Glasair Sportsman Homebuilt Experimental
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- Опубліковано 18 гру 2018
- Today we take a close look at my friend Arne's Glasair Sportsman homebuilt experimental aircraft. It took him 12 years (TWELVE) to build it out of the many boxes that it arrived in at his house! This is a stunningly beautiful aircraft, and the attention to detail is astounding!
After a short flight, we take a tour around the airfield to take a look at just a few of the hidden gems that are being stored & flown out of there.
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Nice Jacket! Go NAVY! Awesome Aircrafts!
I want to build a sportsman myself. Arnie's airplane is gorgeous, thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching! I’ve got more genav content coming soon!
Really handsome airplane. The glastar and sportsman have some impressive performance specs for a little home built kit plane. Pretty versatile planes. I would get a glastar or a sportsman if I were to buy a kit plane. Its a great design for bush flying if you do some cool bush alterations to the airframe
Love the Glasair, the Stearman' and the Hodaka Motorcycles. My dad was a Hodaka dealer in the early 70's. Looked like a Super Rat and an Ace, but not sure looking at the video on my phone.
Love the digital avionics!
So glad you enjoyed it! I’m trying to do features on that Stearman and the Hangar where the motorcycles are, rather than just a quick pass through, so stay tuned!!
Thanks for watching!
Very nice Sportsman it's gorgeous, I use Sportsman's for waypoints in my Glasair R/G w/ Ly-Con io-360 Turbo. Love those D-17's Dad had a 1934? when I was growing up so that's what I learned to fly in- 212mph with 6 fuel tanks
Wow, that’s awesome!! Thanks for watching!!
That Sportsman is one seriously gorgeous piece of airplane, but I think I'd still want a couple of steam gauges in the event the electrics packed up...
ThinkingManNeil - I’m with ya on that, but after seeing it & knowing there are multiple redundant power sources PLUS an iPad with ForeFlight on it, I was sold on the set up!
I gotta say that looks lot like ******** regional airport in *******, Texas to me! Hangar townhouse is a dead give away! Oh and the Garmin pretty much gave it away as well :)
You sir, are a man of detail! LOL
Thanks for watching!
Hicks, I think.
Last I saw that Sportsman it was just about ready for paint; looks like it turned out awesome! Bought my Stearman from Arne.
Oh, no kidding!! Man, I’ve heard some great stories about that airplane- wish I could’ve gone for a ride in it! Thanks for watching!
Ok this is awesome! It blows my mind a dude built his own plane...
15.50 Harmon 2? Very interested!
Great vid, great airplanes, but all pilots need to make the centerline a priority for every takeoff and landing.
What fail safe is build in .. if the glass cockpit dies in the soup?
The aircraft is not IFR certified, so in theory, the owner should not be in the soup. However , he has several redundant systems in place to fight that possibility. If all else fails there’s always an iPad with ForeFlight on board with a separate power supply and NAV source, out of an over abundance of caution.
Thanks for your question!
Go Navy!
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How about some light on the subject please?
I would love to! To what subject are you referring, and I'll be happy to shed some light on it! Thanks for watching!
Comming in with a camera , looking like a crook . They thought planes vere gone in 60 sec. In a few days ... btw. Easy to lip read you
All electrically powered instrument panel, not a great idea, I have seen where an electrical failure killed those glass panels, while a few standby analog gages still worked, Fly at nite in fog or clouds an electrical failure could prove catastrophic.
You’re right, Ralph. It’s been a while, however I think it’s a VFR aircraft. Would still be a problem at night, but I don’t think he flies it at night.
@@UnusualAttitudes I know I have been caught unexpectedly by ground fog after a surprise rainstorm, and heavy downpours on a 0 chance of precip day.
This is just a very inaccurate statement - a properly built panel can provide redundancy against “electrical failure” (whatever that is). They can be completely isolated from each other, on complete separate bus, share zero components and with their own backup batteries.
I sure don’t like the aggravating music in this UA-cam
seriously sick of all the stupid 'music' on youtube vids
Hated the boom, boom, boom " music"! Enjoyed all of the video where there was just "the music of the engine"! Had to fast forward to get beyond the irritating music that drowned out the main subject..... the plane and your conversations! Would enjoy all beef, NO MUSIC! Thanks! Will "thumbs up" anyway.
Appreciate the thumbs up, and the feedback George. Thanks for watching & commenting!