One of the better Draco videos out there. Shows great footage of the take offs and landings. Mike is a multi-materials maestro and the plane embodies his mastery of carbon fiber, TIG welding, CNC machining, painting, wiring, etc., etc. What an inspiration to anyone who has ever tried to engineer and build something!

@12gwiazdmarta70

4 жыл бұрын

This aircraft was not designed by Draco, but by Polish engineer Ryszard Orłowski. It is PZL-104 Wilga built in 1960 and manufactured in Poland until 2008. Your Draco only replaced the engine with a more powerful one and installed a few lights. I wonder why you Americans still ascribe to yourself someone's projects and merits? Remember vo that civilization came to you from europium, and not vice versa! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL-104_Wilga

@andreashabeck1155

3 жыл бұрын

@@12gwiazdmarta70 this is a joke right? The plane has a completly new and different wing

@ZbyszekN23

3 жыл бұрын

@@andreashabeck1155 Not true, he modified the wing only. What do you mean, "completely new"? Extending the wings and adding some fancy tips does not mean make it completely new. What's important is the wing structural design and it's aerodynamic controls, whatever is the name in English... :)

@andreashabeck1155

3 жыл бұрын

@@ZbyszekN23 I thought the profile of the whole wing was different

@busabrye

3 жыл бұрын

Crashed and gone

Such a badass bushplane. The prop going beta just sounds so freaking beautiful!

It's not even fair.Draco is like the monster truck of bush planes. remarkable build. This plane is just very special, i could watch it all day.

Mike, your new suspension design is brilliant! She simply makes a leap for the air.

Beyond impressive. Mike Patey and his twin brother Mark are two rely cool people. Watch the 15 build videos of this plane on there channel amazing.

Well done Mike, all the work ideas innovations time payoff Bravo !

That is a very nice helicopter 🤠

@sebi4737

3 жыл бұрын

xD

@dleebox2268

3 жыл бұрын

Thats what i would say too, this thing is insane

His videos of building this plane are amazing. I don't fly or engineer but the guy is a genius and a great teacher. Makes it so even laymen can understand what he's doing. This plane is amazing. And if you didn't know, he's working on another bush plane now called "Scrappy" that is going to be absolutely insane.

👍 👍 👍 TopDog Mike Patey and his Wilga are both uniquely.

Unbelievable good flying and very good aircraft that Draco 2000

Polish plane, designed many years ago during Cold War. I am happy that you appreciate it.

@mariuszp-ci8lo

4 жыл бұрын

@Marius Ipad true, but without good base it will be impossible, think about it

@gordo1163

4 жыл бұрын

pretty much 70% of the plane was redesigned and custom built

@patrickgottlieb4505

16 күн бұрын

30 %max

My Lord! Mike, 💪🏻 “back to work”, the STOL could still be shorter! 🤣 You, Sir are an absolute inspiration! I need a Draco poster for my 7 yr old future pilot daughters wall!

@Ian-Hall

5 жыл бұрын

Screen print, print it off, Bingo.

@waderemington817

5 жыл бұрын

Ian Hall yeah, but it’s Draco, this plane (& its pilot\engineer) is simply outstanding, Mike is damn sure deserving of and eventually obligated to some merch for us, & proper reciprocation for this beautiful accomplishment. Great man, great plane..... aviation history for sure!

The STOL facility is born out of the leading edge ‘slots’ developed by the former British, Handley Page Ltd on their “Gugnunc” one-off plane around 1930’ish. (I was a draughtsman with them 1956/66)

That suspension is amazing work.

Great video man, no needless footage, just Draco - love it👍🏼

Wow! Fantastic that looks like it’s catching a cable on landing.

Wow...so happy you are all fine. So sorry to see DRACO mangled. I love your videos. So glad you're safe.

RIP 'DRACO' - Sept. 16th, 2019 in Reno, NV. Many of us miss this amazing 'no runway, no problem' aircraft.

Poor Draco :( RIP! Glad no one was hurt!

@nicholaspratt7934

4 жыл бұрын

What a waste, at least all 3 came out OK.

@sheilabailey7725

4 жыл бұрын

Y'all should check out Mike's new video 😁

@Alex-kp2db

3 жыл бұрын

All he had to do was wait 45 minutes and it would be flying today.

@darrendavies7290

3 ай бұрын

We learn from our mistakes just lucky no was hurt it can always be rebuild.

Just rewatched this. Your camera work is excellent!

going to the moon was one thing, seeing draco take off like a super charged falcon is another thing, crazy impressive, keep winning Mr Patey!

he is a insane engineer. I loved this plane. RIP Draco. He is one of the very few that has such a short take off and if you watch most they bang the tail wheel on the ground on take off. he doesn't hardly touch the tail wheel. Not to mention his power to weight is insane.

Good memories. I love how at 1:39 the tailwheel lifts off before launch.

What I notice on this plane is the trailing link suspension for the tires, this should allow it to roll over larger rocks and debris easier without suffering catastrophic failure

@JLAR2RVA

5 жыл бұрын

Check out the video of him designing and machining that new suspension like 4 days before this event. The guy is an amazing engineer that needs very little sleep.

@letskeepearthgreen

5 жыл бұрын

The original airframe actually came with trailing links

Bye Draco, sad to see you go, happy no-one was hurt.

@sheilabailey7725

4 жыл бұрын

You should check out Mike's newest video! 😁😁

@Gr3mI1n

4 жыл бұрын

@@sheilabailey7725 I have! :D

I wish I had gone up to Livermore. I'd happily drive 90 miles to see DRACO, and Mike Patey too.

Mike and "Draco" A class act! He won't be down for long!

they never announce the distance where it can be heard and I'm always waiting to here it.Really amazing to watch going to those amazing places like your vids

The gear modifications look fantastic in action! 🛫🛬 🛫🛬

One of the coolest planes I've ever seen ...

All to say, this is the “no words needs“ airplane. Woow....no more comment except awesome great job Mike. 100%!!!☺

My god is the aircraft nice! Congraulation.... from Germany!

Mike, How about some cockpit videos of takeoffs & landings?

@popo_53

5 жыл бұрын

Just close your eyes and imagine being shot out of a cannon.

Nice job filming.

Very well built machine . very powerful.

Man, those Patey twins are wild, their next creations will be even wilder.

"This engine has a lot of planes" LOL

Such a gorgeous airplane!

Hey , did y'all see that Wilga holding onto that turbine for dear life . 😆😆😆

Torque and P factor! Nice ride!

If I we're an Apache pilot I'd totally sneak into a STOL competition

Great capture! Another good video. 🤠👍

Draco was one of a kind. RIP until reborn.

I think this was the very last STOL competition Draco ever did... And I'm pretty sure he was off the ground in a LOT less than 120 feet. Looked to me like less than 30.

The plane was wrecked today 9-16-2019 at Reno . Mike and the people in side the plane are uninjured . Heavy crosswind on take off . Mike put up a video and Blancoliro has a Video describing the Weather Front with winds come ripping thru . it was a very nice plane .

If a hellcat were a plane it'd be this Beast

I treasure the data on content . Cheers.

@wcolby

5 жыл бұрын

James Morris Is that google translate?

Gosh I miss this plane.

I cried when they said (give them another pass right there mike) Long live Draco/Draco X

Puts my Kitfox to shame. I occasionally fly mine to model airplane fields.

Awesome video!!

pzl wilga from poland:)

A beautiful plane

... why line up with the run way lengthwise when the width would be sufficent?

@phapnui

5 жыл бұрын

Why bother with a runway Do what helicopters do.

@adamsmith5913

4 жыл бұрын

If he did that, the plane would not be crashed

@garykegel9001

4 жыл бұрын

Adam Smith Mike admits he screwed up and should have just pointed into the wind and taken off. He said it was Not the planes fault. Which makes him an honest pilot . Most guys make excuses instead of telling the truth. For this he has my respect.😇

Very cool. If this is at the next Oshkosh’s hope to see you there

It's a legend! It could give the Harrier a run for its money, for near vertical take-off!

dang i was just gonna say hes allmost a helicopter . that baby is crazy !

Maybe illusion, but here it looks like he's off the ground in about 50'...amazing.

Amazing plane

Such a shame that this amazing one-off creation wrecked. I hope it gets back flying again someday.

El mejor avion del mundo. Gigante Mike

Estonia is small country ( 250 x 200 miles size and little runaways 21= Here we need that size planes.

Coolest plane on the planet !

This is PZL104 Wilga POLISH made airplane

Can't beat those stol kits.

@airgliderz

5 жыл бұрын

No kits, Mike engineered and modified this from scratch, longer wider wing, carbon wingtips, cowl, engine fresh air intake filter system, carbon wing tips, landing gear fuel tanks, wing tip fuel tanks, lower gear struts and shocks, and much much more...

@AceSterTheMace

5 жыл бұрын

@@airgliderz Sweet...so he made his own kit...There are kits you can own.

@airgliderz

5 жыл бұрын

@@AceSterTheMace... You could pay him a lot money to make another one, you cannot buy the parts he made from a catalog from his shop... Yet. Definetly not a kit. With so few Wilgas, a handful at most or less that want to highly modify them, I can't imagine this, a kit, being a profitable endeavor.

@cnnlt200

5 жыл бұрын

Watch his channel. Very very nice build videos. Was a real pleasure to watch!

@Newberntrains

5 жыл бұрын

This ain't a kit this was a wilga that popped an engine and he modified it so severely the faa didn't wanna call it a wilga as it's barely got anything similar to what it used to be

Increible! Despegue en 3 mtros y aterrizaje en 10......Casi como un Helicoptero! Pero requiere un motor Superpotente, perfil Alar con m,ucha sustentación y poco peso.

Flying Cowboys!

Actually, the turbine has 715 HP, but the gearbox limits it to 680 HP. And the climb angle is limited by not having a air acrobatic license.

I stood under the wings when they were still attached.

This plane is based on the Polish PZL-104 Wilga.

"He might as well be a helicopter in this airplane" :D

@markus4979

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe you should consider a TIV spike system for a vertical launch lol

Is it my imagination? Seems to me like Draco is sitting a little sideways to the right.

2:00 Interesting how the ailerons are both down, so they act as extra flaps as well as providing roll control.

Mike Patey has written off rebuilding Draco due to many safety concerns. As a Christmas gift to himself, he bought a new Wilga to rebuild into another Draco (2?).

That's even got the birds scratching their heads... I mean he's landing within the length of the plane?

@TomLongusa

5 жыл бұрын

L Smith I’m talking about the landing at around 5:30. That’s clearly not 96’...

@JohnDLeo-rg8tc

3 жыл бұрын

@L Smith he's unwisely throwing his turbo prop engine in reverse because who cares, his family will just buy him another jet engine

Its aviation is with special engines and landing gear.

Wonder what draco would be like with swapping out the single prop for a contra-rotating props..

Very nice plane.

If someone would make this for Flight Simulator 2020 I would instantly buy it

I can't wait to see a vertical take off and landing! I think you could make it happen. But that mod might make it a bit tail heavy.

It's Mom was a Super Cub. She had a dalliance with a F22.

I'm not sure what's so special about this plane and why everyone is so amazed by it. What do people think happens with a feather attached to a turbo-prop?

Amazing plane, really. I believe the owner spent $1MM to create it.

@RussellTelker

5 жыл бұрын

yeah, Mike said he had around $1MM in it plus 3k hours of his time.

@lovingvickky

5 жыл бұрын

Everyone here seem to be well informed about this beast. Great job Mikey

@BaxterretxaB

5 жыл бұрын

What is the actual plane it’s built off of

@RussellTelker

5 жыл бұрын

@@BaxterretxaB it's built from the Wilga

@sportbikerdude

5 жыл бұрын

The engine alone is about $400k.

Latest version before it was crashed :( Can’t wait for DRACO X

There wasn't on and there never will be another Draco. I was able to recognize her just by her prop noise whenever she flew over me.

Almost like a VTOL.

A beast!

Super!

You could land that damn thing in a culdesac. So sick.

Turbo powerd polish WILGA with with some modifications....in Europe a classic Plane to get some Gliders in the Air

I'm impressed.

RIP Draco.

@oregonsbragia

4 жыл бұрын

Can't believe it. Poor Mike. :(

This thing could land on my dining table😅

“SO”, it’s basically the perfect drug smuggling machine

What an incredible aircraft! It almost seems to do the impossible. I'm curious what the total full-stop + take-off distance was. Probably less than most bush planes can do either.

@grumpyjohntxredneckrc6346

5 жыл бұрын

He Was The World STOL Contest Champion Last Year!

Hi Mike, Had big plans to come see you on Thursday at the EAA in hopes that I might get my Flying Cowboys hat signed by you and the rest of the guys. I guess my luck ran out, as I pulled my replacement hip out of joint the day before and just got out of the hospital this past Sunday with a replaces hip again.What A bummer to me! Is there any way to get my hat signed by you and the flying Cowboys. By the way I fly RC plane also.

I'm a huge Mike Patey fan but I got to say I get really nervous seeing all those maximum effort takeoffs at Min speed, high deck angle, full power. If the engine were to shut down he'd have to dump the nose and it might be a very hard Landing. I know he's talanted... but it has risks.

@DM-qp7do

5 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way. Your comment reminded me of something, and as an aviation enthusiast you might appreciate it. When Israel was training pilots to take out the nuclear power plant in Iraq they were given F16s, and Israeli pilot not used to a single engine fighter expressed his concern and he was told " don't worry...if the engine flames out you have another engine in the seat" love that story.

@gmcjetpilot

5 жыл бұрын

@Scram Jam Nobody asked you so "Jam" it and "Scram" ... ha ha see what I did....

The only competition draco has is from ultralight and helicopters

@rcbif101

5 жыл бұрын

gyrocopters...

Draco looks like he is smiling!

This is polisch plane WILGA in tuning😉