ViperJet - DIY 525 MPH Fighter Jet? Review, History & Specs!

[@Chrismarquez7]

I shot a trailer for these guys up in Washington state back in 2006. It was to be submitted to discovery channel as a TV series documentary series following the brothers as they assembled the airplanes as well as kit builders who bought one. I can see little snippets from my video that I made in this KZbin video. 😊

[@rogerramjet6134]

I was sitting in the desert in Iraq when I received the copy of Popular Science with Bede's latest creation. I liked it so much I wondered how I could ever afford to fly one - and came up with a notion for commercializing something similar. Even reached out to Burt Rutan, who said they could build a prototype (but they would not get involved in the certification). Well, not being wealthy I did not pursue it. But, it would have been just as fun as flying Phantoms!

[@ferrarikingdom]

Excellent video .on a rarely covered aircraft. This is my next plane. I found a 2020 viper jet on the market and I’m going this Friday to go look at it and hopefully fly it back to my home hanger.

[@whoman5506]

Nice work. Best vid I’ve seen on the Viper jet👍

[@Rayo-8z]

Now this is the kind of stuff I wanna see

[@joehiden7475]

It's one sexy jet especially with that maroon metalflake paint job. If I only had the money and a place to build it!

[@madbager1]

It was built and developed here in Tri-Cities Washington at the Pasco airport by a gentleman who used to own gold's gym! Was able to see it from concept to different fiberglass composites different engines pretty nice little plane

[@actionjksn]

Great looking little plane it looks sort of like a miniature fighter. This thing would probably make a great little military drone with the right engine and some extra fuel capacity.

[@chrisstaples182]

Not worth the cost. You can get an L-39 for the same price or cheaper and it's already built

[@GavinKohAquascaping]

You make an excellent point. Not to mention the L-39 is a proven airframe. One just has to do due diligence.

[@shalakabooyaka1480]

Going to guess the guys buying these actually enjoy the building portion as well.

[@chrisstaples182]

@@shalakabooyaka1480 that's a hefty premium to DIY

[@shalakabooyaka1480]

@@chrisstaples182 It IS a pretty badass diy jet though. Anything with $100k jet engine and $70k in avionics is going to be expensive though.

[@chrisstaples182]

@shalakabooyaka1480 but you are just not getting anything for your money. Which is mostly likely why it didn't take off "no pun intended" why wouldnt you just get an l39 which is good to go and preforms better. ,proven airframes etc...

[@jt92]

To be honest, half a million for a plane with that kind of performance is an absolute bargain. a 10.000ft/minute climb rate is essentially the same speed as freefalling due to gravity, but in the opposite direction. I can't imagine what a thrill it would be. To those saying buy an L-39, it had 1/3 the climb speed of this beast. It's a completely different animal.

[@pablopeter3564]

GREAT ¡ Beautiful plane, looks like the Aermacchi-339.

[@jonshellmusic]

Jet Engines ARE internal combustion engines. They’re just not piston engines, they use turbines instead.

[@thesep1967]

Well, at least this pipedream didn't kill people. Unlike the Bede disaster.

[@laulaja-7186]

Surprised not to see mention of the Bede BD-10 here.

[@DataRew]

You do realize that the T-38 and F-5 are essentially the same plane right? So saying it looks like a mix of the two really doesn't make sense. Choose either of the two and the Folland Gnat and that would make sense.

[@stevenparker7922]

And it's not even accurate. This plane looks way more like a T-45 or a low wing version of an Alpha Jet.

[@888impus]

Як 130 вне конкуренции)) ну и л-39 😁 Однако, этот Вайпер прекрасен👍

[@gregpenglis3501]

This is my future jet. Can't wait to talk to the manufacturer and get them on my Rumble show, Action Radio!

[@ccfmfg]

What would be a Interesting video is the Viper jet vs. the BD-10.

[@jimthepilotguy]

Great video! The issue with the driveshaft is about torsional harmonic resonance. Molt Taylor and the IMP got it figured out long ago. I wish this effort the best!

[@bigmetalbirds]

ahh, okay, thanks for the info! glad you enjoyed the video!

[@actionjksn]

I thought switching to an aluminum driveshaft might be a good solution. Or maybe just retrofit some sort of harmonic balancer if there's room for it.

[@clarencehopkins7832]

Hell yeah

[@mikeblackford994]

Love to have one

[@dvsmotions]

You can get a L39 for that price. Very cool idea but the market is not going to be there.

[@rx4rays7]

Wicked Pissah. Dare to dream. One step forward,… in a world of missteps. Someday we’ll get there. :). Thanks for trying

[@aprianto1985]

great review i like it

[@oldfriend327]

Why no HUD unit? I thought a big part of having a HUD unit is to keep the pilot's eyes on the world outside and not inside the cockpit.

[@Friedbrain11]

I'll take one...thank you :)

[@thomashartzdorf4064]

The best ever inventet Kit Airplane one this planet with a jet Engine

[@shirtdirt1874]

if they ever make these again, i feel like there is a huge market in the $500k-$750 range these days.

[@49txhunter]

A really cool, one jet is the Prescott Pusher.

[@FredScuttle456]

Somebody should recreate the Me 163 as a kitplane. Replace the rocket motor with a small jet. Put air intakes in the leading edge at the wing roots. T/off and landing on a fuselage-mounted wheel, plus strakes on the wings as with gliders. Laser-scan the fuselage and wings of a Me 163 in a museum. The flight characteristics of the 163 are well-known, from a dead-stick glider all the way to 500mph. The new 163 would sell well, as the cheapest way to acquire a warbird.

[@ruslanulko8195]

Great video I am flying Mooney and dreaming about a jet

[@pju28]

I would buy it! If I had the money 😅

[@sm65-wj2bc]

The fuselage reminds me of the BD10

[@Homoprimatesapiens]

Maybe a visit to the boneyard for a good condition low priced jet will do the trick.

[@Swaggerlot]

Plenty of jet powered scale versions of this design fly nicely.

[@Chris88wws]

I give you recommend. Tell the story about Dornier VTOL

[@prcc]

I can't imagine trusting my life to a full-composite airframe subject to the stresses of a high-power-to-weight-ratio jet. This reminds me of a certain submersible...

[@jimpenney5508]

You mean like a vision jet. They are almost all carbon fiber

[@laurentsamson8927]

nothing comparable with the crushing pressure of a submersible at 14k feet below surface. Many certified airplanes are composite made today.

[@jonesjones6694]

Drop tank config?

[@MultiSweeney1]

Very popular in the RC world, shame it didn't have the same success at full scale.

[@brianb-p6586]

A gas turbine (as in a turbojet or turbofan) is a *combustion* engine. What did you think the fuel did in the combustion chambers? A gas turbine - in its normal form such as used in aircraft - is even an _internal_ combustion engine, because the combustion in inside the engine, in the working fluid (air) flow. A gas turbine engine is not a *piston* engine, which is the term which should have been used. The difference is that combustion is continuous in a turbine engine, and inherently interrupted in a piston engine.

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="83">1:23</a> - So, the researcher didn't look at European Trainers like the BAE Hawk then?

[@Oneman.oneboat]

Nice video. Only irksome aspect is that you say "Em Kay 2"...MK2 is short for Mark Two...

[@MikiLund]

Unfortunately two of these had an midair collision during some filming in Australia not long ago.

[@Smokeyr67]

No, those were Marchetti S-211s, not Viper Jets.

[@MikiLund]

@@Smokeyr67 got cha, the article I read did say two viper jets, but you being so specific shows you got better info.

[@scotts2027]

Now go back and look at the BD-10

[@timothyirwin8974]

Anyone remember the Bede BD-10?

[@SummitVDO]

Great detailed info on this little jet! I spent a day with test pilots Pete Zaccagnino, David Costa and this plane. It was fun to shoot. Here are a couple links to the original video of them taking the ViperJet out for a flight: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpXFnqmri8ZogJY No music: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6rKeJafZ76Eotk

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Wow, I thought the Viper was just an RC model

[@LuxLux-k3o]

Kumaha carana bisa ngan kudu di beri tahu semu

[@tompekarna]

Actually, a Jet or Turbo jet an internal combustion engine

[@Abdullah_Al_Saud]

finally found a good channel...who focused on explanation, not bullSh&%It talk...

[@DragNetJoe]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="227">3:47</a> - OK, a J85 is never referred to as "big" and "3000 freaking" would be more appropriately "pathetically weak 3000lbs".

[@Nurse_Xochitl]

I want one lol

[@mikelyon5595]

As sexy as a T-45 Goshawk!

[@DKTek07]

Wow, that looks just like the RC model jet also called the Viper. Although the RC version has been around for a lot longer…🤔

[@superskullmaster]

So the Viperjet has been around since the mid 90’s?

[@DKTek07]

@@superskullmaster BVM Jets, Bob Violet Models…

[@Smokeyr67]

No, the model versions are based on the full size aircraft.

[@DKTek07]

@@Smokeyr67 I remember seeing the Viper in 1982 at his shop in Orlando, next to the black F-4 Playboy Phantom and flew a nitro DF version in 1983. “Bob Violett Models did not create the Viper jet, but Bob Violett did create other iconic model airplanes, including the Viper, Aggressor, and the scale F86. Violett started BVM Jets in 1981, while he was still a pilot at Eastern Airlines”.

[@mehmetvural8095]

have a nice day. Seat 4. Cruising speed is 250 mph. range 2500 km. new. please price. thanks.

[@freggo6604]

I'd rather get a lightly used Fouga Magister. Less expensive to buy and comes assembled. As for the operating cost . . . if you have to ask you prob. can't afford it 🙂

[@edritchotte6659]

Wait, did you just say it resembles something between an F5 and a T38?!? Ummm…hello?

[@kray97]

Well $400 per hour isn't so bad if it can only stay in the air for an hour.

[@Mumtaz-gp2dx]

DIY death trap

[@air-headedaviator1805]

Even as a kit this is one cheap way to go 500 mph. Thats just Lamborghini Aventador money!

[@chesterusmc87]

You realize the F-5 and T-38 are the same airframe right? Kind of a silly comparison.

[@ed_201]

Why can't we have nice things

[@privateer0561]

It's for the man with too much money. There are plenty of those around.

[@lesizmor9079]

It's not that simple-- the man with too much money doesn't want to spend $500K and 5 years building a 2 seater. Rich guys want to buy a working rocket. Basic misunderstanding in the original blokes.

[@AC-jk8wq]

It is even less simple than that… The guy with too much money… Has enough mechanical skill to build… Or has even more money to have somebody else build it… Doesn’t want to own the A model. Nobody wants to fly the A model… Few would want to fly the first 10 serial numbers of the B model either… Personally, my preference is to own one that is a decade old, with 1k hrs on it already… Infant mortality of new airplanes is a real thing… having a failure of the engine will cost a mint. Landing in a field at high speeds is going to be uncomfortable…. So Viper team…. Get started! I want to buy one 10years from now…. From somebody that has done the break-in flights…. 😃

[@lucmartin6611]

ok

[@ratsofatso5525]

Just buy an Aero L39

[@Steve757-fl1hd]

Not worth the money. Like someone said a person can buy a L-29 or L-39. The L-29 can be re-engined with a more powerful engine. While the jets are classified as “EXPERIMENTAL” they are a proven design and many of them are out there burning up the airways on the weekends. I’d much rather have an L-39!

[@burgerbash3829]

Just buy an l39

[@dennisherreid5393]

never saw 500mph. 360 maybe.

[@studioxxswe]

review? ok

[@scarybaldguy]

"Em Kay". 🙄 It's pronounced "mark."

[@MrMcMuffinJr1999]

How is this a “review” you literally do t own one