I am a former police Sgt., 29yo, and with a wife and kids. Last March I left policing to pursue my aviation dream and have since earned my CMEL and CSEL. I have never had money to go and buy things in the past due to my salary and the cost of living for a family. I am using a loan to pay for flight school, but I'm looking at it as an investment. It is definitely a motivator to see you in a hangar with the plane you are getting built from the ground up. If all goes as planned, I hope to one day be in this exact situation. Congratulations.
Try to get your old job back. It’s going to take 15 years before you have enough flying time to get a decent job. You need to be in training by 18 years and not have any plans for a family for at least 15 years. That’s how long it takes to get above minimum wage in flying. You will be stuck flying mail at night and for crazy hours for a long time before you make it to decent paying stuff. Flying for fun is great at any age, but if you want to fly commercial, start young and single.
@adamr9215 Who pissed in your Cheerios? Don't listen to this guy. I don't want to speculate on his motivation for sewing discontent & misinformation. To be fair, the best time to get into flying was yesterday. Ya missed the crazy hiring wave during Covid, but historically speaking, you are sitting in a reasonably good position. Make no mistake about it, you have a couple challenging years ahead before your hours are competitive. Don't bother wasting money on a CFI ticket. Nobody cares about instructing experience anymore. Try to get work flying pipelines, or better yet go to Alaska for the summer & fly in the bush. Ya you will be away from the family & it will be difficult, but getting 75-100 hours a month while getting incredibly valuable experience can't be over stated. The chances that you live in a place with entry level aviation jobs that have a reasonable wage AND allow you to log 75-100 hours a month is rare. Unfortunately you should expect to move the family, be on the road for months at a time, or commute. I wish you the best.
@@adamr9215What is someone supposed to do with that information? Why instead of trying to understand different perspectives and choices, do we chastise them as wrong with no tolerance for difference. No one can go back in time, and a wife and children are more precious than anything job you could ever do. That’s coming from a single 28y/o student pilot who (almost) gave up on professional aviation, just to wind up living alone, working in dead end technical service job primarily staffed by bitter, mean old men. Like them, you sound like a doomtroll and I hope you aren’t anywhere near Part 121 aircraft with that attitude.
It's great to see someone who has worked so hard to share his flying with the aviation community enjoy success in the form of a new airplane that will unlock even more adventures. Thank you, Squarespace, for spending your marketing dollars on this sort of thing instead of more boring banner ads!
Getting Close!!! That part of the assembly can be so frustrating, 'cause it's an airplane, but you can't fly it yet. watching this has me all goosebumpy as I get ready to pull my plane into the service hangar for some major upgrades this winter.
Lovely! I like the beast tires ! 😊. I'm a newbie to bush planes, and love watching your videos all the time. Glad to see your bird getting ready in Texas, Lmk when you're in DFW, we can catch up if you're available.
My gosh, what a beautiful monster!! I was so sad to see the KitFox go, but I can't wait to see the adventures you will be having with this wonderful-looking plane...
WOW! Progress is going well and quick! Thank you Trent for bringing us along on this build journey! I have enjoyed it immensely! I am actually surprised at the Completion date of mid to late Feb. I honestly wasn't expecting completion to be until at least May. I'm so excited to see it fly! With that being said, I think it is time to address the elephant in the room. What are we gonna call it? What will your callsign be? For 8 Juliet Juliet your callsign was Freedom Fox. As great of a name as it was, Freedom Cub doesn't have the same ring to it. Not to mention the Freedom fox is still out flying so we cannot take away from that. So What names are we thinking? I original was thinking Black Star, then the name from Topgun 2 jumped into my head, DARKSTAR. As cool as a name as that is, I do think it is just stealing it from a movie. We need something catchy, original, and something that when spoken, everyone will know who, and what aircraft is being referred to like Freedom Fox of old. So what say everyone? What name have YOU thought of? Reply and comment your Name Idea
Beautiful! I love all airplanes... old, new, unique, standard. But there's something satisfying about seeing a brand new build come together so well. It will be a wonder to see it fly for the first time.
@Trentpalmer My kids got to see your plane at the factory on a tour with Civil Air Patrol. They were very impressed and loved the paint scheme. When they told me they were going I told them to keep their eyes open for it!
I would like to know the empty weight CoG with the (lighter than Lycoming) Rotax up front. The engine mount doesn‘t seem super long. A constant speed prop and that smoke system will help with that. Those 38s are huge! Beautiful Airplane! ☺️
Looks good still think the some of the tail feathers should have been to make the tail pop your happy so guess its good enough 😂, That orange scheme behind your plane pops.
Your plane is coming together and is looking absolutely epic! I’m really curious seeing the turbo on the bottom how oil is returned? as a typical turbo it would be gravity.
Another awesome video trent! I wish I could vlog this naturally... I'm trying and hopefully it'll come but we will see. Keep it up, cant wait to see this finished.
@ I bet man! I will just keep pumping the content and hopefully people will enjoy it, like and subscribe to help make more! It would be great to pump out some planes in the UK for the channel under the UK authorities… it’s possible, it just requires money haha. Can’t wait to see the beast complete.
Have you ever heard of Permagard? It's a polymer paint protection. Its the best in the aviation industry. I am a aircraft detailer and I've put it on everything from cubs to global 7500's. If you have questions I can answer them for you.
having wheels that big,is it really that necessary? You are going to have to really pick your landing spots due to the wear rate of those tires. The drag factor will have to be considered also.
Really necessary? No, but awesome? Yes! Honestly I doubt I will ever land anywhere that 35in tires are required, but they do smooth out all off airport landings and protect the airframe and act as an insurance policy in case you run into any unexpected rocks or logs.
Very cool aircraft!! But as an aircraft mechanic it hurt to see all the mounting hardwear (bolts and nuts) being installed without any anti-seize or CorBan. If you have to do maintenance or any repairs on landing gear, flight controls etc. it will be much easier to remove the hardwear with anti-seize applied to them prior to installation. Maybe before final inspection take that into consideration. Either way I am really looking forward to see it flying:))
"Mine's serial number 400 and his is number 401" For some reason the thought that came immediately to mind was: 'Here's hoping Ryan doesn't hit an iceberg on his first flight!'
I don't. Super heavy & draggy. Plus, super expensive. Makes the airplane fly lousy and they wallow all over the place on pavement with low tire pressure. Try them sometime.
Hey Trent Im an aviation student and I have a law/technical question that I was hoping you could answer since you've already built your own plane before. When you finish building and get an airworthiness certificate does someone from the FAA come out to evaluate how it performs or do you just send in your Mx logs and weight and balance info? And when you modify your plane how big of a modification can it be before you have to re-certify it?
I will do all the test flying, basically a DAR comes out to do the final inspection and issue a special airworthiness certificate which will define the phase 1 fly off restrictions, phase 1 is testing phase, after the testing is complete I will place the plane into phase 2 which is the standard phase for experimental aircraft with the least limitations.
Should help since the rotax is so light, although the 35s are also in front of the CG so we will see. Sure does clean up the entire install if we can keep it in front of the firewall from a plumbing and wiring standpoint.
I am a former police Sgt., 29yo, and with a wife and kids. Last March I left policing to pursue my aviation dream and have since earned my CMEL and CSEL. I have never had money to go and buy things in the past due to my salary and the cost of living for a family. I am using a loan to pay for flight school, but I'm looking at it as an investment. It is definitely a motivator to see you in a hangar with the plane you are getting built from the ground up. If all goes as planned, I hope to one day be in this exact situation. Congratulations.
Try to get your old job back. It’s going to take 15 years before you have enough flying time to get a decent job. You need to be in training by 18 years and not have any plans for a family for at least 15 years. That’s how long it takes to get above minimum wage in flying. You will be stuck flying mail at night and for crazy hours for a long time before you make it to decent paying stuff. Flying for fun is great at any age, but if you want to fly commercial, start young and single.
I left a police department 20 years ago. Best decision I ever made.
@adamr9215
Who pissed in your Cheerios?
Don't listen to this guy. I don't want to speculate on his motivation for sewing discontent & misinformation.
To be fair, the best time to get into flying was yesterday. Ya missed the crazy hiring wave during Covid, but historically speaking, you are sitting in a reasonably good position. Make no mistake about it, you have a couple challenging years ahead before your hours are competitive.
Don't bother wasting money on a CFI ticket. Nobody cares about instructing experience anymore. Try to get work flying pipelines, or better yet go to Alaska for the summer & fly in the bush. Ya you will be away from the family & it will be difficult, but getting 75-100 hours a month while getting incredibly valuable experience can't be over stated.
The chances that you live in a place with entry level aviation jobs that have a reasonable wage AND allow you to log 75-100 hours a month is rare. Unfortunately you should expect to move the family, be on the road for months at a time, or commute.
I wish you the best.
@@adamr9215this is out of date info
@@adamr9215What is someone supposed to do with that information? Why instead of trying to understand different perspectives and choices, do we chastise them as wrong with no tolerance for difference. No one can go back in time, and a wife and children are more precious than anything job you could ever do. That’s coming from a single 28y/o student pilot who (almost) gave up on professional aviation, just to wind up living alone, working in dead end technical service job primarily staffed by bitter, mean old men. Like them, you sound like a doomtroll and I hope you aren’t anywhere near Part 121 aircraft with that attitude.
It's great to see someone who has worked so hard to share his flying with the aviation community enjoy success in the form of a new airplane that will unlock even more adventures. Thank you, Squarespace, for spending your marketing dollars on this sort of thing instead of more boring banner ads!
Trent!!!
What a profound positive impact you have on the flying community!!
Just awesome 👏 ❤
Really happy for you, thanks for letting us follow the work. You're really sparking my own dreams of buying my own plane. Cheers!
That’s a gorgeous plane Trent. Love the red wheels
U absolutely ACED this paint scheme!!!! Love it! Really can’t wait to see it in the air! Great job
Thanks! It turned out great, I’m excited to finally get it in the air as well!
Agreed! That's a sweet paint job. The gloss/flat black looks amazing.
@ I know right
The rims were the icing in the cake. A lil detail that added so much to this cool plane. Love it
I would like to see Brakes behind those rims 😊
Getting Close!!! That part of the assembly can be so frustrating, 'cause it's an airplane, but you can't fly it yet.
watching this has me all goosebumpy as I get ready to pull my plane into the service hangar for some major upgrades this winter.
... but you can sit in it, make airplane noises, and let your imagination fly loops.
@@kensherwin4544 Yeah I did that in my airplane during the 9 month total rebuild for sure.
So exciting! Looking forward to seeing where you go and what you do with it. Fly high, far, and safe.
Lovely! I like the beast tires ! 😊. I'm a newbie to bush planes, and love watching your videos all the time. Glad to see your bird getting ready in Texas, Lmk when you're in DFW, we can catch up if you're available.
My gosh, what a beautiful monster!! I was so sad to see the KitFox go, but I can't wait to see the adventures you will be having with this wonderful-looking plane...
WOW! Progress is going well and quick! Thank you Trent for bringing us along on this build journey! I have enjoyed it immensely! I am actually surprised at the Completion date of mid to late Feb. I honestly wasn't expecting completion to be until at least May. I'm so excited to see it fly!
With that being said, I think it is time to address the elephant in the room. What are we gonna call it? What will your callsign be? For 8 Juliet Juliet your callsign was Freedom Fox. As great of a name as it was, Freedom Cub doesn't have the same ring to it. Not to mention the Freedom fox is still out flying so we cannot take away from that. So What names are we thinking? I original was thinking Black Star, then the name from Topgun 2 jumped into my head, DARKSTAR. As cool as a name as that is, I do think it is just stealing it from a movie. We need something catchy, original, and something that when spoken, everyone will know who, and what aircraft is being referred to like Freedom Fox of old.
So what say everyone? What name have YOU thought of? Reply and comment your Name Idea
Ah! That is a nice looking plane! Thanks for the updates.
That paint is fantastic! Can't wait to see it fly.
I built a cub 30 years ago and I learned so much more from just this video. Man things have changed. Looking forward to seeing it fly
Beautiful! I love all airplanes... old, new, unique, standard. But there's something satisfying about seeing a brand new build come together so well. It will be a wonder to see it fly for the first time.
Nice to build a kit in a shop where everything needed is right at hand! Makes it go so much faster.
Congrats brother on reaching the final stage. Really enjoy your content.
I'm literally so stoked for the finished product. Thanks for the amazing content.
Me too! It's been a fun journey getting here.
Beautiful - Ever closer to the day you fly it. Excited for you.
@Trentpalmer My kids got to see your plane at the factory on a tour with Civil Air Patrol. They were very impressed and loved the paint scheme. When they told me they were going I told them to keep their eyes open for it!
Coming together beautifully, Well done guys.
She's look'n incredible. Can't wait to see her fly.
Happy New Year Trent! I cant wait to see this one fly!
The great metamorphosis...very cool...Great paint scheme...
Thx Trent.
Man does that look good!! It is a beautiful bird already!! Things I dream of!! May she fly safe forever!!
Coming along nicely Trent, looking amazing.
That looks great, Trent you must be super stoked about the progress.
This is so cool! Soon it will be flying! Im currently getting my license and plan to eventually get a bush plane!
Bro- It's coming along nice!!! Bring that thing to Georgia so we can fly on our rivers and beaches!!!
The plane is coming together awesomely!!
Love the build. Thank you for your channel. 😊
Man she is looking so good 😊, those wheels and rims are so epic.
That is looking the absolute nutz !!! Very VERY cool !!
Those bush wheels are ridiculous!
Ridiculously AWESOME!
They're all over AK.
Good morning from Minnesota! Looking great!
I would like to know the empty weight CoG with the (lighter than Lycoming) Rotax up front. The engine mount doesn‘t seem super long. A constant speed prop and that smoke system will help with that. Those 38s are huge!
Beautiful Airplane! ☺️
Trent some red stars would look really nice on the flat black painted portion of the tail just saying. But what a cool paint scheme.
I can’t wait to get the flying videos. I’m living thru you while working towards doing the same in the future. Love the plane see you in the sky’s.
Hell yeah! Can’t wait to see it in action!!🤙🏾
very excited to watch this build
This is amazing. I’d love to see a lot more of the details!
Looks good still think the some of the tail feathers should have been to make the tail pop your happy so guess its good enough 😂, That orange scheme behind your plane pops.
Building airplanes… what a badass job that would be. Very cool project.
The old plane pales in comparison to this fabulous beauty. I like the way those stars blend into the overall look. Nice.
My word! That’s looking nice.
Awesome progress. Can't wait to see her fly!!!
Those are some big tires haha. Looking good Trent! Can't wait to see it flying.
Your plane is coming together and is looking absolutely epic!
I’m really curious seeing the turbo on the bottom how oil is returned? as a typical turbo it would be gravity.
The way a Rotax engine is so powerful yet so small is mindblowing
Another awesome video trent! I wish I could vlog this naturally... I'm trying and hopefully it'll come but we will see. Keep it up, cant wait to see this finished.
Dude, it took so long for me to be remotely comfortable on camera, and some days I still struggle. Just keep at it, it just comes with time
@ I bet man! I will just keep pumping the content and hopefully people will enjoy it, like and subscribe to help make more! It would be great to pump out some planes in the UK for the channel under the UK authorities… it’s possible, it just requires money haha.
Can’t wait to see the beast complete.
Looking Gooooood Trent! Hi from the UK
Hey, thanks!
Im so stoked for you man that is a beautiful airplane you deserve it brother
Is it safe to assume that you are building some camera mounts into the wings and fuselage! 📹
It really looks nice Trent ❤❤😊😊
Have you ever heard of Permagard? It's a polymer paint protection. Its the best in the aviation industry. I am a aircraft detailer and I've put it on everything from cubs to global 7500's. If you have questions I can answer them for you.
Cannot WAIT to see this girl in the air!!!
That paint scheme is so cool.
whaouuuu wheels are SO BIG :DD insane dream to build ur plane like a LEGO :D i hope u will enjoy your new plane gratz !!
That is one gorgeous plane!
having wheels that big,is it really that necessary? You are going to have to really pick your landing spots due to the wear rate of those tires. The drag factor will have to be considered also.
Really necessary? No, but awesome? Yes! Honestly I doubt I will ever land anywhere that 35in tires are required, but they do smooth out all off airport landings and protect the airframe and act as an insurance policy in case you run into any unexpected rocks or logs.
Man I know nothing about planes but even I can see this is the coolest one in there :)
This is exciting ! Mine will be number 403 !
I cannot wait to see those monster tires skipping across the water!
Very Nice ! 160 hp in, wowww !!!
Livin' the dream. You lucky dog.
Are tires that big really necessary? Seems like the 31’s did fine?
Definitely not necessary, haha
Very cool aircraft!! But as an aircraft mechanic it hurt to see all the mounting hardwear (bolts and nuts) being installed without any anti-seize or CorBan. If you have to do maintenance or any repairs on landing gear, flight controls etc. it will be much easier to remove the hardwear with anti-seize applied to them prior to installation. Maybe before final inspection take that into consideration.
Either way I am really looking forward to see it flying:))
Looks amazing dude!!
Good Lord, those tires man!!!
"Mine's serial number 400 and his is number 401" For some reason the thought that came immediately to mind was: 'Here's hoping Ryan doesn't hit an iceberg on his first flight!'
Mines 404-airplane not found. /jk
Definitely my dream built! Awesome build, Trent! Quick question, Trent. Around how much can I expect to spend on a built similar to yours?
Exciting time for you 🎉
You're building my dream STOL plane, Cheers!
Looking Good!
Beautiful!!
Looking good. Not too long now
LOVE LOVE LOVE THOSE TIRES! She’s going to be a beast.
I don't. Super heavy & draggy. Plus, super expensive. Makes the airplane fly lousy and they wallow all over the place on pavement with low tire pressure. Try them sometime.
Really? Describe the landing surface that he’s going to land on, even one in ten times, that any 20 something inchers couldn’t easily handle.
So Exciting Thankyou
magnificent. I wish it was my aircraft
Final Assembly... the most exciting part of the build.
Gotta wonder where the balance point is in the trade off of big wheels vs flying ability.
Exciting times!
Are there some parts and systems that need to be assembled by qualified technical people?
AWESOME! Can't wait
Hey Trent Im an aviation student and I have a law/technical question that I was hoping you could answer since you've already built your own plane before. When you finish building and get an airworthiness certificate does someone from the FAA come out to evaluate how it performs or do you just send in your Mx logs and weight and balance info? And when you modify your plane how big of a modification can it be before you have to re-certify it?
I will do all the test flying, basically a DAR comes out to do the final inspection and issue a special airworthiness certificate which will define the phase 1 fly off restrictions, phase 1 is testing phase, after the testing is complete I will place the plane into phase 2 which is the standard phase for experimental aircraft with the least limitations.
@@TrentonPalmer Thats interesting and definitely a lot more informative than the PHAK haha! thanks!
Damn she’s gorgeous. Can’t wait to see her fly.
Is that a 4-place fuselage behind you at the start of the Square Space ad?
Looking good.
Awesome build! 400 takes to the air soon………
I gotta say those tires look like something out of a cartoon. But hey, it's your plane LOL Looking good otherwise. GL
another nice video THANKS
I wonder if they could do a turbo prop version
I liked the rendering of the paint. I love it as a real plane
I remember some toy planes when I was a kid in the 70’s that had big tires. Who knew?🤣
Those Legend Cubvs are gorgeous but I beat on my plane too much to have a work of art like that.
''those tires are sooo big how you gunna see over....???'' forward faceing cameras that feed into the garmen or wtuever screen!! :)
Smoke tank in front of the firewall, does that hurt or help CG?
Should help since the rotax is so light, although the 35s are also in front of the CG so we will see. Sure does clean up the entire install if we can keep it in front of the firewall from a plumbing and wiring standpoint.
Out of curiosity to hopefully do this someday. How much does a build like this cost?
Only 35s? 😂 Dude this thing is a beast. Pretty cool Ryan is building one too!
Didn’t expect to see a rotax pop out of that box!