Jetmart F-14 ready for Maiden Flight
08-28-2008, 08:56 AM
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Yes Dan I think he had to get just the right angle, to get that small patch of shade in the photo 
were is Uncle Joe when you need him.
Ron
were is Uncle Joe when you need him.Ron
08-28-2008, 10:01 AM
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Yes Dan I think he had to get just the right angle, to get that small patch of shade in the photo were is Uncle Joe when you need him.
Ron
Yes Dan I think he had to get just the right angle, to get that small patch of shade in the photo
were is Uncle Joe when you need him.Ron
Is it Friday yet !Semper Fi
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08-28-2008, 05:45 PM
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RE: Jetmart F-14 ready for Maiden Flight
quick question, do the wings sweep back by themselves or are they done by the pilot and how do you deal with the aerodynamic changes that affect an F-14 in different areas of the flight envelope??
08-28-2008, 09:57 PM
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Ron, wish you were holding off until this weekend [
], good luck with the flight and try to remember all we talked about. She is going to fly great, just be ready for the sink when you start pulling power back. When you do the first wing sweep; be ready to put them back out just in case. It should pitch slight nose down if you don't put in any elevator compensation and don't forget to reduce elevon throw with wings swept back.
Where is the maiden? How much runway do you have?
George
], good luck with the flight and try to remember all we talked about. She is going to fly great, just be ready for the sink when you start pulling power back. When you do the first wing sweep; be ready to put them back out just in case. It should pitch slight nose down if you don't put in any elevator compensation and don't forget to reduce elevon throw with wings swept back. Where is the maiden? How much runway do you have?
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08-28-2008, 10:24 PM
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RE: Jetmart F-14 ready for Maiden Flight
George,
The maiden is at the cave butte field, our Sun Valley flyers field on cave creek and Jomax. We are doing it tomorrow because there are just to many opinions on the weekend if you know what I mean
we have 850' of runway and about 500 feet of over run eather direction. wish me luck.
Ron
The maiden is at the cave butte field, our Sun Valley flyers field on cave creek and Jomax. We are doing it tomorrow because there are just to many opinions on the weekend if you know what I mean
we have 850' of runway and about 500 feet of over run eather direction. wish me luck.Ron
08-28-2008, 10:50 PM
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George,
The maiden is at the cave butte field, our Sun Valley flyers field on cave creek and Jomax. We are doing it tomorrow because there are just to many opinions on the weekend if you know what I mean we have 850' of runway and about 500 feet of over run eather direction. wish me luck.
Ron
George,
The maiden is at the cave butte field, our Sun Valley flyers field on cave creek and Jomax. We are doing it tomorrow because there are just to many opinions on the weekend if you know what I mean
we have 850' of runway and about 500 feet of over run eather direction. wish me luck.Ron
I'm wishing you luck buddy- GOOD LUCK!!!!
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08-29-2008, 01:04 AM
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George,
The maiden is at the cave butte field, our Sun Valley flyers field on cave creek and Jomax. We are doing it tomorrow because there are just to many opinions on the weekend if you know what I mean we have 850' of runway and about 500 feet of over run eather direction. wish me luck.
Ron
George,
The maiden is at the cave butte field, our Sun Valley flyers field on cave creek and Jomax. We are doing it tomorrow because there are just to many opinions on the weekend if you know what I mean
we have 850' of runway and about 500 feet of over run eather direction. wish me luck.Ron
I love that field. Flew IMAC and Pattern contests there over the past few years.
Please get some photos/video of that plane in flight
08-29-2008, 09:03 AM
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Please make a VIDEO for us guys NOT in the USA, but DO NOT use the TOP GUN music like a lot of guys do.[sm=72_72.gif]
08-29-2008, 04:43 PM
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Few shots from today as of 13:00 pdt has issues with fuel flow(my words)and were in contact with JetCat. I don't know whether they were going to try after I left( It is HOT & humid & this old man can't take too much sun.) Will be there again(SVF) in the am
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08-29-2008, 09:08 PM
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Well I think Wayne has got it licked. We did get some suck-ses-full taxiing done at the end of the day. Man was it hot. If we get 2 consistent start and run with no issues the plane will go up. Not before, I don't want it to end up like one of Uncle Joes corn field shots. Speaking of Corn field Kevin had managed to patch that F-18 together. remember this one! Well I had had enough for today so I left the field about 5:00 by 5:30 I got word that the Patched up F-18 went in. That was no surprise. We will try to get some cool pics tomorrow. By the way George if you are going out to Az would love to do some flying with you.
Ron
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08-30-2008, 12:49 AM
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Better safe than sorry Ron. Man, how the heck did he patch that thing up? It was completely blowed up!!! Even if I would have patched it up I still wouldnt have the confidence and ego to fly it, it bit Raffy when he flew the 3 lives F-18 and the wing opened up. Sure sounded awesome though!!
08-30-2008, 10:24 AM
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RE: Jetmart F-14 ready for Maiden Flight
Ian,
I don't know how he patched that thing back together! I think he was displaying his repair skills lots of practice. However it was the same as all the rest looks ok on the surface but no infrastructure, there for, you get the same result almost every time.
Ron
I don't know how he patched that thing back together! I think he was displaying his repair skills
lots of practice. However it was the same as all the rest looks ok on the surface but no infrastructure, there for, you get the same result almost every time.Ron
