First Ever Ultralight Flight, Thought Might Die

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2 жыл бұрын

This is the story of my first quicksilver ultralight flight. My cousins on the ground were thinking I might crash and die. #ultralight #airplane #quicksilver

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@kh40yr 9 ай бұрын

A two seat float plane ultralight ride in Canada one year. Right at the height of the Ultralight craze. Almost ran out of lake before we lifted off. A plexiglass windshield kit in your future, in case you slam a duck or crow, or a big juicy bug. At least get a clam shell snowmobiling helmet and protection for your feet and rudder pedals. Wear a quick-open Saber chute, in case you have to bail due to ??. Look for a enclosed ultralight with recovery chute, as you fly your Quicksilver. Early Morning, or NO WIND with a Used Quicksilver. No fun when you loose a prop. Check the bearings and shaft when you loose a prop. Nice Flight!, Congrats!. It truly is a different world up there. Different perspective on things.

@pbarnwell Жыл бұрын

Having grown up flying with my father in bonanza’s and many other aircraft over the years.. my first time flying an identical Quicksilver was a concerning experience… it’s like no other flying experience I’ve ever had , Your sitting on what feels like a lawn chair with no enclosure around you out in front of the wing… everything that make up the aircraft is behind you ,,, I felt like it was the first time I had actually flown.. what an experience both exciting and terrifying at the same time…. Second flight was PURE Joy 🤩

@juliebraden6911 Жыл бұрын

Apostrophes aren't for pluralization. Also, you only need a single period or comma. This really isn't hard.

@pentachronic Жыл бұрын

@@juliebraden6911 IMO “,,,” is probably due to Glass keyboards. He was probably trying to use “!!!”.

@spawnernigga 8 ай бұрын

@juliebraden6911 just keep on reading, it really isn’t that hard

@SooSmokie 5 ай бұрын

@@juliebraden6911Just because you were given issues for your bad punctuation, doesn't mean you should take it out on people on youtube typing often on their phones...not hard

@douglasmoran3070 2 жыл бұрын

I’m reminded of my first solo, nervous but the kind that heighten’s your awareness and focus. Talked to myself the pattern throughout and position announcement’s helped calm me and was successful.

@UltralightAirplaneDriver 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was probably doing the same

@Mike-01234 2 жыл бұрын

Neighbor took me up in a rented 172 I asked him about his flight training he said night flying was terrifying to him. I didn't have a good feeling about him he didn't seem be confident in his skills. About 2 years later he hit some power lines was killed flying at dusk no one knows why he was so low I think spatial disorientation. He did say that is what he felt when he was doing his night solo training for his PPL he got disoriented.

@jedimindtrix2142 8 ай бұрын

@@Mike-01234if you aren't confident as a pilot you shouldn't be taking others up with you. Risking your own life is up to you, risking others if you aren't sure of yourself isn't right. Granted I can't speak for this man but from what you are saying it seems he had some work to do before bringing people up. Sad he died though. I really wish he wouldn't have flown in conditions he wasn't comfortable flying in.

@Mike-01234 8 ай бұрын

@@jedimindtrix2142NTSB report finally came out he was high on weed said THC levels indicated he had vaped few hours before he took off. I never saw him vape or use but it was couple years later hadn't seen him in 2 years we moved. Wasn't until I saw his picture on the local news was shocked told my wife remember I went flying with him that one day. Oddly enough I also took a biplane ride with another pilot was killed he was an airshow pilot down in KeyWest gave rides to the public. I think his son runs the business now. He crashed in his Decathalon flying down in Mexico somewhere. They just ruled at as doing aerobatics too low to the ground.

@DavidLKaas Жыл бұрын

Great story! I bought one used in 1978. Tried to get it up but couldn't since landing gear had been added to a smaller engine since it's original manufacturing. Great video! I know what it is like to buy used and have things not work-out. Keeping the faith.

Ай бұрын

The very essence of "sketchy", a contraption that the Wright Brothers would have condemned on first sight.

@williamchampine8574 8 ай бұрын

Great Job. I was cheering you on the whole way

@skullcraftcustoms 27 күн бұрын

Love all the camera angles. When I was 17 I bought a weight shift quicksilver. A psycho girlfriend destroyed it though. Then I bought and built a TBird single seater. Then a landlord scammed me out of it... So now I just build custom pedal planes...LOL

@dwightdodd3734 9 ай бұрын

This is EXACTLY like MY first flight ,also in a quicksilver but a weight shift...Later ,I had an engine failure and crashed into the top of a hill.Had NO idea I could put my right foot up behind my head...Your narration while being filmed from the starboard wing was spectacular !!!! Like being there with you ! Very exciting to watch !

@thomasnunya1438 8 ай бұрын

Looking back on it was there anything you could have done to save yourself? I’m toying with the idea of learning ultralight but an engine failure scares me!

@lincmerc1581 9 ай бұрын

I love how the dog is cheering you on.😂

@patrickrede Жыл бұрын

I have the same story. Ultralight was a rotec rally 2B. Very similar to quicksilver. No flight training. Just a 40 flight manual broke down into 3 sections. Ground training, hop and pop, and first solo. I skipped section 2 when I failed to sit the plane down before I ran out of runway so I just pulled the stick back and started to climb. The manual said climb at least 500. When I got about 100 feet I knew I was dead no matter how high I flew so I climbed to about 700. Flew around for 15 minutes and lined it up with runway. Every time I got close to the runway a cross wind kept pushing me off course so I flew around. On my fourth try a set it down in middle of runway. Got out and kissed the ground.

@Taboloncawonthemasters 10 ай бұрын

Did you continue to keep on flying?? Or did you hang it up after this??

@Mike-ff7ib 9 ай бұрын

@@Taboloncawonthemasters The fear of something going wrong and all the unknowns is the scarry part. It is a dangerous sport.

@boxlessthinker1973 9 ай бұрын

Great job!

@wellsbells 10 ай бұрын

That looks fantastic, i use to fly a thruster 600 tn in 1997

@nighthawk0077 8 ай бұрын

Love the guage cluster. Lots of useful information 😅

@billyflanagan9657 Жыл бұрын

Amazing you seem so relaxed

@rideronthewhitehorse2012 2 ай бұрын

Awesome video bro

@LS-ti1rz 2 ай бұрын

I can understand the eagerness of wanting to take your new bird up into the sky, but always, always go with your gut instincts. Never take a chance like that again it may be one that you won't live through to regret.

@SOurMoose237 9 ай бұрын

Nice

@Tomsfoolery. 2 жыл бұрын

I've been flying PPC for a few years. I'm kind of thinking it would be fun to fly one of these. What is the stall and cruising speed of your machine? On a nil wind day, what is your take off and landing distance? Great videos btw!

@UltralightAirplaneDriver 2 жыл бұрын

I would say stall for mine is around 23 to 22 mph how it is currently. But I will be adding some wingtip fence so it will get slower Cruz speed is about 40. Takeoff is about 50 to 70 feet I assume I’ve never measured. landing is about 70. Thanks for the comment I appreciate it. ultralightairplanedriver.com

@amc7988 Жыл бұрын

Mi primer fue en uno exactamente igual. Nunca lo olvidaré.

@timspooner59 9 ай бұрын

You are braver than me and I have fixed wing and rotary licences😊

@TheChaz81 7 ай бұрын

Dude I need one!

@kennethjackson7574 10 ай бұрын

To the dog: If you can catch it you can keep it. (Hee hee!)

@FLYNRYAN1978 2 жыл бұрын

Nice !

@UltralightAirplaneDriver 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@patrickmckowen2999 2 жыл бұрын

Good one👍

@UltralightAirplaneDriver 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@buzzypeterson1147 11 ай бұрын

The prop came apart because you dropped something out of your pocket. It would be really odd for a leading edge to delay, I had a good career, 7000 hours and many props ;)

@normanmiller8412 8 ай бұрын

Ex- Amish? 😂 Same here... I fly paramotor. Good stuff man keep it up!

@tarekabbamouch8790 2 жыл бұрын

Good

@UltralightAirplaneDriver 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@Mrbfgray Ай бұрын

Reckless but, OK. I used to ditch cops on my street bike sooo....

@snowflakesuperbike8294 10 ай бұрын

Year's ago I had a Quicksilver MX , Solo'ed my first flight ! 1 out of 4 Walk away from that ! Just Lucky !

@jedimindtrix2142 8 ай бұрын

Yea probably not a wise idea to try that having never been up man. Lucky indeed. I grew up around planes, flew simulators all the time and understood all the dynamics at play. However my first flight in a Cessna was a wake-up call that knowledge of flight doesn't Trump experience of flight. Better to get experience your first few times with someone whose been there done that. Then you can be sure to walk away. Glad you learned your lesson and aren't out there recommending others to do the same.

@hrfb9696 Жыл бұрын

Where can I find a used single seat? Thanks

@UltralightAirplaneDriver Жыл бұрын

Mine might come up for sale soon 🤫

@waterlife.1905 Жыл бұрын

We be all freaking the f out if our first time alone and up. Holy crap. Where is a river. A lake.

@USNVA-yn6cp Жыл бұрын

I wonder if this would help my fear of heights?

@Vintagemotorguy Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing 😂

@Classickoolcars 11 ай бұрын

Nope. Not 1 bit. I’ll fly one of these to 5000 ft. But climbing tall structures…. FORGET ABOUT IT!!🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️😱😱😱

@karlschmidt7258 Жыл бұрын

Is it my imagination or can you see the corrosion on the cable attachment point?

@UltralightAirplaneDriver Жыл бұрын

🤔 imagination. I think

@warrenpeas 10 ай бұрын

wats that lil white pod behind the seat? fuel tank?

@DanasWings 10 ай бұрын

No, it's a parachute. The fuel tank is the brownish thing in front of the engine.

@warrenpeas 10 ай бұрын

@@DanasWings wow so how would that parachute deploy from behind the propellor?

@DanasWings 10 ай бұрын

@@warrenpeas It fires under the propeller, or off to the side if it's installed correctly. It's hard to tell from the camera angle. The pilot is supposed to shut down the engine before deploying the parachute.

@359Joey Жыл бұрын

I think my biggest issue would be not knowing how the controls act before actually flying. Like you wouldnt know exactly how much pressure you need on the stick to move elevator up on take off. I suppose you can just go east and youll quickly learn how much pressure is needed to move all controls. For example i flew my paramotor with no training and had no idea how much brake pressure it took to make a turn.

@jamesbarber8308 2 ай бұрын

Could you theoretically fly that to work or go to McDonald’s

@b.winkconstruction4616 2 жыл бұрын

Did you teach yourself to fly?

@UltralightAirplaneDriver 2 жыл бұрын

No. I had my pilots license before I started flying ultralights

@youknoweverything7643 Жыл бұрын

Different breed of humans on there side of the world Australians are crazzy but I would so fly a ultralight and just send it I been flying giant 80 percent rc planes for my whole life they are basically ultra light planes that is rc lol

@fishmut Жыл бұрын

You got understanding of how the plane reacts and how it handles and what is required , I have flown rc planes myself , but fly one with no training and see what happens , ask me how I know lol ,yep crashed and destroyed it first go , turned it into chips literally , I thought I knew how to fly it , and soon as I made the first mistake I panicked and the rest is history , definitely don’t fly with out any training people it really is not worth it , especially if your going to be in it. Period.

@pentachronic Жыл бұрын

@@fishmut Was thinking getting my Sports Flying License. Do they have dual control Quicksilvers or would I have to learn in a different (but similar controls) aircraft ? Any experience in this area ?

@DanasWings 10 ай бұрын

@@pentachronic Yes, there are two seat Quicks.

@Mike-01234 2 жыл бұрын

What makes me nervous is the way your legs are part of the nose of that thing. If something goes wrong have any kind of minor mishap legs are going to take the brunt. I have heard these types with a pusher engine have higher drag so a untrained pilot get uncoordinated in the pattern down low end up stall spinning. Just what I have heard not sure how much is true.

@UltralightAirplaneDriver 2 жыл бұрын

There are some valid points in your comment. But if you watch more of my videos you will see that this craft can fly really slow without stalling

@glen7016 2 жыл бұрын

minor mishap won't hurt the pilot in a Quicksilver. Flying into a barbed wire fence however, can be bad. I sold one back in 1994 to a guy who promptly flew it into a barbed wire fence after we completed the sale, and nearly had his head cut off. The only thing saving him was the tribar down tubes, which although bent like a bow, saved him from decapitation. His throat was cut from ear to ear

@UltralightAirplaneDriver 2 жыл бұрын

@@glen7016 wow! Sketchy

@glen7016 2 жыл бұрын

@@UltralightAirplaneDriver yea, it also convinced the private airport owner to kick us "ultralighters" out of the airport. It was a bad day. They said "we are concerned about liability". The injured buyer was ok, he even declined going to ER, as his wife (an ex-Airforce nurse) said "it is merely a flesh wound". I was like "ok??? Are you sure???"

@UltralightAirplaneDriver 2 жыл бұрын

@@glen7016 🤦‍♂️😂