Landing A Plane On A Tiny Helipad

Pilot Luke Czepiela lands an aeroplane on the world famous helipad on top of the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, the iconic seven-star hotel in Dubai. To land on the helipad, 27m in diameter, he completed over 650 practice landings before the attempt on top of the 56-story hotel. He needed just 20.76 meters to stop. To make the feat possible he and a team of CubCrafters engineers along with renowned American aviation engineer and aircraft builder Mike Patey made a number of modifications to the aircraft, reducing the total weight to only 425 kilograms, moving the main fuel tank to the rear of the plane to allow for more aggressive braking and adding nitrous to enhance power for Czepiela’s secondary challenge - taking off from the helipad.
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[@redbull]

take flight with Luke and see even more from the world first landing here: www.redbull.com/bullseye-landing

[@MidwestMotor]

*CONGRATS* !!!

[@universalunion01unit29]

Now land an A380 on there, Swiss001 style.

[@MikeKobb]

You should pin this!

[@TesserId]

I see on that site that Mike Patey gets credit for some of this. I'm watching his video on this now.

[@MikeKobb]

@@TesserId You can see Mike at 1:27

[@medvemacko]

Shout-out to the crew member who controlled the drone and took that amazing shot of the takeoff. It's unreal.

[@zacharygrossman8316]

It was taken from a helicopter!

[@medvemacko]

@@zacharygrossman8316 Then it's even more amazing. The handling is too smooth, was it a dome camera? Cannot be handheld due to the angles.

[@adamreznik6374]

​@@medvemacko Helicopters can mount 3-axis and even 6-axis gyro-stabilized, gimbal-mounted cameras for aerial photography (and have done this for decades). Before UAS camera platforms existed, helicopters were the primary method of obtaining these types of camera angles.

[@JaseFilm]

@@zacharygrossman8316 There was 100% an FPV drone shot in there, not just helicopter shots. You can see longer versions of the clip in other redbull edits but it rolls over the aircraft.

[@AlgorhythmKid]

​@@JaseFilm It's an FPV quad shot for sure.

[@TurtIe_Gaming]

Bro took Red Bull gives you wings to the next level

[@RedBullBike]

We've seen some sketchy landings, but THIS is something else!

[@harrycop7944]

Red bull tricycle when?

[@henrih3080]

I did this in MSFS several months ago I never thought someone would attempt that in real life!

[@Anonimous279]

Good

[@Doubie.]

There no one better to pull into something like this than Mike Patey this is the stuff he loves the only thing that could surprise me with this is if mike doesn’t outdo this in one of his planes somehow can’t wait for the return of Draco

[@chadfren]

real

[@dorotasikorska2205]

Bardzo niebezpieczne,bardzo odważne i Wielki szacunek dla Pana . Polak jest jednak Polakiem i potrafi.Pan to właśnie udowodnił. ✌️

[@tadeuszmasiak7586]

Polakiem i Czestochowianinem jak ja brawo.💪💪💪

[@RedBullMotorsports]

OK OK this is actually incredible 🤯

[@boy638]

Red Bull complimenting itself

[@PRAV3EN]

*their Pilot

[@honeybadgerrr2985]

​@@boy638 it's probably the same person as well

[@harrycop7944]

Insert obama giving obama medal picture

[@tortue_ch]

Do you watch yourself in the mirror when you touch yourself ? Because it really looks like this and it's kinda awkward..

[@SimonV80]

Gratulacje! Niezły wyczyn w historii awiacji. Pozdrowienia z Polski.

[@rikisigalingging3002]

Lewandowski prmezlaw glik bobrozcsky blaszczykowski szczesny

[@sapphirek6533]

toż to polak

[@justinperlow9104]

Red bull is GTA in real life 😂😂

[@j.r2743]

I went to the comments to write this😂😂😂

[@Antwan86]

Red Bull is just a sugary drink that makes you fat and heart deficient.

[@Jooba1776]

GTA is for losers in real life

[@rozakcenter]

Yeah 😅

[@brodymikkelson3730]

which one?

[@VH-gw3qi]

Mike Patey a great engineer and aircraft builder, pilot etc etc …. then add the Red Bull pilot … a winning combination !! Well done team, great achievement ! From Australia 🇦🇺

[@dday216]

Way to go team Red Bull, Mike Patey and Luke. Absolutely unbelievable!!

[@sparkz56]

Absolutely incredible! Awesome pilot skills but no doubt a major credit to the team as well. Bravo!

[@steelionx9255]

Yeah, I'm not quite sure he did everything by himself.

[@Hyperious_in_the_air]

Mike Patey (designer and builder of this beast of a plane) is an absolute legend. Shoulder to shoulder with aviation giants like Rutan, Kelly Johnson, Yeager, and Lindberg. Guy is incredible in the air, and the fact that he takes the time to document all his passion projects in insane detail for everyone on youtube makes him one of my personal engineering and aviation heros.

[@MikePatey]

Thanks for the shoutout and glad you enjoy the channel. More to come! Back to Work! 🤠

[@Hyperious_in_the_air]

@@MikePatey can't wait to see more of scrappy and Draco X! I want to see that turboprop ripping it up! I got to see Draco when you visited LVK back in 2019. It was insane to watch that rocketship.

[@MikePatey]

@@Hyperious_in_the_air coming soon 🤠

[@backcountyrpilot]

I usta wanna be Tom Petty, but now I want to be Mark Patey🚀

[@aruhtaz]

shoulder to shoulder indeed. great work.

[@marcos1292]

Never drank, Red Bull in life, but a huge fan of Red bull for sponsering such great stunts, that most dream, and we can see them happening in real life 👏👏

[@pinkfizz4170]

We actually watched this from the hotel this morning. It was amazing. The take off was better than the video shows.

[@redbull]

hope we didn't wake you up 😉

[@pinkfizz4170]

It was worth it !! 🙃🚁🛩

[@HistoricalWonder720]

What were the wind conditions like?

[@pinkfizz4170]

Virtually flat calm

[@kd2239]

@@pinkfizz4170 - Flat calm but the guy was way right on first attempt and then second attempt was too high by about 10 metres? Absolute amateur hour.

[@tpalmer4829]

The takeoff was just as amazing!!!

[@dilshan20]

Ohhhh! Team Red Bull at it again!! Breaking boundaries and making history 😊

[@AleksyPastuszka-o8x]

Szczęka mi opadła jak dowiedziałem się że to nasz pilot .Wielki podziw i szacunek za nabitą łapę i wielkie serce . Pozdrawiam z 🇮🇸

[@paulstaf]

I didn't know anything about this until I saw Mike Patey's video about building the plane! Great work!

[@mrrandom1265]

I don't often drink Red Bull but this brand has all my respect.

[@ukasz4482]

Jak on stamtąd wystartował??

[@gargoyle7863]

Because you respect your metabolism as well. 😉

[@ColeAviation]

Not everyone realizes just how much SKILLS it takes to accomplish this mission. Congratulations Luke, Cub Crafters and the MP Mike Patey team!

[@etgripper]

Curious what’s different about this landing versus some of the bush pilots doing pretty much vertical landings? Is it the plane, wind speeds, etc?

[@yamkaw346]

@@etgripper any time you see vertical landings like you’re talking about is only possible with like 35kt head winds. This landing is only really crazy because of the danger involved.

[@nunstersplace]

@@yamkaw346 What danger, Really what danger? What would happen if he went over the edge? Not fall to the earth but continue to fly. It only takes feet for one of these planes to take off. There was 0 and I mean 0% chance of anything bad that was going to happen. You drive faster on the interstates than that plane flies.

[@yamkaw346]

@@nunstersplace 😂 that’s one of the dumbest things I’ve read in a while….. Touching the wheels down exactly where you want is very difficult, imagine if he had come up one foot short….

[@hobbes5043]

Ive done it in GTA V cant be tjay hard 😅

[@Onthemainline]

Once again Red Bull are just out here raising the bar with these world firsts! Absolutely insane! Keep the quality stunts coming!!

Proud to be Polish, brawo Łukasz! 🇵🇱 🇵🇱 🇵🇱

[@travisk5589]

Lol. Don't get carried away with that.

[@boomertsfx1]

@@travisk5589 WTF, Travis.

[@travisk5589]

Takes such little accomplishments to make us polish proud

[@Asteroid302]

​@@majktyson6275 już trenuję żeby wejść 😂

[@desertfox4921]

proud of red bull

[@sobolaro1990]

Kolejny wielki Polak rodak 👏👏👏

[@MarkGStuart]

No room for error - what an incredible achievement!!

[@redbull]

thanks Mark!

[@Gunit867899]

Actually, there was lots of room for errors hence why it took him multiple tries.

[@kaffeetasse9455]

@@Gunit867899 Well only room for certain errors. Coming in too low or overshooting just barely could have ended bad.

[@TesserId]

@@kaffeetasse9455 I agree. If he'd gone of the end or the platform, he had a chance to just go into dive, like he did at the end anyway. I think he'd planned it that way, but it could have gone horribly wrong. And, coming in too low means colliding with the building or the landing pad. Yea, maybe that means he shears off his landing gear and maybe does an endo (end-over-end, landing on it's back), which is survivable (though the plane would be scrap). But, any lower and it would be like hitting the edge of the platform nose on, and then falling to his death, short of the platform. But, maybe you had similar expectations.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

There was lots of room for error, as he proved by missing it a couple of times.

[@benjifrater6077]

Is that one of the Patey brothers? Wow. Got the top tier people there!

[@yogibear4682]

Anything Mike Patey is involved with will be a success. An amazing guy.

[@rowingocean]

Landing a helicopter on such pad is not an easy task. So but this guy landed a plane? Jeeez. We need more cockpit vew.

[@B3ARPA73]

Getting the Patey brothers involved in this project was the best decision that you could make. Way to go!

[@antontells]

He must be pretty good with tight parking spaces 🤔

[@mickieg1994]

I hope this gets tens of millions of views, absolutely deserves it!

[@redbull]

thanks mickie!

[@martinnorek7316]

Congrats to Luke. This is incredible !! Polish pride. The Battle Of Britain 303 Squadron. Cheers from Australia.

[@chuck.reichert83]

Redbull needs to do more STOL. Great stuff. I hope Redbull can create some technological relationship with the Patey Brothers, makers of Draco, Scrappy, and much much more.

[@redbull]

we've got a few ideas brewing 😉

[@chuck.reichert83]

@Red Bull you should buy a surplus OV-10 Bronco and use it as a STOL parachute platform.

[@RevUnstableBoy]

If you look closely, mike is standing on the helipad when the pilot touches down.

[@AntiVaganza]

Mike Patey is in the video, he is the guy on the radio congratulating Luke, the pilot, and... he is the guy who prepped this plane;). He just uploaded a vide about it on his own channel.

[@davejob630]

@@redbull Awesome! DO IT!

[@Aikibiker1]

Having spent time in the region, the winds must have been insane. Amazing flying.

[@nofider1]

Pretty incredible. Kudos to all the teams that made this possible (Of course I watch Mike Patey's channel) And of course the skill of the pilot.... Well done Luke. :-)

[@battery_wattage]

The only difficulty is coming in too low which can be avoided by pulling up and increasing speed. If he overshoots, he can just regain speed. What would make this more interesting is if there was a wall in front. In that case it has to be achieved on first try.

[@u9Nails]

Couldn't crash into the side of the runway during practice like you can on the real thing. I was so nervous watching those attempts on the hotel! There was just no room not to drop the tires into the perfect spot. But that was amazing! Great job Luke Czepiela and the Red Bull team! WOW!

[@elekkecskes830]

Szép landolás.Ügyes vagy.Köszönöm

[@SupercarBlondie]

Awesome!

[@redbull]

thanks 👊

[@harrycop7944]

​@@redbull blue bull when?

[@einidiotpilot8261]

You could make a video for Xplained about awesome stunts, and what kind of training is nessecary. This video would be a top candidate!

[@sergeantnought654]

Supercar Blondie why don't you do a collab with Red Bull? It's gonna be great, I'll be there to watch it.😊

[@BradySmith354]

Who else forgot Red Bull was a drink and not a sports company

[@breku28]

Brawo Panie Łukaszu 👏

[@dawis112]

-Samolotem na helipadzie wylądować się nie da! - dawać Polaków! 😁😁😁😁😁😁❤️

[@SKYLIMI]

Byliśmy mistrzami świata na Wildze i co niektórzy dalej mają tylko udoskonaloną wersję wspaniały wyczyn panowie i panie POLAK!!!Gratuluję 🫡

[@shorttime9445]

Great flight operater 👍👏🙂

[@josephblaze]

This was incredible! Well done!

[@redbull]

thanks Joseph 💪

[@inhhinhpham3949]

Ok! Bravo! So amazing! So wonderful! Congrats to the talent pilot!

[@easeff3634]

RED BULL GOES INSANE EVERYTIME🔥✨

[@Hesh-g5u]

This is why I love Red Bull

[@zakcohiba]

RedBull is Magic ❤❤❤. You make my day 🎉🎉🎉

[@redbull]

thanks Zac, you've made our day

[@deividas_kimontas]

Man that was impressive! 🔥

[@stearman100]

Okay now this is Epic! Nice job team Red bull!

[@redbull]

thanks Stearman!

[@screamqueen-in5by]

Bro redbull really do give you wings

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Woooooow!!!! Jaw on the floor here! That took balls as large as his talent!

[@jamaljames2578]

Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

[@adityachampawat1414]

RedBull does the unimaginable 😂

[@GoGo-yw5cr]

Fantastic ! ! Thank you so much. RedBull power challeng spirit.

[@jessegunderson2605]

One of the greatest aviation feats in a long time, knew I'd see Mike Patey involved in this!

[@GaryMCurran]

Without Mike, you wouldn't have seen it at all.

[@FlyLeah]

This is amazing!!! Redbull kicking the ball out of the park again!!

[@BNHRD]

only Red Bull can pull off stuff like this 🤯

[@redbull]

we're just living our best lives ❤️

[@rolha666]

No . There’s plenty of people who can do this . Search for STOL competitions .

[@loganamnosiss]

Or every Alaskan bush pilot 😂 This wouldn’t have been possible without a massive headwind.

[@TheFrogsled]

​@@loganamnosiss Look again. The windsock shows a light crosswind. They needed calm wind because high wind causes turbulence due to the building's proximity.

[@davidchivatero4306]

I'll continue to drink RedBull to support this incredible stuff!

[@adityachampawat1414]

This channel just drops World Records like it’s nothing!!! 😂👌🏻

[@mssn3166]

Redbull videos are amazing!

[@CaptainPanick]

Was pleasantly surprised to see Mike Patey and his wife Chandra in the video! Very scary and impressive stunt! It must have taken a huge amount of guts!

[@tfreeze4429]

His front wheels actually touched down on the white circle!! That was fun to watch. Also look at Mike celebrating the landing hahaha. cool stuff!

[@GaryMCurran]

In Mike's video, he said he had a 2' landing spot, and actually, the marks are where they built up the area before the white circle. So, yeah, precision landing.

[@nathanielwilson1899]

That piper cub is probably the only aircraft that can do this

[@gregsutton2400]

now every flight simmer will be trying this, well done and well done Mike!

[@GaryMCurran]

Yes, but someone is going to have to come out and offer a redesigned Carbon Cub the way Mike had it set up. I haven't had the opportunity to get with MSFS yet, but I understand the dynamics are much better. But, with the stock Carbon Cub, I'm not sure it would do the landing without ending up on its prop. The model would need to be modified the way Mike modified the real airplane.

[@jaymagnum650]

Already been fantasized and tried by many but this ain't no sim, it requires heavy balls. I would not try it in real life:))))

[@igoralessander1988]

Redbull you guys are savage. Amazing!!

[@name5798]

INCREDIBLE you guys beat everyone else on flight simulator and did it in real life!

[@redbull]

it's more fun in real life 😉

[@ExperienceMultilap]

@@redbull And dangerous 😁😁

[@debbiejaye7794]

2:13 This is mindblowingly brilliant!!!!! I’ve done wing walking on a 1939 biplane at about 150mph above the clouds performing a Cuban 8 which was pretty exhilarating but this must have been the biggest adrenaline rush!!! Awesome job🌟

[@kadinhendrickson8968]

Credit to Mike Patey who builds these things in his sleep, using only the best aircraft wheels coming right outta my backyard👍🏼 Small world!

[@McConaughey_83]

The exit was just as good, if not better, than the entrance. Pretty awesome!

[@Lochlann13]

Why does it not surprise me at all that Mike Patey was involved with this?

[@successmusicvideo]

Excellent! You have all the great videos

[@teejay3250]

As soon as I was like "how the heck is he gonna get it off?" ... He dives like a boss lol

[@patheddles4004]

And he's doing that with a very tail-heavy aircraft - heavily modded to let him brake harder on the landing without flipping it. Skills.

[@hereitcomes3912]

​@@patheddles4004 probably bad for the diving, but than might be useful when tryin to turning up

[@patheddles4004]

@@hereitcomes3912 exactly. Taildragger plane, so under heavy braking it's trying to pivot the nose down and the tail up. Weight in the tail resists that, especially further back behind the main wheels (which are the pivot point). But that weight imbalance will tend to pitch the plane up, making it harder to dive.

[@cryptout]

Cool stuff as always 🎉

[@Slalomer83]

big stunt, epic prepration, oots of money - lets do this in a 2 minute video whitout any exxaggerated "prepare, train, train more, nearly give up, train even more, prepare more"-parts! Love it!

[@redbull]

thanks Slalomer 🙌

[@jeffro5180]

Looks like Patey had a hand in this too so awesome!!

[@sweetbobby4166]

Polak potrafi🇵🇱💪

[@SomeoneLikeMe83]

Gratulacje! Coś wspaniałego! 👏

[@wilhame]

Sensacional.... entrou para historia... parabéns Luke parabéns Red Bull...

[@Cowracer67]

Mike Patey once said (referring to landing on a flat spot on the side of a mountain), "if you land long, just toss it off the back side and it will start flying on the way down." I think this applies here.

[@alfredarfwidsson9826]

concidering he built this plane, absolutely!

[@oneninerniner3427]

Correct! It is high enough to pour the coals (power) to it and dump it over edge push the nose down and get it flying again.

[@kairohmann4350]

Das muss erst einmal jemand nachmachen. Großer Respekt. 👍👍👍

[@PawełNawrocki-b9w]

Only a Polish airman could do that Big congratulations Łukasz

[@PawełNawrocki-b9w]

@@majktyson6275 Yes I do The word "only" is appropriate Because Marcin Banot is also Polish. So, you're right and I'm right😊 Wszystkiego dobrego

[@saywhat951]

STOL pilot's do 9 to 10 foot landings easy all the time. What makes this difficult is win at that height... although to be blown off would be easy, however blown off target with damage to the craft could be fatal.

[@gutenbergpanaderolozano]

Awesome! Good job. 👏👏👏

[@Alguien644]

Redbull will do anything except something that helps the humanity

[@Itchy1910]

True Story 👍

[@Danker19991]

Yes because that’s not what Red Bull is about. Red Bull is about pushing human limits

[@Nikolasplytas]

INSANE! Respect the process!!

[@spamanator666]

Could have just hired some Alaskan STOL pilots who do this in less room every single day, 27 meters to them would be a dream.

[@jonaramaa]

Love seeing mike on a cool project like this. What a guy.

[@kidf22]

Pretty neat! If you want to see some record holders for the shortest landings, go to Valdez, Alaska. They have a big STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) competition there every year. You will see folks land in the same distance as the length of the plane they're flying. Mike was there with Draco a few years ago. There are countless videos on this site from that event. Absolutely incredible.

[@PS-147]

People inside the hotel watching from the window: 👁️👄👁️

[@d.b.1176]

Thats why Redbull is so overpriced.

[@stevensklar3503]

This guy is the next Charles Lindbergh.

[@someone28]

Alaskan and Canadian pilots are laughing at this.

[@warrenjones5077]

He did a great job to survive, but I’ve seen better stol pilots.

[@wilelee]

Fantastic landing and I am impressed

[@FPVREVIEWS]

Mike Patey is the boss!!!

[@utubeemployeesrnazis1364]

That's was awesome! Great technique. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@sarfarazahmad8281]

unbelievable you rock it bro historical moment.

[@markdixon215]

Brilliant skills by all the team, congratulations & well done

[@annen6887]

Beyond Amazing Skills!! Had the opportunity to meet Luke At Huntington Beach PACIFIC Air Show . So professional & kind

[@Kamien_Krucjaty]

this pilot were in mielno in poland at air shows I'm glad that I could experience such wonderful things that he did by plane, live

[@timber4896]

As an aircraft builder, this is freaking amazing! The Wright brothers are smiling 👌

[@mazillaplays]

Next video: Landing a helicopter on a plane runway

[@SHUBHLAABHKITCHENRECEIPES]

Literally RedBull gives you wings, not the drink but the team 👍

[@airtechmech6681]

That's the coolest video I've seen in awhile!