Van's RV8 - Super Fast Homebuilt Aircraft

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  • Опубликовано: 22 июл 2019
  • We meet Gary and learn about his Van's RV8 amatuer built aircraft and then we take it up in the air for a flight. This airplane is an excellent platform for aerobatics.
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  • @mojogrip
    @mojogrip 5 лет назад +71

    I think I see an RV-8 in your future Bobby. The grin on your face.

  • @av8rshane491
    @av8rshane491 2 года назад +3

    Using the airplane for work. Wake up and oh darn I have to fly today. Can’t think of a better way to start the day!

  • @laurenceburr2097
    @laurenceburr2097 5 лет назад +1

    Another great video from Flying Doodles. Enjoying the interviews and learning about all the different planes. Wtg B & L!

  • @robgreene1776
    @robgreene1776 5 лет назад +17

    You KNOW it's a fun plane, when Bobby has that HUGE grin going !

  • @graffixak
    @graffixak 5 лет назад +19

    Nice camera work. The landing was beautifully interesting. What fun it must be to wear that bird like a suit.

  • @jamesyoungblood555
    @jamesyoungblood555 5 лет назад +2

    Great flight with an outstanding plane. Awaiting the next video. Shalom

  • @chrisfly777300ER
    @chrisfly777300ER 5 лет назад +7

    Evelyn was both my dad and grandfather's flight instructor. I have met her several times. Amazing lady!

  • @shortribslongbow5312
    @shortribslongbow5312 5 лет назад +1

    Very nice aircraft and flight thanks for taking me along.

  • @naijapilotxmax6006
    @naijapilotxmax6006 5 лет назад +2

    The feel of a fighter jet wow! I really enjoyed this video

  • @johnmcdevitt3683
    @johnmcdevitt3683 5 лет назад +15

    Thanks Gary and Bobby.VERY nice plane. Tough when your biggest problem is slowing down to land! HA!

  • @PilotFun101
    @PilotFun101 4 года назад +2

    What a great plane! Thanks for sharing.

  • @larryhurst8958
    @larryhurst8958 5 лет назад +1

    Great video, love the people aspect of your videos. Keep em coming.

  • @lvgeorge
    @lvgeorge 4 года назад +1

    I'm quickly becoming an RV - Fan! Nice Airplane Gary! Good to see another Doodles Video Bobby! Thumbs UP!

    • @jamesmillson6881
      @jamesmillson6881 4 года назад

      They are great airplanes. Vans makes an RV for pretty much everything. We have the RV-10 and love it. It works perfectly for our family of 4. If you want to do aerobatics there’s an RV for you, if you want a family plane there’s an RV for you, and the whole RV series performs amazingly.

  • @petronics2454
    @petronics2454 5 лет назад +8

    I was so touched, Garry, how you inadvertently got into flying. A real beaut story! Thanks Bobby and Laura for sharing the stories with the folks you meet, as you always do. Thanks so much. You seem to enjoy and channel ( pardon the pun!) both aviation and sailing - so it kinda fits my bill big-time.

    • @romanr.b.7821
      @romanr.b.7821 7 дней назад

      What are you selling, brother ? What business u do? Garry, the flying salesman.

  • @WolfandCatUnite
    @WolfandCatUnite 4 года назад +1

    Best insightful and honest video I have seen. I am ready to fly after seeing this video. Thank You

  • @ictpilot
    @ictpilot 3 года назад +1

    I met Gary last year when I was held over in Troutdale. I was being an airport bum, hanging out at the airport walking around looking at airplanes and he was cleaning on it in the hanger. Nice guy and it is a beautiful aircraft!

  • @thecolourwhiteproductions3391
    @thecolourwhiteproductions3391 4 месяца назад +1

    Guys living his best life. Amazing dude

  • @parkerfilms1
    @parkerfilms1 5 лет назад +3

    Nice. Obviously you like that plane, but no room for the Doodles! Seriously just more great stuff. Thanks!

  • @MyBlueZed
    @MyBlueZed 3 года назад

    Nice pilot. Nice aeroplane. Thanks for posting.

  • @shafnieshizard2448
    @shafnieshizard2448 3 года назад

    Hey your video was crystal clear, i enjoyed watching on my TV.

  • @randyporter3491
    @randyporter3491 5 лет назад +4

    Great video Bobby and a huge thanks to Gary for the ride ! What a fun little airplane ! I’ll have to watch for you Gary, when you are here in the BNA area. Safe skies ! 🇺🇸🛫

  • @KitplaneEnthusiast
    @KitplaneEnthusiast 4 года назад +1

    Wow this airplane is beautiful! Very nice job.

  • @jameswikstrom4174
    @jameswikstrom4174 4 года назад +1

    I have watched a few videos similar to the RV-8. It is truly an amazing airplane for what it has to offer. It is the complete package in every sense of the word. I can find nothing lacking in the airplane. I am sure MojoGrip watched the video closely, since he is going experimental which is great. The performance. efficiency, fuel economy, maintenance puts it in a class of it's own! An extremely impressive airplane!

  • @louisrobinson4164
    @louisrobinson4164 4 года назад

    Beautiful plane! I’m green with envy. Enjoy 😊!

  • @wesvasher
    @wesvasher 5 лет назад

    RV yes! So excited to see this video.

  • @robertmurdoch1
    @robertmurdoch1 5 лет назад

    Joined! Been a member for years. Always grateful!

  • @RichieRouge206
    @RichieRouge206 5 лет назад

    What a cool little plane! Great video

  • @aureliomarsili3902
    @aureliomarsili3902 5 лет назад +1

    SUPER TOP QUALITY ... Thanks !!!

  • @segredosdotiosam9989
    @segredosdotiosam9989 4 года назад

    Beautiful plane , thank you for sharing

  • @colinwallace5286
    @colinwallace5286 4 года назад +1

    My wife’s cousin’s husband built an RV-8A in the early 2000’s. I helped a little during a couple of visits, and helped rivet the main spar. As it was his second plane, he pretty much did the whole build from scratch (His first was a Murphy Rebel.). I got to fly in the RV a couple of times. It was a sweet little plane.

  • @wallywally8282
    @wallywally8282 Год назад

    The 8 & 4 are the best Vans designs of all, I’ve owned both. The 8 was great all round but the 4 was just a little sweetie, light, nimble and fast looking 👍🛩

  • @mariansmartt
    @mariansmartt 5 лет назад

    Nice video. Hope you are having fun.

  • @websurfer44
    @websurfer44 5 лет назад +2

    Welcome to Oshkosh Wisconsin and EAA. I saw Laura's Instagram postings this afternoon. I'm just north of you in Neenah, WI. Plan on coming to EAA on Saturday but might go on Wednesday also.

  • @saltzen961
    @saltzen961 4 года назад +1

    Pretty little girl Gary , and for a 360 she's a rocket !!! . Thanks for sharing .

  • @ghostindamachine
    @ghostindamachine 5 лет назад +1

    Thats a damn good pilot in a great aircraft!

  • @ronniecollins5650
    @ronniecollins5650 4 года назад +1

    super cool video to watch, I fly out of Morristown. I'll have to keep an eye out for Gary

  • @flyingwithmatt1986
    @flyingwithmatt1986 4 года назад

    Fantastic camera angles.

  • @ClayAshby
    @ClayAshby 5 лет назад

    Thanks for showing the baggage area. So many videos skip such an important information point for some reason.

  • @jeffcard3623
    @jeffcard3623 3 года назад

    Nice landing!

  • @marknisbet1990
    @marknisbet1990 5 лет назад +6

    Hey bobby my mate has rv 7 that he built he planes for 180knts and it has 180 hp great plane to fly thanks for another great video, and we are in oz cya

  • @VMCAviationVideos
    @VMCAviationVideos 5 лет назад

    I have flown on a RV8 a few times, what a great plane

  • @wynnfpv
    @wynnfpv 4 года назад

    So awesome!! Want to build one so bad!

  • @extremereclusefallows5779
    @extremereclusefallows5779 4 года назад

    This guy is smart. He knows quality aircraft and he cares about his family enough to teach them how to get it back on the ground.

  • @DOMINICAAVIATION
    @DOMINICAAVIATION 5 лет назад +1

    Super stuff!🔥😎

  • @blimpcommander1337
    @blimpcommander1337 5 лет назад +1

    Very nice RV-8A and video. Now tell us about the beast in the back of the hangar. Queen Air with IO-720's Excaliber Conversion. With 8 cylinders per side it sounds like it means business.

  • @CCitis
    @CCitis 5 лет назад +1

    Can I just say... your aviation videos are really fantastic. It's cool to hear about the owner or pilot, then its really great to go for a "test flight". And you are not prejudiced about what kinds of airplanes you fly, which makes it even more fun... you cover everything. Keep it up, man.

  • @brandonkoole655
    @brandonkoole655 5 лет назад +1

    Really nice looking runway there in Morristown

  • @roscoejones4515
    @roscoejones4515 5 лет назад +6

    All 8s are tandem seating, the 'A' denotes nosewheel vs. tailwheel.

  • @fingerhorn4
    @fingerhorn4 4 года назад +1

    Why would anyone want to spend over ten times the cash buying an aircraft by large manufacturers that go far slower than a good used RV8, have far less economy and cost a fortune to maintain? This and other Vans aircraft are the true common man's aerial transport. Lovely aeroplane. Beautiful landscape to fly over. Thumbs up!

    • @2Phast4Rocket
      @2Phast4Rocket 4 года назад

      A used Cessna costs a whole lot less than a new RV8, but it won't fly as well, or as fast though.

  • @deatz8997
    @deatz8997 3 года назад

    Awesome! Miss Evelyn gave me my PPL check-ride!

  • @dbcrn859
    @dbcrn859 4 года назад

    Yes, you can do all the maintenance. And repairs. Just need an A&P to do the annual condition report.

  • @aarontolman8866
    @aarontolman8866 4 года назад

    I got to fly in this when John Barger was alive in Pueblo, CO. Awesome airplane!

    • @TheGHardin
      @TheGHardin Год назад

      That’s awesome! Wish I knew him. He built a great plane that I use all the time.

  • @corvairchris82
    @corvairchris82 5 лет назад +2

    I would love to get an RV-anything someday. Van's makes some very nice aircraft.

  • @raisin39
    @raisin39 3 года назад

    That was funny " Some of you don't know about phone books" So true 😊

  • @yusufsaleh5445
    @yusufsaleh5445 3 года назад

    home made aircraft ? wow amazing

  • @ldoyle3rd
    @ldoyle3rd 5 лет назад

    Are you in Oshkosh? Heading up there tomorrow, did not see any events on your web page, would be great to meet you!

  • @jimydoolittle3129
    @jimydoolittle3129 2 года назад +1

    Those guys at Vans RVs Knows how to make fast nice good looking aircrafts

  • @eddiecox9370
    @eddiecox9370 5 лет назад

    Very nice plane

  • @northtexasskies3243
    @northtexasskies3243 4 года назад

    I hope to add to that 1500 built number one day. Im in love with the Vans RV 8 and the Cessna 177 Cardinal. Maybe one day i can own both.

    • @cessna177flyer3
      @cessna177flyer3 3 года назад

      You have great taste. I own a 177B (and love it), but if I ever downsize, it’s an RV-8 for sure.

  • @jamesschilling4659
    @jamesschilling4659 5 лет назад

    👍👍 Awesome job Bobby, U R An awesome videographer!! Keep'em coming!!😀😎👏✌️🆒☑️☮💙🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @tomasjay1005
    @tomasjay1005 4 года назад

    I wish a T206HD would cruise at 175, fat chance. As for the video, beautiful day for flying. Just beautiful !

  • @joekelley2999
    @joekelley2999 5 лет назад +2

    Rocking the beard! Love it! You coming out to Oshkosh this year?

    • @rockysouthflorida1707
      @rockysouthflorida1707 5 лет назад

      Bobby Doodle is now a unofficial member of ZZ TOP! Laura loves it! It tickles!!!

  • @donaldvincent
    @donaldvincent 5 лет назад

    Nice plane.

  • @edgewood99
    @edgewood99 3 года назад

    reminds my of my helping build an RV-3...the 8's older smaller brother.

  • @richotero7192
    @richotero7192 3 года назад

    That thing is gorgeous. The price is what got me. An expensive toy. Like a Porsche. So niiccceeee!!!!

  • @fredeb67
    @fredeb67 Год назад

    Great content and RV8 is a very nice looking homebuilt. What kind of camera did you use? The video is so clear and sharp and the colors are so vivid without looking over saturated.

  • @Rv12_pilot
    @Rv12_pilot 5 лет назад

    wow so beautiful.

  • @chantereaudominique8855
    @chantereaudominique8855 4 года назад +1

    Beautiful, but I noticed you don’t fasten shoulder belts, is It intended?

  • @ericlozen9631
    @ericlozen9631 5 лет назад +1

    That's the funniest private pilot trainee story I've ever heard. I would have loved to have her as my instructor when I was working on my private.

  • @vukken99
    @vukken99 2 года назад

    Rv8 is the way to go it seems...fast built easy to fly....very good speed...

  • @sanfranciscobay
    @sanfranciscobay 5 лет назад

    Would like to see you make a video showing the life of a Pilot who flys Skydivers in a Twin Otter, King Air, Skyvan, CASA etc and Laura does a Tandem Skydive.

  • @why_the_hell_not8789
    @why_the_hell_not8789 4 года назад +3

    Lolol, What he start talking about the kid's, he literally hit close to home! I immediately start laughing!

  • @RunninOnCoal
    @RunninOnCoal 5 лет назад +1

    Awesome video, I really enjoyed it and I'm not complaining, but could he not have ripped off just one barrel roll? It is an rv.

  • @danielrrainey1
    @danielrrainey1 5 лет назад

    Bobby. how about a video regarding the gear you use when flying and when sailing. camera(s), mounting(s), mike(s), software etc. Thanks get work on both channels

  • @1shARyn3
    @1shARyn3 5 лет назад +2

    Why do you have dual GPS? Run one of them to a splitter for multiple EFIS

  • @zmatt
    @zmatt 5 лет назад +14

    At 6:30 he is incorrect, you can work on an experimental without an A&P. You will need one for the yearly conditional inspection only.

    • @BobPritchard
      @BobPritchard 4 года назад +6

      But I think he said he is not the original builder. It's my understanding only the original builder gets the repairman certificate.

    • @zmatt
      @zmatt 4 года назад +4

      @@BobPritchard You only need the repairman certificate to sign off the annual conditional inspection.

    • @markh672
      @markh672 4 года назад +5

      Bob Pritchard
      True, there’s only one repairman certificate that’s ever issued to an experimental aircraft, but it has nothing to do with “repairing”...or doing any maintenance on the aircraft. The name “repairman’s certificate” is definitely misleading...I think it should be called something like the “condition inspection” certificate. So, if you didn’t build the airplane there’s only two people that can sign off on the annual condition inspection...1. The original holder of the repairman’s certificate and 2. An A&P. But once again, if it’s your airplane and you’re confident enough in your own mechanical skills, then you have every right to do as much work as you like on your airplane.

    • @munroeje
      @munroeje 4 года назад +2

      I was going to say the same. He can most definitely perform work on that plane. I upgrade my RV-6 quite often and I'm the fourth owner. Just get the A&P to sign off your yearly Condition Inspection.

  • @flintstonefly
    @flintstonefly 3 месяца назад +1

    RV-8s are great aircraft, but you need a ride in a Harmon Rocket,

  • @Riverboat374
    @Riverboat374 4 года назад +1

    Do MORE Rv's!

  • @whathasxgottodowithit3919.
    @whathasxgottodowithit3919. 2 года назад

    The nose wheel landing gear is not for landing on, it is just to keep the nose of the deck when taxing after landing :-)

  • @ThePsvan
    @ThePsvan 3 года назад

    Awesome. The 8A is the coolest of the RVs. Tricycle gear, low stall speed, high cruise speed, +7g and -3g. Oh yeah!

    • @carlwilliams1570
      @carlwilliams1570 2 года назад

      Na RV 8

    • @ThePsvan
      @ThePsvan 2 года назад

      @@carlwilliams1570 Tricycle over taildragger any day. CG behind main gear and rudder pedal tap dance after touchdown not for me.

  • @timm1583
    @timm1583 4 года назад

    wish my school had that elective!

  • @ricm96
    @ricm96 2 года назад

    If you are maneuvering, don't be at a vfr or ifr cruising altitude. If below 2500agl, do not be at a vfr cruising altitude. Nice video, great plane.

  • @OBENSquad_21
    @OBENSquad_21 5 лет назад +12

    175kts cruising ?
    Holy shit dude, you are moving moving
    Yeah gonna write down that aircraft on my list for sure

    • @raspucin70
      @raspucin70 5 лет назад +4

      and burning less than 10 gal/hr at that

    • @5000mahmud
      @5000mahmud 3 года назад

      Shame you can’t take it international

    • @thomasaltruda
      @thomasaltruda 3 года назад

      @@5000mahmud sure you can.. why can’t you?

  • @somebloke2238
    @somebloke2238 4 года назад

    Looks much better as a tail wheel

  • @StudioRV8
    @StudioRV8 5 лет назад +34

    Hey that third wheel is on the wrong end of the plane! :)

    • @jcheck6
      @jcheck6 5 лет назад +3

      I agree, the 8A just does not look good but then again I am partial to my taildragger 8. tthn

    • @petesmith9472
      @petesmith9472 4 года назад

      Boring. Juvenile. Hardly original.

    • @StudioRV8
      @StudioRV8 4 года назад

      @@petesmith9472 You need to seriously lighten up, Pete. Chill. Some like blonds some like brunets. Some like taildragger, some like nosedraggers.

    • @petesmith9472
      @petesmith9472 4 года назад +1

      Studio RV8 ?..all true. Which is why it is always such a predictable, boring and juvenile argument/discussion. The poor bugger's plane is obviously his pride and joy and rightly so. Why bother with a comment that's designed to inflate your ego at the expense of his joy.

    • @StudioRV8
      @StudioRV8 4 года назад +1

      @@petesmith9472 Pete, take a deep breath, lighten up and enjoy the day.

  • @endwood
    @endwood 4 года назад

    The 8 is the best Vans design, as long as it's conventional U/C😉

  • @russellesimonetta3835
    @russellesimonetta3835 4 года назад +3

    I like the Rv,s but, if i build, i have an itch for the mustang ll

  • @Mike-01234
    @Mike-01234 4 года назад

    I like the RV-8 with tail wheel looks good but I'm sure not that fun when you want to land in a crosswind. I would not say they are cheap from kit to flying looking at around 100k if you include paint, and tools that's not even quickbuild. Best to find a half built kit buy at a discount still get the repairman's certificate.

  • @GeneralChangFromDanang
    @GeneralChangFromDanang 5 лет назад +74

    "This is actually an RV8A tricycle gear version. So not an actual airplane. " -Sarcastic tailwheel pilot.

    • @lucysdad4199
      @lucysdad4199 4 года назад +2

      GeneralChangOfDanang I was about to comment that the little wheel is on the wrong end.

    • @Flyfishntn1
      @Flyfishntn1 4 года назад

      How much tail wheel time do you have? What airplanes?

    • @petesmith9472
      @petesmith9472 4 года назад +6

      Jon Johansen is likely one of Vans most qualified and record breaking pilots and representatives. He has about 7000 hours in his owner built Vans' tail draggers. He is now building an rv8A and says he's tiring of the long cock competition that drives the tail wheel nose wheel argument. He has a point: it is juvenile, clichéd and boring.

    • @petesmith9472
      @petesmith9472 4 года назад

      TheLZisTooHot .....every modern airplane is a nose wheel....can't help if you're living in the past. BUT you're SOOOOO TALENTED flying tailwheel. The aviation community bows to your brilliance

    • @Tom-tk3du
      @Tom-tk3du 3 года назад +1

      I have an RV-8. Considered the RV-8A initially, but decided to go with the taildragger out of concern for the robustness of the nosewheel design. I'm more comfortable with the taildragger for unpaved runways. They're both fantastic airplanes whichever way you go.

  • @fxpthl
    @fxpthl 5 лет назад

    What a great fun aircraft for so little of an investment! Just where were you on this flight Bobby? I didn't recognize the name "Morristown" let alone the topography!

    • @TheGHardin
      @TheGHardin 4 года назад

      Edward Grant KMOR in east TN

  • @abel4776
    @abel4776 Год назад

    F-16 bubble canopy!

  • @ivanh3
    @ivanh3 3 года назад +2

    Per NPR, at the time of her death (age 102) Mama Bird had flown more than any pilot. She was also a helicopter pilot.

    • @TheGHardin
      @TheGHardin Год назад

      She was an amazing woman to learn from!

  • @Brantel.
    @Brantel. 4 года назад +1

    Nice RV! One clarification on the maintenance rules, with Experimental Amateur Built aircraft, anyone can do any maintenance activity on the plane but a person must hold a repairman certificate for the plane or be an A&P to sign off the annual condition inspection. That being said, just because you can does not mean you should.

    • @FlyingDoodles
      @FlyingDoodles  4 года назад +1

      Very true. Should always know what you’re doing... well at least understand what you’re doing

  • @briank1916
    @briank1916 5 лет назад +3

    Landing just past the 1000 foot markers is great, especially on a 5700 foot runway. Great landing by the pilot. But the back-seater saying "Right on the numbers!" sounded a bit funny to me.

    • @jimmycole1212
      @jimmycole1212 4 года назад +1

      if you listen to the very next words out of his mouth, he corrects himself and says "err right on the center line"

  • @dronepilot918
    @dronepilot918 3 года назад

    What brand are your sunglasses? Already hit the LIKE button!

    • @TheGHardin
      @TheGHardin Год назад

      Ray Ban Wayfarer and thanks!

  • @samuelgreer7618
    @samuelgreer7618 5 лет назад +4

    What's that new-fandangled wheel on the nose for?

    • @endwood
      @endwood 4 года назад

      Samuel Greer training wheel😂

  • @BirdDog.
    @BirdDog. 5 лет назад +2

    You need to see if jim pratt in Dallas will do a video in his RV. He builds them in his hanger

    • @KaDaJxClonE
      @KaDaJxClonE 5 лет назад

      Which airport in Dallas? There are about 6 major ones. I'd like to see if he'll sell me a hand built.

    • @BirdDog.
      @BirdDog. 5 лет назад

      Google his name. He helps owners build them and runs a workshop.

    • @clarkgriswold-zr5sb
      @clarkgriswold-zr5sb 4 года назад

      The person's name is Jay Pratt. And he's based near Fort Worth.

  • @rogersmart1766
    @rogersmart1766 Год назад

    Bobby; weren’t you flying either G-III’s or G-IV’s?

  • @mcfly6161
    @mcfly6161 2 месяца назад

    What is the reference to 2.5? “Manoeuvring at 2.5”.

  • @rickwiggins283
    @rickwiggins283 4 года назад +2

    Sweet RV, but is there an inside joke I'm missing out on with the 'landing gear' switch?

    • @daniellamb7828
      @daniellamb7828 4 года назад

      No, the guys that owned it prior didn't want to get out of the habit of checking the gear lights,so he put them in