FTL Innovation F-16 | Custom Viper Livery | KingTech K130 Turbine + FPV Setup (FIRST in the USA!)

Alright folks, we're getting packed up for the maiden. There's the toys. Alright folks, we are at beautiful Fritz Field. We're in Pensacola, Florida. We have an active plane doing a pattern, coming in for a landing it looks like. We are here, that was a touch and go, we are here to do the maiden flight on the Viper. So, just one last look around, Cessna. We are carting this thing out to the flight line, taxiway after taxiway. The tension is thick, nobody's talking, it's hot, we're sweaty, he's nervous. Once he gets in the air, he's going to be like a kid in a candy store, don't worry about it. We're about to power up. He just pulled his ignition pin, or his remove before flight. Getting the canopy put on, it's a very unique, but cool attaching way. Left, right, up, down, left, right. Everything is working, waiting for GPS. It washed out a little bit, all the sun. Yes. How many satellites does it say in the bottom left corner? We are armed. Burn it up, burn the hose. Break check. I have filmed a lot of turbines. This might be the absolute loudest one yet. It looks sweet taxiing. Oh my goodness, the silhouette is sexy. Alright, here we go. Holy shnikes, it's moving so fast. Doing good. Stand behind me a little. How it feel? Feels good. Nothing crazy. How about your turns? Hold on, let me get focused. That black is so hard to pick up on. Don't look like you are having to trim it out much. Looking good. No pads. Perfect. Hold on, I couldn't hear you. What did you say? It was wonderful. Oh my gosh. You can see the HUD in the air? Yeah, you can see it. Okay. Alright, I was worried it was going to be pretty washed out. No, it was a little washed out facing that way at first. Because of the sun? Yeah. But once you got airborne, it was really good. Oh really? Yeah. Oh my god, that's freaking awesome. How was the HUD working? It was good. It was accurate. Yeah? You couldn't see the speed numbers or anything. Yeah, you can't read no numbers. You could see the bars and lines. Yeah, it was like, I felt like I was in a two-six all over again. We did it. Yeah? Yeah. We did it. Yeah. I am. Father and son. I feel like air right now. Yeah. Did you feel the crosswind? I did not. Oh wow. Oh yeah, now it's gone. That was awesome. Well, we took the brakes. I don't know if you saw. Yeah, it went off. It was just the tires though. That's so cool. Alright. Yeah. It is in my pocket. I don't know if that valve is open or closed. It's open. We'll find out in a minute. Yep. In a minute. Can you wipe that canopy off real quick? Clear. It eats up so much space though, I'm cruising at 100 miles an hour at 44 miles an hour. I'm not going to lie, I feel a little bit more comfortable than before. Yeah, I know, but it's fast, so it's hard to keep it in the... Right now I'm cruising at 116. When you come back, light boat. I don't know, let me just fly for a minute. Yeah, when I get comfortable, I'll do more. I understand, that's why you're coming in close. Yeah. You can see this, good video quality. I'm saying coming down, I can't see my altitude. Yeah, the problem is I can't see what you're pointing at. I know, that's why I try to use it. You see that ridge line? If you go slightly outside of that, it might give you a better... Like further away from us. Okay, so I can go further across than the other people? Yeah, you can go past that tree line. You just can't... The longitudinal, the two tree lines that are... Like where you are right now, you're fine to go out that far. To the second tree line out there in that field. Okay, all right, good. But... Yeah, that's what my issue was, is I feel like I'm having to turn really tight. Yeah. That's why I was saying... Okay, I got you, I understand. I got fuel pump. Looking good in the air, though. On a tight corner, you're looking good. You're a little high. All right, so it's incredibly smooth. Yeah, it's a lot smoother than the freeway. I'm straight down the runway now. Oh, delayed. Imagine dogfighting with two of these. You have to increase the altitude up here. Yeah, you know they went up to 700 feet. Yeah, I know some places you can go all the way up to 15. That was for Lewis. I'm going to try to get you a better one. Then I'm going to focus on preparing for landing. I would say that should be a final approach speed. Yeah. Because in the turn you're going to be... Oh, that's nice. A lot less than where Normie is. That's so cool, man. This hobby is like... This is like... Isn't it, though? If there wasn't field limits, you could probably go like five miles. Oh, yeah, oh, yeah. It's the next best thing, I'm telling you. I'm just getting approach. I don't know where this is going. So we'll make that call when we get there. That's how I approach when we land. Can I make it? You look like you've got a perfect... No, you're a little high. You want to try and hit that circle. I'm trying, I'm trying. I'm just saying. That's the goal. If you can. Yeah. But I need to make a little bit wider approach. For more... To slow down. So you can turn your rate of descent. That looks nice. I wasn't sure what was going to happen. Oh, that's why. Yeah, you landed like three quarters of the runway. You landed a little bit far. I powered out to be safe because I really didn't know. Good call, good call. Because you're going to hit the grass super hard on that one. I've got to make that approach further out. Yep. Yeah, because you almost went in the grass then. Well, I powered up and then I hit that delay. You had a good rate of descent and then it picked up. Still same place. Same place, same place. Flaps are down. Yeah, they don't have much throw. I probably need more. Yeah. Does it have a speed brake? No. Oh, ----. All I've got is ground brakes. Oh, my good brakes. Is your approach speed like 50, 55? Yeah, I'm at 100 miles an hour now. I'm lower so I'm not diving. That's it right there. Oh, yeah. Hey. Ah. Oh, you, I think you. It's that delay on that turbine, man. I think you're in the rut anyway.