Back in the 70s I flew the BO-105 in airshows at Paine Field in Everett,WA, and Mark was flying the HyperBipe. His precise maneuvers were awesome! He definitely outclassed most of the rest of the us with his routine.
There is always a bit of a time crunch in these interviews and trying to cover everything in a 15m-19m segment is surely a challenge. There is more to come soon with a "round table" interview with Mike discussing his history as an Aerobatic Flight Instructor and many other things he has done in the past. Keep watching! :-)
It is quite impressive. I had to ignore the Aircraft for a few minutes when I arrived and just had an expression of "Whhhhhaaaaaat is going on here?!" :-)
In germany these types of hangars are common. First, we dont have the space to allow for individual hangers and the taxiways, and second aviation here is more organized in groups or clubs, which own a hangar for their planes. Just check the internet
Thanks to both you and Mike for the intro to this interesting model, and Mike’s great example build. I particularly appreciate his going into the flight characteristics, and calling out the tradeoff around spin entry/exit. Seems like a bad choice for a competition acro trainer, but a uniquely good choice for someone who wants to cruise at 150+, get inverted, get in and out of short strips, and enjoy elbow room. Nice work y’all.
It nice to see an older design featured. Everybody want to see the latest and greatest. Rag and tube use to be the way. I remember that change when in the mid 70s Burt Rutan appears with his creation and glass birds took off.
Ton of fun hanging out with you shooting this footage Brian. You’re great at your craft. Thanks for the feature on my lil MAKO. Stop back by anytime. BTW I shot footage that day with some more specs and an aerobatic shakedown on the machine. The video is under my handle MakoMike
I always liked the HyperBipe almost went to work with Tom and Mark in the 80s. Sometime ago I talked with Tom and inquired about the HyperBipe and was told someone purchased the production rights to the design. It would be a nice design to bring back to the market.
I didn't realize there was such interest in this bird. I personally love the lines of it and the design. Thanks for sharing your knowledge of it. Check the links in the description for who own it now.
I got the chance to fly with Mark back in the seventies in his first HyperBipe. I was in my mid twenties at the time and owned a Common Wealth 185 Skyranger. I flew into Mark's air field in Tenino Wa just as Mark was going to take out the HyperBipe for a flight and he asked me if I wanted to ride along, I jumped at the chance. We were out for about forty five minuets and had a blast. I was amazed at how easy the plane was to fly. Mark did some aero's that were so smooth you could hardly feel anything. I've lost track many years ago of Mark and his family. I heard he stopped to work on the plane because of legal problems! What a shame to loose a great plane like the HyperBipe!
Experimenting at it best. Do what you can with what you got! And it turned out quite nicely! Thank You for taking the time to say hello here and for watching! We appreciate you!
Lol, we had been waiting for weeks to paint this thing. 1st low humidity day of September last year …..Boom, driveway paint job. Probably won’t win best of show at Oshkosh but it turned out decent.
Lots of memories there. The Sorrell brothers were just down the freeway from my home airport KPAE and would always bring a pair of Hiperbipes to the airshow there. Mid 70s to early 80s.
I use to stop in their shop anytime I was down that way... I lived near BLI. Sadly I never got to meet Tom and Mark's dad Hobi but I was fimilar with one of his early designs it was a low wing called the Nuthatcher that was in the mid 60s. Molt Tailor was also an interesting gentleman to talk with as well.
@@wheelerdavea I'm guessing you are talking of the Bullet? I know the Imps were kind of a nich aircraft. Molt was onto something with their designs to be honest. The Coot and Imps to me were more complex than they needed to be. I say this from having designed stuff to be as simple as it can be to do the job needed. I drive a mechanical engineer friend crazy comming up with easier and simpler ways to do the same task... as Ford said parts left out can cause no service problems.
What a great plane.. i'm not crazy about the sharks mouth on the cowl...but that's just me...love the colors and everything else including the pilot!!!!!!!! great video!!!!!!
I’m always reminded of the WWII aircraft when I see a sharks mouth painted on a cowling. Not sure the speeds match but I’m betting the controllability is close. One hour inverted may take a toll on the brain!!
I used to work at the Sorrell Aircraft Company in Tenino with Tim, Mark, Dan, and Lisa. They are a great family. Brilliant people!! I built, in production,the SNS 8 Hiperlite and flew the SNS9 experimental. What a memory!!!😁
I have tried to get in contact with any one of these people. John was a delightful man of God and he was instrumental in changing my life for the better. Im sad to hear he is/was not well. If anyone has a way I can call the Sorrel family I would appreciate the information.
I have a friend who was a welder for the Hiperbipe program and has a completed frame and engine in his shop. Mike Cole in Arlington. If he has this still Im certain he would sell it
Really like this channel a lot. Great videos and I like the dedication to experiential aircraft. Fantastic information on this plane. I love how this pilot talks about the construction and physics of the airframe.
Experimental, Light Sport and Ultralight Aviation is our niche. We try to stay in our "lane" and cover only these topics. Thank You for your support and taking the time to engage here. We appreciate you!
Yikes! You are so right! Sorry about that. There is only so much time in an episode :-) There is another video coming shortly interview Mike on the "Round Table."
I would to. And maybe moving the fuel tank into the wings somehow. There is a link in the description to who holds the rights at this moment if you are really interested. Thanks for watching!
I think maybe it was someone's "Tax Right Off" one year. :-) Not really cost effective... but it does surely create a great conversation! I am told that the metal structure is approximately 2 feet deep! Thanks for watching!
@@ExperimentalAircraftChannel I don’t know about cost effective, but it sure is a great solution to having to move airplanes every time you want to get one in the back out and it has to nearly eliminate hangar rash.
I like this aircraft very much! It reminds me of an old 1930's Beechcraft stagger wing minus the rotory engine. I wish it had a rotory engine. It would be very cool if the Hyperbipe Company made a replica Beechcraft stagger wing with a Verner 7 cylinder rotory engine.
An amazing story... Truly about how a lot of people helped create a " Wow" and a wonderful small aerobatic airplane. The work done on something as a basic simple flying machine and with the complex solutions of making things work great... Would like to know how it flies faster upside down vs right side up...?
Hi Terry, the airplane has 0° dihedral on the top wings and 1.5° positive on the bottom wings. When you flip that dihedral upside down it decreases drag and will indicate 160-165 mph typically vs 155-160 upright.
Love to see a VSI larger than a 50 cent piece. Nice aircraft Mike you and your team have put together a project you can be proud of. I was hoping you were going to give us a cockpit view of Mike’s aerial work and some loop’es! Love them loop’es = whoop’es! Another great episode Bryan. Cheers.
@@MannyCamRS Lol, when we replaced the interior we decided not to pull the headliner. We matched the brown that was already installed. Almost everyone that looked at it said it looked like a King Ranch Ford. I decided to just buy some King Ranch stickers and make it official. We’ll, not official but comical at least.
It is just a very different design. I first saw one of these on the field during Sun-N-Fun in Lakeland Florida and wanted to learn more about it. The cockpit is a little tight with the fuel tank/header tank right behind the instrument panel. Otherwise... a very beautiful design. Thanks for sharing!
Just a hypothetical: if this plane was around in WW2, would it have replaced a plane like the piper cub as a scout plane, or better than a Fiesler stork for spotting, scouting, liaison plane?
Mike, Can you get that 360 to give 250hp? Also, would it be possible to get 265knots out of that plane IF you cleaned up all the drag components? Rivets, gaps, etc.? Might want to race one some day.
Where did you get the flying wire stays (the black ones)? I want the ones you have and cannot find those things and cannot even find what the hell they are called!
It's not bad. The pilot leads with their right foot in, then sit, rotate in. My wife is shorter than me but still not hard. There's a lot of hand holds with the cross members.
I want 1!! Or make 1. I make model rc aircraft like a p40 that can do 3D flying. ( hovered on its prop). My 40’s are going to turn in to a F82. That’s a twin mustang, they never made one full scale of a p 40 but I can .!! I have made them 11 times ! I’m a radio control combat winner 1997. Ok hate to brag ,also if anyone can do that it would be me!!,,,
Bummer he didn’t do some rolls, I’ve seen performances at air shows with the hyperbipe and the eight point rolls have never been more crisp!!! Just click click click…..
Agreed! I let Mike speak about the numbers during his flight... but didn't get all the specs on the kit/Aircraft in this episode. My apologies. A bit of a time crunch going on over here this month. Hang in there... we work at being better and better at this! :-)
Thanks for adding clarity. We all describe things in different ways... but generally get our point across even if not 100% accurate in our description. i for one stumbled on the Lake! (Lake Lure? It is LAKE NORMAN). Whoops! Thank You for taking the time to watch!
Back in the 70s I flew the BO-105 in airshows at Paine Field in Everett,WA, and Mark was flying the HyperBipe. His precise maneuvers were awesome! He definitely outclassed most of the rest of the us with his routine.
Seriously though, let's get a segment on that rotisserie hangar. That thing is cool!
There is always a bit of a time crunch in these interviews and trying to cover everything in a 15m-19m segment is surely a challenge. There is more to come soon with a "round table" interview with Mike discussing his history as an Aerobatic Flight Instructor and many other things he has done in the past. Keep watching! :-)
My jaw dropped when I saw that!
Hmm, rotisserie hanger? So, ya'll stay level and the hanger rotates?? LOLOL 8) --gary
Now that would be impressive!
Pretty Sure - it's a Massive "Lazy Susan" - Not Exactly a "rotisserie!"
ATC: Please expedite approach
Pilot: *flips upside down*
Hah! I bet Mike would try that! Thanks for saying hello!
That hangar carousel is pretty amazing.
It is quite impressive. I had to ignore the Aircraft for a few minutes when I arrived and just had an expression of "Whhhhhaaaaaat is going on here?!" :-)
In germany these types of hangars are common. First, we dont have the space to allow for individual hangers and the taxiways, and second aviation here is more organized in groups or clubs, which own a hangar for their planes. Just check the internet
What a beauty! From the lifting body to the stagger wings to the color and graphics to the hot rod core, I love this!
Thanks to both you and Mike for the intro to this interesting model, and Mike’s great example build. I particularly appreciate his going into the flight characteristics, and calling out the tradeoff around spin entry/exit. Seems like a bad choice for a competition acro trainer, but a uniquely good choice for someone who wants to cruise at 150+, get inverted, get in and out of short strips, and enjoy elbow room. Nice work y’all.
It nice to see an older design featured. Everybody want to see the latest and greatest. Rag and tube use to be the way. I remember that change when in the mid 70s Burt Rutan appears with his creation and glass birds took off.
Ton of fun hanging out with you shooting this footage Brian. You’re great at your craft. Thanks for the feature on my lil MAKO. Stop back by anytime. BTW I shot footage that day with some more specs and an aerobatic shakedown on the machine. The video is under my handle MakoMike
Whoa...!!! Spin the wheel and pick a plane!!! Waiting for details on that beauty! Great plane great interview!
I always liked the HyperBipe almost went to work with Tom and Mark in the 80s. Sometime ago I talked with Tom and inquired about the HyperBipe and was told someone purchased the production rights to the design. It would be a nice design to bring back to the market.
I didn't realize there was such interest in this bird. I personally love the lines of it and the design. Thanks for sharing your knowledge of it. Check the links in the description for who own it now.
I got the chance to fly with Mark back in the seventies in his first HyperBipe. I was in my mid twenties at the time and owned a Common Wealth 185 Skyranger. I flew into Mark's air field in Tenino Wa just as Mark was going to take out the HyperBipe for a flight and he asked me if I wanted to ride along, I jumped at the chance. We were out for about forty five minuets and had a blast. I was amazed at how easy the plane was to fly. Mark did some aero's that were so smooth you could hardly feel anything. I've lost track many years ago of Mark and his family. I heard he stopped to work on the plane because of legal problems! What a shame to loose a great plane like the HyperBipe!
Have you noticed that once in the aircraft every pilot in the world has their own “pilot voice”, like you have a telephone voice.
Great video and very nice aircraft. Especially impressed with “let’s drag the plane outside and paint it!” 👍🏽👍🏽
Experimenting at it best. Do what you can with what you got! And it turned out quite nicely! Thank You for taking the time to say hello here and for watching! We appreciate you!
Lol, we had been waiting for weeks to paint this thing. 1st low humidity day of September last year …..Boom, driveway paint job. Probably won’t win best of show at Oshkosh but it turned out decent.
Lots of memories there. The Sorrell brothers were just down the freeway from my home airport KPAE and would always bring a pair of Hiperbipes to the airshow there. Mid 70s to early 80s.
I use to stop in their shop anytime I was down that way... I lived near BLI. Sadly I never got to meet Tom and Mark's dad Hobi but I was fimilar with one of his early designs it was a low wing called the Nuthatcher that was in the mid 60s.
Molt Tailor was also an interesting gentleman to talk with as well.
Sweet! Love hearing shop talk stories. Would have been awesome to capture that. Thanks for sharing!
@@krissfemmpaws1029 Yes, Molt was an interesting guy. Too bad his airplane didn't pan out.
@@wheelerdavea I'm guessing you are talking of the Bullet?
I know the Imps were kind of a nich aircraft. Molt was onto something with their designs to be honest.
The Coot and Imps to me were more complex than they needed to be. I say this from having designed stuff to be as simple as it can be to do the job needed. I drive a mechanical engineer friend crazy comming up with easier and simpler ways to do the same task... as Ford said parts left out can cause no service problems.
Nice plane!! Poor man's staggering beech. Very cool!!!🛩
Holy cow! Nice. It's been a while since I last saw a HiperBipe.
Thanks for sharing!🇺🇸⚔️🍕🍺👍👍
Love at first sight! I'd love the chance to fly one. Absolutely beautiful! A great cross country airplane for sure.
Love the lines and the paint job is flat out killer!
I want to know more about the turn table that the plane is sitting on?
What a great plane.. i'm not crazy about the sharks mouth on the cowl...but that's just me...love the colors and everything else including the pilot!!!!!!!! great video!!!!!!
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I’m always reminded of the WWII aircraft when I see a sharks mouth painted on a cowling. Not sure the speeds match but I’m betting the controllability is close. One hour inverted may take a toll on the brain!!
I used to work at the Sorrell Aircraft Company in Tenino with Tim, Mark, Dan, and Lisa.
They are a great family. Brilliant people!!
I built, in production,the SNS 8 Hiperlite and flew the SNS9 experimental.
What a memory!!!😁
Way cool Jason. Any chance you’ve have an update on John ? Heard his health had gone downhill.
I have tried to get in contact with any one of these people. John was a delightful man of God and he was instrumental in changing my life for the better. Im sad to hear he is/was not well.
If anyone has a way I can call the Sorrel family I would appreciate the information.
I have a friend who was a welder for the Hiperbipe program and has a completed frame and engine in his shop. Mike Cole in Arlington. If he has this still Im certain he would sell it
Happy to provide you with the number I have for John
Doug Roth gave me an aerobatic ride in his HiperBipe when I worked at Duncan. It was the coolest thing I have done in an Airplane by far.
Really like this channel a lot. Great videos and I like the dedication to experiential aircraft. Fantastic information on this plane. I love how this pilot talks about the construction and physics of the airframe.
Experimental, Light Sport and Ultralight Aviation is our niche. We try to stay in our "lane" and cover only these topics. Thank You for your support and taking the time to engage here. We appreciate you!
You just gonna have the airplanes spinning around on like a train turntable and we not gonna talk about it!?
Yikes! You are so right! Sorry about that. There is only so much time in an episode :-) There is another video coming shortly interview Mike on the "Round Table."
Every maneuver seems razor- sharp
That’s one hot plane. Love it.
Awesome Brian. Been upside down in Mako once after a burger at MTV, LOVE IT!!! Nice Hob Mikey!!
Brady 👊🏽
Always was a fan of the Hiperbipe. Would love to see an updated kit on the market again.
I would to. And maybe moving the fuel tank into the wings somehow. There is a link in the description to who holds the rights at this moment if you are really interested. Thanks for watching!
The plane is nice, but that turntable hangar is the amazing thing!
I think maybe it was someone's "Tax Right Off" one year. :-) Not really cost effective... but it does surely create a great conversation! I am told that the metal structure is approximately 2 feet deep! Thanks for watching!
@@ExperimentalAircraftChannel I don’t know about cost effective, but it sure is a great solution to having to move airplanes every time you want to get one in the back out and it has to nearly eliminate hangar rash.
What a great plain! Looks great and flys fun!
The oldschool/ mod school design and components giving practicality and performance..these should be mass produced for varied use.
Totally cool, aptly named. Lift generating fuselage. Marvelous.
Great episode thanks Brian
I like this aircraft very much! It reminds me of an old 1930's Beechcraft stagger wing minus the rotory engine. I wish it had a rotory engine. It would be very cool if the Hyperbipe Company made a replica Beechcraft stagger wing with a Verner 7 cylinder rotory engine.
An amazing story... Truly about how a lot of people helped create a " Wow" and a wonderful small aerobatic airplane. The work done on something as a basic simple flying machine and with the complex solutions of making things work great... Would like to know how it flies faster upside down vs right side up...?
Hi Terry, the airplane has 0° dihedral on the top wings and 1.5° positive on the bottom wings. When you flip that dihedral upside down it decreases drag and will indicate 160-165 mph typically vs 155-160 upright.
awesome plane thanks for video, love the channel
this is next to my favorite style plane next to the ultimate bi plane
A eork of art! I love it.
Love to see a VSI larger than a 50 cent piece. Nice aircraft Mike you and your team have put together a project you can be proud of. I was hoping you were going to give us a cockpit view of Mike’s aerial work and some loop’es! Love them loop’es = whoop’es! Another great episode Bryan. Cheers.
Thanks for the kind words. I have an aerobatic shakedown video under this handle.
Thenks.amazing
The Red Barron would have loved this airplane.
as awesome as the plane is, I REALLY want to see the construction and design of the rotating floor it sits on!
Super kool,,,l,luv it
Very, very cool airplane Mike!! Congrats on a superb build!! 8) --gary
Wow....just saw a King Ranch sticker. South Texas Ranching Empire.
Are you using their leather products?
@@MannyCamRS Lol, when we replaced the interior we decided not to pull the headliner. We matched the brown that was already installed. Almost everyone that looked at it said it looked like a King Ranch Ford. I decided to just buy some King Ranch stickers and make it official. We’ll, not official but comical at least.
@@makomike3757 That's plenty official for me. Awesome interior, beautiful plane. Big fan here. Brownsville, Texas.
Wow that's extremely cool! I'm a rc pilot and have a kit of this to build. Think Mike would mind if I copied his design?
Mike would not mind at all !
VERY COOL MACHINE
Need to do a short video about the rotisserie hangar
Great paint , beautiful acft
It has great ""Ramp Appeal" now doesn't it?! Can't miss that one! Thanks for watching!
Sweet airplane and hangar!
Man im 59 i feel in love with the guppy way back
Awesome craft 👍👍 great job man
Not a bipe fan generally but these are something else .. even RC model s - build simple but fly grt.🤩
It is just a very different design. I first saw one of these on the field during Sun-N-Fun in Lakeland Florida and wanted to learn more about it. The cockpit is a little tight with the fuel tank/header tank right behind the instrument panel. Otherwise... a very beautiful design. Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous airplane!
Sweet Bird. Fast, great paint.
Neat Bird!
Agreed! Thanks for taking the time to watch! :-)
Always thought those staggar-wing hypers were great looking machines.
First! That is awesome thanks for sharing!
Right you are! You... are FIRST(1) :-) Thanks for showing up tonight!
@@ExperimentalAircraftChannel Thanks you have a great channel.
great video. Nice plane.
Are you using mags or did you convert to electronic ignition?
Just a hypothetical: if this plane was around in WW2, would it have replaced a plane like the piper cub as a scout plane, or better than a Fiesler stork for spotting, scouting, liaison plane?
Mikey!!
Fack 👊🏽
Mike, Can you get that 360 to give 250hp? Also, would it be possible to get 265knots out of that plane IF you cleaned up all the drag components? Rivets, gaps, etc.? Might want to race one some day.
I want one
Cool airplane. Equally cool is the rotating platform that serves up the aircraft in that hangar. I've never seen anything like that.
You and me both! It was a distraction when I first arrived! There is another episode coming soon interviewing Mike on the "Round Table" :-)
Where did you get the flying wire stays (the black ones)? I want the ones you have and cannot find those things and cannot even find what the hell they are called!
Cool bipe!BUT, show me please, progress of getting to cockpit.....
It's not bad. The pilot leads with their right foot in, then sit, rotate in. My wife is shorter than me but still not hard. There's a lot of hand holds with the cross members.
Bravo
The beauty of being a pilot is that there’s another language that only pilots and aviation enthusiasts understand
I want 1!! Or make 1. I make model rc aircraft like a p40 that can do 3D flying. ( hovered on its prop). My 40’s are going to turn in to a F82. That’s a twin mustang, they never made one full scale of a p 40 but I can .!!
I have made them 11 times ! I’m a radio control combat winner 1997. Ok hate to brag ,also if anyone can do that it would be me!!,,,
12:45 is what you want
Very cool plane for sure… but I’m sorry, this video is a fail to not talk at all about a rotating hanger that is so unique & amazing.
19 and 80???? do you mean 1980?
Ready, set, aim, fire? LMFAO!
:-D
👌
Thank You David!
♥️👍
Bummer he didn’t do some rolls, I’ve seen performances at air shows with the hyperbipe and the eight point rolls have never been more crisp!!! Just click click click…..
I have a basic aerobatic shakedown video under this handle.
@@makomike3757 , thanks!
Are we just going to ignore the hanger?
Disappointed there’s no specs
Agreed! I let Mike speak about the numbers during his flight... but didn't get all the specs on the kit/Aircraft in this episode. My apologies. A bit of a time crunch going on over here this month. Hang in there... we work at being better and better at this! :-)
I have posted an aerobatic shakedown video under this handle
poor spin recovery... faster inverted... this thing is a mutt! :(
7:52 There is no such thing as "compressed air" on a subsonic aircraft. The flow might be accelerated, but impossible to be compressed.
Thanks for adding clarity. We all describe things in different ways... but generally get our point across even if not 100% accurate in our description. i for one stumbled on the Lake! (Lake Lure? It is LAKE NORMAN). Whoops! Thank You for taking the time to watch!
Elevator and rudder aren't in compressed air... not unless your transonic!
Bring back the Spruce Goose
Sure thing! Coming right up.... at some point. :-)
Absolutely amazing aircraft! But its so ugly😂🤘
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! 😜
$$$$$$$$$$$$$???????
Jeezus that thing's ugly! Looks like something a 3 year old would design.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess! 🙃