230 knots is true airspeed. 200 never exceed speed is indicated air speed. At altitude, you would be able to stay under 200 indicated while exceeding 230 true. Are you a pilot?

yes love it.....

glider...yes

I reckon this is the best looking single engine GA aircraft ever built - sexy is definitely an appropriate term in this case. Even the choice of exotic materials (magnesium) in the V-Tail add to the allure (at least for me).

Stupid mistake right on the thumbnail/splashscreen: The Rutan LongEZ was never sold as a kit plane. All you could ever buy from Rutan was plans. Just plans, nothing else. All materials had to be sourced independently.

Need to add Useful load numbers and Useful Load after fuel -- Four Seats does NOT mean it can carry four people.

I should be able to get one in the near future thank you.

Thank you for this opportunity so some days I will be able to get one Thank a Million. You guys are assume.

Kenmore say that would have no problem finding buyers for as many as they could get. for as many as they could get their hands on

Loved my Sundowner and miss it very much. Only had to sell it because of a divorce. It was comfy and roomy, almost like riding in a car.

Holy crap. Dick Rutan and Jenna Yeager piloted Voyager. Do your research and don't quit your day job

I would describe it as an attractive nuisance. The Piaggio won.

I did my initial training in a Cherokee. I then swapped to a brand new B23 which was light years ahead. Two doors, modern instrument panel, higher seating position for short people like me. More power with the 180 as well. I then went on to a Sierra, then a Duchess for my twin and IFR ratings. Love Beechcraft. Thank you for this video.

Jim Bede designed the BD-5. Dick Rutan flew the Voyager non-stop around the world. The cunard wing has elevators, not ailerons.

Are the mph specs you gave for the ground speed?

I have a 210b, have had it for over 10 years now, never had any gear trouble except one time the doors would close after retraction, one of the up locks needed adjusting. I also check the hydraulic fluid before EVERY flight and top it off regularly . I think some pilots dont bother with that, then they get a slow leak then one day the gear wont go down

We need flying campers in West Virginia

We need flying cars in West Virginia we need flying boats in West Virginia flying ships in West Virginia

SV?

All nice, but my choice is the Cessna 337G, spymaster…..very good one for about $300k.

Thanks !!! My preferred aircraft is the two seats Quickie Q2. I read, many years ago, in two issues of an amateur built aircraft magasine, the story of a gentleman who built his Quickie Q2 to visit his sons living on the west coast. So far I haven't been able to find these issues nor the name of the magasine 😭😭😭 If anybody knows what I'm talking about I'd love to find these issues again. Thanks 🤩🤩🤩

to be practical, it needs more luggage space, period................

Beautiful plane, but that cockpit is so friggin tight.

I'd love to start flying Light Sport Aircraft like this one. But they never discuss aerobatics. I don't want to break out all over the sky like an air show, but the basic loops, rolls, spins, et al, would be great, especially since this airplane has such high G tolerances. So, what can you tell me please?

Possibly the ugliest utility aircraft ever made but, by all accounts, an absolute gem! I flew DHC-6 Twin Otters for the ICRC in Africa in the early 1990s and many of my colleagues had extensive experience in the PC-6, flying for the same operator, Zürich-based Zimex Aviation. Now retired, I am still flying the little brother of the PC-6, the piston-powered H-296 Helio Super Courier. Aircraft like this ARE a handful, but what you can do with them defies description.

Una pregunta, en la actualidad se sigue fabricando este, porque si bien no es un jet de combate, claramente puede ser un entrenador para sus Fuerzas Aéreas, saludos desde México.

Beautiful breath taking bird. I would like.

In Alaska, we like to fly with more than just a backpack. How about a 3 place aircraft almost that fast.

Hi folks, Is there enough room for a "Single Stroke", or a Revolver Cylinder engine?

I know I'm a year late, but interaction with the video to drive the true master of YT, Al Gore's Rhythm. Re: your point around the 3:30 mark about the full aircraft BRS system, it's incredibly difficult to put this aircraft into a position where a BRS would be the only thing to save it. A flat spin or corkscrew maneuver are the big ones that come to mind. So the aircraft aerodynamically is actually quite stable. The incidents where a BRS might have helped are usually the ones where the aircraft is too low to deploy the BRS, namely takeoff and landing. Cruise, when the BRS is useful, is the safest part of the flight in a GA aircraft. In addition, there is some belief in the aircraft community, mostly by those that don't fly a plane with a BRS, that having that option makes you more likely to use that option before it's actually the last resort that it should be. There have been cases (apparently, I haven't done the research myself, mostly just parroting at this point) where a pilot used the BRS, and the aircraft could have continued to fly normally, and potentially glide for an off-field landing that the plane could recover from, instead of a parachute drop that will total the airframe. I personally don't have a dog in this fight, as I am not a pilot (yet) nor do I own my own airplane (yet). Did I look at Cirrus and other aircraft with BRS systems? Yes. But the cost of the system doesn't outweigh the risk for me. I don't expect a wing to fall off in flight. The aircraft is built better than that. So I kind of see the BRS as a way of getting an unsafe aircraft through the approval process. "Sure our plane might be unstable in the pitch, roll, and yaw axis's, and we don't have a modified computer from an F-16 to correct that, but that's what the parachute is for." "Approved."

Really stupid ai narration.

There is no such thing as a “safe” plane, automobile, truck or motorcycle. The problem is not primarily with the vehicle, but the reality is that what would be a minor inconvenience with a truck or car becomes a matter of life and death with a motorcycle and more even so with an airplane. Therefore the much more demanding maintenance requirements and training mandated for the airplane, and in most states, the motorcycle.

Great canadian invention

I'm going to buying one soon

How does using a jet engine eliminate having a "combustion" engine? Did you mean eliminate having a piston engine, because jet engines are still internal combustion engines

This fool said affordable!

At the 4:07 mark is a four cylinder equipped Quickie (single seat). Never heard of such a thing on this original single seat version. Anybody know (not guessing) what engine this is? Hard to imagine this installation was successful, too much power and/or weight I would guess.

Does not look like a plane for tall folk.

The AI voice is so irritating

отличный самолет

Today is saw one of the existing 3 specimen near Oberpfaffenhofen on a presumably testflight. This flying boat is pretty loud!

Would be a great design, would it be a real plane and not an ultralight with all its restrictions (two place aircraft only, almost no luggage compartment, MTOW of only 600 kg, no AP, no IFR, ....). So, a Mooney or Bonanza still is a lot better.

For God's sake, learn to pronounce Burt's last name before making a video about him. And brush up on your facts. There are so many misleading and completely wrong bits of information in this video....

The name is pronounced Roo-tan, not Rootin. Please correct this outrage.

PB2Y Coronado

Love this bird! Got to go into the last one in existence at Wright-Pat a few years ago during one of the NMUSAF “Open Plane” exhibits. This plane always makes me think of Johnny Quest. Just seems like a plane that Dr. Quest would have had.

Need a longer range

I wouldn't confuse [lightweight] flat aircraft seats with bolstered car seats. If you can fly with the skid ball centered.... My personal choice would be a tandem two seater which may offer less drag and reminds me a little more of my military flying. The Shark of course comes to mind.

Not a Poor man’s hobby! Purchase price, insurance, fuel , annuals, tie downs or hangar, maintenance, unexpected costs and there are pleny ……………….etc

Military grade ergonomics? Are we talking 12 hours in a C-130 sling seat ergonomics???