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It is in the credits at end of video. Barefoot Man. I bought vinyl Come Scuba Do With Me many MANY years ago. I have his permission to use his music for my videos. He has written about 2,000 songs - yep, that many. He was in Cayman Islands. Not sure if still performing. Find vinyl on ebay. Great diving music! He has everything from kid music to raunchy.

Very welcome. I enjoy giving flights to Young Eagles.

Cascades are not a big deal. Even in my little plane it's a 20 minute flight through the actual pass. The Rockies - now that is a different issue. Want to be over 10,000 ft and takes 2+ hours. I've done two round trips to Oshkosh, 2017 and 2019, so 4 trips over both mountain ranges in this little plane (follow I-90 each time). Good to take a mountain flying course. Ask your FBO or instructor if you are renting what their rules are. I always fly over a highway as then I know I have a flat area in case of an incident and highways go over a pass, which is generally low or lowest way through. It may be shorter to go direct over mountain ranges but if something happens there are few options, at least in small planes. I have flown into Stehekin where the only option is direct.

@@scubajam Very cool! Thanks for your reply!

How about no music, I would rather hear the engines or you talking about the flight

No CFI here. And at 75 I'm not inclined to start something. Insurance is hard enough now. Thnx for the good words and acknowledging what I thought was good basic instruction. Jameson did very well today, better than most and younger than many youth I fly. There's no rule he can have only one YE flight, but we like to space at least 6 months apart. He can join our chapter for our $5 a year student dues. That way he will get our newsletter and learn when our rallies are, maybe even help on the ground. I gave a YE ride to Ishitha in Dec and she started a youth aviation group on Instagram and now has near 100 members. She's even on our board of directors as Youth Ambassador and is taking glider lessons (solo at 14, glider license at 16). Jameson might want to join Sky Riders on Instagram. We have a very active YE program. Before COVID our Chapter 84 was flying 300 to 500 per year.

@@scubajam Jim, I will suggest both options. He may be off to college in Spring, possibly out of state. But just staying in touch and helping when able is a great way to stay involved and aware of opportunities to learn more. Thanks Again! Mark

I'm 5'8", Steve about 5'11" and we have another about 6'1". We all fit. A 6'4" tried and could do, but knees were high. If you are building yourself you can adjust pedals. You may be able to install adjustable pedals; ours are stock - fixed. Headroom there is enough for a 6"10" wearing a cowboy hat! We actually have a 2" to 3" cushion under the seat for Steve and myself to get us up higher.

@@scubajam appreciate the response. I'm 6'2" I really like this plane. Planning on heading to zenith for factory visit, rudder workshop and demo flight.

Rotax ULS 100 hp carb version. We looked at Viking, UL, Rotax, and Corvair. Rotax was most expense, and most reliable. This was 5 years ago. Viking and UL were both having issues. Today those have been solved and I would install Viking. The Rotax has been very reliable. I've flown from WA to OSH and back twice; across Cascades and Rockies.

The Warp Drive prop came with Rotax firewall forward package, which includes engine, prop, mount, and cowl. Since we have changed prop to Sensenich, which gave us extra 2-3 kts and much easier to adjust.

@@scubajam thank you so much for the information, I think I'll go for the same engine. And taking about the prop, what do you think about the WW? Similar to the WP or Sensenich?

@@aviacioncordoba I have no experience or information on WW. Sensenich has easy plug in setting for all 3 blades at one time and blade design is slightly scimitar shape. Warp drive is standard 100 yr old prop shape and each blade has to be set with level and angle. Seems easy, but actually difficult to get all 3 blades exactly the same. Then to change angle slightly is another major task. Sensenich just plug in a different angle pin on the hub and all 3 blades easy to set. It comes with 3 or 4 pins, each has 2 settings. Been a couple years since we last did it. We've been flying instead of wrenching, although we have made small adjustments and obviously on-going maintenance to the airframe; nothing to the engine except a couple springs on the exhaust system have broken. That is common on Rotax. We have all our maintenance done by a local shop that specializes in only experimental and light sport aircraft. They are Rotax and Dynon dealers and know their stuff. Now as the springs break they are replaced with after market stainless steel ones (2 springs in 3 years). The one item not good on the Rotax and it doesn't affect reliability. For example on the maintenance shop: experimental owner (not sure which model plane) came in complaining of leak in fuel system, gascolator. Aircore at KAWO took it apart and noted gasket was oversized. They went back to parts room for a new one and 15 min later when they returned old gasket was to original shape. Seems the alcohol in the fuel caused it to expand. Changed gasket to different material - no more issues. Not many shops would catch that; most would throw away gasket immediately. We burn mostly premium mogas w/o alcohol from Costco or Co-op, but our entire fuel system is alcohol resistant just in case. Obviously have to burn 100LL when away from home base. Rotax recommends changing oil twice as frequently if burning 100LL. 50 hrs vs 100 hrs, but really changing more frequently is best, like 25 and 40 to 50 hrs. Plane is now 375 hrs after 3.5 years. If I had to do now, I would go with Viking engine. They have worked out the bugs and 130 hp vs 100. We have a local pilot built Zenith CH-750 high wing with Viking and it has been good for him. But that is just one data point.

@@scubajam I really appreciate your help, and if have any doubt I'll ask you if you don't mind. Here in Argentina it's really difficult to find fuel w/o ethanol, and this causes a lot of problems (for example fuel destroyed fuel senders in the tank of a ch750). But I'll take notes of all these to be aware. Have a nice 2021!

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Absolutely NO. You can buy plans directly from Zenith. They support plans built, but only if you buy plans from them. There are many, many pages and lots of detail. Still, it is an airplane and you have to figure some things out. The $$ for the plans are not just for the paper, but also for the support. You can buy many items that are difficult to scratch build, like canopy, landing gear, and lots of detail items. With the plans you get a serial number that says you are officially authorized to build the plane. With the plans you also get support so you can email or call them and they will answer questions. This is not a cheap plane, even plans built. You can also consider building a KR2S, which are all plans built and much less $$ but support is only by online forum. The engine and radios/instruments will cost much more than the basic plane.

Rotax 912 Carb version

Glad you like it and appreciate it. Lots of editing work. I sold the 172 and now flying a homebuilt Zenith CH-650 you can see in my other videos. I did fly the 650 to Hood River Fly-In in 2018. I missed this year, 2019, repairing damage to my plane from turbulence coming back from Oshkosh.