How could people dislike this? Yes it is considered dumb to try and learn how to fly by trial and error, but he is out there chasing his dreams, he built it and now he is flying it all without a piece of training or instruction. No one who did anything great every had an instruction manual, they just got out and figured it out and that is why I commend you sir, for having the balls to go out and chase your dreams. Happy trails!
Good job getting it back on the ground in one piece! As a one time CFI with over 6,000 hrs flight time.......please get a few hours training in conventional geared aircraft.
Ed Blevins yes. If not just for the actual flight training but some background in airspace and how things work. Certified pilots worst nightmare are pilots with no clue in the air.
Only a few of us have the experience of 1st flight with no lessons. Nobody can take that away from you ever! That is priceless. Most naysayers don’t have the guts to risk death based on what they perceive as unknown. I see equipment around which develops skills. You probably knew you were not the panicking type. I couldn’t get lessons either. I taught myself remote control airplane skills without lessons. The guys swear that’s crazy also. I’m not saying it wasn’t a huge or the ultimate risk you took, but nobody hardly knows what getting back on the ground felt like. First I hopped off runway suddenly at about 30 ft. Reduced power and realized that was not right. Added some power slowly reducing power until sink rate was good, smooth landing. After my heart beat got back to normal I throttled up and took off. I looked down after climb out and saw all the cows in field below me. ( I’m in Texas too) I’m flying now. After three circles of grass field. I decided to land. 1st landing was great, next 2 weren’t as good. My nerves were shot. I called it a success. Finally found some lessons. My instructor didn’t want to let my solo or stall his plane. I used my own for that. He signed me off in 7hrs. I did go on to lessons after about 60hrs in ultralight. I did this to learn regulations, weather, and all the technical stuff the guys we’re talking about. You lived you won!
Kenneth some people just do not understand our dreams and passions.... god this is beautiful. Makes me realize it is possible. THANK YOU. Cannot wait for my own
I am 65 years old and I have diabetes. I doubt if I could get a pilot's license. Having said that, all my life I have wanted to fly. So I probably would buy an ultralight. Guess what? I am going to get lessons anyway. Why? Because I want to fly safely and I want to die of natural causes. Vaughn
And some people do not understand the safety requirements for Regulations and Licensing. You need a license to fly an ultralight in Canada and I'm glad you do.
Some people don't realize that their family needs them and that with a minimal investment of time, money, and a little respect for the future of ultralight flying he could be far safer in the air. He (and she) made so many needless mistakes here that I lost count. By all means pursue your dreams but maybe help yourself a little so you can live to continue flying. The odds have a way of catching up. Like the wise man said: " There are old pilots. There are bold pilots. But there are very few old, bold pilots."
You fall off a surfboard you get wet, you correct an asymmetric stall with aileron instead of rudder, you get a funeral. If I was in the insurance business I would not offer this man a policy.
If that truly was the first time you ever flew an airplane, my hats off to ya. You sir, have balls of steel. I don't care how much you think you know about control of an aircraft. Until you feel how to control it you are kind herding it through the air. Precise control takes practice. Without precise control it can be fatal. THAT takes some serious stones. Good job!
From someone with about three hundred hours in ultralights... If you decide to try to fly without training, make sure your affairs are in order, and that you apologize to those who love you, before you do.
His dog knew his master was up there. My doberman does the same thing, altho tied up in front of the hangar. Good flight, Buddy. practice makes perfect
7000 hour commercial pilot and former cfi here! Nice work! I know many self trained pilots where im from. It used to be common. Do get some training when you can and learn spins and stalls. But nice work!
I fly this same plane after flying with my buddy in his 4 seater 2 times. I bought this same plane. Took it up and landed perfect. Never had any formal training. Easy. Y’all make it look hard if u have common sense and are half ass smart this is a piece of cake
No instruction and in a taildragger! I learned in an ultralight two seater that l bought to get trained in. I could not afford to crack it up so paying an instructor friend of mine just $75.00 for 5 1/5 hours was cheap insurance. Ultralight taildraggers are not the most docile plane to keep from ground looping and I would NOT suggest trying teach yourself in one of them at all!!!! 5 1/2 hours is not enough training but makes quite a difference. I'm glad to see this flight worked out.
I'm certain that once a person decides to land, without any experience, it's simply amazing how fast that runway runs towards you and how it can confuse you by moving around on you dodging your attempts to land on it. 🥴
The Wright brothers were experienced glider pilots before they flew their aircraft under power and they had also studied the techniques of the great glider pilot, Otto Lillienthal, so they brought a lot of skills to the act of flying the powered aircraft. They were way ahead of their time as far as aircraft were concerned. This guy is so far behind his aircraft, the only surprise is that he isn't dead or injured. For the sake of a few hours tuition, he is being pointlessly reckless.
So much hate in the comments. Sure, the takeoff was a bit rough. The landing was a bit long, but there were trees he wanted to be clear of. He flew his plane, landed his plane, and lived to see another flight. Many people have done just this. Pilots with thousands of hours can die in a plane crash just as easy as those with 0 hours. And unless he was flying one of your family members, or flying right over your house, what does it matter? I do love seeing how many people think that he was even relatively close to the windmills. They clearly don't realize that this plane could fit INSIDE the generator area, or just the massive size of the things. At least a mile separated any windmills and this plane. Oh well, to each their own. Great job bringing it down safely, glad to see you put this out there for us, even the uneducated among us!
Good example of why flight training is such a good idea. Problem is you don't know what you don't know till it reaches out and bites you. Then it's to late. Himax is a nice little airplane though, I flew one for about 150 hrs. Had the fiberglass gear and a strobe lite like your's. sold it about 13 years ago. If you search my name on here, you can find vides of it. Hope you got some lesions and didn't wreck it or hurt yourself. Jim
Look at all these comments what right do you have to tell this guy haw to live his life it’s his life he can do what he wants this was obviously a dream of his and he did it successfully why not be happy for him what does it have to do with you is it any of your business did he put you in danger or anybody elses? I cannot believe it over and over bitching about this guy Even his dog and the wind farming and his wife what someone said about her A bunch of codependent idiots just shut up and let that guy live his life every person has the right to do what they want why don’t you just respect his decision and stop being such a bunch of armchair policemen you’ve seen the Isle of Man motorcycle race ask one of the racers there they would be all for this guy doing it there’s a race people know Some will die they want to challenge death A concept nobody understands here except for the pilot and his wife and dog they know the risk and it’s their right to do it that’s the difference between men and boys this guys obviously a man and I salute him for going for it whether I would’ve done it that way noprobably not but it’s not my decision to make this is one of the problems in the world live and let live to each his own even if he would’ve crashed his plane and died and I can only imagine the comments but that again is his right to live and die the way he wants he had the support of his wife and his dog lol OK leave them alone it’s says a lot about all you people criticizing what’s wrong with you to do that don’t you believe in freedom oh never thought of that did you?he’s going for it this was a great day for him and And one he’ll remember for the rest of his life I think he did great congrats on your first solo!
Lessons would definitely be an advantage. BUT! So many fliers started somewhere, from scratch, on their own- no one was born a natural flier and the skills were obviously acquired from just having a go. Doggy was quite keen, too. Hope you get away with it, and can keep going, best regards mate!
Even the dog knows that takoff was wrong....I am taking lessons and if I took off like that I would have been beaten in the airplane with good reason too. landing at the 3/4 end is also dangerous. Kudos for not getting killed. WoW!
Like I stated in other comments I watched a ton of videos on RUclips and such like old military training videos and just every other video I could watch on the matter it wasnt like I had never seen anything about a plane before
Great job man! I tried the same thing in my spitfire UL I had, had a hard landing, repaired the landing gear, sold it, and bought a microlight trike..taking training in April..lol.. I didn’t get hurt, but it coulda been a lot worse, thankfully I only made it 20 ft off the ground and my rudders were tangled up in a hanging wire above the pedals, as I was taking off, I had a bit of rotor to the left, went for right rudder input and they were frozen! As I headed for a direct hit into the hangar, I pulled right aileron and slammed into the ground in a slip while spinning ...wow! That was scary enough to make me want training..lol.. good luck , fly high and fly safe!
@@SR-gs8zo yes, but had I took training, I would’ve known to check rudders before flight…the time of da6 was wrong… I had never flown at that t8me… made it out alive, but if I would’ve been educated,I would never had tried to fly considering the weather, and time of day..👊🏻
He dosnt like me doing anything without him and is normally very well mannered and has never gone after a plane before but is no longer allowed to just hang out when I fly for this reson
Hi, I remember when I got my pilots license one thing I had to learn was recovery of a stalled aircraft, this was done at around 3000 ft, this was to get used to recovering the aircraft within 200 ft in the event of a stall, engine failure on take off ect, I think in seeing a comment, altitude is certainly your friend lol, all the best mate
Breath taking and not in the exciting sense. I'm no pilot but watching all the things that I thought were wrong gave me goose bumps. Weaving all over the very rough strip, near giant wind turbines and overhead power lines. I was waiting to see if he collected any of them and to have the dog running around loose on the 'strip' was not a good ides in my opinion.
I'm pretty sure the Wright brothers had no one to train them. There are adventurers out there and GOD bless them. The rest of you need to quit crying about someone else who has the courage to be his own man. Hats off to you Kenneth!! Great job!!
Around here, lessons are 150 dollars an hour. Part 103c was arranged as a way for nominal wage earners to experience the joy of flight. Sadly the richie rich people got their stinking hands on it and jaunted the cost of flying these birds to near getting a general aviation license. I built my first ultralight from Lowe's hardware stores and used dirt bike engines. I have no regrets. My first plane was under 2000 dollars . Fascism destroys these hobbies. Sadly we are going to see allot of self taught disaster stories in the near future. I am pretty sure if he had a power out there wern't much landing areas for him to ditch. And those crappy wind mills, I wouldn't have though of flying there at all. And by the way, "Ditching" is one of the most important lessons in ultralight instruction.
This is the same exact way I learned how to fly just got in one and figured it out after your off the ground and make a couple circles u catch on very quick to what does what kudos to you sir learning is the only way to do it and that’s how head first book can’t teach ya crap if yours hands on like me
right on Steve even if its dangerous stupid crazy its his choice like I pointed out he may have studied online and had some experience Im sure he didn't just hit full power but the co dependent remarks are wrong I feel his life his choices he has to deal with you sir get it
I appreciate anyone who loves to fly, it's all fun and games untill that 2 stroke quits on you in one of those low high bank turns. For those who are getting their flight training from youtube, start with searching a low altitude stall and spin. Might make you rethink a couple hours with a CFI. Not judging just want the sport to stay safe.
simrey33 Agreed, classic mistake of adding rudder, if landing and off of extended centre line due to overshoot or crosswind, and a stall, or worse low altitude spin is induced. Makes my palms sweaty watching this video.
"Oh say, can you SEE, the RAMPARTS in front of ME! I MISSED the strip, oh what a trip! I hope the only stripes that must be CLEEEEAAANED. . . -ARE the ones left in my UNDIES!
@@ericblankenship6564 after all the grass and such died in the dirt down the side I smoothed it out also made runway wider I figure I need double what a real pilot needs for take off and landing
@@kennethsmith1233- For goodness sake. Beside all that, instruct your "ground crew" to keep that dog under control... Friend lost is dog, properly "sliced" by the propeller. Let alone the fact they lost the favorite family pet. And had a bloody mess to take care afterwards. Thankfully, if we can say that, no damage to the plane and most important, the pilot! Best of luck.
Congratulations on your first solo. Not going to ride you like others but a few hours with a LSA instructor that specializes in conventional landing gear(AKA tail draggers) would be a real help and not too expensive as many charge about 150 an hour.
A Darwin award for sure. Glad you got down in one piece. You're no less a person if you have a few lessons. His family and friends would have been sad if he was injured or worse.
No hours, no certification of pilot or aircraft, low and slow, low powered, low light, multiple obstacles. Prognosis: 40% chance of fatality. And if you like those odds you are on track for a Darwin Award.
Yikes - nice job surviving, Ken. I don't mind saying, looked sketchy as hell. I would try to get more air under my wings. 500' AGL, anyway. Low is (contrary to instincts) dangerous.
There are OLD pilots and there are BOLD pilots, but there are no OLD BOLD pilots. Trust me when I tell you that there are enough life threatening challenges up there even for the very well trained and very experienced pilots.
I agree with the dog, he is saying what in hell do you think you are doing, get back here. Seriously I was concerned about the location with wind turbines in your path. good luck, take some lessons soon.
Get a bit of altitude so if the engine loses power you have a bit of time to plan for the landing. At low level if the engine hiccups at all there will be little time to choose a path clear of trees or power lines. That plane will not glide well and will loose airspeed quickly because of the high drag design. It will not be a very good glider. Also land and take off into the wind. Get the nose down quickly if you pull back the throttle or loose power. It will reach stall speed quickly. I used to fly a 2 seat ultra light on floats with a 65hp rotax 2 stroke.
You are right about that on my 4th flight I was trying to see how far I could glide with no engine I did not shut it off just let it idle I glided a good wais and should not have let the engine just set and idle as long as I did I should have been gassing on it from time to time to keep from fouling plugs being a 2 stroke but I did find out that day the hi-max glides great with engine out that is if your comparing it to how a rock glides lol
As an experienced pilot of some 35 years with ratings and test flying experience I hope you will heed this advice...We ARE NOT in the age of the Wright brothers anymore. You need some ground school and lessons whether you think so or not. If you can't or won't afford them then you should sell the aircraft. You could have very easily left your wife a widow. Ultra light aircraft in some ways are or can be more difficult to handle than heavier aircraft. Yes...they fly and land more slowly BUT...they are much more susceptible to winds and thermal activity that can and will upset the aircraft IF you fly long enough. I have been around ultra lights since before the F.A.A knew what to call them. Just because you need not be licensed does not mean that you should not take some lessons. You can still be killed by any number of things that have caught many an experienced pilot. " Flying in itself is not inherently dangerous but to an even greater degree than the land or the sea, is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect."
Scott Nunan Maybe...It would have been prudent. I have been around early ultra light pilots that had zero prior experience. Through blessing and luck some survived. Some didn't. Those that have survived, gained wisdom ( most of them ) and have stories to tell.
@pete2778 I think what she means is, don't take the man's liberty from him just because YOU have a difference sense of what is prudent and what is not. The only life in immediate danger here is his own (the dog and the female not withstanding). The Wright Bros. never had one single hour of flight training. They just did it. So did this guy. I bet he feels something neither you nor I will ever feel.
@pete2778 Don't get me wrong, I'm with you as far as how "I" feel about such activity. I would never... well, I really can't say that I would never, but my better angels tell me not to go flying without training. What I'm saying is, this is HIS choice. It's been pointed out to him plenty in the comments section that most people think it's foolish. The other side is, "it's his life", not ours.
Windmills, power lines, and drilling equipment oh my. Did you ever get those flight lessons? .... Are you still alive? ... Do you still have the airplane? If yes to all, good show!
Tittle is a bit miss leading I spend alot of my spare time on you tube watching the old military flight training videos and just every other flight video I can still have the plane have been up 4 times so far wish I had time for lessons and could find a good instructor I had talked to a few I could find close to me but just got the run around
@@kennethsmith1233 in this day and age it is very difficult to get someone to just take you up for a flight lesson. I recommend finding a small airfield near you and just spend time with the pilots. I rarely get to fly either, but I still have good friends who I can go up with. A friend is far less likely to give you the run-around than a business that wants to get you a full fledged license for 10 grand.
this was dumb. you can't learn from watching videos. especially on a taildragger. it's been a year since this video was made. how many times have you crashed it? are you even still alive?@@kennethsmith1233
Y’all should go to Kill Devil Hills in the Outer Banks of NC!! The first flight was flown there by brothers Orville & Wilbur Wright. And there’s all kinds of exciting things to do there.
Ya know, the fact that you got a taildragger off and back on the ground again speaks to your ability. There were some obvious issues due to lack of training, but thankfully you didn’t ball it up. I would say definitely get a few hours of instruction before winging it. You’ll refine those skills pretty quick I’d bet, and you’ll have a lot more fun taking off and landing instead of trying to just get it back down in one piece. Nice work on the plane by the way! Be safe and enjoy!
I agree with you and any other time he listened and did what he was told I say listened using that word as past tense because he is now 90 percent deaf and can't hear anything at that time he had some hearing and to get him to come to you all you had to do was wistle I didn't get onto him because I knew he was just freaking out about me going in the air he is actually a verry good boy he's the best im really glad I tought him hand signals when he was young but for that to work he has to see you he is somewhere around 12 years old
So, on takeoff, there was a quartering wind from the front, right to left. That pushed him to the left until he lifted off. At that point he immediately weathervaned into the wind - to the right. Right?
Kinda looks like that but not quiet actually I was not planning on taking off I just practicing taxi getting a little faster and faster just trying to get a grip on the tail wheel my runway was to narrow for my skill at this time and I git a little out of control and was shooting to the left side and was going to hit the little wind row of dirt on the edge of the runway so I made a split decision to just gas on it and attempt to get a little off the ground before I tore up my plane the dirt row would have done damage when Before I knew it I was in the air and shooting off to the right this aircraft the prop spins to the left so it requires alot of left rudder instead of right rudder
@@commentatron just been flying with some friends I've got a couple ultralight I've been working on but not ready just need a little more fabric work to be ready
It’s one thing to not care about your own life but why kill the dog? How much trouble would it be to tie up the dog?No flight lessons , screeming at the dog, no precautions whatsoever. Life is short but in this case it’s probably going to be a lot shorter for the dog and the pilot.
How could people dislike this? Yes it is considered dumb to try and learn how to fly by trial and error, but he is out there chasing his dreams, he built it and now he is flying it all without a piece of training or instruction. No one who did anything great every had an instruction manual, they just got out and figured it out and that is why I commend you sir, for having the balls to go out and chase your dreams. Happy trails!
True, however most of them wound up dead.
1 tire fire how could you not
@@AlexZaboroski ?
@@bEEBO178 We all end up dead at some point, at least he's doing something where if he were to die he'd have a smile on his face
@Airstrip Kid Agreed!
Good job getting it back on the ground in one piece! As a one time CFI with over 6,000 hrs flight time.......please get a few hours training in conventional geared aircraft.
Or be a darwin award winner
No stick and rudder skills. I hope he at least learns these.
Wondering if it wasn't faked. Reminds me of a clown act in a Cub.
Ed Blevins yes. If not just for the actual flight training but some background in airspace and how things work. Certified pilots worst nightmare are pilots with no clue in the air.
@@AlexZaboroski I did tons of research and hours and hours of watching old military training videos
Only a few of us have the experience of 1st flight with no lessons. Nobody can take that away from you ever! That is priceless. Most naysayers don’t have the guts to risk death based on what they perceive as unknown. I see equipment around which develops skills. You probably knew you were not the panicking type. I couldn’t get lessons either. I taught myself remote control airplane skills without lessons. The guys swear that’s crazy also. I’m not saying it wasn’t a huge or the ultimate risk you took, but nobody hardly knows what getting back on the ground felt like. First I hopped off runway suddenly at about 30 ft. Reduced power and realized that was not right. Added some power slowly reducing power until sink rate was good, smooth landing. After my heart beat got back to normal I throttled up and took off. I looked down after climb out and saw all the cows in field below me. ( I’m in Texas too) I’m flying now. After three circles of grass field. I decided to land. 1st landing was great, next 2 weren’t as good. My nerves were shot. I called it a success.
Finally found some lessons. My instructor didn’t want to let my solo or stall his plane. I used my own for that. He signed me off in 7hrs.
I did go on to lessons after about 60hrs in ultralight. I did this to learn regulations, weather, and all the technical stuff the guys we’re talking about. You lived you won!
Wow thats the most bullshit one person can say on the youtube
Kenneth some people just do not understand our dreams and passions.... god this is beautiful. Makes me realize it is possible. THANK YOU. Cannot wait for my own
I am 65 years old and I have diabetes. I doubt if I could get a pilot's license. Having said that, all my life I have wanted to fly. So I probably would buy an ultralight. Guess what? I am going to get lessons anyway. Why? Because I want to fly safely and I want to die of natural causes. Vaughn
And some people do not understand the safety requirements for Regulations and Licensing. You need a license to fly an ultralight in Canada and I'm glad you do.
Some people don't realize that their family needs them and that with a minimal investment of time, money, and a little respect for the future of ultralight flying he could be far safer in the air. He (and she) made so many needless mistakes here that I lost count. By all means pursue your dreams but maybe help yourself a little so you can live to continue flying. The odds have a way of catching up. Like the wise man said: " There are old pilots. There are bold pilots. But there are very few old, bold pilots."
@@lloydsumpter7735I am from Markham Ontario and I am going to the states to fly an ultralight. But I do have 35 hours of training.
You fall off a surfboard you get wet, you correct an asymmetric stall with aileron instead of rudder, you get a funeral. If I was in the insurance business I would not offer this man a policy.
🤣🤣
If I could teach you one thing, just ONE, altitude is your friend.
A stall at that altitude would be fatal.
@@thesailjunkie Yip.
Lol ... I was eyeing those wind turbines!
@J G Even if there was an altitude restriction, I very much doubt someone with no training would be able to read a sectional chart.
@@HiddenWindshield What's a sectional chart?
Did I hear someone say, "Okay, just hold my beer."
If that truly was the first time you ever flew an airplane, my hats off to ya. You sir, have balls of steel. I don't care how much you think you know about control of an aircraft. Until you feel how to control it you are kind herding it through the air. Precise control takes practice. Without precise control it can be fatal. THAT takes some serious stones. Good job!
It really showes how well that aircraft was built I owe my good flight to it
From someone with about three hundred hours in ultralights... If you decide to try to fly without training, make sure your affairs are in order, and that you apologize to those who love you, before you do.
His dog knew his master was up there. My doberman does the same thing, altho tied up in front of the hangar. Good flight, Buddy. practice makes perfect
7000 hour commercial pilot and former cfi here! Nice work! I know many self trained pilots where im from. It used to be common. Do get some training when you can and learn spins and stalls. But nice work!
I fly this same plane after flying with my buddy in his 4 seater 2 times. I bought this same plane. Took it up and landed perfect. Never had any formal training. Easy. Y’all make it look hard if u have common sense and are half ass smart this is a piece of cake
Printed on a tombstone.
Seen more graceful takeoffs, but none more liberating ! Love it. !
Two things I can't believe. 1. At LEAST he didn't stall it. 2. There wasn't a damaging ground loop.
That airplane is a kitten to fly.
The fact that it sounds like a weed whacker and it flys, it's awesome... Great job .
No instruction and in a taildragger! I learned in an ultralight two seater that l bought to get trained in. I could not afford to crack it up so paying an instructor friend of mine just $75.00 for 5 1/5 hours was cheap insurance. Ultralight taildraggers are not the most docile plane to keep from ground looping and I would NOT suggest trying teach yourself in one of them at all!!!! 5 1/2 hours is not enough training but makes quite a difference. I'm glad to see this flight worked out.
I'm certain that once a person decides to land, without any experience, it's simply amazing how fast that runway runs towards you and how it can confuse you by moving around on you dodging your attempts to land on it. 🥴
Lessons? We don't need no stinkin' lessons!
and who the hell do ya think instructed the Wright brothers? The man's got the right to get it right the first time.
Right on!
The Wright brothers were experienced glider pilots before they flew their aircraft under power and they had also studied the techniques of the great glider pilot, Otto Lillienthal, so they brought a lot of skills to the act of flying the powered aircraft. They were way ahead of their time as far as aircraft were concerned. This guy is so far behind his aircraft, the only surprise is that he isn't dead or injured. For the sake of a few hours tuition, he is being pointlessly reckless.
Yes he does have the right to get it right but he might not get the chance.
Great entertainment. Love how there’s no worries about anything, like wind turbines, birds, dogs, choppy airstrip, training. Just go- awesome!
Well Ken, you had a few moments in amongst all that! Hat's off to you for doing it & showing it!!
So much hate in the comments. Sure, the takeoff was a bit rough. The landing was a bit long, but there were trees he wanted to be clear of. He flew his plane, landed his plane, and lived to see another flight. Many people have done just this. Pilots with thousands of hours can die in a plane crash just as easy as those with 0 hours. And unless he was flying one of your family members, or flying right over your house, what does it matter?
I do love seeing how many people think that he was even relatively close to the windmills. They clearly don't realize that this plane could fit INSIDE the generator area, or just the massive size of the things. At least a mile separated any windmills and this plane. Oh well, to each their own. Great job bringing it down safely, glad to see you put this out there for us, even the uneducated among us!
Agreed. Lessons are a must. I bought a completed V Max but I will not fly it until i take lessons and get a license.
Well in America you don’t get a license for a single seat ultralights, but I understand where you’re coming from.
A brave soul, Orville, and Wilber would be proud.
Good example of why flight training is such a good idea. Problem is you don't know what you don't know till it reaches out and bites you. Then it's to late. Himax is a nice little airplane though, I flew one for about 150 hrs. Had the fiberglass gear and a strobe lite like your's. sold it about 13 years ago. If you search my name on here, you can find vides of it. Hope you got some lesions and didn't wreck it or hurt yourself. Jim
Wow! You flew good and you handled it like you were relaxed 👍
Well, he got it down without ground-looping it, that's more than you can say for a lot of pilots!
I was thinking that very thing since he came in pretty hot.
Ground loop happens when your too slow
Whhhhew glad he learned how to fly in a place with no aeronautical obstacles.
Look at all these comments what right do you have to tell this guy haw to live his life it’s his life he can do what he wants this was obviously a dream of his and he did it successfully why not be happy for him what does it have to do with you is it any of your business did he put you in danger or anybody elses? I cannot believe it over and over bitching about this guy Even his dog and the wind farming and his wife what someone said about her A bunch of codependent idiots just shut up and let that guy live his life every person has the right to do what they want why don’t you just respect his decision and stop being such a bunch of armchair policemen you’ve seen the Isle of Man motorcycle race ask one of the racers there they would be all for this guy doing it there’s a race people know Some will die they want to challenge death A concept nobody understands here except for the pilot and his wife and dog they know the risk and it’s their right to do it that’s the difference between men and boys this guys obviously a man and I salute him for going for it whether I would’ve done it that way noprobably not but it’s not my decision to make this is one of the problems in the world live and let live to each his own even if he would’ve crashed his plane and died and I can only imagine the comments but that again is his right to live and die the way he wants he had the support of his wife and his dog lol OK leave them alone it’s says a lot about all you people criticizing what’s wrong with you to do that don’t you believe in freedom oh never thought of that did you?he’s going for it this was a great day for him and And one he’ll remember for the rest of his life I think he did great congrats on your first solo!
Did we get a little carried away here, or just a little too high?
Lessons would definitely be an advantage. BUT! So many fliers started somewhere, from scratch, on their own- no one was born a natural flier and the skills were obviously acquired from just having a go.
Doggy was quite keen, too. Hope you get away with it, and can keep going, best regards mate!
Even the dog knows that takoff was wrong....I am taking lessons and if I took off like that I would have been beaten in the airplane with good reason too. landing at the 3/4 end is also dangerous. Kudos for not getting killed. WoW!
He was mad I did not take him with me he allways goes everywhere with me
I was wondering why he landed so far down the dirt strip ?
I'm impressed that someone with no training checked 'full, free and correct' movement of control surfaces before moving.
Like I stated in other comments I watched a ton of videos on RUclips and such like old military training videos and just every other video I could watch on the matter it wasnt like I had never seen anything about a plane before
I don't think google searches qualify as "training" lol
Seems to be the, dare I use it in this context, logical thing to do.
Well, It's not like he was a newcomer to airplanes - - - after all, he BUILT the thing.
Great job man! I tried the same thing in my spitfire UL I had, had a hard landing, repaired the landing gear, sold it, and bought a microlight trike..taking training in April..lol.. I didn’t get hurt, but it coulda been a lot worse, thankfully I only made it 20 ft off the ground and my rudders were tangled up in a hanging wire above the pedals, as I was taking off, I had a bit of rotor to the left, went for right rudder input and they were frozen! As I headed for a direct hit into the hangar, I pulled right aileron and slammed into the ground in a slip while spinning ...wow! That was scary enough to make me want training..lol.. good luck , fly high and fly safe!
Wow what a story glad you came out without any major injuries and glad it did not scare you away aviation be safe out there
@@SR-gs8zo yes, but had I took training, I would’ve known to check rudders before flight…the time of da6 was wrong… I had never flown at that t8me… made it out alive, but if I would’ve been educated,I would never had tried to fly considering the weather, and time of day..👊🏻
You know it’s sketchy when even the dog doesn’t like the takeoff
First video camera ever used: no training.
Ya that was pretty bad.
You can't bring a spoiled, won't-mind pooch to an event like that, unless you are going to give him a ride. ;}
He dosnt like me doing anything without him and is normally very well mannered and has never gone after a plane before but is no longer allowed to just hang out when I fly for this reson
Ģreat job...all the wind generators towers made it a real challenge!
There about a mile off
Hi, I remember when I got my pilots license one thing I had to learn was recovery of a stalled aircraft, this was done at around 3000 ft, this was to get used to recovering the aircraft within 200 ft in the event of a stall, engine failure on take off ect, I think in seeing a comment, altitude is certainly your friend lol, all the best mate
Not sure what country you did your training or how many hours you have but if the wing stalls at 200ft you aint going to recover!
Gr8 ride. Maybe next flight have more obstacles to make it more interesting!
Breath taking and not in the exciting sense. I'm no pilot but watching all the things that I thought were wrong gave me goose bumps. Weaving all over the very rough strip, near giant wind turbines and overhead power lines. I was waiting to see if he collected any of them and to have the dog running around loose on the 'strip' was not a good ides in my opinion.
This guy definitely has big ones. Young and bold but never old and bold.
I'm pretty sure the Wright brothers had no one to train them. There are adventurers out there and GOD bless them. The rest of you need to quit crying about someone else who has the courage to be his own man. Hats off to you Kenneth!! Great job!!
Great video sir. This is awesome 👍
He got lessons from u tube.
Around here, lessons are 150 dollars an hour. Part 103c was arranged as a way for nominal wage earners to experience the joy of flight.
Sadly the richie rich people got their stinking hands on it and jaunted the cost of flying these birds to near getting a general aviation license.
I built my first ultralight from Lowe's hardware stores and used dirt bike engines. I have no regrets. My first plane was under 2000 dollars .
Fascism destroys these hobbies. Sadly we are going to see allot of self taught disaster stories in the near future.
I am pretty sure if he had a power out there wern't much landing areas for him to ditch. And those crappy wind mills, I wouldn't have though of flying there at all.
And by the way, "Ditching" is one of the most important lessons in ultralight instruction.
Very brave, especially with all those windmills 😳
This is the same exact way I learned how to fly just got in one and figured it out after your off the ground and make a couple circles u catch on very quick to what does what kudos to you sir learning is the only way to do it and that’s how head first book can’t teach ya crap if yours hands on like me
Your life, your land, your plane. I support your right to what you want with all three of those.
right on Steve even if its dangerous stupid crazy its his choice like I pointed out he may have studied online and had some experience Im sure he didn't just hit full power but the co dependent remarks are wrong I feel his life his choices he has to deal with you sir get it
I appreciate anyone who loves to fly, it's all fun and games untill that 2 stroke quits on you in one of those low high bank turns. For those who are getting their flight training from youtube, start with searching a low altitude stall and spin. Might make you rethink a couple hours with a CFI. Not judging just want the sport to stay safe.
simrey33 Agreed, classic mistake of adding rudder, if landing and off of extended centre line due to overshoot or crosswind, and a stall, or worse low altitude spin is induced. Makes my palms sweaty watching this video.
Safe??? After my seventh forced landing I see nothing safe about it.
The dog is saying, "Come back!" If it's true he really didn't know how to fly, he's a very lucky man.
Yeah the dog was pretty upset I think he was just as surprised as I was when I left the ground
All these negative commenters are just pissed that he didn't kill himself like they were hoping he would.
They (we) wouldn't have gotten to see it anyway, with the low-budget Spielbergo on camera.
"Oh say, can you SEE, the RAMPARTS in front of ME! I MISSED the strip, oh what a trip! I hope the only stripes that must be
CLEEEEAAANED. . .
-ARE the ones left in my UNDIES!
Maybe paint markers might be a little better than dirt speed bumps... Just to be on the safe side
@@ericblankenship6564 after all the grass and such died in the dirt down the side I smoothed it out also made runway wider I figure I need double what a real pilot needs for take off and landing
Hey, I just want you to keep on enjoying the skies and doing it as safely as possible.
Oh Man ! You shouldn´t be talking that kind of risk. Next time may be worst, just take a few lessons, much cheaper that a doctor !
I looked for instructors called several went and talked to some allways got the runaround
@@kennethsmith1233- For goodness sake. Beside all that, instruct your "ground crew" to keep that dog under control... Friend lost is dog, properly "sliced" by the propeller. Let alone the fact they lost the favorite family pet. And had a bloody mess to take care afterwards. Thankfully, if we can say that, no damage to the plane and most important, the pilot!
Best of luck.
AMERICA!
Congratulations on your first solo. Not going to ride you like others but a few hours with a LSA instructor that specializes in conventional landing gear(AKA tail draggers) would be a real help and not too expensive as many charge about 150 an hour.
Tap on the shoulder for the pilot and he got her down well just a little more traing and one on the groud wit a radio to talk hi in
A Darwin award for sure. Glad you got down in one piece. You're no less a person if you have a few lessons. His family and friends would have been sad if he was injured or worse.
I tried to get lessons there are little to no instructors in our area
@@kennethsmith1233 Well, you're not a bad person if you love flying. Good luck. Be safe.
Some say that after this he flew a C130, cos it was the only aircraft with enough tie downs for his own under carriage..👍
Big thumbs up from me fella.
No hours, no certification of pilot or aircraft, low and slow, low powered, low light, multiple obstacles. Prognosis: 40% chance of fatality. And if you like those odds you are on track for a Darwin Award.
MERICA!!!!!
Why is everyone bitching about the wind turbines? They're not even close. At no time was he ever in danger of being near them.
There is such a thing as 'accidental survival', and probably a lot more background than we know.
oooof that take off was ruuuuuff
I am planning to do the same .. build my own ultralight and fly it without training
Just do alot of taxing and simulate using a rudder while you drive down the road also watch all the old military training videos on you tube
Yikes - nice job surviving, Ken. I don't mind saying, looked sketchy as hell. I would try to get more air under my wings. 500' AGL, anyway. Low is (contrary to instincts) dangerous.
Getting back down on your first flight with no training, priceless! Flying an under-powered two stroke aircraft, DANGEROUS!
Not underpowered at all.
He didn't roll in the power until very late in the takeoff.
I didn't feel comfortable to solo until I had close to 30 hrs...life is too precious...even experienced pilots crash.....
There are OLD pilots and there are BOLD pilots, but there are no OLD BOLD pilots. Trust me when I tell you that there are enough life threatening challenges up there even for the very well trained and very experienced pilots.
I agree with the dog, he is saying what in hell do you think you are doing, get back here. Seriously I was concerned about the location with wind turbines in your path. good luck, take some lessons soon.
You can see how the plane naturally turns to the right, he forgot to set the wings for a linear take off! good job in not crashing tho!
Get a bit of altitude so if the engine loses power you have a bit of time to plan for the landing. At low level if the engine hiccups at all there will be little time to choose a path clear of trees or power lines. That plane will not glide well and will loose airspeed quickly because of the high drag design. It will not be a very good glider. Also land and take off into the wind. Get the nose down quickly if you pull back the throttle or loose power. It will reach stall speed quickly. I used to fly a 2 seat ultra light on floats with a 65hp rotax 2 stroke.
You are right about that on my 4th flight I was trying to see how far I could glide with no engine I did not shut it off just let it idle I glided a good wais and should not have let the engine just set and idle as long as I did I should have been gassing on it from time to time to keep from fouling plugs being a 2 stroke but I did find out that day the hi-max glides great with engine out that is if your comparing it to how a rock glides lol
As an experienced pilot of some 35 years with ratings and test flying experience I hope you will heed this advice...We ARE NOT in the age of the Wright brothers anymore. You need some ground school and lessons whether you think so or not. If you can't or won't afford them then you should sell the aircraft. You could have very easily left your wife a widow. Ultra light aircraft in some ways are or can be more difficult to handle than heavier aircraft. Yes...they fly and land more slowly BUT...they are much more susceptible to winds and thermal activity that can and will upset the aircraft IF you fly long enough. I have been around ultra lights since before the F.A.A knew what to call them. Just because you need not be licensed does not mean that you should not take some lessons. You can still be killed by any number of things that have caught many an experienced pilot.
" Flying in itself is not inherently dangerous but to an even greater degree than the land or the sea, is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect."
Surely some experience prior to tis flight... maybe not on this aircraft type?
Scott Nunan Maybe...It would have been prudent. I have been around early ultra light pilots that had zero prior experience. Through blessing and luck some survived. Some didn't. Those that have survived, gained wisdom ( most of them ) and have stories to tell.
Don't be a bitch, dude.
@pete2778 I think what she means is, don't take the man's liberty from him just because YOU have a difference sense of what is prudent and what is not. The only life in immediate danger here is his own (the dog and the female not withstanding). The Wright Bros. never had one single hour of flight training. They just did it. So did this guy. I bet he feels something neither you nor I will ever feel.
@pete2778 Don't get me wrong, I'm with you as far as how "I" feel about such activity. I would never... well, I really can't say that I would never, but my better angels tell me not to go flying without training. What I'm saying is, this is HIS choice. It's been pointed out to him plenty in the comments section that most people think it's foolish. The other side is, "it's his life", not ours.
Windmills, power lines, and drilling equipment oh my. Did you ever get those flight lessons? .... Are you still alive? ... Do you still have the airplane? If yes to all, good show!
Tittle is a bit miss leading I spend alot of my spare time on you tube watching the old military flight training videos and just every other flight video I can still have the plane have been up 4 times so far wish I had time for lessons and could find a good instructor I had talked to a few I could find close to me but just got the run around
@@kennethsmith1233 in this day and age it is very difficult to get someone to just take you up for a flight lesson. I recommend finding a small airfield near you and just spend time with the pilots. I rarely get to fly either, but I still have good friends who I can go up with. A friend is far less likely to give you the run-around than a business that wants to get you a full fledged license for 10 grand.
this was dumb. you can't learn from watching videos. especially on a taildragger. it's been a year since this video was made. how many times have you crashed it? are you even still alive?@@kennethsmith1233
@@nathanielcohen9890
You stick to watching, get fat and live long... you deserve it :)
xxx
the camera operator has no training , the same as the flyer. but it did work!
Dog was justified in his displeasure with it all!
Dog be like, no human what you doing!? 🤣
Y’all should go to Kill Devil Hills in the Outer Banks of NC!! The first flight was flown there by brothers Orville & Wilbur Wright. And there’s all kinds of exciting things to do there.
When he got to 50 to 60 mph with tail wheel still on the ground i started praying for him......in vain.
Fly the tail...
That thing flies at 30.
“Cocaine’s a hell of a drug”.
I hope he learns to use the approach end of the runway and moves the grader!
@6:00.... Going around is always an option.... And in that case a good option.
While you may FEEL safer close to the ground YOU ARE NOT!
You sir are correct
Wow, it's awesome. Nice plane sir, how much weight of this, in Kilogram?
So freaking close to ground loop on landing lol well done getting her down.
Great job Thank you for sharing !
At least there aren’t any obstacles in the area!
Next time put the dog in the car! They have no idea what a prop is.
That was crazy take off without rudder input like a drunken sailor or aviator
awesome man.........I'd be fool enough.
I was screaming at my screen, "Forward Stick!" to lift the tail so you could rotate.
Reminds me of those guys who threw themselves from the Eiffel Tower with a set of cardboard wings back in the day
Probably the sketchiest take off I’ve ever seen on an ultralight lol
Even the dog could see that was an atrocious takeoff :)
Ya know, the fact that you got a taildragger off and back on the ground again speaks to your ability. There were some obvious issues due to lack of training, but thankfully you didn’t ball it up. I would say definitely get a few hours of instruction before winging it. You’ll refine those skills pretty quick I’d bet, and you’ll have a lot more fun taking off and landing instead of trying to just get it back down in one piece. Nice work on the plane by the way! Be safe and enjoy!
I'd say he did a great job!!
Thank you
there's no such thing as a bad dog... just bad owners... DODGE STAY.... get a leash if your dog doesn't have full proof call back or listening skills
I agree with you and any other time he listened and did what he was told I say listened using that word as past tense because he is now 90 percent deaf and can't hear anything at that time he had some hearing and to get him to come to you all you had to do was wistle I didn't get onto him because I knew he was just freaking out about me going in the air he is actually a verry good boy he's the best im really glad I tought him hand signals when he was young but for that to work he has to see you he is somewhere around 12 years old
So, on takeoff, there was a quartering wind from the front, right to left. That pushed him to the left until he lifted off. At that point he immediately weathervaned into the wind - to the right. Right?
Kinda looks like that but not quiet
actually I was not planning on taking off I just practicing taxi getting a little faster and faster just trying to get a grip on the tail wheel my runway was to narrow for my skill at this time and I git a little out of control and was shooting to the left side and was going to hit the little wind row of dirt on the edge of the runway so I made a split decision to just gas on it and attempt to get a little off the ground before I tore up my plane the dirt row would have done damage when Before I knew it I was in the air and shooting off to the right this aircraft the prop spins to the left so it requires alot of left rudder instead of right rudder
@@kennethsmith1233 Cool, thanks for the reply. Are you still flying?
@@commentatron yes but not in this plane sold it a while back and wish I'd never got rid of it
@@kennethsmith1233 Ultralight sized, or something bigger?
@@commentatron just been flying with some friends I've got a couple ultralight I've been working on but not ready just need a little more fabric work to be ready
That was hard to watch. Glad you lived though!
Nice flight, I was thinking ground loop for sure. I bet you had to clean your shorts especially on that landing!
Good on ya mate 👍
It’s one thing to not care about your own life but why kill the dog? How much trouble would it be to tie up the dog?No flight lessons , screeming at the dog, no precautions whatsoever. Life is short but in this case it’s probably going to be a lot shorter for the dog and the pilot.
No words. Hope life insurance is paid-up.
r1derbike Some insurance policies don't cover experimental anything.
She didn't seem too concerned