🙋🏻‍♀️Wife Announcement (Scrappy Bush Plane 28) 

Love seeing more of your family. What’s amazing but totally not surprising is that every member of your family is equally awesome as yourself.

You gotta teach Dex to do the "back to work" arm pump. I love how you explain potential issues without insulting your viewers!!

Chandra, I highly suggest you employ Dex for your paint scheme and application on your Carbon Cub build. Hope we see it at Osh Kosh in 2021!

It's funny, all of the safety concerns with the parachute remind me of the stuff old boys used to say about seat belts and airbags in cars

We wouldn't mind seeing the wing design progress. We love CAD. And there's a kid building a carbon fiber 240Z who loves you Mr. Mike. His channel is called Street Bandito. He loves your back to work.

Tip from an ex windshield installer. If you cut your silicone tube at an angle, you can shoot a triangular bead. It is much easier to get a good seal with a triangular bead compared to a round one.

Me: Bedtime! Mike Patey: ....NOOOOOPE Me: NOOOPE!

Your children are incredibly lucky to have a father like you. Hopefully they inherit the natural energy you possess. Absolutely amazing what you accomplish with your time.

So good to see you guys back. Was getting worried. Brings a smile to my face to watch you work. Can't wait for the maiden! Anxious to see what Chandra does to her new Cub! Thanks for my aviation fix!

Mike, aviation is still a dream for me. Retired from the Army and went to work right away to improve quality of life for my family. It’s been going well and a big part of my success has come from the motivation that watching your content gives me. Keep it coming..thanks!

Very nice video, thank you. It's great that the family is involved.

This is my most anticipated build! Thank you for sharing all the footage.

Please keep us updated on the wave runner project as well! Can’t get enough of the content! BACK TO WORK 🤙🏼

Nothing short of a true inspiration Mike. You have such a strong work ethic, and innovative mind it reminds me why I’m studying Aerospace! And most importantly you have a wonderful family who shares in your passions. It’s amazing to see your son begin to develop his mechanical inclination!

Great to see you back working on Scrappy!! Thanks for the update and the wave runner looks great as well..

Congratulations on the addition to your family. Can we get your wife to vlog her build here too?

Great to see you and Chandra back home and getting into the groove again. Tell Dex that he did a beautiful job on the paint from what I could see and I am so impressed with his mechanical skills, doing a crank-up rebuild. Those skills will pay off all his life. Thanks for sharing your skills and talents with us all once more, too. Have a great week!

Thanks for the update, was hoping it was busy with wings but happy you are living life too.

This video puts such a smile on my face. I like seeing what projects your family is up to. Great job Dex. I can tell that he is a little shy around the camera. I also liked the format of this video with showing all the different things that you have been working on, and a Q & A at the end. The editing is great too.

I always appreciate how you give a very detailed explanation on how you design, test, and build the parts for Scrappy. I also like hearing you share the thought process you go through with each of your creations. It was good seeing your son and wife too. Good video!

3 weeks gave me time to binge your stuff and catch up. Please never stop!!! Inspireing.

This channel is just my favorite! Skills, work ethic and a down to earth personality. Props to your son also.

Three weeks... it was a tough wait! Glad to see your progress! As always... thanks for sharing!

Mike, your hard work, multiplied by your engineering balancing act, gives the same effect as the reaction with the Armstrong mixture. And yours: "Let's get back to work" sounds like the beginning of the initiation of this process !! A truly explosive mix of versatile talents! I admire your work and your family's support !!

Ty for another great video mike. Please dont feel that you have to say sorry for no videos. Your a fantastic family man and business man and you make theses videos whilst making a carbon cub on top of that. You have a busy life and we all know this. Great work fella. Most of all. Thank you for taking us all on this journey making scrappy.

This took waaaay to long to come! Great work Mike, you are an inspiration!

Thanks for the update. Looking forward to more.

You are an absolute legend! Your son did an amazing job with the paint! Very impressed with his skill.

I love that you address comments and concerns instead of just blowing everyone off!! Love the builds and looking forward to seeing this in the air!!! Back to work!

I literally jumped for joy when the notification came up!

Love that your family is getting more involved!! Your passion is infectious Mike!

Always seriously impressed with you enthusiasm and presentations! So well explained.

Was about to go to bed.... If Mike can go with less than 2 hours of sleep, I can make do with 7.5. Bring it on!

missed you mike glad you are back to WORKING!! can’t wait for scrappy to be finished

That was such a clever way to announce the new build, can’t wait to see the progress. I am a Scrappy junkie, keep the fixes coming. It was a long three weeks. Great to see the love in your family.

So awesome... so pumped to see a scrappy video... made my night!!! can’t wait to see the new carbon baby be built...Dex’s wave runner is looking so good... awesome family you got there!!!

Imagine being this guys son/daughter and doing anything mechanical for the first time. I think we can all agree Mike is himself a machine. I would be nervous as shit. Son: Hey dad look at this waverunner I rebuilt. Dad: *standing in front of the plane he custom built left-handed while blindfolded* Thumbs up

YOU CAN DO THIS!!!! YOU HAVE THE BEST TEACHER IN THE WORLD, I am sure the kids are eager to learn from two if the most awesome parents the world has ever known. Blessings to you and your family.

Looking Forward to seeing the next build in the series. These are awesome builds.

What an extraordinary family! Love all your work. Can't wait for the next episode!

Please make a highly detailed Scrappy model for Microsoft Flight Simulator. It would be so much fun

Dex's learning bodywork reminded me of how I learned to do body work. When I was 17 I hung around KTOA there was a crew who owned biplanes and I would hang out. with them. One of the guys had a 1969 Jag XKE that he was restoring. On their way to the 50th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge one of them had an engine failure and crashed in the Salinas River. He survived and the only injuries hs sustained was a broken wrist and a concussion. He had pins in his wrist so he could not do work on his Jag. Young Dean was a good listener and I basically became his own personal industrial robot. I did the body work on that XKE and learned enough that I could restore my VW Beetle. It is fun to watch you and your family.

Scrappy is coming along great! Your son's wave runner is looking awesome! He should be proud of himself!!!! Great Job!!!!!

Mike, I am in awe of your creative skills and energy. It hurts my brain to even try to think about what you do. But, me and Mr Newton would like to take exception with your description of air "sucking" out of the bomb bay. In my religion, air and everything else only moves if something pushes on it.

Yeah, more Scrappy! And a Carbon Cub to watch being built!

Lets Go!! I have refreshed youtube at the end of the day waiting for a new scrappy video!

Thank you ! Great to know all is good with you Mike !

So glad you had a break and it was a bonus to see your wife’s and sons projects. If you get a chance could you show how you added the potentiometer to the linear motor and the controller you use. I have a trike using the linear motor to raise and lower the mast, due to a back injury which won’t let me do it manually. I would love to have more control when raising the wing and your idea is fantastic.

Awesome Job Dex on that waverunner. Looks better than it did when it was new. Def have your Dads Taste and those mechanical Genes! Gotta love that "Back to work" fist pump

Mike this is a great video, thanks for the new video was wondering how things were going, God bless you and all your family 🙏😊.

Mike, Draco was really COOL... Scrappy looks like your best work ever... sure hope all of us will get a chance to get up close for some wall prints.... I'll do the cross country thing AGAIN just to see her. Huge Thank You for the Video.

Your son is awesome! What a great looking jet ski! Great job brother! Love the video!

“Let’s throw this motor in your wave runner. Yup! Back to work!” dude I am proud too :)

“Parts aren’t needed anymore!” lol you two

Serious Mike. Your videos are like opening presents on Christmas every time you post them! I really think this is some of the best content on RU-vid, and possibly anywhere! Keep doing you, and we will be here to enjoy it and "go along for the ride". Cheers!

Love to see more of the Carbon Cub build and the watercraft build!

Gotta say, you got a gorgeous wife a beautiful family, a dream job, a work ethic that i wish many more had. As well as a great attitude. Seems to me that you can show ppl dont have to be a d... To get the things they want in life . just hard work and a great attitude.

Your inspirational Mike! big smiles etc.!!! THANKS!

You are one really fortunate guy! Great planes, Great wife, great family. Its awesome that you obviously appreciate and cherish them all.

Congratulations on your new addition. ;-) Building, rebuilding and using cool stuff is just fun! Fun to watch, and we're learning fab tech.

Mike, thanks SO Much for your RU-vid video, I was going through major Mike Patey withdrawals.

Design engineering executing the build you definitely have it all covered!👌

Fantastic Mike Patey! Very good

Just awesome,. Love all the speciality add-ons, it just really personlizes more and more. Thanks for your dedication and time in sharing on the tube.!

Wave Runners looking good too!

You guys are awesome. Thank you so much for being you. You're such an inspiration and I look forward to seeing your videos every week. I would love to find a way to come work for you but you probably don't have much use for a software engineer 🤷‍♂️

Awesome! Beautiful! Thanks Mr. Patey. This is great stuff.

It sure is good to see you again, 'back at work.' I'm excited for you and your wife and her build. Waiting "expectantly" for the first flight of Scrappy.

YES. MIKE!!! WE LOVE YOU❤❤❤

All of these Brackets remind me of Bad obsession Motorsport, love these two channels, and of course the builds they are doing

Can't wait to see more from Mike and his scrappy .love your videos .

You are doing a AWESOME JOB, this is more like art, nice work 👍🤠🛩🪂🚀🚀🚀

WOW! on the Waverunner, great work Dex. I will be looking forward to Chandra outdoing you Mike with her CubCrafter. How cool is that? 🤙🏼

I was ready to sleep, but the magic notification from Mike Patey channel came! Yes! Cheers from Brasil Mike! Hope Chandra have some fun along the way. And man, scrappy is awesome! Back to work!

Wicked! Thanks Mike! I hope you had a good holiday and business trip! Scrappy is coming along I can’t wait!

Thank you Mike. Love it!

Watching the description of the part then get completely distracted by Elsa in the background at 17:32. Now I got the song stuck in my head.

I want that GWS Slow Stick in your garage!! :-) Those were some fun airplanes!

Excellent work Dex. It's good to see someone breathe new life into those waverunners and keep them out of a landfill. Mike, it's great to have you back. It just hasn't been the same without the build vids popping up in my notifications. I can't wait to see you guys build the new carbon cub kit. I hope Chandra is practicing her "back to work" fist pumps xD

Dude you are such an inspiration. Thanks for sharing all of this, can't wait for the next one!

Finally, someone who actually waves their hands while “hand waving”. Looking forward to the new carbon cub project.

Holly crap Mike, you are one lucky guy!

Keep up the hard quality work. Huge motivation!

Awesome you're back. Can't wait to see what the wings are like.

Heck yes, back to work Mike!

Man this thing is really coming together 👍🇺🇸

Cool a new series of awesome video. Lots of family fun to come. 👍🏻✌🏻🇨🇦

I am in total awe of your builds. Love to see your family in them more. Love to see your twin brother mark in them too. You are so special to aviation

Nice Mike! Where building one at our school hope its as much fun for your wife as it is for our class, also congratulations!

So excited for Chandras carbon cub build! Awesome!!!

Thank you for inspiring me all over and over. Hope to come back successful and be thanking how i started. Good job!

You have a amazing family! I love the videos, Aviation brings a lot of joy and happiness! We learn a lot from your videos, thank you!

The legend is back!!!

“If you don’t have the money or it doesn’t make sense.... for me it doesn’t make sense...” 😉 subtle flex from Mr. Patey

Thanks for ending my Patey video withdrawal symptoms! Glad to have you back.

Hi, Mike. Congrats to you, your wife, and your boy. Everybody working and having fun. Thanks for sharing! Stay healthy!

You’re the Christian Von Koenigsegg of the aviation world.

Giving birth to a Carbon Cub could be a little tough sounds like you two will need to practicing your all's breathing, visualization, and all that good stuff. 😁

Mike you are so blessed to have a family that skilled in doing many mechanical things on their own looking forward to more videos.

Every episode is a lesson and an absolute privilege to witness. Thank you Mike… You are a legend.