CORSAIR ULTRALIGHT FIRST FLIGHT

[@asommer518]

Love it. THANK YOU for not putting cheesy music over it. Love the natural sound.

[@Earl256]

Ya no loud music yaaaa

[@ohwell2790]

Just found this and it is so good. NO music, just the engine and the wind. NO apology needed for the wind noise.

[@shamancredible8632]

Generic "aviation bloggers" should take note

[@icin4d]

"NO music, just the engine and the wind." Hell Yes, this ^^^^^^^^^^ RC plane guys too. STOP ADDING MUSIC!

[@stevenoliver2709]

The Engine Melody was the music.

[@shuper2010]

My father flew a Corsair off of the carrier USS Coral Sea in WWII. Nice ultralight!

[@benjaminlefever959]

Wow! Hard to imagine having to fly and fight and then find your way back to your carrier in the open ocean! They were real heroes! Thanks for the comments!

[@eriknulty6392]

@@benjaminlefever959 if that is a corsair replica........than my 200 lb. wife is a Victoria secret model.

[@stevenoliver2709]

My dad served on the Coral Sea, in the Early 70's and Late 80's.

[@shuper2010]

@@stevenoliver2709 That is cool.... By coincidence....In this town in Az where we live ...is an expolice officer that served on the USS Coral Sea in the 1960s. We met him at a McDonald's restaurant.

[@ALonelyCorsair]

@@eriknulty6392 you cant get perfect everything buddy, just appreciate what you have (maybe not your wife though)

[@jh-aircraft]

Congratulations to a great first flight. You did a good job - and I should know because I am the test pilot for JH Aircraft and was the first one to fly this plane. Please do not hesitate to contact the company if you need any kind of support. Your plane may be the only factory built Corsair in the US, because due to high demand we are producing now two versions only: the all electric Corsair e-motion (which is not suitable for part 103) and kits (including part 103) for combustion engines. Enjoy your plane!

[@benjaminlefever959]

Great to hear from you! I guess I should have been more specific. The first flight of the Corsair since being imported into the USA! It is an amazing craft. I hope you guys sell a lot of them. My only complaint is the tail wheel assy. is very fragile. The carbon fiber tail wheel shaft was broken during shipment to the previous owner. I repaired it, but it did not hold up to ground testing. I grafted in an aluminum shaft and it did a little better, but steering/handling on the ground is very poor. My solution will be to make the tailwheel fixed and add a second brake handle so each main wheel will be independently braked. Will have two hand brakes side by side on the stick. This should work. This is the reason I haven't flown it again yet. Plan to get that done over the winter in time for Spring flying weather.

[@jh-aircraft]

@@benjaminlefever959 Hi, great to hear from you, too! During French certification the tailwhell was tested during ground test and fulfilled the certification requirements. My "dynamic testing" (poor landings on rough gras strips...) never showed a failure. Bad what can damage the tail wheel is pushing the plane sideways or backwards without lifting the tail and the tailwheel against the stops from the spring/rudder connecction. I would love to get pictures to figure out a probable reason for failure. Please contact the factory and we can show you proof of testing and can provide good quality spare parts.

[@microbuilder]

From the thumbnail, I actually thought it was an RC plane...blew my mind when it took off with the speed of an RC plane. Amazing!

[@glengerdes4158]

Pappy Boyington is smiling! Nice job.

[@rindordrums]

Nice reference! Great show!

[@peteredridge9559]

What a great design and engineering. Just amazing.

[@benjaminlefever959]

It really is an amazing design. Big enough to accommodate about any size pilot. Looks more like an aircraft as opposed to typical ultralight. Strong and light, factory says +6/-4 g. And then to see how it breaks down to store in trailer. Really cool!

[@kaptkrunchfpv]

That touchdown was so smooth I didnt even know it happened. Very well played.

[@Workerbee-zy5nx]

Nice flight.

[@Yosemite_Sam]

Super nice plane. Great 3 point touchdown. Engine sounds brilliant.

[@captlarry-3525]

I have heard washing machine engines that sounded better under load.

[@mogsyman]

My exhibition design and build company built the Air BP stand at a show called Aero in Friedrichshafen, Germany for many years and I met the designer of this wonderful aircraft many times simply because we had one of these aircraft on the stand as a crowd draw. From memory it weighed less than 100kg and was fully aerobatic and having looked at it closely, whilst it was an ultralight, it was a wonderful piece of engineering. Enjoy and be safe 👍

[@benjaminlefever959]

Thanks for the info, yes built very strong. +6g and-4g per the factory documentation

[@mogsyman]

@@benjaminlefever959I remember those figures now! I remember I saw the first prototype and then a finished airframe some years later and it was a work of art. The way it’s transported is brilliant, and it’s really well made. The use of carbon fibre helps create a light yet incredibly strong structure and it all just ‘worked’. Isn’t it brilliant someone can take a dream and make it fly!

[@MidnightMaker]

One of my all-time favorite planes! Watched "Baa-Baa-Blacksheep" when I was a kid. Right up there with the P-51 Mustang for coolest planes...

[@alessandromazzini7026]

YES! I FOUND IT! I REMEMBER BACK IN 2018 WHEN IT WAS ON DISPLAY IN GERMANY. I WAS VISITING THE EXPO WITH MY UNIVERSITY AND I WAS FLABBERGASTED TO SEE THAT LITTLE PLANE WITH THOSE SPECS❤

[@charlesfoster141]

Love the sound of that engine!

[@tomcoryell]

Nice one Benjamin! I hope Verner resumes building the three cylinder.

[@davidcaro8217]

Outstanding aircraft you got there!

[@fritz4345]

Nothing better than the sound of a Pratt & Whitney R-2800-18W radial engine, 2,380 hp.

[@GhostRyderFPV]

Something about those gull wings, am I right? A couple months back, I built a 400mm "Fatty" Corsair, complete with FPV and a flight controller with _all_ the bells and whistles. Then I saw this.... Fantastic!

[@robkunkel8833]

1:52 What wind noise … it’s beautiful. Congratulations!

[@AaronT-TX]

I love this ultralight, it is amazing.

[@cramersclassics]

Fantastic! Excellent video and editing. I wish my first flight in my Kitfox 4 was captured like this. Bravo! I just subscribed.

[@BungSpoot]

I could cry right now this is so damn beautiful.

[@Undeadrulerofearth]

That is a work of art

[@migalito1955]

Simply Sweet, Cool Beans. Wozer, & Gosh darn nice.

[@DavidRowbotham-gu7kz]

Amazing to experience that. I got half way through a corby starlet before reason took over. Well done.

[@ivanhicks887]

Amazing ! And It Even Looks Like A Corsair ! Amazing -

[@KauaiSeeHorse4]

WTHeck ? THAT was a great first landing of a BEAUTIFUL Aircraft. I ' SALUTE ' you all. LUV IT.

[@MikeSparamotor]

I've been watching the JH channel for a long time. Didn't know any of these ever made it to the states. That thing is awesome! If I win the lottery, I'll take one LOL

[@benjaminlefever959]

I think the designer/builder needs to improve his website and offer some professional grade videos. The ones he has posted are really lame by most standards. Would really help if he is trying to market these.

[@MikeSparamotor]

There hasn’t been much info out there and there are very few videos

[@grillsidepickin2397]

How much was the damage for one of these? Imported.

[@thudable]

HEY, thanks ! Very cool design. Well done.

[@JDspeedandFab.]

Great Work!!, NICE!! Thank You for Sharing 👍🏼🏁.

[@charliesmith5281]

Huge respect for you bro😎😎😎😎 btw new subscriber hope you will become famous one day

[@moler1964]

Just Fabulous!!!!!!! Love the Wind!!!!

[@DVolvoguy777-x7o]

This is a neat little airplane. Thanks for sharing it.

[@uss_liberty_incident]

What a lovely ultralight. Subbed!

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

Love the sound of a Radial Engine

[@edwardstephens247]

Outstanding first flight!

[@navion1946]

Put put put … looks like fun! 👍

[@Kael-fl3ke]

Def sounds like a lawnmower LOL. A riding mower I guess haha!

[@Pierredu46]

j'adore !!! félicitations !!!

[@FarmerDrew]

Such a cool bird!

[@imywt]

Do you guys make, or have plans to make a Hellcat like this? My favorite Pacific theater fighter...

[@FujisamaProductions]

Dude this is awesome. I bet every little bodily movement you can feel in the air lol

[@seanbordelon1543]

Love the video. Can I get info on plane, such as price, shipment and build time?

[@BrotherAlan]

Wow, love it.

[@smithtorreysmith]

This looks awesome!

[@gerardsaint-blancat6208]

1er vol, félicitations!

[@jasonvazquez2563]

Awesome, congrats man it’s beautiful

[@Patriots4343]

This is awesome 😎, would love to build One!!!!

[@johnwighton]

Why do you have a lot of right rudder applied for most of the flight?

[@Kael-fl3ke]

I also noticed a lot of right rudder, even when turning left. Can you please enlighten us as to its flying characteristics?

[@Michael-wr2mz]

Amazing project, well done

[@danhillman4523]

What a gem. Nice.

[@davidholmgren659]

Very impressive little airplane... Especially the engine.

[@VLADPowder]

Wow that things awesome! I'd love one

[@ctwalston1565]

Curious to see the price tag, as flown here! I'm betting it is ridiculous expensive......but really cool!

[@benjaminlefever959]

I just finished a scale Storch and cannot really afford to feed two mouths! This one is for sale at $60k with the trailer. The most recent factory pricing is 75K euros and another 7K or so for the custom trailer from Germany. I think it is a great deal!

[@vf24renegade23]

Not for an ultralight it isnt.

[@psotos]

@@benjaminlefever959 Its laughably overpriced for an ultralight.

[@Pijepo]

Why your rudder is always on a side during the fly ? Nice plane.

[@coincidentalrvadventures2081]

Beautiful air craft. What is the price point?

[@jonrouse4987]

Nice! Is there a lot of drag from the wing mounted camera? P-factor issues? Seems like an inordinate amount of right rudder during flight

[@benjaminlefever959]

I don't think the gopro was causing enough drag to make a difference. It felt like I was keeping mostly neutral rudder when I leveled off, but the first half of the video is when I was climbing so I did need right rudder to keep the ball centered as best I could.

[@BluesSky]

Awesome, I’d take a Corsair or a Jug any day ver a P51 .

[@nerome619]

Was the use of constant R rudder on purpose?

[@benjaminlefever959]

Like any tail dragger (on take off and landing) you need a lot of quick jabs at the rudder pedals to make sure it tracks straight. I might have been over doing it a bit, but I got it straight during those maneuvers! I have heard instructors say you need happy feet!

[@hutzerr3750]

Looks cool for sure, fabric looks a bit loose on the fuselage about 2ft behind the cockpit. What does it have for horse power, what’s the Vne and what does it stall at.

[@Kael-fl3ke]

Yeah, I wonder how long the fabric will last? If I were building the kit I’d definitely put extra stringers in between the longerons. It’s carbon fine so would only add a few ounces.

[@davidbrattain1446]

Looks great! Shut your canopy.

[@popinmo]

what are its specs?

[@Mario-Astor.ZeroRed]

It's wonderful ❤ Amazing

[@kevinpittman2517]

that plane is so cool.. and its exactly like the old balsa wood models i would build as a kid. id think man...all we need to do is blow up these planes to 1:1 scale and throw in an engine...soawesome toseethat done with modern lightweight equipment and machinery and it flies perfectly!!! i wanna make one so bad...

[@96vmax4]

Definitely want to see more about this

[@benjaminlefever959]

I will record some more flying after I take care of the ground handling. It has a single hand brake for both main wheels. It stops fine, but doesn't steer on ground very well. I am going to add second hand brake to get needed differential braking.

[@LeftyLucyRightyTyty]

I think you might could do a "johnson bar". Single handle...but adds steering to th3 brakes...was a thing back in the days of the Ford Trimotor..I think.

[@garrykennedy5484]

4 stroke engine??? Sounds like it. Very reliable. Fuel efficient.

[@benjaminlefever959]

yes, its a 4 stroke, 3 cylinder radial engine. Puts out 42hp max for take off.

[@neumeisteranimalhospital2627]

What was the cost to get this in the air?

[@arcanewyrm6295]

That thing is an absolute work of art. Very, very nice - I think I'd buy one of these before spending significantly more than that on a Hellcat edition Dodge. I have to ask, though - being super lightweight, and with those wings angled upward toward the wingtips, would this design cause higher-than-usual concern when landing in a decent crosswind? I can't imagine it would slip very well in ground effect if it had to, but I hope I'm wrong about that. Have you had any crosswind landing experiences in this plane to speak of?

[@benjaminlefever959]

I have only flown it the one time so far and that was in calm conditions. The manual says maximum cross wind component is 10 knots. Being so light I would want to fly it in light wind situations at least until I gain a lot more experience flying it-if I don't sell it first.

[@stevem7868-y4l]

Are the Rockets and Machine guns in another box?

[@rickautry4822]

Why so much right ruder when flying? Crosswinds?

[@coltur68066]

Good job! Good machine & fine replica! Whats about appearance in historic film?

[@benjaminlefever959]

I think the purist would be up in arms about that! However, I feel from the ground looking at it flying the scale is less apparent and the shape is convincing so it could be used-maybe!

[@Sabotage_Labs]

Know what I'm putting on my Christmas list to Santa this year!!!

[@vanbilly8387]

I want 2 of these, the second one to be used to show what the first one looked like, before it killed me in a horrific crash.

[@groovee63]

Man what an awesome plane!

[@PeteZoot]

why all that constant right rudder?? Engine mis-alingment? Rigging issue?

[@Kael-fl3ke]

Same question

[@paulbfields8284]

Uneventful … perfect.. nice ride!

[@benjaminlefever959]

Yep, it was a really great first flight. One scary moment when I took my hand off the throttle quadrant and while I was looking at a chart the engine rpms dropped and got scary for a second. The friction lock had gotten loose!

[@BAustin-q6r]

Elizabethtown NC?

[@benjaminlefever959]

yes

[@rc-fannl7364]

Nice flight. Seeing the wind surface moving up and down does feel a bit scary

[@marktibbetts3799]

I'm thinking that most of the noise is from that fabric covering. I am sure it's plenty strong though. Very cool little plane.

[@ArneChristianRosenfeldt]

Could we instead bend foam sheets? I always fear that they lose strength when bending.

[@marktibbetts3799]

I don't think that would work well either. Too much space between supports. But what about traditional cloth and dope? It tightens up well?????

[@ArneChristianRosenfeldt]

@@marktibbetts3799 I only made one experiment: on a shelf I tried diagonal chains instead of stiff bars. I would need intense tension to get the chains straight. Airfoils are not straight. Also pressure can be managed like on a kite for surfing. A RAM air valve in the prop wash. Pressurise the tail? Taper it early on?

[@johnholmes6897]

Sounds a little like the real one too Shes a beauty

[@crooked-halo]

Is there a retractable option? Challenging or easy tailsragger? I have several Citabria hours years ago but didn’t get official endorsement & will need re-training. Is this a home build or almost ready to fly?

[@ArneChristianRosenfeldt]

I read that tail draggers with a big prop are hard to fly? Pilatus seems to put ever bigger single props on their planes. Usually, this would be too loud, but maybe an UL can have contra rotating two blade props for easy take off ? With reduction gear to use those modern engines. Corsair can have large diameter props. Propwash far outside, away from fabric and pilot! Why retract? The main gear is outside of the prop-wash and the tail gear is part of the tail .. helps to stabilize the airplane. A lot of tricycle planes have ventral fins.

[@benjaminlefever959]

This one was factory built in Germany. I think it is offered in kit form now. The builder/designer talks about the possibility of a retractable gear version on his website. It flew very stable and handled well, Landing was easy, but may have been beginners luck!

[@crooked-halo]

@@ArneChristianRosenfeldt Why retract? Because a Corsair looks better, looks right, without wheels hanging underneath.

[@ArneChristianRosenfeldt]

@@crooked-halo a lot of planes weaken the wing root with the retraction bay. Wheel has to go into the belly, but please not pass through the prop wash! Do it outboard like an electric lightning. Or did Corsair retract to the back?

[@crooked-halo]

@russbell6418 You're not "picking on me" at all! I didn't even think of that. It would surely increase the plane to above 254 lbs empty weight, excluding it from the U.S. ultralight category.

[@stevenoliver2709]

Beautiful Airplane, but I want that Engine :D to put on my plan I am building.

[@BIG-DIPPER-56]

Way Too Cool 😎👍

[@talonsclaw9058]

"But Dad I want to get a F4u Corsair from the US!!" "We have Corsair at home!"

[@Stubby0266]

Does it have retractable landing gear? If so, does it still make it an ultralight? That would be considered a complex aircraft.

[@benjaminlefever959]

The gear are fixed. The designer in Germany has developed a folding wing version-like original Corsairs- and indicated he is considering a retractable gear model. I guess that would take it out of US ultralight rules and would have to be registered experimental/amateur built.

[@dooddrones6521]

Under Part 103 you can have retractable landing gear

[@vincegoheen2764]

I think retractable gear, controllable prop and over 200 hp constitutes the complex.....

[@karlhoffman5290]

Cost?

[@robertparker3580]

that is awesome!!!!!!!!!!

[@Crosshair84]

The engine honestly sounds like a Briggs and Stratton. Could be the microphone or my speakers. Not a ding against it, it's an ultralight. Just an observation.

[@roberttammerawitchey4652]

well, it DOES use Honda lawn mower cylinder heads sitting on top of VW cylinders.. ;) Which BTW, has been a very solid and reliable power source.

[@petebike]

Thing looks like it’s on the edge of a stall.

[@austinwiggins77]

910? Are you in NC?

[@benjaminlefever959]

Yes, near Fayetteville

[@captlarry-3525]

the smart money keeps it in ground effect until it has gained some speed and you have more options.

[@mikeonb4c]

Do you think that argument is quite as relevant with a plane that has much less energy / mass / power than the proper F4U and which flies so slowly its best option might be to just put down straight ahead. This is a genuine question - I don't claim to know, but the thought occurs so thought I'd ask.

[@captlarry-3525]

Carbon Fiber has considerably less tensile and compressive strength than aluminum, and no ductility, which makes it brittle and subject to catastrophic failure. It may be trendy, but it is increasingly misused. Probably the last material I would choose for latch ditch safely.

[@mikeonb4c]

I had the same thought (although I was surprised to read that carbon fibre might have less tensile strength than aluminium). Then again, could you build this plane as light as this and with the required strength without using carbon fibre?

[@sensumcommunem4364]

That is a confident builder, look no helmet, mom!

[@thomasaltruda]

With or without a helmet.. if that goes over on its back. That guys neck is getting broken..

[@sensumcommunem4364]

@@thomasaltruda quick, a little pain.

[@bobjoatmon1993]

Few ultralight or powered chute pilots wear a helmet in East Texas, it's always unusual to see them being worn on KZbin videos

[@mohanperformance.enginerd.1308]

Sounds like a massive exh leak?

[@Slithey7433]

Best thing is the BRS. 😊

[@sasquatch907]

How much US$?

[@MotoProspector-pv6wf]

Cool ultralight I noticed it said carbon fiber safety shell around the cockpit and I know that's not the standard to use carbon fiber because in a crash it will splinter. other composites should be used that don't do that.

[@jh-aircraft]

you are absolutely right - carbon will splinter in a crash. For that reason the safety cell is not made from carbon as stated in the video but from Carbon-Aramid (Kevlar) hybrid.

[@GT_Racer347]

Way cool 😎 👍 💯 😍

[@earlyhemibill]

How do you bond carbon fiber?

[@hangarrat]

Give it a shaken not stirred Martini and a Walther PPK.

[@gobstoppa1633]

super"" cheers, MINT"".

[@benjaminlefever959]

Thanks for checking out the video! Glad you liked it.

[@jayhope615]

for the low price of $5,995 ?