Structural reinforcements are good,folded up wings are a bad thing,joe's sound is a bit on the twangy side,awesome player a bit too much high end for me.
Clearly you have no idea what you're talking about. JD died in a plane like this not because it's unsafe but because he made a string of pilot errors. Check NTSB reports before you go speak plase. On the contrary these are one of the most stable plane designs on the market & they have a track record to proove it.
You people need to do more research: 1. John didn't have experience in this airplane, 2. the fuel selector had been relocated from plans to a hard to get to location, 3. the plane was low on fuel in one tank and he did have to use the selector to change tanks while a few hundred feet off the water, 4. it is the most unbelievably stable, maneuverable, easy to fly, land and fun airplane,
could probably find one in good shape for 40k and yes I've owned and been flying mine for about six years.
You people need to do more research: 1. John didn't have experience in this airplane, 2. the fuel selector had been relocated from plans to a hard to get to location, 3. the plane was low on fuel in one tank and he did have to use the selector to change tanks while a few hundred feet off the water, 4. it is the most unbelievably stable, maneuverable, easy to fly, land and fun airplane,
could probably find one in good shape for 40k and yes I've owned and been flying mine for about six years
I don't know if you've flown one, but would you say there's a big difference between this and a long ez. Keeping in mind I haven't got any knowledge of these other than mild esthetic differences.
To the John Denver story I'd like to add: He was not familiar with the aircraft but he know about the very hard to shift fuel selector valve and as it was for him to switch tanks, he had to put some "ass" into it and accidentally pushed full rudder.
So what is the point of one of these "canard" planes? Besides the good looks, I mean. Are they harder to stall? Lower takeoff speeds? Better high AOA flight? They seem like they'd be good at stall recovery, but wouldn't they be potentially unstable as hell if it was damaged somehow? 0.o
I believe John Denver's Long EZ had the fuel selector valve behind him on the bulkhead. The original builder did not want any fuel coming through the cockpit. The procedure was to put the plane on auto, turn around and move the valve. Very impractical. I think he ran out of gas and was fumbling for the valve.
I remember John Denver´s crash had something to do with fuel and the fuel selector valve positioning inside the cockpit. I think those canards are beatiful little machines but for some reason a convecional airplane which carries the whole weight just on the main wing inspires more confidence. But canards are not Burt Rutan´s creation.They are as old as Santos Dumont 14 Biz or the Curtiss P-55 Ascender which was a Long-EZ just much bigger. Now, one question: Can one deep stall a Berkur?
Actually, no..no..and yes. That would have been a Long-EZ that ran out of fuel and was alowed to nose dive into water. The plane is quite stable yet very maneuverable. And, yes...it does look good. One out of three ain't bad. ;-)
Actually, Denver stepped on the right rudder, and lost control. He did not run out of fuel. He was also flying the plane with a out of spec 150hp engine, which moved the CG to the aft limit (actually 0.63 behind the published spec) for the aircraft. But the reason he crashed was because he stepped on the rudder pedal and couldn't recover. It wasn't fuel out, and "allowed to nose dive" isn't accurate. But it was a Long EZ, so you get a yes, no, no, and yes...it does look good.
@Berkut13 John Denver didn't run out of fuel, He had fuel in a different tank and was switching to that tank when he lost control. The fuel selector, for unknown reasons, was located behind the left seat above the pilots shoulders.
Unstable ? It's one of the more stable airframe ever built :) John denver (God bless his memory) was an awfull pilot, or did it very wrong trying to fly inverted or something (This type of airframe is just not allowing this manoeuver...) That's all i see :)
Well he shure took the old country roads to heaven,anyway both Long EZ and Berkut 13 are beautifull planes that i must admit,but i prefer something like Su-26 and Extra 300 althoe thease are nice too :)
@chashavko unstable my ass. We have a verieze and it is very stable. Do some research before commenting. John Denver died b/c he was fidgeting with his fuel reserve tank that was behind him.
A turbine conversion on this type of airplane seems to be a bad idea ?! It seems that th'e benefit of this plane is it's stability in low speed approach. Also a turbine is always noisy, so you won't be allowed to take off from your traditionnal field and will need an extra license, wich is very costy at least... So i don't see this idea as reliable but i can mistake myself...
Rocket Racing uses a, I think its a Velocity, so its the same config and it works great. Why would you need a extra license? Its still a homebuilt experimental isn't it?
Even if it is homebuilt, turbine propulsion is very different from benzin or any other classical bladed (Not turboprop that uses also a turbine too). It needs a very special formation for flying it and it is a different licence too that you must acquire at least after the IFR one... So it has an extra cost in formation that is not reachable for most of pilots... So why all long EZ built does not use that type of propulsion...
Those were sweet looking rides. It is just too bad that Raytheon had their major brain fart when they pulled the plug on their wonderful Beechcraft Starship.
Well, the Starship didn't turn out too well. Sometimes revolutionary design doesn't necessarily mean a better plane. Just compare the Starship's performance and payload with that of the Piaggio p180 Avanti, which came out in the same period. The Avanti has a bigger cabin to boost.
That only happened because the FAA had not, until that time, certified an all-composite aircraft yet. Beech had to add a whole bunch of structural reinforcements that were not in Burt Rutan's original design that really drove up the weight of the airplane. All that cost the aircraft in terms of performance. The Piaggio p180 is made oout of aluminum and was easier to certify.
It's funny how a large amount of Satriani music is so perfect for aerial footage haha which is probably why the Top Gun director picked him to write the theme!
Structural reinforcements are good,folded up wings are a bad thing,joe's sound is a bit on the twangy side,awesome player a bit too much high end for me.
larry23116 3 months ago
Hi, just to say: Satriani rocks!
zinebsmusic 4 months ago
enough about planes, Joe Satriani is awesomwe :-)
callerz1 6 months ago
what are the G limits of the berkut? and have you ever had any flutter issues?
1Gaumer 7 months ago
what's the name of this song?
murilogazoli 8 months ago
awesome video, awesome aircraft, awesome song!!!
murilogazoli 8 months ago
Aww yeah, son.
jeffandmatthardyrule 8 months ago
$80,000 doesn't sound like a lot of money for such a plane. Brand new Cessna's are well over 6 figures.
fliegeroh 1 year ago
Nice video footage. Looks like fun! Music ruined it though.
NoDakBees 1 year ago
@NoDakBees LOL ACTUALLY QUITE THE OPPOSITE, LONG LIVE TO JOE SATRIANI
Sicofonia 9 months ago
Satriani's "One Big Rush"...a guitar masterpiece!
zeliig 1 year ago
nice video and song!!! Joe "Satch" Satriani FTW!!!!
oswaicor 1 year ago
Chashavko,
Clearly you have no idea what you're talking about. JD died in a plane like this not because it's unsafe but because he made a string of pilot errors. Check NTSB reports before you go speak plase. On the contrary these are one of the most stable plane designs on the market & they have a track record to proove it.
fasttandem 1 year ago
You people need to do more research: 1. John didn't have experience in this airplane, 2. the fuel selector had been relocated from plans to a hard to get to location, 3. the plane was low on fuel in one tank and he did have to use the selector to change tanks while a few hundred feet off the water, 4. it is the most unbelievably stable, maneuverable, easy to fly, land and fun airplane,
could probably find one in good shape for 40k and yes I've owned and been flying mine for about six years.
Mark50000000000 1 year ago
@Mark50000000000 absolutely correct, glad you made that clear. maybe ppl will read this and understand a little better.
Faustau69 1 year ago
You people need to do more research: 1. John didn't have experience in this airplane, 2. the fuel selector had been relocated from plans to a hard to get to location, 3. the plane was low on fuel in one tank and he did have to use the selector to change tanks while a few hundred feet off the water, 4. it is the most unbelievably stable, maneuverable, easy to fly, land and fun airplane,
could probably find one in good shape for 40k and yes I've owned and been flying mine for about six years
Mark50000000000 1 year ago
@Mark50000000000 Long EZ or Berkut? I saw loads of them at AirVenture and just fell inlove with the pusher designs.
AmericanAviator 1 year ago
i want to have sex with this airplane... i'll even let it be on top
rtardbox 1 year ago
I hope somebody can get these kits back into production. These have to be some of the coolest planes ever built.
idontcare80 1 year ago
I don't know if you've flown one, but would you say there's a big difference between this and a long ez. Keeping in mind I haven't got any knowledge of these other than mild esthetic differences.
Natemire 1 year ago
@Natemire Difference is retractable main gear and more horses under the hood.
Mark50000000000 1 year ago
On red special!! Please! ^,^
com a red special do brian may!
fesouza1987 1 year ago
unfuckingreal..'
vaneglorius 1 year ago
beautiful aircraft!
Vulvuss 1 year ago
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! joe rules!
zooluke 1 year ago
I wish I were a bird and could fly like that. Because I'd be able to sh#t on Obama's head.
Auggie56 1 year ago
@Auggie56 Yeah that would change a lot. Moron.
idontcare80 1 year ago
To the John Denver story I'd like to add: He was not familiar with the aircraft but he know about the very hard to shift fuel selector valve and as it was for him to switch tanks, he had to put some "ass" into it and accidentally pushed full rudder.
ATLRCFlyer 1 year ago
So what is the point of one of these "canard" planes? Besides the good looks, I mean. Are they harder to stall? Lower takeoff speeds? Better high AOA flight? They seem like they'd be good at stall recovery, but wouldn't they be potentially unstable as hell if it was damaged somehow? 0.o
justforever96 1 year ago
Can i test? :D
lemesster 2 years ago
Are your avionics fully digital?
I think I saw digital engine readouts and
GPS /weather, or am I mistaken?
Are these expensive?
boinkboink1968 2 years ago
How much did it cost you to build this thing?
PsychoBlack 2 years ago
Can't hear the engine. Doesn't this plane make that "sweet" engine sound? This engine seems to sound like some kind of rock band.
Oh, there it is . . . all 5 seconds out of a three minute and 53 second posting.
Alas.
nemo227 2 years ago
I love flying these, such a smooth comfortable ride
JoeGuitarGuy 2 years ago
It looks like a modern fighterjet!
phoenixia07 2 years ago
I believe John Denver's Long EZ had the fuel selector valve behind him on the bulkhead. The original builder did not want any fuel coming through the cockpit. The procedure was to put the plane on auto, turn around and move the valve. Very impractical. I think he ran out of gas and was fumbling for the valve.
garevaly 2 years ago
I remember John Denver´s crash had something to do with fuel and the fuel selector valve positioning inside the cockpit. I think those canards are beatiful little machines but for some reason a convecional airplane which carries the whole weight just on the main wing inspires more confidence. But canards are not Burt Rutan´s creation.They are as old as Santos Dumont 14 Biz or the Curtiss P-55 Ascender which was a Long-EZ just much bigger. Now, one question: Can one deep stall a Berkur?
jmvneto51 2 years ago
The good thing about Berkut 13 is that its landing gear is retractable :)
chashavko 2 years ago
39,900 views :X:X:X
tranhoang04061989 2 years ago
I think I'm in love. I dig the part where the guy is waving from the pilot seat ;P
loredmoon 2 years ago
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John Denver died in that plane...its very unstabile...but it looks good
chashavko 2 years ago
Actually, no..no..and yes. That would have been a Long-EZ that ran out of fuel and was alowed to nose dive into water. The plane is quite stable yet very maneuverable. And, yes...it does look good. One out of three ain't bad. ;-)
Berkut13 2 years ago 12
Huh...i missed school that day :D
Oh,good music choice
chashavko 2 years ago
@Berkut13
Actually, Denver stepped on the right rudder, and lost control. He did not run out of fuel. He was also flying the plane with a out of spec 150hp engine, which moved the CG to the aft limit (actually 0.63 behind the published spec) for the aircraft. But the reason he crashed was because he stepped on the rudder pedal and couldn't recover. It wasn't fuel out, and "allowed to nose dive" isn't accurate. But it was a Long EZ, so you get a yes, no, no, and yes...it does look good.
Shazbat5 1 year ago
@Berkut13 John Denver didn't run out of fuel, He had fuel in a different tank and was switching to that tank when he lost control. The fuel selector, for unknown reasons, was located behind the left seat above the pilots shoulders.
av8rdav 6 months ago
Unstable ? It's one of the more stable airframe ever built :) John denver (God bless his memory) was an awfull pilot, or did it very wrong trying to fly inverted or something (This type of airframe is just not allowing this manoeuver...) That's all i see :)
lothar2048 2 years ago
Well he shure took the old country roads to heaven,anyway both Long EZ and Berkut 13 are beautifull planes that i must admit,but i prefer something like Su-26 and Extra 300 althoe thease are nice too :)
And dont get me wrong i admire John Denver :)
chashavko 2 years ago
@chashavko unstable my ass. We have a verieze and it is very stable. Do some research before commenting. John Denver died b/c he was fidgeting with his fuel reserve tank that was behind him.
flighthour 10 months ago
A turbine conversion on this type of airplane seems to be a bad idea ?! It seems that th'e benefit of this plane is it's stability in low speed approach. Also a turbine is always noisy, so you won't be allowed to take off from your traditionnal field and will need an extra license, wich is very costy at least... So i don't see this idea as reliable but i can mistake myself...
lothar2048 2 years ago
Rocket Racing uses a, I think its a Velocity, so its the same config and it works great. Why would you need a extra license? Its still a homebuilt experimental isn't it?
Richey2009 2 years ago
Even if it is homebuilt, turbine propulsion is very different from benzin or any other classical bladed (Not turboprop that uses also a turbine too). It needs a very special formation for flying it and it is a different licence too that you must acquire at least after the IFR one... So it has an extra cost in formation that is not reachable for most of pilots... So why all long EZ built does not use that type of propulsion...
lothar2048 2 years ago
be sick to do a twin microjet conversion. the long-ez will always have a place in my heart
fretbuzz6 2 years ago
I want to build a XLRG so baaaaad :)
Richey2009 3 years ago
wath is you problem man
rockerasoxD 2 years ago
yeah I guess I was wrong lol I didn't there was another canard called the Berkut, thought it was a Velocity or a Long-EZ or something, lol.
Richey2009 2 years ago
They get along nicely :)
mjok2004 3 years ago
You Lucky sucker Enjoy It Your really LUCKY
I can say it must be great, Not everyone can have the perfect Canard!!!
nipponhouseplayer 3 years ago
Those were sweet looking rides. It is just too bad that Raytheon had their major brain fart when they pulled the plug on their wonderful Beechcraft Starship.
speeddemon0117 4 years ago 2
Well, the Starship didn't turn out too well. Sometimes revolutionary design doesn't necessarily mean a better plane. Just compare the Starship's performance and payload with that of the Piaggio p180 Avanti, which came out in the same period. The Avanti has a bigger cabin to boost.
TDOBrandano 4 years ago 2
That only happened because the FAA had not, until that time, certified an all-composite aircraft yet. Beech had to add a whole bunch of structural reinforcements that were not in Burt Rutan's original design that really drove up the weight of the airplane. All that cost the aircraft in terms of performance. The Piaggio p180 is made oout of aluminum and was easier to certify.
speeddemon0117 4 years ago 2
I built mine for about 39k
phatdogcat 4 years ago
It's funny how a large amount of Satriani music is so perfect for aerial footage haha which is probably why the Top Gun director picked him to write the theme!
MetalHeadXi158 4 years ago
It wans't satch ...
Elmancho02 4 years ago
Well done. Great looking Berkut! Quickens my pulse. Keep up the good work.
c336 4 years ago
enable embedding!!!
mastariffa 4 years ago
ooooh i want one, please for Christmas!
RustiSwordz 4 years ago
good vid! at the end was that like a canard club or something?
Iwantmymommy14 4 years ago
Not really...a buddy with a Long-EZ was having a get-to-gether at his hangar.
Berkut13 4 years ago
oh okay. cool.
Iwantmymommy14 4 years ago
for $80,000 plane it's good!!
doriano411 4 years ago
$80K...I wish!
Berkut13 4 years ago
Yes, I know, that's the start kit. total is about 200k
doriano411 4 years ago
Bella realizzazione. Montaggio ben riuscito. Complimenti.
CONTERALLY 4 years ago
Great Plane! I love your vids
Sebastian402 4 years ago
Nice Berkut
GohanDBZ 4 years ago
It 's an aircraft "Variezett" by Bert Rutan, the Genious constructor
23Lhead 4 years ago
Long EZs?
Southerncowboyz 5 years ago
Da....klasnaya machina.
SimF775 5 years ago
beautiful little aircraft
pikherk 5 years ago
very nice. vari-eze?
gnorville 5 years ago
Nope. It's a Berkut.
Berkut13 5 years ago
Kickass song (you should hear the live version!), very cool video.
wasp2020 5 years ago
You actually went to this concert???
Iknowyouarebutwhatam 5 years ago
no, just watched the DVD (LIve in San Francisco) you should hear the version on there!
wasp2020 5 years ago
Who is it?
Iknowyouarebutwhatam 5 years ago
Wait, what? Waht do you mean by "Who"?
I eman, the version Joe Satriani played of One Big Rush, on the Live in San Francisco DVD, is very good,a nd you should hear it.
wasp2020 5 years ago