The MOST Impressive Airplane I’ve Ever Flown (Full Tour)

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Disclaimer: I was not compensated for this video. All opinions are my own.
The Kodiak 900 is the complete package... It will take off and land in under 1,500 feet, carries 10 people, has a cargo pod, and still cruises over 200 knots. Mark Brown joins us to provide an exterior and interior tour of this amazing airplane and discuss the similarities and differences from its little brother, the Kodiak 100.
Link to our full flight: • TOTAL UNICORN! The Bes...
Video Chapters:
0:00 - Unreal Stats
0:30 - Kodiak 900 vs. 100
0:52 - Fuselage
1:25 - Engine & Prop
2:56 - Cargo Pod
4:24 - Wheel Pants & Single Point Refueling
5:00 - Door Versatility
6:07 - Advanced Wing Design
7:00 - Interior
8:55 - Cockpit & Avionics
10:45 - Environmental
11:30 - Link to Our Full Flight
Link to full Kodiak 900 flight: • TOTAL UNICORN! The Bes...
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@AirplaneAcademy 15 дней назад

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@JohnVKaravitis 9 месяцев назад

Kodiak 100: $3 million Kodiak 900: $3.5 million

@rnordquest 9 месяцев назад

This was a paper airplane when I first worked on the design. It was a wonderful time and we had great fun and camaraderie that first year as the company grew. I had never even heard of Priest River before. What memories!

@AirplaneAcademy 9 месяцев назад

hey very cool!

@Petersaiki 9 месяцев назад

My friends are A&P’s who helped build the Kodiak 100 and have their signatures inside airframe 99 and 100 😁 It’s so cool to see the 900 take flight.

@paulc38125 9 месяцев назад

The rule of thumb on aircraft horsepower: a lot is good, more is better, and too much is just about right!

@jj4791 9 месяцев назад

Definition of an internal combustion Engine: "A mechanical device producing insufficient power." ~ C.F. Taylor (the guy who wrote the book on engines).

@stubryant9145 8 месяцев назад

True! ....in a world where cost per knot is no object. Good thing is once you pay for that HP, you can choose to throttle back to economy cruise if fuel cost bothers you. But whoever can pay cash for one of these magnificent birds can't afford a little more jet A?

@Farweasel 8 месяцев назад

Ithink it was mae West who nailed that with *Too much of a good thing is Wonderful'* !

@gumbykevbo 8 месяцев назад

No kill like overkill!

@dennisk5180 9 месяцев назад

This aircraft is gorgeous as well as having excellent features.

@dandan8333 9 месяцев назад

Nice walk around... just the highest points. That's an aircraft to get excited about flying! Someone answered those dreams. Wow! Really appreciate it, so nice.

@olyolson2576 8 месяцев назад

Such a nice airplane. Wow, just amazing.

@thudable 8 месяцев назад

Beautiful aircraft. Thanks for the vid.

@Tyshark 9 месяцев назад

Gorgeous plane!

@MuchLove181Forever 8 месяцев назад

Looking Good!

@eksemos 8 месяцев назад

Dude, you're the GOAT of all things Aviation 101!! So practical, clear and simple. You're a real inspiration to me as an aviation enthusiast..

@eksemos 29 дней назад

@@whomitmayconcern😂 you're a funny guy. You have your opinion, I have mine. I simply wanted to congratulate the channel owner/moderator on a great online resource and a job well done. Nothing wrong with that. Perhaps that Aviation 101 you're alluding to is an amazing channel as well, but everyone is different and brings something special to this space. Don't be so dismissive of other people.. give them space to hold and share their own opinion. I appreciate your reference to Aviation 101 and I'd love to check it out, but maybe you could go about things in a kinder way in future so that you're winning over others by drawing their interest to other options online.

@davidbrattain1446 7 месяцев назад

Looks like a winner to me!

@royalordinance 8 месяцев назад

Im in Love, thats Engineering!

@user-ic3sj1nw5v 9 месяцев назад

Mark, you are awesome, I wish I could add this to the series Merchants Without Borders.

@DanT271 7 месяцев назад

Beautiful aircraft! Just my personal preference but I usually would not want to fly on singles but this appears to be a very safe and stable aircraft

@fourfortyroadrunner6701 8 месяцев назад

I was born and raised in the small town where these are built. I don't live there now, and was surprised decades back, to discover them.

@CliffordTheCowboyCloser 8 месяцев назад

That's a cool plane

@Sarge0311 9 месяцев назад

Very nice airplane I like the rear cargo door can fit large items or air med aircraft

@Kefoo_ 8 месяцев назад

-- For a mere $3.5M+, it looks like a FIND! *_Thank you Airplane Academy!_*

@VictoryAviation 9 месяцев назад

A lot of times I feel like fresh/innovative features on new aircraft are damned near non existent. It sure seems like a lot of thought went into the design of this iteration. That’s pretty exciting!

@Petersaiki 9 месяцев назад

This plane is a beast!!! My friends fly the Kodiak 100 and have hit pot holes half the size of a tire in PNG and it handles it like a champ.

@VictoryAviation 9 месяцев назад

@@Petersaiki Like the Missionary Bush Pilot 😁

@Petersaiki 9 месяцев назад

@@VictoryAviation yes sir, my friend is in McNeal, AZ right now. He is rated to fly the Kodiak 100 and is currently getting his helicopter endorsement.

@VictoryAviation 9 месяцев назад

@@Petersaiki Oh nice! Helicopters are a completely different kind of flying lol

@floatinflyinandfishing 9 месяцев назад

when i win the lottery this week I am buying one. MSFS sold me on it

@shinew7185 9 месяцев назад

Hey! I thought it was my turn to win!!! Oh well, good luck to us both. 😃

@michaeljohndennis2231 9 месяцев назад

Living in the U.K. and having family in Rural Ireland, I can see how this aircraft could make fun hops across the Irish Sea - I could easily see this aircraft being used to fly from London City Airport direct to the Scottish Islands or to the West of Ireland including the Aran Islands

@russellwhitbread 9 месяцев назад

Problem is London City doesn't allow single engine aircraft.

@ryanhewett1663 8 месяцев назад

This is a plane I would love to learn to fly.

@PerryRobinson18 6 месяцев назад

Nice video 🔥

@ckryegrass11 9 месяцев назад

Cessna kicking rocks right now. Pilatus is avoiding eye contact.

@california.connection 9 месяцев назад

Hi Charlie, just came across your channel. I'm in Dallas as well and my 8 year old son loves aviation, so I'm taking him on a Discovery flight out of Addison airport in a few weeks!

@AirplaneAcademy 9 месяцев назад

Awesome! You will both love it. Addison is a great place to learn. It's a little expensive and congested but it's great training to get comfortable going in and out of a busy airport like that. Have so much fun!

@Eiaton 9 месяцев назад

Sweet

@CaptMoo 9 месяцев назад

Love it since Quest days

@genespell4340 9 месяцев назад

The survival rate would rise dramatically as long as the plane doesn't catch on fire.

@Ryan-719 9 месяцев назад

I figured it would be pressurized

@charlesv3962 9 месяцев назад

Sick absolutely sick Kodiak, if was capable of owning a flying a airplane I’d love to just travel around the world and fly into remote locations and enjoy the experience and sights

@daffidavit 9 месяцев назад

This would be a great personal aircraft. if I could afford an expensive airplane, I'd rather have this. Imaging the backwoods places you could take this.

@jj4791 9 месяцев назад

@@daffidavittherefore its not a great "personal aircraft" since it cant meet that definition.

@daffidavit 9 месяцев назад

I would remove some of the seats. Maybe have a place for 4-6 passengers and enough gear to go camping in Alaska. I'd fly from the lower U.S. I'd also camp out in New England and go for the smaller airstrips. To me, that would be "personal". The problem would be getting jet fuel when you need it.

@mickemike2148 9 месяцев назад

Oooh! Nice!

@youtubespanishfishingchann6575 8 месяцев назад

I'm in love ❤️ I want to fly one another one for my log book 📖

@mattwoodford1820 8 месяцев назад

What's the minimum speed at FL150? Also what's the max weight it can carry with the seats removed?

@KellyWebb065 9 месяцев назад

You should look at providing tool box/tool kit for fixing the basics.

@kingofcastlechaos 9 месяцев назад

If something breaks, you just land and Ommpa-Loompas jump out of their office inside the pod and fix everything. Then they sing a song about why YOU broke it. (Willy Wonka reference)

@thekingsilverado3266 8 месяцев назад

The stall feature has been with a few very impressive new Gen RC airplanes my favorite after work toys. I had always been wondering who would get smart first and build this into a conventional traveler. There has been one or two bush planes with the feature but nothing with more than 4 seats that i know of. I am impressed with this bigger updated toy. The built in avo wing pod is also a really nice touch

@paulbickley658 8 месяцев назад

Nice, I like it... I doubt I could buy one right away...

@jay-rus4437 9 месяцев назад

Kodiak 100 is one of my very favorite flight sim planes. Lol

@Garagem28customs 9 месяцев назад

what a machine... i want it..

@robertwarner5963 9 месяцев назад

I predict that the Kodiak 1000 will have a deeper cabin, deep enough to accommodate 2 or 3 LD3 cargo containers. LD3 are becoming the norm in the over-night courier business because they can be loaded faster than loose boxes.

@FreePilotTraining 8 месяцев назад

The PT6 is a cool engine because it actually faces backwards and the propeller is driven by the thrust it produces. Very cool

@cactusforever7198 9 месяцев назад

is it A/T or hand power

@djsnyder001 8 месяцев назад

A bit like the Cessna Caravan, with the exception that the circuit breaker panel is located at the center console . . .

@spiro5327 9 месяцев назад

Looks like you will be trading the 182 very soon congratulations 🎊

@gibememoni 9 месяцев назад

it reminds me of the cessna caravan

@waynesilva3129 9 месяцев назад

These planes will sell like hot cakes. Perfect for snorkeling in the South Pacific and camping in the Australian outback 😊. Sure, if you want to fly from San Diego to Maine take the TBM. However, this 900 would be much more fun over all.

@realulli Месяц назад

Hey, the 100 is the flying F250. The 900 is the flying Suburban. The TBM is the flying Model S. The Premier 1 is the flying S-Class... ;-)

@mitseraffej5812 9 месяцев назад

You don’t have to use it all and often times it is good practice not to. I don’t have any bush flying experience but with jet airliners reduced thrust take off is the norm, all determined by TOW, field length and environmental conditions. Engine wear and tear being the reason for using reduced thrust / power and it would most likely pay dividends with this gorgeous airplane.

@AmericasChoice 8 месяцев назад

How secure are those seats if they can be removed so easily, just asking?

@cartmanrlsusall 9 месяцев назад

Put it on amphibious floats,for the perfect explorer

@TinkXFD 9 месяцев назад

Can this airplane be used for skydiving operations?

@ryandurr2811 9 месяцев назад

A few use the 100, it's not as good as the caravan.

@six_twentythree 9 месяцев назад

Sooo when are you upgrading, Charlie? 😄

@wanderleyapparecidovieira2282 9 месяцев назад

Why it uses struts to hold the wings ? Afraid the wings fall down ?

@0304rishi 9 месяцев назад

Please do a comparison between 900 and Grand caravan ex. Which is more value for money to own and operate.. ??

@AirplaneAcademy 9 месяцев назад

It's a good question. Kind of comes down to the mission. The kodiak is more expensive but also has better short field performance. It also has both TKS (de-ice) and a radar pod, whereas the short caravan you have to choose one or the other. The Caravan EX has both and it's similar in speed to the Kodiak 100 (the EX might be a couple of knots faster) but the Kodiak 900 outruns all of them. The wing (and corresponding slow flight and stall performance) is a big differentiator for the Kodiak as well. There is a lot of overlap in the mission profile but some differences like these and others.

@petrosspetrosgali 9 месяцев назад

There is no comparison. Grand Canyon airlines bought a few Kodiaks years ago, intending to build a fleet of them. They ended up being too unreliable and expensive so they got rid of them. They ended up building a fleet of what is now 5 208bs which are WAY better.

@Agislife1960 3 месяца назад

If you incorporated some rock deflectors on the bottom back side of those wheel pants, you'd be ready for the Alaskan 135 market

@odyshopody9387 9 месяцев назад

Reminds me of a Cessna Caravan.

@stubryant9145 8 месяцев назад

This is better suited to short rough fields than that big Cessna turbine.

@herbbates4713 8 месяцев назад

No pressurized, I guess it is made for short hops only, I thought turbans worked best at altitudes that need pressurizing to get the best out of them

@thecitizen49 9 месяцев назад

Never feel sorry for anyone that owns an airplane.

@captainbuck5969 16 дней назад

Can’t beat my plane.

@charlesgraham9954 8 месяцев назад

my brothers in the Airforce and he invited me to a fighter jet simulator. i could take off and fly, but i never could land without crashing.. lol

@calimark7448 9 месяцев назад

I want one... :-)

@Tadrjbs 9 месяцев назад

$ = awesome, the more $$$$$$$, the more awesome.

@daviddilley538 8 месяцев назад

What’s the mission? Fit the aircraft to the mission. C208 with a -140 is more capable and cheaper, and only slightly slower….mission lengths?

@garyhardoby6303 9 месяцев назад

Around the 8:39 mark of this video there is a worm/caterpillar on the edge of this guys hoody he is wearing on the left of his head.

@abelardoabascal628 9 месяцев назад

Hace algunos años empezó costando un millón de dólares y hoy cuesta tres millones …..están locos.

@Dan_C604 8 месяцев назад

Price of everything has gone up like crazy, not only airplanes. There is nothing cheap nowadays except in the dollar store. It is what we have today in the world…. (Sorry, no Spanish…)

@kaleb9388 8 месяцев назад

Such a beautiful airplane. I just wish they weren't so expensive. It's crazy to me that a $3.5 million aircraft is attainable by enough people to sustain a company.

@user-nr3ss5hk9s 9 месяцев назад

How much $

@drumrboynoid 9 месяцев назад

Itd be nice to see airbags put in planes. Atleast for the pilots.

@youdoyouplayer8529 9 месяцев назад

The panel could use some work.

@BuzzMoves365 9 месяцев назад

Yeah, it’s cute.

@technicalactivity 9 месяцев назад

Maintenance costs = 20k annual

@maddogtank8425 9 месяцев назад

yes and the airplane is over a million dollars so what it's $20,000 do you really think the people who are flying an aircraft that takes hundreds of dollars per hour in fuel and millions of dollars is in Purchase cost give a f*** cuz I can tell you these people don't give a f***

@VictoryAviation 9 месяцев назад

That’s really not bad at all for what it does. It leaves huge room for a profit margin.

@technicalactivity 9 месяцев назад

@@VictoryAviation hopefully, if you can get away with flying it the least and reselling it before it’s too old.. at a certain threshold we are just comparing Lambos to Ferraris 😅

@VictoryAviation 9 месяцев назад

@@technicalactivity I was just thinking that for the operators that need a plane of this size (Hawaii, Alaska, Malaysia, PNG, etc), that 20k is no big deal compared to annual profit. That’s only $385.00 dollars a week. It wouldn’t take much revenue to compensate for that cost. And it shouldn’t be very hard to pull reasonable revenue with such a capable aircraft, given that someone is an intelligent business owner.

@conradsenior5843 9 месяцев назад

not only that, it only burns 5 gals an hour???

@diGritz1 8 месяцев назад

Someone watched the Air America movie one too many times. "0_o" Jokes aside this is pretty close to Pilatus PC-6 Porter if it were built today. From the review it sounds to be just as good.

@Arturo-lapaz 8 месяцев назад

Pilatus Porter cruises at half speed ,almost exactly , The rep said that speed above 200 knots was the goal, at the same altitude to double the speed you must increase the horse power 8 times. But payload is the same and so are the runway requirements. Used to fly one over the vast dry lakes at 12000 feet elevation, in Bolivia ; Indicated airspeed was 80 knots, at that altitude the TAS is 96 knots, OAT - 9C. At 15000 same IAS, TAS right at 100 kt, OAT -15C

@ExtremeRecluse 3 месяца назад

I wish Santa would put a set of keys under my tree next year.

@trustenbaker8766 9 месяцев назад

And who are you that I should be impressed that your impressed?

@uttoak 9 месяцев назад

Thanks but I’ll stick with the pc-12

@Dan_C604 8 месяцев назад

But aren’t they very different? To me is like comparing apples with oranges. I am not too sure about the quality of this Kodiak, but let’s say it is good. Still, they are very different in design, mission and quality. Comparing something so different isn’t really worth it. Now, you can compare this model with a Cessna Caravan, then maybe you have some things to say. PC-12 is even hard to compare to a TBM! (And both may have more in common than with a Kodiak). Pilatus has an unparalleled design, quality, performance and capabilities that would be hard to put at some level with this one.

@jimholloman4457 8 месяцев назад

Don't eat the Mic!

@julesviolin 9 месяцев назад

How much? I'll have 2 !

@Seadoo233 9 месяцев назад

3.5 million dollars per plane.

@h2oski1200 9 месяцев назад

when are you giving one away, 100k subs?

@costinhadacosta8474 День назад

Ouch ... Out of my league!

@AlexC-jz7qz 9 месяцев назад

Not bad at only $5.5M.

@NT4XT 6 месяцев назад

🦄 i think so, too.

@JohnEBurns 9 месяцев назад

What is the Top Cruising Speed and Distance it Can Fly on Tank of Fuel. Very Curious.

@garyhardoby6303 9 месяцев назад

I know....free flight training for my grandchildren.

@KeithSage 8 месяцев назад

It needs floats.

@WILLIAM1690WALES 9 месяцев назад

If you look at the Hawker Tempest with the Napier sabre engine how powerful they were, and by the way, while you were Blitzen and strife in the Nazis were striking you with all the force that they had

@Cyberdactyl 7 месяцев назад

It should be impressive at $3,500,000

@Well_Edumacated 4 месяца назад

what do you expect? it's a copy of the Cessna Caravan with some changes.

@garyhardoby6303 9 месяцев назад

Do I win a free plane or something for finding it??!!

@GreatDataVideos 9 месяцев назад

Great plane for an unpressurized plane. Turboprops perform best at altitude, but going on oxygen isn't fun.

@WhitecholoTV 9 месяцев назад

It’s a turboprop. No pistons

@GreatDataVideos 9 месяцев назад

@@WhitecholoTV Thanks for catching that. I meant turboprops.

@kickinit8314 8 месяцев назад

Great Airplane, but… Although it was designed for bush operations, it really does not defeat any of the other turbine options. Hence why no commercial operator in Papua/PNG uses them other than MAF who get a deal… Pilatus PC-6 and Caravan reign supreme!!!

@patrickradcliffe3837 8 месяцев назад

And how many gallons per hour? Looks like prettier Carvan with a cargo pod. I like it but will never afford it.

@JonCox-fn3hn 9 месяцев назад

BOY! Do I HATE it when you knucklehead pilots flip open those door latch buttons without catching it with your thumb or other hand! Such UNNECESSARY to beat the hatch door latches to death by letting them just POP open! Can't tell you how many of those latches I've changed in the past 40 years in maintenance! Just put another finger against the opposite side latch button! EASE it open, don't let them "SNAP" open! It will also crack the access door in time! Just Saying!

@kingofcastlechaos 9 месяцев назад

"Children, ask daddy to tell you the story of how he trained pilots to open doors and ran out of work". Lol, never going to happen!

@JonCox-fn3hn 9 месяцев назад

@@kingofcastlechaos Job Security for Grease Balls! Like fingernails on a chalk board every time I hear that loud "POPPING" sound of IDIOTS opening access doors on planes and helicopters! Pisses me right off at how stupid some of these "Pilots" really are! Treat your airplane with some LOVE, it will return it 10X!

@russellwhitbread 9 месяцев назад

Jon I feel your pain I always "educate" those i see doing it

@12345fowler 9 месяцев назад

Timestamp pls ?

@JonCox-fn3hn 9 месяцев назад

@@12345fowler What? You mean how long does it take to beat out the latches by "Popping" them open? Depends, 2-3 years average use, but if you simply GENTLY open them and catch the side that "Pops" open with the other finger, the latches should NEVER need to be changed, or should last 20 years on an average light plane. Just so uncalled for! Good Etiquette is what I'm trying to say! You can hear them popping the latch all the way across the tarmac at times! It's like slamming the aircraft doors rather than gently pulling them closed! And when I say SLAM, I mean the ones that put LOTS of force behind it.

@petrovichbauer5105 9 месяцев назад

Who can afford a plane like this?

@plantfeeder6677 8 месяцев назад

Looks like a Cessna Caravan. Lots of research into this plane? Ya worked with Caravans for years. Nothing they can't carry and can land anywhere. This is just a Lexus version of the great Toyota of the sky