1/200 scale F-111 Aardvark

[paperengineer]

oh ok. Then its probably French. I would google translate the words at the beginning but the mouse is just so far away

[Uyraell]

It is French.
Basically a run-down of cockpit check and preparing for take-off, along with commentary of the crew having several thousand hours of training and flight time in the aircraft shown.

The rest will be as one would expect for this type of documentary episode.

I admit I'd be extremely interested in a documentary on the EF111 "Raven" aka "Sparkvark", because I've long been fascinated by that rare F111 variant.

I'll enjoy seeing your model of the F111 evolve to fruition.

Kind and Respectful Regards, Uyraell.

[Robert Woolley]

I live not far from an airforce base here in Australia. The F111s had there last outing for the RAAF at an airshow here. At the end of the runway there is a bit of forest then a lake with a road winding along its edge. I was at a little park on the lake on the first day of the airshow watching the participants coming in on approach. Suddenly an F111 flew over at tree top height out and over the lake, did a tight turn with wings swept forwards with the wing tip not very high off the water and then shot back the way it had come. It disappeared for a few seconds then I saw it shooting skywards doing the dump and burn. Spectacular!

Robert

[paperengineer]

I'm glad to see interest in my designs! I'll continue to see progress slowly until Christmas when I'll have software to make my model be semi-professional

[peter taft]

Originally Posted by paperengineer

I wish I spoke that language (French?) But I still enjoyed the vid. I love the elegant wing sweep movement that it has, shame Australia and 'Murica got rid of them.

My bad.... i just saw the video, didn't have the cans on so didn't hear the dialogue Oh well, tis a nice video anyways

[paperengineer]

Yeah, I enjoyed watching it, just didn't understand the words

[paperengineer]

Ok a lot of forward progress made with the nose. I found Bruno(s&p)'s truncated and slanted cones formulas and used those a lot. I'm also done with the formers and beginning work inside the cockpit, for those of you who dare lol

[paperengineer]

Just to get a feel of the model it looks like somewhere around 50-65 parts in the final. Then maybe if my design becomes popular I can make some missile packages