5 Kit Planes You Can Build In Your Garage 

I never thought I'd say this but..... " A 5 best/fastest video and no amazon links, how dare you lol"

Thanks for this one Mike. I really enjoy these clips which are packed with facts, figures and specs of the aircraft.

only 2 of these aircraft designs have ever left the ground, the others are just paper weights

they are looking very impressive and wonderfull designs....

Once again you have outdone yourself. Thanks Mike. Well done!

One of the best videos yet to encourage getting your wings. Someday. Good job Mike.

You make me want them all. Great video.

Great information! Thank you..

Um. BD5J, thunder mustang, Lancair super legacy, viper jet, Lancair evolution, epic LT, glasair III, wheeler express, F1 rocket, Berkut, Lancair IV-P and PT... literally all faster than everything on this list and all actually fly.

Great list - keep up the excellent work.

We've had two stall spin crashes of VL3s here in Europe and it has gotten a bad reputation for that but I figure it's like the Lancairs it's inspired by, not meant for low speed. Both cases the parachutes weren't deployed... they claim 380km/h max cruise, which is not bad and here in Europe I can get it under a sport license. Although we aren't allowed to fly above 9500. But presumably still decent speed.

SPEEEEEED is what I need baby!

Looks like some fun flying!

Thanks for you video!!!

More great info Mike!

I would definitely get the Revelaero Voodoo and give it a Jetsons paint job

Are you going to be at Stearman Field in Benton, Kansas (1K1) July 17-19? Dan Gryder has organized this fly-in. Also for those that are flying in from the East, Neodesha, KS has 91 fuel (2K7). Then a short hop of 84 miles to 1K1.

Nice job Mike!

That JMB VL3 looks so good..

Velocity TXL (the version with turbo) has about the same speed as the kits listed here and the same price range.

Great video Mike.... nice job..

If you're ever in New Mexico, Bob Carlton's hangar is at Moriarty and he's super awesome. Got to see that sub sonex jet in person as well as the glider at the beginning with the retractable engine. His hangar literally has a vending machine for which glider he wants to fly that day.

Revelaero Voodooooo WOOOOW

Back in the spring of 1996, a workmate and I attended the EAA's Sun 'n Fun in Lakeland, Florida. He had put down a deposit on a homebuilt "paper airplane" - a concept design, that was taking a long time to get to realization. The designers had their non-flying prototype with them. Right then and there, my friend began arranging for a refund. Seems the performance numbers had begun to slide, and the price was going up. My bud eventually got back most - not all - of his money. His experience was a gift to me. BTW, my bud subsequently built an RV-6, and then a -10. All of these designs in this video are unquestionably cool, even exciting. But anyone with CAD savvy can draw a cool and exciting airplane and slap specs and performance numbers on it. Sure, the designer needs dollars to develop their concept into an actual flying machine, but I'd be very careful about taking the bait just because someone throws 200kts against the wall to see how many people jumps at it. Plus, I'm not a test pilot. I wouldn't own/test fly any of the first ten, or even twenty runs of a new design.

man..your channel is very useful...keep updating more and more..fly high, fly safe and happy landings.. #aviatorforlife

Wish the BD-5J had been more successful! Cheers

Dark aero is the sickest plane ever

Mike Id like to see you head back to Azalea Aviation. I have heard they are working a Saberwing with retracts higher horsepower and cruising around 250 mph

That dark aero is on going 275 if they strap the jet from the first plane to the top and still keep the prop

Hey Mike? Have you heard about swedish blackline? They have the blackwing 935 Rg with 142 hp Rotax.

What is the thrust of the jet engine mounted on the darkaero 1 in kg? And how many liters of fuel can the aircraft carry and how many minutes can it fly?

Excellent.

Badass vid brother!

The VL3 is now with the the Rotax 915is the fastest side by side sitting UL plane

Great vid

You forgot my Compair 9. It is an experimental aircraft, turboprop, fly +200ktas. 8 POB, TPE331-10 engine.

Great video.

Funny that Czech engine from Velká Bíteš :) Can help you get one!

😳 ya, that's what I want. Kick the tires and light the fires. Mike; you have definitely got to do more videos on each one of these.

2:09 Longer range than a Long-EZ? Have to see it to believe THAT. Not to mention the GlobalFlier was a single-engine jet that flew somewhat MORE than "around the world nonstop", but that was a special-case one-off design.

This is a great video

Bonjour cher ami. Désolé, avec mon français. Je peux savoir le coût de la consommation par vol de REVELAERO VOODOO? Merci pour la réponse.

Imagine geting a 4 seater dark Aero with 450mph and same range on a full tank, same tank size

I liked the first plane

I think the video suggested to the right of this one on the main page was for a 747-8 kit.

Very good video my jobs

Awesome video, hadn't even heard of a couple of these planes. They are all very cool

Aren't there any sports jets that are already assembled? Do you really need a kit plane to get a jet LSA or a sports jet?

Velocity TXL can go north of 260 kts at 75% power. That's close to 300 mph.

The jet engine on the first yellow plane, might just work on and fix onto a big RC jet too! lol

TWELVE BD-5Js have flying in the USA and Europe for many years now, long before the Sonex jet ever flew! They are simply a BD-5 pusher with a turbine! The last four BD-5J have all been powered with the PBS TJ100. It's a REAL shame you didn't have the Grand Daddy Microjet of them all on your list.........

What about the BD-5?

The first aircraft reminds me of a V-1 flying bomb.

If it's a rainy day, the engine also has a hairdryer mode.

Great review Mike! I’d love to own anyone of those....thank you

No glasair super ll or lll??

cool now all I need is my pilots license and couple hundred thousand lying around lol

Lit natural

Bro when i see your videos my dreams get boost up every time. I wanna be a pilot and working to get money for this. Love you a lot from india. Keep it up bro 😍😍

Rutan Ares would have been a great personal jet kit. Also it could house a Vulcan mini gun. Too bad the military killed it off.

How about a scale version of the Horton IX fighter? If you have to worry about the cost you cannot afford this much speed. Buy a higher end simulator.

It would be questionable, which would be real kit, but for sure there left some fast planes as BlackWing, Raisen, Asso X Jewel, Shark, Berkut Canard ...

The VL3 at 6:06 has cruise speed of 270 km/hr, which is about 162 miles/hr, well short of your minimum speed of 200 miles/hr.

My bet is on the Raptor by Paul Muller. $130k target price. Possible top speed of 300 knots, cruise at 230 knots true on 7 gph of Diesel or Jet-A up to FL025.

Any chance of interviewing Velocity Aircraft? You should start a request list to send to Velocity.

垂直離陸機を作って欲しいですね！

cool

Got something that can do acrobatics and it's a two seater?

What’s wrong with a V6 engine off s junk yard then rebuilt, tig welder, and hydraulic hoses?

4:00 Camburi Beach

"In the subsonix you will be faster than any piston engine with a top speed of 240" *shows dark aero right after* "This plane has a piston engine with a top speed of 270"

What about the FLS BD5 MICROJET

Questair Venture 300 mph

A kit plane is not from scratch. It's a bunch of premanufactered parts and components that you assemble yourself. From scratch means you make everything. Big difference between the two is miles apart.

Added bonus is they already look like coffins.

1:50 Zlaté české ručičky

Forgot to mention the BD-10

Hang on to your money Dark Aero sounds to good to be true = 200hp and 270 mph 2000 miles range. Lot of smoke

The voodoo looks like the best option

😱 100,000k

Some dream of flying. Others dream of flying. An I'm hoping to one day aford an achieve my pilots licesens. My grandpa once said. "If I had the material to build one i would. An he was a poor guy. I hope one day I can make that dream come true.

I am surprised Mike. You mention Dark Aero, an airplane that is still in the design phase. To be flight tested very soon, Raptor Aircraft will be cruising at 267 miles per hour while burning only 7 gallons of diesel or jet A fuel per hour. It's a large, 5 person, pressurized airplane with a range of about 4500 miles. If you add to that that it will be built in 3 weeks with a price tag of only $130 000 ready to fly (with an extensive Garmin avionics suite included), it beats every airplane you mention in this video by a long mile.

Voodoo baby!

How can these planes (and other kit planes) be so expensive? What's the point in these things if people will have to sell their house to buy them?

I'm building a smaller do 335

Revealaero nothing is happening :(

Mike pateys turbulence is the fastest single engine 2 seat aircraft at 370 knots

I don’t think this list is valid because three the aircraft on the list are not actually working aircraft or just concepts in someone’s mind so Claims made ouractually bullshit

Hi please put the speed in knots as a pro pilot you should be aware of this

How about separating airplanes that actually fly from airplanes that have never flown.

Please normalize your audio, that sponsorship ad was so loud it hurt.

I hate that you keep mentioning the dark aero, all of its specs are purely conjecture. Same with the revelaero.

Love the airplanes in this video, but hate the costs of each airplane. "OUCH!" "THAT'S TOO MUCH MONEY. I'll think I will go out and buy a very old Cessna 150 and install a Rotec(X) engine in it and modify the airplane for aerobatics. Much cheapers!

Some of the planes here doesnt exist yet

Last one with rotax is a no-go. I’m not gambling my life on that sketchy engine

These are F35 's Kids.

should I listen to a plane dude that calls them air pwanes?

I prefer simulator games TO being a pilot of …not my design… plane

damn a third of your video is ad space. i wouldnt consider planes where you only have GFX for as "in the world"

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