Loved the fact you showed your friend's airplane getting fixed, and what the problem was. Thanks for keeping things real. Stuff happens like this in aviation. It is good to see this kind of experience. Helps all of us to understand things better. Great job Trent!
Stan Lem also, try say a C150, the CARB HEAT CABLE, did NOT RESPOND, keep pulling, THEN it works,,OVER WATER ( Hudson River) , the fastener for the OUTER CABLE fell off !, I nearly needed a change of underwear, but I also learned to LEAN IT OUT UNTIL IT NEAR BACKFIRES that will clear thrice, in carb.
All my life I saw car dudes hanging out with their cars, together. Now Airplane dudes hanging out together and reaching impossible places! Didn't know world still has this much cool people! Amazing video man! Thanks a lot for sharing.
A true aviation video, we have tailwheels, sandbars, low flying, topping off tanks, engine failure, friends and banter! Wouldn’t mind if your videos got slightly more technical. Great work Trent and crew. Inspiring stuff.
I'm not a big flight nerd, I don't play flight sims, I do like the tech behind a lot of the nav systems and such but for some reason Trent's videos are some of my favorite of any content creator. I find myself going back and watching old videos still as I am now they are so good. You are just such a bright personality on camera and seem genuinely kind. If you are the kind of person you seem like on camera, you deserve all the good things that have happened to you. Thanks for the content.
No problem, we will just rebuild the engine in a cow pasture on a hill out in the middle of nowhere! !! !!! U R lucky to be part of such a tight knit community.
"Rebuild?" They are changing spark plugs - something I could do in my sleep. That ain't no rebuild. If he is going to take chances on a hillside like that, I want my engine FLAWLESS. Hand starting the prop on uneven ground? Sheesh! These guys take chances - to each his own. I hope they stay safe.
Just subscribed. I love airplanes. I wish I was up in one again, I don't know if my doctor would ever clear me to ride in a plane again, I love to photograph and do videos of sky divers jumping out of the plane, and the flight itself. I have an exceptional shot of one guy that was getting ready to jump, where I got the sky in his visor, and the look on his face right before he jumped which was priceless. He looked so pumped right before jumping out. It was pure magic.
Good to see you back in the air! I'm sorry Jake had a jug problem, but I'm glad it happened where he was, with all of you, and that he could get the help he needed. Glad to see him back in the air! Thanks for sharing this with us.
Trent, I've flown most Airbuses (currently operate the A-380) and have been an airline pilot for the last 12+ years. I'm working hard at setting up secondary sources of income so that I can finally pull the plug on flying for a living and go back to flying for fun! It was one hell of a rewarding career, I was paid to see the world, but the stress, increased productivity with no end in sight and lack of sleep that accumulates from the job is killing me. Awesome videos, glad to see you back up in the air!
@@guyvanbrussel9772 That's what it sounded like to me too. I've never had, or heard of that happening in any engine till now. It sounded like the bloke they talked to on the phone knew what it was as soon as they described things though. The gist of it that I picked up before that was that the plugs electrode was getting hammered back and closing the gap to where it couldn't throw a spark, I'm usually pretty good at finding and fixing problems with engines, that one (assuming he hadn't just put longer plugs in for some reason would have had me scratching my head though.
It’s awesome to have a family of pilots and helpers like this group. Great video,none pilots like my self appreciate the camaraderie as well as the freaking great fun GA is and the great fun you all have . Keep being safe and continue-to have the time of your life .
I had to pause at 13:00 and just tell you how great your videos are. Where is this beautiful countryside. You have inspired me to take basic lessons. I have an appointment in Hartford to discuss courses. Thank you 🙂🛫🛬
Soooo reminds me of a dune trip when my buddys sandrail spun a rod bearing. Quick trip to yuma for parts and we rebuilt his little VW engine right in camp. Ran great the rest of the trip. Awesome vid! Hangin with your bro's is always a good time.
Hi Trent. I am enjoying your videos. I bring my Skybolt to Red Bluff every now and then. My boy's and I are putting a Bushmaster together. It's fun that you are doing all of this in our backyard. Cheers.
Great vlog awesome to see you flying again! I am super jealous of you guys having so much fun in your kit Fox and cubs. Someday I’ll be flying my own Kit Fox.
First time viewer. Just came upon the channel. Not a flier but I sure have been a life long fan of the ability to be airborne. Great to see you buddys all helping out. Kind like any good sport or enthusiast endeavor.
Love your stabilized camera in the back, gives a better perspective of the bank angles. Sorry Jake had some problems. I knew when the electrode was hammered that was going to need a cylinder. A new definition of "field repair". My dad parked his J-3 in a cow pasture one night and came back with most of the fabric missing. Cows like the taste of the butyrate dope used to shrink the fabric.
We had the same problem with tractors, the cows would eat the spark plug wires if left in the field together. A Fordson tractor, now you know how old I am. But I'm still flying.
@velocity550 Cows like the taste of dope? Geeze, I used to build balsa/tissue model airplanes in the '70's using that stuff, I hate the smell of it, no way I'd eat it. But then, I'm not a cow either. Interesting. I thought only goats ate things they weren't supposed to. Thanks for the education.
Trent, thank you for putting out this video. If you are ever in the southern Ontario region, I owe you a beer. Because of this video, my student did not experience complete power loss while up in the air today. (TL;DR below) I received a call from a student of mine today who was flying on his personal C172. He was complaining of "severe" engine vibration in flight, but said that it went away after he applied carb heat. He decided to come around and land as soon as possible anyway to check it out. I told him about the effects of carb icing and how it can be a hazard to flying. He then told me that he had some engine roughness on the right mag when he did his runup. Fine, that's probably spark plug fowling. I told him to do a runup and try to clear the fowling with the procedure in the POH, but if it didn't work, it could be something as serious as a cracked cylinder head (this video was popping into my head). He calls me back an hour later to let me know that it didn't clear, so he grabbed an AME. During a boroscope of the cylinder, they found a crack. ----- tl;dr: This video put the idea and symptoms of a cracked cylinder in my head and when my student called with those symptoms, he got an AME instead of a takeoff clearance and lived to fly another day.
Trent, it is great to see you with these videos again and happy that you could all go play on the other side of the hill happy that we didn't have a worse ending with that near engine failure and the acting up cylinder number one even after he landed the second time and try to run it up the hill, putting more stress on that engine... I'm glad it didn't seize and therefore, cost, and infinitely more money to fix interesting look of the no man's land on the way home and wondering as you did where you would land... if you had an issue always a challenge always a challenge thanks for sharing and look forward to the next one Of course, I really appreciate the last little bit of footage showing the resolution to the issue that was terrific good to have good friends and accessible help to get back in the air, just three days later and remove that electric fence from the COW GNAWING.... PRICELESS
@John Myers Exactly! I didn't think he was going to tell us for a few seconds there and was getting all ready to yell at my monitor, " COME ON, WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM!?!?!? Then he told us thankfully. I would have liked more details since I've never encountered a broken valve guide in any engine before, it was meant to be about the flying and having fun though I guess. And man, with that countryside and those big fat cushy tyres wouldn't that be an awesome way to spend a day with a few friends, awesome.
That's some tiger country on the return, beautiful valley's and some sweet hilltop out fields there to play in, I am also thankful for the inclusion of the bad valve and repair at the end, glad everyone got home safe and sound (even if it was 3 days layter for the super cub. NVFR PPL YSCH Australia..
what is shown on the footage is a valve lacking its spring collet keepers (the 2 halves that keep it within the collet thanks to spring pressure) - is that linked to a valve guide issue? that would be interesting to know. Usually the problems with valve guides is they are worn out and let oil pass by, they are too tight (improper reaming tolerances) and get the valve seized or stuck, or they move (when poorly installed, e.g. wrong press fit tolerances)... A moving guide may lead to valve moving, seating poorly, then things starting to break things within the combustion chamber like plugs after getting off its spring somehow, but I don't picture clearly how the initial issue would be the valve guide breaking.
I had that exact same problem once. Fortunately, I had just taken off from where my main mechanic was located. I knew something was not right and easily made it back to the runway. A quick compression test confirmed that I made the right decision. Had that happened in a location like you guys were in, I would have had to change my underwear.
Trent.., You and your friends have got the life, one that I could'a, would'a, should'a if I'd only listened to my father when I was a kid. Oh well, the past is the past, we make the best of it, learn from our mistakes and move forward, or something like that... ;) Great video! Enjoy yourselves! Stay safe and Happy Flying!!
I've worked on ground-based engines almost my whole life, and have never seen a plug electrode get smashed closed on anything that didn't lose a con-rod, or grenade internally. Not familiar at all with how that aircraft engine is laid out, but the valve, due to the bad guide, must've had enough slop in it to move over and smack the plug! INTERESTING! I'll always remember this one. 😎 Not to mention, AMAZING videography of the flight! I know I'd have been overjoyed to be back at it, after all those weeks grounded. Thanks for another great one! 👍👍
Break the outside spring on a valve at full RPM and it will knock a valve in so far it's clipped by the top of the piston, bending it over against the plug.
@@ColinWatters - HA! I've seen that before in a race bike. Also saw piston ring lands smashed flat from too much boost - that was something! Looked like someone put the piston in a 20-ton press, and hung on the jack handle. :) I'm a big fan of 2-strokes. I ride a '74 RD350 I restored 9 years ago. Love that bike. Still running dual points with the OE carburetors. It's as reliable as a stone ax, and is as simple as it gets to maintain. 👍
Hey Trent! Just wanted to let you know that I love watching your videos. I wish I had the time & money & friends to go and fly together like you do. Sadly though all of those things are in short supply around here. Slowly building time towards my commercial rating and trying to pick my tailwheel endorsement up along the way. The little Citabria that I fly is loads of fun. Again, thanks for the videos and who knows maybe one day I can meet you in the skies out west. Regards, Andrew
Cows don't chew on airplanes but horses do. But cows like to scratch themselves on places like strut attachment points and the tail surfaces. They can bend tail surfaces to where it's not flyable (I know, been there, done that) BTW, I have over 6000 hours in Super Cubs.
Hi Trent. I enjoy your videos but this one made me wonder about something. What regs do you apply to yourselves for landing and flying down narrow valleys. I wonder what would happen if one was coming in the opposite direction. You have a great hobby. Fly safe. Regards Michael By the way. I am 77 years old and learned to fly when I was in my mid fifties. Loved it.
I long for a time when traffic increases to the point this becomes more of a consideration. There is canyon etiquette for sure. We typically will favor the right side just like roads in the USA. Great question!
Not that I've ever cruised below 2,000', but wouldn't class G airspace and 500' from people leaves a lot possibilities? With tires like theirs, landing just about anywhere seems like a possibility.
I think you are the most underrated UA-camr! Seriously I freaking love your videos. I don’t understand why other airplane flyers like you don’t make videos as well. It’s so interesting and the footage you get is amazing. Seriously please don’t stop making videos and don’t listen to the negative comments. They don’t deserve your time. I subscribed to your channel right when I saw the first video from you. Amazing work!!!!!
Hey Trent, nice to see you back in the air & having fun! really liked the gimbal shots & also very much appreciated the more upbeat & less dramatic music choice this time - some more fast tempo stuff every now and then would work really well, I reckon.
I lOVE you Americans, you are so handy and practical not to mention helpful and tight with one another. Thanks for the great video 👍 God BLESS all of you aviators and mechanics. I learned how to fly in your country.
10:40 Thats funny, I did a lot of bush flying in Africa and had to put thorn bushes around the aircraft to stop the hyenas from chewing on the tires :-)
Glad to know Jake is back in the air and it wasnt anything more serious than a jug . I lost a number 1 jug on my 1958 Cessna 172 , same thing a broken valve guide , scary ride but made it to my home airport safe and sound . that was quite a few years ago .
Awesome Video as usual! for the record Cows don't naw on planes but they do find them overly attractive scratching post and are very good at destroying control surfaces
The old inexpensive “ArmStrong starter”; Oops did I just date myself? So what would it cost to get am electric starter for that plane? Also what are the ongoing cost to own a plane? Once a plane is paid for what are the ongoing cost such as hanger rental , annual inspections and that type of thing.
Awesome my friend. Nothing short of awesome. Thanks for taking the time to vid. This is the 1st of urs that I saw. I will be off to see others asap. Thanks again mate! Mark
Another great video, Trent. We're glad to see you back in the air and making content. These videos really make me want to take a mountain flying course. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Skywalker Aviation stick and rudder aviation Paul leadabrand. Fly his kitfox in the Idaho backcountry into some of the best backcountry strips in the west. I hear he’s great.
Another awesome video Trent, Happy To see the Freedom Fox back in the air. Really love the footage / angle from the rear seat camera, especially when going though those valleys...Keep em coming!
John Kamm 4 of us in a C172, in New York State one a Sunday afternoon, I’m in left rear, the engine started marking noise, OIL ALL OVER , MORE NOISE BOOM QUIT, nothing but forest, tore both wings off, nobody severely injured, NO FIRE , but a 3 hour walk, out to a road, that was BEFORE CELL PHONES. something you NEVER FORGET. .!!!
Love your videos! Just need to add lawn chairs, a tent, and a fishing pole and you'll double the viewers! Or clam digging at the beach! Fly- catch-and cook. The extra income from the new viewers can be donated to your friends plane for an actual STARTER!!! I'll donate the start button😁
Have you ever had a land owner approach you about landing on their property? Do y’all talk to the land owners prior to finding new landing / hangout spots?
Watch previous videos. The topic has been covered many times - including a video in which an angry land owner sends the Sheriff out. (Spoiler alert: They did make a mistake, but it worked out for the better.)
I see a hybrid gasoline / electric engine in the future with a geared reduction drive and a clutch ( which is in use today on rotax ) with the electric assist motor on the propeller side of the equation ( in order to decouple the failed gas engine instantly ) ..... This has nothing to do with fuel economy or the environment .... what it has to do with is the astounding takeoff power of the gas / electric motor combined and the dual engine redundancy for a period long enough to find a place to land ...... The lithium batteries would not be large and heavy ... just enough to give massive power boost on takeoff and about 10 minutes run time in the event of gasoline engine failure ...... This is the future .... Not because its remotely environmental .... but because of astounding takeoff performance and an increase in safety by a factor of 10,000 times for more ...... far safer than asymmetrical thrust issues of twins that require lightning fast thinking on takeoff engine failure ... not as safe as twins over vast stretches of open water or badlands ... but ...... 10 minutes to ditch is worlds better than 10 seconds to ditch.... and twins are not found on small bush planes anyway .... This would be ideal for bush planes ... especially the near vertical climb out capability this setup would most certainly achieve
Thats pretty brilliant actually. Ive thought about electric planes existing one day but not hybrids. The peace of mind of having a switch that would keep your prop turning for another ten minutes.
@AlaskaLive Or ...there may not be a better energy density battery ever discovered ... it may never exist at a price point that can be used ..The system I described will work today at this hour ... give 10 times the range of battery and thousand multiples of safety the instant its implemented ... at a price point that is easily afforded ... all the equipment is off the shelf as we speak .. just needs someone to do it..... and don't forget ...todays best batteries from Tesla are nigh on to useless in the north in the winter and anywhere at altitude without being kept warm ... Tesla cars do not do well in the arctic ... batteries may never be the long distance long duration answer ..... my solution will by no means be stop gap transition ... It will be a permanent one
@@markdoan1472 Your not the first to think of making a Hybrid Airplane. The reason no one has is 2 fold weight and cost. Not to mention your introducing a whole new system to possible fail, KISS.
@@luchacefox259 I know Im not first ... but .. the KISS principle of single engine has killed tens of thousands of single engine pilots since aviation began .. engine quits your goin down now ... If you did the math having an electric motor on the front side of engine decoupeling clutch in a hybrid system will functionaly increase safety redundancy by a factor of at least ten thousand ... either system can fail and burn up and you can still have several minutes to configure to land where you want ..... a monstrously huge safety advantage ... todays modern airliners are unbelievably complicated and unbelievably safe
Great video Trent! Great to see you enjoying being back in your bird. Just so you know, cows will rub on an airplane out in a pasture like that if allowed to. Horses will chew on a fabric airplane but cows just rub on them. Don’t ask me how I know!😉
Glad it wasnt you Trent. Looking forward to more of your content. Thankyou for the followup, any notion why the valve guide failed? Or did that engine have one of the valves you were grounded for?
Trent your lucky to have a bunch of guys to fly around with. And they are lucky your are a willing Utuber.! You channel is good for younger pilots. Keep up on the safety & airman ship. awesome job imo
When landing, you are pulling the elevator frequently between neutral and full pull, which you can see at minute 3:58 . Why do you do this? We glider pilots always try to make continuous rudder inputs to minimize the drag.
0Calvin p. I do it to check pitch control. Let's you know exactly when you can come full aft without ballooning . It's all by feel in that type of flying. Stay loose! Enjoy!
Loved the fact you showed your friend's airplane getting fixed, and what the problem was. Thanks for keeping things real. Stuff happens like this in aviation. It is good to see this kind of experience. Helps all of us to understand things better. Great job Trent!
Great to have such good friends that rally for each other. The aviation community is like no other! Thanks for bringing that home to us Trent!
That thing scared the crap out of me.
-Let's give it another try.
Stan Lem also, try say a C150, the CARB HEAT CABLE, did NOT RESPOND, keep pulling, THEN it works,,OVER WATER ( Hudson River) , the fastener for the OUTER CABLE fell off !, I nearly needed a change of underwear, but I also learned to LEAN IT OUT UNTIL IT NEAR BACKFIRES that will clear thrice, in carb.
Wishful thinking...good way to get killed. Yahoos.
Long lakm
All my life I saw car dudes hanging out with their cars, together. Now Airplane dudes hanging out together and reaching impossible places!
Didn't know world still has this much cool people!
Amazing video man! Thanks a lot for sharing.
Jeez! Had to replace a cylinder in the field? That's brutal. You documented the process well, my friend! Great video!
Sooooooooo goood! It's all exceptional - the flying, shots, and story. Keep crushing it, Trent! Yeww!
Thanks dude!!!
A true aviation video, we have tailwheels, sandbars, low flying, topping off tanks, engine failure, friends and banter! Wouldn’t mind if your videos got slightly more technical. Great work Trent and crew. Inspiring stuff.
I'm not a big flight nerd, I don't play flight sims, I do like the tech behind a lot of the nav systems and such but for some reason Trent's videos are some of my favorite of any content creator. I find myself going back and watching old videos still as I am now they are so good. You are just such a bright personality on camera and seem genuinely kind. If you are the kind of person you seem like on camera, you deserve all the good things that have happened to you. Thanks for the content.
No problem, we will just rebuild the engine in a cow pasture on a hill out in the middle of nowhere! !! !!!
U R lucky to be part of such a tight knit community.
when im reincarnated i wnna be a cow and munch planes!
"Rebuild?" They are changing spark plugs - something I could do in my sleep. That ain't no rebuild. If he is going to take chances on a hillside like that, I want my engine FLAWLESS. Hand starting the prop on uneven ground? Sheesh! These guys take chances - to each his own. I hope they stay safe.
@@shrapnel77 It wasn't just a spark plug. I think they replaced the complete cylinder.
But I agree on you with hand starting the engine.
Having no electric start simplifies things. Simple means less things that can break.
@@thehabman I'm aware of that, but we also lost a clubmember after handstarting a plane some years ago. Nothing you want to see, that's for sure!
So good to be watching your vids again. You set the standard for air-to-air photography and camera work in general. Many thanks!
Just subscribed. I love airplanes. I wish I was up in one again, I don't know if my doctor would ever clear me to ride in a plane again, I love to photograph and do videos of sky divers jumping out of the plane, and the flight itself. I have an exceptional shot of one guy that was getting ready to jump, where I got the sky in his visor, and the look on his face right before he jumped which was priceless. He looked so pumped right before jumping out. It was pure magic.
Good to see you back in the air! I'm sorry Jake had a jug problem, but I'm glad it happened where he was, with all of you, and that he could get the help he needed. Glad to see him back in the air!
Thanks for sharing this with us.
Good to see you flying again! I'm taking my first flying lesson tomorrow!
Trent, I've flown most Airbuses (currently operate the A-380) and have been an airline pilot for the last 12+ years.
I'm working hard at setting up secondary sources of income so that I can finally pull the plug on flying for a living and go back to flying for fun!
It was one hell of a rewarding career, I was paid to see the world, but the stress, increased productivity with no end in sight and lack of sleep that accumulates from the job is killing me.
Awesome videos, glad to see you back up in the air!
thanks for putting in the clips in the end! Like the airplane engine stuff :D
what was the engine prob? i couldn't hear what he said.
@@guyvanbrussel9772 That's what it sounded like to me too. I've never had, or heard of that happening in any engine till now. It sounded like the bloke they talked to on the phone knew what it was as soon as they described things though. The gist of it that I picked up before that was that the plugs electrode was getting hammered back and closing the gap to where it couldn't throw a spark, I'm usually pretty good at finding and fixing problems with engines, that one (assuming he hadn't just put longer plugs in for some reason would have had me scratching my head though.
Yeah, how does a broken valve guide cause the spark plug to get smushed?
@@cbkenison Good question. Sorry but I can't understand it myself.
cbkenison the valve didn’t close fully and probably broke a piece off and it was bouncing around inside
It’s awesome to have a family of pilots and helpers like this group. Great video,none pilots like my self appreciate the camaraderie as well as the freaking great fun GA is and the great fun you all have .
Keep being safe and continue-to have the time of your life .
30 seconds into the video and I think I found a new favorite channel
It would have been mine too if not for the shitty music.
Good to see you back in the air. It's especially good to see how you guys take care of each other.
I had to pause at 13:00 and just tell you how great your videos are. Where is this beautiful countryside. You have inspired me to take basic lessons. I have an appointment in Hartford to discuss courses. Thank you 🙂🛫🛬
Red Bluff, CA! And thanks!!! Glad to hear you are going to start training for your license!
Congrats! You'll LOVE flying!
That’s just public road repair service. One guy getting the job done and 7 guys around, giving their enlightened opinion....Tipical!!!!!!!
And a Great Video ! thanks for those beautiful images !
Soooo reminds me of a dune trip when my buddys sandrail spun a rod bearing. Quick trip to yuma for parts and we rebuilt his little VW engine right in camp. Ran great the rest of the trip. Awesome vid! Hangin with your bro's is always a good time.
Damn that looks like fun! Buzzin' 'round in a swarm of basic, simple, fix-on-the-fly single-seaters! I'm envious.
I lost my rotax engine over a lake once. Luckily it was in a seadoo! Great video, thanks!
Hi Trent. I am enjoying your videos. I bring my Skybolt to Red Bluff every now and then. My boy's and I are putting a Bushmaster together. It's fun that you are doing all of this in our backyard. Cheers.
The Permagrin on your face says it all. Glad you are in the air again, and I add my thanks is for not leaving the wounded plane as a cliffhanger.
Great vlog awesome to see you flying again! I am super jealous of you guys having so much fun in your kit Fox and cubs. Someday I’ll be flying my own Kit Fox.
Ugh. Every pilot has nightmares about this. And it couldn’t happen to a better man. Love ya Jake!
First time viewer. Just came upon the channel. Not a flier but I sure have been a life long fan of the ability to be airborne. Great to see you buddys all helping out. Kind like any good sport or enthusiast endeavor.
Welcome to the channel Doug!
Loving the content Trent! Keep the quality coming. Such an inspiration dude.
I love this bush gang. What a great bunch of guys. I can only dream... Thanks for letting me tag along with ya, Trent.
Love your stabilized camera in the back, gives a better perspective of the bank angles. Sorry Jake had some problems. I knew when the electrode was hammered that was going to need a cylinder. A new definition of "field repair". My dad parked his J-3 in a cow pasture one night and came back with most of the fabric missing. Cows like the taste of the butyrate dope used to shrink the fabric.
You learn something new everyday :)
Duct tape...
Fixes everything
We had the same problem with tractors, the cows would eat the spark plug wires if left in the field together.
A Fordson tractor, now you know how old I am.
But I'm still flying.
velocity550
Worked at a dairy farm for some time, cows also are just very inquisitive. They will rub on things, mouth things, you name it.
@velocity550
Cows like the taste of dope? Geeze, I used to build balsa/tissue model airplanes in the '70's using that stuff, I hate the smell of it, no way I'd eat it. But then, I'm not a cow either.
Interesting. I thought only goats ate things they weren't supposed to. Thanks for the education.
Trent, thank you for putting out this video. If you are ever in the southern Ontario region, I owe you a beer.
Because of this video, my student did not experience complete power loss while up in the air today.
(TL;DR below)
I received a call from a student of mine today who was flying on his personal C172. He was complaining of "severe" engine vibration in flight, but said that it went away after he applied carb heat. He decided to come around and land as soon as possible anyway to check it out. I told him about the effects of carb icing and how it can be a hazard to flying. He then told me that he had some engine roughness on the right mag when he did his runup. Fine, that's probably spark plug fowling. I told him to do a runup and try to clear the fowling with the procedure in the POH, but if it didn't work, it could be something as serious as a cracked cylinder head (this video was popping into my head).
He calls me back an hour later to let me know that it didn't clear, so he grabbed an AME. During a boroscope of the cylinder, they found a crack.
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tl;dr:
This video put the idea and symptoms of a cracked cylinder in my head and when my student called with those symptoms, he got an AME instead of a takeoff clearance and lived to fly another day.
Start a production company and put out a video every day. I’d love it. Glad you’re back in the air! Love the vids.
Trent, it is great to see you with these videos again and happy that you could all go play on the other side of the hill
happy that we didn't have a worse ending with that near engine failure and the acting up cylinder number one
even after he landed the second time and try to run it up the hill, putting more stress on that engine... I'm glad it didn't seize and therefore, cost, and infinitely more money to fix
interesting look of the no man's land on the way home and wondering as you did where you would land... if you had an issue
always a challenge
always a challenge
thanks for sharing and look forward to the next one
Of course, I really appreciate the last little bit of footage showing the resolution to the issue
that was terrific
good to have good friends and accessible help
to get back in the air, just three days later and remove that electric fence from the COW GNAWING.... PRICELESS
Cool that you threw in the followup shots in the end.
@John Myers Exactly! I didn't think he was going to tell us for a few seconds there and was getting all ready to yell at my monitor, " COME ON, WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM!?!?!? Then he told us thankfully. I would have liked more details since I've never encountered a broken valve guide in any engine before, it was meant to be about the flying and having fun though I guess. And man, with that countryside and those big fat cushy tyres wouldn't that be an awesome way to spend a day with a few friends, awesome.
That's some tiger country on the return, beautiful valley's and some sweet hilltop out fields there to play in, I am also thankful for the inclusion of the bad valve and repair at the end, glad everyone got home safe and sound (even if it was 3 days layter for the super cub. NVFR PPL YSCH Australia..
Thanks for extending the video to show us what the problem was. Wow! Never heard of a valve guide breaking.
what is shown on the footage is a valve lacking its spring collet keepers (the 2 halves that keep it within the collet thanks to spring pressure) - is that linked to a valve guide issue? that would be interesting to know. Usually the problems with valve guides is they are worn out and let oil pass by, they are too tight (improper reaming tolerances) and get the valve seized or stuck, or they move (when poorly installed, e.g. wrong press fit tolerances)... A moving guide may lead to valve moving, seating poorly, then things starting to break things within the combustion chamber like plugs after getting off its spring somehow, but I don't picture clearly how the initial issue would be the valve guide breaking.
I love how tight you guys are. Something goes down on a plane, and all of you want to help out and get them home
It’s a brotherhood, that’s for sure!
I had that exact same problem once. Fortunately, I had just taken off from where my main mechanic was located. I knew something was not right and easily made it back to the runway. A quick compression test confirmed that I made the right decision. Had that happened in a location like you guys were in, I would have had to change my underwear.
Nice to have these planes. I can't even find anywhere to get off road in my 4x4 and you are hopping from hillside to hillside landing all over!
Those rear seat gimbal shots. Mmmmmmmmmmm.
I just wanted to comment this, you beat me to it!
So cool ...
Yes more like this super cool
Nice shots yes! Lots of angles covered too! Fly up to Alaska! GwinsLodge.com Alaskan Cabin Rentals online, Kenai Peninsula, Cooper Landing AK
Yeah they're so nice! Do you know how he got those shots? Which device is it?
What a fabulous 'go anywhere' aircraft, and a great bunch of guys to be flying with.
Trent..,
You and your friends have got the life, one that I could'a, would'a, should'a if I'd only listened to my father when I was a kid. Oh well, the past is the past, we make the best of it, learn from our mistakes and move forward, or something like that... ;)
Great video! Enjoy yourselves! Stay safe and Happy Flying!!
Great to see you back flying and happy!
Woah just stumbled across your channel and all I have to say is keep living my dream life!
You guys are having WAY to much fun! Thanks.
Love being able to watch trent's vids when I'm feeling to ill to fly myself.
So nice to see you airborne again Trent. I fly every inch of the way with you. Your videos are #1 pro stuff.
Another good one. Thanks Trent!
Man, I wanna fly with you guys! This is what experimental/general aviation is about. The love of flying!
I've worked on ground-based engines almost my whole life, and have never seen a plug electrode get smashed closed on anything that didn't lose a con-rod, or grenade internally. Not familiar at all with how that aircraft engine is laid out, but the valve, due to the bad guide, must've had enough slop in it to move over and smack the plug! INTERESTING! I'll always remember this one. 😎
Not to mention, AMAZING videography of the flight! I know I'd have been overjoyed to be back at it, after all those weeks grounded. Thanks for another great one! 👍👍
Break the outside spring on a valve at full RPM and it will knock a valve in so far it's clipped by the top of the piston, bending it over against the plug.
@@JimForeman - I could see that happening, Jim - thanks for the insight.
Hmmm I'da like to seen the top of that piston. That engine was getting ready to frag grenade with a bit more running.
Seen a valve drop in and bye bye engine. Valve had turned 180 and was growing out of the top of the piston like a mushroom.
@@ColinWatters - HA! I've seen that before in a race bike. Also saw piston ring lands smashed flat from too much boost - that was something! Looked like someone put the piston in a 20-ton press, and hung on the jack handle. :)
I'm a big fan of 2-strokes. I ride a '74 RD350 I restored 9 years ago. Love that bike. Still running dual points with the OE carburetors. It's as reliable as a stone ax, and is as simple as it gets to maintain. 👍
Great to see you back in the air Trent!
What an awesome community you have
Another highly polished vid that puts the rest of us to shame. Love the terrain map showing solid red during your ravine run!
Glad to see you back and looking forward to Reno. In the meantime I’ll fly my bush plane the Timber😂
Jake I appreciate you man. You all are indeed a great group of guys each adding to the others. Need to see more of this group - best to you Jake -- R
Hey Trent!
Just wanted to let you know that I love watching your videos. I wish I had the time & money & friends to go and fly together like you do. Sadly though all of those things are in short supply around here. Slowly building time towards my commercial rating and trying to pick my tailwheel endorsement up along the way. The little Citabria that I fly is loads of fun. Again, thanks for the videos and who knows maybe one day I can meet you in the skies out west.
Regards,
Andrew
Dem some big ole tires on that plane. One of the things I love about flying, pilots, they all are helping, and all are learning.
I love the shots when turning! Sweet gimbal action?
Never knew about this kind of flying. Thanks for opening a new world to me. Danny G
Cows don't chew on airplanes but horses do. But cows like to scratch themselves on places like strut attachment points and the tail surfaces. They can bend tail surfaces to where it's not flyable (I know, been there, done that) BTW, I have over 6000 hours in Super Cubs.
how do you get the opportunity to spend what is effectively 3 years full time in a Super Cub? Thats impressive
@@mycosys He is 90 years young.
@@herrmannd1 Its still a REALLY impressive number of hours for a non commercial aircraft - thats 3 weeks seat time a year for 50 years. Much respect
Pipe line
Ha, yeah. Bears like to eat tires and rip the fuel tanks out!
It’s like I’m on vacation when I watch your videos. Glad your back in the air! It’s cool seeing the field repair too.
Hi Trent. I enjoy your videos but this one made me wonder about something. What regs do you apply to yourselves for landing and flying down narrow valleys. I wonder what would happen if one was coming in the opposite direction. You have a great hobby. Fly safe. Regards Michael By the way. I am 77 years old and learned to fly when I was in my mid fifties. Loved it.
Trent would just rattle off the whole nine yards.(Grumman pilot, YMER Australia)
I long for a time when traffic increases to the point this becomes more of a consideration.
There is canyon etiquette for sure.
We typically will favor the right side just like roads in the USA.
Great question!
@@flycory Kind of like boats on small creeks then.
FAA see and avoid rule is only regulatory guidance.
Not that I've ever cruised below 2,000', but wouldn't class G airspace and 500' from people leaves a lot possibilities? With tires like theirs, landing just about anywhere seems like a possibility.
I think you are the most underrated UA-camr! Seriously I freaking love your videos. I don’t understand why other airplane flyers like you don’t make videos as well. It’s so interesting and the footage you get is amazing. Seriously please don’t stop making videos and don’t listen to the negative comments. They don’t deserve your time. I subscribed to your channel right when I saw the first video from you. Amazing work!!!!!
6:18 what you came for...
Alaska is a shithole
Thank you
I see you everywhere (mostly in golf related videos)
Every pilots dream fellas. One I never got to realize in fourteen years of flying. Work always took precedent. Thanks so much for posting - great job.
Stoked your back in the air. It's high time we played in the sky together.
I wanna know how to get the super early access. Mr five days ago.
How do you comment on a two hour old video five days before it was uploaded?
Yes to that Scott!
@@BikingVikingHH Some people live in the past. Scott lives in the future.
Kenny Phillips it all about who you know ;)
So glad you're back in the air Trent!
It looks like a nice plane to have, such a shame they break so easily, must be expensive as hell ...
Probably one of those things, pay a lot of money for a new engine now or pay a lot of money to have a used one rebuilt later...
Hey Trent, nice to see you back in the air & having fun! really liked the gimbal shots & also very much appreciated the more upbeat & less dramatic music choice this time - some more fast tempo stuff every now and then would work really well, I reckon.
Nothing like having good friends, and good friends are friends that know stuff! *lol*
I lOVE you Americans, you are so handy and practical not to mention helpful and tight with one another. Thanks for the great video 👍 God BLESS all of you aviators and mechanics. I learned how to fly in your country.
The warranty on that rebuild must be good ., "funny" , we never heard any complaints!
Hello Trent, I am sure glad to see that you have your Plane flying again. I have been watching re-runs long enough.
10:40 Thats funny, I did a lot of bush flying in Africa and had to put thorn bushes around the aircraft to stop the hyenas from chewing on the tires :-)
you can't blame them, these tires are damn delicious
that leveling camera behind you in the cockpit is AWESOME!!
When Murphy's Law strikes ... great to be flying with friends.
Thats great your back! Those rolling hills are gorgeous. It so cool to see how everyone pulls together to help out when there is an issue.
This opened my eyes about what america is all about. Crazy. Keep that country going!
Freedom with limited government control.
If you are a sheep brainwashed by government propaganda then yes... It's paradise over there.
Man, the difference a week can make. I was cautiously optimistic last week.
@@vibenegativa Sounds like you got caught trying to sneak in over the southern border
@@BrettMcNary relax I have this habit to avoid shitholes like the big Walmart that pretends to be a country
Glad to know Jake is back in the air and it wasnt anything more serious than a jug . I lost a number 1 jug on my 1958 Cessna 172 , same thing a broken valve guide , scary ride but made it to my home airport safe and sound . that was quite a few years ago .
Awesome Video as usual! for the record Cows don't naw on planes but they do find them overly attractive scratching post and are very good at destroying control surfaces
Yes, cows will gnaw on airplanes. I've had them chew on the left wing while I was chasing them away from the right wing, and vice versa.
What a great group of guys, doing what they love , flying by the seat of their pants. Very talented!
The old inexpensive “ArmStrong starter”; Oops did I just date myself?
So what would it cost to get am electric starter for that plane?
Also what are the ongoing cost to own a plane? Once a plane is paid for what are the ongoing cost such as hanger rental , annual inspections and that type of thing.
Awesome my friend. Nothing short of awesome. Thanks for taking the time to vid. This is the 1st of urs that I saw.
I will be off to see others asap.
Thanks again mate!
Mark
Another great video, Trent. We're glad to see you back in the air and making content. These videos really make me want to take a mountain flying course. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Skywalker Aviation stick and rudder aviation Paul leadabrand. Fly his kitfox in the Idaho backcountry into some of the best backcountry strips in the west. I hear he’s great.
@@coryturner9140 Thank you. Will look into it.
Another awesome video Trent, Happy To see the Freedom Fox back in the air. Really love the footage / angle from the rear seat camera, especially when going though those valleys...Keep em coming!
Great time right up the engine issue. Any disposition yet as to what happened?????
John Kamm 4 of us in a C172, in New York State one a Sunday afternoon, I’m in left rear, the engine started marking noise, OIL ALL OVER , MORE NOISE BOOM QUIT, nothing but forest, tore both wings off, nobody severely injured, NO FIRE , but a 3 hour walk, out to a road, that was BEFORE CELL PHONES. something you NEVER FORGET. .!!!
John Kamm watch the end of the video... it’s in there
thats great to see all pilots calm helping out
What a life! I'm betting these planes are cheaper than BMW nowadays
I guess that depends on the BMW. Super Cubs are not cheap. Old stock Cubs are cheap though.
good to see you back flying
Love your videos! Just need to add lawn chairs, a tent, and a fishing pole and you'll double the viewers! Or clam digging at the beach! Fly- catch-and cook.
The extra income from the new viewers can be donated to your friends plane for an actual STARTER!!! I'll donate the start button😁
Awesome to see that Jake is safe and got the plane fixed, thanks for the video!
Have you ever had a land owner approach you about landing on their property? Do y’all talk to the land owners prior to finding new landing / hangout spots?
Paul Irvine
I’m not keen on property management, didn’t even think about that. Thanks 👍🏻
Watch previous videos. The topic has been covered many times - including a video in which an angry land owner sends the Sheriff out.
(Spoiler alert: They did make a mistake, but it worked out for the better.)
Dad burn barn stormers maw get my musket I ain't lett'n another wife fly away
The best part of being in a good group is they will ALWAYS wait behind and help fix the issues that arise!
Oh and as a side note, I subscribed to you and not that other guy because you seem more like a real person and all he cares about it views.
I see a hybrid gasoline / electric engine in the future with a geared reduction drive and a clutch ( which is in use today on rotax ) with the electric assist motor on the propeller side of the equation ( in order to decouple the failed gas engine instantly ) ..... This has nothing to do with fuel economy or the environment .... what it has to do with is the astounding takeoff power of the gas / electric motor combined and the dual engine redundancy for a period long enough to find a place to land ...... The lithium batteries would not be large and heavy ... just enough to give massive power boost on takeoff and about 10 minutes run time in the event of gasoline engine failure ...... This is the future .... Not because its remotely environmental .... but because of astounding takeoff performance and an increase in safety by a factor of 10,000 times for more ...... far safer than asymmetrical thrust issues of twins that require lightning fast thinking on takeoff engine failure ... not as safe as twins over vast stretches of open water or badlands ... but ...... 10 minutes to ditch is worlds better than 10 seconds to ditch.... and twins are not found on small bush planes anyway .... This would be ideal for bush planes ... especially the near vertical climb out capability this setup would most certainly achieve
Thats pretty brilliant actually. Ive thought about electric planes existing one day but not hybrids. The peace of mind of having a switch that would keep your prop turning for another ten minutes.
@AlaskaLive Or ...there may not be a better energy density battery ever discovered ... it may never exist at a price point that can be used ..The system I described will work today at this hour ... give 10 times the range of battery and thousand multiples of safety the instant its implemented ... at a price point that is easily afforded ... all the equipment is off the shelf as we speak .. just needs someone to do it..... and don't forget ...todays best batteries from Tesla are nigh on to useless in the north in the winter and anywhere at altitude without being kept warm ... Tesla cars do not do well in the arctic ... batteries may never be the long distance long duration answer ..... my solution will by no means be stop gap transition ... It will be a permanent one
@73Corbin My favorite plane is the Cri Cri and several have already been built totally electric. Just short duration of flight time.
@@markdoan1472 Your not the first to think of making a Hybrid Airplane. The reason no one has is 2 fold weight and cost. Not to mention your introducing a whole new system to possible fail, KISS.
@@luchacefox259 I know Im not first ... but .. the KISS principle of single engine has killed tens of thousands of single engine pilots since aviation began .. engine quits your goin down now ... If you did the math having an electric motor on the front side of engine decoupeling clutch in a hybrid system will functionaly increase safety redundancy by a factor of at least ten thousand ... either system can fail and burn up and you can still have several minutes to configure to land where you want ..... a monstrously huge safety advantage ... todays modern airliners are unbelievably complicated and unbelievably safe
Great video Trent! Great to see you enjoying being back in your bird. Just so you know, cows will rub on an airplane out in a pasture like that if allowed to. Horses will chew on a fabric airplane but cows just rub on them. Don’t ask me how I know!😉
Glad it wasnt you Trent. Looking forward to more of your content. Thankyou for the followup, any notion why the valve guide failed? Or did that engine have one of the valves you were grounded for?
They are different engines.
Trent your lucky to have a bunch of guys to fly around with. And they are lucky your are a willing Utuber.! You channel is good for younger pilots. Keep up on the safety & airman ship. awesome job imo
When landing, you are pulling the elevator frequently between neutral and full pull, which you can see at minute 3:58 . Why do you do this? We glider pilots always try to make continuous rudder inputs to minimize the drag.
Stefan Langer it's so he can make that greasy smooth landing. Did you see how sweet it was. 😎
I think that is normally done to scrub off speed, no?
He never gave it full deflection till touchdown. Who cares about drag when you are seconds from touchdown anyways?
0Calvin p. I do it to check pitch control. Let's you know exactly when you can come full aft without ballooning . It's all by feel in that type of flying. Stay loose! Enjoy!
Stefan, he's no glider pilot, that takes smooth skill and no engines allowed.
Another great video Trent, keep them coming.