A Scratch Built RC Plane Flies by Real Aircraft Carrier

[peerse1]

1 thing: the USS Hornet got nailed by the Imperial Japaneese Navy under the battle of Midway during WW2 and got abandoned. it must be another ship your flying by

[MikeysRC]

@peerse1 @peerse1 Hmmmm..... read this. en.wikipedia -d0t- ORG /wiki/USS_Hornet_%28CV-12%29

[jauchiu]

@peerse1 They filmed Jag and episodes of ghost hunter on it. Again Hmmmmm.

[Danielkchoi]

Lol around 4:55 bird strike we're going down!

[alex3373]

That's Sick!!!!!

[Icekiller20]

USS hornet!? that was used in World war 2 its still their god

[trevor155a]

IT WOULD BE BETTER IF IT WAS WORKING AND THEY SHOT IT

[pyrodiver101]

What carrier was that?

[buster231000]

@pyrodiver101 It Was The Uss Hornet Duh He Actualy says it

[roaming2]

O wow, it seems like you are trying to land it on the aircraft carrier 5/5

[budgybottom75]

dis someone comment on the fact its spelt "Phantom" not fantom??

just checking, otherwise, way cool!! :)

[hansdaft]

awesome!! :D

[kort77876]

I'm new to this plane stuff, but that camera quality is AMAZING! Dosent the weight make the plane fall?

[jayworthenwhoa]

can it land in water

[LLsRC]

Hey, I live near ALL of that.. great to see it from the air.. actually, I sneak flights in on Alameda when I can as well. too cool!

[MikeysRC]

@LLsRC Cool! I checked out a couple of your vids too. I see you are a Sac Rat. Never been there but I've heard of it. Sure don't want your plane going down in those salt marshes though =)

[trashcanzip]

@LLsRC I live in Lafayette

[TLTlone]

hahaha im suprised the navy didnt think your plane was a UAV and blow it out of the sky with there 105 mm rounds hahaha

[Nazror]

really this coulld be usefull for the army/police. like an spy plane.

[420choky]

i would of touched an go on the aircraft carrier

[BoyBangla]

Did you crash it ? Seemed like you ran towards it hastily...

[MikeysRC]

@BoyBangla No....I was just super excited to see the video I just tool.

[o0dekker0o]

what camera do you use ?

[MikeysRC]

@o0dekker0o sony bloggie

[StanwellT]

nice video. makes a nice change to see one without the music this time. great quality on the camera too

[justfly60482]

next time try touch and gos on the ships lol cant wait too see more videos.

john

[popcornreviews]

that was great!!!

If only you had crossed ALL the way over and goneover them but I can appritchiate how small the plane gets! LOL

[dash8brj]

good video - saw the runway in there and thought "what the hell" then the notice popped up "not an active runway". Should have done a touch and go on the carrier tho :)

[MikeysRC]

@dash8brj Yes...flying across the approach of an active runway would be bad....Mm Kay =)

[FlyInFaith]

Very cool! I bet I could land there without over shooting it!

[MikeysRC]

@FlyInFaith Yeah...I'd be so cool if they let me try to land on it!

[alfdoggit]

hi will, is your website and forum off line, i tried to access it, but getting error message saying page your looking for cannot be found

carl doggit )

[lewandlo]

Sorry about the question here. I just picked this one while I was watching. Hey thanks for the info Mr Will.....Lew

[lewandlo]

Hey Will ,I have another question. I am making the F-117 and I need to order a prop for this kit. Does it use a reverse pusher prop ? I`m not sure what kind of prop you get for a pusher type plane. thanks again...Lew

[MikeysRC]

@lewandlo Weird comment for this vid =)......anyway I just use regular 6 X 4 APC prop on a 57 gram 2200KV brushless motor.

[degimedia]

great going!!!

[fordarrick]

Hey Wil, are going to make plans for that FPV plane? I made your 1st one with some added stuff. Its a bit loud. Looks like your having a lot of fun with this one. Hope you put it to plans soon. Thanks for sharing!

[MikeysRC]

@fordarrick I might make plans if I have time to.

[DCIdrum4life]

what runway is that i see one and 4:36???

[MikeysRC]

@DCIdrum4life Part of the old Alameda Naval air base.

[rcjoseb]

Duh, missed that! Would be great if you could arrange to fly it from there.

[rcjoseb]

Would have been cool to see the plane land on the carrier, but then your plane and you would have been hauled off to jail.

[MikeysRC]

@rcjoseb Um, probably not. As the caption in the video states the USS Hornet is NOT and active carrier.  It's just a floating museum now.

[wildhover]

posting this video up during memorial day weekend was a nice touch. loved it

[insomnia976]

Very sweet thank you so much for sharing this! You got flight skills that's for sure!

THANK YOU and hope you had a great Memorial day!

[Dakkor32]

Great video, very stable platform and great pic. quality! What camera do you use? Anyhow I really enjoyed that ty.

[wasifyar]

wow you are at alameda point. should have posted that on youtube, i live like 5 minutes away.

[MikeysRC]

@wasifyar O. cool we live in the same area....East Bay area that is.

[wasifyar]

@MikeysRC well i live about 10 minutes away from ALameda Point, that should give you a good idea of where i live. next time if you are flying in the same area just email me and i would love too watch.

[donphobos]

Amazing video again, the port area is spectacular. We have a similar port in Göteborg but I don't have any flying experience yet there. Big cranes, big ships.

I think that above the channel motor failure was not an option :-)

Thank you for sharing!

[MikeysRC]

@donphobos Yeah I try to fly(most of the time) high enough so I have some change of saving the plane if the motor dies.

[LeChave]

That was cool!! (do people say cool any more???)

It was a shame you couldn't do a flyover of the aircraft carrier!! Maybe if you ask nicely next time? :o)

[psp10004]

6:12 dog fight....

[bigednycles]

thats crazy they didnt try to stop it from flying around the carrier with all the security of 911 the plane could of had a bomb cool video

[MikeysRC]

@bigednycles no I would never do anything like that and besides it's a decommissioned carrier. Not in the military any more. It's just a floating museum

[afufa2]

hey can you make a FPV of a rc heli doing stuff like this?

[MikeysRC]

@afufa2 I do have that set up too but it's harder so fly and make smooth videos with the heli.

[fathead431]

awesome location dude! make sure u dont get a shouting at from the shipyard, they may mistake it as a uav.

[ernshengjoel]

hey Mike,Try to land on the carrier haha ,that is a very nice plane!very stable and very cool.keep up the good work.

[xwingfan]

Do you have a plan for this plane ? ...very nice video quality , flying over that carrier woohooo:)

[MikeysRC]

@xwingfan No plans as of yet....but I am getting lots of requests for them so I might make them.

[RoboTekno]

If I didn't mind risking a plane, it'd be awesome to try a touch and go on the aircraft carrier :D

[B4its2L8guy]

Flying over military boats, then over US ports....won't be long before homeland security comes knocking. You wouldn't be the first, that's for sure. Cool video though!

[tomxl3]

Nice work Will keep them cumming :)

that new design fpv plane seems really stable!

how long can you fly and whats the power system?

[MikeysRC]

@tomxl3 Click on the drop down button to see more info on the video and you will see the power system. Depending on how aggressively you fly and if you have any ridge lift like at a beach cliff flight times are 6-10 minuets on a 2200mah battery.

[NoobyRC]

LOL there is a video floating around youtube called "Iranian UAV secretly filming US carrier"

there is a huge debate on how it was made (I think we made it and its propaganda myself)

But to see you get away with flying a RC plane over these carriers is hilarious, I guess the one here are decommissioned or something.

But still your awesome for doing it! I mean your at a airorce base flying a RC airplane filing and no one cared! YOU COULD BE A SPY! LMAO

Nice Nice Nice!

[MikeysRC]

@NoobyRC aaaa I'm not that sneaky. =) The base itself is also decommissioned so not really any tight security. There is only one carrier there and it is only a floating museum now.

[thatonebeone]

nice mike...can you do a video on how to make camera mounts for heils/planes and what to use ect..so you wont that vibration..i have a 450 t rex pro and i been trying to make some cam mounts but seems to be bit vibration...what cam are you using? i like the quality of it...you videos are getting better and better...

[MikeysRC]

@thatonebeone Cool...thanks for the suggestion. Actually on this plane I didn't do anything special as far as vibration dampening mounting. I just made sure to balance the props and also center the prop on the motor shaft. Yeah, helis are much harder to get smooth video from.

[lewandlo]

I can`t believe they let you fly over that air craft carrier. So much for security of an aircraft carrier. heheheh. Looks like a couple of bucks there sitting in that harbor. That air craft carrier runway sute looks small from above. looks like it`s just big enough for your plane Will,let alone a full scale jet. WOW gr8 vids bud.

[MikeysRC]

@lewandlo Actually the USS Hornet is a retired carrier so not really any security around it like there is around an active carrier. Yeah can you imagine what it must have been like to land real planes on that?

[Skydive4ever]

Awesome vid quality, nice views, thanks for sharing :-)

[MikeysRC]

@Skydive4ever Yeah you bet. Thanks for commenting and watching.

[justfly60482]

nice video need too add flares for decoys lol will get some air videos of norfolk nob.

[adma20]

awesome footage. that plane performs really well.

[iShotYourGrandma]

DARE YA TO LAND ON THAT AIRCRAFT CARRIER. LAWL

[cholubaz]

Wow great place to fly. Love the views from up there and seeing the ships and planes. Great video again.

[jeflatt]

awesome location and quality video! keep it up!

[daveyedgar]

lol you look like you were about to land on the deck.

[rcFoamFighters]

Cool HD Video Mikey! Love the views of the bay and ships. Looks like a nice stable flyer. keep up the good work and Fun videos!

Paul

[randyneighbour]

very clear video  great job

[jauchiu]

Great job. I'm beginning to think your some kind of top secret Air force Guy. You made that corsair look like it was sitting still. They never saw that scratch built coming.

[MikeysRC]

@jauchiu .......shhhhhhhh don't tell anyone =). 

[dangerousprimate]

Why didnt you land on the carrier deck for a laugh? i would have : )

[MikeysRC]

@dangerousprimate O man....I totally wanted to.

[startazz]

Yeah nice one and i thought i saw that A-7 drop it's drop tanks and fire off a few rockets at you when you got to close ;-) got to come back when the video has loaded better,thumbs up.

[MikeysRC]

@startazz LOL....yeah man I barley made it back alive! =)

[timashley65]

The last 2 videos have been the most spectacular I have seen from a R/C place. Incredible thanks Mikey!

[vanepico]

That is fricken awesome!

I am going to be going to uni near one of the largest british harbours :) in Portsmouth

[vanepico]

@vanepico well the military harbour, there are loads of old submarines there

[MikeysRC]

@vanepico Cool...take a video camera with ya.

[vanepico]

@MikeysRC And a plane to attach it too!

[sshukri0]

Are you flying FPV or is it an on board camera?

[MikeysRC]

@sshukri0 I was not using my FPV gear. Just flying by naked eye.

[carobabaknia]

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