200 mph Fly-by Sonex Aircraft Homebuilt

Low altitude fly-by

[@1q23r1q23r]

first i thought it was a joke video with the lawn mower doing a flyby, then i seen the plane lol

[@wolfen750]

+1q23r1q23r lol well you know the john deer sales pitch... Nothing runs like a deer... That would have been a good joke vid. But the green plane blends in to the background as intended.

[@peteranderson037]

Just to settle the debate, its somewhere between 180 and 190 MPH. This is at Stag Airpark (7NC1) near Burgaw North Carolina. He covers some 550 feet +/- 25 feet in about 2 seconds.

[@wasatchm]

does anyone have a revmaster turbo in their sonex or onex? just curious as to how they perform at high altitude.

[@jeffrobodene1485]

200 MPH? What video are you watching?

[@5xls]

Sonex Vne is 197 mph, so it's a 196½ mph pass. 😂

[@ohwell2790]

Please show GPS verified speed or it is just not provable. Just because that is the maximum that the manufacture says, it is not necessarily the airspeed that this airplane was flying at.

[@Jason-iz6ob]

@@aaroncarmody5300 didn’t look anywhere even close to 200 to me. Maybe 100. VNE may be 197, but you can only reach that in a dive. Maneuvering speed for a Sonex is 125. And that pull up looked like a bit of a maneuver to me. So unless that pilot is a reckless moron with hidden rocket pods that thing was maybe going half of 200.

[@waveman8923]

You guys are blind

[@Mike-01234]

@@Jason-iz6ob I wonder if the FAA would have a problem with that pull up could be considered low level aerobatic air show performance.

[@DRZSuzook]

What engine is in that plane?

[@Sonex825]

Nice

[@christianlebordelais]

Good job

[@ChiarOscuri]

who cares if is 200 mph or 130, did u see that pull with a wingover at the end?

[@bigvee401]

it looked more like 120 mph

[@spinnetti]

isn't that over VNE?

[@josephcarroll6356]

It's not going 200 mph.

[@benjaminbanman8734]

Who’s that pilot? I own this airplane now. I’d love to get in contact with that guy.

[@Mike-01234]

AeroVee engine?

[@benjaminbanman8734]

@@Mike-01234no, it’s got the Jabiru 3300 with a 54 inch prince prop.

[@tpspc03]

Vne is 197.

[@Ts-zy4bw]

But he still can’t land 🤣