Jgwright

Mick Burrell has just flown his Skymaster F-14 on its maiden flight. Looks a bit of a handful because of excess movements, but I only picked this up from the comments from Mick after the flight. I was not present. Well done Mick! I think this is the first customer F-14 to be flown.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwPwPG74Frs John

Springbok Flyer

Well done Mick, that did not look like fun - way too much of everything I'd say. Look forward to your next flight once you've calmed it down somewhat.

Cheers,

Jan

lookilook

well done Mick,it's a monster, good job in the air trying to trim it i guess.
We are waiting for Marios here in Cyprus to finish his and maiden it soon!!

ron Sweeney

Only for the brave, my heart was in my mouth, well done Mick.

dubd

Congrats! Very impressive airplane!

bluescoobydoo

that grass must be the only bit in the uk that is flyable at the moment, I expected to see the gear dig in on landing you could hear the squelching when you were carrying it out.
well done mick it looked a right handful, hope to see it at raydon jets this year. well done peter for a superb video as always

Midas D.

Very Nice!! Congrats on the maiden, beautiful!!!!!

Denadai

Congrats !!! Balls of steel

P. Richards

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Very nice...

P. Richards aka SwatTeam

Flynstuff

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Great job!!!

mr_matt

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Goodness was that the amount of stabilator throw that the plans called for?

CJ2002

Well flown Mick...looks bloody brilliant!

Cheers,

Dick

HarryC

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That's some project Mick, congrats for making a success of such complexity. It looks magnificent.

Andy Aldridge

A magnificent achievement Mick. You never cease to amaze us with your aeroplanes. Stunning, well done.

mikes68charger

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Great job getting it down,

I have to say this was the first youtube clip I have ever seen that made my stomic clench, I felt like I did with my first turbine flight. LOL

Im sure you will beable to smooth it out, but great job!

invertmast

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It didnt look all that bad to me. Tone down the spoiler to roll mixing and it'd be fine.

Congrats to mick!

dubd

The F-14 flies like a big glider. Nothing spooky about this plane when the wings are out. Sweep them back and it's game on! I'm looking forward to seeing customers fly the plane more aggressively. That'll convince me to place an order.

mort78

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Congratulations Mike. Nicely handled and what a beautiful model. Enjoy!

Jetflyer3000

Excellent work Mick and another lovely plane from your stable. I am sure the overcontrol can be sorted out with less movement on low rates (keep a high rate in case you need it) and about 35 % expo all round and less throw on those spoilers.

I wish I had the balls to test fly a plane like this

paulhat

Great work Mick.
Apart from the control throw issues it looked pretty solid in the air.
Beautiful aircraft!!

Paul.

mick15

Thanks for all the encouragement guys, means a lot.

Here is a short video taken from a camera drone.............thanks Denis

http://vimeo.com/86834917 if it won't run, cut and paste.

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DelGatoGrande

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The instant aileron correction on take off showed the flight would be a success ,well done!

WimB

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Indeed a great job Mick... keep us posted on the further flights, and on the control throws... Roll does seem excessive, how was the elevator feel??

Wim

peter coxon

well done on the maiden mick, hope to get the next flight's on video,
dean

peter coxon

hi jay, the f-14 weighs nearly 60 lb and i had the same thought as you with the u/c !
wondering if it would plough the field up, phil asked mick to carry her up the hill where the ground was a tad firmer,
what an amazing short flight, cant wait for those low fast passes with the wings swept back - yummy - lol,
howd you get on with your corsair ? weve got the mini seafury ready for a test flight so should be a laugh
regards pete,