The LARGEST Canard Fly-In after Oshkosh 2022

Rough River 2022 was a huge hit! Thank you to all our sponsors and volunteers who made this years fly-in extra special. A reminder that the formation clinic in Covington Tennessee is coming up soon! October 14/15/16!!! Please fill out the application if you are interested: forms.gle/tDXz... This event will be very similar to the very successful event we held in May... please consider joining us? Ask your questions here or send Jim Springer a note at [e-mail] Video by: Reese d'Aquin @Flying Home Productions

[@jasonvanevery5594]

Rough River was an absolute blast this year! Thanks for flying with me Reese!

[@petersimmons-he5hu]

Excited when I first saw this. Thought for a second might see my Long-EZ. Then noticed it was 2022. I was there in N85PK around 1986. Guess I was a few years early. 1800 +++ trouble free hours in the Long-EZ. Heart Attack ended this pilot's Flying. Did get my Medical back but got more difficult each year. So here we are in 2023 and I am still above ground. Just no longer able to defy gravity.

[@rutanaircraftflyingexperie6303]

Good to hear from you Peter, I was there in 86 also. Ryszard

[@stijnvandamme76]

VaryEze's are just the coolest little planes ever.

[@jonathanstein1783]

That Viggen is a rare sight!

[@thall7368]

Rough River is an awesome park. You guys go there again in the future I will definitely come. A dear friend, now passed, built and flew a Long EZ.

[@MrBigPipesYT]

I love canard aircraft. I wish there were more available on MS Flight Sim. The Long-EZ is on there as payware but the rudders aren't accurate. Neither are the stall characteristics. Fast, aerobatic, with a long range. Incredible value for performance. I've been a fan since the first time I thought I saw a plane flying backwards when I was 5 years old and no one believed me lol.

[@KPMACHINE1]

I’ve fished there and landed there. Never knew y’all had a fly in till I saw a canard wing plane in Colorado. The guy just got back from there. So I’m not but a short 40min flight away and I plan to make it down there some day and check out y’all’s handy work. So cool.

[@rutanaircraftflyingexperie6303]

Thanks! Look forward to see you there next year. Always the last weekend in September.

[@biketech60]

RUTAN is a legend in his own time . U S A

[@jerbear7952]

I also like to attach randome USA on the end of my sentences too. U S A

[@cthomasmobile]

Really an awesome experience. Building airplanes should be more common.

[@skiptalbot]

Great job on the video. Nice to see Chris from our RAFE class made it there. I missed this one, but hoping to fly 112TG in next year!

[@Aolen75]

Awesome!

[@brandtfenner]

i got to see these. never seen so many in one place

[@monostripezebras]

that is pretty cool

[@Karuiko]

0:46 Is that a bag clip being used as a control lock?

[@marionetteworks]

What altitude are these typically flown at for a long haul flight? I fly a Velocity XL in Flight Simulator and I’m curious what typical real life flight profiles are like, for those home-built unpressurized aircraft, and how it feels inside at high altitude.

[@DanielKezar]

above 11,5 is impractical due to the oxygen requirements but for best efficiency most people likely cruise between 6 and 11

[@2Phast4Rocket]

I wanted to build one but it just takes too long to build compare to the aluminum kits that are out in the market.

[@rutanaircraftflyingexperie6303]

That's actually untrue. Read the article on oiur website titled "Quick-build is a state of mind" www.rutanaircraftflyingexperience.org/post/quick-build-is-a-state-of-mind

[@kkiwi54]

No Quickies 😢

[@jimmierogers9375]

That video was much too short.

[@Drunken_Hamster]

1:41 what is this plane?

[@haraldschurr1035]

it is a Rutan VariViggen - found by its registration number.

[@sergosokolov4678]

Как поступить в ваш университет?

[@jamesringler987]

How do the rutan birds fly are they agile stabil can you side slip them are they fun??

[@rutanaircraftflyingexperie6303]

They are a blast to fly and slip just fine!

[@BinaryFabricator]

What is the kit name @ 4:49 and where do I get one?

[@rutanaircraftflyingexperie6303]

It’s a Rutan VariViggen. They aren’t “kits” they’re made from plans. You actually have to build it! There are plans available and unfinished projects if you’re seriously interested contact us. [e-mail]

[@enigma6482]

Those things just look dumb, only having a retractable nose wheel.

[@stijnvandamme76]

oh well, Cessna's look dumber, with nothing retractable