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You're doing it right. Baby steps. It will not be long before you go for it.

Tail wheel looks like it's tracking good. How's it feel?

reroute the shoulder belts to just under the head rest, as they are now they'll do little to no good on impact. All the best

How much would it cost to buy one like that

Just seen your video haven't been watching them lately but your getting a lot better getting the tail up Good job

Want me to fly it for you? I've never flown a plane, but I will.

Hi Don I recently completed a one off homebuilt about the same size as yours and found myself unconsciously making excuses not to fly it anything from I feel off today or wind not just right ect but once I realized it that helped me alot. I always felt so down when i got home and didn't fly it and as Chris Hintz said high speed taxi test don't really tell you much they just put you behind the curve so with that I did fly it and had a few problems that taxi test wouldn't have caught mostly trim and cooling but I did ok and that first flight was a thrill indeed so good luck to you

When are you planning to to actually get airborne? By this I mean an actual flight, not my gear lifted off for 3 seconds. Is there a mapped out schedule you are following?

Getting closer Dynodon64! 👍

Don, I just read in some other comments this video that you still may not have taildragger dual time. Is that true? If so, I'd stop even taxi testing. All of it. Gyro time doesn't count. If a throttle cable sticks or some other whacky event occurs, you're going flying, ready or not, and you'll want some solid stick and rudder time behind you. I took 6 hrs dual in various ultralight trainers plus 6 hrs in an Aeronca Champ. I had several surprises on my initial flight, but the training helped me easily overcome and get her down soft and safe.

Is this plane ever going to fly? You've been taxiing for nearly a year! The smallest crosswind makes it wonky. We're losing interest.

What I saw agrees with your comments precisely. I was on the edge of my seat when the plane went right. Well done!

Would leaving the flaps down help you enter/exit the aircraft? @2:38... she got a bit squirrely! I was not expecting a righthand deflection. As you said later in the video, it's something you have to get used to; which means hours and hours of more taxi tests.

I rebuilt a Taildragger Sonerai II. Did about half a dozen slow speed taxi’s to check brakes and get feel for the amount of rudder needed to steer it. Next was three or four runs with enough speed to get the tail up, then reduce power and let tail come back down, that showed me if I had to abort tack off I had to be ready to quickly apply rudder to compensate for the quick reduction of engine/prop thrust. If throttle was reduced over four to five seconds then rudder correction was less critical. Next was pick a day with little wind, check everything and then fly it. So tail up at 45-50 rotate at 70 and fly. A few laps around the field to determine if trim adjustments needed, they were, and then set up for landing. Carried a little extra speed and successfully landed. Mouth was a little dry but the celebratory beer fixed it

V1 Vr V2 and takeoff/landing distance numbers? (Nice DIY camera mount!)

I Love this view

Have you balanced the plane with you in it? Are you current in a tail dragged?

Take your time when you’re ready. We’ll see it fly.

You got this Don! Can’t wait to see that beauty in the sky.

I would have to at least tried to crow hop this thing by now and I'm not even a pilot!

I felt like I was with you this time! What is the take-off speed?

Don you’re not going to want to force that tail off the ground like it’s a cub. That corsair is a difrent animal.

I heard the tail rise up. Baby steps are better than no steps written on the landing flaps.😂 Think Sugar Glider, Don! Not Squirrel.

Ok brother it’s been awhile since I’ve been watching this vid I see no flights as of 7/2/2024. Now I don’t know how much more I can take of this taxing. We need to get this Corsair in the air!

You could definitely tell when the tail wheel was off the runway, be mindful that at the right speed the plane will takeoff in a three point attitude vs having the tail up . my instructor had me takeoff in a three point and also t/o with full flaps and would cover airspeed so you would develop a sense of speed. you have done an awesome job building this plane. keep up the great practice runs, put the camera on a tripod beside runway and off the tail, nice video but looks like a big thing on tail. again I think you are doing very well .

I agree with @Thomas it is an airplane and the danger now is on the ground ,have faith in your build ,I love it and I for one will give my prayers for your safety in that beautiful plane

Got to edit in the opening scramble scenes form Baa Baa Black Sheep.

Best camera angle yet! If your new camera has image stabilization, that might be worth a try. Also, even the cheap GoPro clones (I use those myself) should have a battery that lasts for about an hour, so you could just start recording before you start your first taxi run, and then stop recording after you have done a few runs, and then cut/edit the video later, removing the non-interesting parts. Would save you from jumping in and out of the plane just for pressing the record button. 🙂

Maybe you might consider some time with a Instructor with a tail wheel rating to not the rust off.

From the camera placement it was hard to tell if the tail was flying. The pitot tube mount gave a better advantage in my opinion. I’ll have to go back in your videos to see what/how you fashioned the tailwheel. It was plain to see the crosswind pushed you off the centerline. I received my tailwheel endorsement 30 years ago in a 1941 Taylorcraft L-2 survivor. I remember how hard it was to keep centerline with even a 4-6 knot crosswind during my first solo takeoff so I imagine how hard to was with your light aircraft. Keep working it.

It's a scam! He's done flown it! He is doing this for fun after the comments about him scared to fly it. Guarantee it's a scam

Go get some training before you wad this thing up and get hurt.

Great video angle. I loved it. I bought a cheap remote MIKE somewhere and that would eliminate wind noise which there wasn't much and then we could hear you and the airplane from the cockpit that way ,take your time you build a beautiful machine with patience and that will keep you alive don't pay attention to complainers pushing you into moving beyond your comfort level. machoism is a bad attitude. "they are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots" it has been said

The kindest pricktease ever offered, thank you again Don

Don, for what it is worth, I use an external (to the camera) power pack for the GoPro. That way I don't have to worry about turning the camera on and off, or the batteries running low.

Fantastic view, and filmed in the 'golden hour'. Marvellous.

Fast taxi with tail just barely off the runway is a risky maneuver. Throttling up to 'wheel landing' speeds with tail up in cleaner air gives *much* better directional control, plus it allows you to practice your 'taildragger rudder dance' skills. As a bonus, your forward vision improves greatly. Thanks for the update.

Are you going to fly it?

I spent a lot of time watching the "white" lines where the inner and outer sections of the wing join, they kept changing, is that camera artifact, or are the joins opining and closing?

I think we are all getting tired of waiting. I understand testing but this is getting old. I hope the best for you.

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼way to go Don 😎💯

Don, it’s great that you are taking time to feel it out and gain more seat time, but I feel that you are playing with fire by doing high speed taxi test unless you are ready to get airborne. You are flirting with flight, high speeds like that in the three point attitude are a recipe for accidental flight. Either push forward and get the tail up or don’t taxi so fast. I fear that you may accidentally get airborne and either stall or throttle back and land hard. If you are going fast taxing and it gets squirrely, sometimes the safest thing to do is get it airborne to “save” it. Are you ready for that? Congrats on keeping it on the runway, I hope for the best!

Just about the time the tail came up started to fly start to get a little squirrely that's about the time you have to power through it whenever you get ready

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Awesome view 😊

That was great, thanks Don!

Well done again on the ground test, the tail position was more for an in flight type of footage, the pitot tube mount is better for sighting the flying tail shots : )

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i think we're all anxiously awaiting first flight as much as you are. 😉

Think I’d change out the tail wheel tire lot of noise/vibration.