Awesome Open Cockpit Flying in a Quicksilver Ultralight Light Sport Aircraft! (Courtney-96)
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- čas přidán 4. 10. 2021
- Courtney flies her Quicksilver MXL-2 light sport airplane (Ultralight) low and fast around the countryside in this beautiful and thrilling video. She explains why 'speed is life,' and the importance of being able to trade speed for altitude!
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I love low flight. "Acceptable Risk!" and well demonstrated here. I wish we could show the youngsters that flight is affordable and the adrenaline beats any video game 100x!
Talk to them and suggest a discovery flight!
We are helping get the point across. One video at a time!
Excuse me, get them off cells, I worked refueling helicopters, Leer jets, float planes miss it expand you horizons folks.. never to old to learn.. ..
@@CourtneyTakesFlighthow do I get into a discovery flight will it be around every area traveling welder and I am in Tennessee thank you loved it , my dad was flight instructor use to go up all time with him in Cessna 172
I really enjoyed this video. My favorite one on your channel so far. While I have my pilots license, I fly a paramotor; you should try it; many people say it’s life changing; low and slow, drop in on fields; no big deal if the engine goes out, just glide and land; run into the air and step back on earth; can mount it to a small trike if desired; amazing fun.
Awesome flight over beautiful land! Just what I needed to get through a slow Monday afternoon in my office. 😃
Enjoy!
I think the best part is that 55 is considered fast. I love flying around that speed when low but in some aircraft that's not much above stall so you end up going 75etc and you don't have the same fun experience... nor as safe. Looks like such a fun ac to fly.
I agree!
Beautiful scenery and beautiful flight! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it
That was fun and very informative. I so hope I can fly one day.
Take a discovery flight in one!
Always love your videos keep them coming. Thanks
Thanks, will do!
Beautiful flight!
I SO love to fly low!
I find reading your commentary to be a relaxing and intriguing part of your videos.
Thank you!
Very cool Courtney, thanks for taking us along!
You're welcome!
Holy f&£# mate.... You just made the kinetic energy point better than anyone I've ever seen in hundreds of different briefings and CZcams videos with that Poplar height vs VnE example giving it a clearer real world example than anything else too! Wow. Thank you. Bravo and happy piloting.
Thank you.
Awesome Flight :P Thank you for posting :)
You're welcome!
Another great Courtney video - I like your safety-first approach to flying. :-) One minor note - Airspeed + ALTITUDE = Safety. :-)
Safety at that low altitude she likely to get a model plane or drone in her face
Wow, great flight. You tube interrupted my view of the trip mid flight with an ad for life insurance. Funny as,, keep doing what you do, enjoying the videos and all of the safety tips, kind regards, Glen and Di, Queensland Australia
Thank you!
I'm so freaking jealous..awesome video thanks for letting me ride with you!!
You're welcome!
I think a slip is one of the most important maneuvers you can learn. How many new pilots are taught techniques to land an aircraft with flap failure. Luckily my dad got me a few lessons in a J3 cub many years ago and learned how important learning slips was. It’s not just important for flapless aircraft. It’s a great emergency skill to have in general.
I agree! Important maneuver. Knowing this can help you stay alive.
Made my day! Thank you.
You're welcome!
Thanks, loved the flight and the commentary
You're welcome.
Best flight video I’ve seen in ages!
Thank you.
Incredible footage wow
Thank you.
Excellent video!!
Thank you!
A nice bit of fun flying around. Speed is a bit subjective, for an Ultralight that was fast but having been in a Tornado fighter jet at 50ft over the sea at .9mach I always look at my flyng now as being in 1st gear :-)
there is nothing like flying by the seat of your pants. more exciting than any roller-coaster.
Agree!
Nice!👍👍 I had the same plane back in the mid 90s, flying around the coast out here in northeast MA. Lots of fun, but not too many places to be able to crop dust!😄😄
LOL
Gorgeous footage
Thank you
Love this!❤
Thank you.
Thanks for the video 😎
You're welcome!
Great job
I used to do that to it was fun in my Klob altrastar. Open cockpit.
That looks like so much fun
It is. Take a discovery flight!
Lekker genieten van deze prachtige hobby.
Great flight! Would like to sit in the other seat one-day! Thank you for the trip.
You're welcome. Consider going up on a discovery flight with a CFI.
Beautiful flight. I take in all the knowledge you share. I want to fly low, but I need to be safe!
Thank you. Just keep your airspeed up to get yourself out of trouble if it happens!
@@CourtneyTakesFlight it totally makes sense. I wouldn't want to find myself in a situation where I needed to pop over a row of trees or an obstacle, only to realize I have no airspeed and will rely solely on my prop to get me out of there. That would be the time the engine fails and I have an accident.
I Love it , Low and Fast in a quick silver.
Very cool!😎
Thank you.
Love this
Thank you.
Yep. I enjoyed that. :)
Glad you enjoyed it
Loved it , needs lot of practice and courage respect from India
Thank you.
I would just love one of these.
Make it happen.
Super cool
Thank you.
So cool
Thank you!
Better adapt a balliscti chute, i saw on discovery channel, mounted on a cessna aircraft. Realy amazing. Thank you.
I already have one.
Awesome! As if flying manned version of drone through low altitude!
True that!
Quicksilver factory test-pilot loves your bird
Is that you?
Our Girl,Courtney !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!
That's a wings convertible with the hood down baby!
Yes!
When I flew, it was always 1,000' or lower. Any higher seamed just boring. I must admit the little park was way out of town, in the foothills.😉🤓
I suppose every pilot flies differently. I like flying near 10k feet because it makes the world seem insignificant!
Enjoy the comments, add alot to the enjoyment of the flight vid.
Thank you!
Very nice 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
love that oregon countryside view..must be Fall season. Is that the Willamette river?
Yes, it is.
Love the content! Makes me excited about ultralights again! Are you going to Oshkosh this year?
Thank you. Not going to Osh this year!
I used to have fun with my ultralight back in the day. I sold it many years ago b/c I did not like trailering it around and assembling and disassembling it. If I got back into it again, what pointers can I get on locating a hanger to keep it? Any and all replies appreciated!
Hangars away from metro areas are cheaper. There are likely to be waiting lists. Get on them now, even before you get your airplane.
You could have used 1080p bud. Good flying !
Coming soon!
Nice flying and beautiful terrain. I was hoping your airfield would be somewhere on the East Coast, but nope, Oregon.
Yup, Oregon.
@@CourtneyTakesFlight Take a look at what Google says for "wingover." Also, I commend your need for speed but in a drag monster like the MXL-2 if the engine quits it won't help you much. My first ultralight flight was with Bob Essel in a Quicksilver in Ohio in 1994-ish btw.
That was my 1st experimental. Couple videos of it on RRH CZcams. They're old ones I havent posted for a long time. I got rid of that and the then bought a challenger two, sold it bought a challenger one, Then me and my flying buddy Mike Robbins modified it into a light sport plane. , was mounting the engine and then life happened, had to sell it never even got to fly it. Put $10000 and 3 years of working on it.
Sorry to hear.
Hi! Courtney
Your flight was awesome, brings back memories. What part of the country are you in?
Oregon
I don't think I could mentally handle a completely open cockpit. Even if I had an ultralight, I think I would have to have one with a fiberglass shell around it. Yes, of course, it's just all mental.
It's not for everyone. I had previously took a few lessons in a Cessna then the first time up in a Quicksilver, watching the whole ground falling away under you was a bit unsettling at first, but so cool!
Way 😎 COOL - brilliant
Thank you.
OMG didn't anyone ever teach you that power controls altitude and elevator controls airspeed, you must be lucky to be alive! LOL /S
I have more years of saving ahead of me before starting on my life-long goal of building a kit plane or two. But I have occasionally given some serious thought to buying something like the MXL-2 that you demonstrated before then. If I wouldn't have moved from Farm Country to the city long ago, I think I would have one for sure.
Well, that's not surprising since this guy loves to fly low and fast.
Nice video! What camera and mount do you use?
GoPro7
Low and slow that's how we roll
I want one of these
This is funny, because I just recently came from a few videos of plane crashes where they were flying low and fast. Screwing around and laughing all the way up to the point of death. And then all these videos and comments, the lesson was, ALTITUDE is life. It's much safer to fly high than low. Something can happen in an instant and there is no time nor altitude to recover. Then, I come to this video...hmmm...
Yup, that's how it goes. Sad
Your videos are great! It would be cool if you would convert this video to 1080p and re-release it. Such awesome scenery.
Upgrade is down the road.
@@CourtneyTakesFlight good to hear. Your videos and ultralight flying are fantastic.
Great ,Thanks for the ride. Courtney what is with that flag attached to your pedals ?
Cheers.
Girls Kick Ass!
Slip indicator, it shows you that you are in coordinated flight….it should be blowing straight back, if not your plane is not you need to add rudder in one direction or the other.
@@grandenauto3214 I get what you say, Thanks for your reply,
I hope you will at some point get a better camera. Your flights and subsequent videos are awesome, possibly the best channel of its kind - but the resolution of the recordings not so. Thank you for sharing!
The camera doesn't make great videos, but rather the camera operator and video editor. Cutting edge cameras in the wrong hands frequently result in boring videos. You're welcome to send me a brand new GoPro though.
Great video! where is this? That’s beautiful country.
Oregon
@@CourtneyTakesFlight Nice! Keep them coming!
What airport do you fly out of? I would like to try some of your flights in MSFS 2020, but have no idea where to start from.
Try McMinnville airport, MMV.
You got cazone's there! I like you commenting regarding speed and what's going on around you. First time visiting your channel. 5600rpm what engine is it? yep if you're low and not landing you need speed on. however at height you can be closer to stall because you got recovery air under you. Courtney where is this? I notice your deaf but have a sport license. You don't need a radio for that? So you're somewhere in the states. I'm in West Palm Beach pretty crowded air space around here but I'm further West in the county. Too bad I'm too old to fly!
Thank you.
man i need one
Put it on your shopping list!
👍👍
"FAST" lol, I guess it's all relative. Looking good Courtney, not sure which one gets me more excited, plane or pilot ! !
Thank you!
What do you need to fly something like that and do you need to comunicate to the airport there?
This one, being a 2-seater, requires a pilot certificate. And since it's outside of ATC airspace, no radio is needed.
I wish you safe landing. But looking the video first what came into my head - "Hey, look what I can do!!!". As one carpenter said: "I know safety rules as my two last fingers". Good look.
Haha I thought I recognized that airport. I fly my paramotor out of there and live right in Newberg. Been heavily debating a craft more like this. The paramotor is tough on the body. What's a discovery flight running for $?
You could take a discovery flight. I recommend you contact Captain Drake's Family Aerial Adventures in Southern Oregon about a discovery flight. I don't know what they charge specifically but $150 is in the ballpark.
@CourtneyTakesFlight do you not offer them out of Chehalem valley?
How does vne work? Why do you not want to exceed it? Can you for short bursts?
Vne is the never exceed airspeed. If you go pass it, components could start breaking off. If you do exceed it and safety land, your airplane may very well be damaged.
Impressive stuff but I'd far rather be doing it in my MT-03 Autogyro!!!
How many hp in your engine? It seems kinda weak to me but I am only comparing to other videos--I have no plane yet. If you had a 130lb friend with you it would have been difficult if not impossible to fly as you did in this video, right?
52 HP. As with all airplanes, more HP means more weight. It's always a compromise. With my current engine, I have 430 lbs payload capacity - people and fuel.
Do under an overpass.
Piece of cake, just like a touch and go landing, ignore the brigde, in a matter of seconds your through and you're done.
I suggest going with traffic.
If I do that, I risk losing my pilot certificate, and perhaps my ground instructor certificate.
@@CourtneyTakesFlight Really, why? You fly under clouds all the time? Bridge, cloud, power lines, another airplane, the sun moon and stars.
Makes no difference to an aerobatic pilot .
Fun flying low but not many options.
I only did this for the purpose of making the video.
I have to ask, do you worry about upsetting property owners when flying low and slow over their homes and fields?
The FAA regulations say 500 feet from people, buildings, vehicles etc.
@@CourtneyTakesFlight I get that it is legal. I also know my neighboring ranches and that they have two reactions to very low flying planes, ultralites and powered parachutes, it is annoyance and anger. I have a 1200' runway on my property that I stopped using because everyone around me seems to think that they own the sky above their property. I was wondering if you have had any negative feedback from your low flights?
aren't you "supposed" to stay below E airspace, 1,200 ft agl?
If it's VFR conditions, it's below 10,000 ft. If it's instrument flying conditions, there are restrictions.
Where can I get this plane?
Air-Tech Inc in Louisiana
@@CourtneyTakesFlight Thanks
not worried about ziplines?
Very worried. I rarely fly low. Usually just for the sake of making a video.
How does flying low give you spatial disorientation. Thanks for sharing
It could happen at any altitude. For instance, you could be hit with a sideways gust on an otherwise uneventful landing approach and before you get a grasp on what happened a wingtip is ready to hit the ground.
Hi. Ihad studying this aircrafts for some time. They really seem very fragile, tubing and cloth. Better avoid flying them at all cost. My very best regards, you are fantastic pilot!
actually, the main reason for airplane crashes is pilot error.
Alright. . . . nice flight! The question is. . . . .can you take that bird & take off & land from a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier??? I wannuh see ya do a "CAT & TRAP" !!! If you can do that, then I'll subscribe to the channel!
Luckily there's no aircraft carrier or museum anywhere near me, otherwise I'd be in trouble for taking you up on this dare!
@Courtney Takes Flight Lol🤣👍🏻! I was in the U.S. Navy as a jet engine mechanic & airframe mech as well. Have alot of experiance with aircraft carrier flight ops, launch & recoveries. Ive always wanted to see an ultralight airplane land & take off aboard a carrier flight deck at the landing airstrip section of the flight deck. " CAT" is the aircraft launch sequence & "TRAP" is the landing with the aircraft tail hook & flight deck arresting cable.
My Uncle's aircraft carrier is a museum now out there in San Diego, California--U.S.S. MIDWAY CV-41! You could try that one, but a word of caution ⚠️. . . . .the deck is fouled with static display aircraft. . . . .you still game???🤔🤔🤔🤭😁😉
She could take off sideways from the deck!
darn.. I tried this at home, but ran out of space.. :-/
And what happened?
If your flying that low over fields near me your likely to get a drone in your mush
Read the FAA regs closely.
@@CourtneyTakesFlight whoever this steveo is, seems like a young, one dimensional player.. great flight Courtney 👍🏼
Hello captain, how are you, how can I contact you?
What do you need to know?
Remember children of the string goes straight up pray to god you can get airspeed
Wow, there is a lot of play in the joystick. The pilot had to pull the joystick way back to take off, then way forward to its neutral point. It looks like a very forgiving plane to fly with all that free play.
It's not much free play, but rather, an optical illusion. Most pilots have the stick's "neutral" position further forward than mine. I moved mine back, which means I have to pull further back to climb. In flight, it's pretty precise without "Freeplay"
@@CourtneyTakesFlight Thanks for this clarification. Superb flying by the way. I let drones go on all my aerial adventures since I'm too chicken to leave the ground.
@@riverbankfisher Thank you!
You know you are flying low when you have to climb to get over the barb wire fences. Just keep away from flocks of sheep, they go nuts, instinctive fear of attack from the air.
Agree. I avoid animals whenever possible.
Ironically I find farm animals don't get startled when I fly low. If I'm about 100ft+ sure but below that not. I think they just see me as a tractor... genuinely they don't run. They just stare.
What motor in video?
Rotax 503
@@CourtneyTakesFlight
Do u have a link to your first video #1
@@CourtneyTakesFlight
Is it good beginner craft
@@michaelvincent9060 Yes, get the Quicksilver MX SPORT.
@@CourtneyTakesFlight
What’s your opinion of the Aerolite 103. More affordable for me also was thinking two seater
Loved this vid...I suspect even without the ultralight, you are quite the awesome chick...just say'in....
Perhaps!
Question- Do your aircraft include a ballistic parachute? Have you ever heard of them being deployed in the event of an emergency? It seems to me, you are flying too low for these things to be effective. Thoughts?
@@masteringsecuritymanagemen4803 You have to be about 500+ ft AGL, 1,000 feet preferably for the parachute to work fully. I rarely fly below 1,000 except when I'm rolling video.
@@masteringsecuritymanagemen4803 And yes, there have been over 300 saves in aircraft of all kinds with the BRS brand alone.
Why not go under the power lines?
Easier said than done. An unnecessary risk unless it's an emergency.
@@CourtneyTakesFlight I had to do it as a crop sprayer in Southern Africa and also under much lower phone lines and at Pawnee speeds. It was routine - not an emergency.
@@XRP747E crop dusters are different. They've the training and experience to do this, plus their airplanes have safety devices, such as blades to slice through wires if they accidentally hit one.
@@CourtneyTakesFlight Really? Not in my day, but I'd like to see someone slice through a power line. 🤭
@@CourtneyTakesFlight During that period in South Africa and Zimbabwe, there was NO specific training for crop spraying. You learned on the job. The biggest dangers may not be what you think - plus observational techniques need to be understood about not readily apparent obstacles. I was thinking about that as I watched you low flying in your interesting video. Flying at lower speeds definitely reduces the chances of an accident.
Like to get me one
Take a discovery flight in one!
LOL..fast in a MX.........funny.
Low and FAST! oxymoron statement. Low yes, fast don't make me laugh.
Fast in the way it's considerably faster than stall speed. This keeps you alive.
Well yes, just poking fun at the term fast and a quick silver. I've been flying since I was 14. Started with hang gliders in the mid 70's then general aviation before the end of that decade, piper tomahawk " trauma" hawk. To expensive so settled on the Kasper Wing ultralight, really slow, very hard to stall. So slow I became very versed at flying backwards🤔. Most folks on the ground were dumbfounded how in the hell can you fly forward hover and backward, I just usually answered,"Very carefully". But as you know it's all up to the headwind power setting and attitude and additude see what I did there. Later went back and got my private, land, sea, and multiengine ratings.
Then sold the Kasper, bought a Pterodactyl Ascender, I call it an Ass Ender. Looks like it should fly backward. Been flying it since the early 1990's. Actually a very good flyer and very maneuverable.
Owned many ultralights and experimental aircraft over the last couple of decades currently fly my Pterodactyl and a Cessna 177. I've flown hundreds of hours low and slow over the country side and farms. It's an awesome way to relax and let the ground roll by. Just yourself the wind and the scenery.
Biggest twin I've flown is a Cessna 310. Flying low over the terrain and flat out is a whole other deal it's extremely expensive, and a slight mishandling of the controls and you've dug a RIP 🕳️ or just a skidmark at about 230 mph.
One thing is that at low speeds in the Pterodactyl say 45mph it's so much easier to add a little speed and definitely easier on the engine flying low and in ground effect since this reduces drag and the control response is better as well. Just have to keep the wind maker running.
Be safe have fun, wheels down when landing...
“Cockpit” is no longer allowed by the wokesters. It’s “flight deck”😂
Worst landing I’ve ever seen.
I think you better get your license, your going to kill someone.
I already have a pilot certificate. I must be exceptionally bad then, eh?
Maybe work on your ATP.
No trying to cut you down.
I’ve been flying for over 50 years. I’ve built everything from B1-RDs to Nemis NXTs
Currently flying a little spy plane from BAB.
Just saying there is no reason to slip a Quick Silver. No reason to worry about the engine to quit, it’s Going to Quit. Better to have your cell phone and get to know all the farmers fields you’re flying over. If you trip on the engine stopping all the time, you can’t relax and in joy the moment.
I’ve meet some of the best people I know, after landing in their fields, fixing stuff, meeting their families.
5 star hotels every time.
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