Sea Wings Posted September 24, 2015 Posted September 24, 2015 (edited) Edited September 25, 2015 by Sea Wings 80s - Great Time ...
Sea Wings Posted September 25, 2015 Author Posted September 25, 2015 VF-103 Jolly Rogers Combat Cruise 2004 80s - Great Time ...
Sea Wings Posted September 25, 2015 Author Posted September 25, 2015 F-14B with new engine - TakeOff and Roll 80s - Great Time ...
Scoggs Posted September 25, 2015 Posted September 25, 2015 Great vids guys! I'll add something you definitely don't see every day albeit a little more mundane. Some footage from a RIO with chatter. My SpecsAsus Maximus Hero IX Z270 i7 7700k @ 4.7GHz 32GB G.SKILL TridentZ 3700MHz DDR4 EVGA RTX 2080Ti Samsung 960 Evo 1TB M.2 NVME SSD EVGA SuperNOVA 1200 P2 Acer XB270HU 144Hz @ 1440p (IPS) Valve Index OOOOhhh, I wish I had the Alpha of a Hornet!
Cool Breeze Posted September 27, 2015 Posted September 27, 2015 In the second video of the first post. What is the purpose of the string on the nose of the aircraft? "For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return." Leonardo Da Vinci "We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came." John F. Kennedy
BlackLion213 Posted September 27, 2015 Posted September 27, 2015 In the second video of the first post. What is the purpose of the string on the nose of the aircraft? It's a slide slip indicator - the Tomcat definitely did many things "the old fashion way". Tomcats are pretty prone to dutch role and the nose likes to yaw away from the direction of roll at low speeds. That indicator helps with the management of those issues, particularly on approach. Even the F-14D had it, in spite of it's much improved HUD. Hey Sea Wings - excellent collection of videos, I really enjoyed watching. The airshow demo videos really bring back memories - nothing would shake the ground like those F-14B/D Tomcat demos - rattles your sternum! Of course, even the F-14A was quite a sight in person - I really miss those day. -Nick
Sea Wings Posted September 27, 2015 Author Posted September 27, 2015 (edited) Hey Sea Wings - excellent collection of videos, I really enjoyed watching. The airshow demo videos really bring back memories - nothing would shake the ground like those F-14B/D Tomcat demos - rattles your sternum! Of course, even the F-14A was quite a sight in person - I really miss those day. -Nick Hi, Nick! 80s - Great Time ... :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: Edited September 27, 2015 by Sea Wings 80s - Great Time ...
Scoggs Posted September 29, 2015 Posted September 29, 2015 But wait, there's more! My SpecsAsus Maximus Hero IX Z270 i7 7700k @ 4.7GHz 32GB G.SKILL TridentZ 3700MHz DDR4 EVGA RTX 2080Ti Samsung 960 Evo 1TB M.2 NVME SSD EVGA SuperNOVA 1200 P2 Acer XB270HU 144Hz @ 1440p (IPS) Valve Index OOOOhhh, I wish I had the Alpha of a Hornet!
Ohgr Posted September 30, 2015 Posted September 30, 2015 I was at that airshow. About 20 years ago. Buffalo, NY no salt water :thumbup: V/R, Ohgr VCVW-11 "Vapor" USN AE 2001-2015 Heatblur Tomcat Tester
pered Posted September 30, 2015 Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) Enjoy! Edited September 30, 2015 by pered Gotta catch them all bandits! :joystick:
BlackLion213 Posted September 30, 2015 Posted September 30, 2015 But wait, there's more! Great video, shows yet another unique Tomcat feature - the control stick has a separate axis for pitch and roll (almost like a control yoke...). The pitch axis is at the mounting of the stick to the cockpit floor and the roll axis is about halfway between the floor and handgrip. Looks cool in action. I don't think the Aerosoft Tomcat caught this little detail.... I love all of this media, so awesome to see this Tomcat renaissance in progress! -Nick
Destroyer37 Posted September 30, 2015 Posted September 30, 2015 Great video, shows yet another unique Tomcat feature - the control stick has a separate axis for pitch and roll (almost like a control yoke...). The pitch axis is at the mounting of the stick to the cockpit floor and the roll axis is about halfway between the floor and handgrip. Looks cool in action. I don't think the Aerosoft Tomcat caught this little detail.... I love all of this media, so awesome to see this Tomcat renaissance in progress! -Nick Ah pet peeves! Does it bother anyone else that people sit down in cockpits at airshows and start flipping switches yanking on the controls, and attempt to pull the gear up without having any ideas about the carnage that they could cause? Maybe it's just me but it drives me crazy watching that video lol. Specs:Fractal Design Define R5 Black, ASUS ROG Strix Z370-E, Intel Core i5-8600K Coffee Lake @ 5.1 GHz, MSI GeForce GTX 1080ti 11GB 352-Bit GDDR5X, Corsair H110i, G.Skill TridentZ 32GB (2x16GB), Samsung 960 Evo M.2 500GB SSD
BlackLion213 Posted September 30, 2015 Posted September 30, 2015 Ah pet peeves! Does it bother anyone else that people sit down in cockpits at airshows and start flipping switches yanking on the controls, and attempt to pull the gear up without having any ideas about the carnage that they could cause? Maybe it's just me but it drives me crazy watching that video lol. Luckily not an airshow. That's is a permanent display piece at a museum. Little harm from screwing around in the cockpit ;). It's great that there are still a few Tomcats around that weren't thoroughly "de-miled". I wonder if this is the one in Napa on permanent open display? I don't think the cockpit is usually open, last I heard that one was pained in classic VF-1 markings. -Nick
pr1malr8ge Posted September 30, 2015 Posted September 30, 2015 Ah pet peeves! Does it bother anyone else that people sit down in cockpits at airshows and start flipping switches yanking on the controls, and attempt to pull the gear up without having any ideas about the carnage that they could cause? Maybe it's just me but it drives me crazy watching that video lol. So I'm not the only one who wanted to beat that guy down with a bat! The final secound with him grabbing the LGH made me want to reach through my screen and strangle him.. For the WIN [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]If your desired effect on the target is making the pilot defecate his pants laughing then you can definitely achieve it with a launch like that.
Sea Wings Posted September 30, 2015 Author Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) The Cat Is Back THANKS 2 ALL :thumbup: The Cat Is Back Edited September 30, 2015 by Sea Wings 80s - Great Time ...
BabaGanoosh Posted October 31, 2015 Posted October 31, 2015 One of my favorites ${1} "Unable to control altitude, Unable to control airspeed, Unable to control heading. Other thant that, everything A-OK!"
Frisco1522 Posted October 31, 2015 Posted October 31, 2015 (edited) One of my favorites To include youtube links, you have to put everything past the watch?v= into the [/YOUTUBE] boxes. Like this! No one ever told me so I had to figure this out too!:book: Anyway, love the vid! Frisco1522 Edited October 31, 2015 by Frisco1522
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