SubSonex Jet Takes Its First Flight

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Recently we checked out a newly built subsonex jet from McLaren Aerospace mclarenaerospace.com
This week, the experimental mini jet looks its very first maiden flight and it was a success.
This is the normal process when you build an experimental aircraft. You have to test flight the machine and make sure all things are working well as they should.
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In a subsonex jet, you need to take 20 flights or more.
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@spency787 4 года назад

For goodness sake, please cut the guy some slack. This is a single seat, kit built jet. At the time of writing there is no two seater to train on so your first flight in it is just that, your first ever flight. Confidence, smoothness and accuracy (particularly on landing) can only come with experience and at this stage the guy has zero. I think he did an excellent job

@TheGreatDrAsian 4 года назад

You know what they say, any landing you walk away from is a good one.

@toadman506 4 года назад

There is a 2-seater, that Sonex uses to train builders, it's essentially a Powered Glider...same body as a regular sonex, but with about double the wingspan

@spency787 4 года назад

toadman506 that maybe the case but a motor glider will have no where near the wing loading of the single seater jet version so the speeds (and therefore the rate of decent on approach) will be very different.

@toadman506 4 года назад

@@spency787 It seems good enough for the factory and insurance companies.

@lorinmiller1682 4 года назад

Totally agree on this comment. Even when you do a normal Sonex training transition from another like configured Sonex aircraft - it's a different animal. One person on board vs. two makes a big difference in low speed handling of these light weight aircraft. Most light aircraft pilots will tell you that first time flying it - especially if it's the first flight for that aircraft ever - is a major learning experience. First flight in the Waiex I built - I landed and didn't damage anything, and that was a success in my book. Whether I bounced or not was irrelevant.

@IrishDave 4 года назад

Show me a pilot who hasn't had bouncy landings, I know I have had. First flight, he flew it great. Looked tough to handle on touchdown but he did excellently despite the comments here.

@kaiprzadka6896 4 года назад

@The94GTC Can't blame em it'S a cool plane

@johnbradley4776 3 года назад

I have never bounced a landing, not even once. You say im full of B.S. Well here is my proof, Im not a pilot.

@kimjunguny 3 года назад

Should have gone around. You are taught to go around on a bounce, especially a massive one like that. I mean he made it alive so I guess thats "excellence"

@IrishDave 3 года назад

@@kimjunguny I am not trying to argue with you but as a pilot, I was never trained to go around on a bounce. This bounce was by no mean massive in aviation terms.

@chrism9976 3 года назад

He's a former Tomcat pilot. They always used to land hard.

@bryndaldwyre3099 4 года назад

That was freakin awesome. Flying around in a jet they made themselves. What an experience that must have been.

@xxpgh412xx 3 года назад

Scary as well

@jassonmonzon7671 3 года назад

Dude I’m saying! I just got onto aviation technician school and mark history in my life 🙌🏻

@videogameplayer0552 2 года назад

@@jassonmonzon7671 awesome, congratulations!

@ombhakt Год назад

We need these people to build cheap but quality planes so that everyone can achieve their dreams of having and flying their own jets. Kudos you and your team!

@robbythompson4230 4 года назад

What a rewarding feeling to have to be able to fly what you just spent so much time on building. Nicely done

@marcklosts7834 3 года назад

how are you

@timesthree5757 3 года назад

I flew ultra lights and bounced alot of landings. Dude did gud.

@rocroc 3 года назад

No guts, no glory! It takes guts to do the first test flight of a "plane" like that. Nice flight.

@scottfranco1962 4 года назад

God what an awesome feeling that must be to get a first flight in an aircraft you built, especially one so fast.

@GRosa250 3 года назад

Very cool little jet. It’s almost like a big RC plane that you can actually fly in.

@Riverboat374 4 года назад

So cool!! Nice triple bounce landing. Looks like he was extra hot. Can't blame him on his very first test flight.

@rcbif101 4 года назад

According to Sonex's numbers, he touched down right at what he should have. 1.3xVso=60 (Vso=58)

@ovwarrior 3 года назад

It really is amazing. You're apparently supposed to come in a little hot like the other commenter said.

@lunamaria1048 3 года назад

You can't even fly a jet lol

@richardappiah5832 3 года назад

I need a jet fly 🚀

@jagerpowell1458 3 года назад

First flight test. How could anyone, no matter their skill, land a plane perfectly without knowing how it handles? Kept calm and focused and did not panic. That's experience

@chippledon1 3 года назад

A tinted canopy and/or the extension of the glare shield over the instrument pod perhaps?

@TRabbit1970 4 года назад

‘Think that I’ll just enjoy this aircraft from the ground, and in your excellent videos. Fine job. Thank you for showing us these wonderful aircraft.

@randynovitch6744 4 года назад

Now THAT was a fun ride, please keep doing these "airborne" videos. The tech stuff is cool to see & know about, but the thrill of riding the beast is unbeatable!

@pvt-pilot 4 года назад

Man, looks like it is a touchy thing but very cool little jet.

@f900ex5 4 года назад

test flight .. I'm sure that will get worked out plus it was not a clean aircraft during flight.

@RydalS 4 года назад

I can imagine that is a fantastic feeling first flight of the plane you built yourself. Great accomplishment! Congratulations!

@andrewjenery1783 3 года назад

Amazing power from such a small jet turbine.

@tonywright8294 3 года назад

Andrew Jenery how do you know ?

@9014jayvictor 4 года назад

fastest go cart I have ever seeen

@moulayysabour5424 3 года назад

@jeffjones4071 4 года назад

Awesome vid!!! Hats off to the pilot, glad he had a safe landing in that little jet

@D00rGunner 4 года назад

That thing looks like a handful to fly!

@SpectrumVans 4 года назад

D00rGunner actually to land.

@XRinger 4 года назад

Flying looks like a lot of fun, but landing looks scary to me. Or maybe there was a messy crosswind situation..?.

@Mak10z 4 года назад

@@XRinger it looked like it, it appears to be a really light yet fast plane. landing that the 1st time must have had a pucker factor of 9.5 edit: after watching other videos on this plane, the rudder is also controlled from the stick. there are not separate rudder pedals! I'd move the pucker factor up to a solid 10 on that fact alone :)

@tyron84 4 года назад

That little engine puts out some strong thrust.

@rbagel55 3 года назад

Ty Ron Enough to push this plane to 250-275 MPH 40 years ago. people would have called you crazy if you would have told them a this little engine was this powerful.

@unitedspacepirates9075 3 года назад

Lol, human tech is funny.

@EUK007 3 года назад

The engine is PBS TJ100 a compact low weight design with a thrust of up to 1,250 N.

@kaikart123 3 года назад

That's what she said

@dzulfiqaralfawaid4482 3 года назад

@@kaikart123 nyasar bang?

@christopherbeddoe406 3 года назад

Great first flight! I'd love to build one of these some day. Can't Imagine my first flight in an aircraft being a solo too. The speed of that jet too. Definitely a little spoiled with 2 seaters when you can bring the instructor up with you first go.

@peteranderson037 4 года назад

Well that was a sphincter clincher of a landing.

@EJWash57 4 года назад

When he took off, there WAS a seat bottom cushion...

@spyrosg3172 4 года назад

Pilot: "Tower, what time did I land?" Tower: "Which time Sir?"

@XRinger 4 года назад

I was a little nervous watching all that fast joy-stick movement on final approach, and there was more fast stick movement than I expected to see during the bounces when landing. I'm not a pilot, but learned to fly RC gliders by a few taking training flights in a Schweizer training glider (this was in the early 1970s, before flight simulators & PCs). I was always amazed at how slow and easy it was landing a glider. The only hard part was the large ground-effect, it required really pushing down the nose 'hard' to stop flying and start riding on that wheel. This jet was going so fast, and seemed to need so much input to stay in the right approach path.. My theory is you actually need to train in a real jet fighter simulator if you plan on flying one of these little mini-jets. Looks like fun when you are up high, but no way this old boomer would ever think of landing one of those. I've moved on to RC sailboats.. :)

@peteranderson037 4 года назад

@@XRinger Yeah, this isn't a plane you can transition directly into from a Cessna 172.

@XRinger 4 года назад

@@peteranderson037 That's for sure! Plus, that little side-mounted stick can't be helping much. But, I guess there's no room for a man-spread center stick it such a small cockpit.

@Arrix949 3 года назад

Wow coming in hot! Looks like a manned V1 plane. Nice work lads.

@michael-ju8tv 4 года назад

These tiny things are INSANE! Awesome vid.

@mysterymayhem7020 3 года назад

Look at that cute little baby. I'm so proud of Papa A-10 and Mama T-38

@barryhuizing2804 4 года назад

Thanks Mike! Great little aircraft that is very fast!

@andrewheffel3565 4 года назад

Wow, it's like having a go cart that can fly! Very cool.

@tonywright8294 3 года назад

Andrew Heffel no it’s not

@ThirdDegreeWitchExplores 3 года назад

Superb , nice recovery on landing , shows calm , cool , collected piloting.

@Jacmac1 3 года назад

Looks like it flies on rails, very impressive.

@dmanero 3 года назад

looks awesome, would have been nice to see some exterior shots while flying. maybe a flyby or something

@ericthiel4053 Год назад

Got to be so much fun!! Nice build!! Safe travels out there!!

@topcatlawson5490 4 года назад

cool flight ,good luck with your new plane.

@pascalcoole2725 4 года назад

Beautifull recording it felt almost like i was flying myselve again. This aircraft seems to be verry sensitive on the controlls, though i really like it.

@ToddLuvsGolf 4 года назад

Pretty awesome first flight Mojo!! I would love to flight that baby myself!!

@donaldparlettjr3295 4 года назад

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Well done. So many homebuilts never get finished.

@raf3031 4 года назад

mclaren aerospace

@wisedupearly3998 3 года назад

Given the narrow wing span and light weight the hands off stability is much better than I expected. Nice flying plane.

@josephvandevander6848 3 года назад

that’s freaking crazy! that little plane and that little jet engine flew!! with a DUDE inside!!! WOW!!

@baronbattles4681 3 года назад

What fun, congratulations, well done, thanks for sharing your experience.

@BenHayat 4 года назад

What a smooth ride. He was very confident and relax.

@MasboyRC 3 года назад

So stable and perfect to fly. Awesome 👍

@jamesbooth2634 4 года назад

What a thrill! Building the plane, dreaming of what it would be like. and actually DOING IT!!!

@exJacktar 4 года назад

That was fascinating, thank you. If l were richer, smarter and younger I'd love to have something as exciting myself. BZ on the build and maiden flight.

@smevox7490 4 года назад

Thank you for the cool video!! It randomly showed up in my feed.

@mikeinsugarland 4 года назад

Great job for a maiden flight !! Keep on !!

@hisholinesslordpotato 4 года назад

Good landing for landing gear like that It shows this plane is durable

@nigelcarren 3 года назад

A test-flight so successful the pilot had time to make his shopping list! BRAVO 🏆

@LeslieIsgrigg 3 года назад

And change his underwear

@thebear6529 2 года назад

Wow very Kool. Little bumpy on the landing but that is expected.

@torjones1701 4 года назад

Love the SubSonex, just wish there was a twin engine version.

@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki 4 года назад

have you seen the Ph.D. physics guy in Palo Alto that built a jet engine in his Volkswagen, and then a TWO engine jet SCOOTER for his wife?????? Calif. had to register the Volks as 'street legal" but the blowback from the jet exhaust would have vaporized anything within a hundred feet, and cook the other hundred. he's posted photos running them AT NIGHT.

@silverdrillpickle7596 3 года назад

Or a twin seater

@TheBirdmaster45 3 года назад

Right .. One that looks like a F15

@oahts5906 Год назад

This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. My new objective is to build a personal jet.

@bobbiggley6992 4 года назад

Nice hot landing!..that jet is awesome

@Hexauslion 4 года назад

I hope they can work out the stability issues, I wouldn't go to hard on the pilot for his landing it was an experimental test flight and his first for that specific jet as well. the thing is its very lightweight and the controls are pretty strong so that makes them touchy so id say some software adjustments with the controls could help.

@ChargerusPrime Год назад

I so want one of these badass things. I plan to use mine for actual travel across the state. It's genuinely perfect for the distances I'll be going.

@bikerslow2598 4 года назад

Dear 🎅... Amazing work this is super cool. Kudos for first flight and well done !

@jacobsaulsbury981 3 года назад

awesome job flying

@doncatchpole7370 4 года назад

Hot landing, well done.

@nunyabidness3075 4 года назад

Thanks for that video. Very cool

@scottfranco1962 4 года назад

Hate to nitpick, what an awesome video, but that would have even been more awesome from a standing start. Really gives you a sense of the acceleration of the aircraft.

@NotTelling51 4 года назад

That's one brave dude.

@TehNetherlands 3 года назад

Seems like a lot of fun!

@-vajradatta-8359 2 года назад

Excellent jet video, one of the best.

@cichystorczyk4579 3 года назад

Congratulations !!! This is awesome

@joelmerritt9350 4 года назад

Perfect landing, he walked away! Practice in a new configuration will make it better! How much thrust and cost?

@NewFrontierAerospace 3 года назад

The TJ-100 develops 258.53 lbf of rated thrust. The Quick Build kit price (including engine) is $115,352 as of this post: www.sonexaircraft.com/subsonex/

@ssranon 4 года назад

thanks for this vid. heard these little jets go up to 260mph and cruise at 220mph. me likey! in this video it looks like the pilot had the gear down the whole time (three green lights on the left side of the panel).

@frankboyd7993 4 года назад

Not uncommon on an aircraft's first test flight

@ianmclaren1561 4 года назад

Yep. First flight gear down all time. Limited to 108 lots

@nickleggett2101 4 года назад

Wish. I. Finished. My. BD..FIVE. BACK. IN. THE. DAY. ..............

@shimy333 4 года назад

it's amazing that little turbine powers the whole thing

@arbenmccarthy-lucasan3776 2 года назад

In the air when u reach high altitudes u get little air resistance and gravity is less effective

@mikeawilliams7104 2 года назад

@@arbenmccarthy-lucasan3776 what?

@georgewhitworth9742 2 года назад

@@arbenmccarthy-lucasan3776 "gravity is less effective"?

@phillsmith3809 3 года назад

Sweetest thing I seen on you tube for a while🇦🇺👍👍

@monsenrm 3 года назад

Nice job. I think the wide angle lens camera so close to the ground makes the speeds look much higher than they really are. That is an old Hollywood trick for car chases. Put the camera just above the road and drive 20mph. It looks like you are going 100. I couldn’t see the airspeed indicator but he may have been a tad hot and decided to use only moderate braking. As a Sonex owner myself...gosh that jet sounds nice.

@map3dsp 3 года назад

Flying that thing like a boss

@seannoble8948 4 года назад

Wow, super cool plane

@zear3511 3 года назад

Wow, that tiny little turbine has some serious thrust for its size.

@dannyhammock1696 6 месяцев назад

Love the way it sounds

@Relay300 3 года назад

Car house, I'd give anything for one of these. Absolutely brilliant.

@jeffjeff4477 3 года назад

Nicely Done!!

@SuperDrummersteve 4 года назад

May I recommend shocks and a drag chute.

@beachboardfan9544 4 года назад

Damn that thing looks squirrely!

@EagleTV7 3 года назад

Seems like an ultra high speed approach!

@MikeSVOR 3 года назад

That thing is a rocket! Awesome build. I want one!

@2541968joey 4 года назад

Nice job well done !

@joenenninger971 4 года назад

That's a tight grip on the stick.

@kingston5469 Год назад

Why this so satisfying to watch?

@marycosentino6363 3 года назад

Congratulations that was exciting

@joaoluizsantos5274 3 года назад

Nice job guys!

@gerryk101 3 года назад

This is an amazing little jet.

@zacharymohrmann4329 4 года назад

What wouldn't I give to be flying that bird....! Congratulations on your test flight... May you have many more hours of fun with that little wonder....

@BEEBEE159 3 года назад

Congratulations...The pilot has nerves of steel.

@beech18 3 года назад

Wow, big balled pilot. Very brave.

@jamesmcgrath1952 4 года назад

Outstanding.

@badroudz5728 7 месяцев назад

This is absolutely amazing

@hadleymanmusic 4 года назад

Nice work!

@FairladyS130 4 года назад

The sound was putting me to sleep. Until the landing. Which no doubt is part of the test procedure ;)

@petercheung63 4 года назад

Powerful guy, good video

@jonymanay 7 месяцев назад

Its cool i bet plenty of people watch these vids and would love to build or fly these aircraft. My country gave up flying jets (skyhawks) too bad they didnt keep flying something similar to this.

@flemmingsorensen5470 3 года назад

Well done !!! 👍👍👍

@ibgeorgeb 4 года назад

Excellent!

@dlavarco 4 года назад

They need to do something about the canopy glare thing. I couldn't see anything which doesn't matter but he often needed to use his hands to shield the glare. Is there a parachute in that thing?

@biscuitranchproductions4946 4 года назад

Dang that looks like fun!

@homefront3162 4 года назад

GREAT JOB PILOT

@austntexan 4 года назад

These really need two pods, mounted in the A-10 style configuration. Thrust to weight can't be all that great with a single?

@RAMelloh-ij5sl 4 года назад

If that stick works like my joystick at home, a little dampening in response might be in order to take some of the twitch out of the approach and landing. The very short throw might be challenging. That being said, any rubber side down landing is a good landing, especially on a first test flight. Wish there was a summary of different characteristics experienced included in the post. Happy flying.