200 knots is exactly what we publish for cruise, but like many other kit aircraft manufacturers we publish our numbers in MPH, so that is on our web site as 230 mph TAS (multiply 200 knots by 1.151 to get the number in mph).
Good video. And a great looking plane. But a minor correction: You don't need a type rating for the JSX-2. The training, done by Bob Carlton at Moriarity, NM, is in his PBS jet engine powered glider. Sonex, Bob, and the FAA worked out the approved training program. Once you complete the training and pass the checkride in your SubSonex, you get a Letter of Approval (LOA) from the FAA. There is really no minimum number of flight hours required to fly the jet, but the FAA wants you to have some time in similar handling airplanes, doesn't have to be jet powered. Sonex has more info on the training on their website and there are videos of it on YT. I hope to finish my JSX-2 within a few months, and start the training. Thanks for the videos and keep them coming! (I watch them primarily to help me see how other builders have worked through various issues I've run into).
They’re 100% going to be my first plane. I can’t decide whether to build or buy, main reason why I’d buy is because it’s so much cheaper than to build, by like 10K for a Jabiru plane!
@@AlexDenton0451 I suspect lot of people overlook the high cruise speeds Sonex aircraft have right up there with RV's at a fraction of the cost. If it was me I would build because then you learn everything about that plane know everything was done right because you built it. Jabiru engine some of the older ones had lot of problems I know they need enough cooling I think all that has been worked out on newer ones.
Never stop dreaming. I was down and out till I turned 70 years old living in my rotted out Chevy Metro. To day at 75, life turned around. If you dream it you can do it. Just started flying lessons. And ordered my Sub sonex
That’s a sexy plane! I wish I could afford a Viperjet. My only problem with these is that there is no ejection seat and you’re literally sitting on the fuel tank.
I may be a little biased too this since I live in Oshkosh and have seen them flying around for awhile, so its cool to see you building one. Love your vids. Next time you make it to Oshkosh would love to sit down and chat and pick your brain lol
@@michaelwilson5303 Same here. Will you buy or build? I am still looking to build. I got interested in RV 4 but they don’t have quick build option in it.
Once you're moving, there's plenty of fresh air coming into the cabin. Opening the SubSonex cockpit and smelling both leather upholstery and Jet-A at the same time is the ultimate pilot aphrodisiac! Also, lots of other GA airplanes in which you smell the fuel when opening up the cabin after its been sitting for a while.
I’m probably gonna get a normal Sonex/Waiex. Can’t decide whether to build or buy though, purely because it’s 10K or more cheaper to buy a Jabiru 3300.
Here is a video showing the Sonex Jet doing 260 mph level flight right over the runway: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-g6YsCZlwYw0.html. Happens around 7:30 mark. If you take it to 17 - 20K altitude, engine much more efficient and probably even faster.
@@shable1436 I also like the Sonex B just wish it had a folding wing like the Onex. I'm looking at ordering the Sonex B kit here in the next six months.
It's interesting but with a turbofan engine it might fly twice as long with the same fuel and a more aerodynamic composite body and pressurized it might do 3x the distance and suddenly it's a 2000km range aircraft going mach 0.7 at 45000. That's going places.
@@hawkinitwithmark8110 well the engine can be small and relatively simple and a single seater composite droplet can also be rather simple. Pressurization adds some complexity but it can be a simple lean plane and can really be built for whatever price you can convince the makers to make it for. It's more psychology of the producer than real cost. 130k is basically cheaper than any other plane and I think the engine costs 100k alone? so that 130k might not be terribly real. But like I said, it's sentiment. Keep in mind that a cirrus costs a small million. So more than 130k could still be a smashing success.
@@DanFrederiksen 130K is very real for the SubSonex. Engine currently costs $74 but you can get it for less by purchasing it at the same time as your kit. You'd be working pretty hard to spend more than $150K on a SubSonex. $130K is at the average to upper-end of the cost spectrum for homebuilt aircraft. Take your typical well-equipped Vans aircraft, for instance: There's no way you can complete an RV for less than $100K. All of Sonex's piston powered kits, however, are designed to get great performance from smaller engines and therefore can be built between $30-$50K.
They exist now but still not very practical. Energy density still not good enough for battery-powered aircraft to be truly useful. See blackfly and pipistrel. Pipistrel is two hours recharging for 50 minutes flying with 3-phase recharging power.
@@tomcoryell it comes with a $100,000 price tag and you get to fly it 15 minutes around your backyard no more than 6 feet off the ground....no thanks. If I'm going to pay $100,00 for anything it will be for something that's actually useful.
The price on these gone up annually they used to be 100k flying now they are up to 150k flying before long it will be 200k. That's the problem with these getting the price so high customer going to be limited to wealthy if they have the money why not buy an L39?
Range isn’t appealing at all. After about 400nm, which is about 2 hours, I’ll have to land and find a bigger airport that carries jet fuel. Is little inconvenient for longer cross country flights, and difficult to find such airports outside bigger cities in Canada that too without landing fees.
uhmm its a jet, but check the far's all you need for this "Experimental" jet is a letter from,,,, Your doctor saying he thinks your okay to fly, so this is a decent, kinda low end way to get your hours up so at 1000 hrs you should be able get turbine rated for grownup planes,, unless the have changed the rules.
