Скачать или смотреть ACTUAL "SWING WING" RC GRUMMAN F-14 TOMCAT - 2 x WREN 100 DI TURBINES - LMA SLEAP AIRFIELD - 2023

OWNER / PILOT - STEVE KILBON,

Flyeagle jet F14 tomcat 1/7.5 scale
2.62 metre wingspan
2.54 metre length
32.3 kgs weight
2 x wren 100di turbines
Cortex pro gyro
Wing sweep system supplied by jetstream uk
Controlled by FrSky x20s coupled up to a RB30 redundancy hub and all mks servos,
Air retracts with xicoy electronic valves and gear failsafe system,
Fuel load is 8 litres.
Built with the help of John McNamara, Andy Pratt and Euan Galloway.
She’s painted in the bounty Hunter scheme.
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Roll - Interceptor, air superiority, and multirole fighter
National origin - United States
Manufacturer- Grumman
First flight - 21 December 1970
Introduction - 22 September 1974
Retired - 22 September 2006 (United States Navy)
Status - In service with the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
Primary users - United States Navy (historical)
Imperial Iranian Air Force (historical)
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
Produced - 1969–1991
Number built - 712

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after the collapse of the General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B project. A large and well-equipped fighter, the F-14 was the first of the American Teen Series fighters, which were designed incorporating air combat experience against MiG fighters during the Vietnam War.

The F-14 first flew on 21 December 1970 and made its first deployment in 1974 with the U.S. Navy aboard USS Enterprise (CVN-65), replacing the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. The F-14 served as the U.S. Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter, fleet defense interceptor, and tactical aerial reconnaissance platform into the 2000s. The Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) pod system was added in the 1990s and the Tomcat began performing precision ground-attack missions.

The Tomcat was retired by U.S. Navy on 22 September 2006, supplanted by the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. Several retired F-14s have been put on display across the US.

Having been exported to Pahlavi Iran under the pro-American Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1976, F-14s were used as land-based interceptors by the Imperial Iranian Air Force. Following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force used them during the Iran–Iraq War. Iran claimed their F-14s shot down at least 160 Iraqi aircraft during the war (only 55 of these confirmed, according to historian Tom Cooper), while 16 Tomcats were lost, including seven losses to accidents. As of 2022, the F-14 remains in service with Iran's air force, though in low numbers of combat-ready aircraft due to a lack of spare parts.

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FILMED AT AN LMA ORGANISED RC MODEL AIRCRAFT SHOW AT SLEAP AIRFIELD,
HARMER HILL, SHREWSBURY, SY4 3HE ON 29-7-2023,