I grew up playing Sega's After Burner II and just had to use the soundtrack for the maiden flights. The nostalgia factor alone was worth it.

This is an incredible model by Freewing. I pulled off several cobra maneuvers with the F-14 (though only the first looked good IMO) - the twin 80mm motors are quite powerful.. Some parts of the video blurred - seems like fate keeps handing me clear skies on maiden days. Sorry about that!

Filming by @EscapeLifesGravity.

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0:00 Introduction
1:14 Taxiing
1:40 Takeoff
2:05 Spoileron Roll Performance
2:45 Cobra to Flat Spin
3:02 Wing Sweep Test
3:50 FS Flaps Test (Blurry)
4:30 Rejected Approach
5:04 Landing
5:38 Thoughts
6:09 Takeoff w/ FS Flaps
6:26 Roll w/o Spoilerons
6:52 Cobra 2
7:09 Cobra 3
7:25 Low Level Pass
7:40 Wing Sweep Pass
8:21 Flat Spin 2
9:30 Approach Gear Check
9:51 Rejected Approach (Mix Malfunction)
10:15 Sketchy Landing (No Flaps)

grumman f-14 tomcat (aircraft model) rc jet the rc geek model edf radio-controlled hobby variable-sweep fighter take off fly by landing airplanes Freewing F-14 Twin 80mm EDF Maiden Flights - Wing Sweep, Flat Spin, Cobras