Is 33 HP enough to fly the Affordaplane? 

I was on the edge of my seat watching for the wheels to leave the ground. Very exciting to watch. It looked like you had no problem controlling the A-Plane, but in future I would really like to see your impressions of how it handles. CONGRATULATIONS on a successful test!🛩

So cool to see something go from drawing board to flying. Kudos to you, sir. You are an inspiration to those of us still dreaming of doing this.

I didn't expect anything less than success. Congrats !

I have met Jon many times at the Zenith Aircraft Factory. Not only is he talented, he is a very friendly person to chat with!

Your build efforts & sharing focus have made this a million dollar plane...I bet many of us wish we could pay you back that much for rewarding us with your gifts! 💰

So cool to finally see her flying! Job well done

Thank you for making those amazing videos, you will be remembered and honored for several generations to come

That is great to see after all the hard work. Looks like plenty of power!

Good job Jon! It's exciting to see the plane fly, and it sure seems like you have plenty of power to slip the surly bonds. Keep on smiling!

Great!! It's been worth the wait. Have fun flying it, can't wait to hear how she handles.

I've been watching your meticulous build for so long now...to see that pretty baby go airborne, even for just a few seconds...it was pure magic!! Congratulations!!!

First time-- I knew when you made that last flight you were coming back with a smile. Luv it. Be safe

Beautiful rudder coordination! What a dream hangar and grass strip you have too! Your really living the good life, I'm jealous..

your explanation in your video clips has really made me cause you explain almost every single detail where by someone could exactly fill like is in the workshop together with you, working together with you, keep it up. congratulations once again

I have a Thor 202 on my paramotor trike, and I wondered several times if an engine like this could satisfactorily power an ultralight...thanks for empirically proving it!

Congratulations on a very successful first flight! Seems to fly great!

This was so great! So "Awesome" to see it fly!! I loved the whole series and watched every week from Ep 1. Thank you Jon - I always wanted to build one of these and after this I'm at least buying the plans! CONGRATS🙂

Congrats, Jon! Looks like plenty of power and you didn't even have to build it/paint it as ugly as possible so that it would be repelled by the earth and fly! LOL!

This has been a FANTASTIC series! You've definitely delivered on your mission to motivate and inspire and lead by the hand to getting more people in the air. ❤

Congratulations Jon. It was great to see you flying at last. I know how you must have felt before the flight. I felt the same when I did my first powered flight in a 150 many years ago. Unfortuneatly I was not able to continue due to lack of funds. I don't beleive in renting aircraft to go flying. It's a never ending money pit, which ends when your licence lapses. Well Jon, very well done. I'm wanting to follow in your footsteps soon. But first I must acquire a house here in Bulgaria. All the very best in the future. Enjoy your Aplane. You deserve it.

Congratulations!! I’ve enjoyed this whole series of videos on the A-plane!! thank you sir!!

Congratulations !! I watched the build process and enjoyed the videos very much. Looking forward to more flying videos.

congratulations to you, have been following up your clips since you started building your afforder plane up until now i am seeing you flying, congratulations once again

Nice, very nice! Congrats on the flight!

That is so cool! I think I will be building one of these! Though up here in Canada you need at least a recreational pilots permit to fly anything, so I don't really need to worry about the weight as much. Great Job on the build! I'm so thankfull for your RU-vid channel!

Exciting!! Very nice crow hops. Make no apologies for the ASI-I think it’s critical for maintaining safety margins, even in a Part 103 a/c. I fly my Legal Eagle around mountains so my altimeter is critical, too.

Thank you for sharing this project. I've really enjoyed it & learned a few tricks on the way.

I had to stop and watch this. Great motivation! My fuselage will be done next week. Anyhow... Back to building!

I have that same garden furniture pad in your seat outside. Lounge flying.

Awesome skils. very smooth and the plane look soo nice!

Fantastic machine congrats on the madien flight. Looks like a space age futuristic Blériot!

Good show, sir. I bet it felt great to get off the ground for the first time.

Look at you sporting that A-plane Grin! Congrats on the taxi tests. Nice landings... 😁

Congrats!

👏👏👏👏 Fantastic! Amazing job. Congrats!

Nicely done. Doesn't look squirrely at all.

The RV grin without the RV!!! Pure joy!

Awesome! It is going to be a good performer with that engine.

Hi Jon, Thank you very much for your extremely interesting vedio. I feel like I did the job and fly. I was krazy at the last movement the machine went air for a few feet. I yeld like a kid. This is my life long dream. Congratulations from Sri Lanka. Thank you very much again. Wish you a long healthy life. ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

Great job! Looks like fun. When is part 2 coming?

I just bought the plans. Looks like a fun project.

Well done!

Congratulations on the maiden flight, it looks good.

This is fantastic.

The seat looks so comfortable you might watch about falling asleep on those long flights!

Pretty cool :) stay safe out there

As I recall, the Wright brothers got airborne with eleven horsepower. Nice video, thank you.

Great sense of humor!

Congratulations: airborne test flight fantastic looking ultralight. 🌏🇦🇺

Pulled a spruce goose.

That first hop reminded me of the Wright Brother's and their first flight at Kitty Hawk.

Is this Jeffery Lebowski? BRANT!

Lawn chairs can fly! Congratulations Jon! 😅

congrats

I’ve been following from day one. Very nice plane. If you attached a blade along the axle you could trim the grass as you go.😂

Congratulations thank you for allowing us to share in your experience. We love you and please consider wearing a helmet. I'm not scared or heights or dieing, just living with brain damage.

Congrats Jon! I really enjoyed your series of videos on the Affordaplane. Just wondering...have you ever weighed the wings? I'm thinking of using this type of wing on another part 103 project. Thanks again for making some great content.

Really curious how it flys out of ground effect. I think many of us who were curious on that power plant were concerned it may not have enough power to fly out of ground effect

That was fun 🎉

I have been looking at building one of these but I was thinking removing the bend in the front upright and motor mounts and extending the top bar and mounting the engine like a Flightstar would save several pounds of frame and a lot of gussets and bolts, this also means the lg can be shortened to save some weight, extending the top bar to the tail (again like a Flightstar) and taking off the lower bar may save a foot of frame and gusset matl and raise the tailwheel to match the front lg. this would allow more engine weight that you would probably need to offset the cg changes. mostly it makea it a lot easier to mount floats as they don't need to raise the prop out of the water. hopefully I'll let you know how it works in about a year.

Congrats on getting airborne. When will the first real flight occur? Be nice to see ROC and see it go around the pattern or farther.

Sweet!

I think it is nice performance of engine and airplane

I saw them once - 3-D printed wheel spacers for Azuaslite nylon wheels, that allow a bigger "Tundra Tire", but now I can't find it. Still looking. I'll let you know if I find it again.

18 Hp was enough to propel the Quicky Q1 over 115 MPH, with other performance a bit like a Cessna 152 (in the dog days of Summer).

Great !!! Congratulations #!!! I weigh just under 200 lbs is that too much? Will you say your weight? Also the fuel weight. Anyone can answer.

Great job 👏? 👍 When will we take it around the pattern??

Saludos and Aplausos...😊😊😊👍👍👍👍!!!!

Nice.

Nice slow testing with crow hops.

Very well done. But please use wheel chocks. An accidental full throttle start-up rarely ends well. I hope to see more, as well as your thoughts on ground handling and flight characteristics.

Bro we need part 2

After getting this thing off the ground and doing some taxi testing, what are your thought's so far. Putting one together myself and the only thing that worries me is how well the tail will tolerate side load ie, cross winds on the vertical stabilizer.

Hi: This video never shows the plane getting out of ground effect. (For non-pilots reading this post, "ground effect" refers to the fact that a plane stays in the air much more easily when it's close to the ground.) It's been more than a year, and no videos showing the plane actually flying above ground effect. This will cause people to think the plane might be underpowered. Can you give us an update to clear this up? Thanks!!

Olé! Bravo!

so what was the final weight

Whats the planes total weight and does it allow for a 503 in the future? Also have you tested it out of ground effect.... that would really be the test on where your power is or if it lacks enough

Plane on making a video of it flying around ?

I just climbed out of my Lazair after flying around an hour or so. It’s only got 19hp and does just fine lol

Get you the handle off of a hand held weed eater and use that for your control on the stick. Then you could use the trigger setup on that for your throttle. I think that you would like that better.

That seatbelt situation looks a little sketchy. Why did you choose tube ribs rather than foam? I’m thinking of starting my own build.

Your left throttle arm looks uncomfortable extended out straight like that?

You must be excited it’s almost time to start a new project.

How does it climb ? can you get more than 400 fpm ? I could barely do that with 50 hp.

The Original AF as a Legal Part 103 flew on a 26hp@6250rpm Rotax 277UL as did over 85% of the other Part 103's once made used the 26hp/28hp Rotax 277UL, so yeah it should Fly on 33hp which the Polni makes at 8500rpm! If you use the Simple 1Kw for 10kg Rule, its MTOW of 540 lbs = 244.9399 kg / 10 kg = 24.49399 Kw needed to Fly Well = 32.84698 hp! If you upgrade the Wing for an MTOW of 600 lbs needs 36hp, and for 650 lbs needs 40hp. That same Rotax 277UL with a Tuned Pipe can make 38hp@6500rpm. 268cc/7cc= 38.2hp. New Polini $4000+, a good used Rotax 277UL usually with a gear Drive $250 to $650, and can be rebuilt for less than $200.

Couple guys pulled it off 117 years ago

The 33hp is actually a great number ;)

When will your Affordaplane project take flight?

Great job and congrats. What's the word on empty weight? Part 103 legal?

Great build, The only thing I don't like is that radiator up above the motor ( I would have it below the motor ) ** pilots vision would have to better as well **

What engine and prop are you using please?

Did it ever do more than a couple of short hops?

With those wheels, rteat proof of concept imho.

Chocks!!!!! Please use chocks when running the engine. Mow the grass or fit larger tyres . otherwise, well played!!

it all about the prop and stall speed as for Hp needed

What did the total cost end up being as built?

33hp and you should be able to fly a brick vertically. Anything over 17hp is just superfluous. The designer of the Affordaplane gave me a copy of the plans for free simply because I was the only one defending him in an aviation forum. So lets see if my defense had merit. That forum later banned because they are a bunch of mis0gyn1st1d10ts. My thread on there is still the most popular thread like 5 years later haha.

很漂亮的小飞机！功率这么小都能飞！很漂亮！

What's your elevation?

Hi again Jon. How was the view over that radiator? I was rather concerned about that. Please let me know how it went. How much did that radiator get in the way.