- Hey guys, welcome back to NautiStyles. As you can tell, today we are on land, for now. We are here to check out something Rico has been
obsessed with, right? - [Rico] Yeah. - (laughs) So he's probably
more excited than I am. Without further ado, we're going to check out ICON Aircraft A5. - Let's go.
[Rico] Love it. Let's go. (energetic electronic music) - And, we're floating. (Rico laughs) - That is so cool. (energetic electronic music) - This is Jen. She's a Regional Sales
Director for ICON Aircraft. She's gonna walk us through this beauty, and she said she's gonna take us flying 'cause she's also the
demo pilot for ICON, so. - Yup. Going to be a fun day today. - This is a two seater, you guys. So she's gonna have to fly twice because there's no way Rico leaving without getting a flight. (Jen and Victoria laugh) - [Rico] Maybe as luggage? - Yeah. - [Rico] No. - No, don't think so. - Come put you in the luggage compartment. (Rico laughs) - I could be luggage. - Yes. You could fit back there. - All right. What's so
special about this plane? A lot of you know about it. I know we've had tons of
comments about this plane. You guys would mention it, like we'll show some super
yachts, you'll be like, "Oh, this is perfect. Just
needs an ICON A5 on it. So here we are. Special about it is
that this is a seaplane. - Yup. Can land on
water. So as you can see, I can come in and pick
you up at the airport and then we'll fly over to Biscayne Bay and go do some water landings and splash around and see
what this plane can do. - [Rico] So obviously that now
we have the landing gear out to land on land, So that retracts in? When you- - Yes. So as soon as we take off and we have a positive read
of climb, the landing gear, there's a switch inside the cockpit, which I'll show you, the landing gear will come up and there'll be an indication
where it's showing that it's in and locked. So I keep my finger on it the whole time 'til the gear comes up and then. - [Rico] What do you have to
do in order to land on water? Is there any preparation, anything different you have to do before? - Yeah. The only thing
that we do different, water versus land, is just ensure the
landing gear is still up from when we've taken off. So while we're flying around
the gear is in and locked at all times. The only time we bring it down is when we're landing on a runway. So when we're landing on water, we have a different landing configuration. Our gear is up, our flaps are all the way down, and our water rudder is up. So it's a little check
that you'll see me doing while we're in the plane. I do it often. - [Rico] So you have a real
rudder for in the water? - Yes, we do. So if you wanna come around the back here.
- [Rico] Yeah, totally. And I know people are
probably gonna ask that. It just like, "Hey, how do you maneuver
when you are in the water?" - So when you're in the
water, conditions like today, we probably won't need to use it. But if ever you are coming into ramp, to drive it up a boat ramp and you're going to really slow speeds and you need extra
steering maneuverability, there's a switch inside the cockpit where this water rudder will come down, but it's attached to your
pedals in the aircraft. So it's attached to your rudder
here so you can see it move. - [Rico] Oh, got it.
- [Victoria] Wow. - [Rico] So well, even if it's not down, will they part be in the water? - That will be the water, yeah. So the aircraft is submerged in the water pretty much everywhere here and below. - [Rico] Oh wow. - The water will come up
probably to around here when we're in the water. - [Rico] Got it. So it's still doing some...some work. - It's doing something, yeah. But if you need extra control, then we'll just put the water rudder down. But we always want that
up when we're landing so it doesn't have extra drag. - Just so you guys know, as I learned during getting
a captain's license, an aircraft, once it's in the water, a seaplane in the water is a vessel. It follows all the same rules. All the exact same
rules of the road apply, which is pretty insane
if you think about it. - Yeah. - So this is definitely
something that fully applies to our channel since as soon as it
leaves here and it lands, it is a vessel. - It's a boat. - It's a nice boat. Should we do a tour of it? - [Rico] Yeah. - A quick tour? - [Rico] That would be awesome. - Sure. - One of our shortest tours, probably. (Jen laughs) All right. So I don't know
any of this lingo, anything. So I'll let you guys do it. I even take the camera away from you. - [Rico] Okay. - So if you wanna come over here to lift the canopy. It's just a slight push
up on the handle here, and then you can look over here. This is main inner cockpit of the A5. Our primary instrument that
we use is our AOA gauge, which is the angle of attack. It shows you which way your
wing is relative to the wind. - [Rico] Yeah. - And so we use this
for most of our flying and it'll show you where you are. So anywhere in the green or below, you'll be straight and level. When we're taking off and landing, we're gonna be on that white line. A short transition, the more you pull back on the stick, the higher the wing will go, right? [Rico] It's very amateur language. That's your stall indicator. - Right. So once, if you were to pull back on your controls so far aft and hold it there, your angle of attack would increase and you would hear a
stall warning horn come on just prior to that red line. - [Rico] And then pull forward and you can avoid it.
- Once you stall, it'll be beyond that red line, then your aircraft will
be in a full stall. - I like that it's got a floaty, that you know it's a sea plane. (everyone laughs) - [Jen] You recognize this.
- [Rico] A key floaty. - [Rico] You probably won't
have that in any other plane, - [Victoria] A regular plane. - [Rico] Most likely. - So look, Rico, it's got cup holders. - [Jen] Yeah, cup holders.
It's a very simple cockpit. So you've got your air
speed indicator here. You've got your altimeter, which shows you your
altitude in hundreds of feet. How much fuel you have, your RPM, and then your engine gauges. - [Rico] And the cockpit looks actually a little bit almost like a car. - [Jen] It does. - [Rico] You got controls on either side. - Yeah. So you can control
the aircraft from either side, but you have all your
primary controls on one side, 'cause you really only need
one pilot to fly this aircraft. - [Rico] And then I see most of the components are carbon fiber, looks like it? - Yup. 99% carbon fiber, which is really great for corrosion, especially when you're flying in a lot of salt water conditions. - [Victoria] 99%? - Yep. Everything you
see is all carbon fiber. - Wow. - [Rico] That's where the price comes in. - Yeah. - [Rico] I'm just looking at this. It looks like you can
use regular gasoline. - [Jen] Yes. Correct. So 91 octane. It can go up to 10% ethanol. - [Rico] And then I see
this little sticker here. You got a parachute? - [Jen] We do. Yeah. So your parachute handle is right here. And you'll see, as we deploy
the pin and it becomes active. So pull the chute. You'll just pull down
with 48 pounds of force. The parachute is actually
packed over here. You can see a better
angle of it from above, right on top here. And it'll deploy over the entire aircraft. - Have you ever used one? No. (Rico laughs) - [Jen] We have not. - [Victoria] Not looking forward to it. - We have enough options
where we can land on the water and on sea. - That's so true. - [Rico] Yeah. - Especially in this area, like you have a lot of options. - [Rico] But it is a nice peace
of mind to have, you know, if ever anything would go down and you, I mean you can still land
even without a motor. And so I see it's a light sport plane. - Yes.
- Yes. - Let's talk about this. - [Rico] Let's talk about this. - So how can you fly it? - [Rico] So, I do need a license, right? - Yes. That's correct. So the license that's
required for this aircraft is a sport pilot license. And that, on paper, is 20 hours. Typically as a new student, it might take somebody around
30 to 35 hours realistically, but the minimums are 20 hours. So with that you can fly this aircraft. - It's pretty insane. - [Rico] Including landing on water? - So the landing on water
part is an additional add-on that comes with the
purchase of the aircraft. So anybody that purchased the plane gets trained on the type of aircraft. So you get your type training, and then you also get
your water endorsement. So we'll teach you, if
don't know already how to, land on water and do what
we're gonna go do today. - [Rico] Awesome.
- So if someone is gonna, just be like, "Okay, I wanna do, like, "I'm gonna purchase this. "Obviously I wanna fly it
as quickly as possible." What is the timeframe, realistically, that they can be good to go? - I mean, it's a 20 hour, 20 hours of flying time. So I've seen someone do it in three weeks. - Wow.
- It is possible. So we have two different options. Once you order your aircraft, between the time of
ordering it and getting it, some people can go and get their license. - That's smart. - Or if they're really busy and
they don't have the time to, they can wait until they take
delivery of their aircraft, and what we do at ICON is we will train up a flight
instructor for you specifically that lives by wherever our owners are, and we'll pair them up, and then they can, on their own time, decide when
they can learn how to fly. So we can train somebody to-
- [Rico] That's pretty cool. - That's amazing. That's really, really cool. - We make it easy for you. Same thing as for service centers. So if we don't, we have a lot of service centers all around the United States, but if you don't have one at your airport or close enough to you,
proximity wise to get to it, we will also train, on us, we will train a service provider for you. - You know, I'm just asking for a friend. - Yeah. (Rico and Jen laugh) - So the range is 427 nautical miles. - Okay. - And the fuel burn, I'll let you guess. How many gallons an hour
do you think this burns? An airplane. - You know this, right? So don't say it. - [Rico] I don't know it. - No? - [Rico] I'm just doing the math. I saw what the capacity
is on the fuel tank. So. - Four? - Yeah. - Four? - [Rico] Four gallons an hour? - Yeah.
- Oh, I'm good. - 3.7. Most people guess
12 gallons, 20 gallons. - That's amazing. - [Rico] What's the cruising speed? - So today we have the windows out so we can enjoy the nice summer air. So it'll be around 80 knots. With the windows in,
you're looking at 90, 95. So you can get a little
bit faster air speed with the windows in. - That's pretty good. So that's pretty much
equivalent to an R44 helicopter. - Wow.
- Yeah. - [Rico] Same kind of roundabout speed. And then what are the are
options like other upgrades? (Rico laughs) - So all of our aircraft
come fully loaded. Our standard aircraft
comes with the Garmin 796, which is what we're flying today. So as you can see, it literally comes with
everything that you need. Can do an upgrade for $25,000 more, You can get the G3X and autopilot. - [Rico] And then in terms of storage, this plane can't be disassembled, but you can fold the wings back, right? - Yes, that's correct.
So the wings do fold. If you do need a tighter storage space, it can fold in eight by eight by 23. - [Rico] So you could, if you have a little bit
of an oversized garage and a trailer handy, you don't even need to
store it in the airport. - That's correct. - So you guys, like the
event we went to yesterday, you transported it in a trailer, right? - Yeah. - Like literally just towed it behind you and transported it in a
trailer, which is crazy. - [Rico] How long does it
take to fold the wings? - Fold the wings? I would
say maybe about 30 seconds. - 30 Seconds? - [Rico] Wow. That's amazing. That is amazing. - I can fold one up if
you'd like to see it. (tires skidding) - [Rico] It's all locked in place. - [Victoria] It's all good. - 'Cause you're about to go flying. - [Victoria] Yeah. - [Rico] Yeah. I was just
like, yeah, it's okay. - People usually wanna see the wing fold after they land.
- Afterwards. - [Rico] (laughs) Can we do it after? - But we, I mean, I could do
it, if you wanna do it now- - Let's do it afterwards.
- [Rico] No, no, no. We're good. I think the video's great. (Victoria and Rico laugh) - You know, the chicken
who wants to go flying. - Yeah. That's what I'm
seeing here right now. - It's hilarious.
- [Rico] I mean, in the end of the day, like, everything goes in the
air is out to kill you, so you gotta be care- - So actually, it's
not bad if I do explain the wings system a little bit, it's literally impossible for the wing to fold
back while we're flying. Even as it is now, you have a bar that
goes into the aircraft. So when you're pulling the wing out, you have to pull it out before putting back.
- [Rico] And lock it in place. - Yeah, there's a big,
long spar in there. So. - [Rico] Yeah.
- Got it. You said there's an app that
makes it just kind of simplify, almost like dumbifies the, - Yeah. - Lowers the chances of
mistakes and miscalculations. It's just like a whole app. - Yeah. It's something that we created. I use it before flying every time. - [Rico] So all the pre-flight
stuff you do on the app? - So it's just a risk assessment worksheet that you go through. For every flight, 'cause like every
environment is different, every airport's different,
every day is different, you know, like weather,
and stuff like that. So I'll just plug in all the information, the aircraft I'm using,
the airport identifier, where we're gonna fly today. So we'll go to the Intracoastal in Miami. Have I flown it before? Yes. Weather conditions, VFR,
it's six knots today. No gust factor. And then I'm safe from
illness, medication, stress, alcohol fatigue, and emotion. So. - Everyday.
- Six knots is gonna be fun. - Yeah. - (laughs) I'm so stoked. - Yeah, it's gonna be light. So, just everyday, you wanna do this just to make sure you're
giving yourself a gut check that, yes, I'm good to fly, yes, the environment
around me is good to fly. So, and then you can do
your weight and balance from here as well. Windows removed, yes. Fuel at takeoff. I've got 12 gallons. We're gonna fly for about
an hour, maybe less. So it gives my takeoff weight, your moment, and you're within the limits
of the center of gravity. - So whose app is this? - This is ours that we created, Janessa actually, who you met before, is the one who implemented
this in our program. - Oh wow. - And so it's available to
all of our pilots, our owners. It's suggested to do
before every flight. I do. Just to, you know, help you
out with, with everything. - That's awesome. - And then you even put in your
pilot experience in the A5. And so it basically calculates your risk. So the heavier the winds, the
worse the weather, you know, whatever the case may be,
it'll calculate a risk score. And if it's a certain number or higher, either check with somebody, or you know, maybe don't go that day. - Don't go that day. - Yeah. - And I always put some type of water. You have glassy, mountainous terrain, confined area spaces
with high boat traffic. So you always wanna put in as
much information as you can. And then it'll give you a risk, which we have a risk
score of six. We're good. - What's the, it's one to what? - It's a good question. I think like 12 or 13 is
probably your highest. - Got it. - That you'd wanna check in. And then I just sync it so
I always have everything. Then we're good to go. We
check out the aircraft. - So this thing will tell you, when you put the fuel and the weight, it will tell you - if you're good or not?
- Yeah, so you can do your weight
and balance. Exactly. So I put my weight, your weight, the air, I selected the aircraft, because every aircraft has
a different empty weight. - Couldn't lie about the weight, you guys. - You can't lie. - This is when you can't lie. - Yeah, every pound counts. - Rico had to really assess it yesterday. (Jen and Victoria laugh) - [Rico] Yeah. - I was 180, uh.
- Jen was like. Uh. - 82 And half. (Rico and Jen laugh) So here I'll also use my checklist. So basically before you guys
got here, I did my walk around. And so now that we're in the aircraft and we're gonna get started, I'm just gonna use my checklist here. - Are you jealous, Rico? - [Rico] What do you
mean, of flying? Oh yeah. I'm gonna get my license for sure. (Victoria and Jen laugh) - So our chocks and
tie-downs have been removed. Aircraft documents, we've reviewed them. Pre-flight planning, we just did that. Takeoff data. I calculated
that as well, on that app. The app's really good. Our life vests are right behind us here. - Got it. - I keep it just because we're steepling. You can put it on. I
leave them in the back. In emergency egress, you just have to open up the canopy this way
and then it pushes up, and take it out
- Got it. - Okay. So that's how
it closes. Very easy. You can just hop out the window. When our windows are out,
our wind deflectors are in. So the canopy is lowered, Seat belts are fastened. Headsets are connected. Landing gear switch is
indicating in the down position. All the electrical switches are off. I'm gonna go ahead and turn
our master on. (switch clicks) Annunciator panel, press to verify all the lights illuminate. Landing gear is indicated
in the down position. So now that the master's on, you can actually see where
your gear position is. So obviously on the ground
you always want it down. (Victoria and Jen laugh) Bilge pump is on. We have
a bilge in this aircraft, so if water comes in the
sides, or from up in the front, or any way underneath, we've got a bilge on
the left-hand side here that will spit the water out. And if there's ever more
than one gallon of water in the aircraft, underneath in the bilge, the purge bilge light will come on, and so we'll just turn
it on and empty the water - that's in the plane.
- [Rico] Same like a boat. - Yup. Exactly like a boat. - Our fuel valve is on, it's up here. And then at the same time, I'm gonna remove the safety
pin for the parachute. So the parachute now is active. It takes 48 pounds of force
to deploy the parachute. In the event of an emergency
where I'm incapacitated and you can't land the aircraft, you'll go ahead and pull the chute. The wheels will automatically
come down in the aircraft and you'll just turn the switch to off. A ignition goes off. And then you just let yourself float down. So, we're protected. - Say that again. (Jen and Rico laugh) One more time. - One more time for those in the back. 48 pounds of force will
deploy the parachute. The wheels will come down. You turn the ignition switch to off. You have to be 500 feet in the air. So 500 feet on the
altimeter is the minimums for the parachute to fully function. - Got it. So I wait till it's 500. - Wait 'til we're 500. (Victoria and Jen laugh) - [Rico] No, you don't need to use it. - We won't need to use it
though, today. (laughs) It's just there for show. So now I'm gonna go ahead
and start the engine. Clear prop. (propeller spins) (plane engine starts) So we'll start it up, above 3000RPM the alternator
light comes online. - [Rico] Make some wind. (laughs) - It's nice. That's why we
like to get it started quickly. ♪ I'm so high ♪ ♪ So high ♪ ♪ They told me to sit back ♪ ♪ Don't make sound ♪ ♪ Don't go to the unknown ♪ ♪ But I'm too curious for that ♪ ♪ So I won't stick with it ♪ ♪ Running in a wheel ♪ ♪ No ♪ ♪ So I'll be taking off ♪ ♪ Before I'm dead and gone ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ I'm so high ♪ ♪ So high ♪ ♪ I will race the
aeroplanes up in the sky ♪ ♪ I'm so high ♪ ♪ So high ♪ (engine roaring) - See those little crab traps? That's stuff that we have to look out for. So you can't see that when
you're high up, right? So you've gotta make, sometimes
some last minute decisions. Power at 3000RPM. Landing gear up. Flaps down. Water rudder up. I'm following my white line so it's gonna be at a perfect angle. About 10, 15 feet above the water, I'll transition up for that yellow line. (plane engine hums) And then I'll do a smooth, (engine humming fades) nice landing. (propeller splashes water) And the waves helps us go down. But if it was a really windy
day with a lot of waves, you could always use your rudder to like, turn into the wind. - Yeah. - And a cool little trick. You know how boats weather vane
into the wind automatically? Well, if I take all my hands
and feet off the controls, the aircraft will go
directly into the wind. (water splashes on fuselage) - And we're floating. - Yup. - It's amazing. (Jen laughs) Really not that loud
outside of the headset. (happy guitar music) - So with the cords that
we have in the aircraft, here we've got these lines. So this, with these, just attaches to the side of the boat. The boat, the aircraft. (laughs) - Yeah. - And then you can just jump out and they're your mooring lines. - Oh, that's so cool.
- So you can attach anything, you can anchor, you can attach to another-
- So where do they attach to? - So there's little pieces
on this side, but here, right in the door. - Oh, that's awesome. - So you can hop out,
- Don't do anywhere. - or you've got the hook - That's so cool.
- to be able to just attach onto the nose. So there's three of
these that come with it, one on each side, and then one for either
the nose or the tail. - You said today's 300 and, what was it, 336 feet was the landing? The takeoff, was it-
- Today was 735 feet for takeoff and landing today. - How is that, how do you know that? - So through that app, when I put in the weather conditions, and, - It just tells you what it would be. - and how heavy we are, that with the fuel weight and our weight, it'll tell us our landing
and takeoff distances. - I mean that takes all the guessing out of this.
- Exactly. - And like, room for error is a lot smaller.
- It eliminates that. - I can't believe we're
just literally floating in the middle of this.
- Just hanging out in Biscayne Bay. - Just flew in from
Fort Lauderdale Airport and just landed here, and
now we're just floating. This is sick. Absolutely insane. I'm obsessed with flying. My parents met in the airport and I think that has
something to do with it. Like I'm never afraid of the planes. - Yeah, we were flying
in at around 500 feet, and then our water landing patterns, we've set up at around 300. Fun, low flying. - Amazing. So now we gonna take off again and we're gonna land
at a different airport. - Yes. We're gonna go land in Miami-Opa Locka. So we'll come in through Bakers Haulover just to get some weather and we'll head straight.
- The famous, the famous Haulover, you guys. (Victoria laughs) - There's already a lot
of boating activity there. They they're starting
to set up for the day. - Shall we keep going? - Let's keep going. - Okay. Let's do it. Man, I'm gonna touch this. Oh, so nice. (laughs) - How's the temperature? Is it nice? - It's perfect. It's so warm.
(Jen laughs) - Now people get into the
plane with their shoes on, but they usually exit 'em
with their shoes off. (laughs) - Yeah. Rico's like, "You're
wearing flip flops to fly?" I'm like, "It's a sea plane,
it kind of felt appropriate." - It's kind of necessary. (laughs) - Yeah. - I was surprised he wasn't, 'cause he pretty much wears flip flops all the time.
- All the time? (happy guitar music) (engine roars) - [Victoria] I can't believe how easy, - [Jen] How easy. - [Victoria] Well, I mean, of course you know what you're doing. - [Jen] No, but it, I
mean, it really is easy. I'd make it look easy, but it really is. - [Victoria] Insane. (upbeat music continues) - [Rico] Oh, good timing. I
literally just walked out. - You literally just got here? - [Rico] How was it? - We took our time too. We went- - [Rico] Good, because
there was so much traffic on the freeway.
- Really? - First question I have is how do you drive a car after this? (Jen laughs) It's like flying first class
and then going back to economy. Like how do you do it? I
don't understand how you, (Victoria and Jen laugh) how you get in a regular car.
(Rico laughs) - It's difficult. - It's difficult. It's hard.
(Jen laughs) This was so insane. I am so blown away. I mean, it was the takeoff. How quickly we took off,
how quickly we landed, how soft the landing was, how quickly we took off from the water. Like there was just so many things that I expected different, how stable we were. I don't, I just, I don't even know. I'm so excited for you to do this 'cause, I mean, I'm a little
scared 'cause I feel like it might cut into our future
boat build budget, but, it is truly, truly a different level of what I thought it would be. It didn't feel like the
light sport, you know, that I've done, I don't
know, 15 years ago. - [Rico] So, Bahamas, island hopping, you think it's,
- Oh my God. - [Rico] Yeah? - Let's go. Get your license. (laughter)
- [Rico] Exumas. Can you rent, can you charter a plane like this?
- Yeah, can you charter this? No? - No.
- [Rico] Too bad. - Nothing? No program yet? - Nope. - Oh man. So you're gonna have to buy one. - You just gonna have to buy one. (laughs) - [Rico] But they offer
financing, I think. - We do. (laughter) - I'm really excited for you, Rico. So, I'm excited for you to do this. - [Rico] Cool. - What's the weight capacity, besides being able to sit and fit in the Cinderella chair? (laughs) - The Cinderella seat. Right. So our useful load, - Yeah. - for the aircraft, is 430 pounds. So that's passengers and fuel. - 430 pounds. Okay. - Yeah. Each gallon of fuel is six pounds. - So fully loaded plane with fuel, what's left for passengers?
- So, what we do is if I fly by myself, I'll usually fill the
tanks all the way up, 'cause I'll have about five
hours plus flying time. Not necessary for,
- That's amazing. - if you're carrying more people. So you'll take pilot's
weight, passenger weight, and then I'll just put the rest in fuel. - Got it. Whatever's left for fuel.
- So it varies every time. - So if you and I went
flying, what's roughly, how long could we fly? - We could have flown, oh gosh, we could have flown
for at least three hours today. - [Rico] Very easy, any Bahamas location. - And what's nice about that, too, when you go to The Bahamas, because it doesn't require aviation fuel, I mean it takes 100 low lead,
but it doesn't require it, so, - You can just reload. - You can just, exactly. Fuel
up, like if it was a boat, you could go to any marina, and the majority of them
carry at least 91 octane. Don't need an airport. (laughs) - [Rico] Just have good fuel filters. - Yeah. - [Rico] Depending on where you're
getting the fuel from. (laughs) - Well, it's funny you say that. Actually Rotax engine that
we have prefers 91 octane over the AGAs, there's
less lead deposits in it. If you can put 91 octane in this aircraft, you can actually skip
your 50-hour oil change and just go straight to the hundred hour. - [Rico] Interesting. - Really interesting. - The Rotax loves 91. - [Rico] And an average runway's
length you need to have? I mean, it's probably not much, but - It's not. No, I, - Already asked this. I was like, "What?" - Yeah, so, the longest distance you need for takeoff or landing is 919 feet - [Rico] Oh that's nothing.
- and that's on a calm day, with no wind, glassy water where the aircraft sticks. So anything less than that, you should be good, unless you need to clear
a 50 foot obstacle then, - Yeah. - We'll recalculate, obviously. But if there's no obstacles ahead of you under a thousand feet,
you're fine anywhere, land or sea. - [Rico] Is it very different
taking off on water? Does that increase or decrease? - It depends on the water conditions. So if it's a glassy water day where the water's super smooth, the aircraft will stick a little bit more before getting out. But if there's any type of
wave where you can get air underneath your ceilings and your wings, it'll just pop right up. And you'll see when we go
flying, it's really natural. Like you just hold the
aircraft's nose in place and then it'll just takes right off.
- It just lifts up. - Yeah. - [Rico] So a little
bit of ripples helping. - Yup. - [Rico] See, I would've thought it would be the other way around. - The other way around. - [Rico] I didn't even
didn't even think about it, but now it makes, the way you're saying, it makes total sense. - So you'll get up one
step around 20, 22 knots, and then your aircraft
will be up on the plane, and then that's how
you can do a step taxi, if you bring the power
back and stay up one step. But if you keep powering,
it'll just take off. - [Rico] What about running costs? Like that's probably what
people ask most of the time. - Right. - [Rico] what do I have to expect to spend a month or a year? - Roughly averaged out, you're looking at around $75
for every hour that you fly. And that includes your annual maintenance. That includes your oil.
That includes everything. So they calculate that
in and break it down to about $75. And then every 50 hours
you could do an oil change, expect around $250. So that's about all
you're really looking at. - Other than your fuel,
- [Rico] That's not bad at all - and then oil from time to
time if you need to put oil in your aircraft but that's about it. So you do a walk around
before you do every flight. So the first thing you wanna
check is that there's movement and that these doors are
solid. So that's good. You'll come and walk
around this way over here. You'll check the sides. Check, making sure that
everything is sealed properly. You'll check your ceilings. So this here, you see there's actually, it's not an exact part of the
aircraft. These are bonded on. So these are actually there in the event that you do
bump something, you know? - [Victoria] Oh. So they'll bump off. So it doesn't structurally damage the integrity of the aircraft. You just have to rebond
them if you ever happen to hit a dock a little
bit harder than normal. - And this here? - Let's say we go to a beach, or an island, or a sandbar. So you'll hop out of the plane, you'll put this in it, hop into the water and just
drag it right up on shore. So you can just beach
the aircraft that way. - [Rico] So it's your tow line. - Yeah. (Victoria laughs) - Your face. - That's unique. - And then this here, you can also hook it up to the front. - To the front. Yeah. - Just like that. So these are really, they come in handy. - Do you have an anchor on board? - No, but you can just buy a little one and attach it to this. There's also tie-downs in the wing here. - Oh, if you're on land or, oh. - So, let's say here where
there's no tie-downs, you can just tie it into something. A rock.
- That's cool. - [Victoria] I like how
she's just like, (squeals) you know, just have these. - Just go with it. - That's cool. I like that. I have a question. So if you, I saw pictures of the
plane being on the beach. So if you want to take off, you just push it off in the water? - Yeah. It's actually really simple. So because of where the ceilings are, you can just, this
aircraft is really light. You can, one person can push it, so you can just push it back and then hop in, get into the airplane and go. - And then you start the main engine. - Yeah. You'll start the propeller once you've been pushed back a little bit. - Got it. - It's not a dumb question.
So it's really interesting. You'll usually pick the side of the island in which the winds are coming from, right? So you can only, it's easier
to push back than it is to- - Makes sense. - to come in. So you'll land where, strategically landing the aircraft. - And then you keep in mind that there's low tide in
some areas in the world, so, and high tide, so, - Yes. - just pick your timing, otherwise you're gonna be stranded on, well, yeah, you can't get the gear
up whilst you're sitting on it. - [Victoria] Ask about the draft and how much depth you need to land. - Yeah, how much does the plane draw
when it's sitting in the water? - So it's 14 inches. - That's it? - That is it. To be safe, I like to
typically tell people land in two to three feet of water. Just to be safe. But yeah, no, you could, if you needed to get down, get down. - I saw a video where it was a seaplane and it was a smaller area, so it didn't have enough straight runway, and they did circles. Is that really working? - Yeah, that's the beauty, it's part of a confined area
takeoff. That's what we do. - What?
- It's the beauty of not needing a runway, is you can gather enough
speed going in circles until you have enough to. - [Victoria] But if you
see what this takeoff, on water, it's like, it's so short. It's bizarre. What are these things? The white things? - So, these are vortex generators, it's what makes up of our spin
resistency of the aircraft. We're incredibly proud of it. It's one of the elements of
safety that we have here. So the aircraft, if it does get
into a condition where it's, you end up stalling the
aircraft, it actually won't spin, which is, - Oh, - Really great.
- so it straightens you out automatically? - Yeah, it'd straighten you out. Vortex generators over there. Here's some more vortex
generators up here. - [Victoria] So where does the wing fold? - We have a little handle. - [Victoria] Oh, wow. - That comes down here. So this unlocks it,
you'll pull the wing out, and then it folds backwards. But we'll keep this
locked until after I fly with you
- Cool. I like that. Good idea. - How's that? (laughs) - [Victoria] All right, keep going back. - I mean, anything, - [Victoria] Keep going aft. - You have big flaps. - Right, so these are your ailerons. They are in charge of
your directional control and your steering. Flaps for takeoff and
landing on water only. - Oh really? - We don't need any flaps at the- (plane takes off) - So little and so loud. - I know. Yeah, we don't need any flaps when you're, - On land. Because you already have
such a short runway anyways, right? - This is the pin tip where
the wing actually clips into. So when you pull the wing back, you fold it down, and then you'll walk it back this way, and then it'll clip into the pin. - That is the hole in the front, - That's the hole in the front. - on the corner? - [Victoria] So this folds too? - This actually comes off. - [Rico] This comes out. - [Victoria] Oh. Okay. Got it.
- So when you're trailering it, or. - [Victoria] Oh. Interesting. - Oh. (laughs) - [Victoria] It's nothing,
huh? Weighs nothing? - Nothing. Literally nothing.
- [Victoria] Carbon fiber. - Yeah, so we'll put in wings supports when we're trailering the aircraft and that's one of the spots that it'll go in. - Got it, got it. - So I'll let you put that
back in for our flight. - Yeah. Good idea. Might wanna double check me there. - And then it's interesting. So here, speaking of double checking, if you see any red, it's not right, so you want it always to be, the red is hidden so you
know it's locked and tight. - That makes sense. - And then that's a check you do so you'll push on them. - Why is this small thing here? - So what that is is our trim tab. So let's say we're in extended climb, rather than having to hold the stick back, - You can just,
- you could just trim it. - Yeah. - So this is your trim tab. - So don't need to apply
too much pressure on it. - Exactly. You don't have to force it. You've got your engine back
here. You've got your oil lines. Wanna take a peek in there. - That's a pretty big prop, actually. How many horsepower does the engine have? - 100. - That's it? - That's it. - [Rico] And that's enough. - That's enough. More light sport. The aircraft's empty weight is
just over a thousand pounds. - Wow. - Hundred horsepower is
definitely enough for it. - [Victoria] All right,
should we go flying? - Let's go fly. - Yeah, let's do it. - [Victoria] Jen probably feels
more herself up in the air, - Yeah. - [Victoria] than on land. You guys can see starboard is green right there. Flashing green. Just like a boat. (mellow instrumental music) (engine roars) (warning buzzes) - That noise that you heard
was the stall warning, - Stall.
- which means that we're at a really slow speed but we're already down. (seaplane splashes on water) Yup, we're down. - Just landed in the water. - Yeah, we just landed. (Rico and Jen laugh) Right? - That's so cool. (canopy unhinges) Oh, that is so nice. (laughs) That is so cool. - [Jen] There's another seaplane
in the water over there. You can see him. - Oh really? Oh yeah, over there. So people just fly out here, hang out? Have a drink. I mean,
whatever, drink something. - [Jen] Drink some water
and Gatorade. (laughs) - Yeah, yeah. - [Jen] Yeah, exactly. - That's amazing. - Yeah. It's a fun part of the job. So it's pretty stable in the
water. You can see, like, - Super stable. - if we were to really rock it, - Tried to rock it, it's not- - The only time it gets annoying is if the guys on their jet skis, if they come and circle you, then you'll start getting the waves and then you'll have to
yell at them a little bit, but (laughs) - Yeah. No, that makes sense. What's the biggest wave height you would, kinda,
- So we recommend a foot. Could I land it in more than foot? Sure. Probably two feet is
where you're limiting out. - You're also probably
getting a lot of spray. - You do. But if you need to get down, you can. But usually one foot
height is recommended. That's considered rough water. So you'll see white caps on the top of the waves at that point. - Yeah. I mean, here we have, whatever, like six inches right now. Maybe a little more. - This is nice water. This is just regular, what they would consider regular takeoff, - Yeah. Super cool. - water conditions. - It actually gives you a lot
of space to get in and out once the canopy is up. Speaking of the jets skis, huh? (engine whirring) - Oh yeah. Let's get going
before they come here. They really like to mess with us. They're coming straight for us. (engine roars) (energetic electronic music) - [Victoria] And? - So cool. I flew by John Ramona's condo, kind of. - [Victoria] Nice. - Yeah. And we had another seaplane pulling up next to us mid-flight. - [Victoria] No way. - On our wing. - (sighs) It was so much fun. - Yeah? Did you fly this? - I actually flew it a little bit. - He did.
- You did? You let him? - Yeah, I held onto this. I was like, "You're the captain now." - 15, 20, 30 seconds, or maybe a minute. - Oh, longer than that. - Or maybe it was longer than that. - Yeah, you went for a bit. - [Victoria] Felt like only 20 seconds? - Like Haulover outlet. - So he took control just
over the Venetian Islands and he brought us almost all
the way up to Bakers Haulover. - [Victoria] Oh wow. - Yeah.
- Yup. Over in the Intracoastal, in the water. - [Victoria] Is it hard? - It flies itself, honestly. - [Victoria] Really? So she wasn't lying? I gave her all the credit. - It's super stable. It's so stable. - [Victoria] Right? - I mean, just gotta give into
the movement that, you know, like, don't freak out about it. - See, we had 18 gusts. Wind. - [Victoria] Wow, 18. Okay. Yeah, we didn't have that. - No, we had six when we flew and then for him, I mean, you can feel it out here.
- [Victoria] There at the top, - For sure. - So I was like, it'll be
a little bit different, but the stability wise, you'll see the difference in footage. It'll probably be about the same. - Yeah. I mean, it's a small plane. - Slight bumps. - It's not obviously
like a 737 or something. - [Victoria] It's really light. - It's very stable. - Yeah. - [Victoria] Really awesome. - Yeah. I loved it. (energetic electronic music) - All righty, you guys. This completes our amazing, I was gonna say sea trial, technically. - [Rico] Test flight. - Demo flight. - Demo flight slash sea trial, 'cause we were in sea. ICON A5. Thank you so much, Jen. - That's my pleasure. - This was such a blast. Thank you for having us. - Of course. - Thank you for answering
stupid questions, and not so stupid questions. - They're not stupid. If you don't know them, it's good to ask. - So if you guys are
interested in ICON Aircraft, all the content information will be in the description underneath the video. You contact them. You wanna go for a demo flight. You might get lucky to
fly with Jen. (laughter) I told her she should teach, like, she was amazing. - [Rico] I agree. Shes so good at explaining and like, - Thank you. - just so simple about it. There are things about it that
I've never understood before. That was just so easy. You should totally teach, girl. You're really good.
- Hey, I'll think about it. - [Rico] Gotta have more female pilots. - Exactly. All right, you guys. Like, Comment, Subscribe,
do all the cool stuff. We really, really appreciate
it. It means a lot. I have no idea if we have Outtakes, but if we do, enjoy the Outtakes. I'll try to find some. Ciao. Thanks, Jen. - Thank you. Have a good one.
- Bye. - [Rico] Thank you, Jen. (energetic electronic music) - We are here in, where are we? (engine roars) (engine whirring) Well that's fun. - We call this stirring the pot. You wanna make sure it's, that you've got aileron control (mumbles). - I literally walked out and he goes, "Oh, they're landing right now." I was like, - Oh. (air horn sound) (laughter) Wanna see your graceful exit. - It's very easy actually. - [Jen] Well done. - [Victoria] All right. Not too bad. Not too bad. (waves crashing) (seagull squawks)
