You guys were having so much fun, such a shame it ended with such an inconvenience. Glad no-one was hurt and you all made it back safely with the plane. Thanks for sharing your experience.
I like they way you guys are communicating all your turns and hazards. Looks like a great day of flying, in spite of the unexpected landing. Well handled.
95% of the time I fly at 1000agl or higher. 2% of the time I fly at over 2500, and 3% of the time I fly at 20ft agl. The 20ft agl flights, although inherently more dangerous, are the most fun.
Altitude is my friend for the vast majority of my flying, probably somewhere around 98 percent. The only reason I even post these types of videos is because they are highly unusual and account for the tiny 2% of the time the air is dead calm and I am down on the deck. Want me to upload my latest flight where I maintained 1500-2000msl all the way from Independence to Daniels? I didn't think so. My viewers also would not appreciate such monotony.
Though I stopped flight training 2 hrs short of getting my private pilot's licence, (ran out of money), I do play a lot of flight sims on my pc. This reminds me of how I like to fly my missions in Rise of Flight... WWI biplanes and triplanes. I fly into my target location but then leave protocol and fly nape of the earth between trees, under bridges etc. to avoid AAA Flack, gaining altitude only just before strafing and/bombing runs. So believe me when I tell you that I know the difficulty of this type of flying is and I was truly impressed. Especially with the emergency landing in that wet field... I half expected the plane to flip when he hit the ditch. Had the ground been dry and hard I am sure he would have! Awesome flying skills... Thumbs up! I was also a member of our local Civil Air Patrol for 20 years and am so glad their services were not needed here! For those that do not know, Civil Air Patrol, or CAP, is an auxiliary (volunteer) of the USAF who's primary mission is search and rescue; especially for downed aircarft.
+Jack Markee --- FPV airplanes don't scare me at all. I have had so many close encounters with birds and other full-size aircraft... so much so that little foam airplanes are the least of my concerns!
I know it has been ages for me but I recall as an air traffic controller that there was a minimum requirement of 500 feet AGL over unpopulated areas. Not sure how this was happening
+Lyrik Tech --- You should pursue it, youngster. You will never regret it. Get out there and get some intro rides in, make friend with people at the airport. Maybe even join the USAF. But whatever you do, don't wait to fly.
Glad he landed safe. By the way, hose those shoes off to get the heavy soil off, then toss them into the washer with some rags (not with good clothes) and run them on the heavy cycle. They will come out looking brand new.
+Weary Man --- I actuallt have a different system. A little more labor intensive, but far superior: Deep sink 'em with a soft carpet brush. It took me about 30 minutes of squeezing and wringing by hand before the water started coming out mostly clear. Unbelievable how filthy they were inside from mud pouring in.
Cool Video but buzzing around mowing the Grass leaves very little time to react to a emergency situation, I'm glad it happened over a wet but open field!
Thinking about buying a Hy Tek Hurricane. Never flown (stick and rudder) ultralight. I have 4 years hang gliding. Any thoughts on your aircraft's good and bad habits? Thanks. Great vids. Tom
+rotormasher --- Yeah we were! We had the truck, the rope, the trailer, and the manpower! It wasn't expected, no, but ya gotta be ready for anything in this hobby!
My comment was more in relation to your shoes man, crap that was muddy! Looked like minor undercarriage damage to that plane, hope it wasn't too bad! Happy flying
Modern air craft engines are so well designed and meticulously maintained that there is a tendency toward complacency - betting their life on their engines is routine -ultra lights tend not to have that luxury? by way of their cheap, light weight, high rpm power plants; That said they are making substantial improvements and the lure of "she'll be right" is always never far from the control stick. But one first hand observed incident helps to tighten any creeping mental slack a few hundred hours of trouble free flight may induce. I have a few hours in Drifters - no where near enough to develop complacency - but it does happen. Air craft accidents (fatal) are usually caused by a preposterously unlikely -lotto odds -coincidences of elements. Power lines are essentially evil and have found a way to incorporate them selves into more than a few such coinciding anomalies. Flying with a buddy is a terrific way to compound the safety margin - and makes for excellent video too! Keep up the great uploads - loved the one with the ridge lift soaring! Nothing like some thing ( free fuel ) for nothing! :)
glad the buddy guy friend there managed to land safe.. you were flying a bit low, but i Guess it adds to the adrenaline rush so i understand it:-)a decade ago, during my military service, i had the utter joy of hitching a ride on a military transport helicopter practicing tactical flying.. and it was certainly a rush :-D
+flying oyvinator --- Flying low is fun! Honestly I am not sure if I would call it an adrenaline rush, though. It's like the joy you get from sailing, or a motorcycle, or jetskiing, snowmobiling, etc.
awsome video bro , great to see no one was hurt and the damage was minimal. some great flying by you both . well done. As the saying goes any landing you can walk away from is a good one. 👏👏👏👏👏👍
So glad he flared well and the mainwheels didn't dig in and nose over, mine was wrecked landing in a boggy field, as it was a trike and the nosewheel flipped the aircraft and tore the forks off
Kevin Armstrong I have seen this on a grass airfield that had a hill mid runway. He didn't flare enough (actually if memory serves me right I don't think he flared at all!) and the plane tripped over itself, nose first. He was fine, his plane was not.
No idea what engine you have but I’ve done an emergency landing in my powered parachute for the same reason. Hirth 65hp engine with belt driven fan had the idler seize & burn the belt in less than 15 seconds. Lucky for me I was within gliding distance of my runway. The cylinder head overheated instantly and lost power. After landing safely I checked it out and the cylinder head bolts had loosened from the heat. Had 120 psi compression before the flight and 65 after on one side and 57 on the other.
Your best friend when you have any airplane problem, is altitude!!! And they didn’t have ANY to work with! The pilot was very lucky that he wasn’t killed!!
+Oregon FPV --- I would have been pissed if I had not recorded this flight, partly to catch the engine failure, but mostly because Alex and I rarely fly together, and I knoew this was going to be a neat little formation flight. I had been having issues with my flight cameras dying right during the best parts of a given flight, so a few days ago I actually purchased 2 extra batteries for my GoPro and 2 extra batts for my Sony ActionCam. I did not have them available this flight, but they did come in the mail just today! So now each time I fill up with gas, my cameras get a new battery before taking off again!
That was a pretty fantastic ride all along! That was a blast to see :D I'm glad at the end everything was fine... I can easily understand that you are not really ready to fly any model aircrafts before a long time, i mean this is definitely more intense and enjoyable. Thanks for sharing again and enjoy the rest of week :)
+ABMNS PRODUCTION --- Alot of my decision to avoid FPV is simply because the public and many politicians are screaming for such incredibly tight control of even the lightest and simplest of R/C aircraft. I mean an 8oz toy now needs registration. Completely absurd. I was on the verge of picking up a $3k DJI a year ago, but the main thing that stopped me was the chess moves the FAA was making. I thought we had a chance when Trappy first beat them in court, but that victory was short-lived, and the FAA is not going to walk away with a defeat, shrugging their shoulders. The backlash was swift and merciless, and now kids have to register Christmas toys. It's absurd.
Tail dragging experience pays off again, dead stick in a muddy field. Trike may have flipped of course. Had an Aeronca 7AC dead stick but @ 1200' gave good choices. Crop duster flight instructor pulling power even on short final, saved my butt!
Oh yes, 14 CFR 91.119 thank you for that. I will remember to review those if I ever fly a "real" airplane. For now, I fly an ultralight, and the rules I follow are contained 100% in FAR Part 103. ;p P.S. Make sure you read 91.119 in it's entirety, especially the part where it says: (d)Helicopters, powered parachutes, and weight-shift-control aircraft. If the operation is conducted without hazard to persons or property on the surface - (2) A powered parachute or weight-shift-control aircraft may be operated at less than the minimums prescribed in paragraph (c) of this section. " This last little bit is a reminder that the ultralight class (not even mentioned under this section) is not even discussed here. That's because ultralights are covered in FAR 103. Looking at it another way: An ultralight pilot doesn't even need to know what is in the whole entire remainder of the Federal Aviation Rules, they are only required to meet part 103. For example, we do not need to read up the rules on how to fly at night, because we can't fly at night. However, I definitely recommend that all ultralight pilots study everything there is to know about aviation, including the rules the "big boys" have to follow. Why are ultralights excluded from CFR 91.119? Not sure. Maybe because they weigh less than half the average weight of a typical dirt bike? Nothing illegal about blasting past a person or structure at 60mph on a dirtbike...
f0rn1c0n - Yes that is absolutely correct. I can make it go faster than 55 knots but I'd have to put it into a descent. You know the full name of this aircraft is Hy-Tek Hurricane 103 right? Guess what the 103 stands for?
glassdogangle I'm pretty awful at estimating weight. I was thinking at least 400#. I seriously need to buy one of those things. The little valley I live in would be perfect for flying like this.
Glad he wasn’t hurt, plane too, you guys need to fly higher, one day you won’t see the wires, and another day you won’t be able to make it to a safe landing area when you have an engine problem. Just saying from 43 years of flying experience.
@@glassdogangle Except that you fade to black the instant you go UGHAA!!!. No indication of plane damage or if your friend was ok. (doesn't say so in the description either)
I was wondering about these planes. How are they called? And further, I assume you need a pilot license for it? And how about communications, do you have communications with ATC? They look really cool and not too expensive I guess
He's not looking for your approval, buddy. He's just letting you know what he's doing for safety. "Copy" or "Roger" would be sufficient and there would be less chance of miscommunication.
What kind of "cub" is that. What engine did it have? It appears to be a home built possibly with a liquid cooled engine. The reason I ask is that a J3 engine has a magneto and is air cooled. I'm kind of curious, that's all.
Oh, and by the way, thanks for the well edited video and for uploading it. I'm about to buy a J3 and the video piqued my interest. Your partner made a very good landing. I'll bet the stick was completely in his lap while rolling out.
Great video---though why is "Dead stick landing" always up there with every emergency landing? I always land "Dead stick" so that if I need it, I know what I'm doing. Maybe I'm being too pedantic, but dead stick is no big deal---should be practiced at every landing.
I am running a 55hp Hirth 3202 2-stroke engine. If I cut the motor off before every landing and glide in dead-stick each time, the engine would be damaged in short order. It is absolutely NOT recommended to kill the engine in flight, which would cause the engine to cool at an extremely rapid rate, causing head warping and seal leaks all over the place. It is best to land while giving the engine a good shot of throttle occasionally throughout the pattern, then upon landing, go through the recommended engine shut-down procedures which is to reduce the engine to idle for 2 minutes on the ground to cool the engine down gradually before shutting it down completely.
Maximum speed allowed for an ultralight is 55 knots (63 miles per hour) Stall speed may not exceed 24 knots and they can carry no more than 5 gallons of fuel.
chrisgast well, he didn't have a lot of altitude to play with, and the last thing you want to do that low is stall it, because you just can't recover at that altitude without an engine, not happening. Seeing that the field was good enough to land on (and he didn't have any other options), I'd take it in a little hot too just to stay at a speed where I'm not pushing that critical angle of attack until I was holding it off for touchdown.
That big bird on the power line gave your buddy there the Eagle Eye not eyeballing him come on no pun intended and friend or bud I should say do this video looks so fun I would be doing this for days that little Easter egg cockpit housing makes me giggle every time it would go to the wing tip camera you just look so cute.haaha is this considered ultralight or do you need a pilot's license
Flying low is fun but you risk crashing without a lot of choices if you loose an engine. They are in mostly open terrain so the risk seems relatively minimal, the worst that would usually happen is a loss of the aircraft.
We all get screwed and bad mouthed for flying FPV model aircraft but it's OK to fly full sized a suicidally low. May be I should start flying full sized instead?
That's why I quit flying FPV. All those Christmas gift drones flying in the approach paths of landing passenger jets caused the FAA to crack down. Also, what do you mean suicidal? Floating an ultralight in ground effect? Really? Dirt bikes race over the ground at the exact same speeds I fly at, and nobody is complaining about them being suicidal.
Hey great vid. Best thing about it? Friends enjoying a fun days flying. Man I wish I had friends interested in flying. What was the yellow plane? Don't realise how small it is till they had to recover it
Wow nice video i wish i could fly besides flying my RC nitro aircrafts lol.....but on a serious note i thought with all that wind rushing pass through the cowling the engine on these types of air crafts would be as cool as a beer chilled in freezer!?
I have been thinking about a powered glider (is that an oxymoron or what?) and I love this one, looks very cool. I think it's the first one with the engine in the nose. For what's it's worth, he hit the rows at the worst possible angle. You have to land in the direction of the rows not cross angled. A number of pilots have lost their lives learning the lesson, coming in from a much higher altitude and at a much greater speed. I have no idea if he had any way to alter his landing direction, I'm just making a comment in general, I've seen a 172 torn to pieces after landing on a cotton field close to the airport I've flown out of, Falcon Field Mesa, AZ
I fly low maybe 2-3% of my total flight time. It is my choice. Please go comment elsewhere, maybe on some Nascar crash videos, and tell them "This is why you should never drive that fast while racing". Or perhaps you can comment on some Olympic skiing accidents where you see athletes tumbling after failed downhill timed trials. You can tell them "This is why you should never ski down such a steep slope." Or maybe you could find some videos on youtube where people race dirt bikes. You could find a nice crash video where a motocross racer crashes after a big high jump, and you can comment "This is why you should never jump a dirt bike." Can you comprehend the point I am trying to make to you here? I mean do you ever go onto sky diving videos and tell them "They were lucky this time that the parachute opened up..." Drop the bag of potato chips, drag your ass off the couch, and go live a little, if you dare. Or not. I mean, I understand the pleasure people like you take in criticizing other people's adventures.
glassdogangle you are correct. even if he had more altitude he likely would still have ended up in a crop field. once it quits you take your shits and ride her out!
That low flying looks like fun. Is that allowed in the USA? What state is that? If I lived somewhere rural like that where low flying is allowed, I'd buy myself an ultralight aircraft too. Just don't fly low where you can't land instantly which you now know.
You guys were having so much fun, such a shame it ended with such an inconvenience. Glad no-one was hurt and you all made it back safely with the plane. Thanks for sharing your experience.
ANY LANDING YOU WALK AWAY FROM IS A GOOD.ONE..
I like they way you guys are communicating all your turns and hazards. Looks like a great day of flying, in spite of the unexpected landing. Well handled.
Now THAT was a walk of shame! ;-) Glad to see it ended safely, and he'll be back in the air in no time!
Are you with the Dharma Initiative?
+Will Hammer Namaste! 😉
All that beautiful sky and you two have to fly twenty feet above the ground.
95% of the time I fly at 1000agl or higher. 2% of the time I fly at over 2500, and 3% of the time I fly at 20ft agl. The 20ft agl flights, although inherently more dangerous, are the most fun.
Love the videos. I am retired and a pilot. Live on Mt. Tom. Used to do touch and gos at Daniels. Great to see the scenery around here from the air.
Lucky she didn't flip in that muck. Great piloting skills.
hedge hopping is always fun but altitude can also be your friend
Altitude is my friend for the vast majority of my flying, probably somewhere around 98 percent. The only reason I even post these types of videos is because they are highly unusual and account for the tiny 2% of the time the air is dead calm and I am down on the deck. Want me to upload my latest flight where I maintained 1500-2000msl all the way from Independence to Daniels? I didn't think so. My viewers also would not appreciate such monotony.
Drinking game: Take a shot every time he says "Bud"
Well that's his name, so...
glassdogangle ti.
The way you said that reminded me of that state farm commercial "well he's a dude so.."
Well she's a guy, so... ua-cam.com/video/47cAxRX3aDg/v-deo.html
lol i freaking love this comment thread..anyways hows flying recently?
Though I stopped flight training 2 hrs short of getting my private pilot's licence, (ran out of money), I do play a lot of flight sims on my pc. This reminds me of how I like to fly my missions in Rise of Flight... WWI biplanes and triplanes. I fly into my target location but then leave protocol and fly nape of the earth between trees, under bridges etc. to avoid AAA Flack, gaining altitude only just before strafing and/bombing runs. So believe me when I tell you that I know the difficulty of this type of flying is and I was truly impressed. Especially with the emergency landing in that wet field... I half expected the plane to flip when he hit the ditch. Had the ground been dry and hard I am sure he would have! Awesome flying skills... Thumbs up! I was also a member of our local Civil Air Patrol for 20 years and am so glad their services were not needed here! For those that do not know, Civil Air Patrol, or CAP, is an auxiliary (volunteer) of the USAF who's primary mission is search and rescue; especially for downed aircarft.
Wow the is some really nice scenery and flying. I love how your plan is painted with the shark theme....Just needs two more gil slits.
Beautiful flying there guys. and beautiful landing too glad there was no injury or real damage to plane.
I love that little Ultralight! beauty. Glad you're all safe
I would think that if you guys are allowed to fly under 400 feet then I should be able to take my RC airplane above 400 feet.
+Jack Markee --- Yes, we are allowed to, and you are preaching to the choir.
+glassdogangle Looks Like a lot of fun. Just make sure to keep an eye out for low flying foam.
+Jack Markee --- FPV airplanes don't scare me at all. I have had so many close encounters with birds and other full-size aircraft... so much so that little foam airplanes are the least of my concerns!
But be careful of the big multicopters, they can weigh few kilograms and they are mostly metal.
The most useless thing in the event of engine failure is the altitude above you!
And the most useful thing in the event of an engine failure is the nice flat fields we specifically fly over just in case something like this happens.
your flying the hy-tek hurricane _____? i dont know.... how much do they cost?
They don't sell them anymore, but if you do find one on barnstormers.com they usually go for $5000-$7500 depending on the engine.
I've always heard it said that the most useless things are the sky above you, the runway behind you, and the air in your fuel tank.
Don't forget the most useful thing: Miles and miles of flat fields below you...
I know it has been ages for me but I recall as an air traffic controller that there was a minimum requirement of 500 feet AGL over unpopulated areas. Not sure how this was happening
What an adventure. Thankful you had a safe ending. Keep enjoying that cow tipping!
So glad everything turned out ok, This doesn't stop me from wanting to get my pilots license when I'm older!
+Lyrik Tech --- You should pursue it, youngster. You will never regret it. Get out there and get some intro rides in, make friend with people at the airport. Maybe even join the USAF. But whatever you do, don't wait to fly.
Glad he landed safe. By the way, hose those shoes off to get the heavy soil off, then toss them into the washer with some rags (not with good clothes) and run them on the heavy cycle. They will come out looking brand new.
+Weary Man --- I actuallt have a different system. A little more labor intensive, but far superior: Deep sink 'em with a soft carpet brush. It took me about 30 minutes of squeezing and wringing by hand before the water started coming out mostly clear. Unbelievable how filthy they were inside from mud pouring in.
Cool Video but buzzing around mowing the Grass leaves very little time to react to a emergency situation, I'm glad it happened over a wet but open field!
There's low flying, and then there's cow tipping... :)
Then there's engine failure and quadra flipping
Thinking about buying a Hy Tek Hurricane. Never flown (stick and rudder) ultralight. I have 4 years hang gliding. Any thoughts on your aircraft's good and bad habits? Thanks. Great vids.
Tom
That is so cool how you towed it back. Well done and that was lucky for everyone
Man you were not ready for that field recovery! :) Glad it was a happy end...
+rotormasher --- Yeah we were! We had the truck, the rope, the trailer, and the manpower! It wasn't expected, no, but ya gotta be ready for anything in this hobby!
My comment was more in relation to your shoes man, crap that was muddy! Looked like minor undercarriage damage to that plane, hope it wasn't too bad! Happy flying
Neat video. I'm currently building a Roger Mann designed ultralight. Glad to see the perfect landing and recovery. Fun stuff. Two thumbs up !
Those sheep scare me. You could hear them from 200 ft up! lol
He hits that dirt and he's gonna have angels wings
Modern air craft engines are so well designed and meticulously maintained that there is a tendency toward complacency - betting their life on their engines is routine -ultra lights tend not to have that luxury? by way of their cheap, light weight, high rpm power plants; That said they are making substantial improvements and the lure of "she'll be right" is always never far from the control stick.
But one first hand observed incident helps to tighten any creeping mental slack a few hundred hours of trouble free flight may induce.
I have a few hours in Drifters - no where near enough to develop complacency - but it does happen. Air craft accidents (fatal) are usually caused by a preposterously unlikely -lotto odds -coincidences of elements. Power lines are essentially evil and have found a way to incorporate them selves into more than a few such coinciding anomalies.
Flying with a buddy is a terrific way to compound the safety margin - and makes for excellent video too! Keep up the great uploads - loved the one with the ridge lift soaring! Nothing like some thing ( free fuel ) for nothing! :)
hey mate, when you have fixed the plane might be an idea to check the fan belt on your truck too
What a Blast! You guise fly like it was multiplayer flight sim!
Very nice! Great flying...I'd like to do that before I croak.
A good friends over there I wish I had ones like that
You know you are in trouble when your aircraft parts list consist of that many zip ties.
glad the buddy guy friend there managed to land safe.. you were flying a bit low, but i Guess it adds to the adrenaline rush so i understand it:-)a decade ago, during my military service, i had the utter joy of hitching a ride on a military transport helicopter practicing tactical flying.. and it was certainly a rush :-D
+flying oyvinator --- Flying low is fun! Honestly I am not sure if I would call it an adrenaline rush, though. It's like the joy you get from sailing, or a motorcycle, or jetskiing, snowmobiling, etc.
awsome video bro , great to see no one was hurt and the damage was minimal. some great flying by you both . well done. As the saying goes any landing you can walk away from is a good one. 👏👏👏👏👏👍
+Steve “Cougar” Ball --- true...
My ultralight trike 2 stroke has two belts. A prop belt and a smaller fan belt. I'm surprised his engine overheated so quickly.
Also.. imagine if he had lost that belt at 15' agl
Would have landed the same way he did higher. In that field
That looks like a Fisher Koala. Good job not letting it flip over on its back.
Glad he wasn't hurt. Great video, though! I love the low and slow.
So glad he flared well and the mainwheels didn't dig in and nose over, mine was wrecked landing in a boggy field, as it was a trike and the nosewheel flipped the aircraft and tore the forks off
Kevin Armstrong I have seen this on a grass airfield that had a hill mid runway. He didn't flare enough (actually if memory serves me right I don't think he flared at all!) and the plane tripped over itself, nose first. He was fine, his plane was not.
No idea what engine you have but I’ve done an emergency landing in my powered parachute for the same reason. Hirth 65hp engine with belt driven fan had the idler seize & burn the belt in less than 15 seconds. Lucky for me I was within gliding distance of my runway. The cylinder head overheated instantly and lost power. After landing safely I checked it out and the cylinder head bolts had loosened from the heat. Had 120 psi compression before the flight and 65 after on one side and 57 on the other.
Glad everyone is ok! Besides the emergency, this looks like such fun.
at least you guys are alright and alive. thats most important. other than the failure. I really enjoyed the video, thank you :D
Good day..ilove this Video..nice landing..nice Air craft..nice manuvering..best regard
Your best friend when you have any airplane problem, is altitude!!! And they didn’t have ANY to work with! The pilot was very lucky that he wasn’t killed!!
why..... were yall flying that low to begin with? what if that would have happened just before you had to climb to clear the power lines?
Viewed again!! Thanks much! Are you flying during these serious times? Would seem like a good thing to do to pass the time alone! Take care.
I fly constantly. Flew for over 4 hours yesterday.
@@glassdogangle I need to get off my fat behind (260) and get my light sport training and get up there with you!!!
Ahh what a wonderful evening! Glad your battery on the gopro didnt run out!
+Oregon FPV --- I would have been pissed if I had not recorded this flight, partly to catch the engine failure, but mostly because Alex and I rarely fly together, and I knoew this was going to be a neat little formation flight. I had been having issues with my flight cameras dying right during the best parts of a given flight, so a few days ago I actually purchased 2 extra batteries for my GoPro and 2 extra batts for my Sony ActionCam. I did not have them available this flight, but they did come in the mail just today! So now each time I fill up with gas, my cameras get a new battery before taking off again!
awesome
That was a pretty fantastic ride all along!
That was a blast to see :D
I'm glad at the end everything was fine...
I can easily understand that you are not really ready to fly any model aircrafts before a long time, i mean this is definitely more intense and enjoyable.
Thanks for sharing again and enjoy the rest of week :)
+ABMNS PRODUCTION --- Alot of my decision to avoid FPV is simply because the public and many politicians are screaming for such incredibly tight control of even the lightest and simplest of R/C aircraft. I mean an 8oz toy now needs registration. Completely absurd. I was on the verge of picking up a $3k DJI a year ago, but the main thing that stopped me was the chess moves the FAA was making. I thought we had a chance when Trappy first beat them in court, but that victory was short-lived, and the FAA is not going to walk away with a defeat, shrugging their shoulders. The backlash was swift and merciless, and now kids have to register Christmas toys. It's absurd.
I like the sharky livery
What an adventure and great bunch of friends to help out
I really enjoy your flight videos. I do first FPV, And it's really cool to see the evolution process.
It couldn't be safer than flying in a place like that where you can land everywhere.
Terrific landing! You stayed focused.
I like the way the ultralight is painted like a shark
Tail dragging experience pays off again, dead stick in a muddy field. Trike may have flipped of course. Had an Aeronca 7AC dead stick but @ 1200' gave good choices. Crop duster flight instructor pulling power even on short final, saved my butt!
A trike would do better than a tail dragger at not flipping in a soft field
I wish I was your friend. That looks like a lot of fun (minus the emergency).
We are friends, screen snot! Don't be silly! Wait... unless you unfriended me. Let me go check FB...
Heyyyyy! I see what you did there.
great flight and recovery. enjoyed your flight.
AgghhhHHH I NEED TO BUY ONE. Looks like a ton of fun man! Just don't forget about your "500' from any person, vehicle, vessel or structure" ;p
Bud.
Oh yes, 14 CFR 91.119 thank you for that. I will remember to review those if I ever fly a "real" airplane. For now, I fly an ultralight, and the rules I follow are contained 100% in FAR Part 103. ;p P.S. Make sure you read 91.119 in it's entirety, especially the part where it says: (d)Helicopters, powered parachutes, and weight-shift-control aircraft. If the operation is conducted without hazard to persons or property on the surface - (2) A powered parachute or weight-shift-control aircraft may be operated at less than the minimums prescribed in paragraph (c) of this section. " This last little bit is a reminder that the ultralight class (not even mentioned under this section) is not even discussed here. That's because ultralights are covered in FAR 103. Looking at it another way: An ultralight pilot doesn't even need to know what is in the whole entire remainder of the Federal Aviation Rules, they are only required to meet part 103. For example, we do not need to read up the rules on how to fly at night, because we can't fly at night. However, I definitely recommend that all ultralight pilots study everything there is to know about aviation, including the rules the "big boys" have to follow. Why are ultralights excluded from CFR 91.119? Not sure. Maybe because they weigh less than half the average weight of a typical dirt bike? Nothing illegal about blasting past a person or structure at 60mph on a dirtbike...
So your bird is less than 254# and can't go faster than 55 KIAS? Didn't think that was the case, but if so, I stand corrected bud.
f0rn1c0n - Yes that is absolutely correct. I can make it go faster than 55 knots but I'd have to put it into a descent. You know the full name of this aircraft is Hy-Tek Hurricane 103 right? Guess what the 103 stands for?
how many times you say "bud" per flight? Hahahahahaha. Probably the weight of the lil aeroplane?
glassdogangle I'm pretty awful at estimating weight. I was thinking at least 400#. I seriously need to buy one of those things. The little valley I live in would be perfect for flying like this.
Let's see the broken belt. Engine damage?
How reliable is the Hirth engine? I'm thinking about buying one..
That looks so fun to fly there. Glad he was okay! You just earned a new sub.
Glad he wasn’t hurt, plane too, you guys need to fly higher, one day you won’t see the wires, and another day you won’t be able to make it to a safe landing area when you have an engine problem. Just saying from 43 years of flying experience.
Sigh.. 11:00 for those that want to avoid the field skimming, bud loving fest!
Just watch the very beginning few seconds if you are in a hurry. FFS that's why I put it there.
@@glassdogangle It would be nice to post the critical time in the notes for those that want to skip to it.
@@glassdogangle Except that you fade to black the instant you go UGHAA!!!. No indication of plane damage or if your friend was ok. (doesn't say so in the description either)
Whaa, whaa, blah, blah, blah! His channel... His content... End of!
The seat on your ultralight looks very uncomfortable. It looks like just a piece of wood you're sitting on.
I was wondering about these planes. How are they called? And further, I assume you need a pilot license for it? And how about communications, do you have communications with ATC? They look really cool and not too expensive I guess
More curious about the small plane. Looks awesome and small mabe cheap.
Whats the name of your little Ultralight and how fast does it go?
He's not looking for your approval, buddy. He's just letting you know what he's doing for safety. "Copy" or "Roger" would be sufficient and there would be less chance of miscommunication.
ur plane is so good. I wonderhow it is called and what license u need to pilot one
I wonder how*
it's an ultralight not sure the name of it and you don't need a license to fly one
k thx m8
no problem
What kind of "cub" is that. What engine did it have? It appears to be a home built possibly with a liquid cooled engine. The reason I ask is that a J3 engine has a magneto and is air cooled. I'm kind of curious, that's all.
Oh, and by the way, thanks for the well edited video and for uploading it. I'm about to buy a J3 and the video piqued my interest. Your partner made a very good landing. I'll bet the stick was completely in his lap while rolling out.
@glassdogangle what type of plane is that and how easy is it to fly in trying to get into flying and wanna start start on something small like that
Fence hopping was always my favourite
Great video---though why is "Dead stick landing" always up there with every emergency landing? I always land "Dead stick" so that if I need it, I know what I'm doing. Maybe I'm being too pedantic, but dead stick is no big deal---should be practiced at every landing.
I am running a 55hp Hirth 3202 2-stroke engine. If I cut the motor off before every landing and glide in dead-stick each time, the engine would be damaged in short order. It is absolutely NOT recommended to kill the engine in flight, which would cause the engine to cool at an extremely rapid rate, causing head warping and seal leaks all over the place. It is best to land while giving the engine a good shot of throttle occasionally throughout the pattern, then upon landing, go through the recommended engine shut-down procedures which is to reduce the engine to idle for 2 minutes on the ground to cool the engine down gradually before shutting it down completely.
what speeds is the ultralight capable of?
like how fast at max altitude?
how fast down low in video?
what's the stall speed?
thanks, nice flying!
Maximum speed allowed for an ultralight is 55 knots (63 miles per hour) Stall speed may not exceed 24 knots and they can carry no more than 5 gallons of fuel.
That was quite a quick descent when he went for the emergency landing.
chrisgast well, he didn't have a lot of altitude to play with, and the last thing you want to do that low is stall it, because you just can't recover at that altitude without an engine, not happening. Seeing that the field was good enough to land on (and he didn't have any other options), I'd take it in a little hot too just to stay at a speed where I'm not pushing that critical angle of attack until I was holding it off for touchdown.
Matthew Johnson I see.
That big bird on the power line gave your buddy there the Eagle Eye not eyeballing him come on no pun intended and friend or bud I should say do this video looks so fun I would be doing this for days that little Easter egg cockpit housing makes me giggle every time it would go to the wing tip camera you just look so cute.haaha is this considered ultralight or do you need a pilot's license
Nobody got hurt so that was a great landing.
I'd absolute HATE flying that low if I wasn't above the runway. But that's maybe because my landing speed is 70kts...
Flying low is fun but you risk crashing without a lot of choices if you loose an engine. They are in mostly open terrain so the risk seems relatively minimal, the worst that would usually happen is a loss of the aircraft.
Did you look for meet the owner of the farm?
If he had a tractor, he might have been able to pull you out from the deep muck.
The stick seemed to be working fine if you ask me. How about a 'dead engine' landing?
Would love to visit you this week or the week of 1/6?
Am I crazy? (wait don't answer that) Would the location of this video be just north of Eugene/Springfield and east of I-5 by a few hundred feet?
Pretty cool, glad ya'll made it safe, wonder where this Happened 🤔🤗☝🏼
shoes arent ruined just need washing
We all get screwed and bad mouthed for flying FPV model aircraft but it's OK to fly full sized a suicidally low. May be I should start flying full sized instead?
That's why I quit flying FPV. All those Christmas gift drones flying in the approach paths of landing passenger jets caused the FAA to crack down. Also, what do you mean suicidal? Floating an ultralight in ground effect? Really? Dirt bikes race over the ground at the exact same speeds I fly at, and nobody is complaining about them being suicidal.
Mate:If you knew anything about flying FPV then you would know that the dicks who fly phantoms are nothing to do with us.
Hey great vid. Best thing about it? Friends enjoying a fun days flying. Man I wish I had friends interested in flying. What was the yellow plane? Don't realise how small it is till they had to recover it
Wow nice video i wish i could fly besides flying my RC nitro aircrafts lol.....but on a serious note i thought with all that wind rushing pass through the cowling the engine on these types of air crafts would be as cool as a beer chilled in freezer!?
I have been thinking about a powered glider (is that an oxymoron or what?) and I love this one, looks very cool. I think it's the first one with the engine in the nose. For what's it's worth, he hit the rows at the worst possible angle. You have to land in the direction of the rows not cross angled. A number of pilots have lost their lives learning the lesson, coming in from a much higher altitude and at a much greater speed. I have no idea if he had any way to alter his landing direction, I'm just making a comment in general, I've seen a 172 torn to pieces after landing on a cotton field close to the airport I've flown out of, Falcon Field Mesa, AZ
wow had you guys been flying over a forest, the outcome of this video would have been awful!!! but great footage, loved it
+Anthony B D --- We were smart. We moved the forest before we flew in that area.
+glassdogangle Good call!!
+glassdogangle good safety precaution hahaha
All is well that ends well. Congratulations !
If the dogs don't chase you, you're too high.
Can't argue that.
This is why you should never fly that low! They where lucky, this time!
I fly low maybe 2-3% of my total flight time. It is my choice. Please go comment elsewhere, maybe on some Nascar crash videos, and tell them "This is why you should never drive that fast while racing". Or perhaps you can comment on some Olympic skiing accidents where you see athletes tumbling after failed downhill timed trials. You can tell them "This is why you should never ski down such a steep slope." Or maybe you could find some videos on youtube where people race dirt bikes. You could find a nice crash video where a motocross racer crashes after a big high jump, and you can comment "This is why you should never jump a dirt bike." Can you comprehend the point I am trying to make to you here? I mean do you ever go onto sky diving videos and tell them "They were lucky this time that the parachute opened up..." Drop the bag of potato chips, drag your ass off the couch, and go live a little, if you dare. Or not. I mean, I understand the pleasure people like you take in criticizing other people's adventures.
glassdogangle you are correct. even if he had more altitude he likely would still have ended up in a crop field. once it quits you take your shits and ride her out!
Hopefully you contacted the farmer and offered to compensate for any damage. Don't need another aviation hater out there if we can avoid it.
Damage? To the mud? Lol.
So did he bend up that left gear strut, or is that wheel cant natural?
That low flying looks like fun. Is that allowed in the USA? What state is that? If I lived somewhere rural like that where low flying is allowed, I'd buy myself an ultralight aircraft too. Just don't fly low where you can't land instantly which you now know.
+turdsurfer --- Yes it is allowed as long as we are "over open water or sparsely populated areas".
Mic audio sounds like I'm playing a multi player online game :)
LOL
With low bandwith
If the shamrock had 4 leafs it would have happened on the taxi back to the hanger
Make sure to post videos of my old bird once you get her up and flying again and let me know. I miss flying like this, just not the mudfest version.
+John Esch -- LOL will do John!
Looks fun!!! (other than the forced landing)
What type of license do you need for an ultralight like the one your flying? Glider or pilot?
Finnean none
Wow. Cool
that depends on what country u live in
he lied it depends what country u live in as to what license u would need
America. Can I fly it there?