry is a tough place to be make a business.

hi Chris, will the aluminum spinner yall sell work with the Turbax 3 and glow engine? please lmk Sir. thank you, Gary

@Thercgeek

7 жыл бұрын

The aluminum spinners are no longer available. The Turbax 1 and 3 impellers are the same, just drilled for different engine shaft sizes I believe.

hi Chris, its Gary. I was so lucky to buy one of the early Glow JHH DF A7 Corsair kits. its all there except the plans and instructions. can you please find out if I can get the glow engine plans and instructions Sir. I have emailed and called JHH a few times to not hear back Sir. I want to put a Turbax 3 and OS 65 VRDF engine I got in it. I freakn love this Jet!!!!! please help Sir. thank you, Gary Troutman

@Thercgeek

8 жыл бұрын

My folks have plans and instructions available. They were out of town a couple weeks ago, but are back now. So, I'd recommend trying again. If you don't, please let me know and I'll have you send me your email address and I can send it their way.

Is JHH still in bussiness, I wrotte to them and called but no answer at all ?? I would love to have a KFIR and this beautifull A-7 as my new projects (no one here at the local fields have one) with a custom scheme they will look beatifull. if you know how to nuy from them I would appreciate the advise.

@Thercgeek

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, my folks are still operating and selling kits. Unfortunately though, the A-7 is the one kit that they no longer make. It's kind of a long story. The best way to email is to use my mom's personal account. Shoot me an email through my contact form and I can get you that email address: thercgeek.com/contact/

@jhonnylopez2461

5 жыл бұрын

@@Thercgeek THANKS A LOT for the reply and the help. great Job with all your planes

Looks like Miramar?

@Thercgeek

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, it is indeed!

flight time?

@Thercgeek

6 жыл бұрын

My timer is set for 4 minutes. This is good enough when I’m flying the airplane hard. If I’m flying a competition routine with limited full throttle passes, I’ll get over 5 minutes pretty easily.

@X02switchblades

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

always thought this jet looked cool..

@Thercgeek

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed! :) It's a really cool looking shape in the air.

fantastic flying

@Thercgeek

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I do wish the flight video was a little better, but was the best I could get. It's hard when someone else is videoing with your camera who doesn't normally video at all, haha!

@danielburke6536

8 жыл бұрын

the video was great

@Thercgeek

8 жыл бұрын

cool, thanks!