Exploring the IDAHO Backcountry in a Bushplane - 2021 edition

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  • Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
  • #acmeaero #edgeperformanceas #flyingidaho
    Flying the backcountry of Idaho is always a great Experience! Join along for adventures to Mile High, Simonds, Big Creek, Elk City, Wilson bar and much more!
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  • @CDFarmer
    @CDFarmer 3 роки тому +1

    Really impressive! Thanks for sharing!

  • @innovationsurvival
    @innovationsurvival 3 роки тому +1

    Extraordinary, beyond words.
    Take me there. In the air.
    Please.

  • @TheeAthis
    @TheeAthis 3 роки тому +2

    One of thee best back country videos ever!

  • @williamstrome5271
    @williamstrome5271 3 роки тому +9

    I don't know why more people are'nt watching your scenery videos are awesome

  • @aciagriculturalconstructio2264
    @aciagriculturalconstructio2264 3 роки тому +5

    That looks like a real vacation! To heck with Disneyland.

  • @patsears4209
    @patsears4209 3 роки тому +1

    Cool views. Thanks. Enjoyed.

  • @trudymccann3671
    @trudymccann3671 2 роки тому +1

    Memories, flew many times into different strips. Lived out of Salmon, ID for 3 years. It was my office...

  • @wingslevel
    @wingslevel 3 роки тому +1

    Nice video, thanks for the ride!

  • @joseruiz-Joecool
    @joseruiz-Joecool 3 роки тому +1

    Nice! Great flying and video!

  • @stevemowat4294
    @stevemowat4294 3 роки тому +1

    Excellent as usual. Thanks

  • @jmoriarty7106
    @jmoriarty7106 3 роки тому +3

    Outstanding Video Todd! Glad I got to be part of it. Looking forward to many more visits from you guys and KC.

  • @morpheus61361
    @morpheus61361 2 роки тому +1

    You're living my dream thanks for sharing

  • @mountainfunguy5657
    @mountainfunguy5657 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome, my favorite areas and with my 100 hp Model 4b Kitfox, these locations are my agenda!!

  • @davejoynt6276
    @davejoynt6276 3 роки тому +4

    What an awesome trip, thanks for bringing us along.

  • @tryonco
    @tryonco 3 роки тому +10

    Todd... fabulous photography and production... it just keeps getting better and better. Thank you!

  • @carlosballesteros4670
    @carlosballesteros4670 Рік тому +2

    Beautiful aircrafts

  • @Brandon549100
    @Brandon549100 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the ride!

  • @dredger9mm
    @dredger9mm 3 роки тому +1

    Well, sure..... I'll be "like" #30. Great video like always. Thanks for takin' the time!

  • @onthemoney7237
    @onthemoney7237 3 роки тому +1

    Nice plane great vid what a cool place to fly 👍

  • @tree356
    @tree356 3 роки тому +7

    You are the Tip of The Spear for Backcountry Aviation movies!💪🏼😎
    ‘Merica!🇺🇸♥️

  • @fotisaiki
    @fotisaiki 2 роки тому +1

    Great, great video....Thanks for sharing....:)

  • @nick.letsgofishing3030
    @nick.letsgofishing3030 3 роки тому

    I sit and watch the sky every night 🌙 love north idaho!!

  • @turnbank3492
    @turnbank3492 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the tour.. Well done

  • @stevenmorefield8154
    @stevenmorefield8154 3 роки тому +1

    What a great ride along, love it. Thanks

  • @philipporter1293
    @philipporter1293 3 роки тому +1

    As well done video as i've watched. Thank you.

  • @challenger2ultralightadventure
    @challenger2ultralightadventure 3 роки тому +3

    Lots of places to go fly in camping! Overnight stays would be high on my list of things to do. I'm rebuilding/repairing/upgrading my Challenger 2 on amphibious floats, and posting videos now of that progress. One day I hope to post adventures like this for everyone to enjoy. Cheers from Winnipeg.

  • @lwinoo1930
    @lwinoo1930 3 роки тому +1

    A perfect combination of aerial photography and music!

  • @rd4660
    @rd4660 3 роки тому +1

    Very cool seeing Steamboat Rock in Dinosaur NM.

    • @GravityKnightFlying
      @GravityKnightFlying  3 роки тому

      agreed! first for me. those big sandbars were sure hard to not go land on..... wish it was legal, amazing spot. i think I'll be back up there to film some more of that at some point...

  • @BraapZ
    @BraapZ 3 роки тому +3

    🔥EPIC!🔥
    After 14 yrs since last flight, started the trek to knock off the rust and bore holes in the atmosphere again. Your videos are so encouraging. To experience flight, more importantly to share that experience. ❤️🔥😎
    Pre-preflightreview last week at KBDN, amazing how much “pilotage” retained in 14 yrs, 👍😎 also not surprising how much rust accumulated😳😬, in particular pattern work in a busy non towered airport.
    Looking forward to making some of these eastern OR, ID, UT back country flights.

  • @chriscusick6890
    @chriscusick6890 2 роки тому +1

    How incredible. Thanks for taking us along. Never seen such natural beauty. I never go anywhere. However this video feels like a vacation trip to me.

  • @chrisberg4952
    @chrisberg4952 3 роки тому +1

    Excellent

  • @robzoorob3704
    @robzoorob3704 3 роки тому +6

    Very inspiring

  • @kenhurley4441
    @kenhurley4441 3 роки тому +1

    Great video. I need to fly up to Idaho.

  • @rjbishop12
    @rjbishop12 3 роки тому +5

    Beautiful filming Todd- I just have to get up there some time in my 19. As Glenn proved, an S-19 can do several of those fields. Can't WAIT!

  • @KOTNBB
    @KOTNBB 3 роки тому +2

    Great vid GK. Love the outro

  • @HookedOnUtah
    @HookedOnUtah 3 роки тому +1

    Another killer video! Great stuff Tod.

  • @dougm2745
    @dougm2745 3 роки тому +1

    Great stuff. Be careful out there.

  • @jimhuskyflying
    @jimhuskyflying 3 роки тому +2

    This was an exceptionally well done video. I especially enjoyed it, because I can’t make to Idaho in my Husky this summer. Thank you.

  • @Gorbitron80
    @Gorbitron80 3 роки тому +2

    Great video! I miss flying into those places.

  • @smokeylovesfire1589
    @smokeylovesfire1589 Рік тому +1

    Outstanding! 29 years with the Forest Service and it was great seeing Idaho from the air. Why would you take up golfing, etc, when you can get a bush plane and see this?

  • @gyrojeffro2263
    @gyrojeffro2263 3 роки тому +1

    sometimes I wonder if trent palmer has connections with google because your videos are so much more epic!

    • @rd4660
      @rd4660 3 роки тому +1

      Apples and oranges. Different content, both excellent. Enjoy the difference.

    • @GravityKnightFlying
      @GravityKnightFlying  3 роки тому

      very kind!, Trent does excellent work.. Trent also was more so one of the first guys in the aviation community to really put effort into vlog style videos. I don't know how he managed to capture so many people outside of the aviation community but he did... he's definitely better at marketing himself than I am myself. thx jeffro

    • @gyrojeffro2263
      @gyrojeffro2263 3 роки тому +1

      @@GravityKnightFlying I wasn't really putting trent down, but the google algorithms do favor the connected and those that carry the correct narrative.

    • @GravityKnightFlying
      @GravityKnightFlying  3 роки тому

      @@gyrojeffro2263 you are not wrong from what I've seen.....

  • @radosawszmid7822
    @radosawszmid7822 2 роки тому +1

    It's like me in my shiny X Cub and the only difference is that my jealous ass is sitting in MSFS VR!:D Love your videos. Such a beautifull place to live! Greets from PL!

  • @villagewealthmanagement
    @villagewealthmanagement 3 роки тому +1

    WOW very well done! Your videography skills are becoming next level! Great Job! That trip is on my bucket list thanks for sharing it keeps the dream alive!

  • @GATOROC1
    @GATOROC1 3 роки тому +1

    Looks like a great adventure! Beautiful scenery and and you captured it very well!

  • @doncatchpole7370
    @doncatchpole7370 3 роки тому +1

    Great flying and quite an adventure. Good stuff.

  • @maxwright1565
    @maxwright1565 Рік тому +1

    Once again . . . great cinematography. Good music choices. Just enough talking. Thanks for taking us along. 👍

    • @johnqdoe
      @johnqdoe 8 місяців тому +1

      Seriously, home video shaky cam throughout. Has no clue. 10 year olds make better quality

  • @halhirsch3606
    @halhirsch3606 3 роки тому +1

    Good Show!

  • @markh672
    @markh672 3 роки тому

    Thanks a lot Todd for another fantastic video adventure!! 👍

  • @northwestadvrider5638
    @northwestadvrider5638 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome videos! Just subscribed! I am jazzed to get in to this. Starting my Light Sport certification training next week, and am in the market now for a used plane!!

    • @GravityKnightFlying
      @GravityKnightFlying  3 роки тому

      Right on!!!! what will you be training in?

    • @northwestadvrider5638
      @northwestadvrider5638 3 роки тому +1

      I think it’s a Cessna 162. I’ve read that I will need additional training to land a tail dragger. Found a few older Kifox’s thus far.!!

  • @FloridaLightSport
    @FloridaLightSport 3 роки тому +1

    Great content Todd. Hopefully next summer will work out. Just had rotator cuff surgery in June.

  • @user-wo3xy9vk3u
    @user-wo3xy9vk3u 3 роки тому +1

    The quote by Da Vinci is spot on! Great video!

  • @papadougpapadougsadventures

    Having your own hanger will be wonderful for spring summer flying but I’d probably still leave it at the airport for the winter so you could fly on nice days.

  • @Stpilot
    @Stpilot 3 роки тому +3

    Another great adventure Todd! How are you liking the NR prop compared to the WW?

    • @GravityKnightFlying
      @GravityKnightFlying  3 роки тому +2

      I like it better. It runs as smooth or smoother in normal flight, although when you slip it or do something to mis-align the prop from the oncoming air, you then feel the "pulsyness" of only having 2 blades. It also has that NR whine or hum at around 5400ish engine rpm that is kind of interesting. Sounds way better from the ground from what I can tell. Impressively lightweight. Good mix of pull and cruise with the 2 blade. A bit longer would be even better. 3 blades do pull quite a bit harder from what I'm told... but I'm sure cruise would take a hit.

  • @prof.heinous191
    @prof.heinous191 3 роки тому +4

    You keep surpassing yourself - truely epic Bro (epic edit too - was wondering what you'd been up to since your teaser!) Where do you manage to find all these great pictures?! Good to see you hanging out with an expert stone thrower - or maybe that should be the king of stone throwers! Also good to see Simonds - was wondering what the big four are; Simonds, Mile High? Dewey Moore? I vote DM for next year...

    • @GravityKnightFlying
      @GravityKnightFlying  3 роки тому +1

      thanks my friend! I may do that.. only of the big 4 I have not done yet 😉

    • @prof.heinous191
      @prof.heinous191 3 роки тому

      @@GravityKnightFlying A challenge for sure, but for a safe pilot like yourself a few high level scopes, and in... Looks like a really great camping spot too! ; )

  • @Flightstar
    @Flightstar 3 роки тому

    Hi. I was trying to get a view of your panel to see cruise and fuel burn, be cool to pan over the panel so we can see your numbers once in a while. Another would be to see how all the stuff is packed into the back of the plane and what you take with you. A nice video otherwise and great sound track. Just subed and look forward to seeing more.

  • @gkanai
    @gkanai 3 роки тому +1

    New subscriber. Enjoying your videos but would really appreciate some wind protection on the mics for your cameras. The wind noise can be almost deleted with the right wind protection.

    • @GravityKnightFlying
      @GravityKnightFlying  3 роки тому +1

      not a bad idea, might be able to rig that up on the inside cam, which would be good to have.. the outside ones go in special cases so doubt there is any way to prevent it on those...

  • @davidendsley2391
    @davidendsley2391 3 роки тому +1

    I’d be fishing that close to the river, that river by Johnson is rated blue ribbon for trout

  • @leeadams5941
    @leeadams5941 3 роки тому

    Beautiful country....got to be one of the best channels on You Tube...Gotta ask with all those rivers and lakes, do you ever fish any of them?

  • @mountainfunguy5657
    @mountainfunguy5657 2 роки тому

    Was hoping to see cabin creek and Dewey pt that I’ve seen others at

  • @timrodriguez1
    @timrodriguez1 Рік тому +1

    🤘🤠

  • @ljbern1
    @ljbern1 3 роки тому

    Thank you. I really enjoyed this video. Beautiful scenery, excellent content! What is your estimate of the HP rating of your engine? I thought at one time you had reduced the boost. Thanks again for the wonderful entertainment.

  • @HookmOfficial
    @HookmOfficial 2 роки тому +1

    Come to Dixie Town next season. We’ll make you breakfast

    • @GravityKnightFlying
      @GravityKnightFlying  2 роки тому

      Somehow I've missed stopping there 4 years now... it has been on my list.. definitely will do, thank you Steve!

  • @dsyncd555
    @dsyncd555 3 роки тому +1

    What cameras are you rockin? You're getting some awesome images.

    • @GravityKnightFlying
      @GravityKnightFlying  3 роки тому

      thanks! couple of dji osmo action cams outside, gopro 9 inside.. handheld is panasonic x1500 and iphone 12promax.

  • @thompsonjerry3412
    @thompsonjerry3412 3 роки тому +1

    Who built your gear, need some made?

  • @jackmatranga2539
    @jackmatranga2539 2 місяці тому

    Is this Big Creek just east of Kellogg?

  • @manuelestrada7653
    @manuelestrada7653 3 роки тому

    Getting done building a Titan 240 Rans S21 Bush Trike 22 mains 850 nose. Would it land at all these places? Got about 1000 hrs, all trike.

  • @keeganmcmanes2431
    @keeganmcmanes2431 3 роки тому +1

    Was it hot there ?

    • @GravityKnightFlying
      @GravityKnightFlying  3 роки тому

      97 in the shade.. not bad at night - cooled down enough. mornings good till about 11 ish...

  • @onthemoney7237
    @onthemoney7237 3 роки тому +1

    Would 500 ft /min climb be enough ? I don’t know how high these strips are either ? Thanks

    • @GravityKnightFlying
      @GravityKnightFlying  3 роки тому

      If you were getting 500 out of these strips it would be fine for most of them, but a lot of factors there (climb angle, turn radius required etc.). What are you flying? Johnson creek is 5000ft high. Many of the others are around that, some are lower. There are a few that are higher in the 7k range up there, but Wilson Bar for example is 2300ish. So they vary. Density altitudes can be pretty high at times, like in this video it was unusually hot up there.

    • @onthemoney7237
      @onthemoney7237 3 роки тому +1

      @@GravityKnightFlying thanks for replying it’s all very interesting. It would be awhile before I would get out there. You will laugh but I fly a Pietenpol two seater with a 100 hp corvair engine at 0 to 1000 ft MSL I might get 600 ft per min or a little more It does pretty good at 3000 but I would have to do some experiments first if where talking 5 to 7000 plus density .’ I might need a bigger engine what do you think ? Thanks 👍

    • @GravityKnightFlying
      @GravityKnightFlying  3 роки тому +1

      @@onthemoney7237 You have the right idea about doing plenty of testing beforehand. Load it up heavy on a hot day and see what you get at high DA in a safe environment. What does the plane weigh empty? Time of day can make a huge difference in a situation like that (temperature). Keeping it as light as possible when in the mountains is big. Letting the wind help you etc. Hot afternoon in the mountains with a tail wind could be disastrous. A lot of those strips up there could be scary with a low climb rate, but some of them are lower like Moose Creek for example. If you took off on a cool morning, it would be a whole different situation than coming out of Johnson creek with a tail wind in the afternoon. Stuff like that. But I would stack the deck against yourself on a safe runway and do a little testing if you can and see what you have. More HP is always better, unless it comes at the cost of a lot of extra weight. Keeping them light goes a long ways too. But you can work around being a little underpowered with utilizing the conditions. I spent a lot of effort and money to have enough power to claw through about anything at any altitude, but it was quite expensive and involved to do so.

    • @onthemoney7237
      @onthemoney7237 3 роки тому

      @@GravityKnightFlying 830 lbs empty 1320 max thank you check the wind that makes good sense a lot to know out there

  • @tommyclark2534
    @tommyclark2534 3 роки тому

    N. Non. N.

  • @billhalbert7955
    @billhalbert7955 3 місяці тому

    Just more out of state airstrip baggers!

    • @GravityKnightFlying
      @GravityKnightFlying  3 місяці тому

      If you consider visiting a couple strips in a day, while stopping, hiking the area, having lunch and spending time “bagging” … your a cry baby. PS, your welcome for the out of state money

    • @billhalbert7955
      @billhalbert7955 3 місяці тому

      @@GravityKnightFlying Never asked for your out of state money. Idaho is not an “Airborne Off-road Park”. Thanks for nothing.

    • @GravityKnightFlying
      @GravityKnightFlying  3 місяці тому

      @@billhalbert7955 thankfully people like you don't get to dictate whether someone from out of state is allow to visit the backcountry of Idaho. again, if you think I bag strips, you didn't watch the video. if you are mad that I have shown others how beautiful the backcountry of idaho is - many of which will never get the chance to fly there and enjoy it in person... it's a little late to worry about letting the secret out. everyone has seen it all, all over social media, for years.. thanks for the ignorant comments, and negativity... hope you find happiness someday