COOL Airplanes UNDER $ 50,000 

To be fair, motorcycles are also dangerous statistically.. but once you eliminate the angry squids, the drunks, and the woefully inexperienced superbike buyer, the statistical danger drops substantially.

It sounds like once you eliminate the built planes, the statistics improve significantly.

@@JPINFV I've seen some motorcycle riders that adhere strictly to the rules of the road, like going 55mph on freeways that are posted 55mph, and also add in the safety guidelines that you might learn in a Motorcycle Safety Foundation course - I think motorcycling is pretty safe for those riders. For everyone else, not so much. Aviation is a bit like that. If you operate an airplane the way the folks do who teach safety at airlines (think Mentour Pilot & people like him) it's not risk-free but it's pretty darn safe.

@@JPINFV 😂

That being said, we need videos like the L-39 Albatros too! Why slave away in this hamster wheel if we can't dream a little

@@benghazi4216 this! I certainly don't mind some of the higher cost airplane videos. It's fun to dream and think "what if". But I do also love these budget plane videos as well.

@@iowafarmboy Yeah, but it has to be somehow applicable to a poor person. I mean which plane is the most economical to fly your sales team from coast to coast is not That interesting. A jet proven in combat for "cheap" is. You can rephrase it like: The plane you would buy if you won the lottery. But hey, I take what I get ^^

Cessna 208B Caravan

I look forward to rewatching them all next year.

Would love to see the A380 because there are so many of them that nobody wants. Cheap to buy but operational costs that would be truly shocking to many yacht owners

The Long E-Z looks pretty cool, and very futuristic. :)

Thanks. Its comin

@@CompleteWalkaround me too…working on canopy then avionics begins

@@j.gregory5669 Nice, you're further along than me.

Well, cheap anyway 🙂

Oh, and do one on the Xenos Motorglider too!

Hey Sonex! Thanks 👍. It's true, this video was from the pioneering days of the channel. I like to think it's matured a bit since then in both details and typos. I get a lot of requests for the subsonex. One day hopefully I'll visit you guys and learn all about them.

@@CompleteWalkaround Would love to show you around anytime!

You know, I may have heard that someplace before!

@@CompleteWalkaroundWell, it sure does have that "right decision" ring to it!

The Zenith CH 601 and CH 650 also

It is funny, statistically

Oh ya

Nice, big step. I'm not planning a cheap float plane video in the short term. Send me a message on Instagram and maybe I can help you out

Hi Great question. So, sort of, but not to the extent that you can with sports cars. You can't take a small plane and just put a 1000 horsepower engine in. The engine is very heavy, so you need more/larger airplane to handle that weight and force. So you just end up with a bigger plane. You can also reduce drag, but that doesn't have a huge effect unless you make major changes to the airframe. This stuff is possible, but probably cheaper to just get another airplane. I'm not an expert on this stuff by a long shot. If you aren't already familiar check out Mike Patey. He does a lot of really amazing stuff like this. He has a RU-vid channel.

Ceiling is pretty well set based on the type of engine not really the plane. Non-Turbocharged pistons engines are going to be mid teens. Turbocharged pistons will be mid 20s generally. Non of the engines in this video are turbocharged. You start getting turbo charged singles around the heavy 4 place planes, or most all the 6 places. for piston twins, its about 50/50, many have turbocharged and non-turbocharged versions. For crossing the Rockies, pretty much anything turbocharged will fly over them. Anything non-turbocharged is going to leave you traversing the canyons. Which is not a huge deal. So long as you know what you're doing.

@@CompleteWalkaround Perhaps you should do a video on that, cheapest/best turbocharged planes

It'll happen

Should I sell my longez and buy a bonanza? What should I look out for flying a longez?

If that's correct it's only marginally safer than Russian roulette

@@toddwebb7521 I did a ton of research for a while because I REALLY wanted one, its just not got a good record and they're insane to build.

I sure do.

That's Experimental with a capital E

@@CompleteWalkaround Only because it isn't the norm. Works wonders for those who try, and those videos can be found here on RU-vid. I am constantly surprised how much faith people in GA put in these spruced up 1960's engine designs. Is it that ghost of the Porsche boxer in the Mooneys playing tricks on people? Or maybe the Thielert engines?

@@CompleteWalkaround I know you like your numbers so here is a video filled with engine prices, and specs, with the Yamaha as the underlying topic. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tS5g45nIXXw.html The cost difference is palpable with some choices, like the comparable Rotax 915iS being almost 50 grand more expensive. That's more than I ever spent on a car.

Subsonex Jet

@@CompleteWalkaround I'd love to see a video about it!

Experimental generally have several engine options so it might depend which one

I think 125 kts is minimum cruise for maximum range. The Long-EZ can easily cruise at about 150 kts even with a 108HP O-235 (that it was designed around) and push about 170 kts if you want to consume more go-go juice. However most are built with 150-160HP O-320's that give better climb performance for a slightly higher fuel burn and can easily hit 180 kts (or 200MPH). Some have even built them with 180-200HP O-360's and those will really scream. If you want the fastest canard, your basically looking at the retractable-gear version of the Long-EZ, the Berkut 540, with a 260HP IO-540 that pushes it to 300 kts!

Didn't realize there was an interest in my own favorites

@@CompleteWalkaround you're a youtuber, people lap this stuff up