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CALL911
10-12-2011, 08:23 PM
As some of you may or may not know, I purchased an experimental plane earlier this year (Falcon XP).

Well, I finally got a chance to get a video of it today and thought I would share with all my LTX pals.

Oh, I may need to warn popo8 to have a clean set of drawers when watching as he mentioned just looking at the pics scared him to death. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyNPCl5QuW4
wysemunky
10-13-2011, 01:02 AM
Nice video, looks like a ton of fun. I like the music, are you a guitar player? I'm afraid of heights, but from the video everything looked pretty smooth even though the landing seemed a little sketchy.
96LT1355Z28
10-13-2011, 05:33 AM
Pretty cool, bet that thing handles a little different than what you get paid to fly!
CamaroZGuy
10-13-2011, 08:36 AM
that looks like a hella fun time! and awesome video!
CALL911
10-13-2011, 08:44 AM
Nice video, looks like a ton of fun. I like the music, are you a guitar player? I'm afraid of heights, but from the video everything looked pretty smooth even though the landing seemed a little sketchy.

I am a guitar player, however I just got an electric guitar about a year ago, and I am quite a bit aways off from being able to play like Eric Johnson (the artist who played the song I used in the video). The video doesn't really show it very well, but with only weighing 700 lbs, and having a large 38 ft wingspan, you literally feel every little bump like it is a big bump. It is not a plane to take up on a windy day. Yesterday it was a little bumpy, and I was fighting a bit of crosswind (I should have chosen the other runway). Without trying to get too technical, there is a phenomena called "ground effect" where the plane reacts different from its wingspan length to the ground, and basically makes it even more difficult to land. It was not one of my better landings in the plane, but in the end, I am just happy to get it back down safely.


Pretty cool, bet that thing handles a little different than what you get paid to fly!

Lol. Just a tad bit! Yeah, the big monsterous KC-135 is a world different than my little Falcon XP. But in the end, piloting skills from one, help me with flying the other believe it or not.


that looks like a hella fun time! and awesome video!

Thanks yo!
jaysz2893
10-13-2011, 02:37 PM
man, that looked fun as hell! My dad and I used to have/fly a Beech Sundowner (not very fun I know), but dad is itching to build a plane for himself since he is retired. I will have to show him this. I am done with flying. I could never get my IFR cause the "foggles" screwed with my head and I blew chunks trying to only read the instruments. I could never read in a car either. VFR is fun till the clouds roll in and the ceiling goes to hell..

Have fun and be safe!
CALL911
10-13-2011, 10:06 PM
Looks like a lot of fun! I like the Cliffs of Dover track as well. I just realized that I live about an hour and 20-30 minutes from you, and I am over in FTW at Piere's all the time. Small world!

...and you share my first name ;) Hit me up sometime if you come to the Fort!
popo8
10-13-2011, 10:19 PM
Thanks for the warning.... I kept an open mind... and I well.....
























































































I STILL DONT LIKE IT.... lol Enjoy brotha, its all you my man..... BTW, does it have AC?
spikester7878
10-13-2011, 10:41 PM
looks like a good time to me...i would love to learn to fly but im scared shitless of landing even as a passenger haha...im just use to jumping out at about 800 ft i guess
CALL911
10-13-2011, 10:48 PM
Lol! Larry, you really know how to crack me up!

It has its own form of AC. It has a hole in the nose to let air come in while you are flying. On a hot day when you get up in the air, it feels nice and cool. I don't plan on flying it in the cold weather though.
Chris
10-13-2011, 11:04 PM
That looks sketchy as hell! Just the taking off and landing part scarred me!
CALL911
10-14-2011, 11:39 AM
That looks sketchy as hell! Just the taking off and landing part scarred me!

It's not for the faint of heart. It can get pretty squirrelly during the takeoff and landing phase. I was pretty scared myself the first few times I did it in a plane that had never flown before, and one I had never flown or had any experience in before.
popo8
10-14-2011, 01:06 PM
Lol! Larry, you really know how to crack me up!

It has its own form of AC. It has a hole in the nose to let air come in while you are flying. On a hot day when you get up in the air, it feels nice and cool. I don't plan on flying it in the cold weather though.

I try.... Seriously.... When your house is built... you have a big party, and I may even ask you for a ride...... BUT probably not.
CALL911
10-14-2011, 02:12 PM
I try.... Seriously.... When your house is built... you have a big party, and I may even ask you for a ride...... BUT probably not.

Well on the off chance you feel brave that day, seriously, you might want to bring a change of drawers ;)
popo8
10-14-2011, 08:16 PM
Well on the off chance you feel brave that day, seriously, you might want to bring a change of drawers ;)

deal.... lol
tomsws6
10-14-2011, 10:03 PM
Without trying to get too technical, there is a phenomena called "ground effect" where the plane reacts different from its wingspan length to the ground, and basically makes it even more difficult to land. It was not one of my better landings in the plane, but in the end, I am just happy to get it back down safely.



!

Like ridin on a cushion of air.. Need more flaps!!!! lol