Dan Johnson

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@tomkurkowski 19 сағат бұрын

Beautiful plane. Like the electric coming. Wish the wings were movable like a Kit Fox. Then I could fit it in my garage.

@whoanelly737-8 2 күн бұрын

So awesome....another $400,000 LSA. WTF.

@ishtarbabylon4869 4 күн бұрын

I just can’t believe it .. He helped me get through the darkest years of my life .. And I will be dedicating my memoir to My children and Bobby .. He was more than this He told me once that if he didn’t go out doing what he loves he will be pretty pissed off ! Sending love to Connie and his family ❤❤❤❤..

@sirlancair 5 күн бұрын

Spoiler Alert: If you can't afford a 2025 ZR1 Corvette at $196, 000 or a second HOME, You wont come close to affording this guy

@sirlancair 13 күн бұрын

300k.....NEXT :)

@TovahSupply 14 күн бұрын

Love these videos but the interviewer interrupts the person being interviewed a bit too much.. it is disjointed at times

@JesseAdamson 15 күн бұрын

FYI I ordered one of the Adventura UL kids directly from Aero Adventures in Florida in 2022 and it was a terrible experience. They shipped it months after they said they would and then it arrived all smashed and had to be rejected and then we never got a replacement. Months later I asked for a refund which they said would be no problem but it's been a couple years now since then and I keep bothering them and get no refund and have not gotten any response at all for a long time now. Terrible customer service, totally stressful and not recommended. I made a KZbin with lots more details for anyone considering doing business with them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHSvnaSapNuqqassi=LYkngomlAmbkFDtP

@FlyingNDriving 16 күн бұрын

7:15 you care about indication that the gear is completely down, not completely up... Seems like a miscalculation

@DBartWest 17 күн бұрын

Love this airplane. As a side note. Sister Zara Rutherford and brother Mack Rutherford flew the Shark airplane around the world in 2021 and 2022 setting records for youngest solo woman and youngest solo person to circumnavigate the globe.

@flexairz 17 күн бұрын

Typical salesman... not any real experience.

@stevewhitaker44 17 күн бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. I would NEVER go demo with someone that hasn’t done a stall in the plane…

@Just_a_Proud_Dad 15 күн бұрын

At least he is honest.

@implanecrazyme6246 17 күн бұрын

The prices of these small aircraft is getting totally out of hand.

@PghGameFix 18 күн бұрын

Dan.... Corvette used fiberglass springs in the stingray.

@DanFrederiksen 18 күн бұрын

It is among the faster light sports, 914 doing around 350km/h at 10k and it is then all the more striking that the wide cabin side by side Risen is even more efficient. You'd think the sleek tandem is a guaranteed win but aerodynamics is a very particular lady. And yes the prices have become ridiculous, for the Risen too but they don't have to be. Indeed the Risen is such a relatively simple formula that all the makers should make their own approximate copy. You don't need the massive motorized canopy, note that the pilots sit well behind the peak of the canopy so it's unnecessarily large. Pilots and wings could be shifted forward, front glass could be static and have SR22 style doors. As touched on in this video, if the plane is very light you don't really need flaps which significantly simplifies the construction. A clever single piece fuselage in a quality mold that requires no finishing can really reduce cost. A good fly by wire system could also greatly simplify the mechanics and has natural autopilot functionality. Combined with a parachute I believe it can be the way forward. It's an engineering responsibility but really advances things. Replacing Rotax would also be good. If Garmin could make a G4x that has "nav" built in we wont have to replace them. I know it's blasphemic to the GA conditioned but there is no reason a Risen equivalent should cost more than 50k. Certainly viable within 100k. And it's not hard to imagine a 2+2 seater variant.

@mauriceevans6546 18 күн бұрын

50,000, huh? Lol!

@DanFrederiksen 18 күн бұрын

@@mauriceevans6546 hot tubs retail for 2500$ with everything. Complex fiber glass form, cosmetic surface, plumbing, pumps, lights. And that includes store profits. So these guys can't make a winged canoe with a VW engine for less than 300k? do you have any idea what brand name carbon fiber cloth costs? or do you trust your sheep hunches on pricing... try doing some napkin math, get some insight. Your conclusions will be more informed. Like mine.

@larryblanco8056 17 күн бұрын

@@DanFrederiksen 3K plain weave, 50" x 300ft about $3500 :)

@DanFrederiksen 17 күн бұрын

@@larryblanco8056 yeah that's roughly 30$/m2, not much different from cloth for a dress. You don't specify the weight of it which also matters but serves as an example. Easycomposites offer a 450g/m2 Mitsubishi twill for 23$/m2. If we say a plane like this Shark might need 150m2 that's 3450$. With resin that would weigh about 70kg. You can get a Northwind 20' carbon fiber canoe with 4 seats, nice finish, 1000lbs load rating for 4k$, close to the length of the Shark. Carbon fiber canoes can't be an absurdly large market so they can't claim mass production. So does aviation absolutely have to land on 300k for a small plane. Or is that comfortable 4x overpricing.

@djal1030 18 күн бұрын

$300000. That takes me out

@AlanMydland-fq2vs 17 күн бұрын

U me and a lot of others😂❤

@GeneralSirDouglasMcA 18 күн бұрын

I wonder how much slower a fixed-gear variant would cruise. Often, the extra maintenance & insurance costs are not worth the marginal gains in airspeed, not to mention the increased weight of retractable-gear.

@EasyFlight 18 күн бұрын

Love the thumbnail title. 😀 🦈

@pilotmiami1 18 күн бұрын

Bravo.Go Ahead.

@joeyturner9687 18 күн бұрын

nice if you have an extra 300k laying around. which the average person does not. but hey still love your channel Dan.

@nunyabidness3075 18 күн бұрын

Do you want to fly?

@cliffh8486 4 күн бұрын

Airplanes are not for poor people

@nunyabidness3075 4 күн бұрын

@@cliffh8486 Even cars aren’t really for poor people.

@CaptainCurt07 18 күн бұрын

*Really appreciate this content!*

@joshwolff2386 29 күн бұрын

when you go electric... are you going to put solar on the wings? ive seen a few gliders that have a solar wing and recharge and gain a ton of flight time from it. that would be cool to see!

@maxbootstrap7397 Ай бұрын

The new MOSAIC light-sport regulation has been expected "within the next 3 to 6 months" for the past 37 years. At least it seems that way.

@robertboyer9961 Ай бұрын

And aie pute ze chalque oneu blaque beauharde . Pour un ardéchois (peut-être) il se débrouille bien .

@nattinotti6934 Ай бұрын

You can tell the guy has a long list of customers willing to pay $400K for the plastic toy kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4CZoJuGlrKegbM. But $327K for basic VFR, seriously? One would build Velocity Twin for this budget and have true 200kt luxury 4 seats cruiser. What a time to be alive. One advise as a pilot: don't buy this fancy looking carbon shell unless you test-fly it. And have a mechanic who can serve your A/P for an acceptable price. Not many of them are happy to work on messy Rotax engines.

@mikedunn7795 Ай бұрын

I am the ideal weight- 178 lbs! Great little plane!

@frederickencioofficial3575 Ай бұрын

can it have longer wings so that it can glide like 1:50 ratio?

@timothyroberts8347 Ай бұрын

where is the motor I saw the propeller that lil thing behind is cant be the motor , my zero turn lawn mower has a bigger engine ,

@BenjiNotknown Ай бұрын

20knts landing awesome!

@timmyl2005 Ай бұрын

Amazing

@johanhelberglongbowsknifes1185 Ай бұрын

Great interview Dan. There something i want to ask you because you interview so many designers maybe you can help me i asked so many but they don't know or don't want to tell. Why do the designers of some light aircraft and even some Bush aircraft attach there Ailerons lower to wing what is there reason for that would love to know.

@DanJohnsonAffordableAviation Ай бұрын

Each designer may have reasons of their own, but a common answer is that the structure can better accommodate control surfaces on the lower wing; control linkages may be more easily configured.

@scotabot7826 Ай бұрын

What a Beautiful bird. I love the paint as well. Still looking at a Raven. Raven with the metal wings would be the ticket. Ran's are just great aircraft!!

@jamesclark7248 Ай бұрын

Dan, talk a bit less. Let your interviewee talk a bit more.

@scotabot7826 Ай бұрын

Yes!

@bobmac95 Ай бұрын

Beautiful aircraft!

@Mike-zw7fq Ай бұрын

I appreciate your enthusiasm. But don't talk over the person you are interviewing. Best Wishes.

@scotabot7826 Ай бұрын

Exactly!

@Tom_in_CA Ай бұрын

This was from 2023?

@mattwoody1089 Ай бұрын

Try letting the host talk Dan

@scotabot7826 Ай бұрын

I Love Dan, but I've been saying that exact same thing for years and years.......

@flexairz Ай бұрын

Really? 720p video? Really?

@kr6dr Ай бұрын

With that payload I would like to see a four seat version. I think it would compete with the Jabiru J430 for sales.

@SilvaAdventures Ай бұрын

What a great company! Thanks for the interview, Dan.

@DanJohnsonAffordableAviation Ай бұрын

You bet! Michelle was a fun conversation.

@douglasrobbins856 Ай бұрын

Great to see you back on the tube!

@DanJohnsonAffordableAviation Ай бұрын

Thanks! I've got a couple more in the works.

@jamesonpace726 Ай бұрын

Dan The Man is back, yay! But probably will disappear again, though I hope not - everything I know about ULs is thanks to you....

@DanJohnsonAffordableAviation Ай бұрын

That's very kind of you to say. I'm pleased to have been any help in your enjoyment of aviation. I have more content on the way so I'm not gone yet.

@douglasschafer6372 Ай бұрын

What a handsome aircraft, wow

@andrewozzy Ай бұрын

I just started flying in New Smyrna in February and visited Spruce Creek for dinner. What a cool airpark and so many cool planes and a P-51 peaking out of a garage.