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This is the story behind the tiny egg-shaped Questair Venture. Beyond its mind-boggling shape and size is a plane that fulfills one mission better than any other aircraft in its category. Discover the genius behind the design and what became of this curious speedster.
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Big shout out to the great folks at questairventure.com who assisted in sourcing lots of the great footage and detailed information. Interested in more Questair info? Contact: venturejim@icloud.com
I don't own these clips. All rights are reserved to their respective owners. Creative common videos are also utilized. If your clip is included and you'd like it removed, please email me, and we'll address the matter right away. richard@e-sense.tv
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@stefanschneider3681 4 месяца назад

I am neither a pilot nor plan I ever to become one, I am just a YT-consumer interested in all kinds of topics. And I kept watching till the end! Because the video is well done, good footage, good pace and nicely narrated. Thx!

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Thanks for your kind words! I'm my own worst critic (aren't we all?) and feel there's lots of room for improvement, but I'm trying to get there with each new video.

@TheJaymon1962 4 месяца назад

I agree completely. Very nicely done. New subscriber here!

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Thank you! Means a lot 👍@@TheJaymon1962

@ChestrCopprpot 4 месяца назад

I totally agree with the original comment. It’s a perfect video. The friendly, conversational narration and relaxed pace made it a pleasure to listen to. The research, excellent visuals, and clear animations made it fascinating. Bravo!

@ChestrCopprpot 4 месяца назад

Oh and nice Jedediah Avatar!

@user-fd8zd9fx3f 4 месяца назад

This is a very good video and explanation, plenty of comments as well. There were three of us that founded the company, my dad, Jim (after leaving Piper) and Ed MacDonough (retired before joining) and me. We all had specialties and worked very well together. I was mostly involved in Stability and Control, IT and CAD/CAM designing and machining operations. Those of you that have flown in the Venture know of the up and away handling qualities, I'm proud of the efforts we put into getting it to fly the way it does. I know we designed the aircraft to meet Part 23 requirements, but actual FAA certification would have been expensive. That was an eventual goal (see Cirrus) but other events got in the way. Comments on the comments: 1) Carbon would not have been lighter, but would be more tooling intensive, 2) The ration of MAC from Wing AC to HT AC is 3 to 3.2, sweet spot for good design (mentioned in the video), 3) Tandem seating would not be faster, just skinnier and longer (gear placement, wetted area of the aircraft, ...) and you would lose the center console, 4) I could have done better on the header tank (Part 23 requirement) and fuel selector, 5) The Porsche PFM 3200 was the original (thanks Ken), but it was a weekend of relofting to fit the IO-550G, good choice for speed. The video mentioned a skinny wing, the tip was 10% T/C and the root was 17% T/C, average 13.5%, relatively thick, but the tip fooled the viewer eye.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

I'm honored to have you here in the comments! And many apologies for my oversight in not including your involvement in the program, I only took knowledge once the video was nearing completion. And also thanks for providing the additional insight for the viewers here. It's a plane with a ton of misconceptions for sure!

@user-fd8zd9fx3f 4 месяца назад

@@aircraftadventures-vids - Thank you for making the video, no issue at all about the recognition. I have connections with a number of owners/builders and interested folks, they know who I am. I've flown in the Venture for over a hundred hours and I love the comfort and ease of flying. I'll try to respond to comments as I see them. Doug Griswold

@mattwilliams3456 4 месяца назад

Things like this are the best part of youtube. If you were making a version 2.0 today are there any significant changes you'd incorporate?@@user-fd8zd9fx3f

@jc11250f45 4 месяца назад

@@user-fd8zd9fx3f Thanks for the input Doug. You know Dan and I love the Venture. I have flown over 10 different Ventures and the prototype Spirit. My Questair Venture hours are now over 2000 and there is not a finer flying or more efficient single engine in the air that can burn 5 GPH @ 150 KTAS or 10.3 GPH at 17,000 ft truing out at 235 KTAS. My current Venture with your Dad’s name as the builder has been to over 35,000 ft. I regularly make 1000 nm trips non stop with about 250 nm reserve. My cruise climb is 160 KTS indicated and approx 1800 rpm depending on the temps. In a hurry to get thru a layer of ice just set the airspeed on 120 KTS indicated and climb at 3000 FPM. Thanks for the wonderful airplane you helped develop!

@jc11250f45 4 месяца назад

Meant to say 1800 ft per min @ 120 KTS indicated on a high performance climb to avoid ice. Also N27V carries 10 extra gallons of fuel beyond the standard 52 gallons.

@moremetafeta 4 месяца назад

I got to fly in in one a long time ago and it was amazing! The climb attitude and climb rate were just crazy. It seemed more like a jet than a single engine piston GA aircraft like a Cessna 182. Jim Griswold the designer was mentioned a lot in the video, as the designer, but Ed MacDonough was a great engineer too. He was involved with the design of the inboard gull wing section of the F4U Corsair fighter from WWII. I remember I was with Ed looking at an F4U parked at Oshkosh and he discerned that the plane we were looking at came from a GoodYear factory and not Chance Vought, just my looking at the rivet patterns on the aircraft. That amazed me.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Wow! Thanks for that info on Ed, I didn’t really have an intel on him but it sounds like the ultimate duo if you ask me.

@moremetafeta 4 месяца назад

Yeah, and Jim Griswold's son Doug also was an engineer on the project. I think he did some work on the General Dynamics F-16.@@aircraftadventures-vids

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Yes in fact he dropped a comment here today to provide some more insight! @@moremetafeta

@kruck96 4 месяца назад

Flew mine yesterday. From sea level to 7k in 3 minutes at 145kts indicated. Two people and just over half tanks.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

@@kruck96 wowza!

@gutsymovies 4 месяца назад

I went to work at Cessna as a young engineer in 2000 and had the pleasure of meeting Doug Griswold, son of Jim Griswold. Doug was also involved in the development of the prototype Venture aircraft and he let me borrow a set of plans and photo album of the prototype construction. It's kind of a funny looking aircraft on the ground but looking at the total wetted area vs. piston area you can see why it's a rocket. It's an absolutely brilliant design. I'd love to see the kit put back in production again with modern assembly techniques like the Van's aircraft series.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Cool experience, thanks for sharing! Had the honor of Doug dropping some commentary on the video yesterday.

@Rhaspun 3 месяца назад

Too bad Vans doesn't pick this plan and sell it.

@bradh6185 4 месяца назад

The sounds are fantastic.

@einundsiebenziger5488 4 месяца назад

There is a line of plastic plane models by Japanese maker Hasegawa called the Egg Series in which all kinds of famous plane types are re-modeled into, well, egg-shaped planes. Seems like the designer of this plane was a great fan of that series.

@larryweitzman5163 4 месяца назад

Questair was a neat bird. Interestingly, didn't know Griswold designed it and how it was designed, so thanks for that as I have some time in Malibus. But you made a mistake listing the Malibu at 3,000 pounds, that's its empty weight, no fuel, no pax. But today to get Questair performance in a great shape one has to look at the Lancair Legacy, essentially just as fast with similar power and longer range. Hard to beat a Legacy. It's issue is its construction material, but it can be built relatively quickly. I fly a very fast, totally stock V35B.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Not a mistake, I listed both out with empty weights, so orange to orange comparison.

@garyhoward4064 4 месяца назад

Venture will cost half…

@gregjennings9442 4 месяца назад

I worked with the designer’s brother, Mike Griswold, when The Flying Egg first came on the scene. Mike was the chief engineer of the AFTI F-16 program. The admin made cookies for each member’s birthday. Their choice as to the kind of cookie. Mike let it be known that they could have any cookie they wanted as long as it was snickerdoodles.

@mikestirewalt5193 4 месяца назад

Nicely done.

@heidisparklebottom 4 месяца назад

Great vid, you deserve a much wider audience!

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Thank you! Working on it...

@hugejohnson5011 4 месяца назад

Hey, thanks for a well put together and informative video! I learned stuff!

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

My pleasure! And I do too!

@anandsharma7430 4 месяца назад

Even as a complete layman, this was a completely enjoyable and informative video. Heck, even I could afford to buy a ride on this plane for a weekend trip given how fuel efficient it seems to be.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@johnfitzpatrick2469 4 месяца назад

Terrific video and quality content. Merry Christmas 🌏🌲

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Thank you! Merry Christmas to you 👍

@Mogry51 4 месяца назад

Fantastic Mini Documentary! This video made me smile. Thank you for making this! Great airplane. That plane reminded me of my little Mazda Miata. (at least in spirit)

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it! Miata with 500hp would be a good comparison, lol

@user-dq5xx9hi4q 4 месяца назад

I'll never forget seeing Tommy Rose's Venture dive in when his stabilizer folded during the 2002 Reno Air Races. He exceeded several of the manufacturer's redlines, so not the aircraft's fault. RIP.

@cyclingbutterbean 4 месяца назад

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@incargeek 3 месяца назад

I was there when that happened. RIP.

@cyclingbutterbean 3 месяца назад

It was ugly for sure.@@incargeek

@EnriqueMartinez-tn2qw 2 месяца назад

I love this aircraft, thank you for share the best content. I'd like more the Glasair 3 and Lancair IV-P

@That_Guy5575 3 месяца назад

What a funky looking little plane, I like it! But what struck me the most is how it almost sounds like a war bird buzzing by! So cool!

@brendanthebdog 3 месяца назад

This plane looks extremely fun to fly, awesome video!

@Coldwarrior7781 4 месяца назад

Looks like a blast.

@drifter503 4 месяца назад

Pretty cool video, very informative

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Thanks, appreciate it!

@texastyrannyresponseteam794 4 месяца назад

This will always be one of those.. "damn i should have" airplanes.. when we chose the Glasair this was one of the kits we looked t getting.. along with a lancair.. RV.. and a handful of others.. in the end, we Built a Glasair... and it was the right move.. solid, fast, sexy, nimble, and FUN..

@trueairspeed130 4 месяца назад

owning a Questair and having owned a glasair, I think the composite plane with a more conventional gear system is better.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Both are incredible planes. Both perform well, and to many pilots, the Glasair / Lancair look more "conventional" and that alone probably helped boost their success.

@joelpww 4 месяца назад

So super intrigued by this one

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

i'm still intrigued! (even after having sat in one)

@garyvanremortel5218 4 месяца назад

I met and had lunch with Alan Tolle and his wife at The Spirit of San Luis restaurant back in the days right after he built his Venture. The gear was tweaky. He was a great guy.

@johannjohann6523 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the video. That's crazy 5,000 hours build time for such a small aircraft. I mean it has so many pluses with the engine and cockpit. But taking up to 10 years to build had to be 10 years of frustration for pilots. If they lived that long. lol

@clarencehopkins7832 2 месяца назад

Excellent stuff bro

@aircraftadventures-vids 2 месяца назад

Much appreciated!

@user-bh5ql2oc9i 11 дней назад

I WANT ONE ---WOW what a great bird -- I'm in LUV

@haroldasraz 4 месяца назад

Amazing pocket rocket!!!

@heartsky 4 месяца назад

I think Mike Patey built one of these and set some records before building his Lancair. Great informative video, very well done.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Sounds like Mike alright! And thanks for the kind words.

@bluetickfreddy101 4 месяца назад

Nice Presentation Thx

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Glad you liked it

@kennethavesato3883 4 месяца назад

Always liked this bird nice design cant deny that😊

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Same here!

@handy335 4 месяца назад

An excellent video! Thank you!! I got to fly in a Venture in 1999. On departure, we hit 160 mph prior to the end of the runway! Then, we flew 53 miles from 10,000' at the MOA above Lake Isabella, CA back to the Porterville airport (KPTV) in 7 1/2 minutes (400mph + - downhill all the way). Blew me away!

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Glad you got to experience that, tx for sharing

@larryweitzman5163 4 месяца назад

Handy, you are aware of the 250 knot speed limit below 10,000' Maybe there is no speed limit in a MOA, but I think it would apply to non military aircraft. But I think that's a good question, time to look it up. But great fun!!

@larryweitzman5163 4 месяца назад

Just check, when a MOA is active, military aircraft are exempt from the speed limit below 10,000'.

@AC-jk8wq 4 месяца назад

@@larryweitzman5163 the rule that most GA pilots have to memorize, but never get the chance to break…. 😃

@e36s50b30 4 месяца назад

@@AC-jk8wq😂😂😂 yep!

@FLHTdriver 4 месяца назад

This is designed just like the Gee-Bee or GB racer from the 1930's air racing days. Both R1 and R2 were hard to fly but very fast as they were built with a Bumble Bee as the base for the design concept. One was built as a replica and flying out of Creswell Oregon if memory serves. I can't remember the name of the pilot but he could make that aircraft dance in the sky. It was a real joy to see a plane going that that fast but the wings were only 2.5 inch's thick and very short. But this looks very similar in it's proportions to the GB.

@BrilliantDesignOnline 4 месяца назад

As a Varieze owner, my next step I was thinking would be a LongEZ or a Cozy MKIV, but this could be a great contender, with a top end like that. But 13 gph makes it a bit less economical considering I currently get 4.5 gph at 145 ktas. Nonetheless, that top end is sweet and the side by side cockpit is a wife pleaser. Great vid, since I did not even know this was a thing.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Very pleased to introduce you, it's definitely not a mainstream aircraft and am very happy if more people can learn about it (whether they like the plane or not) FYI, I'm not 100% sure but I think the green Questair in the video is for sale. You can email Jim (see my description) if you want to inquire about it. I want a $5 finder's fee if that happens 😂

@BrilliantDesignOnline 4 месяца назад

@@aircraftadventures-vidsHeck, you got a deal...I may even up it to $5.99, AND give you a ride; But, I would not hold my breath, either.

@08turboSS 3 месяца назад

Time is$ abd in 3 hrs you'll be barely 430 mi but the Egg will get you 540 mi in 2 hrs, sure its a bit more fuel but itll be close.

@SUPER_HELPFUL 4 месяца назад

Oh cool another plane to add to the list of planes I desperately want.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Likewise!

@willfox4813 4 месяца назад

Very nice video. I fly a Questair Venture. It is incredibly efficient (flat plate drag area of only 1.46 feet^2) and has outstanding performance. It is a beautiful plane to fly. The controls are well harmonized and feel solid. Looks can be deceiving. It is quite stable in terms of both static and dynamic stability. What else would you expect from an aircraft designed by Griswold and McDonough, both professional aircraft designers. The high aspect ratio wings give it excellent performance at altitude. It handles x-winds just fine. The retractable landing gear was perhaps the most challenging part of the design. It can be finicky, but works well when properly rigged and maintained. The Venture is a thrill to fly. Makes a Bonanza feel like a Cessna 172 in comparison:-)

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Uh oh, Bonanza owners will be storming in soon! Thank you Will for your support in this video and also dispelling some myths. I had a lot of fun producing this video and Jim's an outstanding guy, that helped me connect all the dots to the story also.

@biblewaytolive 4 месяца назад

Thank You for informations: Could you tell us where more are located? Are there any in Bend, Oregon? James--

@countrichardvoncoudenhovek8855 3 месяца назад

Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪,, a very enjoyable video, wow what an exciting little aircraft....don't like the landing gear though ,could be a handful in a cross wind 😁

@aircraftadventures-vids 3 месяца назад

@@countrichardvoncoudenhovek8855 greetings from Florida! Thanks!!!

@aircraftadventures-vids 3 месяца назад

Thanks for watching! This was a fun video to work on for sure @@countrichardvoncoudenhovek8855

@2view4fun 4 месяца назад

Nice and super interesting report, thanks!

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@michaeldaltonsr8954 3 месяца назад

TY! Becoming a pilot has always been a dream of mine, yet life has gotten in the way! Anyway, in 2012, I had a head-scratching experience, which wasn't solved until 2021. What I saw, I knew dam well that I saw it. Yet, even I thought I was crazy, and didn't actually see it. Until, in 2021, home-bound by Coof-protocol, I Googled the kit-planes, and there was what I saw in 2012. Not your Venture, but similiar. Obviously, I'm just a poor country bumpkin!! But, I would still love to fly one of those rascals!!😊

@KutWrite 4 месяца назад

Looks like a fun plane. Love your little avatar of the pilot from "Mad Max." He flew a different kind of egg.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Gyro captain. One of my favorite characters of all movies. Up to no good but had a good heart.

@joearnold1843 4 месяца назад

Great vid

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Thanks!

@yousaid3127 4 месяца назад

Very nice

@tetttettamilli6761 2 месяца назад

Very interesting burd. Excellent video.

@aircraftadventures-vids 2 месяца назад

Thanks!

@atWay. 4 месяца назад

Very cool 😎

@chriscalderin6677 4 месяца назад

Cute I wish I had one

@decnijfkris3706 4 месяца назад

nice plane

@SeanHollingsworth 4 месяца назад

I remember when these were still racing at Reno. I think 3 crashed in the same year. Their tails couldn't handle the stress. They were incredibly fast.

@edcew8236 4 месяца назад

I've flown in the two prototypes and a kit built airplane. The Venture was a great airplane but with two faults. One is that the gear and flaps were linked together. Not necessarily a problem, but the flaps were full span and included the ailerons. On landing, with the flaps down and the ailerons less effective, and the tiny wheels, when the wing was tilted, the lift vector would pull the plane off the runway. (I obviously don't remember all the details.) Second, the fuel system had (I think) header tanks, and there were circumstances in which that could lead to fuel starvation. A friend lost his due to this. As an aside, the control systems had spring to give the control feel, and those needed to be adjusted properly. On the prototypes, the plane flew like a truck, exactly what you want for an IFR, X-C plane. And the very sharp leading edge on the horizontal tail could accumulate ice easily, according to all the theories.

@ArneChristianRosenfeldt 4 месяца назад

Don’t have flaps and the drag of the gear both have the effect to push down the nose. Should the cg not move backwards? Wheels stored in front?

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Thanks for your perspective on that!

@jimharbison6088 4 месяца назад

Ĺ II@@ArneChristianRosenfeldt

@georgecharleston8532 4 месяца назад

I saw one ground loop at Reno, after one shed a wing! In the same race.

@leifvejby8023 2 месяца назад

They look so clean and just right! Thanks for the video, really!

@msmeyersmd8 3 месяца назад

I knew a wealthy cardiac surgeon who was an experienced pilot. He loved the airplane during VFR and minimal crosswind landing conditions. He said to me that he would never fly it in IFR conditions. Because without a properly operating auto-pilot? It was too unstable to hand fly an IFR approach if there were any problems at all. I respected him for telling me that. I believe he sold the airplane soon after our conversation? Personally, I believe there is a reason that there are no high speed common aircraft that look like this short-coupled narrow landing gear airplanes that last the test of time. Your mileage may vary.

@SevenDeMagnus 4 месяца назад

Hehe cute like in Macross. God bless.

@brocluno01 4 месяца назад

Cool 😊

@taproom113 4 месяца назад

Looked into one years back. Investigated putting a PT-6 on it. Passed on the project, though it still tickles my fancy ... ^v^

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Yikes, that would have been absolutely bonkers!! Maybe best you didn't lol

@taproom113 4 месяца назад

@@aircraftadventures-vids Copy that ... would have been a hoot, though! I intended to make an aircraft like Mike Patey's 'Turbulence' ... and like Mike's, the redesign required to make the Venture handle the PT-6 was just too extensive. So, I went with a clean sheet of paper, tandem design instead. Still, the Swearingen SX-300 and this later, simpler Venture were good efforts. The military was interested in the Turboprop version of the SX-300, but during a demo flight for the military, the prototype shed its wings ... game over. ^v^

@alain99v6 Месяц назад

That plane came on the kit plane market in the same era as Lancair and some others came with their fast buit kits that knocked down 1000's of hours wth composite molded frame ready to work on, I remember it very well 30 years ago, couldn't afford one and was looking for a more traditionnal Rand Robinson KR-2 with a VW beetle engine

@craigpennington1251 4 месяца назад

Hey, a suppository with wings. Nice paint job too.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

I've always said that about the new Goodyear blimp.

@marksmith6634 4 месяца назад

Looks like a blast to fly, I hope it makes a come back, someone should start producing them again, just re-engineer the landing gear!

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

I hope so too!

@michaelmartinez1345 4 месяца назад

What a Hot Rod! Interesting design and an application of the "What if we made a Malibu shorter?"... It looks like it could be an unstable design, but the designers KNEW what they were doing with this one, as most of the people who have been up in this plane said the controls feel really nice.... A big 520 cid engine in this little plane!!! I'm wondering what the glide ratio is...

@jc11250f45 4 месяца назад

Glide ratio with gear and flaps up is a little over 15:1. The standard engine is an IO-550G 280 hp @ 2500. Several Ventures have the IO-550N which is 310 hp @ 2700 rpm. Or just turn up the G model to 2700 rpm and you have the same thing.

@michaelmartinez1345 4 месяца назад

@@jc11250f45 Wow, not a bad glide ratio for a 300 mph plane! Gotcha on that engine size and induction system / cylinder layout...

@bearlemley 4 месяца назад

Yes it was designed on cad cam. We had licensed the cad program from McDonald Douglas to build the Malibu and the “baby Malibu” was designed by the same team as a bit of a pet project. Griswald leaving with the plans was part of his severance package. So when the Baby Malibu got the big NO from the ever changing corporate structure at the time (I think Lear Sigler owned us then) gave the project a big NO, Griswald took his toy and left. I was really hoping he would make it as that was / is a nice plane.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

That's fascinating! Thank you for providing that unique on the Venture. I had suspicions he wanted to certify the plane after all.

@jjm2948 4 месяца назад

It was

@svartmetall 4 месяца назад

It's so cute! It looks like a chibi plane out of some anime...or something...I love it.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

It does!

@ClutchCobraKID1 4 месяца назад

I loved everything about this plane, it's landing gear, it's aluminum construction, it's efficiency, it's size, it's space etc but all that was irrelevant when I saw where the flight stick was ugh lol. If I built one I would def use a different flight stick, and prolly fit a turbo or a diff engine.

@kruck96 4 месяца назад

The location of the stick is one of the best things about the design. It's totally out of the way making it easy to get in and out and leaves tons of room for your legs. The engine is the best engine on the market. It's incredibly efficient and robust. A turbo wouldn't help that much due to the limited fuel capacity.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

While I have no flight time in a venture, I had the chance to sit in one recently and the side stick felt completely natural. I mean, it's your only choice if you own a Cirrus, and it seems to have worked out for them. And Airbus! (plus many other kitplanes)

@mgintrouble1499 5 дней назад

Now I want one.

@someanonym3811 4 месяца назад

Non-retractable gear Piper PA-128 parameters for comparison: Taking off, rotate at about 60 knots; Final approach speed 63 KIAS; Stall at max gross (2400) is 47 knots dirty. The Questair Venture can cruise at twice the cruising speed of the PA-28 (great stuff, abbsolutely), but would stall sooner at 60 knots. Does the stall speed tell that PA-28 is safer to fly despite its vintage parameters?

@quelin1 4 месяца назад

5:36 that voice in the background scared the heck out of me. sounded like somebody standing behind me at my desk

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Lol, I didn't even realize that voice was in there till I cranked up the volume way loud! That was the owner Jim offering some history on the plane, and I forgot to edit it out.

@bayanon7532 4 месяца назад

Good article. Wish I were younger.

@shakehandswithdanger7882 4 месяца назад

Don't we all

@motomech83 4 месяца назад

nice video

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Thanks!

@donny526 4 месяца назад

Good idea. This used to be the light twin domain now it’s faster on less fuel

@markgarvey7024 4 месяца назад

I'd love one of these!! 😊 Although I don't have a pilot's licence. 😢

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Those are helpful to have

@tomeickhorst6787 3 месяца назад

Would love to see Mikey Patey get ahold of one of these and mod it like he does everything

@wayneschenk5512 4 месяца назад

Should be built again in the current market it would be very competitive.

@handy335 4 месяца назад

My thoughts exactly. No piston powered aircraft on the market today can touch it except perhaps the Thunder Mustang.

@friendlymaendi 4 месяца назад

@@handy335and Darkaero 1.

@jj4791 4 месяца назад

It takes about 6,000 hours to build one. If you count factory parts production and builder final assembly. Experimental aircraft are built for two reasons. Cost, and performance. But rarely performance at any cost. Therefore, the market for these types is in the double digits at best.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

The Vans RV series set the standard for build time, so unless a quick-build is offered which substantially cuts down build time, it's going to be hard to compete.

@baseballlife5884 4 месяца назад

There’s one of these at my fly in neighborhood right now. Super cool looking.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Nice! Where is that?

@baseballlife5884 4 месяца назад

@@aircraftadventures-vids Spruce Creek Fly In. After watching more of the video I’m not sure if that’s it or not so I’m going to have to shoot back over to it to see but it looked like a egg rocket and had the odd landing gear.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Hmm, so that could be either a Venture or a Swearingen SX 300. Both have the same type of gear, but the SX is a bit longer. I'd love to go there one day (I'm down in fort lauderdale)@@baseballlife5884

@baseballlife5884 4 месяца назад

@@aircraftadventures-vids it truly is the greatest neighborhood in my humble opinion. The Christmas parade and air show we just had was incredible for a neighborhood. They do air shows every Friday and I live on the golf course part. We have two restaurants, hair salon, tattoo parlor, massage parlors all in the neighborhood.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Well sign me up! Sounds like a paradise to me, lol. We've got an airpark down here in Wellington but for the most part it's pretty sleepy. @@baseballlife5884

@charlesharper7292 3 месяца назад

Nice airplane. Aspiring pilot one day...

@shane142 4 месяца назад

Sounds strange, but in some ways, it reminds me in looks and the ideas of the Bell XP-77

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Not strange at all. To me, it reminds me of the McDonnell Goblin

@nostradamus7648 3 месяца назад

As an aviation noob, I'm only interested in stability and reliability. My first goal is getting the Pipistrel Explorer. Will this be a good step up after long experience in that one?

@chrishamilton4999 2 месяца назад

I see from a comment below that building the Questair Venture in carbon fibre has been considered, but the tooling required would be more complex. The fact that it was constructed in aluminium and there were thoughts of having it certified one day, well, this would make sense. Perhaps, but if it reduced building time, It might have been the way to go. Surely there would still be a market for this aeroplane now, using something like the Lancair Legacy model of production and building (i.e. building schools to get the major components together by the builder, and demonstrating how to use composite materials etc.. Anyway, I know the manufacturing of kit aircraft is a very fraught area, and the owners of the Questair rights would know the economics of it. Perhaps it needs a rich businessman or company owned by an enthusiast to take it on from which the owner can write off losses against massive income from elsewhere? Many thanks for a great quality and authoratiative video, and perhaps you might have a look at the Tailwind or the Dyke Delta one day. Let us know if you do.

@aircraftadventures-vids 2 месяца назад

No way! Guess what airplane I'm researching right now? Dyke Delta 😂😂😂. Spoken to a few owners already, it's got a rich history and rabid fans.

@stevenbeach748 4 месяца назад

My old boss had one. I never got to fly in it with him though. He also owned an MU2 but he preferred to fly this one. I’m pretty sure he set a west to east coast record for an experimental with it. I know he had oxygen in it and used to fly it super high.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

I think I recall one of the Venture owners telling me about this.

@joncox9719 4 месяца назад

Fast enough at Reno Air Races for the horizontal stabilizer to fold up and nose dive into the ground in about .5 seconds making a smoking hole!!

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Structural failures happen to many homebuilts, not necessarily a fault of the original design. Also Reno they pushed harder than originally designed for.

@jj4791 4 месяца назад

The Ventures were pushing 360+ mph at 5,200'MSL at Reno. That is absurdly fast and ill-advised.

@joncox9719 4 месяца назад

Well, someone didn't get the Memo!@@jj4791

@AC-jk8wq 4 месяца назад

Seeing all of the design additions used to strengthen Mike Patey’s Turbulence…. Exceeding design speeds requires some pretty high engineering and build talent…. And piloting skill as well. 😃 And then you have a plane that isn’t like any other out there…. Very few at least. Racing at Reno… tough place to be for both the pilots and machines… extreme high g compared to the ordinary general aviation world…

@amauriciosilveira6552 4 месяца назад

Hello I'm from Brazil... What model of this aircraft?

@superflashduke2197 4 месяца назад

Lots of the story about the Venture is missing in this video. It was produced at one point in Connecticut with a turbo charged PMA engine. You can see one photo in the video with the red and silver 62V having a PMA sticker right behind to air vents for the turbo chargers. The owners of the engine and the owner of the airframe company where both killed in 4Q back in 1995. If this tragic event never happend we might have seen more production of this aircraft.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Lots? Well there's very little to go off of from Google, and certainly nothing on the PFM engine choice (which I found out here in the comments). Even then, several Questair owners filled me in with some more info before the video. I'll definitely consult with you before my next aviation video, lol.

@toddcrumpler4117 4 месяца назад

Looks like it got some inspiration from the B-GEE racer.

@JessPeters-qg1bn 4 месяца назад

First thing I thought😂

@Bass.Player 4 месяца назад

It sounds like a Warbird on those high speed flyby's...✈

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

It does a bit.

@yaakovgreenvurcel847 3 дня назад

How may passengers including pilot, can fit into this. Egg? What is the everage price in the used market? Thank you

@kennethavesato3883 4 месяца назад

A beautiful egg 😅😊

@danbenson7587 4 месяца назад

Remember VWs and Corvairs with swing axle suspensions? When cornering the roll center shifted, and bam! Over they went. Airplanes don’t drive on skid pads, but a gust lifting a wing? Still a remarkably fast plane. Too bad not rendered in composites to reduce build time.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Maybe, maybe not. Keep in mind the equivalent composite planes (lancair, glasair) of the day took an insane amount of hours to build in their early days too. The only short-cut is a quick-build kit for either material.

@blancolirio 4 месяца назад

Don’t see to many of these around any more. Most have been crashed. Primarily on landing.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

"Most?" Out of all built?

@elgato9534 3 месяца назад

Awesome! Nothing really comes close!

@aircraftadventures-vids 3 месяца назад

You got that right!

@MililaniJag 4 месяца назад

Gee, its a modern-day Gee Bee without the radial! Cheers!

@AviewFromUnder 4 месяца назад

I remember seeing this plane for the first time in kit planes magazine. It's looks have grown on me over the years, kinda like my wife, she's got all the curves, she's on the short side but wow those wings are a work of art! Though it still reminds me of a paper wasp dragging its legs behind and below as the gear is going in. I do miss the early days of fast low wing kits, there was a lot of creative fun fast sexy planes to dream about.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Lol, interesting comparison. Yea the 80s were filled with really cool and crazy looking homebuilts, it was somewhat of a new arena and many did not go beyond prototype either.

@donaldvincent 4 месяца назад

I would love one. Bare Aluminum with invasion stripes & a nice clear coat. Fly it like you stole it. But I guess that's what it was made for.

@xpump876 4 месяца назад

Very interesting design and quite the performer. I'd be curious if landings were problematic. Having to make a +60mph landing with that very tall & narrow wheelbase would weigh on my mind during the entire flight.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

I was told first-hand that the LG has lots of lateral play with the oleo struts so landings are a non-event, especially if you've got the nosegear steering issues sorted out (that's what bit the initial batch of Questairs). Certainly harder to land than say a Cherokee, but nothing as bad as it looks.

@xpump876 3 месяца назад

@@aircraftadventures-vids Thx for that reply ! The short distance from wing to stab must make it very responsive. Its such and odd-duck with that egg shape. The dimensions seem 'off' to me. Id speculate having a longer tail section would have enhanced stability and control ( but if that as the case, why wasnt it not built that way?) Probably fine as is.

@aircraftadventures-vids 3 месяца назад

@@xpump876 Well, they do make longer versions. They call them "Lancairs" 😂

@einherz 5 дней назад

some one cutie some another beauty... some third both

@peterbee88 4 месяца назад

It looks lethal to me

@urbandad885 4 месяца назад

Were there any turbo versions built?

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Yes, a few. I think the red one in the video is tubo'd, as well as the Reno racers.

@WarblesOnALot 2 месяца назад

G'day, That short fuselage and narrow, tall, spindly looking Undercarriage with tiny weeny itsy bitsy little Wheels appears to make this thing an absolute horror on Gravel, and on Grass it would try to stop for every tuft and bump in the Turf. And - it looks as if it would readily ground-loop, too ; at the drop on a hat, on any surface. Ahh, as I watch the end of the video I see that I wasn't too far wrong, regarding the retractable (child's-toy sized) Tricycle....(!). One is not as silly as one looks. Such is life, Have a good one... Stay safe, ;-p Ciao !

@matsuihenriques2013 3 месяца назад

Can you imagine if it had a more efficient propel??? MAYBE ONE DAY??? ❤❤

@bobwilson758 4 месяца назад

Always seem to be a kit ! Damn - Too bad , all want ready ! Almost All - hi performance !

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

I think the green one's for sale!

@h2otek312 4 месяца назад

I recall that the main oleo gear caused problems when not pressurized adequately. I don't recall why this wasn't known by the owners, but it seemed like it may have been a typo in the manual or such.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Yeah, but from what it sounds seems like most owners have since addressed this. Still, made ground handling a bit interesting on the early ones.

@seaplaneguy1 4 месяца назад

The flat plate drag is an amazing 1.34 square feet, as compared to a C210 at 6.1.

@aircraftadventures-vids 4 месяца назад

Yikes! Yeah that would have been a really cool comparison to include in in the video.

@peteinwisconsin2496 4 месяца назад

The Venture project ended when Henry Booley and Questair's owner were on a trip and suffered and engine failure at 12,500 feet, in VFR conditions, right over the Des Moines, IA airport. From 12,500 MSL and right over the field they could not make it in and both perished in the crash landing. The Venture was really fast, in part because the wing loading was so high, but that makes it unsafe during a dead stick landing-- as Booley and the company owner demonstrated. Efforts to sell the company went no where and that was the end of it.

@killeresk 5 дней назад

First time i see one of those.

@groomngirl Месяц назад

A pilot who flew out of the airport I worked at had a Malibu engine come uncorked on him over Colorado in a storm, wait the fun is just beginning, he landed in the parking lot of a dynamite factory and walked away unharmed. True story!

@aircraftadventures-vids Месяц назад

Yikes! That could have had an explosive outcome

@user-mt1uw8ks9c 4 месяца назад

04:10 High five!

@lauriejones3198 4 месяца назад

I guarantee the Venture will develop a history of landing and takeoff incidents with that retractable gear. It is very narrow and will be diabolical in any decent crosswind. I wonder about spin characteristics too.

@kruck96 4 месяца назад

I guarantee you have no idea what you are talking about and are wrong.

@trueairspeed130 4 месяца назад

Spin is ok from what I have heard, but I agree with the landing issue or controllability on the ground.