A perfect example of the axiom "Altitude is my friend!" So many of these engine-out videos wind in either hard landings or putting down in dangerous areas due to lack of altitude at the time of failure. Well done!
Firstly, great video, great job and thanks for posting...Would engine failure at 2k' have been a more challenging factor? And I see comments on blade count. With your experience, do you believe extra blades on your prop led to engine failure? Thanks!, Aspiring Pilot
Thank You, Wow good questions..well after talking to ultra prop the 4 blade is fine but the pitch was off..i have a new prop with spinner kit on the way. Yes if i was lower it could have been tough to get back to the field. most traffic in my area stays around 2k feet and pattern alt is around 800..at the end of the vid i was still to high but i nosed down to get some speed just to make sure id make it. my spitfire is slow and will get pushed around in the wind. im hoping to be in the air soon.
I flew a Phantom X1 for several years. One nice thing about these little planes is the fact that we can land them safely a lot more places than a GA plane could ever get away with. I have set my plane down in some pretty odd places. Was the engine out because of high temps due to the long climb? Here in the SoCal high desert, we set our carbs so the Rotax never exceed 185 degrees on climb out to keep from having temp issues. A bit less power but longer engine life.
I hope you realize it is a motorless glider in the first place and they just added the motor so you wouldn't have to find a high cliff! The landing area and time would be the only issue but still not scary!
One is supposed to stay calm through all emergencies, no matter what. Staying calm in an emergency maximises the chances for a favourable outcome of the situation. You can train yourself to stay calm through any situation quite easily. There are self help aids on TH-cam to teach the technique of staying calm through all possible emergencies that are quite useful. I am certain I can stay calm through absolutely any emergency, whether I believe the outcome will be positive or not. Anybody can do it.
@reverse thrust I must stay very calm indeed, and will do so. Maintaining calmness is especially important when bitten by a venomous animal. The slower the heart rate, the slower the venom will spread throughout your circulatory system. Anybody in a panic, with have an elevated heart rate. The panicked person will die much sooner than a person that maintains calm. I have learned to stay calm through anything. It is not a difficult technique to learn. You should always be in full control of your emotions. Never allow your emotions to be in control of you. Your emotions are sourced from the amygdala, a very primitive part of your brain. If a primitive portion of your brain is controlling you the chances for a favourable outcome of an emergency situation is extremely low. All this can be studied in further detail where you find how to learn the technique of remaining calm through any situation.
I see a lot of these engine outs with other UL pilots and they end up crash-landing. Pleasure to see someone so calmly grease it in like it's any other day. Great job.
One thing I've learned from the opposite side of the spectrum, scuba diving, is not to panic in an emergency situation (easier said than done). I think the mantra is 'breathe, think, act'. Staying calm in a dangerous situation is paramount, and you sir handled it so well. Great landing too considering the circumstances.
Prime example of why training is priceless. Along with the fact an ultralite can be landed safely without the engine running. Amazing display of keeping calm under pressure. Cheers
engine failure at 4k in my ultralight........ dang, now I've only got 3 hrs to find a place to land before she glides down or oh well, I'll just enjoy the scenery for the next 3 hrs while she glides down or crap, I'll be late for supper while she is gliding down or honey, its me, I'll be a little late my engine quit and I'm caught in a thermal
tampicokid. i missed the part where he implies anything, its simply an experiential video. Its also a good video to advocate for engine failure training, as others have pointed out ultralight crashes from engine failure are not uncommon. in need not be a dire situation but many survivable situations kill people who failed to act appropriately.
lw216316 exactly..I didn't think he implied anything...now, tampicokid, he implies that he's an expert and wants everyone else to believe that too..lol.." I flew for 24 years!!.. therefore if you think he's good, you should see me!!!"....lol
I would've lost my mind, but you sir were cool as a cucumber!!! Awesome video, GREAT job, and glad you are still amongst the living.... God bless from someone in the public safety field
I used to practice engine outs all the time, after a while it became very relaxing to go up to 5 thousand ft and kill the motor and glide back down to earth. And if you hit a thermal, that can prolong your descent home 👍
Just saw this video. I have a sailplane permit and about 800 hours. This was great fun to watch as it is always a treat to watch someone who knows what he is doing and knows his craft well enough not to get crazy. I liked the fact that when the engine quit he continued the flight as a glider instead of just circling down and landing. Makes me wonder what the glide ratio is on these (that) plane. Bravo.
I would've lost my mind, but you sir were cool as a cucumber!!! Awesome video, GREAT job, and glad you are still amongst the living.... God bless from someone in the public safety field 👍👍👍
Like chaspfrank said, "Altitude is my friend". I often practice deadsick landings from 1000 ft., or so. I kill the engine, flip switch back to ON, ready to restart, if I necessary. It's great practice. I was surprised by how much difference there is between 'power back', and 'power off'. An idling prop gives more push than you'd think, noticeable difference.
FANTASTIC! Best ultra light failure ive seen yet you did a fantastic job and stayed calm the whole time. I was begging to think all ultralight pilots were amateurs with all the crash landings and failed takeoffs on youtube lol
Thank you! I have loads of hrs as a student pilot and was solo for a bit b4 i went broke.I do plan to finish.But for now i fly my spitfire. Check out my other videos...my favorite is the one were im flying around the clouds. it was alot of fun and hard not to dive through one..but i know better..lol
Most Iv seen are on take off. You do not want a eng fail on a take off! That's for darn sure, We had a guy die over here last year because he use wrong replacement Nuts on a chopper Something to do with aluminum and titanium I didnt really understand. That's why you need to know your stuff and your equipment. But This guy keep his Cool.
Altitude saves!😊 IF we are continually thinking, "Where would I land if my engine failed RIGHT NOW"?,...we're good. It's what makes it 100 times more fun...peace of mind. Great job my friend.
no panic luckily it's not like the space shuttle it can glide for a long time not falling off the sky cool footage the earth is flat and the sun is close by and a good pilot! cheers!
Firstly, after you hit the kill switch we can see you pulling back on the stick to slow down and make sure the prop stops. Secondly, too bad your good training didn’t include attempting to restart the engine. Im so glad you survived that harrowing experience (that you no doubt practiced before) of gliding down from 4000ft to land in a perfectly manicured field. Shock cooling your engine like that is gonna give you a real surprise in the future. Be careful.
Exactly what I was going to say. Well handled and a good landing, but I'm surprised you didn't attempt a restart as you had plenty of height and time. Saying that, it's easy watching from the ground when it's not you in the hot seat and I hope I can handle my engine-out landing as well as you did when it happens to me even though I've got a 912 in my machine.
Happen to me in my ATF Trike. I flew for couple hours. Landed refilled the gas. But did not catch i kinked the gas line when i put my tank back on. Took off and at about 100 feet she quit. Lucky i had enough room to pull in and have a good landing. Hard lesson learned.
first thing you stayed calm and this is very important ..then you acted wisely and professionally.. you saved your own life and made us catch our breath.. good for you.. check you engine better next time man and god bless..
Best glide speed, start looking for the least painful option, fly the plane (ultralight). All my flight students get this drilled into their heads every time we fly.
Altitude is Crictical You where a few Thousand Feet in the wenn air the Engine Failed, and you could glide the Ultralight to safety🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒 GREAT JOB✈✈✈✈✈✈
Why not dive to restart? Looks like a Rotax with geared reduction drive. The Rotax 503 rarely if ever totally quits in flight. At one time, Rotax powered aircraft were more numerous than any other. Great engines made in Austria. This old type of ultralight flies like a piano with power off! So much drag!
great skill and calm to handle this event! Teach us! Please! Use another clip to teach us while you are on the ground. Tell us how you handle the situation!
And us parachutists fly dead stick every time with a much smaller glide ratio and yet stick it almost every time. I'm watching that video and thinking this guy has all the time in the world to pick a place to land.
Yea, when you fly that high, icing can become a problem. Probably carb or fuel line...Great dead stick landing and reaction training kicking in to save the day...
lwblack64 Iceing? Your kidding right he isn't high enough to I e up he's under 5000 ft on what looks like a summer day. I have flown in S Calif in the winter time when it was snowing & got well above 5,000 ft & guess what no ice. But you do have to dress warm. Maybe he just ran out of gas
That was very cool! I own a Cherokee 6-300. Big sink rate! Hope I never have to do what you did. But I am going to practice it. I have been flying a long time. I recommend "The Thinking Pilots Flight Manual" Rick Durden. You will like it.
@@MrRiprip56 You don't have to be a pilot of anything more than a kite to watch an ultralight descending out of 4000 ft to a smooth landing on a grass strip over an interval of nearly seven minutes and know that an unpowered descent in such an aircraft as the one featured in this clip likely presented the pilot with little more difficulty than that experienced by you average glider enthusiast.
The breather tube on the carb that broke on the front side..i was told that the positive air presure could have stoped the fuel from entering the bowl..after i landed i primed the carb and it re started first pull..
Ah, that makes sense. I have fuel tubes attached to my breather ports, and they run straight down. I will have to remember never to mount them so they face forward.
Well crap! Engine cut off! Let’s see I’m not going to quite make it all the way back home... might need to walk a few miles so I better get me an hour or two nap before I land. Perfect!
So what happened to the engine? Did you run out of gas? How did you get it out of that field? Do you need a pilots license to fly that ultralight? How many hours do you have? Where was your intended spot to land if your engine did not quit? How much did that ultralight set you back?
If my ultralight engine stops at 40 ft. or 400 ft, I don't worry, I always keep a safe easy landing site in range. I like to stay alive so that I can fly some more.
Man, you were Cool as a Fan....I am in awe. Thanks for the inspiration. Just curious in case it wasn t mentioned elsewhere, where is this? It looks like Madison, Wisconsin. Thanks, and pardon the expression, Happy Landings!
With an ultralight, I'd imagine your glide ratio would be high. Why not enjoy the quiet and then fire up near landing. Unless you're trying to get somewhere, that is.
Excellent aviating. What instrumentation is in your aircraft? What is the procedure if you have to land at a GA airport and you do not have a radio? My Private Certificate expired many years ago. I would love to have an untralight to be back in the air again.
Pretty flight but don't ever use an active taxi way to take off with even with a quicksilver. One thing it's not safe but for another if there's an FAA guy anywhere close hes got your number. The walls have ears.
I been in hang gliders only a few times and always wanted ultralight. Take skills for any of them but keeping a lvl head is the key, Glad you landed safe. BTW what was wrong with eng?
I'm not convinced that this was a staged engine out. That's OK, lots of these are staged. That field in which the landing took place look awfully like a "turf runway."Was still a good video. Thanks.
Hey i went up 3,400 ft by mountain bike. Took 2 hrs of fast downhill to reach the valley floor. And then it was back up again. definitely more fun. than sitting on your bum.
A perfect example of the axiom "Altitude is my friend!" So many of these engine-out videos wind in either hard landings or putting down in dangerous areas due to lack of altitude at the time of failure. Well done!
ya man! i was attempting to reach the celing of 6k feet when it quit...it was also very cold..most flights im around 2k feet..
Firstly, great video, great job and thanks for posting...Would engine failure at 2k' have been a more challenging factor? And I see comments on blade count. With your experience, do you believe extra blades on your prop led to engine failure?
Thanks!,
Aspiring Pilot
Thank You, Wow good questions..well after talking to ultra prop the 4 blade is fine but the pitch was off..i have a new prop with spinner kit on the way. Yes if i was lower it could have been tough to get back to the field. most traffic in my area stays around 2k feet and pattern alt is around 800..at the end of the vid i was still to high but i nosed down to get some speed just to make sure id make it. my spitfire is slow and will get pushed around in the wind. im hoping to be in the air soon.
I flew a Phantom X1 for several years.
One nice thing about these little planes is the fact that we can land them safely a lot more places than a GA plane could ever get away with.
I have set my plane down in some pretty odd places.
Was the engine out because of high temps due to the long climb?
Here in the SoCal high desert, we set our carbs so the Rotax never exceed 185 degrees on climb out to keep from having temp issues. A bit less power but longer engine life.
the way you kept so calm was incredible
I hope you realize it is a motorless glider in the first place and they just added the motor so you wouldn't have to find a high cliff! The landing area and time would be the only issue but still not scary!
One is supposed to stay calm through all emergencies, no matter what. Staying calm in an emergency maximises the chances for a favourable outcome of the situation. You can train yourself to stay calm through any situation quite easily. There are self help aids on TH-cam to teach the technique of staying calm through all possible emergencies that are quite useful. I am certain I can stay calm through absolutely any emergency, whether I believe the outcome will be positive or not. Anybody can do it.
@@indridcold8433 how old are you? You might be surprised when it comes to death!
@reverse thrust I must stay very calm indeed, and will do so. Maintaining calmness is especially important when bitten by a venomous animal. The slower the heart rate, the slower the venom will spread throughout your circulatory system. Anybody in a panic, with have an elevated heart rate. The panicked person will die much sooner than a person that maintains calm. I have learned to stay calm through anything. It is not a difficult technique to learn. You should always be in full control of your emotions. Never allow your emotions to be in control of you. Your emotions are sourced from the
amygdala, a very primitive part of your brain. If a primitive portion of your brain is controlling you the chances for a favourable outcome of an emergency situation is extremely low. All this can be studied in further detail where you find how to learn the technique of remaining calm through any situation.
@@snowrider4495 I am supposedly right in the middle 45. However, there is no way to known. I may be at my end right now and tomorrow may be my end.
Perfect place to land, couldn't ask for better field conditions.
I guess handing the cashier a $10 bill while getting a Mountain Dew, pack of smokes and "the rest on pump 2" wasn't a real good idea.
And he's says keep the change accidentally.
A pack of smokes for $10, your showing your age.🙂
@@ronprince1478 No, showing my age would be me reminiscent of the times where a pack of smokes was under $2.00.
@@Crazyjoker4650 Pack of smokes - bad idea at any price. (Just ask what's left of my lungs.)
@@OldMtnGeezer atleast you get older... say that too al the 21 year old americans drink and drived
I see a lot of these engine outs with other UL pilots and they end up crash-landing. Pleasure to see someone so calmly grease it in like it's any other day. Great job.
Good pilot. He immediately increased his air speed when the engine went.
Lehmann Peters actually lowered his angle of attack is more accurate!!
Did he really have an option? I'm sure he wasn't going to apply his air brakes.
One thing I've learned from the opposite side of the spectrum, scuba diving, is not to panic in an emergency situation (easier said than done). I think the mantra is 'breathe, think, act'. Staying calm in a dangerous situation is paramount, and you sir handled it so well. Great landing too considering the circumstances.
Flying mantra is aviate, navigate, communicate.
Awesome skills my friend! ... God bless all the pilots in the world! ... 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Greetings from Douglas, Arizona.
Thank you
Thank you! practice and good training helped.
i was trying to reach 6k..thats as high as i can go over my airport..i dont fly far...most my flying is done within eye shot of the field..
No wonder you were confident and kept your calm. Your video is is a sheer example of how confidence plays an important role in achieving
I saw your video . If stall out speed is 26 mph ... why did'nt the ultralite plane just free fall from the sky ?
@Sock Cucka :D
Prime example of why training is priceless. Along with the fact an ultralite can be landed safely without the engine running. Amazing display of keeping calm under pressure. Cheers
engine failure at 4k in my ultralight........
dang, now I've only got 3 hrs to find a place to land before she glides down
or
oh well, I'll just enjoy the scenery for the next 3 hrs while she glides down
or
crap, I'll be late for supper while she is gliding down
or
honey, its me, I'll be a little late
my engine quit and I'm caught in a thermal
tampicokid. i missed the part where he implies anything, its simply an experiential video.
Its also a good video to advocate for engine failure training, as others have pointed out ultralight crashes from engine failure are not uncommon. in need not be a dire situation but many survivable situations kill people who failed to act appropriately.
lw216316 exactly..I didn't think he implied anything...now, tampicokid, he implies that he's an expert and wants everyone else to believe that too..lol.." I flew for 24 years!!.. therefore if you think he's good, you should see me!!!"....lol
Loll the thermal bit had me laughing
caught in a thermal?
@@alaskaaksala123 ok chuck.
I would've lost my mind, but you sir were cool as a cucumber!!! Awesome video, GREAT job, and glad you are still amongst the living.... God bless from someone in the public safety field
The cool in your head makes every pilot touch down safely even if the engine breaks.... Hats off... you were awesome
Well done mate, you made that look easy and inspires confidence in others.
I used to practice engine outs all the time, after a while it became very relaxing to go up to 5 thousand ft and kill the motor and glide back down to earth. And if you hit a thermal, that can prolong your descent home 👍
Lol, more like you got to 4000ft then started getting cold, so you turned off that noisy fan!
Trainboy1EJR my thought as well ,the short sleeved shirt is a clue
Kudos man, Your habbits of flying high and not low gave you plenty of time to think.
Altitude is always your friend 😀
Just saw this video. I have a sailplane permit and about 800 hours. This was great fun to watch as it is always a treat to watch someone who knows what he is doing and knows his craft well enough not to get crazy. I liked the fact that when the engine quit he continued the flight as a glider instead of just circling down and landing.
Makes me wonder what the glide ratio is on these (that) plane.
Bravo.
I would've lost my mind, but you sir were cool as a cucumber!!! Awesome video, GREAT job, and glad you are still amongst the living.... God bless from someone in the public safety field 👍👍👍
From a new trike pilot, awesome job, and yes altitude is our friend!!! Good glide ratios help too. Mine is about 8 to 1.
perfect landing !
you were lucky to be at high altitude, but you remain calm to perform so well. good job!
Excellent job “Flying the Aircraft” instead of losing your s**t because you lost your power. Thanks for sharing!
the up side is you still have the same amount of fuel you started off with and you got some great flying in too boot
now that a great video with a great ending.......
Great Job my man, Glad your back on the ground. Super job!
thankyou
Thanks, the first UL pilot I see on youtube who didn't crashed only due to a little engine failure :)
ya man! iv got loads of flight time in a skycatcher...we drill engine failures a lot. and im glad we do...
Had a Quicksilver, wish i had enough to get another. thanks for the vid..
Great job of not panicking and thankful you had plenty of altitude.
wow I thought you were going to be gliding up there all day. Great when you can have an engine failure and go sightseeing and fly circuits
Calm and professional. Great job.
+TheHuntw2 thank you
Very nice landing. As far as I can tell, you appeared calm throughout the video.
Like chaspfrank said, "Altitude is my friend". I often practice deadsick landings from 1000 ft., or so. I kill the engine, flip switch back to ON, ready to restart, if I necessary. It's great practice. I was surprised by how much difference there is between 'power back', and 'power off'. An idling prop gives more push than you'd think, noticeable difference.
A real hero, congrats buddy, great pilot and awesome skills.
Still alive!!! Great job getting down and on a proper strip
Bravo. Well flown. Height and AS are the best friends for fixed and rotor wing.Great landing.
FANTASTIC! Best ultra light failure ive seen yet you did a fantastic job and stayed calm the whole time. I was begging to think all ultralight pilots were amateurs with all the crash landings and failed takeoffs on youtube lol
Thank you! I have loads of hrs as a student pilot and was solo for a bit b4 i went broke.I do plan to finish.But for now i fly my spitfire. Check out my other videos...my favorite is the one were im flying around the clouds. it was alot of fun and hard not to dive through one..but i know better..lol
Most Iv seen are on take off. You do not want a eng fail on a take off! That's for darn sure, We had a guy die over here last year because he use wrong replacement Nuts on a chopper Something to do with aluminum and titanium I didnt really understand. That's why you need to know your stuff and your equipment. But This guy keep his Cool.
Altitude saves!😊 IF we are continually thinking, "Where would I land if my engine failed RIGHT NOW"?,...we're good. It's what makes it 100 times more fun...peace of mind. Great job my friend.
Haha ... I was enjoying this video very much. This guy had teached me a learning how to fly an ultralight with engine off as a sailplane
no panic luckily it's not like the space shuttle it can glide for a long time not falling off the sky cool footage the earth is flat and the sun is close by and a good pilot! cheers!
handled like a pro!
Firstly, after you hit the kill switch we can see you pulling back on the stick to slow down and make sure the prop stops. Secondly, too bad your good training didn’t include attempting to restart the engine. Im so glad you survived that harrowing experience (that you no doubt practiced before) of gliding down from 4000ft to land in a perfectly manicured field. Shock cooling your engine like that is gonna give you a real surprise in the future. Be careful.
Exactly what I was going to say. Well handled and a good landing, but I'm surprised you didn't attempt a restart as you had plenty of height and time.
Saying that, it's easy watching from the ground when it's not you in the hot seat and I hope I can handle my engine-out landing as well as you did when it happens to me even though I've got a 912 in my machine.
LOL I don't even know you and i'm super happy you landed without crashing!
Thanks...im glad too!
Happen to me in my ATF Trike. I flew for couple hours. Landed refilled the gas. But did not catch i kinked the gas line when i put my tank back on. Took off and at about 100 feet she quit. Lucky i had enough room to pull in and have a good landing. Hard lesson learned.
We practiced that a LOT in the Cessna's.
ya man! i practiced in a skycatcher loads of times...im glad i did..
B Woods i have to get me an ultra light. At the moment im just fpv'n drones to get my flyin fix.
That landing was perfect!! Bravo 👏👏👏
Textbook! Being at 4K was a blessing.
Thanks..I attended flight school at Orlando Executive. Maggie Larson is a great instructor.
Nice landing
Total experience on the flight! Good luck !
I have 1562 no power landings. I have to get it right everytime with no engine. I'm a Skydiver
first thing you stayed calm and this is very important ..then you acted wisely and professionally.. you saved your own life and made us catch our breath.. good for you.. check you engine better next time man and god bless..
Low Sun, occasional scarttered cloud, not very thermic. Perfect day for an engine failure. Gotta love a two stroke.
Best glide speed, start looking for the least painful option, fly the plane (ultralight). All my flight students get this drilled into their heads every time we fly.
Beautiful job buddy! !!
Thank You!
The engine is only there to get you up, after that it's just a paperweight, glide on brother !!
Excelente aterrizaje, 100%100 control y serenidad .
If it was me, from engine failure until landing, I would have been around 1 lb lighter. Good job.
Mediaboon just one ?
Altitude is Crictical
You where a few Thousand Feet in the wenn air the Engine Failed, and you could glide the Ultralight to safety🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒
GREAT JOB✈✈✈✈✈✈
Altitude saved the day.
Why not dive to restart? Looks like a Rotax with geared reduction drive. The Rotax 503 rarely if ever totally quits in flight. At one time, Rotax powered aircraft were more numerous than any other. Great engines made in Austria. This old type of ultralight flies like a piano with power off! So much drag!
Way to remain collected, Sir. I was terrified for you, the entire 6 1/2 mins of declination
great skill and calm to handle this event! Teach us! Please! Use another clip to teach us while you are on the ground. Tell us how you handle the situation!
Holy freaking crap! How did you stay so calm? Unbelievable!
Damn what a great landing!
That fist at 6:33, lol
Awesome skills, Glad you're ok.
And us parachutists fly dead stick every time with a much smaller glide ratio and yet stick it almost every time. I'm watching that video and thinking this guy has all the time in the world to pick a place to land.
Yea, when you fly that high, icing can become a problem. Probably carb or fuel line...Great dead stick landing and reaction training kicking in to save the day...
lwblack64 Iceing? Your kidding right he isn't high enough to I e up he's under 5000 ft on what looks like a summer day. I have flown in S Calif in the winter time when it was snowing & got well above 5,000 ft & guess what no ice. But you do have to dress warm. Maybe he just ran out of gas
Perfect!
You could not have done it better.
That was very cool! I own a Cherokee 6-300. Big sink rate! Hope I never have to do what you did. But I am going to practice it. I have been flying a long time. I recommend "The Thinking Pilots Flight Manual" Rick Durden. You will like it.
Compression looks good though ;)
That’s hilarious!! Guess he didn’t have time to restart a perfectly good engine.
Very well done, looks like someone upstairs was watching upon you that day, blessed day. Hope still lucky forever!
Wow, that someone upstairs must have really trained him well, huh?
Landing moment very nice.
probably you should to use engine with electric starter bro.
Great Job sir. well done. training it is!! and a kool head. 100-100
Nice landing!
Beats the hell outa having an engine failure at 40 ft.
When the engine quit, the guy just nonchalantly think, ‘Oh well, let’s see how this thing glide with 1:1 descent ratio’.
Good Job! You could have taken a nap at that altitude! LOL Just Kidding!
That ultralight has a pretty good glide ratio, to it.
Oh, c'mon. Most ultralights are.such efficient gliders, engine failure is more of an inconvenience than an actual emergency.
said Admiral Kirk of the Space Force,,pogo stick is far off the ground as u ever got
@@MrRiprip56 You don't have to be a pilot of anything more than a kite to watch an ultralight descending out of 4000 ft to a smooth landing on a grass strip over an interval of nearly seven minutes and know that an unpowered descent in such an aircraft as the one featured in this clip likely presented the pilot with little more difficulty than that experienced by you average glider enthusiast.
@@keiththorpe9571 I say ol chap I think you have something there! Now go out and get in YOUR FA-18 and go for a spin,,,haHA
Congrats on the nice save! Did the starter fail as well? Presumably the first thing you tried was to re-start the engine?
GET OFF MY LAWN.
Heartless.
And the paperboy shows up in the scene, chasing him down the grass runway,...."I WANT MY THREE DOLLARS" ! ........
At least he got down safely
Nice landing! What is the glide angle on that ultralight? It seems like you were in the air an awful long time after the engine quit.
Congrats to your perfect landing. Did you ever find out what happened?
The breather tube on the carb that broke on the front side..i was told that the positive air presure could have stoped the fuel from entering the bowl..after i landed i primed the carb and it re started first pull..
Ah, that makes sense. I have fuel tubes attached to my breather ports, and they run straight down. I will have to remember never to mount them so they face forward.
Well crap! Engine cut off! Let’s see I’m not going to quite make it all the way back home... might need to walk a few miles so I better get me an hour or two nap before I land. Perfect!
Nicely done.
Damn, this always happens right after the warranty expires.
So what happened to the engine? Did you run out of gas? How did you get it out of that field? Do you need a pilots license to fly that ultralight? How many hours do you have? Where was your intended spot to land if your engine did not quit? How much did that ultralight set you back?
If my ultralight engine stops at 40 ft. or 400 ft, I don't worry, I always keep a safe easy landing site in range. I like to stay alive so that I can fly some more.
Man, you were Cool as a Fan....I am in awe. Thanks for the inspiration. Just curious in case it wasn t mentioned elsewhere, where is this? It looks like Madison, Wisconsin. Thanks, and pardon the expression, Happy Landings!
Best part was the fist pump at the end.
With an ultralight, I'd imagine your glide ratio would be high. Why not enjoy the quiet and then fire up near landing. Unless you're trying to get somewhere, that is.
Excellent aviating. What instrumentation is in your aircraft?
What is the procedure if you have to land at a GA airport and you do not have a radio?
My Private Certificate expired many years ago. I would love to have an untralight to be back in the air again.
Pretty flight but don't ever use an active taxi way to take off with even with a quicksilver. One thing it's not safe but for another if there's an FAA guy anywhere close hes got your number. The walls have ears.
Amazing view,very cool video, congrats !!
I been in hang gliders only a few times and always wanted ultralight. Take skills for any of them but keeping a lvl head is the key, Glad you landed safe. BTW what was wrong with eng?
I'm not convinced that this was a staged engine out. That's OK, lots of these are staged. That field in which the landing took place look awfully like a "turf runway."Was still a good video. Thanks.
Hey i went up 3,400 ft by mountain bike.
Took 2 hrs of fast downhill to reach the valley floor.
And then it was back up again.
definitely more fun.
than sitting on your bum.
Eerie silence, indeed. I'd wet myself!
Didn't realize ultralights could fly in class E airspace. Or do you have to ask ATC? Anyway, nice off-field landing.