Bristol Bay Beach combing by airplane

[@jayalaska4806]

I love your pacer dude, rebuild came out amazing.

[@RobOlsenDrye]

Thanks! Not much I would change either

[@Machinist5527]

The bean look’s awesome man. Keep the videos coming

[@fredrikgustafsson2306]

So cool! More vids please!! You're a fun person to listen to. Keep going!

[@RobOlsenDrye]

Thank you!! Unfortunately the pacer is in pieces so I haven’t flown a lot lately. Hoping for more here soon

[@rickkemper4260]

Nice to see some off airstrip Pacer action!

[@RobOlsenDrye]

My favorite way to use my pacer!

[@lj5673]

Best bush plane for the money! Looks like fun times!

[@RobOlsenDrye]

Oh man is it! Love that paint scheme on yours!

[@AkPacerPilot]

Very sweet! An area I have yet to explore! Stay safe fellow pacer driver!

[@CDchickiedoll1990]

Nice flying!

[@daedaluscan]

very cool. Great finds.

[@RobOlsenDrye]

Thank you!

[@TimKirkmt]

wow, thats amazing, those glass floats, never heard of that at all. Pacer's looking great, thanks for sharing

[@RobOlsenDrye]

Thanks Tim. The glass floats are really cool. Quite a treat to find.

[@jimecee]

Heck yeah man, good to see you back and this time in the worlds nicest pacer

[@RobOlsenDrye]

Haha. It definitely checks all the boxes for me

[@AkPacerPilot]

Having seen this pacer in person, I completely agree! Absolutely beautiful and functional!

[@jimecee]

@@AkPacerPilot I’m a little jealous haha, hope I make my way to Alaska one day

[@AkPacerPilot]

@@jimecee yeah it’s an amazing place, but the backcountry can eat your lunch up here if you aren’t prepared.

[@chrisluehmann3094]

Such a cool video! You gotta post more adventures!

[@RobOlsenDrye]

Thank you! I plan on it, but unfortunately the airplane is going under the knife so my adventures will be by boat and foot for a bit

[@cbron84]

Did you use an stc for the right patrol door before the seaplane door stc?

[@rustystarwood1]

Great to see the flying footage Rob. Now that you’ve been flying it for a bit, what kind of specs are you getting? Cruise speed, stall speed, takeoff and landing distances? I really like all the mods you put on the new version of your Pacer and want to include many of your choices into my Pacer upgrade. I had a 1954 PA22/20 Pacer for 3-1/2 years and took to the 2023 Oshkosh airshow week. But I ground-looped it in Fort Dodge Iowa on my way back to Washington. So I ended up finding a replacement, a 1956 PA22/20 Pacer with half the hours TT, and it has the larger Lycoming O-320 engine, and the Stewart wingtip mod like you have on Pinto Bean 2. There is a lot more I need to do on it, and you have inspired me to forge ahead… it can be done! Hope to someday visit you up there at your northern fly-in. Thanks for sharing your stuff. Rusty Johnson

[@RobOlsenDrye]

Congrats on the new bird! Mine was an Iowa airplane before I picked it up. Feel free to email me or find me on the social medias. Would love to bounce some ideas around for your build! [e-mail]

[@Thejohnmullen]

He’s back!

[@RobOlsenDrye]

I have some more footage to edit together as well. Just tough to live life, and do all the adult things one is suppose to do!

[@accuratespoke5011]

im ur 635 sub

[@truckpilotnate2972]

Awesome to see you back. Are we gonna get a tour of the rebuilt and updated Pacer?

[@RobOlsenDrye]

I have more than a few videos I need to edit together. A lot of the mods have been discussed in prior videos if you haven’t seen them

[@truckpilotnate2972]

@@RobOlsenDrye I’ll have to check them out. I thought I had seen all of your videos, but apparently, KZbin hasn’t been giving me notifications. Can’t wait to see more. Such a cool plane.

[@don.yarbrough]

Super nice rebuild! I learned to fly in Naknek in a Tri-Pacer on floats - it's an amazing part of AK. Are you working for a lodge up there?

[@RobOlsenDrye]

Yes I was. I work for Katmai Air based at kulik for the summers!

[@don.yarbrough]

Right on, sounds like a good gig. I was contracting on Rapids Camp and Branch River Air aircraft. Getting excited for summer?!

[@martapujol2100]

Que no ella esa naturaleza y esas eferas de cristal ,que bonitas son !

[@martapujol2100]

Bella esa naturaleza SII

[@randallbruursema7553]

no , they could not have melted glass out at sea, takes to much space for wood plus could burn the boat up

[@RobOlsenDrye]

Ahh. That makes some sense. The fuel required would be heavy and take up a lot of space for sure.

[@richardmauch1042]

Ok please share where you got the door kits and the moon roof?

[@RobOlsenDrye]

There is not ready to go kit. But the stcs are held by Eddie Trimmer of Trimmer aviation in Willow AK. Great, knowledgeable, legend of a engineer, designer, fabricator, and entrepreneur

[@RGF56]

I doubt they would be able to get the required temp onboard a ship to make glass to blow balls. 1700 C or 3090 F . Could be wrong .

[@RobOlsenDrye]

That’s a point I had not thought about. Maybe I’ll research into this more over the winter too

[@RGF56]

@@RobOlsenDrye I did think about souveniring the tusks when I saw the dead Walrus but thought they might stink a bit !

[@RobOlsenDrye]

@@RGF56 they really weren’t bad at all. But I also didn’t take the whole head

[@New2Me170B]

Is that Iguigig you took off from at the beginning?

[@RobOlsenDrye]

Nope that’s my lodge at kulik lake, east of king salmon.

[@troywood2565]

Is your pacer experimental?

[@RobOlsenDrye]

No sir. Certified, quite a few stcs and such

[@johnschroeder7528]

Nothing stinks worse than a dead walrus...