Pitts Special S-1E biplane | Aviation Keeps Me Busy!

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

Good times Mark! Amazing how they did things back then. :-)

[@cavu22]

Gordon Price designed a control stick mixer for his Ultimate Biplanes that automatically lowered the ailerons as you brought the stick back. And the WW1 Triplane never had brakes- that's a modern design as Ron Sands plans for his replicas. FYI.

[@pittss2c601]

Flying a Pitts is one of life's greatest experiences

[@davejoynt6276]

Mark, you are going to need another hanger, that Pitts is beautiful, cant wait to see it fly.

[@diepenj47]

Great video today! Your new Pitts is a beauty!!! And what a beautiful Fokker that Don built. Thanks for setting time and day for a meet up at OSH. I have it on the list. Jim

[@douglascloud4484]

You do very fine work I hope my build will turn out like yours, great videos, happy flying

[@johnburns9950]

I saw Mark's Cruzer at the Zenith homecoming. You will spend some serious time finding any flaws in that one.

[@gregpardee5595]

Wow! The Fokker triplane is a beauty, what a great job he did on that. I love your pitts also, what a great find! Hope to see it at Owosso airport soon!

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

I'm hoping he will let me visit again so I can showcase his airplanes in a video!

[@gregpardee5595]

@@KitplaneEnthusiast Is he here in Michigan?

[@davidharris6427]

Life goals!

[@Project2Aero]

That Pitts is sure pretty!

[@mikejackman4416]

Nice Fokker DRI..we are rebuilding one on plane savers,,,I have the fuselage in my garage would love to see more of it

[@Jeffrey-Flys]

Mark- “That’s all I’ve got done.” Me - “I watched you talk about it.”

[@foesfly3047]

This episode covers a wide variety of subjects-- OMG you have some interesting friends!

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

I forgot to mention that he is now building a Knight Twister biplane. He's the kind of guy I could hang around with all day just watching and learning.

[@alejandronovoa8188]

Oh no ,I want some videos flying the pitts !!!

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

I want to make Pitts videos too. But it’s a long road getting this plane back in the air!

[@davidrobins4025]

You always pay good attention to the details and the results really show. Thanks for the great video.

[@robertlafnear4865]

Yeh.... Don's Tri is AWESOME..... when that Airplane virus take hold and you have some great building skills..... WOW !.... NICE WORK............. I'd give about anything for a nice Jenny just like and the same color as the Waldo Pepper plane...... Have a ball in that Pitts ........ and that Leather Skull Cap...... COOL ! Have a great day.... hope to run into you at Oshkosh, got my Nikon ready , (need an 8 X10 of that Zenith Blue Angle plane.

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

Not only does he do all his own fabrication, but the workmanship is beyond perfect!

[@robertlafnear4865]

IT IS BEAUTIFUL ! Thank You for showing us some of his work.

[@johnfitzpatrick2469]

G,day from Sydney Australia. Your hanger is looking good, and insulation of the panel lift door will be beneficial, that's for sure. * The 1917 tri-plane is amazingly interesting........... The unique and different controlling: the trailing edge of wing, somehow eminates WW1 pilot Barron Von Rickonhofdder (aka) Red Barron. Thankyou 🌏🇦🇺

[@johnreed8872]

Hey Mark... the bail out rig on the garage floor was a give away. Have you ever made a skydive? Highly recommended for anyone having crazy " attitude " fun! .. After all, don't we all practice emergency procedures? Your buddy Don is awesome, you could probably do hours on him! I'm thinking that there might be a ribbon waiting for the CruZer at OSH! Thanks for the great video and Blue Skies brotherman!

[@jofido]

Really great video, Mark.

[@charlescampbellii8193]

Pitt's looks awesome. Could fly it all year long in sunny Tucson. My kid is thinking about getting a plane going in partner with a friend and getting his license

[@bigmanue2291]

With so many great projects going on when do you have time to sleep? Awesome to be young. As usual great video and looking forward to your Oshkosh videos.

[@hongshi8251]

Too cool! thanks

[@MrTreetall100]

Question: What did the company say about the off set notches in the aluminum wheel struts. The main bolts from the fuselage didn't line up.... Did you notch them bigger?

[@michaelklepacz]

That looks sooo good man!

[@bernardc2553]

Wow killed mags , & Brakes on that Tri,That's interesting, AEIO 360 In pitts? SCORE !!

[@williamstrome5271]

all right Mark now you have to tell me how to buy a free plane.

[@Sober100]

So Snoopy gets to be the Red Baron....

[@cebroschriseberhart7557]

There should also be a drain at the bottom of the tank itself

[@OneKoolDude]

What size tires on the SD ??

[@daverobinsonTnT]

Mark, just wondering if the tank connected to the compressor has a drain at its lowest point when installed in the orientation you have it installed ? Can water in that very short section of hose drain back into the tank and add to any water already trapped in the tank, based on its orientation and location height ? Would installing a small condensate drain valve in the line between the compressor tank and the main line hose connection help, if the tank was tilted and use of appropriately angled fittings to minimize the quantity of trapped water was made ? I think your excellent Aviation OCD is rubbing off on me ... LOL

[@n206ja]

Looks like your nosegear strut is powder coated where the pucks will go? I powder coated my nosegear strut but left the metal bare underneath my pucks and just polished it. Even with the grease, the pucks are still a very tight fit. However, I think the pucks "bed-in" quickly and the puck system works great and no problems with corrosion under the pucks - I think they keep the metal polished with their sliding motion! Have you test-fitted a puck just to see if the powder coat is going to make things too tight?

[@ikay2102]

German in a German plane, yeah !! 🤣🤣🤣

[@leebasey8304]

Have you done acrobatics before?

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

Just in the F-16.

[@leebasey8304]

@@KitplaneEnthusiast Forgot about that. Ha!

[@StjepanNikolic]

With all due respect the name of the video is misleading. I came here only because of Pitts, but it featured less than 3 mins in whole 18min video !! Sorry no subscribing from me.