@@FlightChops I worked my way through the beaver content and now the build. I have followed along with the ferry and need to now add you to my Patreon list. My first exposure to you was via Mickey and the DC3. All great content and better than broadcast TV.
@@tompurvis1261 awesome thanks Tom! I am due to send out “welcome/thanks emails” to the new supporters from this month - you’ve prompted me to get on that today - so watch for that :)
TWO UA-cam Notifications that make me act like a kid on Saturday morning cartoons... 1) FLIGHTCHOPS just loaded a video. 2) MIKE PAYTE just Uploaded a video.
I can't get enough of these, it's like a tinkerer-aviator's dream come true. I would totally work on something like this without any compensation, just for the fun and the experience.
Loving the build, Steve. Since you made a note about wearing a mask when sanding fiberglass, I'm going to chide you just a little more. ALWAYS wear nitrile gloves when working with epoxy resin. It is possible to develop a sensitivity to epoxy with enough skin exposure, and then you'll need full protective gear if you want to work with it. The gloves are easier!
That Garmin factory video looks wonderful, and I found myself surprisingly intrigued for the video about flying with helmets! Cant wait to see them soon :)
Nice. Beautiful location for working on a project. Sure beats the shack I'm working on my plane in but I think I'd be far too distracted by those historic planes to get anything done. Would love to see that collection some day. Hope things get back to normal and you can get back on track with your build. Thanks for all your great video's. Looking forward to the next float flying episode.
Hope Perry was able to get his hip replaced as things have loosened. My MIL had hers delayed and a few weeks ago was able to finally had the surgery. Her recovery has been very fast she is already walking much much better.
i love aircraft building. i do airframe work as a day job. i never realized how crazy hard doing this stuff actually is cause im just having a great time doing it.
Yes! - I have seriously considered investigating if I can get them to unlock the H as a second letter - it was originally F, then G... so H is next... just a matter of when.
Thanks for the update; I have to wait another month before I can get back over there. I planned my wheel pants to be the very last thing I would build for my -8, and it was good to hear Perry confirm that it usually does come late in the build. My friend Leo completed his RV-10 at the end of February; he now has almost 80 hours on it, but last week he had one of his tires go flat... and of course the wheel pant will need repair. My response to his misfortune? Note to self: No Wheel Pants until after 100 hours! Using my OSH refunds towards transition training with Bruce Bohannon in September.
Good idea to channel the Osh funds into training. And yeah - I didn't think about blowing a tire and the effect on wheel pants.... hmmmm... is it normal to blow one after 80 hours?
@@FlightChops It is if you forget to check your tire pressure. They're fairly low pressure tires to begin with, and no rim locks. Leo figures the tire spun on the rim; that tore out the valve stem.
Looking great so far! Getting close! 👍👍🍻 Should be out of this mess soon. Down here in MA, my wife starts work hairdressing again after a 9 week unintended "vacation". She's glad to be going back, as are the hundreds of women who have been calling her the past week. There might be a stampede at the salon Tuesday ... 😂🤣😂
I visited CH2A and its surreal seeing the build on video and in real life at the same time. Btw your videos do not do the size of the Harvard justice lol
Right!? I remember when I first got close to a T6 / Harvard, always thinking that plane just kept getting bigger as you walked toward it. She's definitely a beast!
I always get your CHAA mixed up with the Tilsonburg CHAA, sadly due to all this pandemic mess and timing my flight in the Harvard is postponed :( Plane is looking great.
Dynon is a great option for many people for sure. They make some great stuff. My avionics pathway has been Garmin, and I am likely staying there - I'll be sharing the process of deciding on avionics soon...
Our lockdown has relaxed a little bit so hope yours will as well, although it now allows us to fly we still could not do any building like you have in this video but you would be able to do some on your own. The whole virus thing has had a big effect on everyone and us in the aviation world have a lot of things to sort out, like how to safely return to flying and regaining currency in safety. The last thing we want is for pilots to push themselves after a layoff and having accidents. I have been lucky compared to some in the UK that I managed to keep up my flying on a regular basis right up to lockdown so it was only 8 weeks (even so I took it easy as can be seen in my video), some had not flown for some time before due to rubbish weather and I have talked to one who last flew around Christmas!
Haha - no - that was Dave - and it wasn't him trying to join up with them, it was them trying to join up with him :P. (they were about 50 kts faster) Either way, he thought it was pretty cool
@@FlightChops We were watching from the roof of the TCF Center (formerly Cobo Center) and listening to the conversation between him and Detroit Approach. Then the jokes started about the Canadian Air Force coming up to "intercept" the intruders.
Very cool... so, a word about aging .. Like Perry, I have knee and hip pain from many years on the flight line. He is doing what I do... get moving. If you sit or lay about... you get so stiff that you can’t move anything... and to get back to some form of mobility... after being parked, is an ordeal. OHHH ... YEA.... love that epoxy trick. Rifle builders do it to all hi precision rifles... we call it BEDDING... as in “ Yea eh, she’s BEDDED and Floated” You will need to look in there from time to time to make sure that any vibration and movement isn’t eating up your BEDDING because if it is... it will just eat up the fiberglass in a heartbeat.
Decide what you want to do with the aircraft and that decision will make itself. Aerobatics you want to sit on the center line. Spending time with your passenger you want side by side. Don't buy an airplane because it is cool, buy it because it fits the flying and building you want to do. The 8 and 14 are completely different missions and if you are having trouble between the two its because you haven't figured out what you really want to use it for. I'm not trying to criticize but hopefully focus your thinking so you don't start building the wrong airplane.
In my subs, seeing new video from FlightChops, read "Wheel parts..." now i'm looking a bit better at the title "wheel pants". I am a thoroughly confused duckling at them moment.
Flight Chops Inc is a multi national conglomerate. But in all seriousness, here's a link to when we announced this project: flightchops.com/2019/03/29/announcing-new-partnership-between-flight-chops-and-vans-aircraft/
Absolutely a fail! Choose a non-descriptive action to explain or show description with commentary. Not one or the other, it causes strife in comms between builder's. Dont settle!
I read this comment three times... I still don't understand what you're saying. Please clarify. Also - starting with a harsh judgement like accusing some one of failure isn't likely to yield a good dialogue.
@@FlightChops I absolutely love this channel, let's start there together. You set a pattern amongst yourself and your videos. I understand your videos aren't for informational purposes but in all reality your drawing in a crowd based upon a certain amount of important necessary information. Whether that's your intention or not. My comment was only designed intentionally to help one subject matter expert to another learn flaws and weaknesses in teaching styles to another. As you're well aware of, when diving into another level of expertise within a field of your own you need to explain the conglomeration between the two. I've noticed throughout your videos in a historical synchronicity that when you get "tired", "worn out", "etc.", that you get a bit sloppy in your presentation. Not to sound too critical by any means, only meant to improve your quality. Not the same thing, but the methods are between flight and ground Infantry, whether combat or not, whether perfect flight conditions or not, and etc. Without saying the exact words you have expressed the very ideologies of the Infantry. Train as you fight! No matter what! This applies at every aspect of life when pushing the boundaries of the limits whether on the ground or in the air. I didn't intend to dismiss your video, I only intended to enhance further videos. 90% of people limit themselves significantly when presented with a 60% challenge or above. Incorporated within the flight community that's a devastating effect. Whether intended or not, you have accepted a responsibility upon the flight community as a leader, no matter the level. My comments are only intended to help you grow your level of highly influential content amongst those seeking to join you in the heavens as safely as possible. From a 11 year army combat Infantryman who's served with family in direct connective combat as f-16/18/22 pilots in combot I find it extremely important to teach properly through fatigue in any given situation whether extremely intense combat situations, weather, or unknown ground circumstances. My intent: Never sacrifice quality for quantity. You have touched on this before but occasionally waiver. In life or death realities of practical applications it's up to us leaders in any field to never waiver in standards, teaching or learning. I'm a 3X combat infantryman with many records across different fields of battle and am looking to bring my talents from the ground to the skies, like many of my relatives who supported me directly in combat. Without assuming anything, maybe we could connect in as way to benefit the flight community as a whole, save lives, improve training, teachings, and standards. I say this because I am a part of a very unique historical unit of Stryker Infantry (Bravo Company, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment) who set the training T.T.P.'s For tactics training and procedures for the newest armored vehicles into the u.s. army arsenal. Our company, platoon, battalion, and brigade is known for our expertise in training to standard in any type of fighting from light Infantry to air assault, to Stryker. We adapted to vehicle to environment to mission. We set the standard known today. These same principles I carry into my learning of flight and I'd love to share with you and anyone interested in becoming better than they are no matter their current level of proficiency. No Ill intentioned. Only growth intended! (208) 290- 2123 jswallace1985@yahoo.com Conglomeration welcomed!
Perry is such a trooper. I’m working my way through the list in order and I love Perry too. Great project manager and builder.
Totally agreed
@@FlightChops I worked my way through the beaver content and now the build. I have followed along with the ferry and need to now add you to my Patreon list. My first exposure to you was via Mickey and the DC3. All great content and better than broadcast TV.
@@tompurvis1261 awesome thanks Tom! I am due to send out “welcome/thanks emails” to the new supporters from this month - you’ve prompted me to get on that today - so watch for that :)
I was 99% sure I saw you walk by my office in February! Excited to see your Garmin video
Perry seems like a great person and friend. I wish I could find someone like home where I live. Wealth of knowledge.
Dude, your content has gone from "good" to "holy shit!" over the last couple years. Keep it up and thanks for sharing these experiences!
Thanks for being a part of the community - happy to share.
Flight Chops content is good for the heart and soul
TWO UA-cam Notifications that make me act like a kid on Saturday morning cartoons... 1) FLIGHTCHOPS just loaded a video. 2) MIKE PAYTE just Uploaded a video.
And I spelled that wrong. Lol. MIKE PATEY... SORRY about that to the DRACO fans that are here.
I can't get enough of these, it's like a tinkerer-aviator's dream come true. I would totally work on something like this without any compensation, just for the fun and the experience.
Loving the build, Steve. Since you made a note about wearing a mask when sanding fiberglass, I'm going to chide you just a little more. ALWAYS wear nitrile gloves when working with epoxy resin. It is possible to develop a sensitivity to epoxy with enough skin exposure, and then you'll need full protective gear if you want to work with it. The gloves are easier!
Cool, thanks - I really appreciate these sorts of insights from the community. I'm always learning from the interactions with you guys!
That Garmin factory video looks wonderful, and I found myself surprisingly intrigued for the video about flying with helmets! Cant wait to see them soon :)
Great to hear! I'm aiming to get the helmet episode published in a couple days! It's mostly edited now.
Thanks Steve! glad to see everyone moving some...Hope I can see it sometime!
Looking great! Can't wait for the finished product.
Nice. Beautiful location for working on a project. Sure beats the shack I'm working on my plane in but I think I'd be far too distracted by those historic planes to get anything done. Would love to see that collection some day. Hope things get back to normal and you can get back on track with your build. Thanks for all your great video's. Looking forward to the next float flying episode.
I loved the EMC chamber footage from Garmin. I'm looking forward to that visit video!!!
You've inspired me to look into owner assisted build!!!
Thanks for giving us little glimmers of hope. Here’s hoping you don’t run out of content before this is over.
Hope Perry was able to get his hip replaced as things have loosened. My MIL had hers delayed and a few weeks ago was able to finally had the surgery. Her recovery has been very fast she is already walking much much better.
i love aircraft building. i do airframe work as a day job. i never realized how crazy hard doing this stuff actually is cause im just having a great time doing it.
Great days and great health to you and yours Steve ! We all look forward to things easing up soon as can be.
Nice video and I LOVE the 80’s retro montage music!
Can’t wait to see it all done and in the air! Looks great so far
It's getting there. Thanks for the update.
Can't wait to watch the videos where you are doing approaches and holds in that plane!
Everyday something small is learnt makes a lockdown great....never knew they were called 'pants'....win......sharing is caring
Looks like the build is coming along nicely, It'll be cool to see if fly. Maybe the Rego could be C-HOPS?
Yes! - I have seriously considered investigating if I can get them to unlock the H as a second letter - it was originally F, then G... so H is next... just a matter of when.
I messed around with a Side view of a RV 14 During the NZ Lockdown Im sure either way it would be a well known A/C in the Aviation community
love the vid flight chops
Thanks for the update; I have to wait another month before I can get back over there. I planned my wheel pants to be the very last thing I would build for my -8, and it was good to hear Perry confirm that it usually does come late in the build. My friend Leo completed his RV-10 at the end of February; he now has almost 80 hours on it, but last week he had one of his tires go flat... and of course the wheel pant will need repair. My response to his misfortune? Note to self: No Wheel Pants until after 100 hours! Using my OSH refunds towards transition training with Bruce Bohannon in September.
Good idea to channel the Osh funds into training.
And yeah - I didn't think about blowing a tire and the effect on wheel pants.... hmmmm... is it normal to blow one after 80 hours?
@@FlightChops It is if you forget to check your tire pressure. They're fairly low pressure tires to begin with, and no rim locks. Leo figures the tire spun on the rim; that tore out the valve stem.
Looking great so far! Getting close! 👍👍🍻
Should be out of this mess soon. Down here in MA, my wife starts work hairdressing again after a 9 week unintended "vacation". She's glad to be going back, as are the hundreds of women who have been calling her the past week. There might be a stampede at the salon Tuesday ... 😂🤣😂
Looks like it was a Real Hoot 👌
nicely done ... I hope to meet you at Osh 2021 ... keep it up
Wow! I stumbled across your channel from your rescue swimming video, and I have to say, it isn't dissapointing. : ) (your channel)
Welcome aboard! :)
@@FlightChops Thank you so much!
I visited CH2A and its surreal seeing the build on video and in real life at the same time. Btw your videos do not do the size of the Harvard justice lol
Right!? I remember when I first got close to a T6 / Harvard, always thinking that plane just kept getting bigger as you walked toward it.
She's definitely a beast!
Not crashed:
Good status.
Currently have a wing off of my dads PA-50 i think its and we are redoing it
How funny that you and Perry said almost the same thing 😜 hope he’s able to have his surgery soon so he starts feeling better
I’m surprised at the level of precision required in the wheel pants. I guess that’s the nature of the high speed the RVs achieve.
Hey Steve, are you sharing your engine choice? IO-390? Thunderbolt?
Will be sharing the engine details soon!
I always get your CHAA mixed up with the Tilsonburg CHAA, sadly due to all this pandemic mess and timing my flight in the Harvard is postponed :( Plane is looking great.
You made my day
She is going to be a beauty.
Yeah - I'm pretty pumped!
Your plane is about the only thing wearing pants these days.
Can confirm - this was entirely edited wearing pyjamas
Working in my underwear. What are pants anyways?
@@brycedenning130/videos I have one better. Who are pants anyways?
If it's not to late you should really look in to dynon for a panel I have one In my virus and it is great dynon is miles ahead of garmin.
Dynon is a great option for many people for sure.
They make some great stuff.
My avionics pathway has been Garmin, and I am likely staying there - I'll be sharing the process of deciding on avionics soon...
Awesome progress, Steve! 💪🏻
Appreciate it!
Wheel pants? What happened to Bush Wheels? 😂
If you take the pants off, you'll see the bush :D
6yjjk Oh my god XD
Our lockdown has relaxed a little bit so hope yours will as well, although it now allows us to fly we still could not do any building like you have in this video but you would be able to do some on your own.
The whole virus thing has had a big effect on everyone and us in the aviation world have a lot of things to sort out, like how to safely return to flying and regaining currency in safety. The last thing we want is for pilots to push themselves after a layoff and having accidents.
I have been lucky compared to some in the UK that I managed to keep up my flying on a regular basis right up to lockdown so it was only 8 weeks (even so I took it easy as can be seen in my video), some had not flown for some time before due to rubbish weather and I have talked to one who last flew around Christmas!
Hey, was that you in the Harvard that tried to join up with the Michigan ANG flyover in Detroit a couple of weeks ago?
Haha - no - that was Dave - and it wasn't him trying to join up with them, it was them trying to join up with him :P. (they were about 50 kts faster)
Either way, he thought it was pretty cool
@@FlightChops We were watching from the roof of the TCF Center (formerly Cobo Center) and listening to the conversation between him and Detroit Approach. Then the jokes started about the Canadian Air Force coming up to "intercept" the intruders.
Stay healthy your mentor is very cool Anything we can do to get him up to speed? Go fund him etc
Very cool... so, a word about aging .. Like Perry, I have knee and hip pain from many years on the flight line. He is doing what I do... get moving. If you sit or lay about... you get so stiff that you can’t move anything... and to get back to some form of mobility... after being parked, is an ordeal. OHHH ... YEA.... love that epoxy trick. Rifle builders do it to all hi precision rifles... we call it BEDDING... as in “ Yea eh, she’s BEDDED and Floated” You will need to look in there from time to time to make sure that any vibration and movement isn’t eating up your BEDDING because if it is... it will just eat up the fiberglass in a heartbeat.
Is there any sort of licensing or certification required be the government to build one of these?
Just had an opportunity to showcase one of our UA-cam subscribers and his awesome Vans RV-12
I’ve built a bunch of RV wheel pants for other people. Good times.
FIRST - Serious note, I cant decide between the 8 or the 14 for my build xD. Hopefully starting soon!
Be sure to watch to the end!!
VassilliHD which one is more aerobatic?
@@carelessgachastudio5905 both are rated the same I think, its seating position. 14 is side by side, 8 is front and back like a warbird
VassilliHD i dont remember what they look like i havent looked st them in a tear or so
Decide what you want to do with the aircraft and that decision will make itself. Aerobatics you want to sit on the center line. Spending time with your passenger you want side by side. Don't buy an airplane because it is cool, buy it because it fits the flying and building you want to do. The 8 and 14 are completely different missions and if you are having trouble between the two its because you haven't figured out what you really want to use it for. I'm not trying to criticize but hopefully focus your thinking so you don't start building the wrong airplane.
In my subs, seeing new video from FlightChops, read "Wheel parts..." now i'm looking a bit better at the title "wheel pants". I am a thoroughly confused duckling at them moment.
Tell Perry to get Prolozone and tell the butchers to piss off. Look into Robert Rowen on UA-cam.
Thanks - I'll pass this along to have him talk to his doctor about this if he hasn't already.
If you need any wiring items please let me know, I will make them up for you for free, also any lighting that you need
Paint job?
Who pays for all of this? Did Vans donate this? Are these guys on the payroll somewhere else?
Flight Chops Inc is a multi national conglomerate.
But in all seriousness, here's a link to when we announced this project:
flightchops.com/2019/03/29/announcing-new-partnership-between-flight-chops-and-vans-aircraft/
@@FlightChops Thanks! I am also just a tiny bit jealous that I don't have a crew of 3-4 guys who come over to help me finish mine :)
Wheel pants? Wheel Spats is the only terminology I’ve heard these called.
Sir, they are called tire culottes.
Yeah cause social distancing is really gonna do a damn thing along with your paper mask!
Absolutely a fail! Choose a non-descriptive action to explain or show description with commentary. Not one or the other, it causes strife in comms between builder's. Dont settle!
I read this comment three times... I still don't understand what you're saying. Please clarify.
Also - starting with a harsh judgement like accusing some one of failure isn't likely to yield a good dialogue.
@@FlightChops I absolutely love this channel, let's start there together. You set a pattern amongst yourself and your videos. I understand your videos aren't for informational purposes but in all reality your drawing in a crowd based upon a certain amount of important necessary information. Whether that's your intention or not. My comment was only designed intentionally to help one subject matter expert to another learn flaws and weaknesses in teaching styles to another. As you're well aware of, when diving into another level of expertise within a field of your own you need to explain the conglomeration between the two. I've noticed throughout your videos in a historical synchronicity that when you get "tired", "worn out", "etc.", that you get a bit sloppy in your presentation. Not to sound too critical by any means, only meant to improve your quality. Not the same thing, but the methods are between flight and ground Infantry, whether combat or not, whether perfect flight conditions or not, and etc. Without saying the exact words you have expressed the very ideologies of the Infantry. Train as you fight! No matter what! This applies at every aspect of life when pushing the boundaries of the limits whether on the ground or in the air. I didn't intend to dismiss your video, I only intended to enhance further videos. 90% of people limit themselves significantly when presented with a 60% challenge or above. Incorporated within the flight community that's a devastating effect. Whether intended or not, you have accepted a responsibility upon the flight community as a leader, no matter the level. My comments are only intended to help you grow your level of highly influential content amongst those seeking to join you in the heavens as safely as possible. From a 11 year army combat Infantryman who's served with family in direct connective combat as f-16/18/22 pilots in combot I find it extremely important to teach properly through fatigue in any given situation whether extremely intense combat situations, weather, or unknown ground circumstances.
My intent: Never sacrifice quality for quantity. You have touched on this before but occasionally waiver. In life or death realities of practical applications it's up to us leaders in any field to never waiver in standards, teaching or learning. I'm a 3X combat infantryman with many records across different fields of battle and am looking to bring my talents from the ground to the skies, like many of my relatives who supported me directly in combat. Without assuming anything, maybe we could connect in as way to benefit the flight community as a whole, save lives, improve training, teachings, and standards. I say this because I am a part of a very unique historical unit of Stryker Infantry (Bravo Company, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment) who set the training T.T.P.'s For tactics training and procedures for the newest armored vehicles into the u.s. army arsenal. Our company, platoon, battalion, and brigade is known for our expertise in training to standard in any type of fighting from light Infantry to air assault, to Stryker. We adapted to vehicle to environment to mission. We set the standard known today. These same principles I carry into my learning of flight and I'd love to share with you and anyone interested in becoming better than they are no matter their current level of proficiency. No Ill intentioned. Only growth intended! (208) 290- 2123 jswallace1985@yahoo.com
Conglomeration welcomed!
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