When Poland designs something that product never has to be improved . We designed vodka 600 ys ago and it still does its job . The more you drink it the better it seams to be not needing any improvement .
This plane can tow three two-seat gliders and have three passengers doing so. It can climb almost 3000' per min on this old AJ-14R Russian engine. This plane was designed in Poland for Aero-clubs for training and towing gliders. There was also aggro version and the Medical version available. Easy to fly but heavy on fuel. Max speed is not so great, but Polish pilots have won so many precision flying championships on this plane....
@@JohnMaxGriffin Yeah, but this one runs a Russian AI14 radial engine and can both climb and descend like crazy! PT6 with over 680HP is an overkill, like Draco! I did like it though!
They made a heck of a plane. A radial engine bush plane, on rearward-swinging shock absorber stilts, massive elevator, and no strut braces. Brilliant. I just bought this plane I Microsoft Flight Simulator today, and I was able to do a perfect slip to land my first try. I came in real steep too. I just wanted to see what it could do, and I was very impressed.
That tail is extremely reminiscent of an Apache, the way the rear fuselage slopes downward from the trailing edge of the wing and flows along towards the vertical stabilizer, the elevator plus the tail wheel further enhance this similarity.
84 thousand views, holy cow! I built and own the airstrip (Clear Creek International) 79ID. It is a very challenging airstrip. Only 13 pilots have successfully landed there. One not so successful pilot's Cessna 182 left in pieces on the back of a car hauler. 1,200 feet long with 80 foot trees, power-lines on both ends, and a difficult approach too. I fly a 210 HP Maule M-4 that does a great job.
Yes ! The "Wilga" (the polish female name of the bird) it was a plane fully constructed and manufactured by polish aero-engineers I believe in 70's, that means during the communism regime time in Poland. Wilga plane, received a popular name as "Aero-Taxi", because of its capacity for carrying the pilot + three passengers, and also especially for the short distances of pretty short take-off and also landing. I believe, that even up for today "Wilga" is still in production in Poland, but as a much modernized version of it rather that PZL [104-35]. Fly !! ...~ Wilga ~.... Fly !!
Love this aircraft so well designed even the lading gear is designed to take forward impact straight on as it should be. I would like to see a scaled down versions of the to home built ans ultralight also. Would make a great glider launch plane.
It does make a great tow plane. In a matter of fact it has been a tow-work-horse in most Polish AeroClubs... I have been towned by this aiplane numerous time. At it was always a great fun. Lot of power .. great climb, short takeoff ...
@triplanelover it is a big cool insect)) fly her myself every weekend. nice radial, originally Russian Ivtshenko AI14-R or RA putting 260HP t/o, 190 HP cruise, later Polish WSK Kalisz version same details, or, in the US,some do the conversion to the Russian M14-P getting her to 360 HP t/o power. Anyhow a nice girl-really.
Ok, so what's this beast actually cost to run with that Russian radial in it... I keep getting wildly different numbers. And how do you work around that pneumatic starting reservoir? Carry an air compressor in the back?
The landing wheels are to small for real back country flying, seen much bigger wheels on this craft, Also that grass is smooth for this type of aircraft,
Gas hog at about 14 gph. Like a large Russian woman. Sure a Cessna burns less fuel, but maybe the Wilga has some other flight abilities the others don't.
what's up w/the FAA? I get upset every time I see a plane like this, people in America can build a plane just like this only much better and at a price tag that the COMMON AMERICAN could afford, I don't get the whole deal with even the Light Sport and ultralight category plane's -if your willing to build something that can fly, then you should be able to get in it and go "PROVIDING" you have the common since to fly where if you have to come down its not going to hurt any innocent people, if we are FREE, then I should be able to take my li'l 150 and put a 180HP engine on it -then it would have exceptional HP to weight ratio, make any changes to the airframe, like put a huge cargo area behind the seat -then use the cheapest part's and material(money wise) not quality! to make the changes, then have a plane like that "WILGA" for around 15G's-but that's not happening -that's why there isn't anyone interested in flying now day's, it's just to dam expensive -even for a man making 100k a year, you can't have decent plane, the fellow on here(RUclips) that built his plane for $6500 dollar's from part's and material he bought at HOME DEPOT should get a AWARD, because it shouldn't take any more then that to own a good airplane!! but the FAA won't allow you to do this -there's always a reason why you don't get a airworthy certificate on a low cost home built!!! and you never will
loxahacefig aronald the FAA doesnt like the idea of the 'common guy' flying. They hate general aviation. The same way that NASA cant stand other organizations attempting to get into space.
Remember, the creation of the FAA was to promote Commercial flying (at first anyway), not joe public flying. If it wasn't for the many civil aviation organizations, there probably wouldn't be any public GA. Aircraft prices are totally insane. In 1976, my dad was looking to buy a new Grumman Tiger for 38,000.. about 38% more then his yearly salary. 2018 C-172, about 370,000 - about 8 times my salary (700% +)! And they wonder why the GA fleet is 40 years old. SMH
The FAA certification process just killed the GA. The only hope left for the common-man aviation is the Experimental market. You can build a great flying Van RV7 for around 80K for VFR flying and maybe 100K for IFR. These new high performance experimentals have so much more performance than the spam cans and a regular middle class guy, working for 2-3 years can afford to fly one.
I’m all for experimenting and going crazy with horsepower like hot rodders do with cars, but there’s one difference. Hot rodders aren’t flying over my house with potential to crash into it and kill my family or hundreds of people on airliners. Aviation is inherently dangerous and deserves a little more respect and responsibility. Yes, I’m a pilot and A&P and I love the Wilga, as ugly as it is. I want one.
we as American's should be able to build are own version of any type or a close copie of any plane we want to, build it at home on a low budget w/part's from HOME DEPOT if we want -but if that happened then you won't ever get your airworthy certificate!, because the FAA doesn't want us to be able to do that, because then you would truly be FREE to fly where ever you wanted -and on a very low cost, why do you have to get a licence to fly ? as lone as you don't endanger anyone, stay below 5000ft and away from any class except "G" airspace it wouldn't result in anymore fatal plane crashes then there is now -and it could all be done for under 10 Grand!!! but that will never happen!!
![PZL-104 Wilga towing L-13 Blanik glider [RL]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/s8cAIN49WJw/mqdefault.jpg)
![PZL-104 Wilga towing L-13 Blanik glider [RL]](/img/tr.png)
Just the sound of the radial engine is incredible !!!!!!!! Not to mention the look of this magnificent airplane ! ❤
When Poland designed and produced the awesome Wilga they knew what they were doing, love this fine airplane, beautiful plane in a beautiful state..
When Poland designs something that product never has to be improved . We designed vodka 600 ys ago and it still
does its job . The more you drink it the better it seams to be not needing any improvement .
@@tomkusz3741 Cheers Mate!
This plane can tow three two-seat gliders and have three passengers doing so. It can climb almost 3000' per min on this old AJ-14R Russian engine. This plane was designed in Poland for Aero-clubs for training and towing gliders. There was also aggro version and the Medical version available. Easy to fly but heavy on fuel. Max speed is not so great, but Polish pilots have won so many precision flying championships on this plane....
We loved the plane in Hungary! I spent half my of childhood in such a back seat. The nosedive after the glider was released was the highlight!
What the actual hell are you talking about? You couldn't get one of these deathtraps to climb 1500'/min empty...
@@kevin_6217 www.pilotmall.com/blogs/news/draco-airplane-the-greatest-bush-plane-ever-built
Take a look mate
@@michaelksiezopolski Yeah any light piston single will climb 3k/min if you put a PT6 in it
@@JohnMaxGriffin Yeah, but this one runs a Russian AI14 radial engine and can both climb and descend like crazy!
PT6 with over 680HP is an overkill, like Draco!
I did like it though!
Вильга красавица, сколько лет прошло, а выглядит аппарат до сих пор актуально. Мужик маладца - на три точки посадил аппарат!!! Респект!!!
В Перми такая птичка ещё летает
Love the sound of the round engine.
I like the sound of this engine, sounds well balanced and smooth. Very nice.
Love the sound of that little radial.
Beautiful aircraft with a nice radial
So freakin cool! Love the Wilga!
NOTHING LIKE THE SOUND OF A RADIAL
Nothing like the sound of a radial being tossed in the ocean and used as a boat anchor.
I love these things. They're great. Great video guys, thanks a bunch. Very cool little airfield too.
The awesome sound of the radial engine
They made a heck of a plane. A radial engine bush plane, on rearward-swinging shock absorber stilts, massive elevator, and no strut braces. Brilliant. I just bought this plane I Microsoft Flight Simulator today, and I was able to do a perfect slip to land my first try. I came in real steep too. I just wanted to see what it could do, and I was very impressed.
That tail is extremely reminiscent of an Apache, the way the rear fuselage slopes downward from the trailing edge of the wing and flows along towards the vertical stabilizer, the elevator plus the tail wheel further enhance this similarity.
84 thousand views, holy cow! I built and own the airstrip (Clear Creek International) 79ID. It is a very challenging airstrip. Only 13 pilots have successfully landed there. One not so successful pilot's Cessna 182 left in pieces on the back of a car hauler. 1,200 feet long with 80 foot trees, power-lines on both ends, and a difficult approach too. I fly a 210 HP Maule M-4 that does a great job.
And this pretty Polish bush plane makes it look easy!
Why don't you cut down some trees?
Leif Vejbyw lo lo
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Because they are on the neighbor's property.
They keep out the weak and the the uncommitted.....
Big master. Congratulations for you. Luis from Argentine
Don’t know much about the Wilma, but it looks cool and fun. I’m still flying my old Cherokee. Cheers.
Fantastic Video...Great takeoff and landing...nice Backround
Just discovered this plane, it's awesome! Like a flying tractor
:)
I bought this airplane and it is a lot of fun to fly. Very strong and the engine is delightful with a lot of power
Haven't seen the Wilga in ages. Nice
I just bought a 77 inch RC Wilga, for a 20cc gas engine. I expect that it will be a whole lot of fun!
Yes ! The "Wilga" (the polish female name of the bird) it was a plane fully constructed and manufactured by polish aero-engineers I believe in 70's, that means during the communism regime time in Poland. Wilga plane, received a popular name as "Aero-Taxi", because of its capacity for carrying the pilot + three passengers, and also especially for the short distances of pretty short take-off and also landing. I believe, that even up for today "Wilga" is still in production in Poland, but as a much modernized version of it rather that PZL [104-35]. Fly !! ...~ Wilga ~.... Fly !!
Wilga miała pierwszy oblot w 1965 roku...
That's a heck of a landing!
It is an excellent tug plane!
good ol M-14 - Best sound in history of aviation!
sounds like a proper muscle car..! sweet
Nice job Christian, thank you
What a fantastic sounding plane. Radials need to make a comeback
YES.. PLZ is still building new Curtis Wright 1820's (under license) as the Shvetsov Ash-62
Aircraft designer and manufacturer: PZL Okęcie, Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱 (1962- 2008)
Cutest plane I've ever seen!
I LOVE this plane!
great plane, nice video, thanks for sharing
They fly quite nice.
I was the second owner of that Wilga
Hot dang that thing sounds healthy!
Draco has gone
loved by Mike, what a shame
I worked on the production of "Wilga
And I was flying "Wilga"
are the new spare parts in production for the PZL 104 and PZL WILGA 2000 available ?
That landing...
On the video while landing I've noticed a huge bunch of timber on the right side. Please, be careful in case of side wind.
Alexander Kuznetsov
Love this aircraft so well designed even the lading gear is designed to take forward impact straight on as it should be. I would like to see a scaled down versions of the to home built ans ultralight also. Would make a great glider launch plane.
actually this is a great glider launcher, it can take 3 (three) single seaters at the same time per data sheet.
CN 845005 Wow I did not know that. I seen this plane at Oshkosh air show.
That how it is used in multi-role as glider launcher...
It does make a great tow plane. In a matter of fact it has been a tow-work-horse in most Polish AeroClubs... I have been towned by this aiplane numerous time. At it was always a great fun. Lot of power .. great climb, short takeoff ...
Wilga is a Polish plane. I live there, in Poland.
How many HP would this radial engine be?
Very cool plane!!!!
looks like a big insect; nice radial
@triplanelover it is a big cool insect)) fly her myself every weekend. nice radial, originally Russian Ivtshenko AI14-R or RA putting 260HP t/o, 190 HP cruise, later Polish WSK Kalisz version same details, or, in the US,some do the conversion to the Russian M14-P getting her to 360 HP t/o power. Anyhow a nice girl-really.
triplanelover iiii
Look at this Wilga badass ruclips.net/video/PqhI4MeCn1c/видео.html
triplanelover
Green dragonfly. If it lands on you it's good luck.
Polska myśl techniczna...🇵🇱
what is in her, AI14 or M14?
Nice radial
How long does it take to refill the starter tank on a Wilga?
Does it charge in the air or while taxing or...??
There's an engine-driven compressor so it starts recharging as soon as the engine is running.
@@Surestick88 Thanks! How long does it take to recharge to full charge?
This is the perfect color for this plane. I want it so bad my teeth hurt. Mantis logo :). Cooler than draco.
Greens my favorite color. Can I fly her?
Ok, so what's this beast actually cost to run with that Russian radial in it... I keep getting wildly different numbers.
And how do you work around that pneumatic starting reservoir? Carry an air compressor in the back?
What kinds of engine used in plane where it is available and hou much the price? It s looking nice
Wow such a nice plane. How much do these sell for?
Magnifique, bavo !
Neat--I want one.
Reminds me of the Draco version of this plane! lol maybe a little different...
Отлично
What engine?
The video didn't demonstrated any STOL ops.
I guarantee you couldn't land there!
I agree.This is polish aircraft and i see many times how it takeoff and lands and this is the best STOL of this aircraft which i have seen.Recpect :)
Not many left flying for a reason.
looks like a RC on major steroids
...Wilga(Veelga)is polish yellow byrd..not green..ha ha..
Wow what engine does this one have?
Most likely a Ivchenko AI-14RF
Beautiful aircraft?
Polish airplane.
The landing wheels are to small for real back country flying, seen much bigger wheels on this craft, Also that grass is smooth for this type of aircraft,
looks like a praying mantis
Sexy like one as well
it does, however wilga is a golden oriole in Polish
You're supposed to yell clear, not whisper it.
It's broken
Gas hog at about 14 gph. Like a large Russian woman. Sure a Cessna burns less fuel, but maybe the Wilga has some other flight abilities the others don't.
you can park it in your yard :)
Drako !?
Draco - this is a modified Wilga.
Sorry but that wilga is not stol.
misleading title , don't ya think ?
what's up w/the FAA? I get upset every time I see a plane like this, people in America can build a plane just like this only much better and at a price tag that the COMMON AMERICAN could afford, I don't get the whole deal with even the Light Sport and ultralight category plane's -if your willing to build something that can fly, then you should be able to get in it and go "PROVIDING" you have the common since to fly where if you have to come down its not going to hurt any innocent people, if we are FREE, then I should be able to take my li'l 150 and put a 180HP engine on it -then it would have exceptional HP to weight ratio, make any changes to the airframe, like put a huge cargo area behind the seat -then use the cheapest part's and material(money wise) not quality! to make the changes, then have a plane like that "WILGA" for around 15G's-but that's not happening -that's why there isn't anyone interested in flying now day's, it's just to dam expensive -even for a man making 100k a year, you can't have decent plane, the fellow on here(RUclips) that built his plane for $6500 dollar's from part's and material he bought at HOME DEPOT should get a AWARD, because it shouldn't take any more then that to own a good airplane!! but the FAA won't allow you to do this -there's always a reason why you don't get a airworthy certificate on a low cost home built!!! and you never will
loxahacefig aronald the FAA doesnt like the idea of the 'common guy' flying. They hate general aviation. The same way that NASA cant stand other organizations attempting to get into space.
Remember, the creation of the FAA was to promote Commercial flying (at first anyway), not joe public flying. If it wasn't for the many civil aviation organizations, there probably wouldn't be any public GA. Aircraft prices are totally insane. In 1976, my dad was looking to buy a new Grumman Tiger for 38,000.. about 38% more then his yearly salary. 2018 C-172, about 370,000 - about 8 times my salary (700% +)! And they wonder why the GA fleet is 40 years old. SMH
The FAA certification process just killed the GA. The only hope left for the common-man aviation is the Experimental market. You can build a great flying Van RV7 for around 80K for VFR flying and maybe 100K for IFR. These new high performance experimentals have so much more performance than the spam cans and a regular middle class guy, working for 2-3 years can afford to fly one.
I’m all for experimenting and going crazy with horsepower like hot rodders do with cars, but there’s one difference. Hot rodders aren’t flying over my house with potential to crash into it and kill my family or hundreds of people on airliners. Aviation is inherently dangerous and deserves a little more respect and responsibility. Yes, I’m a pilot and A&P and I love the Wilga, as ugly as it is. I want one.
Dont worry-be happy.You are to nervous fat man.
Such an ugly plane and yet so awesome. I’ve really looked into these since watching videos about Draco. Check it out. A Wilga with a PT6.
idare eder
we as American's should be able to build are own version of any type or a close copie of any plane we want to, build it at home on a low budget w/part's from HOME DEPOT if we want -but if that happened then you won't ever get your airworthy certificate!, because the FAA doesn't want us to be able to do that, because then you would truly be FREE to fly where ever you wanted -and on a very low cost, why do you have to get a licence to fly ? as lone as you don't endanger anyone, stay below 5000ft and away from any class except "G" airspace it wouldn't result in anymore fatal plane crashes then there is now -and it could all be done for under 10 Grand!!! but that will never happen!!
Looking nice