STOL Competition in 4K, AirVenture 2018, Draco the PT-6 Tubine Wilga

[@skypilot249]

To all comenteers: watch the videos when Mike Patey built a totally new fantastic aircraft, just the basic shape of a Wilga was kept, like, the small back of the fuselage, and the special landing gears. He spent thousands of hours to build this wonderful machine, and on the videos he is really having fun but also a real expert in building anything. He really deserves a big respect for this Wilga which has a P&W 6 turboprop engine and can land or take off in just a few meters. p:s. most of the fuel is stored in the front landing gears :-D Thanks Mike, I watched your work for hours now and it's very impressive :-))

[@blankblank9117]

I want to thank you for the lack of horrible music and a complete video of the competition!!

[@Windtee]

Draco is a winged wonder, an aeronautical anomaly, and a peculiar propeller-driven phenomena!

[@lskit]

Windtee Has has

[@AviationNut]

Mike's WILGA(DRACO) is the most beautiful bush plane ever made, no one comes even close to the looks of DRACO. Mike's WILGA was originally produced in Poland, but with all the mods he put on it, there is maybe only 25% or less of the original WILGA left in that aircraft. The crazy thing is that he even put fuel tanks in the main landing gear struts, which I personally think it's dangerous to have fuel tanks in the landing gear struts, because if he ever lands to hard or hits something and one of the landing gear strut breaks off the whole plane will go up in flames. Mike has a YT channel and he filmed himself building the WILGA(DRACO). You can go watch his videos on his channel named "Mike Patey" it's really worth watching. I binge watched almost all his videos, it was worth every second of it. I really learned a lot about aircraft building from Mike's video's.

[@MrCorrupt1982]

But if the landing gear brakes off the wing is the next thing to hit the ground anyway so either way there is going to be fuel on the ground.

[@1950harleycharley]

IMHO there really is no "safe" place to have a gas tank on a plane...If it crashes, it usually goes up in flames anyway.

[@KB10GL]

I suspect that if a landing is so hard that the landing leg actually fractures or breaks off, then some spilled fuel is going to be the least of his problems.

[@kronos350]

Fantastic opening scene....great job

[@Hyperious_in_the_air]

Draco is an absolute monster.

[@prof.heinous8118]

Great opening shot. By far the best STOL comp 18 film!

[@KB10GL]

The opening shot had my eyes watering. With the great choice of music score all I could think of was a great prehistoric bird of prey stalking us as it stealthily [& slowly] came around from behind the trees to line up, with its talons [ok, tyres] extended & coming in for the kill. Even the touchdown was like a dragon bird grasping its prey. OK, so I have a vivid imagination, but watch it again & see if you agree.

[@RainbowAviation]

Okay, after your comments my eyes started water also. I think your analogy is spot on.

[@pagrichard]

C'mon. Haha. Can you do a reaction video and post it.

[@joetexas1546]

Henrys Highlander excellent! Hals no cowl lawnmower great ! Pateys Draco is just SICK!!!

[@TheCasualPilot]

Awesome footage. We were there that night at Airventure but couldn't see a thing because of the crowds. Sight lines aren't the best at that runway. It's great to see what I missed. Thank you.

[@RainbowAviation]

I heard rumors that new bleachers may be in the works for next year.

[@jasonsneed3179]

Don't want to take away from this video... But I also have and will be posting more footage on my channel. I was standing at the line with pops most of the time..

[@TheCasualPilot]

@@RainbowAviation If they fix some of the sight lines that will be awesome. I think my wife and I are going to volunteer there a few days next year so we will get great sight lines no matter what.

[@Amphictyon1]

Boy howdy...that Draco...sigh. All it takes is an unlimited budget and a lot of time. Gorgeous machine.

[@MrCorrupt1982]

Not unlimited just $1,000,000. He thinks thats about what it cost him.

[@thordehr]

........and incredible mechanical, design and fabrication ability......

[@iseenochains-oops7863]

Amphictyon1 .. and massive commitment & determination !

[@MichaelLloyd]

Outstanding. Thanks for putting this on YT

[@jrdeckard3317]

DRACO will be missed!

[@matthewjanson8237]

This looks like lots of fun ! you have some great planes to do it with.

[@baza7008]

Now I've seen many a bike doing a stoppie(riding along on front wheel with backend riding high in the air) but definitely the first time I've ever seen an aircraft doing a stoppie thats for sure.👌👍👍

[@jasonsneed3179]

Great video...

[@karljames1694]

You can literally hear Steve Henrys nitrous oxide shot coming on and off. good show boys ✈✈

[@StanMcClain]

Announcing the make and model of each plane would be real helpful.

[@boomerang379]

The Lawrence Of Arabia music was quite fitting.

[@lasitir]

Mass production of DRACO could save a lot of lives around the world.

[@davidduganne5939]

Nice video work. Good angle to watch the action!

[@renatoigmed]

we need this here in Brazil! 🤩

[@ryanloon8533]

nice vid... they should load the plane wit camping gear at this competition then it be a competition... i like that red plane

[@madmarkstoys]

Hal great job!!

[@PorscheGTRSWeissach]

Awesome! You could start and land in the garden behind the house... ;-)

[@AllenZhu]

How much is it？

[@dihler55]

Is there a scoreboard somewhere?

[@davidlewis9572]

Draco is a BEAST

[@nucupanzaru9609]

Wow, Vilga!👍

[@boomerang379]

Where can I find that music. I will need it when I get ready to make my epic adventure.

[@RainbowAviation]

KZbin Audio Library: "Desert_Caravan"

[@mqbitsko25]

Draco should be disqualified for using alien technology. That thing can't be from this planet.

[@1950harleycharley]

What a magnificent plane from one man's imagination! A bit like a dream many of us had back in the day....A Jeep CJ with a 500 CI Caddy engine shoe-horned under the hood!

[@maryyzinggasociados5982]

THAT ITS TRUE , IS DRACO AIRPLANE ITS AMAZING FROM THE REST. , TO BAD HE LOST THAT AMAZING PLANE

[@Jake2670]

great coverage, thanks btw who was the guy from AR?

[@gerry343]

How do they get the tailwheel up from a standstill?

[@OCBSphinX]

Mostly with a combination of the brakes and engine power, and a bit of elevator authority from the airflow generated by the prop.

[@aaronkoch9052]

the way they have the final approach set up for the comp is dangerous. I am surprised they would set it up this way. It is too easy for them to stall when turning to final. They would fall out of the sky and on to the people if that happened.

[@Klappfall]

Draco is the Hamma

[@GiovanniBagnoliG111]

i see the FFREEEEEDDOOOMMM FFOOXX

[@andyrawna3106]

Crocodile Dundee

[@bradleymyers5030]

Come on guys. We all know the Draco will destroy the competition. He put over a $1,000,000 into that plane. Give me that kind of money or more and ill produce a plane that is comparable or better.

[@Arbeitsrepetier2000]

Bradley Myers lmfao u won’t produce shit lol you probably don’t even know how to fucking fly a plane

[@Quatt22]

Lol, okay Trump

[@DeadRoman]

Def sick of seeing draco. Yeah, its very very cool, but it is an exercise in excess, well out of reach of the normal man. What steve henry is doing with the Highlander is MUCH more impressive and within the spirit of what the EAA really is.

[@judd_s5643]

Draco is licensed as experimental “exhibition” which restricts where and when it can fly. Totally impractical from a usability point of view. It’s not to say Draco couldn’t be turned into a certified aircraft with a “supplemental type certificate (STC)” but the engineering cost and then actual number of potential planes that could be updated with the STC makes it unrealistic. Draco is fun, would be blast to fly but economically it’s a bust unless of course you have a boat load of money and you really want bragging rights!

[@hshs5756]

I'll bet these STOL pilots NEVER have a meltdown with the line judge like Serena Williams, and they darn sure wouldn't smash their airplanes like Serena did her racket.

[@sherman8wi]

You can NOT call this a "STOL Competition," because only a select few individuals were asked to participate in this takeoff and landing exhibition. It was an exhibition and nothing more. It was NOT open to competitors. Had this been a competition open to the competitors that were present at EAA AirVenture 2018, NONE of these people who took part in this exhibition would have had a chance at winning a real STOL competition. They can take off and land pretty short, but none of them would have had a chance in an actual STOL competition with actual STOL competitors. Draco's nice, but a K650T Sherpa will beat it every single time.