WWI Replica Airplanes - Cost to Own

[@Vroomerz]

"'Experimental' and 'tail wheel' are swear words to insurance brokers." LOL

[@tuckernielson1]

A single seat airplane is like having an imaginary friend - you go on adventures together…. Brilliantly put.❤❤❤❤

[@matthayward7889]

I’ve spent many happy hours on their website! So glad you covered them

[@Vorath81]

"I don't want to talk about it" 😅😂

[@JonesNate]

@Vorath81 I caught that, too. 😆

[@Glegh]

What are the performance limits? Asking for a friend

[@JonesNate]

They're WWI kit planes, with canvas/fabric wings. You want to do a barrel roll? Good luck! 😅

[@Acrowat40]

Limits? Its kinda like asking "will my bicycle be too fast for the highway"?

[@virgilio6349]

​@JonesNate I mean, real life WWI planes did some pretty insane acrobatics, if we are to believe WWI pilot diaries.

[@Vroomerz]

Stall speed and glide ratio are first things I look at. Next, find a copy of Theory and Practice of Aeroplane Design (1920). PDF is available online if you look for it. Finally, the Aerodrome Forum are a good resource for replica builders.

[@Name-ps9fx]

I'm confident you could pull 6 g's in a turn. Once. 😅

[@hefeibao]

Ah...been waiting for this for some time. Thanks so much - this is very useful. :)

[@spurgear4]

Replicraft sells plans copied from the factory drawings. I will be buying a set for the Camel just to hang on the wall.

[@jenerik_guy2474]

Never stop making these!

[@kazansky22]

I love aerodrome! I wish they were more popular.

[@sdsorrentino]

Cue the TikTok audio "You think you're the coolest guy in the parking lot and then this guy shows up," and then you land your scarlet Fokker DR1 and taxi to a stop. I have visions of hordes of lovely ladies throwing themselves at me as I climb out of my Red Baron machine, but I'm sure it would just be a bunch of pilot dudes drooling on my fabric wings and getting in the way of me going to get a burger.

[@Vorath81]

Perhaps a bit of Fuzz waiting for you to come out from Bob's Burger Palace

[@lipslide101]

Imagine some airliner having to hold short for a gigachad in this thing to land before him

[@sdsorrentino]

@@lipslide101 “if you look out the right side of the aircraft you will see Baron Manfred von Richthofen and his bright red triplane. Look at that Fokker just poking along the taxiway. That Fokker is why we haven’t departed yet. The tower called and ordered me to hold short and allow the Fokker to taxi past us. Some people would say that it’s just a replica, but I think he’s a real Fokker and if I thought I could get away with it I’d run up my engines and blow that Fokker clear across the runway. Where’s Snoopy when you need him?”

[@howesfull8]

@@lipslide101 The airline pilots (who have the best view here) would ABSOLUTELY LOVE to hold short for a couple of minutes to watch an old (replica) biplane land....it would break up a long hard boring day. I guarantee that cameras would be out....

[@Siriussky22]

Omg they are amazing and some are cheaper then an air camper, I love them

[@yippeeclawyay2591]

I want them so bad to make a SPAD model, love their kits though

[@Siriussky22]

Yes exactly what I needed to know, for real this is useful

[@michaelmccaffety3131]

COOL! Do any of them come with period accurate machine guns? Asking for a friend…

[@leftcoaster67]

Mount some paintball guns? But without syncro gear you'll just have a very colourful propeller.

[@JonesNate]

​@@leftcoaster67Or just put them out on the wings. I know, I know, not WWI-accurate, but still better than having paint splattered everywhere, or worse yet, a harder paintball suddenly turning the airplane into a glider.

[@davidhines4716]

I found scale drawings of a Spandau online and built one for my Fokker D7. Originally they had 2 side by side, but I initially installed one to the right of center so as to not block as much view in left hand patterns. My thinking was I could always add another next to it if I wanted more authenticity. So far I am satisfied with just the one, and I get a lot of comments about it. Just used 2x6 and PVC that I drilled holes in. Looks very real

[@bodenwhitmore7699]

I love Airdrome Aeroplanes, I desperately want to build a full scale DR1 triplane once I’m a bit more financially sound than my current flight instructor, delivery driver gigs

[@CompleteWalkaround]

Seems like a great way to get into airplane building / ownership

[@RichEdwards]

If this is your bag a trip to the Old Rhinebeck NY Aerodrome is a must. In addition to a museum they put on air shows with WWI and earlier airplanes every weekend in the Summer/Early Fall.

[@Vorath81]

I'd say a road trip is in order, but let's face it - a flight plan is in order!!

[@grafhilgenhurst9717]

Are they still doing it? I was there in the 1980s, when Cole Pelan was alive. He recreated the 1920s "barnstorming" shows perfectly.

[@kodywillnauer9422]

Your writing skills are 🔥

[@lfraser7128]

Had no idea about these guys before, definitely on my radar now, thanks.

[@IlanB-o4g]

Love your videos you should make one one the de Havilland twin otter!

[@aidangarciasadler5607]

I was about to do homework, but then I saw this

[@SwimWheat]

Finally, time to absolutely destroy some jet fighters

[@jakovnikolic2144]

i was just thinking about buying one last week. you sir are an esper

[@nomehdrider]

"..if you build one, I hope you get the hang of it" pretty good scrip writing there

[@ike621]

The Snoopy reference hit me right in the feels. Poetry indeed.

[@SteveAubrey1762]

Yeah, I am looking very hard at a Nieuport 28. My Grandfather was in the US Army Air Service during WW1. He served in France. I used to have a picture of him with his Nieuport 28. After the war he came back to the US. He stayed in the Army, the Air Service became the US Army Air Corps.

[@christophernolan8761]

How about a video of the tax benefits/pitfalls of buying a plane?

[@silasdolis1387]

I’m curious if you’ll ever do a Cessna 170 video. That is likely the airplane I will buy if I can manage the funds, so I would love a breakdown from everyone’s favorite financial advisor (you)

[@Cuccos19]

These buggers have no Albatross D.III / D.V OR Pflaz D.III series... the most sleek WWI designs left out (maybe because they could not find a inline 6??!!).😭😭😭 And not even a R.A.F. S.E.5a... 😪 A canvas biplane, the German Platzer Kiebitz should be review too. It's soo cool with a Verner radial (from the country of cool beer hot chicks, the Czech Republic😁) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platzer_Kiebitz en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verner_Motor

[@apfelsnutz]

The SE-5a is avvailable... call Robert.

[@dimitrijensk2845]

I LOVE this website, even though I can only window shop for now.

[@CompleteWalkaround]

All in good time

[@HyroAUS]

these are super cool, aeronca 7ac champ next? im begging

[@mildsailor2531]

Hi Your work is very helpful Can you do it for Piper Navajo and king air c90

[@Vroomerz]

YAAAASSS!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

[@grangthedestroyer2343]

Maybe it's for the best that nobody knows how close I flew to that cloud, ok?

[@choppergirl]

You'll never finish it, and it will end up taking up space in your garage. Ask hundreds of aircraft builders and they'll verify this. Instead, get a flight simulator, and you can be flying within days.

[@justastudent1423]

Day 2 of asking for a video on the Sling High Wing, please

[@Supacoopaofawesomeness]

Best one yet

[@foesfly3047]

Very Very clever dialogue on this one 😆

[@Caleb-qr6lo]

Please do velocity

[@apfelsnutz]

A very good video...! Yes, but flying one of these is not for the faint of heart.... the WING LOADING is not much more than a Kite... 6lbs - 8lbs... So, in ANY kind of wind prepare for Mr. Toad's wild ride ! If you're not a dyed in the wool tail dragger pilot, forget building the Fokker Dr-1... That said.... I'm waiting for Robert Baslee to offer a Spad 7 kit, and I'm off to visit the factory !! Thanks again for the fair, unbiased opinion...!

[@Thebackflipdude]

Can you do more lsa planes like the Pipersport/Sportcruiser or the fusion 212

[@memelord6201]

dh chipmunk next?

[@natedrawsthings]

This is currently my dream. My wife and I both want to start our pilot journey soon, and each have our own dream plane. In my case, Airdrome's Fokker Dr1.

[@CompleteWalkaround]

What's hers? It's rare to have a spouse who's into flying. Tolerate is the best many hope for.

[@natedrawsthings]

@@CompleteWalkaround Scale Wings Mustang.

[@CompleteWalkaround]

Oof. You could do 10 DR1s for that. Good taste though

[@natedrawsthings]

@@CompleteWalkaround I made the mistake of showing her videos of them. So she fell in love and went down the research rabbit hole. There's no denying that it's a beauty, though. I'm certainly not gonna tell her no.

[@albertuskidd]

Please can you do a T28 Trojan

[@Boredomboi3000]

Cool!

[@isbestlizard]

How on earth do they find the engineers and do all the maths to prove things like static and dynamic stability and calculate the flight envelopes for safe flight and all the various speeds and loadings and such for 25 different models?????

[@shebadoge]

does it have an se5

[@jessISaRicePrincess]

Kinda disappointed that the red triplane has no snoppy on it dude not gonna lie

[@natedrawsthings]

What's involved in getting these into Canada?

[@CompleteWalkaround]

That's a good question. If it's just the kit, nothing. It's like ordering any aluminum tubes. Nothing airplane applies. If it's started, it needs to be uncovered. Canada has two inspections on home builds, one occures before things get permanently covered. The next before flight. If it's completed, and the precover inspection is impossible. It has to have 100 hours. This is TC way of assuming that it has to be somewhat decently built. If it's built and flying you're importing an airplane, which is possible but involves paperwork.

[@natedrawsthings]

@@CompleteWalkaround Oh cool! Thank you for that. Where is this information available so I can do further research?

[@CompleteWalkaround]

www.md-ra.com

[@dimitrijensk2845]

Could you hypothetically pay someone to build this for you?

[@CompleteWalkaround]

Hypothetical yes. There are 3rd party build assist programs available. You must build 51% but not with your own hands per say. It's a bit grey. The manufacturer can't build more than 49% for sure. The other 51% is a bit fuzzy in my experience.

[@cgh55]

Beautiful script.

[@coasternut3091]

Geez. 220lbs of weight couldn't hold me, much less with fuel

[@pedenharley6266]

I’ve got to think that not toting around a pair of Vickers and 1,000 rounds of .303 would help offset that…

[@yalyosha]

Hope they gave you some endorsement money for this! lol

[@CompleteWalkaround]

They didn't! It's straight from the heart as usual. Good or Bad.. Though, i do accept kits as payment.