It requires your attention on landing. The take off roll is 2000 feet at max gross. I'm the tallest & heaviest pilot to fly this, so fair to say it requires a little more roll with me inside.
Absolutely it can. It has a 17 to 1 glide ratio which provides many options. Any further off shore and I suit up with a raft, vest and other safety equipment.
You are correct, every Jet requires a type rating including this tiny one. It seems like the amount of training exceeded that of the L 39. However, with a little patience, ground school, training in the Bonus Jet, you will earn 0:02 your LOA in the SubSonex. The LOA allows you to make solo training flights in the tiny jet until you are ready for your check ride. The examiner will watch your maneuvers, landings and take offs at the airport portion and will rely on GoPro camera footage to record the maneuvers in the training area. If you satisfy those requirements and pass the oral, you will have earned your type rating.
@@aevdave Absolutely! They are great little machines and well worth it. The path to a type rating will only get easier when the company comes out with their 2 seater. We wanted to go to Osh but are getting ready for 2 other shows back to back.
Yeah, a bit short on range and there is always room for more. The facts are that if you fly around down low, you will need to be on the ground in an hour to meet reserves. If you need to fly cross country, it is best at 17,500 & 92% power which will give you about 250 nautical miles with reserves. I have flown this plane coast to coast in 9 hours of flight and 8 stops East to West against the wind. Since then, I have designed an aux tank which will expand the range to 330 nautical miles if needed.
I use about 27 gal on a 250 nm trip at $5 per gallon is $135. The wings were never designed to hold fuel and it would take a lot of modifying to make this happen, but it is possible. I did make an aux tank for the inside.@@kris4897
It uses 2000 feet for take off at gross weight and can land in 2500 with hard braking. I usually extend the landing to 4000 feet which will extend the life of your brakes and tires. It is a workout to perform short field landings due to its 17 to 1 glide ratio. This will easily cause a little float in ground effect.
The book says 58MPH dirty and 64MPH clean @ Gross weight. I find these numbers to be fairly close or actually a little higher.. My airspeed is in knots though. A natural touchdown speed is 67 knots. It is a very forgiving airplane to stall and recover from.
Im surprised people havent done more with this little jet engine.. or say 2 of them... im not an engineer but if i was id be looking at ways to slap two of them puppies on for mo powa, even on a different airframe (or am i missing other experimental jets that utilize small jet engines like this?). Or a few other capabilities. I think theyd be a lot more attractive to people if thay had some cargo room, or is the cargo room dictated on if you get the recovery parachute or not? I havent really seen any definitive info on that little area behind the pilots head/where the recovery system is, or is it too much of a pain to get to with the fuel tank there? Even a gym bag with a couple changes of clothes would make it worth it in my opinion. I think theyre cool though, i just think theres room to be cooler
Thank you for your message. The idea sounds great and Bob Carlton is operating an aerobatic glider demonstration with two of these mounted on there. As far as the tiny jet, the space behind the pilot can easily hold an overnight bag if you decide to opt out of the parachute. It could also be used for additional fuel as well. I have traveled coast to coast in this airplane so I know the functionality of this space very well. The manufacture is finishing up their two seat version and there might be a little bit more Space and practicality. Keep in mind that if you utilize two of these engines, you will need to build an air frame around a minimum of 80 gallons of fuel. However, the future does look promising for a more powerful engine on nearly the same fuel burn.
@@microjetpilot8025 interesting, thanks for the info, I haven't seen much info past there is a place for a recovery parachute but not how big the area is. That'd be a fun flight coast to coast, I saw an interview of a guy who flew from AZ? NM? Maybe NV, I can't recall to Oshkosh and he talked a little bit about flying long distances in it. Thanks for the info and sweet jet, it's gotta be a helluva lotta fun to fly around in
@@jlo7770 No problem. The space is small but originally designed for the recovery chute as it uses breakaway nylon attachment hardware around the fuselage but it can be used for small baggage, or possibl 8 gallons of fuel. The cross country trip was a lot of work and I did this East to West during daylight in one day with 8 stops. The plane is a blast to fly. Please visit our web-site. www.microjetairshow.com
Absolutely lunch. I should have included a video of my lunch at the Waypoint Cafe, voted the best airport cafe in the country. All the more reason to burn some Jet A.
The stabilisation is great for hand-held stuff and mounting on a skateboard, but in this situation, did doesn't quite work. Try shooting with it off for 1 trip and see what you prefer. Good stuff, by the way.
Makes good sense, I got better results from turing it down as the higher settings were trying to take over the video. I will try turning it off next time. Thank you very much for the tip and the kind words. @@JaywalkingTheWorld
Hello Donnie, This is from KVNY to KCMA. It does have the factory oxygen system and I'm using the Mountain High on demand system. The airplane has the BRS currently removed since we are testing other equipment in its place.@@DonnieDarko727
