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Global - will cover the COZY MKIV hull value at a fair cost.

There were similar drone operations (9' wing span, at dusk, with lights) in the midwest recently with no public explanation. Maybe radiation levels spiking in NJ this year is merely a coincidence.

I always follow musical pilot channels on YT. Must be nice to swing by the music store via air. Was pretty much expecting to see a new synth in the backseat...good self restraing!

I wonder if there’s some difference for what you want out of ownership and also how much more often you CAN actually fly with your own airplane. My goal when I earned my PPL was to fly a minimum of twice a month, but what I’ve quickly found is that I manage more like once a month at best because if weather or maintenance cancels my scheduled rental I have to book another week out. Both airports I rent from are 45 minutes away so flying has to be a planned day, not an impulse. Sometimes I get lucky and can get a plane on short notice on a nice day where I actually have time, but overall I’m not flying nearly as much as I want. I have no interest in super capable cross country machines, I fly for the sheer feel and love of it, so I’m seriously considering getting an old taildragger for under 30k. I could base that at the field 5 minutes from my house and with that kind of access I would probably fly multiple times a week because I could just hop in the plane and hit the circuit (mastering a tailwheel seems to be a lifelong pursuit) or fly down the beach. I could go up on work days to de-stress. That’s the dream for me. I think it should be possible to keep annual costs to own and fly a plane like that under 10k a year.

In Barbados the most I've paid for hull and liability US$13,500 a couple of years ago. My plane can get no quotes to insure, not hull and not liability; plane has been on the ground on Guadeloupe for more than two years - the type of exotic airplane, yes, a fire breathing PA28!

I think just deleted my own comment…. Let me know the next time you’re in Lakeland and you can fly the Searey. It lives at KVDF in Tampa. It’ll be at Sun N Fun

One thing is for sure: as easy as it is for anyone to mistake an airplane for a drone (particularly at night), EVERYBODY, DO NOT SHOOT AT THESE THINGS!!! Darn all if you are WRONG you are going to kill someone!!!

RV6A owner here. $60k plane insurance $1300 annually and it gets 4.5-5.5 GPH and TAS of 170-180. I love it

Is it justifiable? No. Is it worth it ? Absolutely

Just sold my experimental Hiperbipe and stepped up to a Baron 55. After owning lots of airplanes, the freedom an experimental is something to consider. I basically sold a new experimental aircraft with 200hrs on it for the same price it’s going to cost to overhaul one of my Baron engines and a prop. Makes me a little sad.

As a non-pilot type this makes sense to me & it almost sounds as if our "Aviation System" is limiting it's own growth in numbers of pilots and in equipment upgrading as well? The term I'd use is ; " bass ackwards " but I'm uneducated & on the outside trying to LQQK In ? I appreciate the way you explain things & I've told you before that you'd be a good University Teacher but I digress! I love these Canard Winged Aircraft - not just the looks but how they keep you from stalling. They are "fast" & you land going very fast which explained why you might burn up brakes on these models but I love the plane. I'm older so IDKnow that I'll be chasing a license but thank you for explaining this as if I were a child = I am when it comes to this. peace & merry holidays

What about all the work you did on front landing gear

Great info ! Thanks Rick 4g4

Still tracking here Scott. It is summer here in "The Other Down-Under" here in the Americas. So far south it is like being North again. So, busy busy busy. You are up 1500 actual subscribers in the last what? 8 months. 10 to 1 with regular viewers who don´t subscribe. So, Nice work. I still say a PA-46 is your next ride... You strike me a piston P-46 guy... IDK, You just do. I still think you should be doing a trip to CFB Trenton to revisit how ELTs work from the catch end. And you should interface with Public Affairs in Toronto to set that up. And, then get that machine of yours into a wind tunnel. You know what I think. Burble. I think you detected it. I think a cowling mod will remove it. I hope you aren't avoiding Trenton because you think you MIGHT have a fleet wide correctable burble issue, that can be fixed. That would widen safety margins. That would be group think in the wrong direction. I think you had another issue, but you would not have detected the burble without that issue in place. The design is sound. There is only one way to find out. And, finding out on someone else's dime is a good way to do it. They will get value also... As will the Canard Community.

These have just one port correct? You would need a second unit for a passenger if you go over 15k' with someone else in the plane...

Scott, Thanks for the excellent videos. I enjoy the information and experiences you share. Mike in Michigan

Very well thought out explanation regarding cost vs hours/yr flown, and even that insurance thing. I've been contemplating the idea of purchasing my own, but for the limited VFR opportunities we have here in NE Ohio, and that I would likely NOT be taking long trips, renting seems to be my best option for the flying I would likely be doing - just getting up to 3-4-thousand feet every so often for sightseeing, $150 hamburger flights, or otherwise mindlessly boring holes in the sky.

Very thorough explanation of airplane ownership. Your messaging on engine value vs TBO I think left the impression that engines at TBO need to be overhauled. An aircraft engine does not necessarily need to be overhauled at TBO. So just because an engine is 200 hours short of “TBO” does not necessarily mean that you can’t fly it significantly beyond 200 hours and enjoy the value of those “extra” hours. A common misconception I run across is that an engine must be overhauled at TBO, which is not at all true for any aircraft not being flown commercially. I wish more pilots understood this. Of course, this very much depends on the measurable actual condition of the engine, how well the engine has been treated, maintained, and documented. Nevertheless, a new aircraft owner can still enjoy significant value and economy from a near TBO engine.

-- Great video! 😊👍🛩️

I just got a quote for insurance. Im a student buying a 1958 ces175 $100,000 hull value and standard liability. On record I have only 1 hour. My quote came in at $2500. Now it stated that I must be under the supervision of an instructor at all times. Which includes any solo time. I thought was a mistake. I was expecting a lot higher. My broker chucked and assured me that is the cost. Which isn’t bad considering. We’ll see what happens next year once I have my private what the change will be.

Scott, The Best explanation of airplane ownership and related expenses ever. Scott, wishing you and family a Blessed Christmas and Wonderful New Year.

Thanks Scott for telling the truth.

I don't know. Having to rely on heat from the exhaust manifold seems iffy and just waiting for carbon monoxide to eventually show up. I'm surprised that that installing something as simple as a ceramic heated hasn't been designed or used yet? Must be away?

Strongsville wow, my dad teaches pickleball over there.

Long ago I saw a cartoon in which Goofy orders a plane kit in the mail and tries to put it together. I thought that's a completely dumbass idea that only works in a cartoon. Boy was I wrong.

Even more puzzling is the FAA publishing no-fly zones for drones over towns in New Hampshire.

Good video. I really liked how you countered conspiracies with facts about airplanes mistaken as drones. And then you went down your own conspiracy path with loosely related assumptions devoid of facts.

And they're coming from the mothership coming from the carrier offshore of New Jersey

There are military drones from China in Russia where are under attack they know where all the military bases are they going to be the first one to attack

Sadly the "Remote ID" that meets FAA guideline has at best 1/4 mile (1320') limit for displaying on your Drone Scanner App. So you almost have to be under them to get that information broadcast from the drone. Look this up on TH-cam, there are a lot of sites that test many different Remote ID modules some broadcast about 100' but appear to comply with the regulation. My MavicPro with the Spektrum remote id gives me about 1300'.

Practicing a novel security precaution disguised as a military show of force for the upcoming inauguration? In the meantime the military can use it as training time for mapping, coordination, etc. I know from first-hand experience military branches don't always coordinate well, even when sharing a base. But if the military isn't losing their shit over something, chances are it is something the DoD is running or has sanctioned.

Indeed, I have yet to see one of these "drone" videos that's not very, very, very clearly a plane with standard lighting. But hey, I'm not there.... that's just what I see online.

I didn't hear any conspiracy, only educated speculation...big difference.

- This is probably the first discussion of the drones that I heard, where aliens weren't mentioned 😀 - Sounds about right. Mass hysteria. And government drones that they don't want to tell us about.

Ok you turned from rational explainer mode into conspiracy without warning 😮 why though?

Love the Airplane in the background. Always loved Canards. I’ve always believed they have needed a nice down rated turbine. When I win powerball I’ll call you. Also a longtime Pilot. I have also had numerous UAP experience starting in 1994. We were intercepted by a UAP enroute on a 121 Airline Flight. The WMD belief imho is a great cover story because it’s believable but the news media has all but ignored all of it. Yes the Govt knows what is going on. My personal thought by watching and observing the Ocean Orbs (USO’s) and even 2 bright giant orbs over a City, is the Government is swarming multiple states with drones to hide these UAP/Orbs in plain sight. If they confuse the public with aerial objects people are less likely to understand what is truly going on. Notice the Military is not chasing them or shooting them because these UAP would reveal their true nature. So the Govt is ignoring them and instructing the media to ignore them too. As soon as they go away the drones will cease and Govt will declare it over but classified. If it really was WMD we would see States mobilizing ground teams to intercept these WMD. We see none of that. It’s all a big giant lie to conceal UAP’s so nobody notices. That’s my most current opinion. I have had 6+ encounters with craft and 15 foot orbs and verifiable footage of dimensional portals. On IG check out Christopher Lentz Bledsoe. Cheers. Merry Christmas to you and Yours 🫶🙏

Scott, do manned "drones" have the same remote ID module requirement, or are they considered aircraft? BTW, thanks for the video. thoroughly enjoyed it & learned a thing or two.

This sounds very believable. Thanks for sharing.

Good information Scott. Thanks for sharing.

These people are recreating the War Of The Worlds, lol.

24:15 you talked about holding the nose up after touchdown a couple of months ago & we have seen you do one or two. You're probably only practising this when you've got the right runway and good weather. (Minimal crosswind). Do you still have reasonable rudder authority during that hold off? Not that it's a major consideration but that landing looks much smoother from our video viewpoint! With a camera fixed to the air frame it often looks like a bit of a slam down when the nose comes straight down. No doubt it doesn't look or feel like that in the aircraft with your eyes on the horizon.

20:12 what's the glide ratio of the Cozy with the engine stopped? I'm imagining it would be pretty good.

14:44 *What!* It's bad enough that the top of the blades go way higher than the light but to have no lights at all? I guess the Notam saves a lot of maintenance. These turbines are climbed regularly for other maintenance reasons though, so you'd think maintenance of lights wouldn't add much. It's probably like coastal lighthouses being decommissioned, as it's assumed it's on everyone's GPS.

"too nice of a day to not go flying", love it. new camera looks great. nice to see your landing technique, it made my head explode when you mentioned the risk of prop strike. my "wheelie down the runway" technique would be terrible in your Velo- er, Long- er, Cozy.

- I hear that nowadays it's popular to go flying back and forth at night in New Jersey 🤣

- Cool.

Watching you come in low and slow while staying above the big tree, I was wondering if you can slip a Cozy?

Hi Scott, I met you last July in Nova Scotia, I am your cousin Rhonda’s husband. It was great meeting you and I also had the pleasure of meeting your dad and spoke with him and your mom for a while. So great to see you having a great flight with your dad! Enjoying your TH-cam channel! Keep up the great content. Thanks, Dale.

Thanks for the video Scott. My dad may have been in the same Navy as your dad. If you ever fly to Hamilton you will be able to do an excellent video of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. There are 47 military jets and prop engine planes. Or a 35 minute drive with your dad from Brampton.

Heartwarming to hand Dad the reigns -n- let him fly even for just a few minutes. I knew you probably would offer it & I was glad as he took her. So where did you put the ballast after you pulled it out of the nose? Do you put it in the middle, behind you or is there a different setup to balance everything? I kinda hoped Dad would pull some "G's" or perform a barrel roll but I liked the whole bit. I saw you go up to visit 1 time but I didn't get any indication of how mobile Dad was, he's getting along quite well. Thanks for this video Scott ~ beam me up ! please take care & GB ALL