HUGE F16 - Flying!

Today is a big day. Let me show you why. Today is a big day because we're flying one of the biggest jets out there. It's an F-16 that's just under four meters length powered by a 320 turbine. And I'm told weighs around 50 kilos. So first of all, we have to program it. Then we get into the fun bit, flying it. Now it may not be the largest jet I've flown, but it's definitely going to be the heaviest. One of the interesting things about this plane is that it was actually previously owned by Victor Calvo, one of the best pilots flying jets that I've ever seen. Good friend of mine from Valencia. And he has some rather unusual mixes on this plane, which have been a right headache to program. To explain, it's better to show you because the elevator actually actuates the ailerons and the flaps as well, as do the ailerons on the Delta mix, which added to the slats has the flaps come down, needs up elevator and everything still works as elevator, aileron, taileron, whatever you want to call it. Hopefully we've got it all right. Let's get it up in the air and see. Wow. Learn to sell, reduce aileron and increase aileron expo. Yeah. And there we go. A really great first couple of flights. Really surprised with how this thing flies. It's very, very agile on ailerons. We've had to seriously reduce the rates on those. And we're still going to have to add an eye gyro into it just to stop that wing wobbling that we can't seem to cut out. But considering all of the programming that this thing has, it flew really, really well. The fact that we're using all the surfaces basically as flying surfaces. So flaps ailerons and elevators are all working as elevators and as flaps. Plane flies really, really well, especially considering the size and the weight. And we're looking at 50 or 60 kilos here with a 30 kilo thrust turbine in it. And it's still flying pretty much like any other plane, possibly even better because of that inertia that's just making it fly like it's on rails, especially once we get the aileron problem sorted out. So until then, we're going to do a few updates on it, get some more flights on it and see if we can get it doing exactly what we want it to. But so far, really pleased. I mean, as you saw, the landings are just absolutely amazing. It looks like it's coming in hot. And then suddenly you just start pulling the elevator. It gets that tail down into the high alpha position and just land in no time at all. Even with its weight, very nimble. Great bum. It's another check on the list and even bigger jet that we've flown now. So bigger and better. Bigger is definitely better in this case. Can't wait to do it all again. Until then, like the video, leave any questions below. Subscribe for more content, flying amazing machines like this one, and I'll see you next time. Thanks for watching.