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Tom Platner - Wisconsin Searey
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 14 พ.ย. 2009
Searey arrival to AirVenture 2024 via FISK approach
First time flying into AirVenture - FISK arrival when very smooth - sharing my experience so others can get comfortable with flying into Oshkosh @tomplatner
มุมมอง: 350
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Spring Flying - Searey Amphibian
มุมมอง 1756 หลายเดือนก่อน
Some fun Spring Flying around Round Lake (WS24) and Grindstone Lake- Hayward WI @Wisconsin Searey - Amphibian, Progressive Aerodyne
Searey Amphibian Glassy Water Landing Chippewa Flowage
มุมมอง 1.1Kปีที่แล้ว
Fall Colors were amazing for a sunset flight over Chippewa Flowage in N. Wisconsin... also made for a good chance to practice glassy water landings. This is a Searey Amphibian LSX by Progressive Aerodyne. 360 video using GoPro MAX 360
Searey Amphibian fun on Chippewa Flowage #shorts
มุมมอง 62ปีที่แล้ว
Searey flying at Chippewa Flowage in northern Wisconsin...love these calm silky smooth skies and water...
Searey Flight to Madeline Island, WI
มุมมอง 1.6K2 ปีที่แล้ว
Flight via Searey LSX to Madeline Island - beautiful summer day!
Searey Amphibian Flight to Cabin
มุมมอง 10K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Searey LSX first Cross Country flight from Twin Cities to Northern Wisconsin - Round Lake
Searey LSX Maiden Flight
มุมมอง 7855 ปีที่แล้ว
Searey LSX built by Jack Platner and Tom Platner- Maiden Flight Sept 2019.
Challenger Pattern Flights Mar 13
มุมมอง 1209 ปีที่แล้ว
Rusty flying- winds 10 knots , gusting 20 knots at 310, pretty bad second landing... gotta improve approaches in winds
Challenger II Amphibian Lake Waconia
มุมมอง 3.1K11 ปีที่แล้ว
Challenger II LW 14 ft puddle jumper floats first landing and takeoff Lake Waconia
Challenger II LW Eagle River Amphib
มุมมอง 36K11 ปีที่แล้ว
Challenger II LW w/582 and 14" Puddle jumper floats flying from Eagle River WI (KEGV) to Land O Lakes (KLNL) to Manitowish Waters (D25) and then to Moon Lake, WI. Video for Challenger pilots and those anticipating to fly Quad City Challengers.
Challenger II Snow Flying
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Challenger II Low and Slow over Plum Lake (Near Eagle River Wisconsin)
Challenger II Light Sport Aircraft Touch 'n Go's, Eagle River WI, Go Pro, Sport Pilot
มุมมอง 17K12 ปีที่แล้ว
Quad Cities Challenger II LW with Rotax 582 flying a couple Touch and Gos out of Eagle River, Wisconsin. New Light Sport Pilot just learning to get a feel for the airplane.
It ain’t a floatplane if it doesn’t float, I wanted to see it land on water with the non retractable nose gear!
Cool. You're up in Eagle River,Wi. I'm down in Janesville,Wi. You have the Challenger (my favorite plane). My Dad has a Kitfox and my brother has a Piper Tri-Pacer.
I rode in a Searay once, off water at Lakeland sun n fun, very cool
Nice 2 hour taxi!
Ha...there were a bunch of boats cruising in front of cabin when I wanted to land and was relatively low time, so very conservative on spacing. These days would have dropped in much closer...
LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!
Got a 360 degree camera I see Tom
Video chia sẻ của bạn rất ấn tượng và tuyệt vời lắm, cảm ơn chúc bạn sức khỏe và hạnh phúc.
I grew up fishing and boating in Eagle River, staying at Eagle River Lodge. I remember seeing an amphib at one of the houses and thought that was so cool and would love to do that someday. Fast forward: I’m 24 and a certified pilot.
Я хочу сделать такой самолет это самыи харошии высокоплан хтелбы подробно узнать
Turning final late and correcting like that puts you low, slow, and cross controlled. Not a good combination.
I wish you wouldn't do the split screen really clutters up the video maybe for 30 seconds then kill it but if you leave it on for a long time really screws it up
Very cool my friend!
Great video! With lake property in MN, I'm looking at getting training and hopefully bringing another Searey to the area. Did you train locally? Seareys are hard to come by up in the North!
Did training at Jones Bros in Tavares FLA. Where are you located?
I live in Hudson, WI. Lake is up by Detroit Lakes, MN. I'm actually in Tampa for work until October and spoke w/Jones Brothers just today! I plan to get training and start my search for a Searey while I'm in the Searey capitol!
How’s your training progressing?
Never got started before I had to head back to MN. Still love watching your video! And still searching for a Searey.
Outstanding video. Growing up my family had a cabin in Land O Lakes. I’ve always wanted to fly over the area. And have been recently considering a Challenger on floats. My dream is to repeat your flight video. Thanks for the encouragement. Your so lucky.
Kevin - thanks for the comments, considering putting the Challenger up for sale as I’m flying another plane now. Let me know if you might be interested.
I’m just learning to fly at Kmic. Very cool so see a searey in mn!
How fun is that! Familiar with Flying Cloud Airport. Great video thanks for sharing
what's the approx cruise at 5000rpm
At 5000 I’d say 85-90 Mph
Where did you get the iPad holder?
RAM Tab tite Holder for 9"-10.5" Tablets with Heavy Duty Cases, fits my iPad with Apple std case very securely
@@tomplatner could you hook me up with a link?
@@tomplatner I have a classic with a bunch of upgrades. I need something to hold my iPad off the dash
Sweet! I've been very interested in Seareys ever since reading Travels With Puff.
I thought you were going to beach the plane. Why do you moor with the gear down?
Put the gear down to ensure plane didn’t get too close to shore and rotate a wing into a tree branch, etc. probably could have beached it with the help I had... thanks for asking!
Can you please tell us about the Avionics. Thank you.
David Boyle Dynon Skyview Touch, 10 inch along with Garmin 796 in center and iPad running ForeFlight on the right. Some would say overkill, but really nice setup , redundancy in case of any system failure. Oh and yes, ADSB in and out.
@@tomplatner NICE!
chickenshit
I have a challenger 2 and pondering putting it on floats.
What is your trypical IAS in the cruise?
KIWI P Challenger II long wing likes to cruise at 60-65 mph. I can push the 582 up in rpm to 5700-5800 , and then closer to 70 mph.
What type of engine is on your plane?
:( cant see landing on water
Thanks for the ride!
Finally landed on water i'm proud of u
Great video....it shows us beginners the stick work.
Disappointment. No water landing...wasted only 8 minutes at least of my life at least.
Why no water landings? Waiting the whole time to see a water landing. Nothing!
5BASSIP The sucker didn’t land in water because he is afraid of water. You didn’t get it ?
What did you use for anti vibration material on the strut mounted gopro?
Search on Amazon for "GoPro Strut mount Challenger" and you should find my design which is available to buy via Amazon. The mount has a neoprene compression foam that helps to dampen most vibration.
Thank you for not ruining the video with music! Very nice set-up!
bluestudio67 I
your plane is not flying clean
take that yarn off the windo , it is making you look bad
I think you need some practice. Challengers are super easy to fly, and your string slip indicator shows you don't understand the pedals. Plus your corrections on Final are terrible. You're all over the place with throttle as well. One of the reasons I disagree with the sport pilot license. You either know how to fly or you don't. It can be taught, but flying is an art understood by only so many.
Oh, if only everyone were as expert a pilot as you. Isn't one of the purposes of practicing (i.e., touch and goes) to improve flying skills? If he didn't know how to fly, he wouldn't have been around to post this video.
I'm with Dave. Every black belt had his first day at the gym. We've all made mistakes when learning new things. It even states in the description he was new to this plane and was trying to get a feel for it. In short, get bent elitist douchebags. Offer constructive criticism and not just bitching because he isn't flawless like you.
Very true. Flying can definitely be taught. You have to get a feel for every aircraft.
@@capndave3570 Thank you Dave. I was going to say that until I read that you already had. No matter what video you watch, such as a hunting video, there is always a loud mouth that thinks he knows everything and if you don't do it perfect, he lets you know it as if he always does it perfectly. He just a loudmouth that really doesn't know half what he thinks he does.
He just overshot the base to final and a little behind the curve on stepping on the ball with the peddles. But truly most low time pilots have this problem . I just recently purchased a chl 2 lw. Looks stable to me , and i like the cub feel . Great glide and ability to e/0 thermal. I think the numbers of challengers flying and the low accident rate speaks clearly for the challenger.
I like the panel the way its cut-out. Can you tell me who did the work...?
Panel was fabricated by my Dad who built the plane. It's basically aluminum sheet metal, burnished and cutouts for the components.
Do You think He Could Make One Without The Cut Outs, I can do The Rest
+vince denimarck Vince , probably not interested, sorry, but if you are building , really its not that hard, take a thin stock paper, place in your panel and make a template of outside dimensions, then transfer to sheet metal stock... the burnishing you can do yourself also... just look around on internet for technique
platne4 OK Thanks I'll Try That
Awesome Panel with nice layout, which engine do you have 503 or 582 ...?
Great video! What happened at the end?!?
Enjoyed your video but was very disappointed when you did not have a water landing and takeoff!
I am doing a video on the challenger plans any chance I could use some of your footage
Roy Kerwood Roy, sure I would make some of my video available , especially if used to promote Challengers and experimental flying. Can you explain a bit more of what you are intending to do? I have some more footage shot in recent months that might be of interest as well. Anyway , let me know... Tom
platne4 I am planning to fly to Native Communities in BC and then Canada to talk to youth about addiction problems and how they can avoid addiction. I am planning to get a II on amphib floats just like yours. I want to use a clip in a video to promote my plan. I have a book about the Recording of Give Peace A Chance here is a link I'd like to embed your video gofund.me/cbdhddp4
Awesome flight
Really liked the video. I have been pondering about the possibility of maybe buying one similar. I would have liked to seen you put it down in the lake. I'm from eastern Kentucky and flew a Cessna 172. I have around 100hrs flying. I haven't flew in several years and would love to get back into it. Again, awesome video. Nice TNG too!
All, Its coming up on two years since I posted this video and let me tell you that Peter's comments below couldn't be further from the truth (thus I deleted- hah!). This airplane handles and flies fantastic... just watch some of my other videos to get a glimpse. Thanks Doug for the supportive comments... I agree its very forgiving and a blast to fly.
I've never heard anything bad about the way Challengers fly.
Thanks for posting your videos with the 2 views. I am looking at building a Challenger II LW. Do have a panel mount transponder, if so which is it & do you like it? And what mount with shield do you have with your GPS. That looks like it would be a good glare shield.
Yes, I bought a Microaire T2000 used with Atk350 encoder , picked the Microaire due to small panel footprint and generally happy with it. I had to install since plane is now at a class delta airport. The GPS mount is one of the RAM mounts and glare shield is custom made with a sheet of black plastic and velcro'd to the old Garmin GPS 296? If you get a modern GPS you might find a shield is not necessary. Good luck with planning for your own Challlenger!
Nicely done
Whoa.. you are correct, the second airport is Land O Lakes (KLNL) , updated the description, good catch
Haha, really confused me. Interesting aircraft you have though, and great footage!
That definitely wasn't KARV...
Maybe not so tight f turn on your left base to final. Looks little short to me. Go out and line up with the runway.
poor flying acrually
Tom, Love the video. You're getting really good at this! Split screen and commentary is great! Most importantly, the flying is great! How hard was it to resist just setting her down on Moon Lake? I can't wait for you to do this! I also can't wait to fly with you….when can we do this??? Lastly, I loved the fly over Crystal Lake. Good memories.