Back on the Runway - Flying the Raptor Prototype

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  • Опубліковано 9 січ 2025

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  • @robertrade
    @robertrade 3 роки тому +25

    How come you deleted my posts and other posts about the serious issues (overweight, engine, etc.)?????

  • @adampe-1440
    @adampe-1440 3 роки тому +29

    I mean, you could also actually properly size the turbos and lower the heat that way. Hopefully that's in the plan.

  • @jimbosweeney
    @jimbosweeney 3 роки тому +15

    Due diligence is a required step if one desires to retain one's life... Be careful! I admire your courage, perseverance, and ingenuity in your endeavor. You're decision of making yourself the test pilot was a big leap of faith on your part, but proved the concept viable. I feared for your life in the first flight after the prospective test pilots declined the test flights with the prototype. The video of your first flight is a classic IMHO. Searching for the right amount of power to produce enough lift to get around, and so much stress producing those, (and what I consider), hesitation oscillations caused by canard stalls... GREAT outcome from first pattern experiment! No damage, walked away! Great outcome from the subsequent test flights to date until mechanical oil seal failure... No damage, walk away from all landings... A lot of centerlines between mains showing great 3 axis stability! Great outcome and recovery from the oil seal debacle. Dead stick landing, minor damage, (well, blown engine and winglet scrape to get back to threshold is minor IMHO), THE KEY IS WALK AWAY! Superior piloting skills and situational awareness for sure!!! Keep taking the small progressive steps to achieve your dreams. You have overcome many difficult obstacles. Many more difficult obstacles remain. Be thoughtful and careful on the journey, it is fraught with danger when you're pushing the edge of an envelope, which you are attempting to do in pursuit of those dreams. You are living your dreams, I wish you the best going forward!

  • @jmaridon
    @jmaridon 3 роки тому +10

    I have three words for anyone that is still holding out hope that this airplane will work, "sunk cost fallacy."

    • @101xaplax101
      @101xaplax101 3 роки тому +2

      Go build your own prototype and hope that we have the moral integrity to not crap all over your efforts......any moron can be a critic..... do something positive w your time

    • @jmaridon
      @jmaridon 3 роки тому +6

      @@101xaplax101 like many others, I sincerely hope that Peter doesn't kill himself or someone else with this airplane.

  • @francoispierre7094
    @francoispierre7094 3 роки тому

    Magnifique et bon courage good luck from France

  • @doolittlegeorge
    @doolittlegeorge 3 роки тому +1

    Huge fan of the automated voice commands you use while underway and will look forward to see if use such a system for route guidance/already do do that as i find it helps very much just as in use for simple driving day to day and am surprised this is not required by US Federal Aviation Laws regarding electronic packages for sale by Garmin et al(does Garmin even have any competition in this market?)
    Anyhow always look forward as a still licensed Class A truck driver with anyone using diesel power for any type of vehicle (still waiting on one mass produced for use as an outboard motor in point of fact) so absolutely enjoying your troubleshooting of what in theory is a much more reliable powerplant than a gasoline engine could ever imagine being. I'm surprised Audi doesn't produce an aircraft specific variant as such as to my knowledge you are the only aviator/engineer using this type motive power to create flight. Ceetainly drives well!
    Maybe use the formfactor to create a Ground Effect Vehicle is one possible use in your re-routing of the exhaust/cooling effort.

  • @julesdufresne7822
    @julesdufresne7822 3 роки тому +3

    Anyone know where Pete went? I know RV6Guy is giving him a lot of hell here on UA-cam lately. Wondered if that might be why hé hasn't posted for so long. Especially when Flight aware says he's flying.

  • @6axe1man5
    @6axe1man5 3 роки тому +4

    How comes you haven’t mounted the combined pitot/static probe under the wing or fore plane? Surely, being so far rear, when you push it up to full power, the suction generated by the prop is contributing to your loss of static pressure and your ‘gain’ in altitude.....?
    Also, what’s the plan with anti-icing in the future?
    I’ve been following this from the beginning and I really hope I get to see one of these fly in the UK.

  • @scarter176
    @scarter176 3 роки тому +15

    Good job. Now get it up to 7-8 K if you are satisfied with the engine performance. Best climb best glide stall

  • @superlight47
    @superlight47 3 роки тому +2

    Nice to see everything are out back together and ground runs test is being done.

  • @russellmurphy8111
    @russellmurphy8111 3 роки тому +3

    Excellent update!!!

  • @Digital-Dan
    @Digital-Dan 3 роки тому +4

    Whose Raptor is going to achieve its goal first? Starship to orbit, or air SUV to California for production design?

  • @berniemccann8935
    @berniemccann8935 3 роки тому +6

    8 days ago. Curious. Why, when you said, "... didn't have any other issues." there appears no transparency for a delay. Just saying.

    • @laceymallton6541
      @laceymallton6541 3 роки тому

      Has flown twice since this video. I assume he's just too busy to worry about videos.

  • @bruuuuuuuuuh
    @bruuuuuuuuuh 3 роки тому +15

    All things considered, impressive turnaround time for an engine swap!

    • @LizMatzelle
      @LizMatzelle 3 роки тому +5

      It's easy if all you do is bolt it in and go.... who needs inspections?

  • @MakTalMid
    @MakTalMid 3 роки тому +1

    Looking forward to the next flight. Getting warm in Georgia...

  • @geoffreymckenzie5561
    @geoffreymckenzie5561 3 роки тому +3

    Looking good! Great job!

  • @zenvairpilot
    @zenvairpilot 3 роки тому +4

    why haven't you done a comparison to a trailing cone static line?

    • @laceymallton6541
      @laceymallton6541 3 роки тому +4

      Probably doesn't want a trailing line in his prop.

  • @mishmish1968
    @mishmish1968 3 роки тому +3

    Great to see the Raptor ready to fly, i should wish you a good luck for next flight and we're tuning for it, all the best.

  • @MakTalMid
    @MakTalMid 3 роки тому +1

    Raptor back in the air!!!!! Where it belongs. Cograts Peter, loving what you are doing. Good to see you still have Bengal Tiger balls..... btw, watch the c of g with those....

    • @pedrob188
      @pedrob188 3 роки тому +2

      It is but listen to the ATC tapes.....

    • @MakTalMid
      @MakTalMid 3 роки тому

      @@pedrob188 Just alerted via FlightRadar24. I didn't listen to ATC.

    • @pedrob188
      @pedrob188 3 роки тому +6

      He flew for about 17 minutes. Had to land on a different runway to the one that was in use and said “I’m not declaring an emergency but might be in 30 seconds”. The engine sounds like it’s on full rpm in the back ground.

    • @MakTalMid
      @MakTalMid 3 роки тому

      @@pedrob188 Many thanks Pete. Looking forward to the video. No doubt The Raptorman will fix.

    • @RaptorAircraft
      @RaptorAircraft  3 роки тому +3

      Just so you guys all don't wet your pants... I had a low oil light that was because I had slightly less oil in the sump than what is required. I followed my procedure to reduce throttle, flatten the prop and then restore throttle. The low oil light went off and everything else was normal. Tower asked me to continue the left base approach to 17 so I went ahead and did so. You guys never learn about speculating. It just amazes me.

  • @dallasjolley1
    @dallasjolley1 3 роки тому +2

    Does the engine radiator have a fan? Sitting running without air flow that comes from movement would make me nervous.

    • @TheJazsa80
      @TheJazsa80 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah, there's a big one on the back.

  • @davidktimothy
    @davidktimothy 3 роки тому +4

    Good to see you back, brother!

  • @maffangel6256
    @maffangel6256 3 роки тому +2

    Can't wait to see her back in the air 😎👍🏽

  • @MrWATCHthisWAY
    @MrWATCHthisWAY 3 роки тому +5

    I guess you’re not running the A/C system? Good luck on your next flight test. Cheers Peter

  • @jetrep
    @jetrep 3 роки тому +4

    Is Raptor going to be at Oshkosh this year?

  • @kscipkkkk
    @kscipkkkk 3 роки тому +3

    Peter how many ground hours are you planning on before flight?

    • @gordo1163
      @gordo1163 3 роки тому +11

      like 10 minutes probably

  • @rizwan1983
    @rizwan1983 3 роки тому +12

    Great to see her raring to go once again. I wonder if you have seen this other video (see link below) discussing the Raptor turbo configuration. The video suggests that the turbos are improperly chosen to provide adequate power. If you've seen it just ignore me, but if not I am curious to know why this person might be wrong. His video is quite detailed and explanation very clear. Thanks and all the best to you. ua-cam.com/video/IiGEoQpcjos/v-deo.html

    • @alexanderunterberg1384
      @alexanderunterberg1384 3 роки тому +5

      Yeah the man that made that video seemed very knowdgeable when he presented his suggestions

    • @T_Mo271
      @T_Mo271 3 роки тому +5

      The builder/test pilot of this aircraft has answered the question before. He's not going to change the turbo setup at this point, he says he has a plan, and for everyone to stop asking about it.

    • @RandyOtt
      @RandyOtt 3 роки тому +3

      @@T_Mo271 that is laughable! What are you his CNN PR corespondent? Move along folks ... nothing to see here!! Facts don’t matter here.

    • @T_Mo271
      @T_Mo271 3 роки тому +3

      @@RandyOtt I was just answering Rizwan's question. I did not say I agree with it.

  • @sttottos74
    @sttottos74 3 роки тому +1

    Looking good 👍

  • @triedproven9908
    @triedproven9908 3 роки тому +1

    I can see you really did some work getting all the coolant to properly circulate. I Like those temps. Those are climb power all the time temps.

  • @HughieW
    @HughieW 3 роки тому +1

    Great to see her back under steam Peter, good job! I'm looking forward to seeing her airborne again!

  • @patrickroher4760
    @patrickroher4760 3 роки тому +1

    If you could fly at the speed of light, would your landing lights do anything ???🤔

  • @espee9980
    @espee9980 3 роки тому +4

    Whats stopping you from putting the static port on the nose?

    • @6axe1man5
      @6axe1man5 3 роки тому +1

      Or under the wing like pretty much all Cessnas/Pipers/Mooneys/Grumman’s etc

  • @billwessels207
    @billwessels207 3 роки тому +5

    I could not help but notice that your knees, attached to your feet I presume, loook, rather as though you are riding a bicycle. Is it possible that you overcorrecting due to the extreme sensitivity of the controls?

    • @triedproven9908
      @triedproven9908 3 роки тому +2

      Nope happy feet is Good. Correct your initial input is right. It should look dramatic which equates to precision.

    • @tread140
      @tread140 3 роки тому +4

      After about three hours of google searching, and a call to my doctors office, I have found that you are incorrect- The foot bone is connected to the leg bone, and the the leg bone is then connected to the knee bone. Knees attached to feet...ridiculous. Peter would barely be able to reach the pedals. Please, stop spreading these wild and factually incorrect statements online.

    • @elishiner9818
      @elishiner9818 3 роки тому +1

      Poke and jab they call it....i bet he has some tailwheel time.....my friend says it is better to correct a little alot...than to try and correct alot only once it is needed....or something like that!

    • @Digital-Dan
      @Digital-Dan 3 роки тому

      I know absolutely (absolutely) nothing about piloting, but I did notice that Juan Brown, a veteran of all sizes of aircraft up to and including fighters and airliners, gave the same impression when landing his Luscombe in a recent video.

  • @dannypetersen5675
    @dannypetersen5675 3 роки тому +1

    Nice job continuing to fight your way through prototype issues!

  • @bd5av8r1
    @bd5av8r1 3 роки тому +3

    Awesome!!!! Keep at it! 🙂

  • @willasproth
    @willasproth 3 роки тому +3

    Dope

    • @willhibbardii2450
      @willhibbardii2450 3 роки тому +2

      @@alanpierce2269 , I've wondered that myself. Only thing I can figure is "Good Stuff" at least that's what I make of it. Like thumbs up👍

  • @willhibbardii2450
    @willhibbardii2450 3 роки тому

    👍👍👍 Cheers

  • @Watson1
    @Watson1 3 роки тому

    👌👌👌👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😎😎😎