If anyone is willing to part with theirs because their children don't want it or no one left in their family enjoys aviation, I'll buy it. However, it must be completely built and has at least one test flight that took off without complications but also landed the same. I'm being silly, but I'm really interested in having my first plane be a delta. I would love it and cherish it beyond measure. Hangars are what stop me from having one. Since they fit into a garage, I figured it would be best to put my wife in my unheated garage and have my plane next to me in bed. 🤔

Can't see because no photographer was filming the plane, just an amateur

I can seriously convert this to RC format, and from there, it could be built full scale with much greater ease then how they went about this project.

The closest I’ll ever come to building a Delta is meeting someone who built one. Great video

The Delta wing looks suspiciously like the Avero Arrow.

oh come on, it was a J3 piper cub with different wings :-\

Great content! I’m glad I found your channel. Looking forward to seeing future content. Thank you!

3D laser scan one and start 3D printing and cncing it. Use modern design technologies

Did he manage to get rid of that wasp? Cause the cameraman didn’t

monocoque: a structural system in which loads are supported by an object's external skin, in a manner similar to an egg shell. > This design could be stronger and lighter with a fraction of the welding (labor).

I have no idea about aircraft design but to conceive of an experimental home built plane that can fly your family around the country is mind boggling. This is the same guy who put a propeller on the back of a bicycle!! He must have been a very unique individual.

Their noise was also deafning too.

A very inspiration story and a very inspirational plane. The main reason we don't see delta-wing planes in small and relatively low-speed aircraft is the very difficult recovery from stall/spin issues, relatively higher stall speeds, and the delta wing's low lift efficiency at low speeds resulting in longer take-offs and landings. This plane is very stable--until it isn't. There's little room for error and recovery from that error is fraught with knife-edge maneuvering windows with very "mushy" control authority. To use an analogy, it's the akin to the handling differences between a traditional front-engine rear-drive car and a mid-engined layout.

10:27 ! The wright Bros built a wind tunnel from almost nothing, which is still an advanced piece of analytical kit. Way more than would be needed for what he ultimately built

Flying boats R the COOLEST! Tailspin was a blatant ripoff of Miyazaki's Porko Rosso!

My uncle Jennifer would love this.

I had the privilege and honor of flying around the country in s/n 2 many years ago. I am still in love with her...❤ Thanks for the great videos and you have a cool avatar roo!

Wow I wish it went in production ❤

Surprising that no-one licensed Kit building over the years

This man literally created a flying car

and what is the purpose of the wing stubs???

"Leading edge" not bleeding............................................................................................................ Nice vid though!

Nice idea , I had similar goals , nice to see that someone did it 👍🏿

what was that face at 8:17 broo

That pretty bird is too good a design to not be produced. With modern materials and precision production like CAD machines that are found in plenty of garages that graceful and beautifully logical little bird could be produced in under 500 hours...if you can weld.

Delta biplane made out of wood?

AMAZING.....Thanks.... Old F-4 Phantom ll pilot Shoe🇺🇸

Average plane in ohio

What an awesome little plane, that's some good old fashioned American ingenuity right there! Modern design, manufacturing & materials could make it a lot more accessible nowadays.👍👍

Your enunciation is not very good. It's tiresome to listen to. I got about halfway through before I could take no more, and that's only because I wanted to know about this airplane. Work on your enunciation, and maybe, just maybe, I might come back.

Was the function of those wing stubs actually explained? He pointed them out, at 7:30, said the wings folded for storage, but didn't actually describe their function. I assume they had something to do with either the folding or towing, but what exactly? I re-watched the video about 15 times. What did I miss?

No one has made a kit because he can't afford the insurance needed to protect yourself after the first one of your bird kits crashes. Thank you, ABA!

As a South African myself, it is thoroughly interesting to hear about our farmers wielding AK47s and demanding ransoms. I have quite a few farmers in my family and friends, stretching over every province except Limpopo, and I have never heard that story. Neither have I heard any stories of farmers demanding ransom ever. Sounds like an Australian embellishment on a sales page to me. Is it possible? Yes. Is it just as possible as in Australia or America. Yes. Can AI or myself find instances of it happening? No. I think someone just REALLY wanted to do the project so they exaggerated a bit.

8:16 Was that Tyler Durden?

A one meter span scale RC model of the JD-2 has been designed and built by Laddie Mikulasko, a Czech-Canadian who has designed many delta wing models: his North Star amphibian has been copied by many producers. His JD-2 plan and article are available for download from Outerzone.

fantastic nice but I miss basic info as stall speed rotation speed etc ,for comparison

Delta wings make a lot of sense for a fast, yet easy handling GA aircraft. Great high speed performance (that's why you see a lot of early supersonic aircraft use them), great for landing on rough terrain if using a low-mounted delta wing (delta wings get effected by "ground effect" more than any other kind of wing I can think of from just my memory, meaning you don't get much of a choice, every landing is going to be a soft landing if it's above stall speed), and delta wings still show up occasionally in fighter jets to this day because they're unusually difficult to stall even at extremely high angles of attack, and even when they do stall, if they are designed correctly the aircraft with such a delta wing will usually simply "drop the nose" rather than have a preference to drop either wing in what is known as a "tip stall".

A carbon/Fifergall bodt would inprove performance. you can get a lot of weight out of that plane now and be just as strong. 😊

Save ur life don't buy it. Cheap craps made from China.

5:13 what a shadow of a big gun.

An amazing story of shear determination showing real intelligent from experience than from having a sheep skin denoting intelligence. Such a wonderful aircraft! Certainly one that would be heirloom quality bequeathed thru family. This gentleman was far ahead of his time. Agree with other posts regarding use of modern materials & CNC equipment the construction could be significantly reduced. Yet not to many home builders have CNC at their finger tips...would enjoy a much simpler version built for 2...smaller scale....

The kind of plane that is heirloom. Some lucky family member is bequeathed as pilot gets to old to fly. An amazing success story of a very talented gentleman! Thanx😊

Educational and really entertaining...Outstanding 👍👏👏👏

Finnish Fly Nano is (was) also weird ultralight box wing electric plane.

I was half expecting to see a Custer Channel Wing turn up as they're definitely on the stranger side of things.

i love this plane.

I wish he would have licensed his plans to an aircraft manufacturer. I think it would have been a good selling aircraft.

I watched twice, I still don't know what the vertical tabs are, he went from about to answer to saying the wings fold to fit in a garage so, what are they?

If could be Easley be mass produced now an it has potential with the drone technology be use in many ways was very cool for the time

What a fascinating story! Thanks for sharing.