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Kodiak MD
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 29 มี.ค. 2022
Follow my journey as a new Pilot flying a Daher Kodiak 100 Turboprop. My goal is for this channel to help motivate new pilots and give more insight about the Kodiak 100 and why it was the aircraft of choice for me.
The Best Days Are Kodiak Days
Over the past year, I’ve had the pleasure of becoming friends with Raphael Maitre, an executive at Daher in France. During his visit to Southern California, we took the Kodiak for an unforgettable adventure-flying to Catalina Island and then to Carlsbad to visit the iconic Top Gun House.
Join us on this incredible journey and experience the versatility of the Kodiak firsthand. From island hopping to iconic landmarks, it’s proof that the BEST days are always Kodiak Days!
If you enjoy this content, please Like, Subscribe, and Share! Your support inspires me to create more videos and share my adventures with you. Thank you for watching!
Join us on this incredible journey and experience the versatility of the Kodiak firsthand. From island hopping to iconic landmarks, it’s proof that the BEST days are always Kodiak Days!
If you enjoy this content, please Like, Subscribe, and Share! Your support inspires me to create more videos and share my adventures with you. Thank you for watching!
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Kodiak vs Caravan Part 3 (Kodiak’s Response)
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This is an update to the last video that I posted. Kodiak has really pulled through and are working with me to resolve the issues that I had. I will keep the channel going and hope to have more flying content for everyone soon!
SCARY EXPERIENCE Boeing 737 Max Flap Failure & Emergency Landing
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This happened yesterday 8/8/24 while landing in the Cayman Islands. We entered a hold and I didn’t think much of it. After some time the captain said there is a mechanical failure and they are troubleshooting it. We were in the hold for what seemed like an hour (it was forever) and finally the captain said there was a flap failure and we would burn off fuel and attempt to land. I was on the fli...
Heading to Lake Tahoe in the Kodiak
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Hit a little icing and imc on the way up there. Climbed up to 14,000ft for MEA’s then did the approach into truckee. The more I fly the Kodiak the more I love it.
IFR Approach into Truckee Kodiak 100
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We were the first plane to make it in for the day due to a low fog layer and clouds. Weather cleared up a bit about 15 minutes before we arrived. Sure beats flying to our alternate which was Reno.
Flying the Kodiak with an Old Buddy to Catalina KAVX
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Really amazing being able to share this experience with my friends.
Airborne Alert! Lithium Fires In A Plane…Scary Stuff
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Had a really scary incident with an iPhone lithium wireless charger. Changing some of my flying protocols…
Cessna Caravan vs Kodiak 100...What's Better???
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Looking to upgrade from a typewriter to a computer? If you're a fan of aircraft, you might already know a lot about the Cessna Caravan, but have you heard about the Kodiak? In this video, we're going to compare these two planes and explore why the Kodiak is often overlooked despite its superior features. From speed and durability to comfort and safety, the Kodiak comes out on top in almost ever...
Kodiak Solo to Catalina KAVX With One Of My Best Friends
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15 years ago I told one of my best friends I was going to become a pilot and buy an airplane. This was the first time I flew him 🙏
Did I Really Take a Commercial Check Ride In The Kodiak?
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Did I Really Take a Commercial Check Ride In The Kodiak?
I Was Flying Sunday Morning and This Happened ✈️
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I Was Flying Sunday Morning and This Happened ✈️
How It Feels To Solo a PT-6 Turbine Kodiak For The First Time
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How It Feels To Solo a PT-6 Turbine Kodiak For The First Time
How Do You Get Trained To Fly a Kodiak & What’s Next?
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How Do You Get Trained To Fly a Kodiak & What’s Next?
Short Final into Catalina (KAVX) Kodiak 100
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Short Final into Catalina (KAVX) Kodiak 100
You Cant Fly a Kodiak If Your Name Is Wilbur
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You Cant Fly a Kodiak If Your Name Is Wilbur
$50k+ To Get Your Pilots License & Instrument Rating…This Is Why
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$50k To Get Your Pilots License & Instrument Rating…This Is Why
ATC Screws Up & Tries To Land Me At The Wrong Airport
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ATC Screws Up & Tries To Land Me At The Wrong Airport
$120K A Year Insurance For A New Pilot & New Kodiak..The Struggle Is Real
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$120K A Year Insurance For A New Pilot & New Kodiak..The Struggle Is Real
Cruising the California Coast Kodiak 100
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Cruising the California Coast Kodiak 100
Approaching Las Vegas and Landing in a Kodiak 100
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Approaching Las Vegas and Landing in a Kodiak 100
Looks a great day Amir! Great to see you still enjoying the Kodiak, Merry Christmas from the Gold Coast Australia! 🤙🛩️✈️🏄🎄🦘
Oh…you still flying with the Kodiak. Did it get better with Daher? I thought you wanted to sell the plane and go for a Jet. 🛩️ nice flight. As I live in Europe now, it gave me memories to Catalina. Last time I was out there in 1989. Such a lovely place. Take care and thanks for the nice video. 😊
Thank you Amir, this is really nice to see the edited movie. I will always remember these amazing days spent together in your beautiful Laguna Beach area. Discovering your world, your approach of flying, Jay Aviation, Orange County airport, Catalina Island, the top gun house and your family. Enjoy the holiday season. See you in France soon for your next great movie ! Daher Kodiak and I thank you for your patience and your business.
Sweet! Glad you are still enjoying the Kodiak and glad that DHAER is taking good care of their customers (now) on your end. I’m in really good hands here in germany fortunately and I really hope it’ll stay this way. One little know-it-all-thing: On landing on Catalina island, prop looks like still being at 2000RPM… 😜 Sorry! 🫣 I know, I know… I’m still working on my Kodiak-perfection myself… Merry Christmas, happy new year and always happy landings!!!
Good Day Doc. Good thing you're enjoying your Kodiak again. Cheers Thanks for sharing your passion. 👍
Glad it's working out for you but I can't help thinking you have a case of Stockholm syndrome. +1 on it being a shame you took down your video...
That landing on Catalina, tho, wow. Doesn't get any smoother than that, and considering that's an up-sloping runway with unpredictable wind currents, it was pretty sweet, man. ;)
I love your plane.
Thanks for sharing, Hope Kodiak is taking care of you now. Please keep up the videos .
Thanks for watching and for the support.
Glad you got everything straightened out,,,, that’s a sweet plane
Thank you! Things have been on track the right way. More content to come
Doctor? Cosmetic surgeon for sure.
PLEASE , I WOULD LIKE A (respuesta), about ( a cerca ), de mi anterior comentario, ( of my comment ). Thanks again ( de nuevo ), for you. Camilo Perez Pereiro.
Thanks for the feedback, Camilo, I will take it into consideration.
VERY GOOD THE VIDEO, BUT PLEASE, WE WOULD LIKE TOO, THE TRANSLATION <<TRADUCCION TAMBIEN, EN ESPAÑOL, TOO IN SPANISH>>, WE ARE MILLIONS IN THIS COUNTRY, THAT WE ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS , BUT WE LIKE ALL THIS COMMENTS IN SPANISH LANGUAGE. YOU ARE VERY NICE, VERY VERY VERY GOOD ALL THIS VIDEO, BUT AGAIN AT THE SAME TIME , IIN SPANISH LANGUAGE, IT IS , THE 2 OPTIONS , ENGLISH , AND SPANISH LANGUAGES. SINCERILY YOURS . YOU ARE VERY NICE. CONGRATULATIONS. Camilo Perez Pereiro. In 1950's, in Cuba, I learn the course of private pilot, in the famous <<PIPER J3 CUB..
We flew both and made the same choice.
Awesome!
Cessna's sales force definitely stinks. The problem is that they have an order backlog with aircraft trickling out of the factory so they really don't care & that is obvious. Fit and finish on the Kodiak is a set up for sure. Overall the two airplanes are kind of an apples to apples comparison outside of the fit and finish. As a high time 208 pilot in the "on demand" arena, the 208 is a better pick for 135 use which effectively destroys most aircraft anyway. Having flown both the 208 and the Kodiak on amphibs - Kodiak wins !
I was looking for a personal airplane I could use for work and thus a 135 was not a consideration at all as I would never charter my airplane. Thanks for watching.
A short ride...no helmet, no gloves, no boots on a bike you are unfamiliar with. What are you thinking? .
Thinking Safety Second 🤪
Shows the power of social media. The squeaky wheel gets the grease, too bad it took things to progress to mthe point of going public. However, it might have been all for the good, if it changes the attitude towards client and customer satisfaction by manufacturers.
While things went public, and it is too bad, the company stepped up and took the appropriate steps to make things right. They have also reviewed their policies and protocols and are making things better for the end user. I will continue to update everyone on how things go. Thanks for watching
I had a malamute who was an angry drunk too😂 i forced rehab on him, he never wagged his tail again
Well, I removed the beers so she is now a recovered alcoholic.
Been flying Caravans for about two years, mine has the Oasis interior and is hands down better than the Kodiak. It sucks you had such a bad experience. We land in a 1900 ft strip with 10 adults plus bags and doing 177 TAS in cruise
What’s better? The oasis interior is an aftermarket interior not from the factory. Aside from that it’s not easy to remove those seats. I can remove the Kodiak seats in a matter of 5 minutes, and unsnap my carpet and have a completely different aircraft which was important for me. The Caravan interior also has air vents from a 1975 Chrysler, its cockpit is just a grab bag of parts used in 172/182’s, and its air conditioning control system is again 50 years old. It also has old school back up gauges that again are 50 years old and look plain ugly. The Kodiak can also land in a 1900ft strip with 10 adults and bags. All the performance numbers of the Kodiak are superior to the Caravan. You also have a tailwind start limitation in the Caravan which you do not in the Kodiak and in hot temperatures the caravan overheats in which the Kodiak doesn’t. Sounds like you’re into old, dated stuff which is totally fine. To Each Their Own.
Please make a long format video of a full flight profile. Great channel!
I am working on it, it’s a lot of video to edit.
no question if your not already you will be a very professional pilot, much respect
2 Jet Type Ratings now. Thanks for Watching!
Interesting video, I like it! Now if you have such big funds available to buy such a fantastic and very expensive airplane, I wonder whether you also considered to buy a twin engine airplane which would be even safer because of two engines... If you didn't, why not? Why did you chose a single engine turbo-prop?
Glad to hear this got resolved 👍🏽
Thank you
That is wild no hours no instrument rating going from a 172 to a turbine dumb dangerous and different!! fr sure! my Husband is a 737 captain 7200 hrs and even he would not attempt to fly a small turbo prop !!
I love comments like these. Just because you or your husband couldn’t do it doesn’t mean other people can’t. Thanks for letting me prove people like you wrong ✌️
I built most of this bike.😊
I LOVE it!!
There is no better sound!
I Agree!!
Congrats on getting that badass ship.
Thank you!
When you leave your command seat you are shifting your CG pretty far rear, if your autopilots reaches its limits and disconnects you will be videoing your death. You will be screaming and panicking, it will look very foolish. You are displaying habits of pilots that think they know more than they do.
Aft CG 🤣 I’m not flying a 182 and a CFI is sitting up front…but thanks Captain…
i dont think taking down the video was the right thing to do, thats part of the experience, what happened, how it happened, and the surprise ending where the company actually stepped up. did Cessna reach out? i was expecting the announcement of the new "caravan md" channel.
While I agree it’s part of the experience, the company stepped up and did what’s right and has worked on their policies to make things better for the end user. I felt the right thing to do was to move on from it. Cessna did actually reach out and I just wasn’t interested. Thanks for watching and the feedback.
Kodiak looks like more of a corporate plane but if ur hauling a caravan is awesome
Agree and I’m not hauling boxes.
How did things work out with you and the Kodi if my memory serves me correctly you had a leak in your tank and your wing something to do with your engine or engine mount did they fix it properly and is there a customer service beginning to get the message cuz I would hate for this company to go under all because of bad customer service or bad management
They stepped up and have made things right. They have also worked out their customer service kinks. Thanks for watching.
I'm just surprised you're flying economy!
It keeps the kids grounded! They don’t need to fly private or first every time.
I'm not a fan of the soft tail Dominator. But it is what it is
I already have a wcc hard tail so I wanted something that would be comfortable and I could cruise on. Thanks for watching.
@@kodiakmd Nice. I inquired about a CFL a few years ago but eventually decided against it for the time being. I'm interested about the new El Diablo making its much waited return. Your welcome. Enjoy your ride
So Awesome!
Thanks for watching
As a veterinarian and pilot. Thank you for your video I will buy a caravan now. Also. Your beautiful dog just wants your attention. Chill
Best of luck on your purchase.
Nice work getting them to get on their senses. But I wonder how the resolution would differ if it wasn't posted on youtube...
Sadly I think there would not have been a resolution. However, once upper management was aware of the situation they went above and beyond what they have needed to do to make things right. They seem to care about the company and owners. I will keep everyone updated on how things progress. Thanks for watching
But where's your TKS tank?...ouch
It’s built into the front section of the pod why?
@@kodiakmd Glad they moved it, the one we were looking at had it behind the pilot seat on the seat rails
If the plane doesn’t have a factory cargo pod then the tks tank is in between the seats. If you have a factory pod it’s built into the pods front section. Thanks for watching.
Good job! Thank you!
Great stuff, you are a very fair and honest person and just a very nice genuine person, well done to Kodiak for stepping up
Thank you so much for the support and for watching.
The ONLY reason they reached out is because of your video and the responses to it. Had you not made it they would have blown you off. I still wouldn't touch their product with some one else's ten foot pole.
That is likely 100% true. However once upper management was aware of their deficiencies they fixed them. Sometimes it takes something like this to change company policies and procedures. Thanks for watching.
I am glad things are working out. However, do you think this problem would have been resolved if not for the number of views on your video's? It could be upper management did not know about the issues, now they do and they will fix it. But someone(s) have been driving the culture that caused the problem. Hopefully they fix that. Quality organizations do not drive a culture that leads to unhappy customers. It was not a one off problem for you, it seemed to be almost a complete disregard for the issues you were having and resolving them in a professional way. I bet the folks that work for you in your offices would not even think about treating one of your customers that way because they know you would not tolerate it.
Good on you . Not only are you getting better service . You probably are getting others better service .
Thank you. Kodiak did reach out to all of their customers to make sure they were not having issues and that was an important step. They have worked to resolve a lot of issues and have worked on changing their policies to help the end user. I will keep everyone updated. Thanks for watching!
Doc, I think you were too nice. It wasn't a breakdown in communication. Your videos showed clear communication! The problem was their culture. Is that a GA culture? I don't know. I hope you are successful in changing their culture and if that same culture exists in GA I hope there is a ripple effect. For the sake of all of us in the GA world keep the PUBLIC pressure on them! Maybe they will agree to that and record them on your next video!
Thank you for the feedback. I’ve kept the pressure on them and Kodiak has been working on making things better for their end users. I’ll keep everyone updated!
Doc, I'm happy you got it resolved 👊🏿
Thank you and thanks for watching!
These planes need to be grounded.
I don’t disagree. Was a scary experience.
As a Kodiak owner myself I’m glad to hear that they apparently take this seriously! I hope they keep it that way. I can’t complain about the service here in Germany. I can see why you took the other video down. Please keep us posted!
Thanks for the support and watching.
Lesson learned - if you want good customer service .. make a TH-cam Video!
Or get a Cessna 😂
Or a PC 12
So happy to see Kodiak is stepping up and doing the right thing. That’s a win for general aviation. Look forward to more videos.
Thank you and thanks for watching!
Good to see a positive resolution, especially a manufacturer standing behind their product - great for General Aviation.
Thanks Rich for all your help and support
I'm glad Daher is doing the right thing. Very refreshing to see them step up! Equally pleased that you acknowledged their efforts. I always look for your videos, so I'm glad to hear more are on the way. Especially looking forward to the one with the company execs participating. Great news!!!
Thanks for watching! As promised, a company exec video just posted!