@CruzerBlade
I knew that one would ruff some feathers. Just watch this entire playlist by Juan Browne (aka blancolirio) covering the entire 737 MAX saga, and his exceptional reporting on the matter, far better than the mainstream news IMO. He's also a pilot, has flown in the USAF, and I believe he has flown the 737, 757, 767, and 777 (but I definitely know he flies the 777). TL;DR: The only reason MCAS exists is to satisfy the FAA's requirements on type-ratings & certificates so the 737 MAX can share the same certificate & pilot type-rating as the previous 737 models, as they've always been able to do (and so does every other major aircraft family like the E-Jets, 747, A320, CRJ, A330, 767, 757, etc...). The 737 MAX flies just fine without MCAS, and isn't more prone to stalling than the previous NG model, and it CERTAINLY isn't an "unstable" airframe. It just handles differently than the previous 737 models, and those differences are most noticed when the MAX is lightly loaded with an aft CG and at high AoA. This is where the "instability/more prone to stalling" myth came from, whether intentional or just lazy journalism on the MSM's part. The handling differences were great enough between the NG & MAX that the MAX would not be able to share the same type-ratings. So Boeing developed MCAS (which was based off of a pre-existing control augmentation system on the NG called "speed trim") to adjust the 737 MAX's handling in the pitch department so it mirrored that of the NG, and it could pass the FAA's requirements and share the same type-rating. The problem is that MCAS, while originally much weaker in it's conception, was morphed into a system that had too much control authority/pressure over the pilots, was a single-point failure system (relying on 1 AoA sensor at a time, even if the MAX had duel sensors, which WASN'T an option but was standard), and Boeing thought they could get away with MCAS being a background problem with no way for the pilots to disable or troubleshoot it. There's nothing wrong with the 737 MAX or even MCAS and it's role it's supposed to accomplish; MCAS just wasn't engineered or thought out very well.
@Mustang51
No I don't have my PPL yet. I'll hopefully start full-time flight training some time this spring or summer. If I go international I only want to fly cargo, and I hear UPS is one of the best cargo airlines anyone could fly for. I also wouldn't mind flying for Omni Air International, which is a US-based company that does international & military charters.
@Mustang51
As for airlines, I few that are on my radar to fly for include Ameriflight, Point to Point Air Charters, Kenmore Air, Horizon Air, Alaska Airlines, jetBlue, and UPS Airlines. I'd greatly prefer to stay on the US West coast, which is my only gripe with jetBlue since they are mainly a US East coast carrier.
@Mustang51
And to answer your previous questions about Rainier Aerospace & my interest in business; No I'm currently not studying any major business or engineering-related fields/courses/degrees...... yet. I've done some basic high school classes on engineering, design, computer science, basic programming, and recently entrepreneurship. My main aspiration is to actually become a commercial pilot, but a secondary career option of mine is to go into engineering, and more recently for a 3rd option; go into entrepreneurship. I'm interested in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, and Software Engineering, as well as Computer Science. Flying & Engineering/Designing/Building things have always been interests I've had since I was a kid, but entrepreneurship has been a fairly recent one I picked up. My entrepreneurship interest went into high-gear when I successfully got into an Entrepreneurship high-school class this semester that I've been interested in & trying to get into ever since 9th grade. It was a low-key interest back then, but now it's one of my main interests, rivaling flying & engineering. Playing Airline Empires believe it or not also got me more interested in the business world, particular aviation-related business. Another influence was learning about multiple successful entrepreneurs in my high school class/course, and observing other examples outside of the course content such as Elon Musk, Mike & Mark Patey twins, some of the Flying Cowboys, and even a close friend of mine, all of which run successful businesses or start-ups that enable them to enjoy life & their passions. So I figured if I decide to go down the entrepreneurship path, I figure drones would be one of the more easier aerospace-related business paths to go down. Heck, it may not even be a product I could do, but a service or platform too. I think their is a serious potential market for a "flying Uber"-like service. Although the "flying Uber" idea would probably have way more legal work to go through than making drones. There's actually been a "flying Uber" start-up I've seen in the past that failed because it was trying to get non-commercial private pilots to be able to make profit with the app & flying people around in their own planes like Uber, but it didn't work because pilots strictly need a commercial rating/license to fly-for-profit, and the app wouldn't be able to work unless the pilots using the app had commercial ratings, and not every pilot out their has or can afford commercial ratings. A recent start-up I just found today called "Blackbird" is trying to do a ride-share flying service using individual pilots & planes like the first start-up I mentioned, except this time it requires pilots to have commercial ratings to be able to fly with the app & make profit while flying.
@Mustang51
And speaking of Embraer, the E-170LR, E-175LR, & the E-190LR will probably be my Fokker F70 replacements in the future sometime when the F70's get too old or risky for regular scheduled passenger use (more than likely will be regulated to charter service only in the future), since the E-Jet is another airplane passengers seem to really love & enjoy flying on, compared to the CRJ or Dash-8.
@Mustang51
In the real-world, Alliance Airlines in Australia appears to have become a safe-haven home for Fokker aircraft such as the F50, F70, and F100. The fact that those designs have lasted this long & are finding 2nd lives in more rugged climates is a great testament to the quality of Fokker. Boeing & McDonnell Douglas (despite their woes) aircraft also have that ability of long durable lives. Bombardier, Embraer, and Airbus, while also terrific aircraft, just don't have the same longevity as Boeing, M.D., or Fokker or find 2nd markets very easily as some of the older designs. The only Airbus that has consistently seen secondary use after they are retired from the main airlines have been the A300 & A310. For Bombarier, that would go to the Dash-8 turboprop, and for Embraer, the EMB-120 is finding secondary use as a freighter.
@Mustang51
I'm actually very surprised the Fokker F70 didn't sell like hot-cakes and only 47 were built. It was a better performer than the CRJ700 (which was the prime regional jet at the time). It would have been a good fit with US regional carriers especially with the later scope-clause laws. Maybe it was because the airlines could see the writing on the wall that Fokker wasn't going to last long. It was the same story for Fairchild-Dornier & their 328 design. Although the Fokker F100 & older F28 did fare much better in sales & production, especially in the US. Fokker apparently still lives on with GKN Aerospace as "Fokker Technologies", but it's just not the same. "Rekkof" or "Netherlands Aircraft Company" was formed shortly after the original Fokker's demise and is proposing an updated F100 in the form of the "F120NG" and "F130NG" and believes the F100 design can still compete in today's modern market albeit with newer engines & winglets. Although the project hasn't gone anywhere in all these years due to insufficient funding. It's always sad to see a legend such as Fokker fade away, especially when it's a manufacture that made such good aircraft.
@Mustang51
My airline has been running since mid-summer of 2019. Outside of Airline Empires, it also offers charter services with some of the aircraft in the fleet, particularly the F70 since it can land in some pretty short airfields and has incredible range for it's size & class.
@Mustang51
Some of your builds are actually pretty unique, even if they took inspiration from a previous design. My MQ-125 right here took inspiration from the MQ-90 Quox from Ace Combat Infinity with its cranked "bat wing" design, although the MQ-90 and MQ-125 serve totally different missions and have different capabilities.
@Mustang51
Thanks! Rainier Aerospace was still in it's infancy when you last saw me (Rainier had only built the Redback & Goblin II drones at that time). Rainier now has a few serious production lines of aircraft, weapon systems, and even land vehicles. The "Rainier brand" also extended with multiple divisions and sister-companies, such as Rainier Air (a recent virtual airline in FSX I made that flies throughout the US West coast, Western Canada, & Alaska).
@JeremiahMartin1000
They aren't legs; they are some sort of antenna array, and a witness from the incident aboard the USS Princeton that saw the tic tac through binoculars, said he saw strange apendages on the bottom of the craft that looked like swept-back antennas.
@WrightAirCo
Why, thanks! I believe that's the Colt your doing. It's basically a dumbed-down Pacer/Tri-Pacer geared specifically towards basic flight training (basically competing to the Cessna 150/152). Powered by a 108HP Lycoming O-235, and it has no flaps if I recall correctly. Tag me when you complete it!
@Tacocat16
I'm not saying the Mini-Max/Hi-Max's are bad, I'd just go with a more reliable engine & one with more HP. I mean they're successful for a reason; it's a very well-built ultralight with a "big plane" feel to it. Also, I think the Rotax sounds sexy. Although the Yamaha Apex Mohawk Aero Conversion looks really promising. A super light engine that pushes 140HP stock, and 300HP when turbocharged (which is the setup Steve Henry has in Yee Haw 7). I put a 100HP Continental O-200D in my Corben Baby Ace in FSX (specifically the model with the tundra tires ;) ) and it climbs like a bat out of hell! Now I'm thinking of giving it the 300HP turbocharged Yamaha Apex and see what it will do with that. Should make one heck of a STOL Drag airplane!
@Tacocat16
That's just my tastes. Maybe with the Rotax 582, but definitely not a 1 cylinder engine. Plus I actually flew Flight Replica's Mini-Max in FSX (freeware addon), and with my weight in it, the plane would be overgross. I didn't overgross the Corben Baby Ace, so that would be my go-to single-seat "joyride" airplane.
@Tacocat16
Oh I've seen that before; that's the Hi-Max. My only gripe with those and the Mini-Max is the powerplants. I don't think I'd be as comfortable flying a plane with a 40-60 HP 1 or 2 cylinder engine. I think I'd prefer a Corben Baby Ace with a Continental A65/C85 that has 65-85 HP and 4 cylinders.
@Tacocat16
Maybe. But when you think about it, the family line goes: Cub >>> Super Cub >>> Pacer/Tri-Pacer >>> Maule >>> Bearhawk. So they all trace back to the Cub. XD
@Tacocat16
I think the Bearhawk & Super Cub have different airfoils. But a friend told me the Bearhawk was designed or inspired from the Maule, and that the Maule in turn was inspired from the Pacer. And if you look & compare them together, they do look fairly similar or have similar lines. The Bearhawk even has similar clam-shell style passenger doors as the Maule.
@Tacocat16
Oh nice! Yea that would be pretty sweet. I haven't been able to make the Arlington Fly-In anymore since it just so happens to run during the same week I'm gone on an annual camping trip in Winthrop, WA during early August.
@Tacocat16
KENT? Bruh your like 60-70 miles south of me. I'm in Arlington (actually I'm a little more in Stanwood, but everyone knows Arlington/Marysville better than a small town like Stanwood). That's so cool I didn't realize the Speedmail was that quick. Although I figured it must have been a fast plane back then considering the name. I think the New Standard D-25 is the only classic I've flown in. Other general aviation aircraft I've flown in (and have flown at the controls) include a Cessna 172M Skyhawk, Cessna 172S Skyhawk II, and my friend's homebuilt Murphy Rebel bushplane.
@jamesPLANESii Maybe I underestimated the potential badassery of a Patey-Turbine converted Helio Courier. Here's one for sale on controller.com in Alaska, and it already looks like a beast!
@jamesPLANESii
Yup. I mean just look at that monster tailwheel on Scrappy! And then there's the giant bush wheels he teased at the end for Scrappy. Boy that suspension is gonna be SICK! Big motor, light airframe, crazy suspension, huge thicc prop that bites a ton of air; Scrappy is gonna launch like a freaking dragster, and that's what Mike wants when he competes in STOL drag.
@Tacocat16
It's a real shame though the Wilga 2000 didn't stay long in production. In 2019 dollars, EADS was only offering about $290,000 for a brand new airplane. A brand new Cessna 172S Skyhawk II costs $400,000 today, and a Cessna 182T Skylane or Cessna T206H Stationair that are much closer to the Wilga's performance, are nearly a million dollars. So with a price like that for the Wilga 2000, you'd think it would have sold like hot cakes. Seems like a lot of airplane your buying for the buck. I know Mike Patey is building another air racer after Scrappy (one that will beat Turbulence's speed record), so we'll see what his next plane after that will be. The dude says he'll never stop building & tricking out airplanes, so we've got a lot to look forward to! :)
@Tacocat16
If Mike wants another "Draco", I think his best bet is another Wilga 2000, although it took him nearly 10 years to find another Wilga 2000 after he sold his first one. He actually owned the very first Wilga 2000, sold it right when production ceased in 2008, deeply regretted it, and then waited nearly 10 years searching for another Wilga 2000 for sale, and then he came upon what would be known as Draco, which is ironically the very last Wilga 2000 ever made. So Mike owned first and last Wilga 2000. That or he buys the much more common older Wilga, like the one Cory Robin had (Wilga Beast), but he'll have to do MUCH more work on an older Wilga since it doesn't have the same mods as the Wilga 2000 has by default.
@Tacocat16
I know what a Boeing-Stearman Model 75 (PT17) is, although I never heard of the Speedmail. Looks like a pretty neat biplane. Also, in regards to the Stallion, I heard that it's flying qualities are actually worse than the Courier, and barely passed certification. And there's only 1 flyable Boeing L-15 Scout remaining in the whole world that has been owned for over 60 years by the same family (practically a flying heirloom), and I think an L-15 project/airframe will be just as hard to come by. That's even more rare than the Stallion.
Dude @Gavinrere23 did you ask @Tessemi if you could re-upload this? This looks like a rip-off re-upload of Tessemi's X-49 Night Raven. I also noticed how you avoided the auto-credit system to make it look like your own.
@jamesPLANESii
Already a member of the Deadstick server, although I'm not very active on it.
@RailfanEthan
Happy now, lord of the railways? read the last bit of the post, I edited it
@CruzerBlade
I knew that one would ruff some feathers. Just watch this entire playlist by Juan Browne (aka blancolirio) covering the entire 737 MAX saga, and his exceptional reporting on the matter, far better than the mainstream news IMO. He's also a pilot, has flown in the USAF, and I believe he has flown the 737, 757, 767, and 777 (but I definitely know he flies the 777). TL;DR: The only reason MCAS exists is to satisfy the FAA's requirements on type-ratings & certificates so the 737 MAX can share the same certificate & pilot type-rating as the previous 737 models, as they've always been able to do (and so does every other major aircraft family like the E-Jets, 747, A320, CRJ, A330, 767, 757, etc...). The 737 MAX flies just fine without MCAS, and isn't more prone to stalling than the previous NG model, and it CERTAINLY isn't an "unstable" airframe. It just handles differently than the previous 737 models, and those differences are most noticed when the MAX is lightly loaded with an aft CG and at high AoA. This is where the "instability/more prone to stalling" myth came from, whether intentional or just lazy journalism on the MSM's part. The handling differences were great enough between the NG & MAX that the MAX would not be able to share the same type-ratings. So Boeing developed MCAS (which was based off of a pre-existing control augmentation system on the NG called "speed trim") to adjust the 737 MAX's handling in the pitch department so it mirrored that of the NG, and it could pass the FAA's requirements and share the same type-rating. The problem is that MCAS, while originally much weaker in it's conception, was morphed into a system that had too much control authority/pressure over the pilots, was a single-point failure system (relying on 1 AoA sensor at a time, even if the MAX had duel sensors, which WASN'T an option but was standard), and Boeing thought they could get away with MCAS being a background problem with no way for the pilots to disable or troubleshoot it. There's nothing wrong with the 737 MAX or even MCAS and it's role it's supposed to accomplish; MCAS just wasn't engineered or thought out very well.
@Smashfighter06
RailfanEthan didn't invent the term, if that's what your getting at. He just popularized it here.
Noice. Want a cookie now?
@Mustang51
No I don't have my PPL yet. I'll hopefully start full-time flight training some time this spring or summer. If I go international I only want to fly cargo, and I hear UPS is one of the best cargo airlines anyone could fly for. I also wouldn't mind flying for Omni Air International, which is a US-based company that does international & military charters.
@Mustang51
As for airlines, I few that are on my radar to fly for include Ameriflight, Point to Point Air Charters, Kenmore Air, Horizon Air, Alaska Airlines, jetBlue, and UPS Airlines. I'd greatly prefer to stay on the US West coast, which is my only gripe with jetBlue since they are mainly a US East coast carrier.
@Mustang51
Yes I've flown 4 different airplanes so far and 3 different types. I've flown a Cessna 172M Skyhawk, Cessna 172S Skyhawk II, and more recently a Murphy Rebel homebuilt bushplane that belongs to a friend of mine.
@Mustang51
And to answer your previous questions about Rainier Aerospace & my interest in business; No I'm currently not studying any major business or engineering-related fields/courses/degrees...... yet. I've done some basic high school classes on engineering, design, computer science, basic programming, and recently entrepreneurship. My main aspiration is to actually become a commercial pilot, but a secondary career option of mine is to go into engineering, and more recently for a 3rd option; go into entrepreneurship. I'm interested in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, and Software Engineering, as well as Computer Science. Flying & Engineering/Designing/Building things have always been interests I've had since I was a kid, but entrepreneurship has been a fairly recent one I picked up. My entrepreneurship interest went into high-gear when I successfully got into an Entrepreneurship high-school class this semester that I've been interested in & trying to get into ever since 9th grade. It was a low-key interest back then, but now it's one of my main interests, rivaling flying & engineering. Playing Airline Empires believe it or not also got me more interested in the business world, particular aviation-related business. Another influence was learning about multiple successful entrepreneurs in my high school class/course, and observing other examples outside of the course content such as Elon Musk, Mike & Mark Patey twins, some of the Flying Cowboys, and even a close friend of mine, all of which run successful businesses or start-ups that enable them to enjoy life & their passions. So I figured if I decide to go down the entrepreneurship path, I figure drones would be one of the more easier aerospace-related business paths to go down. Heck, it may not even be a product I could do, but a service or platform too. I think their is a serious potential market for a "flying Uber"-like service. Although the "flying Uber" idea would probably have way more legal work to go through than making drones. There's actually been a "flying Uber" start-up I've seen in the past that failed because it was trying to get non-commercial private pilots to be able to make profit with the app & flying people around in their own planes like Uber, but it didn't work because pilots strictly need a commercial rating/license to fly-for-profit, and the app wouldn't be able to work unless the pilots using the app had commercial ratings, and not every pilot out their has or can afford commercial ratings. A recent start-up I just found today called "Blackbird" is trying to do a ride-share flying service using individual pilots & planes like the first start-up I mentioned, except this time it requires pilots to have commercial ratings to be able to fly with the app & make profit while flying.
@Mustang51
And speaking of Embraer, the E-170LR, E-175LR, & the E-190LR will probably be my Fokker F70 replacements in the future sometime when the F70's get too old or risky for regular scheduled passenger use (more than likely will be regulated to charter service only in the future), since the E-Jet is another airplane passengers seem to really love & enjoy flying on, compared to the CRJ or Dash-8.
@Mustang51
In the real-world, Alliance Airlines in Australia appears to have become a safe-haven home for Fokker aircraft such as the F50, F70, and F100. The fact that those designs have lasted this long & are finding 2nd lives in more rugged climates is a great testament to the quality of Fokker. Boeing & McDonnell Douglas (despite their woes) aircraft also have that ability of long durable lives. Bombardier, Embraer, and Airbus, while also terrific aircraft, just don't have the same longevity as Boeing, M.D., or Fokker or find 2nd markets very easily as some of the older designs. The only Airbus that has consistently seen secondary use after they are retired from the main airlines have been the A300 & A310. For Bombarier, that would go to the Dash-8 turboprop, and for Embraer, the EMB-120 is finding secondary use as a freighter.
@Mustang51
I'm actually very surprised the Fokker F70 didn't sell like hot-cakes and only 47 were built. It was a better performer than the CRJ700 (which was the prime regional jet at the time). It would have been a good fit with US regional carriers especially with the later scope-clause laws. Maybe it was because the airlines could see the writing on the wall that Fokker wasn't going to last long. It was the same story for Fairchild-Dornier & their 328 design. Although the Fokker F100 & older F28 did fare much better in sales & production, especially in the US. Fokker apparently still lives on with GKN Aerospace as "Fokker Technologies", but it's just not the same. "Rekkof" or "Netherlands Aircraft Company" was formed shortly after the original Fokker's demise and is proposing an updated F100 in the form of the "F120NG" and "F130NG" and believes the F100 design can still compete in today's modern market albeit with newer engines & winglets. Although the project hasn't gone anywhere in all these years due to insufficient funding. It's always sad to see a legend such as Fokker fade away, especially when it's a manufacture that made such good aircraft.
@Mustang51
My airline has been running since mid-summer of 2019. Outside of Airline Empires, it also offers charter services with some of the aircraft in the fleet, particularly the F70 since it can land in some pretty short airfields and has incredible range for it's size & class.
@Mustang51
Some of your builds are actually pretty unique, even if they took inspiration from a previous design. My MQ-125 right here took inspiration from the MQ-90 Quox from Ace Combat Infinity with its cranked "bat wing" design, although the MQ-90 and MQ-125 serve totally different missions and have different capabilities.
@Mustang51
Thanks! Rainier Aerospace was still in it's infancy when you last saw me (Rainier had only built the Redback & Goblin II drones at that time). Rainier now has a few serious production lines of aircraft, weapon systems, and even land vehicles. The "Rainier brand" also extended with multiple divisions and sister-companies, such as Rainier Air (a recent virtual airline in FSX I made that flies throughout the US West coast, Western Canada, & Alaska).
@JeremiahMartin1000
They aren't legs; they are some sort of antenna array, and a witness from the incident aboard the USS Princeton that saw the tic tac through binoculars, said he saw strange apendages on the bottom of the craft that looked like swept-back antennas.
@Fartspoppop
Oh oof. Well I don't plan on doing any replicas anytime soon.
Congrats!
Everyone knows my profile pics are supreme
@Fartspoppop
Is jamesPLANESii's Draco not mobile friendly enough?
Wait
The test dummy wasn't made by Jundroo?
My life has been a lie.
@Kimfri
Thanks!
No joke, I thought that first pic was from FSX or some old combat flight sim! XD
@FranzPeterSiegfried
Thanks!
@WrightAirCo
Why, thanks! I believe that's the Colt your doing. It's basically a dumbed-down Pacer/Tri-Pacer geared specifically towards basic flight training (basically competing to the Cessna 150/152). Powered by a 108HP Lycoming O-235, and it has no flaps if I recall correctly. Tag me when you complete it!
@Tacocat16
I'm not saying the Mini-Max/Hi-Max's are bad, I'd just go with a more reliable engine & one with more HP. I mean they're successful for a reason; it's a very well-built ultralight with a "big plane" feel to it. Also, I think the Rotax sounds sexy. Although the Yamaha Apex Mohawk Aero Conversion looks really promising. A super light engine that pushes 140HP stock, and 300HP when turbocharged (which is the setup Steve Henry has in Yee Haw 7). I put a 100HP Continental O-200D in my Corben Baby Ace in FSX (specifically the model with the tundra tires ;) ) and it climbs like a bat out of hell! Now I'm thinking of giving it the 300HP turbocharged Yamaha Apex and see what it will do with that. Should make one heck of a STOL Drag airplane!
@Tacocat16
That's just my tastes. Maybe with the Rotax 582, but definitely not a 1 cylinder engine. Plus I actually flew Flight Replica's Mini-Max in FSX (freeware addon), and with my weight in it, the plane would be overgross. I didn't overgross the Corben Baby Ace, so that would be my go-to single-seat "joyride" airplane.
@Tacocat16
Oh I've seen that before; that's the Hi-Max. My only gripe with those and the Mini-Max is the powerplants. I don't think I'd be as comfortable flying a plane with a 40-60 HP 1 or 2 cylinder engine. I think I'd prefer a Corben Baby Ace with a Continental A65/C85 that has 65-85 HP and 4 cylinders.
@Tacocat16
Wow well that's pretty cool!
@Tacocat16
Great news indeed! :D
@Chancey21
YES please!
@Tacocat16
Maybe. But when you think about it, the family line goes: Cub >>> Super Cub >>> Pacer/Tri-Pacer >>> Maule >>> Bearhawk. So they all trace back to the Cub. XD
@Armyguy1534
He already saw it; he commented on the video.
@Tacocat16
Also here's a sick 4-place Cub built by Airframes Alaska called the "Super Ultima Cub", and it's literally a widened Super Cub. @jamesPLANESii you might want to take a look at this beast!
@Tacocat16
I think the Bearhawk & Super Cub have different airfoils. But a friend told me the Bearhawk was designed or inspired from the Maule, and that the Maule in turn was inspired from the Pacer. And if you look & compare them together, they do look fairly similar or have similar lines. The Bearhawk even has similar clam-shell style passenger doors as the Maule.
Oh, I thought you were dead.
Wow this is one epic attack aircraft! A very modern design!
@Tacocat16
Oh nice! Yea that would be pretty sweet. I haven't been able to make the Arlington Fly-In anymore since it just so happens to run during the same week I'm gone on an annual camping trip in Winthrop, WA during early August.
@LeonardoEngineering
But what if there is a certain Owl that can? ;)
@Tacocat16
KENT? Bruh your like 60-70 miles south of me. I'm in Arlington (actually I'm a little more in Stanwood, but everyone knows Arlington/Marysville better than a small town like Stanwood). That's so cool I didn't realize the Speedmail was that quick. Although I figured it must have been a fast plane back then considering the name. I think the New Standard D-25 is the only classic I've flown in. Other general aviation aircraft I've flown in (and have flown at the controls) include a Cessna 172M Skyhawk, Cessna 172S Skyhawk II, and my friend's homebuilt Murphy Rebel bushplane.
@jamesPLANESii Maybe I underestimated the potential badassery of a Patey-Turbine converted Helio Courier. Here's one for sale on controller.com in Alaska, and it already looks like a beast!
@jamesPLANESii
Yup. I mean just look at that monster tailwheel on Scrappy! And then there's the giant bush wheels he teased at the end for Scrappy. Boy that suspension is gonna be SICK! Big motor, light airframe, crazy suspension, huge thicc prop that bites a ton of air; Scrappy is gonna launch like a freaking dragster, and that's what Mike wants when he competes in STOL drag.
@Tacocat16
It's a real shame though the Wilga 2000 didn't stay long in production. In 2019 dollars, EADS was only offering about $290,000 for a brand new airplane. A brand new Cessna 172S Skyhawk II costs $400,000 today, and a Cessna 182T Skylane or Cessna T206H Stationair that are much closer to the Wilga's performance, are nearly a million dollars. So with a price like that for the Wilga 2000, you'd think it would have sold like hot cakes. Seems like a lot of airplane your buying for the buck. I know Mike Patey is building another air racer after Scrappy (one that will beat Turbulence's speed record), so we'll see what his next plane after that will be. The dude says he'll never stop building & tricking out airplanes, so we've got a lot to look forward to! :)
@Tacocat16
If Mike wants another "Draco", I think his best bet is another Wilga 2000, although it took him nearly 10 years to find another Wilga 2000 after he sold his first one. He actually owned the very first Wilga 2000, sold it right when production ceased in 2008, deeply regretted it, and then waited nearly 10 years searching for another Wilga 2000 for sale, and then he came upon what would be known as Draco, which is ironically the very last Wilga 2000 ever made. So Mike owned first and last Wilga 2000. That or he buys the much more common older Wilga, like the one Cory Robin had (Wilga Beast), but he'll have to do MUCH more work on an older Wilga since it doesn't have the same mods as the Wilga 2000 has by default.
@Tacocat16
I know what a Boeing-Stearman Model 75 (PT17) is, although I never heard of the Speedmail. Looks like a pretty neat biplane. Also, in regards to the Stallion, I heard that it's flying qualities are actually worse than the Courier, and barely passed certification. And there's only 1 flyable Boeing L-15 Scout remaining in the whole world that has been owned for over 60 years by the same family (practically a flying heirloom), and I think an L-15 project/airframe will be just as hard to come by. That's even more rare than the Stallion.
@MrPorg137
I mean, the absence of any visible cockpit should make it rather obvious it's unmanned.
@MrPorg137
It's a light close air support drone, not a dedicated air superiority fighter. Apples & Oranges.
Nice drone design!
Dude @Gavinrere23 did you ask @Tessemi if you could re-upload this? This looks like a rip-off re-upload of Tessemi's X-49 Night Raven. I also noticed how you avoided the auto-credit system to make it look like your own.
Nice take-off!