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TODAY MICK BURRELL TEST FLEW HIS LARGE SCALE SKYMASTER GRUMMAN F-14 TOMCAT AT THE FIRST WORLD WAR AERODROME OF STOW MARIES IN ESSEX,
THERE ARE ONLY TWO OF THESE MODELS IN THE UK, THIS IS THE FIRST TO FLY & THE OTHER IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION,
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY WITH A REASONABLE RIGHT HAND CROSS WIND BUT MICK DID A BRILLIANT JOB WITH HER ON THIS FIRST FLIGHT,
SHE IS A SKYMASTER KIT AND WEIGHS AROUND 24.5 KGS,
AT 1:7.5 SCALE SHE HAS ROUGHLY 100 INCH SPAN & 100 INCH LENGTH,
POWERED BY TWO G BOOSTER 160 TURBINES PRODUCING 37 LBS OF THRUST
EACH !
MICK IS USING FUTABA 18MZ RADIO CONTROLLING 14 SERVOS THROUGH A ROBBE SBUS POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM,
THERE IS A LOVELY RESTORED MUSEUM AT STOW MARIES DEDICATED TO TELLING THE STORY OF THE BRAVE AIRMEN THAT SERVED & DIED HERE NEARLY ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 10AM TILL 4:00PM ITS AN INTERESTING DAY OUT IF YOU LIKE THIS ERA, THEIR WEBBSITE IS ON WWW.FOSMA.CO.UK OR [email protected]
FILMED ON 16-2-2014,
