When Mike Patey says "it's been a long day" it's been A LONG DAY! !! !!!

Incredible engineering for the simple things is what will make Scrappy the wildest Cub out there!

Watching you create amazing aircraft is addicting, and the only side effect is pure enjoyment! Thank you for sharing your dreams with us mortals.

As someone who doesn’t build airplanes these are addicting to watch. The amount of engineering that goes into it. Wow just wow. 👏

And now that conversation we had the other day about how your viewers can support you makes a lot more sense! 😂

Mike your passion and enthusiasm is a inspiration. Ive built custom motorcycles for pleasure and adventure travel and the design and build process is so similar. I never miss a video, thanks.

Funny small world story.... years ago, when I went to my first Sun N Fun in FL, my girlfriend at the time, who is my wife now, was asked to do a photo shoot for Best Tugs for an ad. I believe it was 2009 or 2010 and she was in the ad that was in Trade a Plane for Best Tugs... I just put 2 and 2 together after watching your channel for years! Awesome tug ;)

Love the videos. My twin brother and I both watch them. And, yes, we are identical. Don’t you get tired of people asking you what it’s like to be a twin? Keep up the great work and your up beat attitude. It goes a long way toward helping others in this trying time. Please know that I pray for you, Mark and your families. God bless.

This plane is coming together so freaking fast! I admire your work ethic

There is nothing on earth like seeing Draco jump into the sky like Jordan. Unbelievable. Draco-Phoenix will be even better!

You should incorporate "Best Tugs" phone number at the beginning/end of EVERY video to prevent the problem your having. Great video, looking forward to more.

Been watching for months...My conclusion, no man should be allowed to have this much fun!

Thank you for making me feel normal for 21 minutes and 37 seconds

Mike Patey, my favorite genius.

I don't even fly (brother does) or build things but I get so excited when I see a new Mike Patey video notification. Love watching his cerebral process.

I never tire of your ability to improvise when fabbing-up parts.

Monday morning laid off due to COVID-19. What better way to start the week than a Scrappy update with my bacon & eggs!!!

That Intro gives me goosebumps every time.

An enormous THANK YOU to all KZfaq content creators for providing all of us with additional content during this very trying time! I can only speak for myself when I say you are helping me retain what little sanity I have left having been sheltered in place for the last 2 1/2 weeks!!

It's good to see customer service is still a priority!!!

Lol mike you think of absolutely everything! Putting pen and flashlight holders in your gust lock?!🤯 amazing! Keep up the great work!

Thank you for some comforting content in our current chaotic world.....

You are a madman! I'm a high energy, OCD, robotics engineer who spent a lot of time building and repairing composite sailboats and gets exhausted just watching your videos! I have still learned a lot from this channel - your methods are spot on, clean, and efficient. Thanks Mike!

Mike, I really enjoy watching the work you do. Your descriptions are clear and concise and your videos are the same. Thanks for working hard to make it enjoyable for us. I am REALLY excited about the progress you are making on "Scrappy" and look forward to the day you get to fly this dream! Please stay safe from the virus. God bless you.

Mike, You are a freaking Genius. You have a way of explaining things that even a lowly A&P can understand it, LOL. Can't wait for the next installment.

Always an extreme pleasure to see the card carrying GENIUS taking the imagination of the construct through to design manufacture and installation.

You make everything about your airplanes better than what is out there. I have massive respect for your 5th grade imagination and skillset to create!

That stick boot is beautiful, so much attention to detail!

Closest I have come to building an airplane is milling/turning/welding stuff for my paramotor. Still, love this channel and the energy, inspiration and knowledge Mike shares on it. Thanks a lot man!

I’m always just floored at the amount of detail you put into your design... Amazing buddy!

Can't wait to see Scrappy fly. Your projects never disappoint, Mike.

To help yourself, and all of us watching that really NEVER knew you have a company that produces tugs is play a short teaser of your products in all your videos. Like a 10 second ad. Love all your videos! Seriously I never knew!

The most over-engineered pen holder of all time. Love it!

I just use my seat belt and shoulder harness to secure the stick, then a rope loop from the now secured stick to the rudder pedals. get the rope loops right and nothing can move. No extra weight at all. Then again, I don't have Mike's CNC capability! Love the pen holders.....

I appreciate the teaching you’re doing. I love watching others create. I learn new ideas every day and I appreciate the “how to” and “why” portions of your videos.

I can't wait to see it finished but I don't want the videos to end! Hopefully you will video the Draco 2.0 build and of course some flying action of both planes!

Your story reminds be of my first call ever in customer service. After days of training I took my first call and for the life of me could not find the guys order in the system to help him. Finally ashamed that I couldn’t figure it out I called my boss in to help. Turned out he had the wrong company lol.

Mike's boundless energy soothes me, his cheerful disposition amuses me, and his talent for fabrication amazes me. I cannot be certain, but I think that many of his 141,000 subscribers may feel the same way. This is evidenced by the fact that a video titled Gust Locked drew over 120,000 views in two weeks... 😉

I’m just imagining what Mike and Mark Patey must have been like as a children, their parents must be the greatest pair of parents a kid could ever have. Could you imagine trying to keep those two boys with all that energy and intelligence stimulated and out of trouble! Mike you’re an amazing man, I’m a big fan and I cannot wait to see Scrappy fly. You’re inspirational mate, I’m going to look for your book Regards from Australia Geoff Roberts

This video has been online for a couple of hours and 'BOOM' it has 3.5 THOUSAND views already. We know that Mike is going to have a genuinely interesting worth while video. Thank You.

The centre console in my car seems to attract dirt so good luck keeping those pen holder holes clean. You're an inspiration Mike.Keep em coming.

6:43 push block... You need those fingers!

It's thrilling to see the quality of design, workmanship and attention to detail!

Hi Mike, I wanted to join all of the other people around the world who enjoy your videos, and learn how to build aircraft from you. Thanks for continuing to make them and please keep them coming. Additionally, I want to add a suggestion to help your customer representatives minimize the time spent on the types of calls you talked about. As a corporate business consultant I'd like to offer the following solution to mitigating those calls. Have your customer reps ask each caller to tell them the model number of the tug they own, and also to ask the caller to verify that the Best Tugs logo is shown on the exterior of the tug. If the BestTug logo isn't on the tug, then have them turn the complaint into a opportunity to have the caller become another Best Tugs customer. You're time and effort to create all of your videos are certainly appreciated by all of us. Thanks for doing it... Back to work!

Hey Mike, just wanted to say thanks for the videos they are wonderful. Seeing as we are all stuck at home, maybe you could go for a flight and video the trip. You work so hard it would be fun to see you go have some fun too!! Be safe out there.

Watching This Man Work,,, Is What It Must of Been Like, Watching Leonardo da Vinci or Michelangelo Work,,, What a Master Craftsman and Innovator,,,,

Looks like the gust lock might pinch the boot. Can't wait to see it finished.

Man I love your control lock as clamping surface is a real pain. Clever. Nice vid clip today.

Your work ethic is just something else Mike. Less Kardashians and more Mike Patey is what this world so desperately needs! Cheers for the incredible content - you’re truly inspirational!

I LOVE! the quality and beauty of your work! I'm just finishing an Excalibur LSA and installing a 1150cc BMW motorcycle engine. If I needed a tug, I'd definitely buy yours.

That cnc mill is an ancient relic. Good to see it still running after all these years. Great video as always, keep safe

The pivoting gust lock is a great idea! One thing I didn’t see is the ability to secure the gust lock bracket in the forward position to prevent it ever inadvertently coming rearward in flight and locking up the controls.

Fascinating design concepts put into reality right before your eyes. This guy is a genius and fun to watch.

If you came out with a 2 hour video every day I would watch it. Love the content Mike!

You'll leave a legacy as great as those Wright boys, Mike. Pure engineering genius and foresight with hands on know how. I'm envious and proud!

The techniques and technology you use are totally unknown to me. It’s truly an educational experience watching your videos. Thanks!

Thats the fastest 22+ minutes. All his videos just fly by. No pun intended.

You Sir, do amazing work! Your craftsmanship and innovative solutions to an airplane builders problems are astonishing. Love your videos!

You always come up with such great and multipurpose solutions for simple "problems" - for you "problems" seems to equal "opportunity"! Love the builds, keep the vids coming, they're fantastic!

I cannot believe the ease of your vision of these parts. You imagine it and make it in hours. Very cool!!!

I was on the fence about whether or not I wanted to take the time and effort to build my own plane one day (it would be from a kit obviously lol), but watching the scrappy series has been so much fun and so informative that I figured I have more to learn from the experience than I have to lose! Started saving up now, hopefully one day however many years it takes from now I'll be rolling my own creation out of the garage for her maiden voyage!

20:07 "Acrosst"... Utah County for sure! Joking

I wish other plane manufactures would build their planes with all these high quality designs that Mike makes to his aircraft. He really thinks it out. Great job. Let's get back to work💪 ! as Mike would say.

Mike, your imagination and attention to detail is a real inspiration. Your work ethic is amazing, I couldn't keep up...👍👍👍

Every episode is epic no matter the content. Always a treat.

A Mike Patey video and learning to do fine woodwork in my recently found down time, hard to beat that!

Fascinating. Your creativity and ability to visualize, design and build solutions is off the effing chart.

Hey Mike. I was so glad to hear that you have room for a person in the back seat. I'd love to be that person for one go round!!..cheers, Jim Jakosh

Looking forward to Scrappy flying Mike. A lot of hard graft earns rewards... Your the King of Hard Graft m8...

You are an inspiration! Your work ethic is incredible. Thank you for all you do for the aviation community!

Love flying, and can't wait for this build to finish up really digging the cf theme, keep em coming

BEST TUGS is the greatest, they even sponsor DCS Events on Twitch, one day i hope to get sponsored by BT for my channel, hopefully one day, just a lil guy now but i have high hopes, wishing you and your family all the best Mike, stay safe out there amidst this crazy stuff going on right now, take car bud.

After watching your build videos, flight videos, and seeing the awesome community that has been built around aircraft, I am 100% going to get a light sport certificate. My grandfather has a Cessna 170 that has been in storage for about 3 decades since being ground looped. He has the repairs done on the landing gear mounts and the wings completed, but never finished the engine as it had a prop strike. I think its time to get it in the air again.

That’s what I call „Deluxe scrap“ - CNC milling custom parts on top notch machinery from leftover Aluminium blocks with a dent ;-)

As usual, stunning engineering and execution!!!

Although I enjoy the build videos, I can't wait to see Scrappy fly! Even more than seeing Scrappy fly, I want to see the build videos of Draco and to see it flying again. Thanks for sharing the videos with those of us that are amazed at what you do.

I expect nothing less than a custom solid aluminum CNC'ed flashlight/sharpie holder. Expect genius when you watch genius!

Mike, you’re the man. Thanks for the inspiration to keep ploughing through this tough time! Great work!

Mike and his family are obviously amazing and caring humans. I always look forward to watching new projects coming together.

Love the new shorter format. Keep it up Mike! Your work is keeping me moving and motivated on restoring my 14’ 1955 Lone Star aluminum boat. No carbon fiber, but plenty of custom touches. Anyways, BACK TO WORK! 💪🏽

Mike, I noticed the hole left in the panel when the gust pin is removed to lock the yoke. I think the pin will vibrate up/down when in the flight position. You built shields for the light and pen pockets, but not the gust pin. Just an observation. As an aircraft engineer for a mayor aircraft manufacture I'm truly impressed and inspired by the attention to detail and the fantastic build and engineering quality. Thank you for the videos.

I could watch him do this stuff all day... I'm an avionics tech and love working on this kind of stuff... I'd love to work with / for Mike on these projects!!!!

What ever the next level beyond cool is, and then beyond the next level after that; is somewhere where you are.

Your videos always come out at just the right time! Been super frustrated with my Cessna 120 resto project and ready to throw the plane away...then comes a new Mike P video and re-invigorates my passion to keep trying and keep working! Thanks for the great motivation!

I can’t wait to see the first flight!

Sounds like you guys need to start your own ad campaign.

Gust lock..I'd call that over-the-top pencil holder. 👍🤙💪

I love the thoughtfulness that you integrate into your designs. Your design philosophy should be adopted by others to provide safer products. However, I know that your design schedule and budget restraints for Scrappy are far more relaxed than the development of products for the U.S. government. I would have loved to be able to design in that environment. One thing that I noticed in your video is that you did not talk about having a lanyard for the control lock pin. I know that your design includes a storage location for the pin, but nothing to prevent the pin being dropped on to the floor of the cockpit when you are sitting in the seat. I know from experience how hard it can be to retrieve a dropped item from the floor when you are all belted up ready to go.

Ok OK going into scrappy DT update soon lol. Pray you and family are safe and healthy 🙏.

Me: Scratch builds an RC airplane. Mike: Scratch builds an airplane.

Mike, you are amazing, I think you are from another planet....I am 75, a private pilot since 1978, and the last plane I owned was a 1946 Taylorcraft BC-12D, I bought for $3500.00. I miss flying terribly, I sold my plane to put our son through college, and now on SS cannot afford another plane....GRRRRR lol Great videos Mike, you should have your own Reality show, you are a hit. Thanks for all you do Mike and God Bless....:-) P.S. I would bet big money that you could build a space ship capable of unbelievable things.....DO IT MIKE LOL

The only trick you could add to the flashlight holder would be something like a olight induction charger setup...never dead...haha. Very cool!

Love your longshelf approach to design. You ever get to the Galveston Texas Municipal. I'd love to see scrappy one day.

My friend at Nicks Garage on u tube hangs flags from the ceiling from all around the world. Helps to reduce the reverb on audio . Great video!! Love the thought process

I put a similar gust lock in my Kitfox last year and it works fantastic!! Really came in handy with the big winds at the High Sierra fly in.

That Gust lock is pure genius! I might need to copy that idea. Thanks Mike

The gust lock on my c172 covers the key hole with a huge red plate, so the plane cannot be started with it in. I've read horror stories where pilots left the gust lock in, that didn't have that and crashed their plane trying to take off.

Mike that's awesome, incredible, you take everything to the extreme to make it better, lighter, stronger scrappy. Wow!!!!

Looks like youre making your own big toy, thanks for the vid, can't wait for the next one!

Mike Patey for President!