You can operate a tailwheel aircraft with a Sport pilot license. You will need a tailwheel endorsement if you have a private pilot license. I should have been more clear on that in the video.
I just got mine, had been talking about it for years every time I seen someone flying I thought that should be me. 1 of the Best achievements of my life. I was going to travel around Australia in a motor home but now me and my wife are going to fly around Australia instead. But 1 thing I will add is seriously think of buying a aircraft first as it will cost you a lot less and you'll have your own plane to go flying when you want without paying someone else's plane off . Good luck to you. Safe flying from Australia 🇦🇺
Saberwing deserves MORE attention! These are excellent, affordable planes and Bill is awesome. The regular plane is on my short list to build. I want 175 KT TAS, cruise. Thanks Mojo for keeping Azalea in the spotlight.
@NonyaBusiness! (1) build in garage, then transfer to airport for final stage. (2) you get what you want, all new. (3) experimental category. Less-expensive avionics, and... (4) repairman certificate. Get to maintain, saving on A/P costs. Bottom line: Experimentals are the future way to go in GA.
Having known Bill from his youth, when his Dad and I were MAF mission pilots in Latin America ... I'm especially proud to see this great step forward for fun aviation.
Glad I checked back. This is much more attractive in terms of cost to get into the air, cost to operate, and performance. It would be nice if the FAA would remove the speed and weight restrictions
Thanks Mojo for the update. As test flight progress we will compile performance numbers and information to be placed on our website and Facebook. We will send you info as well. So far numbers are at top of LSA range. By the way - Congrats mommy and Daddy ;).
Awsome. I'm not a pilot but I in this one will have to say tge the tail dragger is more pleasing to my eyes but that's just aesthetics. How is your build going?
Mike I'm really excited about a tricycle version in the experimental category (because performance and regulations). I really believe this company has lots of potential but first they need to upgrade their website !! Prospective buyer ☺
We have someone working on a new site for next year. Our time and money go into prototyping and testing more than marketing at this time. Keep following us though as we grow. Thanks for the input!
This airframe looks very much like the Skystar Pulsar III to me... and that’s a good thing. I’ve been enjoying the performance, good looks and efficiency of my P3 for almost 4 years. I’ve invested so much in upgrades to the avionics and engine, am glad to know this airframe would probably be a good option if my Pulsar airframe/wings were ever damaged beyond economical repair.
I don't know why more people don't do it. It's cheaper to maintain, better on fuel and cheaper to install let alone the performance. I just don't know if you can fit one in any light sport. Please Mike let me know if there are any choices of aircraft or are the engines too big for a light sport
The weight of the LS is a big issue. You can’t go stuffing one into most small two seat aircraft because it would be way out of the weight and balance envelope.
$50k? I doubt it. I am a homebuilder so I know what the reality is. $30k for a kit (starting...not sure what that means), a corvair with a billet crank and 5th bearing is going to be $15k at least and that is by far the cheapest engine choice. Good paint will cost you $2k because there is primer with its own catalyst and reducer and color with different catalyst and wait, you need all the gear to spray it or you have to hire a painter. Then there are avionics like instruments, an elt, radio, transponder with ads-b which can start at maybe $6k and go to who knows.....a prop will be at least $2k. A good set of wheels and brakes and tires is well over $1500. Then you need about $3000 worth of tools, lots and lots of hardware and a thousand details that I have not mentioned. So you can live in denial or face reality. Nobody will ever build one of these or anything like it for $50k. Ask ANY home builder what they spent vs what they planned.
Kit comes with wheel, brakes and more. Very little tooling required...500$ or so Can easily be built for 50,000 with simple avionics. If you purchase our engine and take advantage of savings plan you can save about 3000.
Beautiful aircraft! The choice of the Corvair is unfortunate. They are smooth when running. This one looks like it has a redrive to handle the gyroscopic loads of the propeller . The Corvair must have one because the crank shaft will break with direct drive. Note the single automotive distributor. Bite the bullet and buy a real aircraft engine. More reliable in the long run and no need to find old parts to modify for use on a plane.
Hello KWatt - Check our website out and study our engine. It is direct drive - simple - robust and reliable. I have over 2500 hrs corvair to date. Distributor is very reliable...probably better than two magnetos ... it does have dual ignition sources though...points and electronics. I trust it as much as an O200 - maybe more....
I don’t think it has been an issue in service. The distributor is robust and like he said, 2 independent means of generating the spark and that’s the bit that usually fails. There has been quite a bit of work done to identify what are the real weak points in an aircraft ignition. Broken cranks have certainly been an issue one guy has had 3 and eventually he said enough corvairs.
@@sblack48 were these broken crankshafts on engines that did Not have a ‘5th bearing’ added? Seems to me that substantial support bearing assembly would add more than enough strength and since I believe Azalea! William Wynn and Sport Performance Aviation all use them, I would trust completely.
Don,t know what happened exactly but one builder had a 200 hp io360 lycoming equipt saberwing and he tore the wings off it. It was fatal. It was an approved installation. There vuds of the guy and plane on youtube before the accident.
That pilot was killed because he blacked out doing aerobatics. Nothing to do with the airplane. The FAA evaluated the design after the crash and cleared Azalea to continue production without any changes.
Too many G's? I also read the report and turns out he had vision issues too, he needed some special glasses to see, and these can sometimes limit response speed in an emergency situation. May he rest in peace.
To be clear... The fact that the original prototype is a tailwheel does not make it non-light sport. It's the gross weight and top speed. Also, the fact that the light sport version is tri-cycle gear is not what makes it LSA-compliant. Can the original non-light sport model not be built as an LSA? Can the LSA not be built as a taildragger? Rather mis-leading at 2:50. Also, at 3:50... Tailwheel's rule, nose wheels drool... etc, etc, etc... :)
True ! the LSA can be a taildragger...the key between the LSA and the EAB is the power (limited to 100HP on LSA) and keep the drag higher to limit cruise speed to 120 knots. Airframe strength is the same. The Tricycle gear can also be powered by more than 100 HP and be an EAB and limited to 200 MPH VNE.
You had a real tough time getting to the point and just spitting out what you had to say on this one. Finish your thought before going on tangents and then never getting around to saying what you had to say in the first place.
THe LSA is in final testing. Gross of 1320 and top speed of 138mph or 120 knots with a stall of less than 52 mph. You can take the same airframe and jack the horsepower up and get more speed out of it but you now have to be in EAB catagory. Word is that LSA limits are going to be raised very soon so our airplane can be updated once those changes are inacted by the FAA for better performance.
10:01 why the :01, so you can get the MAXIMUM amount of ads. A :15 forced intro add and 4 X 2:00 ads. so your 10:01 video takes 18.15 with the flood of forced videos, I could have skipped them but I really wanted to know how much you were willing to allow your work to be ruined with ads. Let me tell you what I took away from this video. If I ever see mojogrip I now automatically know to skip it because it will be flooded with ads and that will be done on purpose....even with all the asking for subscribers and intro and outro you met your max ads time span by 1 second, it really has nothing to do with what I assume is a decent plane (which I'll research on another youtube channel) but the ads ads ads
and please stop talking in MPH.....pilots talk in KNOTS....when you switch between knots and mph it's sometimes hard to know if it was a slip and you meant knots or you meant miles!!!! Yeah, so Nautical miles please! Pilots aren't dummies...we can do the conversions ourselves if required!
You did not investigate the unsafty historie of this airplane! You did not ask if there is any structural engineering done! You missed the inflight brake up of one of the builders. You just care for views. Delete this channel! You are missleading!
Structural analysis done with NTSB and FAA Results are public. Pilot exceeded airplane design performing unapproved aerobatics. Those limitations are there for a reason on all aircraft.
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You can operate a tailwheel aircraft with a Sport pilot license. You will need a tailwheel endorsement if you have a private pilot license. I should have been more clear on that in the video.
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Correct unless you're over 10000 you can go 2000 AGL
After thinking bout it for years i am finally starting pilots training :)
...im in your spot a year ago and still thinking :)
@@Previalegend do it! :)
Got my PPL a week ago!1 @@Previalegend
I too thought about it for years, but eventually, in 1990, I went out and did it :)
I just got mine, had been talking about it for years every time I seen someone flying I thought that should be me.
1 of the Best achievements of my life.
I was going to travel around Australia in a motor home but now me and my wife are going to fly around Australia instead.
But 1 thing I will add is seriously think of buying a aircraft first as it will cost you a lot less and you'll have your own plane to go flying when you want without paying someone else's plane off .
Good luck to you.
Safe flying from Australia 🇦🇺
Saberwing deserves MORE attention! These are excellent, affordable planes and Bill is awesome. The regular plane is on my short list to build. I want 175 KT TAS, cruise. Thanks Mojo for keeping Azalea in the spotlight.
@NonyaBusiness!
(1) build in garage, then transfer to airport for final stage.
(2) you get what you want, all new.
(3) experimental category. Less-expensive avionics, and...
(4) repairman certificate. Get to maintain, saving on A/P costs.
Bottom line: Experimentals are the future way to go in GA.
Having known Bill from his youth, when his Dad and I were MAF mission pilots in Latin America ... I'm especially proud to see this great step forward for fun aviation.
Glad I checked back. This is much more attractive in terms of cost to get into the air, cost to operate, and performance. It would be nice if the FAA would remove the speed and weight restrictions
It's straightforward slink beautiful and I bet it's fast to for that type of plane and I love the simple instrumentation layout.
Sweet plane. Thanks Mike for keeping us informed. Congrats Bill on the new LSA.
Thanks Mojo for the update. As test flight progress we will compile performance numbers and information to be placed on our website and Facebook. We will send you info as well. So far numbers are at top of LSA range. By the way - Congrats mommy and Daddy ;).
Any chance of a uk spec?
Great review Mike. Bill is putting on a composites class on the 8th of August. I'll be attending. Looking forward to getting started on my Saberwing!
Applaud your achievements and noteworthy contribution to safe, general aviation and pilots for fun!
Its not save! It had an inflight brake up!
Saw the Saberwing at the DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase. There seemed to be a lot of interest in the plane and the Corvair engines.
Thanks 🙏🏼 Mike, good update. Blessings
Just waiting for the long waited much needed Lsa changes at the end of 2023!! :) game changer!
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Great channel Mike...come fly with us at CNO
Awsome. I'm not a pilot but I in this one will have to say tge the tail dragger is more pleasing to my eyes but that's just aesthetics. How is your build going?
Mike I'm really excited about a tricycle version in the experimental category (because performance and regulations). I really believe this company has lots of potential but first they need to upgrade their website !!
Prospective buyer ☺
badabing69r Yeah, visited it today, that website can do with some real good work!!
We have someone working on a new site for next year. Our time and money go into prototyping and testing more than marketing at this time. Keep following us though as we grow. Thanks for the input!
@@CORVAIRPILOT Will do Mr Clapp. Thanks for the reply !! ✈
Gorgeous aircraft
This airframe looks very much like the Skystar Pulsar III to me... and that’s a good thing. I’ve been enjoying the performance, good looks and efficiency of my P3 for almost 4 years. I’ve invested so much in upgrades to the avionics and engine, am glad to know this airframe would probably be a good option if my Pulsar airframe/wings were ever damaged beyond economical repair.
I don't know why more people don't do it. It's cheaper to maintain, better on fuel and cheaper to install let alone the performance. I just don't know if you can fit one in any light sport. Please Mike let me know if there are any choices of aircraft or are the engines too big for a light sport
Jeremy Jones, Why more people don't do what? Are you talking about install the Corvair engines?
I believe Jeremy Jones is talking about a Chevy LS.
@@edwardhasiak7961 yep you got it
The weight of the LS is a big issue. You can’t go stuffing one into most small two seat aircraft because it would be way out of the weight and balance envelope.
Great vids bud makes me want one
Would definitely buy this plane
$50k? I doubt it. I am a homebuilder so I know what the reality is. $30k for a kit (starting...not sure what that means), a corvair with a billet crank and 5th bearing is going to be $15k at least and that is by far the cheapest engine choice. Good paint will cost you $2k because there is primer with its own catalyst and reducer and color with different catalyst and wait, you need all the gear to spray it or you have to hire a painter. Then there are avionics like instruments, an elt, radio, transponder with ads-b which can start at maybe $6k and go to who knows.....a prop will be at least $2k. A good set of wheels and brakes and tires is well over $1500. Then you need about $3000 worth of tools, lots and lots of hardware and a thousand details that I have not mentioned. So you can live in denial or face reality. Nobody will ever build one of these or anything like it for $50k. Ask ANY home builder what they spent vs what they planned.
Absolutely if it flys it ain't cheap
Kit comes with wheel, brakes and more. Very little tooling required...500$ or so Can easily be built for 50,000 with simple avionics. If you purchase our engine and take advantage of savings plan you can save about 3000.
Are there any plans for a 4 seater in the future?
Beautiful aircraft! The choice of the Corvair is unfortunate. They are smooth when running. This one looks like it has a redrive to handle the gyroscopic loads of the propeller . The Corvair must have one because the crank shaft will break with direct drive. Note the single automotive distributor. Bite the bullet and buy a real aircraft engine. More reliable in the long run and no need to find old parts to modify for use on a plane.
Hello KWatt - Check our website out and study our engine. It is direct drive - simple - robust and reliable. I have over 2500 hrs corvair to date. Distributor is very reliable...probably better than two magnetos ... it does have dual ignition sources though...points and electronics. I trust it as much as an O200 - maybe more....
Cool little plane, I like.
I prefer the looks of the tail dragger.....I think small low wing aircraft look damn mean as tailies
correct me if I'm wrong but looks like a single distributor cap and coil?? That would be a concern for me, much more comfortable with dual magnetos
Single Distributor but dual ignition. Very solid and reliable. Having six cylinders is also very comforting after having lost one in a four banger....
I don’t think it has been an issue in service. The distributor is robust and like he said, 2 independent means of generating the spark and that’s the bit that usually fails. There has been quite a bit of work done to identify what are the real weak points in an aircraft ignition. Broken cranks have certainly been an issue one guy has had 3 and eventually he said enough corvairs.
@@sblack48 were these broken crankshafts on engines that did Not have a ‘5th bearing’ added? Seems to me that substantial support bearing assembly would add more than enough strength and since I believe Azalea! William Wynn and Sport Performance Aviation all use them, I would trust completely.
@@foesfly3047 mark langford busted his 5th bearing crank.
@@sblack48 Ouch!
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Great Video as always, Please make a video about avionics
Don,t know what happened exactly but one builder had a 200 hp io360 lycoming equipt saberwing and he tore the wings off it. It was fatal. It was an approved installation. There vuds of the guy and plane on youtube before the accident.
That pilot was killed because he blacked out doing aerobatics. Nothing to do with the airplane. The FAA evaluated the design after the crash and cleared Azalea to continue production without any changes.
@@MIflyer bing bong! I was going to go to the nstb reports to find out more. I love experimental aircraft. We need more affordable aircraft.
Too many G's? I also read the report and turns out he had vision issues too, he needed some special glasses to see, and these can sometimes limit response speed in an emergency situation. May he rest in peace.
To be clear... The fact that the original prototype is a tailwheel does not make it non-light sport. It's the gross weight and top speed. Also, the fact that the light sport version is tri-cycle gear is not what makes it LSA-compliant. Can the original non-light sport model not be built as an LSA? Can the LSA not be built as a taildragger? Rather mis-leading at 2:50.
Also, at 3:50... Tailwheel's rule, nose wheels drool... etc, etc, etc... :)
True ! the LSA can be a taildragger...the key between the LSA and the EAB is the power (limited to 100HP on LSA) and keep the drag higher to limit cruise speed to 120 knots. Airframe strength is the same. The Tricycle gear can also be powered by more than 100 HP and be an EAB and limited to 200 MPH VNE.
general motors... hmmm
Don't Vans Aircraft start around this price point as well?
could you do a video on the viper jet??
Can you get any light sport that will fit a Chevy ls engine?
Why would you want to ?
What do you think the corvair engine is! Its a chevy
Jeremy Jones thank you
Rgt because they are easy to work on.
You had a real tough time getting to the point and just spitting out what you had to say on this one. Finish your thought before going on tangents and then never getting around to saying what you had to say in the first place.
150mph @ 5gph 😁 at what elevation? Wait doesn't matter want it.
50k for a flying plane, sounds very attractive indeed.
Just a little suggestion, get it dressed up in fancy paint job.
It will sell a lot better.
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Looks like an rv 12 with a better looking tail
Did I miss the range on this aircraft
500-600
what is an ah lite member???
What is the build time?
Average 500 for airframe. About 1000 finished. Details are what increase time
I wonder if a viking engine would work?
or an AeroMomentum
Is this still 50k
probably not lol. I would reach out and ask though
Haha, “ available on phrasebook, and their on phasebook “
Damm you black?!?! I didn’t know that.. cool bro
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Spec's say gross weight 1500lbs. Cruise speed 150mph. This is not light sport.
THe LSA is in final testing. Gross of 1320 and top speed of 138mph or 120 knots with a stall of less than 52 mph. You can take the same airframe and jack the horsepower up and get more speed out of it but you now have to be in EAB catagory. Word is that LSA limits are going to be raised very soon so our airplane can be updated once those changes are inacted by the FAA for better performance.
They need to start arranging financing.
10:01 why the :01, so you can get the MAXIMUM amount of ads. A :15 forced intro add and 4 X 2:00 ads. so your 10:01 video takes 18.15 with the flood of forced videos, I could have skipped them but I really wanted to know how much you were willing to allow your work to be ruined with ads. Let me tell you what I took away from this video. If I ever see mojogrip I now automatically know to skip it because it will be flooded with ads and that will be done on purpose....even with all the asking for subscribers and intro and outro you met your max ads time span by 1 second, it really has nothing to do with what I assume is a decent plane (which I'll research on another youtube channel) but the ads ads ads
and please stop talking in MPH.....pilots talk in KNOTS....when you switch between knots and mph it's sometimes hard to know if it was a slip and you meant knots or you meant miles!!!!
Yeah, so Nautical miles please! Pilots aren't dummies...we can do the conversions ourselves if required!
This plane is no joke. Would not buy it, to fast and scary...
Come get a ride...you may like it!
You did not investigate the unsafty historie of this airplane! You did not ask if there is any structural engineering done! You missed the inflight brake up of one of the builders.
You just care for views. Delete this channel! You are missleading!
Structural analysis done with NTSB and FAA Results are public. Pilot exceeded airplane design performing unapproved aerobatics. Those limitations are there for a reason on all aircraft.
@@CORVAIRPILOT you did no structural analysis. That ariplane is not safe.