So excited for the maiden flight. Great work Don.

@brianeisner492

13 күн бұрын

What maiden flight? He'll never fly it. He'll have the most taxi time in the USA.

@tatumdaniels

13 күн бұрын

@@brianeisner492 Silly comment Brian. You’re addicted to commenting bs on this channel lmao sad freak

@tatumdaniels

13 күн бұрын

@@brianeisner492 You have comments off on your video hahaha of course. Coward

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

@@brianeisner492 For someone who thinks that way all the time, you keep coming back.

@Tadrjbs

13 күн бұрын

Dude, just fly it already!

Wow! I have been waiting for that last clip of that run down the runway. It looks soo good. Can't wait to see it rise and retract the gear!!!!! Take your time and do it right. I'll be watching.

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

Thanks for coming along.

Looks like the full size bird out on the taxiway, great job Don!

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

Thanks.

Man it is so cool to see all that hard work coming to fruition as a beautiful aircraft. On the edge of my seat!

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

Me too!

As your climbing in the cockpit an hour before Sunset nice gentle wind coming right down the runway. Give Susie Bella a salute and tell yourself, I done good.

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

I would like to try and come down on a calm night, but you never know when they will come. I live 45 minutes from this airport too.

Lookin Great! Being thorough is Being Safe!

That engine sounds fine, healthy and solid, 500 more RPM should have her standing on her toes brother. Well done that man : )

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

Shouldn't take much more to get the tail up. Just more thrust, aka rpm.

It's really nice to see that beautiful thing running down the runway! It also sounded really good! You're definitely getting closer and closer to taking her for her maiden flight.

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

So far so good. Lets hope it stays that way.

It looks awesome Don ! 👍🏻

Your “Skipper Riley” is about to fly

Nice to see her taxiing down the run way.👍👍👍

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

I just wished it was better and longer. Need a camera man.

That's one nice looking bird, nice job Captain 🇺🇸

I think you're making significant progress

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

Almost there now.

Every trip to the airport is closer to lift off… eagerly awaiting … 🤗

We cant wait to see her fly Don!

Don i have been watching your videos since you have started building the Corsair. You have done a Beautiful job. I fly rc jets and planes and I have a Corsair with the same paint scheme. Can't wait to see the first flight

@MitchellPetersoncustomdrone

12 күн бұрын

13 bloody years ago...

This great! All solid progress!

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

Keep your updates coming. If you need any questions answered, on your build, just let me know.

@downrangewarbirds

13 күн бұрын

@Dynodon64 I will! I'll be posting a video this afternoon. I'll prolly need some advice on finishing the fuse. Right side is done, left will be in a week or two.. then the next challenge lol.

That's great. Congratulations!

It looks good going down the runway!

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

It'll look better off the ground too.

@Kickinpony66

13 күн бұрын

@@Dynodon64 Indeed! That will be a momentous occasion.

Only 2 more wheels to go! 😀

Sounds great!

So, are we to understand you have already built and flown another experimental? Your Corsair is so nice!

@Dynodon64

10 күн бұрын

I've built 3 gryocopters from scratch, rebuilt a CGS Hawk ultralight, and also owned a CGS Hawk Arrow II. Flown all of them.

“Skipper Riley” replica

I was hired to fo phase 1 in a gents RV-12iS. It went well. 3.4 hrs and counting. Good luck.

Can't wait until I see her fly!

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

Shouldn't be long now.

Looking forward to seeing you fly. looking good 👍👍

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

Shouldn't be long now.

she's looking really good, can't wait to see you lift the tail

Looks good out there. Now go get those “meatballs".

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

Thanks.

She looks great coming up. Regarding that possible leak, maybe in true Corsair fashion, yer gonna need some sealing tape on the nose to add another level of sexy to the bird. haha. As far as comments, maybe most folks don;t know this ain't your first home built and that you are a licensed pilot with flying hours. You continue to do your own thing.

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

Thanks for that.

Looks great, getting closer to the finish line. I'm east of Cleveland if I know when the flights are scheduled possible drive to Port Meadville only 92 miles away. 😎

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

I haven't made any plans for first flight. It will just happen one day.

Don how can I reach you? I own and have hours in WAR F4U and would like to share experience. Awesome little flying plane?

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

Send me an email at my KZread channel name at verizon dot net. We'll talk.

My comment is that it's cool to see it moving about, my concern is that it should ever leave the ground.

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

There is nothing to worry about. It will fly just fine when it gets off the ground. I have no concern about it's ability to fly.

@OttoByOgraffey

10 күн бұрын

​@@Dynodon64then fly it.

@Dynodon64

9 күн бұрын

@@OttoByOgraffey Patients young Skywalker.

G'day Don, Yay Team ! Everything seems to be tracking beautifully. Keep on keepin' on... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

Yes, it was going well. Just a tad too warm.

@WarblesOnALot

13 күн бұрын

@@Dynodon64 Well, yeah, it's 3 weeks into May and the coldest overnight minimum I've seen this year so far is +2.5° C...; and Winter is supposed to start in a week. When I was a kid, the last Frost-free Morning used to be ANZAC Day, 25 April, the anniversary of D-Day for Australia's 9-month effort to invade Turkey, in 1915...; every year, ANZc-Day was the last clear Blue-Sky morning before we used to have to fill the Kettle and drain the Water pipes every night before bed, least they freeze and burst at night..., for the last month of Autumn till after the first month of Spring. Last weekend I drained my Firefighting Waterpumps, after a +4° minimum, and the +2° followed that - making me feel almost virtuous In 1999 I burned at least a thousand litres of LPG in my Car, 30 in my Kitchen Stove, plus about 200 Litres of Petrol in the Chainsaw and Brushcutter...; and every litre seemed to me to be "justified" at the time... But now that I've spent $27,000 on Firehoses, Pumps, Pipes, Nozzles, Towers, Sprinklers, Storz-Fittings, Tanks and Water, since 2018...; then every time I think about how much Fossil Carbon I emitted back then, which caused today's weirdly overheated weather - then the more I question my own decisions. Probably 500 Litres per year went into driving around busking Green-Extremist Poetry at Markets and Festivals, advocating for reducing Environmental Destruction. When I stopped running around Rhyming at the CitiZenry..., M own personal annual Atmospheric Fossil-Carbon Emission-Footprint almost halved... So at this point I can only hope that the worst of the Extreme Weather sort of Goes around the Endangered Species Sanctuary Upon which I've paid the Council Rates since 1990...; having half the Trees in the Forest die of thirst in the 2018-2020 Drought was a bit of a shock - but at least I wasn't burned-out, kinda thing. The Algorithm has been feeding me lots of Tornado & Storm-Damage Clips..., but I dunno if they're re-uploaded edits of old footage, compilations, or the result of an actual spike in Anomalous Storm Damage This year as compared to statistical "normality". I'm fresh out of ideas as to how better to cope with the effects of burning more Fossil Carbon, so now I spend a lot of time and money figuring out ways to burn less of it. What a pity that everything I buy needs to be manufactured, using Fossil-Fuelled Technology, and Transport..., in the long run it looks as if we might need to go back to living in a traditional manner, as it was before the Sheep & Potato Brigade arrived ; what a pity that the necessary Ecology to live that way, no longer exists (!) - even if anybody still knew how to do it. It's a worry. Off I go, now, to cut Firewood from drought-killed Trees in Oz..., using a Solar-Charged Electric-Chainsaw made in Sweden..., the Battery came from Poland, the Charger was made in Vietnam and the Solar Panels came out of China - but my Houselighting Batteries are Oz-manfactured Lead/Acid Golf-Cart 6-Volt 225 A/Hr units... It's beyond my imagination as to what the actually correct thing to do might be, at this point ; other than trying not to add to the Atmospheric Concentration of CO-2 more than I "have to", least the consequences beat my Fire-Hose Collection (!). Such is life, Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !

Looks great. Awesome to hear she is settling down well. A real testament to the skills and approach. Top work.

Now we're getting excited !

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

Boyington first flew for the Flying Tigers in China.

@Flyingtiger1726

10 күн бұрын

@@Dynodon64 He flew for the Marines first. Tigers and Marines again.

@Dynodon64

9 күн бұрын

@@Flyingtiger1726 Yes he did.

That’s good to see . What’s next ? Is it ready?

@Dynodon64

5 күн бұрын

Yes it's ready to fly. Just need to keep increasing the speeds.

❤ Don you're getting closer are you concerned about anything and are you afraid for your maiden flight?

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

I don't have any new things to address now, so it's just a matter of going faster. Just taking it slow. Shouldn't be long.

@ronnydowdy7432

12 күн бұрын

@@Dynodon64 I think soon you'll be doing a high speed taxi on the runway and you will feel it's time and give it another 500 rpms and take off, fly around for a while then land perfectly on the center line. Just wish someone will be there to video it.

are you gonna fly it or you gonna keep edging us

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

It shouldn't be long. Just need to keep increasing the speed, as long as it tracks straight.

@matija4256

13 күн бұрын

@@Dynodon64 aighh bet good luck with the take off tests

I'm not a pilot. I've never flown a plane. However, you seem to have some trepidation in flying this plane. I'm volunteering to fly it for you. No worries.

@Dynodon64

9 күн бұрын

I'm in no hurry, just being cautious.

“Suzybelle,” nice touch! Is that the wife?

@xfirehurican

13 күн бұрын

Research Pappy Boyington's Corsair.

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

Yes my wife's name is Sue.

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

@@xfirehurican Pappy's plane was Lucybelle

You’re getting there 😊

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

Shouldn't be long now.

Thanks for the update. What's left to do before you get it up in the air?

@Dynodon64

12 күн бұрын

It's ready now. Just need to keep increasing the speed till it flies.

How long before this birds going to fly, maybe in this year??????

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

Shouldn't be long. Just need to keep increasing the speed as long as it keeps tracking straight.

Have you ever had the tail off the ground?

@Dynodon64

5 күн бұрын

Not yet, that's next.

@MitchellPetersoncustomdrone

5 күн бұрын

@@Dynodon64 Can't wait and good luck

This is the only channel I have a bell on.

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

Thanks.

Have you flown her yet?

@Dynodon64

5 күн бұрын

Not yet, but soon.

So close

Hey Don, how old are you by chance?

@Dynodon64

9 күн бұрын

I just turned 60 this year.

Yo

Stay out of that rattletrap!

@rconger24

13 күн бұрын

What aircraft do you pilot?

@jamesbarner5872

13 күн бұрын

I don't think you need to be Chuck Yeager, to know this isn't safe! I hope he never flies this rattletrap! I don't want to read an obituary here! I actually care!

@Dynodon64

13 күн бұрын

@@jamesbarner5872 These planes have been around since the 70's. I didn't design it.

First😂