I'm skinning my wings, one step closer 🤠 | Scrappy #58 

Elon is China's pooch. Mike is brave and free :)

True fact

Give Mike Elon’s budget. He’ll figure out anti-gravity and warp drive in 30 days. 😊 we’d be on Mars in 3 months.

If the aviation industry advanced at all planes would have dimples like golf balls to increase strength, reduce weight, improve aerodynamics and stabilize flight proving nasa and space x are fraudulent because we went to the moon when it was too cold to explore Antarctica so we could go to Mars after watching star wars.

Everything in this manless leaderless hell is a lie.

Well said!

Mr. Jones, I agree with “TNG”. Well said!!! We are witnessing the “birth” of a new reality!!!

Indeed!

I was waiting for such a comment 😄

I also work on Boeing and Airbus aircraft. Been in aircraft maintenance since I was 19 years old and what Mike is doing is on an unreal level. This is more like a commercial passenger jet! Well done Mike! This Cub is priceless!

Who could've said it any better??

I think the thing to remember is Mike is building this without a real timeframe or budget, public companies are under alot for time and budget pressure. Not saying it justifys their failings sometimes, but I'm sure alot of engineers at Boeing, ect, would love to deal with this kind of precision but the finance guys would rather have looser tolerances in favour of being able to produce an extra part per hour ect.

@@MrJaiimez I wish that your statement were true, but do bean counters really designate quality in engineering? Granted that Mike controls when parts are made, choosing temp etc., but surely the biggest guys can temperature control the machining areas, and subassembly areas. You just have to specify requirements. He does, they don’t. Simple? Timeframe? Budget? As if Boeing or Airbus are pressed for either as it takes years to design and tool to build aircraft. They neither lack either. Mike worked his ass off and created products that were needed, built a business that obviously builds quality products, priced accordingly, and continues doing the same. The twins have a booming business that can’t keep up with orders. Then he does super engineering and manufacturing after work and weekends to design and assemble a excellent prototype of a world class experimental aircraft. The biggest guys might, but not at the profit margins required. My 2 cents worth.

The bass player in my band is named Ron and he is quite the self effacing joker. When he thinks more of his bass is needed in the mix he chants “ More Ron, Mo’ Ron, Mo’ Ron.”

I was thinking this awhile ago. I wonder who Burt and Dick look up too for inspiration. I am willing to bet if they have found Mike, they watch every video too

Same philosophy, do a lot with a small team and with the minimum of paperwork. Truly inspirational engineering.

@@FlyingAl2006 I think they definitely would if Mike could make Scappy fly backwards.🤣

@@EamonnSeoigh Well, given the REALLY slow speed design of the wings, just a little head wind will allow a negative ground speed ... waiting to see this.

@@FlyingAl2006 Dick is aware of this. I send him (as part of a group of us old fighter jocks) emails with key portions of Mike's build... like the last one.

Exactly! Can't wait to see the wings installed!

Yes

I'm excited to see what he does next with that 1200hp pt6

soon we will be left speechless as he reveals that the wings sweep back along the fuselage...this feature, coupled with the lift surfaces he's put around the landing gear struts and the airscrew from another field entirely, will allow him to take off from between trees growing super close together, gain air and eventually take proper flight when he spreads the wings once airborne, you just watch! THIS is bush flying, redefined! Mike will be able to get into and out of places you couldn't reach with a horse or a ski-doo even!

definitely :)

Rest assured it’s not only you. I paused it at 4 minutes till the end, took a brief walk and talked myself into accepting the inevitable 😆

Every time 😂 I sometimes rewind a little a carry on

@@LlessurHterag music is fine

He's a pro.

Specifying the machining temperature . . . that is pinning down the tolerances.

Not surprised, but super impressed. Going from idea to execution with precision with gorgeous detail that few could even imagine, let alone bring to a finished masterpiece, that pushes the boundaries of STOL tech.

Never expected anything different!!

And together the congregation said, "Back to work."

Who’s the lucky man?

Ha !! #priorities

Hope your Mrs/Mr/Other appreciates Mrs Scrappy.

Priorities! ;-)

hahaha

I give him a year before we see Draco 2 with an evolution of Scrappy's wing. This man doesn't stop.

Imagine what dracoX is going to be like

Totally agree, I though nothing could top Draco. I am very happy to wrong!

Amen to that!

Yeah that's about how I feel every week!

Could you imagine the good that could be accomplished if we had someone the Likes of Mike Patey as FAA Administrator!!!??.!

@@karsonbranham3900 - As the new CEO, the man would not expect any more of others than he is willing to put in himself. Who of his underlings could measure up?? There would probably have to be a complete tableclearing of FAA staff and a new recruitment. Then the new FAA itself designs the aircraft to purpose. Then manufacturers have to demonstrate their competence before they are even accepted into a bidding war to receive a licence to build it. Such fantasies aside, the FAA could become a whole new evolution of frustration for the new CEO. Who in all conscience would wish that upon him.

Bill Lear Big Risk in slide rule days

@@MrSpad007 And how many times did it nearly kill the company? A fair few as I recall. But he persevered, and it paid off

A big difference between Mike and the the companies you mentioned is that Mike can admit his mistakes. The big companies? Not so much....

​@@bsf225 That's what I mean. As soon as one of the big companies says "We tried something new, it didn't work out" their stock plummets and their customers begin dropping orders. Mike has the luxury of being in a position where he can do that, a luxury the big names just don't have.

Not to mention Mike Patey only has to answer to 1 person, his wife. He is only limited by his own creativity and time. Major companies are ran by boards and bean counters and are accountable to their share holders so it becomes exponentially harder to take bold risks due to the fear of failure, bankruptcy and lawsuits.

I'm reminded of Miller, Duesenberg, and Bugatti.

Could you not put casters under three wheels and just use a tug on one?

@@thomascalton3067 You could, but that would NOT be the Patey way!

Also for car dealership showrooms and car repair shops. It's a pain to move cars around in such places. That market should be huge.

@@georgechoquette5735 Look up “Go Jacks”. Inexpensive and work well.

I think the weight of this might keep it from beating Draco off the ground

@@gr8belayr - That's what over 100 lbs. of nitrous is for. 😁

@@SmittySmithsonite If Mike ever runs full boost + nitrous at sea level, the power will be incredible.

@@patheddles4004 - I would LOVE to see that climb rate! Better yet, I'd love to experience that from the right seat!! 😎

@@gr8belayr Scrappy will be a LOT lighter than Draco, and with not much less power (Draco was 680SHP, Scrappy is setup for 600 on NOS). Wilga's are big & heavy birds for a 4-seat STOL and while Scrappy will be a big boi by Cub standards, it's likely to still be much lighter than a stock Wilga, let alone Draco.

I agree discovery should pick this up… but they need to pay for his time which I’m sure isn’t cheap. somehow I think Mike’s business acumen is as sharp as his engineering skills.

This. This. THIS!!! I want to be excited and contemplate what kind of crazy he'll bring, but I know it's a waste of time because there's no way my ideas will even be a shadow of what he actually builds! 🤣🤣

... but can we buy the RC version?!

Mike's almost certainly not a billionaire - it would be very difficult for someone working in general aviation to be one - but I think it's safe to say the Patey's are doing okay for themselves ;). They re-invest a lot of their profits back into aviation.

I was just thinking if I were a billionaire instead of buying some stupid NFT digital art I would commission Mike Patey to make a real masterpiece!

Need to start a Gofundme so we can have him cloned. Then we get all his clones educated the same way he was and sent around the world to fix all the problem spots.

@@antibrevity the two brothers are doing very well for themselves. They have founded and sold a few multi million dollar companies in there lives. They have used their adhd to an advantage and not a disability.

Mike is a multimillionaire at least.

Dr Frankenpatey

Turns out houses are complicated. Who knew! (There's also been an awful lot of precision machining time going into this build, and I'd be very surprised if even Mike has had the number of hours in the day to do much more than a small fraction of that himself.)

It should!!!!

If I were Mike and they did, I'd sue. No way I'd want my name associated with such an evil company.

Turbulence was in Planes

LEAD ROLL ! ...... A whole show from the scrap yard to the finished plane.

Never take the easy way, you'll never be disappointed.

That would probably be the most complicated thing ever made

@@tylerv9174 if anyone can do it on his own, that's freaking Mike Patey

His “jets “ just have propellers . Performance wise he’s already there.

@@tylerv9174 But also the lightest.

Could probably base it on the bd-10 or a subsonix

He has done very well in the business world .. my view is how better to spend it before one pushes up daisies .. what's the point of keeping it .. plus the value added product at the end is worth more than what he put in to it anyway ... I would bet a considerable sum he could sell this in the 2 million range some Ferraris and Conigseggs go for ... perhaps in less than 15 minutes on the market

Yup.

Mark Doan Koenigsegg is the name you’re looking for. Hypercars built by the Swedish genius priced in the $millions.

You have to admit that seeing the world’s most expensive weed whacker in operation is cool. I am so jealous

And how did Ron get Scrappy in the shot at 16:48?

Exactly. Nice guy and I appriciate his drive, but this is so on another level.

Mile would not start that misconception 🙈

Customer.."okay that's cool....can I help"...

​@@gotchagoing8843 I was thinking that too

I hope so! The sooner the better!

@Capsaicin We don't know how far behind the videos are though. From filming to posting could be several weeks.

Remember he said that his videos were way behind... I have a feeling he will make Oshkosh... can't wait!

I have that same feeling! I bet that plane is mostly complete already! Videos always lag a few weeks!

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