You're a big man for taking responsibility and not just blaming others, plus using it as a positive opportunity to improve your aircraft - refreshing to see!

Don't be apologetic about the videos while your plane is down. Most people that watch these videos want the aircraft owner's experience. Maintenance and repair is part of that, especially bush planes. Your videos add a level of realism when we see that it's not all edited fun stuff. Keep up the great work!

Trent, I really respect the way you "manned up" re: the prop strike. I had you figured for a stand up guy, I'm glad to see that I was right about you. Years ago, I worked for a mechanical engineer who had a favorite saying. "TreeTop", he would say, "problems are nothing more than opportunities". This video is a perfect example of that saying. IMO, your airplane still looks like a boss with those stock 8:00 inch tires. Semper Fi, TreeTop

Personal responsibility. So hard to find these days. Thanks for sharing and I hope the wait and downtime made it that much sweeter when it's back in the air.

You really sound like a solid guy, not automatically assuming blame and at the same time not instantly blaming others. Cool, reasoned consideration. Rare quality indeed, bravo.

Best part of this video was the black and white little clip bringing us back in time to the prop strike..and the perfectly timed "cha-ching" sound effect.. Thumbs up on your perfection in editing.. Best Channel on U Tube bruh..fr

Honestly I want to see more about what goes into owning and operating an "experimental" airplane like yours. particularly about how diy maintenance works and what they do to check you.

You have become my favorite youtuber. You videos are amazing to watch. Can’t wait to see 1 mil subs!

Greetings from rural NE Calif., here. I don't fly but several of us in my family really like aviation. I had a young cousin who was a private pilot, but it was a horse that killed her. Go figure. I "discovered" STOL aircraft on KZfaq. So I have subscribed. I like vids with reports like this as well as actual flying. I like theory, clever ideas, and manning up, which you did. I appreciate explanations about Experimentals too. Oh, also, no bad language in the vid. Thanks. I look forward to more time with you and your plane. Hope your tires come in soon.

Genuinely one of my favourite videos you've made. It tells a great story but also shows some interesting flying. there's just something so funny to me that you can just land the plane 90° off the intended direction and roll off to th3 taxiway at slower speeds than some planes taxi normaly. Also very cool to see a Bonanza land off airport. Great work Trent.

I've been planning a Kitfox and wondering about forward vis and why the kit doesn't have clear panels in the front. Your solutions looked great and the forward camera is genius! These videos are great. Keep it up!

Accidents happen Trent. You handled it very well and made some great improvements to the airplane. You are back in the air, so don't worry about the 800's. Some time on flat ground will give you that much more appreciation for big tundra's.

A good solution to overcome the reduced forward visibility in taildraggers during taxi is to zigzag them. That's what we teach in our Piper J-3 Cub.

You did the right thing and you killed any shame by coming clean. That's true maturity Trent.

Compound works great. My buddy here in Sac. Uses it, into his second coating now! Saves serious money. He is one of the OBP guys and runs an S7. Way to own your strike. Listen to Tim McGraws “Humble and Kind” this blog you did seems to epitomize that. Anyway, thanks for the update!

I bought my 1978 T tail Lance and flew for 19 years. Only had one problem with a connector for the auto pilot that had to be replaced. No other problems, Great Plane. It was rated for 7 as it had a kiddie seat that I could put in the isle in the middle seat area for another passenger. The most I flew with was 6 passengers to New York, Kennedy Airport. I was at hold at the runway facing a Hugh Jumbo jet about 39 stories above me waiting for my turn to take off. I was flying instrument out to Stewart FBO a joint military airport with tail hook cables across the runway for Navy pilots to practice. I had to land long to miss the cables as it would have wrecked my landing gear. No problem, we had lunch at the airport cafeteria and flew back to Richmond, VA. I only flew a few uncrotled FBOs, mostly flew to class A and B airports. In the mountains of Colorado I rented a plane and my wife and I flew off a one way runway. Cliff at one end and mountains on the other, uphill to the mountains. I met a bush pilot that used his driveway as his private runway. Nice guy. I had a lot of fun. There was too much to remember when getting my Private license so I prayed to God to help me and I could remember everything and got my pilots license in 6 weeks (only 3 weeks of study). Later I had the same trouble with the Instrument rating. I prayed for help and God helped me remember everything and gave me good orientation in the clouds. I am a Christian and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints which is the Restored Church of Jesus Christ, previously a Baptist minister. I know Jesus is the Christ and He will help you if you do what is right and ask Him. He saved my life several times with a vision of an upcoming accident and how to avoid it. It is True. God bless you brothers, take God with you.

Dang, that sucks man... Good on ya for not blaming the construction company! TBH, I probably would have... I mean, sure you have to be attentive out in the bush, but most aren't expecting to encounter obstacles on airport taxiways, so it's kind of understandable that you wouldn't be looking... Again though, I respect you for owning it. Brilliant mods BTW!

I like your innovative cam installation for seeing down in front of you. 41 years ago a bi-plane came down on top of our C172 at about 200' AGL, both planes attempting to land. Such an installation if available might aid in eliminating this type of collision in flight. Go for it and market the Palmer Cam.

WOW! JP and Matt stopped by! Even when you have bad luck you are fortunate! lol

Thanks for the update Trent. I've been jonesing to find out what kept you away so long. I am excited to see you back in the air bud.

Love the modifications you made after the incident. I crashed an RC plane today and it sucked - seeing this makes me feel less bad about it! Thanks for sharing your experience Trent :) - James.

Poor Kitfox on those small tires. Great to see you fly again tho! Hope to see more of you soon! Happy Landings

Trent, we all go through those tough times like the ones you encountered. You handled it well. It's all part of life and enjoying what we love to do. Keep up the positive attitude, it's contagious among all of us who watch your channel. I admire how you chose to work through the issues. KUDOs

Glad my advise helped with the forward facing backup camera!

Oh no! Sorry to hear about the chaos. Looking forward to seeing you get it all put back together and seeing you at Oshkosh!

Good call on the front view camera. Have you ever thought about putting one on the roof of the plane for better visibility in flight? I saw a midair collision video recently involving a high wing and low wing airplane on short final. Neither of them saw each other before they collided.

Here's a tip for cutting lexan from a sign guy: get a piece of foam about 4" to 6" thick, put your piece on there and do your cutting. Much easier than spinning it and constantly repositioning it on the edge of a workbench.

Good to see you are flying again, you got us worried! Very cute tires... In a time where everything that goes wrong alway is someone else's fault, I like you attitude owning it. Looking forward to the next one!

Love the new windows!!! and the camera!! Retreading on the bush tires is a great idea! ‘Tread’ materials for that industry can be very tough. Good luck on that.

Plane doesn’t look as bad as you think with the little tyres, will be interesting to see how the retread compound goes 👍🏻

That landing was crazy. I would love to see the face of anyone who does know what you’re doing. I love both the windows and new camera.

Listening to you talk about it scared me enough to make sure I keep a good look out taxiing around. Appreciate you making me be a better pilot!

WoW! Those are really small tires compared to your monster Bush wheels, sorry for all your troubles hope ya get it all back to normal and back on the Mountains.

Came across one of your videos purely by accident, now to find them all. Thanks for sharing all of your trials, tribulations and most of all fun!

When was watching the Oshkosh Flying Cowboys' STOL demonstration, I was actually thinking it would be nice to have a camera underneath the plane for visibility. Looks like it is already out there. Cool. Safety first!

Great video ! Even through hard times, you show how a pilot deals positively with operational or technical problems, with great sense of humor (I love your "presentation" of the small tires !). - Jean-Marc

This is life, boat, plane car, all requires some attention and sharing this is very cool.

Super video, thanks....by the way, you are a rare individual with the principles that you have, don't ever settle for less!!!!

No worries just glad to get the updates; stay safe!

Thanks for sharing the rough times as well as the good. Your story about everything going wrong reminds me of my own plane, unfortunately haha

Thank you for being honest and not a drama queen.

Tough time! Glad nothing more serious! You'll be back. Biggest tires I could get on my 182 would be 8.5's with an Airglas STC so... I kinda chuckled when you commented about the 8's lol.

Thanks for keeping it real Trent! Stuff happens! Nice to see Matt on the west coast, your right he does a great job on the videos as well! Keep them coming you guys!

I am glad I did my training at a class D airport. Many pilots I know are so afraid of ATC, but to me it was always something I had to do. Nice mods on the plane. That car camera is a great idea. If I ever buy a tail wheel airplane, that is an idea I am going to steal.

Too many people in this world refuse to take responsibility for their own actions and are always looking to place the blame for what they have done on someone else. So I think that your "Manning Up" and taking responsibility for the tripod says more for your character than anything else could. I think you are correct in saying that the tripod should have been better marked, or, from my point of view, perhaps even should not have been where it was at all. But I've got to tell you that I truthfully truly admire the position that you have taken, in taking responsibility for the tripod and not harassing the company that owns it. I think you have a right to be proud of yourself, and I think you deserve to hear that from other people.

Love the backup cam idea!

Everyone goes through these times.. But There’s only one way to go and that is up 👆🏻. Keep them coming Trent!

Keep doing what your doing , sometimes we get to fly sometimes we need to talk about flying. I definitely respect your “own up man up “ attitude about the prop strike with the survey tripod.

love all your stuff trent, keep it up! "props" to you.

Man, I hope the luck gets better! I think the thing I loved most about not owning the shop was that I wasn't the person who had to tell the aircraft owner how much it would cost to fix everything. I did eat the cost of parts on one repair, but it was fun to keep the receipt so I could prove that there was a part with all paperwork, that you could buy for less than $1. If it makes you feel any better, the corporate flight dept I worked for had to spend $95/nut for an overhaul on one of our Hawkers.

„ I don‘t even know how to talk this ATC stuff“ HAHAHAHAHAHA Trent you made my day😂

Enjoying learning more about you, don't worry if some of your work doesn't have video content I've just watched this whilst the adverts were on my evenings TV film, Sunday night in. Tom Hanks as Walt Disney. Funny old world, Since I bought my first Tablet about 4 yrs ago started to watch others put out content.Followed a young couple build a debt free home, and he also flew a plane. And who pops up at yours , their friend Levi and his van.! I cant get over how big/ vast You and north america are but Im only following about a dozen or so of you, chances of that happening again. Possibly because I like/ we all like flight....looking forward to a hanger build at some time in the future. Stay safe, nice house by the way. GP Suffolk England. ps little america....

My instructor, whose pilots license was like 39, flew a Corsair in WWII. He said they had a rear view mirror mounted backwards to taxi. He taught me to "S" taxi. I wish I still had my old Cessna 120. It too was a Jeep with wings.

Hi Trent, I too am a fan. I have just started with KZfaq videos of my RV-12 adventures and am attempting to emulate your level of professionalism. Back in the 80s I had a prop strike in a Piper Cheyenne on the Boise ID Forest Service ramp in the dark of the night. I hit a metal milk carton of all things with the right prop. Because I was taxiing for take off with the intention of flight, it was counted as an accident on my permanent records. My bad. Thanks again for the great entertainment. Oh, my RV-12 has itty bitty tires. I can taxi over grass if it isn't cut too high. :)

Don’t feel bad Trrent. Those dainty wheels look just fine on your kitfox.

The things that wouldn’t happen in the bush, will happen in a familiar setting. Looks like you made the best of it. Glad I found your channel. Take care.

Hi Trent. I just learned to keep the S-Turns going even when I think the taxi-way is clear. I'm a 20% owner of a Piper Cub still working on my tail dragger log entry. I have 5 logged takeoff and landings and the insurance company wants 8 more dual hours before I get to fly by myself. I don't think I'll be installing a video monitor even though our Cub does have a battery and electric starting. I truly love the Kit Fox but am much too old to consider building something. Your "little tires" are what cub owners call the "big tires" 8". I can relate to the towered airport thing. about 97% of my 280 hours in tricycle gear aircraft have been in Class E airspace. We have a Class-D airport near us and a Class-C a little further away. The Class D used to be more friendly but had less traffic. Now the contract controllers at the Class D seem to be doing a screen-test for FAA employment. Our Cub has a metal prop. A prop strike would be pretty expensive for us so I think I'll have to keep up my S-Turn taxing. I enjoyed the video. I uploaded one on my main channel yesterday and only have around 600 views. You upload a video and have more than 14K views. Your my hero.

I love the new windows! I wish you better luck for the next few months haha

Trent, the plane looks great even with the 8.00s don't worry!

This air traffic controller loves your videos. Keep up the great work.

the squeak squeak made me laugh _needed that- glad the engine didn't get hurt

That's very sad you had to run into that occasion but inspiring to see you accepting responsibility. But good to see your devotion to aviation. I thought my son what you said he loves your videos. Safe landings

That auto backup camera on the front of your kitfox is a GREAT idea! I'll have to put that on my Pietenpol (when I build it). And the small tires are fine! It doesn't look stupid, you're putting to much emphasis on size! (thatswhatshesaid)

Ah two of my favorite creators have a cross over episode! Matt and Trent!

What a bummer! Love your positive attitude, seeing beyond the negative & hands on approach. Not forgetting your sense of humour. It’s lovely you sharing your insight/experience & not only the cool side. Keep inspiring x ta

The new windows are pretty sweet. Nice job with the backup cam too. Personally, I like talking about airplanes and working on airplanes at least as much as flying them, maybe even more, so this was another great video. And the Kitfox doesn’t look all that different with the 800s. It’s still pretty cool. Thank you, and take care.

Trent Palmer I fly a Series 5 with 8.00 tires. It's funny what you said about the small tires. I think my Fox looks great with them, but I agree yours doesn't look right at all without the big ones. Thanks for all the videos. You fly like how I did 10 years ago.

man that intro tho! absolutely beautiful

Trent is a real master of low and slow. Fun to watch too.

Awesome meet up with jp and Matt. I expect another meet up with flightchops and Steve-O Kinivo

So how have the recapped tires work out? Worthwhile? Economic? Good performance? You could probably do a whole video on it (fly up and show the process at the vendor)...

Always learning from you Trent! Thanks for being so truthful and awesome!

I think you need to take the foreman of the project out in the plane and show them how easy it is to see their survey equipment. Maybe they can prevent another mishap.

Hey, don't worry about the many videos with mostly you talking! You're great in front of the camera, an engaging storyteller also with words and voice, not just with the adventure shoots. I enjoy both types of videos, keep'em coming :)

Great video. I am glad the runout was good. That would not have been cheap or fun to have it torn down again. The little tires do look funny on it after being used to the big ones. I am interested to see how the coating works on the bush wheel tires.

Shit happens. Better small than big . Interesting vid! The smaller tires? Not as embarrassing as you think.

Love the modifications done on the aircraft. They look real good. Good idea with the camera for taxiing.

Really love your honesty!!! Its refreashing!! Your vlogs are by far the most learned and amazing!!!!! I cannot thank you enough! For all what you do!!!!! thanks so much again sincerely RAY inspired to be a Pilot because of you!! The music rocks

Man, maintenance is really the huge downside of aircraft ownership (good thing the upside is soo cool). I love that after you crashed you didn't just get everything fixed again but also went pro-active and installed those windows, and the backup cam : so cool! Love your videos!

Cool idea with the forward-looking camera. I was thinking you could mount a mirror at a 45-degree angle overhead (where the windshield meets the top of the cabin) to get a peek forward, but the cam must work much better.

I would sell my drones to keep you in the air and get my fix as your wingman. Keep it up man, good stuff, good vlog...

Great job on getting her flying again! Maybe you could put an ND filter over the front facing camera to get rid of the rolling shutter effect.

Of Course I Appreciate Your Considerable Flying Skills ... Now However, I Consider You A Man Of Integrity And A Credit To The Aviation Community. Bravo Sir !

Sorry to hear about all the crap that hit you Trent but loved the video and thanks for keeping us up to date. To be honest, if it were me I'd edit out the "my fault" part and ding them for the prop. They should have their equipment better marked, I'm sure you're not the only tail dragger around and if you hadn't have hit it some else would have. I'm not a pilot but have worked construction jobs at small airports and know how equipment and work areas have to be marked. If that were my work here I would have been fined and would have to pay for repairs. Thank God you didn't fling something into another plane or worse...... person. Keep the videos coming and as always...... *Dance the Skies*

Great to see Matt and JP!

Sorry about what happened. Could've been worse. Hope you're flying big tires again soon. Cool looking job on the cowls.

Keep the videos coming! I like learning about all the different aspects of owning your own plane.

Trent: I came across this video by chance, thought the video looked interesting, so I watched it and then, impressed by your attitude, commented on it below. Live your life the way I speak of below, and you'll wind up at the end of your life with nothing but a tremendous pile of regrets. But you have obviously chosen to make the moral choice and live your life the way you should, by doing the RIGHT thing in ALL circumstances ... so I believe you'll avoid that. Congratulations on being one of those that are part of the solution and not part of the problem... One of those that makes a contribution to society and not one of those that preys on it. You're a rare type.

Ouch ! Great Pilot Trent you did the best you could ! Best was you didn't look to blame someone else even though I bet it wasn't your fault ! The little tires do look different but it is flying ! Zoom Zoom !

Keep up the awesome work man, I'm so jealous!

Currently in school for my AP cert. and also doing propellers in class this week so this is cool, you covered a lot of the actually "How it happens" and what not, very awesome video!

Great channel Trent. I'm a skydiver and love to fly. You and those cowboys are legendary bro. Fun to follow ya'll. Thx for the ride! Tim T.

BTW, not only are your videos great, but I love your paint job!

Very nice and usefull additions. Also a good example of making the best out of a unlucky incident!

Bonanza coming in, me: "wait" Seeing registration, me: "cool" seeing JP in the right seat: "awesome" Yeah, both cool dudes, Matt and JP

Every setback is a opportunity for a greater comeback, I like the videos Trent, sometimes it’s tough funding the dream, but it’s worth every penny with the smiles it brings to our faces.

I've been wondering when I'd see backup cam implemented as a tail dragger look forward cam. Good!

Dang, sorry man. I had a prop strike also. Airport was mowing the runway and moved a runway side marker onto the grass runway. I will giving someone dual instruction and wasn't fully paying attention. fortunately for the damage was minimal. I know how you feel.

The term is a retread. I think they would be the perfect answer to guys who spend a lot of time on rough surfaces. Of course, the particular retread vs longevity vs price will provide the final answer.

6:27 NOW THATS SMART!