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Starship Youtube.mov

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14 жыл бұрын

Beechcraft Starship, designed by Burt Rutan. Chase plane for Spaceship One.
Filmed with Partenavia, P68 Observer aircraft with belly-mounted FLIR Utlramedia Camera System.
Aerial Video Systems

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@rpscherer 14 жыл бұрын

This magnificent footage was taken during our "Boneyard" shoot over Southern California in 2005. To the author of this video: Great job, thank you for producing & posting it! ~Robert Scherer - Starship NC-51 (N514RS)

@biketech60 3 жыл бұрын

Dissenting voice . The sound of this airplane is so singular that it's sacrilege to play music rather than the sound of this plane in flight . Like a Ferrari video without engine sound . killer plane

@JohanGiliomee 14 жыл бұрын

We need more, PLEEZ!!! One beautiful plane with one beautiful video to prove it!! Thanks to all that made this possible and long live the spirit of the Starship!

@badweetabix 3 жыл бұрын

The Starship is what every Long EZ dreams of growing up to be.

@wernerdanler2742 5 жыл бұрын

These were one of the noisiest planes I ever heard land but still beautiful and fascinating to watch.

@markyoung7470 5 жыл бұрын

To this day. I still consider this one of the most Beautiful airplanes ever built.From what I heard the FAA had a lot to do with it's failure of performance and fuel economy do to many changes they required because of the state of the art composites that were being used in its construction.

@zounds13 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, I want one. I'll have a Long-EZE too, while we're at it.

@jadefalcon001 3 жыл бұрын

I'm hoping to build a Velocity at some point. There's a 6-seater under development that would be great.

@wn6904k 7 жыл бұрын

SO far ahead of its time, to bad it is not in production any more..........................

@dannyroosenboom3640 10 жыл бұрын

unusual airplane design , but one of the most beautiful planes I ever saw ! thanx for posting !!!

@henrikcarlsen1881 6 жыл бұрын

Always been a fan of Canards and Rutan's made a few of those. My favorite is the Long-EZ spin off, the Berkut. Other's tried too, take the Piaggio Avanties. I'll want one of those when I sell my bitcoins and Apple shares... Some specs on the Spaceship would be nice (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_Starship#Specifications_.282000A.29). Being twice as fast as the Partenavia they must have flown at minimum speed (mind you, these planes (almost) never stall or spin) for not to outrun it.

@politicalsheepdog 8 жыл бұрын

I lived in Wichita, KS in 1991 and saw this thing flying around at least a half dozen times.

@Ihaveanamenowtaken 9 жыл бұрын

How awesome would this be on HD? Extremely!!!

@soniaakter2678 2 ай бұрын

Nice aircraft

@kpdsza 14 жыл бұрын

Kudos!! Finally, someone who can find fitting music to go with a video. Superb job!!

@ivanmarkovicxxx 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, amazing plane, video & complimentary music! Love it. If I ever make it, this is the plane 4 me!

@jadefalcon001 3 жыл бұрын

There's none left flying, that I'm aware of. Only two survived the fleet being destroyed, and they are on static display.

@ivanmarkovicxxx 3 жыл бұрын

@@jadefalcon001 There are still a bunch flying. One guy has a few, & bought up a bunch of them for parts, so he can keep his flying the rest of his life!

@airbornecamera 14 жыл бұрын

Hi Robert. It's great to hear from you! Yours was one of my all-time favorite shoots. And I'm finally getting around to putting some stuff on youtube. If you would like, I can send you a DVD of the footage. I can also include any info you like in the credits. Talking with you and flying with you was an awesome experience! Many Thanks, -Dave

@BuzzDyou 14 жыл бұрын

Wow!! I stumbled across your channel, by watching 'beautiful twin turbine boat'.. I find it really hard to believe that there aren't more views and comments!? Well I have been a Rutan fan for decades. I was fortunate to see this excellent plane at Abbottsford Airshow, BC & Reno Air Races, NV.. both static displays, this is the first flying footage I've seen.. Awesome footage, kudos to all!!! I'd like to build a Vari-ease or Easy-long. Keep up the great work! lat'r Buzz

@zyoungson 14 жыл бұрын

this plane almost qualifies for fighter jet awesomeness

@johnsont963 8 жыл бұрын

The first plane I ever built interiors for back in 1990.

@fabiocastaneda7742 5 жыл бұрын

This one together with the Piaggio Avanti are my two favorites front canard pushers.

@Baxxton1966 13 жыл бұрын

Oh ja, ich möchte die Konstruktionen von Beechcraft schon immer! Sehr schön, sehr schön, weiter so ... liebe Grüße aus dem fernen Europa ;o)

@thomastevelde8547 2 ай бұрын

Evergreen musiam ,Origon 5-29-2024

@jrrm3 13 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video, a pleasure to watch. Thanks

@fatatomicsausage 7 жыл бұрын

Looked really great but had some problems. The composite structure had a conductive aluminiun layer (like the PBLS layer used today) which corroded. Because pt6 config meant that the exhaust went through the propeller the prop blade hubs corroded. I changed two engine mounts (I think number 1 eng) which cracked due to vibration. It ended up with loads of large anti-vibration (like large tuning forks) dampers bolted to the inner fuselage skins. There was other problems but I can't remember, ive not seen one since the mid 90's. Still think it would have been worth developing. Beechcraft learned a lot from this aircraft especially in composites a lot of which was used in the B390 but that had its own set of problems and is no longer in production either! Thats aviation for you!

@rpscherer 7 жыл бұрын

NC-51 is 23 years old and has experienced zero corrosion of the conductive screen. We just overhauled the props and the hubs were found to be within spec and were returned to service. The tuning forks were for noise cancellation, not vibration. Never have a cracked engine mount.

@KorayU. 2 жыл бұрын

How was the fuel economy?

@rpscherer 2 жыл бұрын

@@KorayU. Starship flight planning rule of thumb for fuel: 900 lbs for the 1st hour, 800 lbs for the 2nd hour, 700 lbs for every additional hour of flight.

@sekiyokohama1 8 жыл бұрын

This music cool !!

@1212sman 10 жыл бұрын

There was one based out of Hillsboro, OR for a few years. Now on static display at the Evergreen Museum in McMinnville.

@Paiadakine Жыл бұрын

I was a beechcrafter in the late 70’s early 80’s just before the starship development. Would have been interesting to see the big auto claves and composite work areas. Much better looking airplane than the later piaggio canard (which was more successful).

@replica1052 2 жыл бұрын

all that's misinng is a lifting body and electric propulsion (some planes have drop tanks)

@XPGlowWorm 14 жыл бұрын

Nice Starship footage - here's the virtual one I made in X-Plane flight sim.

@Exodon2020 13 жыл бұрын

Hell, that looks awesome

@marcusrussell8660 6 жыл бұрын

Today Gulfstreams are a dime a dozen. But you show up in a Starship and the weak feel totally outclassed,

@helixworld 14 жыл бұрын

Thats very quality video. Thanks for posting. I'd like to see one landing.

@rpscherer 13 жыл бұрын

@CarBonkers No, she flys like a conventional airplane and feels smooth and solid - like a Mercedes Benz sedan. The Starship is an easy airplane to fly.

@KorayU. 2 жыл бұрын

How was the fuel economy?

@rpscherer 13 жыл бұрын

@SweatyFunSeeker The airport you see in the video is Mojave, California (MHV)

@theguyatherenow1393 6 жыл бұрын

what was the music that used to play? I want to buy a copy of that music for everytime i back out of my driveway.

@badweetabix 3 жыл бұрын

@@scottc5619 It's "Battle without Honor or HUMANITY" and Tomoyasu composed it 3 years before Kill Bill in 2000 for a Japanese yakuza movie "New Battles without Honor or Humanity."

@Itsmeeman1 8 жыл бұрын

Beautiful bird but I noticed it has the same problem all aeroplanes have; that being, virtually no visibility through the screen. Why do instrument panels have to be so high and block out the front view when a better design is not only called for but available?