Florida Jets 2010, Bob Levine A-10 Flight

[BlackJackStrikesBack]

Simulated AAA damage and emergency landing immediately after... check!

Yup, it looks like he nailed this one. Took the damage and still made it home in one piece. It appears that full scale Warthog principles work on models too. Fantastic!

[willykolho2000]

poxa tremendo fluter,se o piloto não tivesse esperiência perderia o avião,que prejuíso parabéns pelo pouso.

[marcoblum10]

got to be the worst flight EVER !!!

[EstebanCRC]

FLUTTER WIN. :/

[shark794]

nice footage

[airste172]

That just might be a new strategic weapon, calculated to subdue the enemy by causing them to die laughing. ;)

[ZListon]

Are those dummy fans (seen at the beginning) that just windmill or are they actually attached to the turbines? I don't think miniature turbofans are produced but I'm not certain. Nice scale touch though.

[florret2003]

Those are real turbines. And the cost is real also.

[ZListon]

I know they are real turbines but I see fans which would make them turbo-fans. I think turbofans are always axial-flow. Miniature turbines have a centrifugal compressor. I've never seen one mated to a fan. I'm not completely certain I'm right though.

[copterpete]

Many small turbofan engines like Garrett's and Pratt & Whitney's that are used on corporate jets have centrifugal compressors.

[florret2003]

They are centrifugal flow turbines. More info can be found by accessing the R/C Airplane World site and look at RC Jet Engines. I can't give you exact the link here as YouTube will not allow this. Google the info I gave you and you will be able to read more about it.

[ZListon]

Those on this particular A-10 appear to be turbo-fans. Do you know of anyone that produces miniature turbo-fans for model aircraft? I don't think it's been done yet. I was wondering if maybe those are just fans that are driven by the suction of the miniature gas turbines behind them. It's a really nice scale touch but the real thing would be even better.

[basimpsn]

@ZListon

Still using tubo jet engines, those are dummy fans. They spin due to the suction of the turbine behind them. Cool idea.

[HornetFlyer]

Unbelievable! Was this the maiden flight? cause if it was, it had no business being done during the event and just proved that is was not airworthy. Lucky no one got hurt when that was brought in on finals.

[florret2003]

The short answer is no, it was not a maiden flight. You do not do maiden flights at sanctioned events. I'm sure Bob Levine is well past doing that.

[HornetFlyer]

@florret2003 I am sure he is, but you cannot tell me that it has flown in that configuration prior to FJ. The upper ailerons have clearly been torn from the wing...

[florret2003]

I can and I will. Go to RC Universe and do a search for Florida Jets 2010 and you will find the comments from individuals supporting what I said.

[MrRandyman101]

Dear lord I was holding my breath when I saw the pieces comming off the plane. Nice recovery. I didn't think it would make it back.

[wildcatfan42]

This would be a great review video on the durability of this plane. Great job on the save.

[bvmflier]

Looks like the flutter was caused by the new split flap set up. What a save! Great to see the A-10 will fly again. Mibo builds a tough bird!

[DrPilotRedC]

That plane is beautiful.

[metalmikexx]

I'm just glad he was able to save it. I lost a plane to flutter a few years back. It's a horrible feeling to watch it happen.

[ATLRCFlyer]

That is some massive flutter... Kudos to the pilot for this save...

[noahtheviking]

Flutter is a self-feeding and potentially destructive vibration where aerodynamic forces on an object couple with a structure's natural mode of vibration to produce rapid periodic motion. Flutter can occur in any object within a strong fluid flow, under the conditions that a positive feedback occurs between the structure's natural vibration and the aerodynamic forces.

[noahtheviking]

the real B-47 Stratojet had the same problems

[dioncuda]

awesome save!!! like to know what happened.

[G56AG]

What exactly happened? It looked like it was having flutter problems and lost some control surfaces, looks like it lost the canopy too.

[florret2003]

I was told by someone who was there that the pilot said the "flaperons broke off and caused the flutter". When I told an Air Force A-10 driver that, he responded that A10's do not have flaperons. They have dual control ailerons, sometimes referred to as decelerons. Either way, it's not something you want to have break loose.

[livinma1]

In the thread on rcuniverse the detailer called them decelerons as well.

[RoboTekno]

one of my favorite A-10s on youtube now, but the flutter tore it to pieces :(

[parkzonecorsairtips]

awsome

[E744763Productions]

Cool!