DRACO vs FREEDOMFOX - High Sierra Fly In 2018

all right starting off where the last one ended hits High Sierra time we are fueled locked loaded John Nick and I fly to three KITT foxes hi Sierra here we come Oh side note no one knows that my Kitfox is done so it's gonna be a little surprise up there I've been social media quiet so here we go hi Sierra here we come I'm Trent Palmer just like drones for a living and Bush planes for fun follow along as I journey off the beaten path of aviation [Music] try to get yourself together try to choose [Music] [Music] all right we made it to High Sierra I didn't film anything because right when we landed last night right at sunset Quinn called last chance for qualifying for the Stoll drags I'm loaded out the brim I have like a hundred pounds of bags in my plane I haven't even formed the thing hard I don't I haven't practiced or anything I got to qualify so I jumped in ended up qualifying seventh which for not knowing the plane I'm pretty proud of but now we were heading over to the pilot briefing and figure out what the plan is for today welcome to Saturday morning at dead cow hey Nick why are you so dusty try to one wheel just look at that caliber of aviators this events bringing us we are Saturday dead cow I see her iein today's the round of 16 for our world championships sole drag races and we started this whole stall drag thing it was like wow you know how can we make traditional stole cooler well you can't traditional stalls awesome it's already really cool enter stole drag Wow how can we do that safe we don't want to go down and make turns in the sky we want to go down to a flower line we got to make sure we stop on heading we got to make sure that we enter the stole portion of it so you got to land on or after the line you got to stop on heading you got to come to a complete stop we spin around we come back we come all the way back down to do the same thing you land on or after that line come to a complete stop tail down first guy that comes to a complete stop wins and I sit big man she'd drink I'll just do a demo so it's a girl meant no aviation was pushed the way general aviation is being pushed right now with these companies that are having epic sales be it cub crafters Kitfox just backcountry flying is booming and now you have the baby boys with their creations and you bring Draco what Aviation is just advanced it's an awesome time to be part of backcountry aviation what we've done is we've taken one will be versing 9 2 will be versing 10 etc etc sorry well we have the people racing ah in race 1 we have mike katie verse ty FERC and us so screwed and race 8 is polymer verse Palmer Trek versus gone all right we the whole group are out flying having fun look at how many planes there are here four five six seven eight airplanes at watering hole or sorry uh bonham ranch we were just that watering hole awesome that plane what do you think oh my gosh it's so beautiful John and what about power oh it's like the best it's literally just pull and just keep going it's so cool God look at that thing man that looks good [Music] did you guys think it's awesome at work how does it get any better huh yeah all the gift boxes are up here this is your first time in here got it with the passage that's pretty sweet say all your guys's first times here except for Haley and I met always a first time trip alright got for Kip Fox's on skate ramp 180 circle and that's why you don't fly 180s but I think it's time to head back it is 1110 everything starts at dead cow at 11:30 so we got to get down there stole drags they're doing an air show breakfast and breakfast Haley and I haven't eaten yet yeah time to go eat oh my god how fun is that though that was super fun I just rise we shut the whole time oh it's just it doesn't get old or it's like great like a Tesla it's crazy right take it off watch this so if we go here I just hit level now the autopilot is flying look at the stick so that's all you'd have to do if I was ever to like die thank you and it's just gonna go oh my god that is not a nice jingle Jeff cow traffic freedom fox fight of four five miles to the east got a 180 right in front of us really entering right traffic for landing net [Music] right all right back at dead cow after our little outing Hailey's first time in the plane actually since the engine out she hasn't been even in with the new interior it's like a whole new point no it's incredible I'm like I love it yeah now maybe she'll actually go flying with me more and be in more of the videos oh yeah cuz now it's like luxury is kind of feeling I mean it was fine before but if Lori's different it feels safer for some reason it's got a lot more power yeah a new motor but anyway we're gonna go try to grab some breakfast really quick still drags start supposed to be now looks like it's a little delay it so hopefully we'll get some breakfast in and then go race [Music] [Music] you this first round [Applause] fantastic competition [Music] [Music] racers are clear to taxi with the three second penalty turn still pulled it off okay now I'm racing up fx3 what is that the $300,000 [Applause] [Music] [Music] knocking the right line plays and shrinking you bugger up to the left [Music] [Music] we got a very tight race trance ahead by hair let's go boys great keep it [Music] [Music] [Music] we need rightguard Trent Ahmad's right go get your in the right lane try to the left hey Trent this is Cory in the announcer stand how you doing over there buddy I teared I'm out at the time of my life [Music] that's what four times my horsepower looks like [Music] we win my oh my god I beat twice by this guy Walt I'd once I was I literally went on the second round when I knew you want I was cheering I was screaming on the microphone I mean a guy dopes so stoked I and then go again that close that's my chance in a second Jude I'm so stoked after the last three weeks of just non-stop work on this thing coming up barely made it we came up oh wait yeah so this guy we watched him coming in and I said to my buddies I'm like crap the qualifying is over in five minutes he'll never be able to do any full of bags he's got whatever fuel on board he's not prepped for qualifying and someone gets on the radio says Trent you have to race right now to qualify you're out of the whole event and you said I can't do it I said do it or you're out he qualifies loaded and then curly on the thing yeah I read my bill I phase one yesterday morning and I was just burning town oh my so that was my first time reven pushing it way to go something about you and I finishing moments before yeah and then going out and competing [Laughter] so stoked it's your nose didn't let me run he almost didn't let me go I actually held sunset off for you to get your ass in here and qualified so awesome in the house [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Scott Palmer champion Tripp Palmer I'm not champy had Palmer Palmer today I know I'm so fun hi Sierra's pretty cool though this is your first time first time here oh my god the best possible outcome of this event was you and Trent drank Overstreet applause I couldn't dream of it we've got the lightest about the most affordable lightweight you know airplane you could build yourself and the most extreme big expensive airplane you could have head-to-head not rigged at all like legit awesome if you're saying look the whole goal of all this is to encourage general aviation help people realize it 100 or how much money have don't have where you are in life your age whatever and say we want everyone to come out and play you've got all these people that are pilots Tom pilots like Paul and drink Oh Trent Palmer's Trent Palmer it's got everybody following it and it's like if you're gonna say what's the best thing in the world is you have the World Championships and you end up with Draco and Trent Palmer and legitimately happen like Trent rolls up yesterday surprising all of us he wasn't answering my text I asked him what his status is he says married because he wasn't gonna tell this time last night no just after sunset so he qualifies eighth place like not even the bottom of the pack in the middle and just with like second in third landing in the plane was since this new mod the most spectator friendly racing possible now that what happens could not have an editor for publicity and for everything it was just fun wait I was way too fun you guys are too nice to me but that was so fun good god that was but these people still here I know I know this is huge that's the other thing too I think they said last night what no we had 350 planes I don't know how many people today I guarantee is bigger this flying is it's the thing this is not an airport there are no buildings there is no running water we're miles from the nearest fuel pumps or anything I mean this is a dedicated group of individuals down out here for this event well I best in place you better have it you we did it it was incredible we have some incredible racers we had some incredible talent there today and I couldn't be more proud I looked down the line and there was I'm guessing a thousand people on the line and that may be an exaggeration but I awesome buddy and there's you know 800 1000 people here it's incredible we came here there's the red we'll go we've got the kit box we've got a carbon cub aviation is growing but that aircraft in particular is an incredible beast and then to come here and do it it does at the stole drag it's incredible but then you throw out what Trent did and what Toby did and being competitive [Applause] don't be Ashley third place in this garbage gun second place is a story in itself Jen Palmer didn't think he was coming to the ICR apply on three days ago I don't even think he thought he was coming here two days ago he shows up last night when we're doing our time trials my air bosses tell me we're done it's we're done we can't see anymore I'm like we're not done Trent's coming here flight a three freedom Fox inbound oh we got at least two more time trials we got to make this happen he's one of my best friends so we got to extend as long as we can if we have an opportunity to make it happen obviously not too well put safety on the line but Trek comes in he doesn't even unload his airplane he qualified seven awesome he starts off the race today going through all the brackets next see now guess who he gets the line up next to last year's World Champion and that was a race I think we even had to do a redo because it was so darn close which was pretty awesome and so at any rate Trent advances he ends up coming next to Draco and Jeff Palmer second place still drag [Applause] obviously the drink oh it is an incredible incredible story if you have not followed along on mikesblog the story that he's put in the time and he's put in the energy he did this with his own bare hands he didn't go out and hire somebody to do it he's done it and when he's done with other aircraft it's incredible he said he's gonna be in the aviation Hall of Fame at some point I promise you Mike Katie first place red welcome drink Oh [Applause] we live a tradition here at high sierra last year's champion mark Beatty and the carbon cub was awarded the stole drag title belt the title belt on a brother mine this belt needs to come back they're gonna go and do some fun things to it and it'll come back and it'll be on somebody's waist again next year [Music]

Channel: Trent Palmer

Views: 522,032

Keywords: Kitfox, freedom fox, draco, draco airplane, draco bush plane, High Sierra Fly in, STOL Drag race, STOL Drag, kitfox aircraft, flight vlog, cubkiller, aviation, airplane, bush plane, trent palmer, freedomfox, airplane crash, instruction, tailwheel, landing, plane, pilot, flying, flight training, helicopter, oshkosh airventure, oshkosh 2018, airventure 2018, STOL, low and slow, student pilot, first solo, flying cowboys, cub killer, reno air race, High Sierra Fly In 2018, HSF 2018

Id: 3KS9NkpXShg

Length: 22min 31sec (1351 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 30 2018