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.
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!
An enormous THANK YOU to all RUclips 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!!
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.
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... 😉
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.
tomcoryell ... except a few twin experiences, like my bro’s girlfriend was in my Spanish class and he had a free period at the time so he went to all my classes and earned me a B for the semester while I was riding dirt bikes out in the river bottom.
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, 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.
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.
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!
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.
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
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 ;)
Yep I’m furloughed for 4 weeks, strangely enough I’m on the health and safety board for one of the largest medics company’s in the world that specializes in developing and providing the most innovative infection & disease control and prevention products and services for doctors,patients, and governments. First time in company history we have done furloughs. We went from doing 14 billion a week to negative 6 million in the middle of a pandemic that should cause us to be busier than ever. Hang in there man and just keep the hope that something good comes out of all this! If you’re job loss is anything more than temporary there’s still thousands of jobs that are hiring!
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.
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 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!
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.
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! 💪🏽
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 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!
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!
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.
Mike, your an inspiration too me , not only as an amazing engineer but also as a family man and person .Very happy i found your channel . i wish you the very best ... now, get back to work :)
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
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!
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.
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 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, Such awe-inspiring videos you're putting out. Keep them coming! Better then any show on TV in my opinion. I love customizing every buggy I own, but good lord you take it to a new level with your knowledge and resources. I need to rebuild my dads cub now after watching. Back to work!!!
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.
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.
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 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!!!!
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.
Incredible engineering for the simple things is what will make Scrappy the wildest Cub out there!
When Mike Patey says "it's been a long day" it's been A LONG DAY! !! !!!
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I didn’t have that much energy when I was 17
Mikes long day is equivalent to a hard week to us. It’s funny to think he was probably up for 3 days,”okay I’ll go take a nap now.”
@@Midwest4x4f150 I was just thinking the same thing: "how many human days is one Mike Patey day?"
Workaholic legend
@@scoutworks approximately 12 days
You Sir, do amazing work! Your craftsmanship and innovative solutions to an airplane builders problems are astonishing. Love your videos!
Mike Patey for President!
Watching you create amazing aircraft is addicting, and the only side effect is pure enjoyment!
Thank you for sharing your dreams with us mortals.
And now that conversation we had the other day about how your viewers can support you makes a lot more sense! 😂
As someone who doesn’t build airplanes these are addicting to watch. The amount of engineering that goes into it. Wow just wow. 👏
Stefan Easterling
I agree I don't even have pilots license and I'm addicted to these video's what a Jack of all trades Mike is the dude is awesome.
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.
Mike Patey, my favorite genius.
That Intro gives me goosebumps every time.
Been watching for months...My conclusion, no man should be allowed to have this much fun!
If you came out with a 2 hour video every day I would watch it. Love the content Mike!
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!
An enormous THANK YOU to all RUclips 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!!
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.
This plane is coming together so freaking fast! I admire your work ethic
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... 😉
Another most excellent example of ingenuity and innovation we have come to take for granted from this channel .
Mike, your imagination and attention to detail is a real inspiration. Your work ethic is amazing, I couldn't keep up...👍👍👍
You are an inspiration! Your work ethic is incredible. Thank you for all you do for the aviation community!
Fascinating design concepts put into reality right before your eyes. This guy is a genius and fun to watch.
Always an extreme pleasure to see the card carrying GENIUS taking the imagination of the construct through to design manufacture and installation.
It's thrilling to see the quality of design, workmanship and attention to detail!
I never tire of your ability to improvise when fabbing-up parts.
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.
Steve Smith Do you ask people what it is like to not be a twin?
tomcoryell , that’s my go-to answer. When you’ve been an identical twin all your life you have no other experience to compare it with.
tomcoryell ... except a few twin experiences, like my bro’s girlfriend was in my Spanish class and he had a free period at the time so he went to all my classes and earned me a B for the semester while I was riding dirt bikes out in the river bottom.
Mike and his family are obviously amazing and caring humans. I always look forward to watching new projects coming together.
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!
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, 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.
Lol mike you think of absolutely everything! Putting pen and flashlight holders in your gust lock?!🤯 amazing! Keep up the great work!
yo - mike . i sure admire your attitude toward us and your show . even when draco took a bite . THANKS
Thank you for some comforting content in our current chaotic world.....
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.
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!
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.
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.
That stick boot is beautiful, so much attention to detail!
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
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 ;)
That cnc mill is an ancient relic. Good to see it still running after all these years. Great video as always, keep safe
There is nothing on earth like seeing Draco jump into the sky like Jordan. Unbelievable. Draco-Phoenix will be even better!
I’m always just floored at the amount of detail you put into your design... Amazing buddy!
Monday morning laid off due to COVID-19. What better way to start the week than a Scrappy update with my bacon & eggs!!!
Sorry to read that mate, hope you are managing ok. Stay strong, you ain't alone in this.
Yep I’m furloughed for 4 weeks, strangely enough I’m on the health and safety board for one of the largest medics company’s in the world that specializes in developing and providing the most innovative infection & disease control and prevention products and services for doctors,patients, and governments. First time in company history we have done furloughs. We went from doing 14 billion a week to negative 6 million in the middle of a pandemic that should cause us to be busier than ever. Hang in there man and just keep the hope that something good comes out of all this! If you’re job loss is anything more than temporary there’s still thousands of jobs that are hiring!
I can’t wait to see the first flight!
It's good to see customer service is still a priority!!!
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!
Burt Rutan and Mike Patey
Mike that's awesome, incredible, you take everything to the extreme to make it better, lighter, stronger scrappy. Wow!!!!
I cannot believe the ease of your vision of these parts. You imagine it and make it in hours. Very cool!!!
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.
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!
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
The most over-engineered pen holder of all time. Love it!
Hey mike. Thank you for being so awesome. I love your channel. You are a serious inspiration. Thank you.
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!
Every episode is epic no matter the content. Always a treat.
Can't wait to see Scrappy fly. Your projects never disappoint, Mike.
Man I love your control lock as clamping surface is a real pain. Clever. Nice vid clip today.
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.
Gust lock..I'd call that over-the-top pencil holder. 👍🤙💪
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! 💪🏽
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!
Looking forward to Scrappy flying Mike. A lot of hard graft earns rewards... Your the King of Hard Graft m8...
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!
Mike, you’re the man. Thanks for the inspiration to keep ploughing through this tough time! Great work!
As usual, stunning engineering and execution!!!
Yes! just what I needed today. A new Scrappy Video!
That Gust lock is pure genius! I might need to copy that idea. Thanks Mike
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!
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.
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.
Mike, your an inspiration too me , not only as an amazing engineer but also as a family man and person .Very happy i found your channel . i wish you the very best ... now, get back to work :)
Love flying, and can't wait for this build to finish up really digging the cf theme, keep em coming
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 techniques and technology you use are totally unknown to me. It’s truly an educational experience watching your videos. Thanks!
Thank you for making me feel normal for 21 minutes and 37 seconds
loving this journey! Can't wait to see her in the Air!
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!
It just keeps getting better and better! Thanks.
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.
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 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, Such awe-inspiring videos you're putting out. Keep them coming! Better then any show on TV in my opinion. I love customizing every buggy I own, but good lord you take it to a new level with your knowledge and resources. I need to rebuild my dads cub now after watching. Back to work!!!
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.
Ok OK going into scrappy DT update soon lol. Pray you and family are safe and healthy 🙏.
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.
Looks like youre making your own big toy, thanks for the vid, can't wait for the next one!
Classic design to finished part... one man factory!
Fabulous. You’ve make my home stay wonderful.
Awesome project. Lots of thinking goes into this.!!!
Watching This Man Work,,, Is What It Must of Been Like, Watching Leonardo da Vinci or Michelangelo Work,,, What a Master Craftsman and Innovator,,,,
Hey Mike. Sending tons of love from warm sunny Jamaica 🇯🇲. Love your videos!
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 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!!!!
Super Scrappy!! I'm pumped!! Great job as usual, looking forward to more excellent videos. Thanks for sharing.
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.
Gamma Sigma I’ll show how it can’t in a later video probably with the rudder lock
Very ingenious Mike! You are the Rainman of custom aircraft 💪🏽
Perfect timing. Needed something for the next few minutes.
Looks like the gust lock might pinch the boot. Can't wait to see it finished.