Anyone who loves jets aspires to have the most iconic planes in there fleet! For many that plane is the mighty Tomcat, immortalised after Tom Cruise and the Topgun movies!
While an amazing feet of engineering for its day, it was retired primarily due to maintenance costs and complexity of its...
Sharing my friend’s video of his FPV F-14 chasing my T-33 with a backward facing camera. Nice shots of the Tomcat staying in-trail, through loop and barrel roll:
Wing sweeps 47 degrees, designing the wingbox gives some trouble, it has to be extremely strong since the wings are attached to one hinge point only. It must also be designed from plywood so it can be lasercut.