Videos mostly of the SeaRey amphibious flying boat that I built from a kit by Progressive Aerodyne and have flown for about 1,500 hours so far, and a few others that amuse me.
Wow, that is downright spooky! Thanks, but I'll pass!
@ernestayo6131Ай бұрын
Why take off with a soft tire? Or with anything not up to specs. in any airplane or vehicle for that matter? 😳
@THEDonMaxwellАй бұрын
Good question. In this particular case I knew that the tire was soft but not completely flat. And I knew that there's not much weight on the tailwheel--less than 150 lbs. AND I knew from having had the tailwheel tire go completely flat once when I had to taxi from grass up over the sharp edge of the concrete ramp at the Udvar-Hazy Museum that the airplane steers well with no air in it at all. So I didn't expect any difficulty. It was a calculated decision, and as you see in the video, the landing went well as far as the tire was concerned. The problem was landing with full flaps and insufficient power. And even that wasn't really much of a problem.
@KenLeonardАй бұрын
I like the shadow of the plane in most of the show.
@jennyuhlar28462 ай бұрын
Cool! I see myself.
@guaporeturns94722 ай бұрын
Is that Kermit?
@THEDonMaxwell2 ай бұрын
It probably was Kermit. Anyway, he owns it. But I’ve forgotten who was flying it that day.
@donzioldbuddy3 ай бұрын
Imagine flying a wheeled plane like this…head to cool airports, land and taxi back to take off never getting out…all the great things about being on the water like fishing, swimming, picnicking are missed…shame
@CharlieXRay3 ай бұрын
Don, how do you get the speed and track to show? Are you using an Insta 360?
@THEDonMaxwell3 ай бұрын
Ha! Hiya, "CharlieXRay" (KZread ID-ed you in an email). In the Insta360 iPhone app and the Insta360 Studio computer app, there's a control called "Stats" that does the job. In Studio it's on the right side, along with other tools. (You won't see them until a 360 video is loaded.) I've found six different stats there: Speed, Elevation, Direction, Total Distance, Slope, and Route. I have an Insta 360 X3. (A week after I bought it they brought out the X4, which is similar but has a bigger sensor and a few other improvements.)
@karimedinburgh3 ай бұрын
Awesome video my friend , always enjoy your wonderful videos , thank you for sharing and thumps up , have an amazing day 4
@charliepickett28703 ай бұрын
Thank👍
@SuperD8203 ай бұрын
Nicely Done Where is the camera mounted?
@THEDonMaxwell3 ай бұрын
Hiya, Charlie! The camera was about a foot forward of the right wing, near the landing light. It was a first trial there, using a big, fat mounting pad that shows, partly, in the video as a black lozenge-looking thing. I've since made a better mount that the selfie stick slides into (and out of), so the camera can be up to about 4 ft ahead of the wing. I'm taking it easy with the selfie extension, though, to be sure it's going to be secure in a 100 mph wind. The lenses are wider-angle than 180 degrees, so there's some overlap, and the camera stitches the two videos together in a way that makes the standard selfie stick "invisible." The black mount I used in this video was bigger in diameter than the selfie stick, so parts of it show in the combined video.
@SuperD8203 ай бұрын
Good video.
@slagjanvelkovski74543 ай бұрын
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@SuperD8204 ай бұрын
Nice work Don 👍
@axolotl7074 ай бұрын
00:10''Yeepee'' 😃🗣️🗣️
@tucksmith83005 ай бұрын
How many miles from Lively back to Chesterfield
@THEDonMaxwell5 ай бұрын
From Lively direct to KFCI is 53.1 nautical miles--directly over KRIC. To stay out of Class C airspace (but beneath its outer ring) is about 1 nm farther. Or you could fly direct ABOVE Class C, which goes up to 4200 feet--but then you'd have to descend almost straight down over FCI, which is about 1 nm outside of Class C. But I didn't go direct. I stopped at home, which is well to the south of the RIC airspace.
@tucksmith83005 ай бұрын
@@THEDonMaxwell I know where KFCI is cause I grew up in Chesterfield. I didn’t know that Ric is a class C airspace and I knew you lived near Hopewell near Jordan Point area
@curticcarmichael35805 ай бұрын
Thank you for making this. Videos like this help me keep writing my screenplay!
@andyshane41676 ай бұрын
A new word for a favorite phenom: UNset! Thanks for letting us ride along.
@fr8tdawg546 ай бұрын
Beautiful and nice job to you & Carol with the photography! Glad to see you on the H20! More inspiration for me to get mine back out there.
@hamishkebb35506 ай бұрын
Any issue putting the Searey in the hanger wet after washing ? Nice video.
@THEDonMaxwell6 ай бұрын
Fresh water is no problem, but after landing in salty water I rinse it--usually by doing the same things in fresh water as I had done in salt, or by applying SaltAway, or the like.
@BCGray10x6 ай бұрын
Great to see you two going strong Cheers
@user-gi1ti7zr9k6 ай бұрын
Glad to see a new video Don. I'm from the area, KFCI to Jordan Point it looks like. Hope to run into you one day to check out that Searey. Sure looks like fun!
@THEDonMaxwell6 ай бұрын
Right--on both counts!
@jmflyer556 ай бұрын
Just FYI. Pilot of 40 years here. If you want to do a proper wing over, you should first take a couple of lessons and practice learning how to do Lazy Eights. Once you have mastered that, the wing over procedure will come much more naturally to you. There’s a right and wrong way to do it. It’s not just a 90 degree bank and a 180 degree course change. What I’m trying to say is once you master Lazy Eights, you’ll then know what a wind over is supposed to feel like. Lazy 8’s, Chandelles, and Wing Overs are all extremely graceful maneuvers. In fact, once you know the proper way to fly them, you’ll find the aircraft almost flies them itself. It’s a beautifully smooth, gentle maneuver, that should not require any corrections on the yoke. It’s one beautifully fluid motion/movement from beginning to end. And things like bank angle, course in & out, should never be exceeded or need correction.
@nicholas13108 ай бұрын
Nose up 45deg then 90 deg bank, let the plane do its things, once u are nose down close the throttle and gently pull up that’s how they teach us in AUPRT
@Seafariireland10 ай бұрын
Very interesting to see a pair of amphibians sharing air and water space!
@tomcurrier964110 ай бұрын
Did the same in my Savannah but unfortunately landed too hard...ruined the plane. Currently shopping for a Searey
@bombi811 ай бұрын
Where to buy?
@kenthompson3730 Жыл бұрын
The red font on your graphics is very difficult to read. White would be much better.
@THEDonMaxwell Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the report! I don't remember why I chose the reddish color. You're right that white would have been easier to read--although white with a black outline would be easier no matter what the background color happened to be.
@view2sight Жыл бұрын
Русская ла-145 лучше
@andypicken7848 Жыл бұрын
And it can convert to a car
@dano_990 Жыл бұрын
Awesome! I usually say "living the dream" sarcastically. Not you! I've got the bug now, so hopefully that'll change. I'm pursuing a career in the skies! Did a walk thru of two schools this week. No more factory work for me! I hope to have my own Searey before too long!
@theaeronaut-channel Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for sharing! This is very useful!
@delbertgrady413 Жыл бұрын
One hand on the yoke, one on the throttle gets it done.
@theaeronaut-channel Жыл бұрын
Very nice entrance!
@drivingandflying Жыл бұрын
Excellent, Don. I enjoyed last year's flyby too. Walter.
@agiftarifkyardana1838 Жыл бұрын
Ah yes, a boat with wings
@hauwntr Жыл бұрын
LAKE ANNAAAA
@garytownsend3689 Жыл бұрын
I like it very much
@mikemaloney5830 Жыл бұрын
Nothing wrong with that landing. Full stall landing from 12”..... no bounce, plane is done flying.
@strikemaster1 Жыл бұрын
Now thats a wingover! Nice one mate.
@keithtyndall2 жыл бұрын
Did George decide to get a Searey?
@THEDonMaxwell2 жыл бұрын
Ha! I don't know--will have to track him down and find out.
@dirt41gto2 жыл бұрын
Do you fly to Williamsburg/Jamestown airport a lot? I'm down the road in Newport News and would like to see and talk with you...Gary
@LightAndSportyGuy2 жыл бұрын
That looked as bad as one of my landings 🙂 Not a Searey Pilot - but why not a wheel landing?
@THEDonMaxwell2 жыл бұрын
Another excellent question. I don't remember why not a wheel landing--but it probably had to do with ground speed. With full flaps my Searey stalls at about 36 mph, so maybe that influenced my thinking at the time. If the tire had been completely flat I would have done a wheeler no matter what--although at that time my brakes didn't hold well enough for a wheeler to have made much difference. A few months ago I replaced the wheels and brakes with new ones, and now I can keep the tail up to a dead stop--so NOW I'd definitely choose a wheel landing.
@ReshiramzBlack2 жыл бұрын
Hi Don I've been interested in these airplanes for a long time, if theres any way to talk to you about them let me know!
@THEDonMaxwell2 жыл бұрын
You can try emailing me at this temporary address: [email protected]
@edpaine79822 жыл бұрын
What a terrific way to spend an afternoon! Can’t wait to get another Aventura UL, I sold my first one while renovating our house, big mistake….
@TheKikebaker2 жыл бұрын
That is so cooool, here in Europe trying to do something similar would be impossible, great video, safe flights
@ottersocks27372 жыл бұрын
OTTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR🦦🦦🦦🦦🦦🦦🦦🦦🦦🦦
@seaplaneguy12 жыл бұрын
The Seawind is wrong in so many ways. Make a list, check it twice before you buy one and see how naughty and unnice it is. Waste of fiberglass.
@mch9792 жыл бұрын
Great flying! Makes me miss it!
@THEDonMaxwell2 жыл бұрын
Mark, are you still im deutschland? Oder back in the US?
@mch9792 жыл бұрын
@@THEDonMaxwell Hi Don! I happen to be in VA for about a week, then back to Deutschland. Hope you are well and having fun!
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Cheer~~a brief, strong rush of wind.😊
Wow, that is downright spooky! Thanks, but I'll pass!
Why take off with a soft tire? Or with anything not up to specs. in any airplane or vehicle for that matter? 😳
Good question. In this particular case I knew that the tire was soft but not completely flat. And I knew that there's not much weight on the tailwheel--less than 150 lbs. AND I knew from having had the tailwheel tire go completely flat once when I had to taxi from grass up over the sharp edge of the concrete ramp at the Udvar-Hazy Museum that the airplane steers well with no air in it at all. So I didn't expect any difficulty. It was a calculated decision, and as you see in the video, the landing went well as far as the tire was concerned. The problem was landing with full flaps and insufficient power. And even that wasn't really much of a problem.
I like the shadow of the plane in most of the show.
Cool! I see myself.
Is that Kermit?
It probably was Kermit. Anyway, he owns it. But I’ve forgotten who was flying it that day.
Imagine flying a wheeled plane like this…head to cool airports, land and taxi back to take off never getting out…all the great things about being on the water like fishing, swimming, picnicking are missed…shame
Don, how do you get the speed and track to show? Are you using an Insta 360?
Ha! Hiya, "CharlieXRay" (KZread ID-ed you in an email). In the Insta360 iPhone app and the Insta360 Studio computer app, there's a control called "Stats" that does the job. In Studio it's on the right side, along with other tools. (You won't see them until a 360 video is loaded.) I've found six different stats there: Speed, Elevation, Direction, Total Distance, Slope, and Route. I have an Insta 360 X3. (A week after I bought it they brought out the X4, which is similar but has a bigger sensor and a few other improvements.)
Awesome video my friend , always enjoy your wonderful videos , thank you for sharing and thumps up , have an amazing day 4
Thank👍
Nicely Done Where is the camera mounted?
Hiya, Charlie! The camera was about a foot forward of the right wing, near the landing light. It was a first trial there, using a big, fat mounting pad that shows, partly, in the video as a black lozenge-looking thing. I've since made a better mount that the selfie stick slides into (and out of), so the camera can be up to about 4 ft ahead of the wing. I'm taking it easy with the selfie extension, though, to be sure it's going to be secure in a 100 mph wind. The lenses are wider-angle than 180 degrees, so there's some overlap, and the camera stitches the two videos together in a way that makes the standard selfie stick "invisible." The black mount I used in this video was bigger in diameter than the selfie stick, so parts of it show in the combined video.
Good video.
TOP
Nice work Don 👍
00:10''Yeepee'' 😃🗣️🗣️
How many miles from Lively back to Chesterfield
From Lively direct to KFCI is 53.1 nautical miles--directly over KRIC. To stay out of Class C airspace (but beneath its outer ring) is about 1 nm farther. Or you could fly direct ABOVE Class C, which goes up to 4200 feet--but then you'd have to descend almost straight down over FCI, which is about 1 nm outside of Class C. But I didn't go direct. I stopped at home, which is well to the south of the RIC airspace.
@@THEDonMaxwell I know where KFCI is cause I grew up in Chesterfield. I didn’t know that Ric is a class C airspace and I knew you lived near Hopewell near Jordan Point area
Thank you for making this. Videos like this help me keep writing my screenplay!
A new word for a favorite phenom: UNset! Thanks for letting us ride along.
Beautiful and nice job to you & Carol with the photography! Glad to see you on the H20! More inspiration for me to get mine back out there.
Any issue putting the Searey in the hanger wet after washing ? Nice video.
Fresh water is no problem, but after landing in salty water I rinse it--usually by doing the same things in fresh water as I had done in salt, or by applying SaltAway, or the like.
Great to see you two going strong Cheers
Glad to see a new video Don. I'm from the area, KFCI to Jordan Point it looks like. Hope to run into you one day to check out that Searey. Sure looks like fun!
Right--on both counts!
Just FYI. Pilot of 40 years here. If you want to do a proper wing over, you should first take a couple of lessons and practice learning how to do Lazy Eights. Once you have mastered that, the wing over procedure will come much more naturally to you. There’s a right and wrong way to do it. It’s not just a 90 degree bank and a 180 degree course change. What I’m trying to say is once you master Lazy Eights, you’ll then know what a wind over is supposed to feel like. Lazy 8’s, Chandelles, and Wing Overs are all extremely graceful maneuvers. In fact, once you know the proper way to fly them, you’ll find the aircraft almost flies them itself. It’s a beautifully smooth, gentle maneuver, that should not require any corrections on the yoke. It’s one beautifully fluid motion/movement from beginning to end. And things like bank angle, course in & out, should never be exceeded or need correction.
Nose up 45deg then 90 deg bank, let the plane do its things, once u are nose down close the throttle and gently pull up that’s how they teach us in AUPRT
Very interesting to see a pair of amphibians sharing air and water space!
Did the same in my Savannah but unfortunately landed too hard...ruined the plane. Currently shopping for a Searey
Where to buy?
The red font on your graphics is very difficult to read. White would be much better.
Thanks for the report! I don't remember why I chose the reddish color. You're right that white would have been easier to read--although white with a black outline would be easier no matter what the background color happened to be.
Русская ла-145 лучше
And it can convert to a car
Awesome! I usually say "living the dream" sarcastically. Not you! I've got the bug now, so hopefully that'll change. I'm pursuing a career in the skies! Did a walk thru of two schools this week. No more factory work for me! I hope to have my own Searey before too long!
Thanks a lot for sharing! This is very useful!
One hand on the yoke, one on the throttle gets it done.
Very nice entrance!
Excellent, Don. I enjoyed last year's flyby too. Walter.
Ah yes, a boat with wings
LAKE ANNAAAA
I like it very much
Nothing wrong with that landing. Full stall landing from 12”..... no bounce, plane is done flying.
Now thats a wingover! Nice one mate.
Did George decide to get a Searey?
Ha! I don't know--will have to track him down and find out.
Do you fly to Williamsburg/Jamestown airport a lot? I'm down the road in Newport News and would like to see and talk with you...Gary
That looked as bad as one of my landings 🙂 Not a Searey Pilot - but why not a wheel landing?
Another excellent question. I don't remember why not a wheel landing--but it probably had to do with ground speed. With full flaps my Searey stalls at about 36 mph, so maybe that influenced my thinking at the time. If the tire had been completely flat I would have done a wheeler no matter what--although at that time my brakes didn't hold well enough for a wheeler to have made much difference. A few months ago I replaced the wheels and brakes with new ones, and now I can keep the tail up to a dead stop--so NOW I'd definitely choose a wheel landing.
Hi Don I've been interested in these airplanes for a long time, if theres any way to talk to you about them let me know!
You can try emailing me at this temporary address: [email protected]
What a terrific way to spend an afternoon! Can’t wait to get another Aventura UL, I sold my first one while renovating our house, big mistake….
That is so cooool, here in Europe trying to do something similar would be impossible, great video, safe flights
OTTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR🦦🦦🦦🦦🦦🦦🦦🦦🦦🦦
The Seawind is wrong in so many ways. Make a list, check it twice before you buy one and see how naughty and unnice it is. Waste of fiberglass.
Great flying! Makes me miss it!
Mark, are you still im deutschland? Oder back in the US?
@@THEDonMaxwell Hi Don! I happen to be in VA for about a week, then back to Deutschland. Hope you are well and having fun!
@@mch979 I've just emailed you at yahoo.com