Top 10 FASTEST Homebuilt Airplanes 

SOME NOTABLE MENTIONS GP-4 -> 240 mph Cassutt -> 240 mph RV4 -> 200 mph Harmon Rocket -> 250 mph KR2 -> 200 mph Nemesis -> 400 mph Radial Rocket -> 260 mph Barracuda -> 210 mph White Lightning -> 280 mph Mustang II -> 250 mph I am aware that you all dislike the couple seconds of blurring the plane before showing it, the intention was to have the viewer guess to themselves which plane it was. It won’t be used in future edits

I love how you included a fly-by of every aircraft! Great video!

I love the Thunder Mustang the best. Such an iconic plane as the inspiration. Thanks for sharing.

I was employed in the build of several Questair Ventures in the early 1990's It was an treat to be involved in these builds. After 4 years employment with Grumman Aerospace in the late eighties a move brought me this opportunity. The shear power of the first engine start was an experience. A Thank you shout out to Rodger Beacon, 👍.

That gave me goosebumps I'll tell you incredible I just love aeronautics. You did a great job putting out all together especially out of the early 70s hats off.

Awesome flybys! I appreciate that you don't overlay them with a music track. Well done!

I love ❤️ how you put all the flybys in this video. Nice, thank the. At 3:45 gave me chills

Great vid, thank you, the P51 (well almost ) sounds brilliant.

Love this one! Thank you for putting it together!

My favorite home-built aircraft was the paper one I made last night.

Nice video, enjoyed watching, thanks!

Thank you for a very informative presentation.

Fascinating video, I had no idea experimental aircraft were capable of such performance. Really interesting; thank you. Paul

Great video. Glad you popped up in my feed. 👍🏻 and subscribed.

My neighbor had a Glasair. 300 hp and fixed gear. Took him a long time to build and lots of aviation dudes pitched in. It was definitely fast. Louisville to Nashville in 45 minutes. Miss ya, Doc.

This was fantastic, new goals; thank you sir!

Thanks for giving us a peek at some very cool small planes!

Dang! I love #2 & #1! My Dad flew P51’s during WWII, out of Kings Cliffe England, for missions over Germany in 44.

Number one Maximum speed: 356 mph Cruise speed: 334 mph (max at 25000) Stall speed: 76 mph (landing configuration)

Nice job. I was not familiar with many of those planes. Great research and I like RU-vidrs that get to the point!

Thunder Mustang looks real good. Thank you for sharing this with.

You could of mentioned that a lot of these kits are not available anymore, IE Q200 Burkut, my dad owned 2 Q2s With the VW modified 2200 Revmaster power plant. Could do 160 Knots just sipping 4 to 6 gallons per hour. It was a very clean airplane. Simple construction. at one time there was a quick build kit. Where the fuselage was mostly completed. You can probably still find unfinished kits out there for cheap $$$$. This was another kit that was under 30k to build when they were still available.

The Velocity would have been a great addition to the list!

These are so cool. Really like that Berkut

Love the 3/4 Mustang! What a beautiful bird!

The Tailwind ( I am the proud owner of one ) was designed in the early fifties. Mine is 0-200 powered and tops with the current propeller setting, at 150mph or so. Under 6gph fuel burn. It is and will continue to be an aircraft for the generations.

What about the Falco? It easily cruises over 200 knots. I think you need to revamp your list! But I did love the video!

I clicked on this with the hopes of seeing the Swearingen. And you delivered. That is my most coveted airplane. Thanks for the peek.

I've taken the controls in a Long Eazy...lots of fun, but man that Legend in the number 1 spot was soooo quite! Awesome. If I win lotto I'm buying one!

Two Glassair's have done 400 + MPH laps at Reno. This years winner, Andrew Findlay averaged over 400 MPH in the final heat beating Jeff Lavelle with a sick engine who finished 2nd. before his engine blew and he had to dead stick in. Jeff won 7 out of 8 years with laps of over 400. He missed one year because he'd been a bad boy and was cooling his heels in prison.

I've flown 7 of these. The Legend was originally powered by a supercharged 572 cubic inch Rodeck V8. I remember doing 250 knots indicated in that thing with the throttle only open about an inch. With the V8 it sounded like a top fuel dragster on takeoff.

Love everything about this video.

Beautiful video...I have my eye on a Lancair Turbo.

3:42 Thats a 400mph Glassair III right there!

AWESOME!!!! Big Thumbs up!!! Subbing!!! I’ve been flying RC planes and Helicopters for about 15+ years. A few years ago my oldest Daughter bought me a 2 hour flying experience. I got to fly an Extra 300. What a blast, they let me do almost everything!!! Rolls, loops!! It really wore me out pulling all those G’s!!!! But it was well worth it, and I didn’t puke!!!! Yea me!!! LOL!!!😂😂😂😂

Hi. Nice video. I liked the list with the quick facts about the airplanes. The actual in flight clips were awesome. I liked how you developed the sense of something being unveiled with the blurred to crips pictures of the aircraft. Those little touches made this a more interesting top 10 video. Thanks for the time and effort.

Good vid mate! That mustang sounds sublime

The Stoddard Hamilton Glassair III preceded the Lancairs - not the other way around. It notably became the first popular composite aircraft, arguably in both homebuilt and certified regimes, and it is fully aerobatic. I understand that with the production of the 787 Dreamliner, Boeing placed a Glassair III in their lobby as something of an homage to the roots of successful composite designs. I know that this doesn't cover the one-off builds, but it is at least worth a mention that the Glassair held (still holds?) the speed record in its class at Reno. That was a highly modified version, of course, lots of HP. This aircraft broke the aircraft composites barrier first, proving that fiberglass (not carbon as that had not arrived yet) done correctly was a viable design. Further, the methods of manufacture allow easy repair and home building manufacture techniques. It is hard to overstate the significance of this aircraft in my opinion!

I'd like two of each, please. (My motto is always have a backup!)

Nicely done, thanks.

Wow, homebuilt's rock!!!

3:39 ...sounds incredible

3:50 that sounds a ma zing

My new year RU-vid gift by watching this episode. Hahaha, 🙏 thanks . Beautiful.

You just got another thumbs up for sharing.! Thank You.!

Excelente 🇩🇴🇩🇴🌎

great job! I never knew many of them!

Great video I love it keep up the good work

these type of videos are great. I wish someone would do a TOP TEN EASIEST KITPLANES TO BUILD along with a rating for how well documented the build instructions are. every kit manufacturer claims to have a quick build kit now. but if you look online at hours needed to complete for many kits, it is clear some kit manufacturers are fudging the "hours needed to complete" numbers. about the only people that MIGHT be able to answer this question is a builder assist company that has helped owners complete hundreds of kits over the decades. I have heard van's has incredibly in depth build instructions. I guess you could look at PERCENTAGE of a kit that are completed and flying vs. percent of kit that have sold. I am not really a do it yourself handyman. so the instructions would need to be very detailed but explained in a very simple way.

This makes you appreciate how scary it must have been to have a mustang racing towards you for a strafe run

Bro ,great show. Loved the last one, and one of the faster ones towards the end, mentioned for travelers.

Thanks for sharing

What about the Nemesis NXT? Some have exceeded 400 mph as configured for Reno Sport Class.

...good job, but I think I would have divided out the piston engine and turbine powered ones into 2 separate categories...

I so much love the sound of a low fly by airplane

A pleasure visiting your vedio, it shall be further good to have your another vedio with price tag and max height gained by each plane, however bro thanks a lot for a very informative one, laurals.

It would have been helpful to see associated cost of each of these.. Great video though! I thought it noticeable that the profile of the Turbo Legend's fuselage was very similar to the P-51's, less the underbelly scoop, of course.

3:45 literally sounds like the GT Car of the skies!

Affordable and fast, #1 Wittman Tailwind. Loved mine.

Очень хороший обзор! Спасибо! Скорость и манёвренность...

Nice video, thanks. I could do without the blur effect though.

The KR~2 cruises at 180 with a max of 200 mph nice little aircraft

Loved watching the footage! Must have taken forever to accumulate it all. I'd love to see floats vs flying boats . . . all home built, if possible. By the way, if you haven't earned your Single Engine Sea rating yet, a new rating qualifies as a BFR. Getting my SES rating was almost a religious experience . . . I highly recommend it. Thanks, again, for a great video.

Great video. Really enjoyed it! Subbed.

Hmmm.....surprisingly, the high-speed pass starting at 3:40 kinda sounds rather Merlin-esque!

I thought this was how quick we could build a workable home plane. Love the content though.

Great video! Glad I found ur channel, or utube did 😎

The 75% Mustang was super cool ! My favorite WW-2 fighter aircraft !!

haha, this video is awesome. I'm co owner in a Q200 and I know the owner of the last Turbine Legend.

Like the scaled p-51

Nice Video! You did a good research!

Perfection!

The top end of the list is pretty accurate, but the bottom end is a bit off. RV-all, midget mustang/2, t-18, Falco, Harmon rocket, Velocity, Barracuda, White Lightening are a few off the top of my head the exceed your selections. Cassutt as well if you include planes designed for racing.

The Canadian quickie 2 in the beginning of the video belongs to my flight instructor, that's him in the video.

Pleasant to watch mate!

So Good Plz More of ultra light aircraft

Burt Rutan is a genius. No one else compares.

What? No mention of the classic Falco F-8L?

Great video thank u

Great vid!!! I'm not sure the thunder Mustang is built anymore but it is my favorite out of all. I had the privilege to fly in a P-51 mustang when i was a kid in the 70's. I was instantly hooked. I saw a Thunder Mustang a a local airport that had a bar owned by WW2 pilot. He would always have those birds in. Friends i guess. The Thunder Mustang was gorgeous. Obviously not the original but that thing was fast and sounded fantastic! Naturally, i loved it. I'm not in a position to buy one but I'm always looking and I'm not sure they make new ones

I have flown the Turbine Legend, and it is an amazing aircraft. We were flying near a power plant once, and were intercepted by ANG Jets. Guess we looked suspicious going that fast!.

_How did _*_Jim_*_ _*_Bede_*_ miss the list !!???!!_ _The BD5 can reach 212 and the BD5j about 320. It's a sad day for aircraft nerds when the BD is left out!!!_

meanwhile. I'll just trundle along in the trusty cessna 182rg! rofl!. Great vid - thanks!

Awesome dude,, love the vidio

what about the top 10 Fuel efficient home builds?

It would be great to see the price vs speed comparison because turbine engine itself brings some of those planes into $1m territory...

Superb very adventurous

Hello Pedro. Nice to hear from you. I was expecting to see one of the RV series of planes on the list. Sports cars of the sky. I have flown in the Wittman Tailwind and was a blast. Keep the videos coming and fly safe.

Can u show us how to build homemade planes, I would like to create my own one day and love Ur videos?

I'd like to order one Berkut, please.

Turbine Legond has my vote! Amazed that this is a home built😎

Loved the Lancair Evolution....

watching this makes me want to get my pilots license!

I’d have loved to see some prices attached to each plane, as I’m pretty sure some of those have huge stickers on them.

I really like the evolution, because you it's looks roughed and you can also carry up to 4 people

I like your electric canard RC plane hanging on the wall... :)

Thing is all these kit planes are extremely expensive. The ones with turbines the engine itselfs costs more than your average factory built single engine four place aircraft. Im sad that you didnt include perhaps the best speed per dollar value there is, plus a really nice looking desin at that. The Rand Robinson can achieve 180 mph cruise with the right engine choice. It can use a wide variety of engines from the contential 100 horse engines to the VW conversions to the chevy corvair 6 cylinder conversions. With the corvair you can achieve 180 while only sipping fuel at somewhere in the 4 gallon per hour range. It seats two and its a plane that is affordable to anyone if they can afford even just an ultralight. Pretty amazing a two place aircraft thats a true cross country champ with a cost of operation thats makes them even cheaper than slogging a car on a trip..not too many aircraft can offer its owner that. After extensive search ive narrowed down my choices to the KR2S Rand Robinson and the Zenith CH250 also a two place single it cruises at a still respectable 140 mph...still can be super inexpensive if you are smart and do it right. (Heres a hint...most of the kits sold reguardless of design are never completed by the person oringinally purchasing the kits. A smart savvy person can find kits of whatever design they wish very near being completely built for 1/4 or less the price of the kit purchase price originally. Ive seen some that were over 90% complete, with all the avionics, and even a brand new or rebuilt engine all for less than the cost of a rebuilt engine much less the original kit price. Ive even seen ones with full glass avonics panels for those amazing prices. Buying this way you not only get amazing pennies on the dollar value but your almost guaranteed to finish the project and go on to fly the plane for years of enjoyment...then sell it for even much more than you originally paid for it if youre wise when choosing the design you want to build. Some dont like this method as they dont trust the previous person to build it correctly or just want to build it all themselves. Something to consider thpugh. Just a note full unassembled kits can also be purchased this way too offering great savings.)

Fastest homebuilt is the bedee ten which was so well engineered that it conveniently disassembled itself in midair right before landing so it could be packed away easier.

Good video thanks

Love the video but would like to see a list of top 10 fastest homebuilt airplanes that one can actually build. Seems quite a few of these models are out of production as kits.