Steve, HUGE fan here. Flying a sequence like that is super awesome. Congrats! Excited for the next rv update. Keep it up man. Wish i could shake your hand.
Steve ! I was SO impressed with not only your flying during this series but your attitude and open mindedness to getting out of your comfort zone and learning something totally new. Can't WAIT to get you to an IAC aerobatic contest ! 🙃👊🏻 You're going to crush it
"AEROBATICS AND ENDLESS MEAT!" Yeah. That's gonna make a nice hanger sign. Congrats on flying the entire Sportsman Sequence. Definitely NOT a zero. And man, do I LOVE hearing that engine start up.
YeeeeHawww! Love it guys!! You are great! Brings lots of memories back. I did lots of aerobatics with my dad F. Don Pittman, Sapulpa , Oklahoma. One of his first aerobatic planes was The Pitts Special N11J. He bought “Joys Toy” from Joyce Case in 1962 and went the AAA Aerobatic Championships and won 1st place. He went on to also be a TWA captain. You guys are the greatest! Keep it up!!
I was fortunate enough to get to fly the extra 300 over the summer. I'm going back this summer to do a full air show simulation with those guys again. This looks like A blast
@@GunganWorks Thanks for watching that. he is going to come to Dallas in a couple of months and show me all the things we should be doing and are normally rated aircraft staying within the envelope but getting out of our comfort zone. He and I have a lot in the works
This episode is by far one of my top favorite FlightChops videos. I could definitely feel the intensity as you executed the sequence. Awesome job Steve and congratulations!
Nice work Steve and Luke. You did a nice job on the sequence. This series has been great for spreading the aerobatic love. I love Luke’s parting words...”only one problem...the real aerobatic box is half that size.” Spoken like a true acro pilot.
Huge well done to you! You really can see just how hard you're having to work throughout the sequence. You were grabbing at your headset mic to regain composure. Very interesting to hear how your selection of ground reference assists so much with this and therefore is almost as important as your ability to fly the sequence itself. I'm a recently passed UK PPL so I have a long way to go before anything like this! The best thing I've managed to do so far is film a fairly benign flight in a Socata TB10. This is another level. I think you did a fantastic job. Well done 👍
12:54 In R/C planes, we can cheat with "dual rates". With a switch set in one position, the control surfaces are limited to a certain amount of throw, but that throw is evenly distributed throughout the full range of stick input (called 'low rates'). Then you can flick the switch to another position, and have "high rates", where the full control surface throw is available. I always thought that if you had a 'fly by wire' system, you could easily program dual rates into a full-size competition plane.
Nice video. I also was curious about this particular mount. Normally, flight controls are carefully balanced to avoid aeroelastic flutter. What sort of analysis was done to evaluate this location of mass and drag forward of the rudder hinge line?
Bit late to watching...again. But I'll still add my £0.02p worth to the comments. Wow, just wow, first attempt with no zeros is pretty impressive. This has been an excellent series and has been a major morale booster for me as under our lockdown rules I'm not even allowed to fly solo to maintain currency so being able to detach from this reality and immerse myself in yours for a time has been fantastic...please keep it up. Thanks, Mel xx
I am no aerobatic pilot, so I won't begin to grade that. What I will say is that I am super impressed with the confidence that you show in flying that airplane. You fly it very well, especially provided how little you have flown it!
Working toward Spitfire training, yes. The Pandemic slowed down those plans... but meantime I am building hours in the T6 / Harvard so that I am ready when I face the Spitfire!
Nice work, Steve!! We appreciate all your hard work in getting all these multiple stories stitched together perfectly, too. Great series of vids!! I'm in love with that Extra, lol. I was laughing at the VSI during your routine: Maxes out clockwise and stays there ... then whips counterclockwise and maxes out there and stays, LOL! That gauge was pretty much useless during the routine. Was funny to watch! I can only imagine the sensations of all of that. As a passenger I'd have to work my way up to that, hahaha! THANKS for sharing all of this, Steve! This was great!!
Nicely done Steve! I’m very impressed. I gotta stop up and visit Harv’s Air one day since I reside in “South Manitoba” otherwise known as North Dakota (doesn’t sound as cold that way).
Sportsman in an Extra 300. Great work Steve. Just got a ipad mini. So stepping forward with tech. Prob going to run ozrunways. Plus got cloudahoy going phone and ipad. Looking forward to using this tool more. Used for a long cross country last weekend. Stopped in NZVL for a DH 100th fly in. Went for a flight as pax in a DH Dragonfly!. Got home looked at the flights on cloudahoy. Great app.
I don’t know that I “nailed it” :). But I got through it with out major errors. The RV-14 is coming along well - new build vlog coming in a week or so.
That was fantastic what a great job... to see where you have come from to do such a great job.wow great job.... as a fellow drummer timing is everything and you hit it..... this has been a great group of fantastic videos with great pilots. I even got my RC group checking you out with the 300 as a lot of guys are interested in the competition aspect... yes we do have RC competition in acrobatics...
I've been to a similar restaurant in Nairobi, Kenya appropriately called "The Carnivore". At the time we had such things as Ostrich, Crocodile and Zebra as well as normal meat!
As someone who is familiar with model precision aerobatics (rc aircraft), this was cool to see full size. I flew intermediate / advanced in local competitions and judged f3a. Even almost 15 years later the aresti all makes sense. Never seen it full size though. I do miss the air based RC stuff. But that is the government killing the hobby and making it accessible for only professional drone pilots.
Steve you mentioned at one point in this series that you had to take steps to prevent motion sickness. Could you say more about that? I struggled with it in my discovery flight and I’ve been a little worried about it. How much have you struggled with it and what do you do to manage it? Thanks! Loving this series. Such great stuff.
I’ve been lucky to not have an issue with motion sickness for the most part. That said, in the previous training with Luke in the Pitts S2B a few years ago, I got as close as I ever have to getting sick. I find the main cause is if you’re not in control for too long while the other pilot / instructor is demonstrating manoeuvres. So the key is to be in control as much as able so your brain is more connected to the cause of the sensations. It is interesting to note that Bob Hoover had major issues with motion sickness in his early days... and then we went on to arguably be the greatest pilot that ever lived - highly recommend his book “forever flying”!
@@FlightChops Thanks Steve! If Bob Hoover struggled with this than I'm in very good company. I second your recommendation for Forever Flying and I'll also recommend that everyone read Yeager (Chuck Yeager's autobiography) as a double feature. The two of them were joined at the hip at Edwards in those amazing pre-NASA days and the two books give a really interesting crossover perspective.
This was a great video of you and your SKILLS, yes it's been 2 years BUT well worth the publication. In the sportsman sequence, are check pilots or passengers allowed to be with you or was this JUST for the video?
"Drinking from the firehose" Just watched your video of cross country in a Stearman (Steerman?) with no electronics, no compass. You keep this up and you'll be a pilot someday LOL
@@FlightChops Was it Fogo de Chão? Great film and edit, Steve. I'm dipping my toe into the Extra used market and have enjoyed watching your videos on your training.
Take off distance & engine performance on wet and dry days. Could anybody explain above in detail? I am unable to find proper explanation in internet. 🇮🇳
Poor Canadians. Enjoy that airplane tax mrs truedoe is going to throw at you to feed the marxist machine. Enjoyed your routine, your instructor seemed like a squared away guy; his talk ons were really good
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Steve, HUGE fan here.
Flying a sequence like that is super awesome. Congrats!
Excited for the next rv update.
Keep it up man. Wish i could shake your hand.
Steve ! I was SO impressed with not only your flying during this series but your attitude and open mindedness to getting out of your comfort zone and learning something totally new. Can't WAIT to get you to an IAC aerobatic contest ! 🙃👊🏻 You're going to crush it
Luke! You seem like a great instructor. This series was so awesome! Cool to see you and Hannah in the comments.
When I was watching this video I was excited as I flew it myself. Good job in pilot training and still excelent film making.
"AEROBATICS AND ENDLESS MEAT!" Yeah. That's gonna make a nice hanger sign. Congrats on flying the entire Sportsman Sequence. Definitely NOT a zero. And man, do I LOVE hearing that engine start up.
YeeeeHawww! Love it guys!!
You are great! Brings lots of memories back. I did lots of aerobatics with my dad
F. Don Pittman, Sapulpa , Oklahoma.
One of his first aerobatic planes was
The Pitts Special N11J. He bought “Joys Toy” from Joyce Case in 1962 and went the AAA Aerobatic Championships and won 1st place.
He went on to also be a TWA captain. You guys are the greatest! Keep it up!!
I was fortunate enough to get to fly the extra 300 over the summer. I'm going back this summer to do a full air show simulation with those guys again. This looks like A blast
Dude! You and Spencer Suderman would have an unbelievably funny airshow act!
@@GunganWorks Thanks for watching that. he is going to come to Dallas in a couple of months and show me all the things we should be doing and are normally rated aircraft staying within the envelope but getting out of our comfort zone. He and I have a lot in the works
@@JustPlaneSilly That sounds interesting.
@@JustPlaneSilly Would love to see that!
Holy - and I can't stress this enough - shit. The concentration in your face! Well done man. Congratulations.
Thanks, yeah - the pressure was real.
This episode is by far one of my top favorite FlightChops videos. I could definitely feel the intensity as you executed the sequence. Awesome job Steve and congratulations!
Thanks - So glad you enjoyed it!
I've done aerobatics flights in the 300 & 330XL... These planes are SO FUN!
Nice work Steve and Luke. You did a nice job on the sequence. This series has been great for spreading the aerobatic love. I love Luke’s parting words...”only one problem...the real aerobatic box is half that size.” Spoken like a true acro pilot.
Glad you enjoyed it!
these a great series of videos, don't loose track of Hannah I bet she will do big things in the future
For sure!
Huge well done to you! You really can see just how hard you're having to work throughout the sequence. You were grabbing at your headset mic to regain composure. Very interesting to hear how your selection of ground reference assists so much with this and therefore is almost as important as your ability to fly the sequence itself. I'm a recently passed UK PPL so I have a long way to go before anything like this! The best thing I've managed to do so far is film a fairly benign flight in a Socata TB10. This is another level. I think you did a fantastic job. Well done 👍
In addition to the chin strap, that mic might need a couple strips of medical don't-pull-the-IV-out tape.
Yes and a few nails would do it too haha!!
Another great video! Can't wait to see how the RV is coming along! Keep up the great work!
Awesome thanks! Next build vlog is coming out in about a week.
12:54 In R/C planes, we can cheat with "dual rates". With a switch set in one position, the control surfaces are limited to a certain amount of throw, but that throw is evenly distributed throughout the full range of stick input (called 'low rates'). Then you can flick the switch to another position, and have "high rates", where the full control surface throw is available. I always thought that if you had a 'fly by wire' system, you could easily program dual rates into a full-size competition plane.
Well done, man! I'm also liking the rudder-mounted camera as it's cool to see how much dancing is done on the pedals in the landing sequences.
Yeah - it's a lot of dancing on landing for sure, but not as much as the bigger warbirds :)
Nice video.
I also was curious about this particular mount.
Normally, flight controls are carefully balanced to avoid aeroelastic flutter.
What sort of analysis was done to evaluate this location of mass and drag forward of the rudder hinge line?
I really enjoyed this series Steve. Like has so much positive energy it’s loads of fun watching him teach you guys.
Great stuff. Thanks for sharing
Did my license at Harvs, store my 50 across the road at aceoair.
Love seeing content from home.
Love the channel bro.👊
Too Awesome!!! Much love for FlightChops!
Bit late to watching...again. But I'll still add my £0.02p worth to the comments. Wow, just wow, first attempt with no zeros is pretty impressive.
This has been an excellent series and has been a major morale booster for me as under our lockdown rules I'm not even allowed to fly solo to maintain currency so being able to detach from this reality and immerse myself in yours for a time has been fantastic...please keep it up.
Thanks, Mel xx
Congratulation! Glad you took us with you, it was awesome and inspiring :-)
PS ... as a paraglider pilot, I would love to suggest to you to learn to freeflight, not least paragliding (flying without being in a cockpit :-D )
Very cool. Congratulations FlightChops!
You know you’re a big shot when they put your name on the plane! 😃
I am no aerobatic pilot, so I won't begin to grade that. What I will say is that I am super impressed with the confidence that you show in flying that airplane. You fly it very well, especially provided how little you have flown it!
Appreciated :)
Some of your facial expressions in the heavier Gs are classic! Frame those...lookin' gangster!
Thats awesome! Love the videos and training around place of residence is even cooler!
Really realy love this channel. Well done to all of you.
Fun to watch
Are you almost ready to fly a spitfire? Also where would you find one that you could fly? Im really looking forward to that/those videos.
He could come to England for it and go to the boultbee flight academy very costly though at £80,000
@@ReNewReViews1 OUCH!!!
Working toward Spitfire training, yes. The Pandemic slowed down those plans... but meantime I am building hours in the T6 / Harvard so that I am ready when I face the Spitfire!
@@FlightChops thats really cool. Thanks for responding. Is there any other warbird that you might fly after that?
i know Im quite randomly asking but does anyone know a good place to watch new tv shows online ?
Fantastic Steve. We all live vicariously through you. That was tiring!
That was so awesome. Well done sir!!
Incredible stuff, just sitting watching it makes my heart race. I think you are convincing many people to do Aero!!!
Absolutely cool, and the life I wanted to live. But I did get to fly, so I can't cry too much. Very good job FC!
What a lovely coach!
Nice work, Steve!! We appreciate all your hard work in getting all these multiple stories stitched together perfectly, too. Great series of vids!! I'm in love with that Extra, lol.
I was laughing at the VSI during your routine: Maxes out clockwise and stays there ... then whips counterclockwise and maxes out there and stays, LOL! That gauge was pretty much useless during the routine. Was funny to watch! I can only imagine the sensations of all of that. As a passenger I'd have to work my way up to that, hahaha! THANKS for sharing all of this, Steve! This was great!!
Good observation regarding the VSI :)
@@FlightChops - Thanks! I re-watched the routine with my face inches from my screen, watching the instruments. :)
wow that looks like a lot of fun
Loved this series - great job.
Nicely done Steve! I’m very impressed. I gotta stop up and visit Harv’s Air one day since I reside in “South Manitoba” otherwise known as North Dakota (doesn’t sound as cold that way).
awesome job! Makes me miss flying aerobatics
Just awesome Steve, thank you.
Good job, Chops!
Thanks!
Well done, Steve!
Sportsman in an Extra 300.
Great work Steve.
Just got a ipad mini.
So stepping forward with tech.
Prob going to run ozrunways.
Plus got cloudahoy going phone and ipad. Looking forward to using this tool more. Used for a long cross country last weekend.
Stopped in NZVL for a DH 100th fly in. Went for a flight as pax in a DH Dragonfly!.
Got home looked at the flights on cloudahoy. Great app.
Great job Steve, now that was a hell of a ride and you even managed to keep your mic "sharp". Congrats !
Yes! Thank you!
Nothing like a brazilian churrascaria to keep the spirits high!
holy moly! fantastic! I'm happy for you, very happy it's not me trying those maneuvers.
Nailed it on the first attempt, how cool is that ?
Totally awesome Steve, well done you lucky dog !
How's the RV progressing?
I don’t know that I “nailed it” :). But I got through it with out major errors. The RV-14 is coming along well - new build vlog coming in a week or so.
Awesome Steve!!!
Awesome air work and great video. I always enjoy watching your videos.
Very nice Steve ! And Luke , you’re an awesome instructor . Someday maybe I’ll have the honour to fly with you .
I kinda remember the first time I did the sportsman sequence , u definitely did much better than me !! Love the footage as always 👌🏻🤙🏻
Awesome! Thank you!
That was fantastic what a great job... to see where you have come from to do such a great job.wow great job.... as a fellow drummer timing is everything and you hit it..... this has been a great group of fantastic videos with great pilots. I even got my RC group checking you out with the 300 as a lot of guys are interested in the competition aspect... yes we do have RC competition in acrobatics...
Thank you very much!
Please accept this Drummer Fist Bump! :)
Awesome Steve!! Congrats, don't think I could handle the G'ss.
Fantastic execution, Steve!!
Many thanks!
that was intense
Great video!
Well done
That was a lot of fun to ride along. I think I might see if I can find an extra 300 experience flight. Looked real slick to the uninitiated. Cheers.
Well done Steve!
Nice one!
If this isn’t “Keeping your flight chops sharp”, I don’t know what is!
Well said !
7th and 6th y
I came up with a all around integrated light HD cam system for my plane..it"s too cool to be able to observe your plane flying from the cockpit...!!!
Very nice!!.. Well done!!
Nice! That was really fun! Love the epic send into the box!
Endless meat... great way to end any day, especially an aerobatics day! Great vid, Steve!
Hey awesome - thanks for watching to the end :)
I've been to a similar restaurant in Nairobi, Kenya appropriately called "The Carnivore". At the time we had such things as Ostrich, Crocodile and Zebra as well as normal meat!
Good job, man!
Thanks!
well done on your no zeros as well.
That was super fun. Congrats.
As someone who is familiar with model precision aerobatics (rc aircraft), this was cool to see full size. I flew intermediate / advanced in local competitions and judged f3a. Even almost 15 years later the aresti all makes sense. Never seen it full size though. I do miss the air based RC stuff. But that is the government killing the hobby and making it accessible for only professional drone pilots.
Steve we've gotta get you out to a comp. That was a class act sequence!
Thanks buddy!
Awesome. That headset mic needs a higher G tolerance... that must have been driving you crazy. Ahh... I remember the days of endless meat... !
Haha - yeah. I think that the mic boom can be tightened more... will have to look into that.
Damn now i see why you were so ready for that lunch! haha looks amazing. Awesome video too i would love an opportunity like this!
Steve you mentioned at one point in this series that you had to take steps to prevent motion sickness. Could you say more about that? I struggled with it in my discovery flight and I’ve been a little worried about it. How much have you struggled with it and what do you do to manage it? Thanks! Loving this series. Such great stuff.
I’ve been lucky to not have an issue with motion sickness for the most part. That said, in the previous training with Luke in the Pitts S2B a few years ago, I got as close as I ever have to getting sick. I find the main cause is if you’re not in control for too long while the other pilot / instructor is demonstrating manoeuvres. So the key is to be in control as much as able so your brain is more connected to the cause of the sensations. It is interesting to note that Bob Hoover had major issues with motion sickness in his early days... and then we went on to arguably be the greatest pilot that ever lived - highly recommend his book “forever flying”!
@@FlightChops Thanks Steve! If Bob Hoover struggled with this than I'm in very good company. I second your recommendation for Forever Flying and I'll also recommend that everyone read Yeager (Chuck Yeager's autobiography) as a double feature. The two of them were joined at the hip at Edwards in those amazing pre-NASA days and the two books give a really interesting crossover perspective.
Man that looks fun
This was a great video of you and your SKILLS, yes it's been 2 years BUT well worth the publication. In the sportsman sequence, are check pilots or passengers allowed to be with you or was this JUST for the video?
I think you can have a safety pilot for competitions, they just aren't allowed to do or say anything unless it is a safety issue (Luke can confirm)
"Drinking from the firehose"
Just watched your video of cross country in a Stearman (Steerman?) with no electronics, no compass.
You keep this up and you'll be a pilot someday LOL
One day :)
Awesome video next event in Sun n Fun?
something to do with my RC plane...learn this sequence n get it as tight as you did...that was great..
Very cool. Just got beat down on instr. last night so this was a welcome fun anxiety...haha
Love the meat parade! Toro? :)
I can’t remember the name of the place - but it was awesome food.
Looks like Carnaval Brazillian BBQ. Love that style of BBQ. So good.
@@FlightChops Was it Fogo de Chão? Great film and edit, Steve. I'm dipping my toe into the Extra used market and have enjoyed watching your videos on your training.
Well Done Steve. Will you do aerobatics in your RV 14?
Hell yes! :). maybe not as violent as in the Extra though :)
What was that music when you completed the sequence? It was the perfect choice.
Thanks! I have to look, but it was licensed from epidemic sound
Soooooo COOL!
:-)
Love it!
Take off distance & engine performance on wet and dry days.
Could anybody explain above in detail? I am unable to find proper explanation in internet. 🇮🇳
Uuhhh Brazilian BBQ, that's nice!
how much is hour of flight time for extra 300?
Badass
@Träy hello
I have a lot on envy for you :)
aerobatics and endless meat, who can ask for more? As long as there is proper bacon and really good steak: P
Thanks for watching to the end :)
@@FlightChops always do :P
hello :)
... and yes... I guess I've been the first to comment ✈❤🔝🎉
Grasping at straws in a world that's dying is just another re run. So what else is new for 2021.?
Better fix screwing around with yr mic!
Poor Canadians. Enjoy that airplane tax mrs truedoe is going to throw at you to feed the marxist machine. Enjoyed your routine, your instructor seemed like a squared away guy; his talk ons were really good
I'm curious about the parachutes. How often are they checked? (Not that I'd ever want to have to use one. LOL)
Yes, they have to be repacked / certified every 18 months or so
(I have to confirm the exact details on that)