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Old 11-11-2015, 12:24 PM
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Forgot to post back when it had the maiden but this video is well done by Walter Colby in HD. This landing is a little hot but have since figured out how to land with the airbrake out and a slower touch down. K180 for power. gyro on ailerons and nose steering. Don't know if others have issue needing to control roll after touch down due to the narrow stance on the F-18? of if there is something else going on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34SaiXj3rEQ
Old 11-11-2015, 01:16 PM
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nice flight dude
Old 11-11-2015, 01:53 PM
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Nice Darren! What about some verticals with smokey?!
Old 11-11-2015, 01:59 PM
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Nice flight! and absolutely, the F-18 needs to "fly" the wing after touchdown, due to the main gear lateral flexibility.. in a crosswind landing this takes a lot of pilot workload.

A gyro in the ailerons not only makes the plane look prettier in the air, but also helps a lot in this situation.
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Good looking Green Chicken amigo! Is that a Dan Gill external Fuel Tank?

Well done.
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Thanks guys! That is an operational centerline tank from DW/Jet-tech that is meant for an F-16. I copied Raffy since he did it like that back in the day. But I technically never use it since internals provide 1.5 gallons and then I would be over 2 gallons if using the centerline tank. That's a lot of fuel. May use it for smoke

Its a good point about the crosswind. we did have a bit from the east that day making a direct crosswind. Visibility was tough also that day. gray on gray.
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Flight look great but the video looked awesome what kind of camera was that.
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I am not sure but he is/was a news camera man. So it's a professional grade rig. can be seen on his website www.waltercolby.com
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with Star Wars coming out, well.. Enjoy! Check out the high def photos at the end. This was a couple of months ago and really well done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqXqG2sVnV0
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Gorgeous Hornet mate..... love it. Nice flight too.
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Cool video, D! Bring it to Tomcats on Sunday.
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Thanks guys. But if anybody knows when to go to the Panamint to catch this action, let me know. I'd love to be there when they are there.

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