Dan208 Posted September 9, 2019 Report Posted September 9, 2019 Mike , and his brother Mark are awesome. They are both adrenaline junkies just like myself. They are an inspiration to me in both aviation and in my small business. I have been watching the channel religiously. Scrappy is going to be Nasty. But i am really waiting to see the new race plane that is replacing Turbulence. He has the new turbine in a glass case to admire. I need a new Hot Rod . 1 Quote
carusoam Posted September 9, 2019 Report Posted September 9, 2019 Looks like a combination of adrenaline junkie and collected intelligence.... design engineer, machinist, Carbon fiber and pilot, in one shop... To make prop design sound interesting... and make a TV show sell advertising (?) Somebody has to pay for all this stuff with something... The precision tube cutting/welding was pretty interesting... I pictured some interesting Mooney projects going on in that shop... @M20Doc might like the half hour show about the 8 cyl. Lyc. Best regards, -a- Quote
Hank Posted September 10, 2019 Report Posted September 10, 2019 Clarence is now out shopping for a Carbon Cub to go with his Comanche. 16 cylinders and 32 spark plugs between them! 2 Quote
EricJ Posted September 10, 2019 Report Posted September 10, 2019 I'm guessing his feet are not gonna get cold. Quote
xcrmckenna Posted September 10, 2019 Report Posted September 10, 2019 I'm guessing his feet are not gonna get cold. I thought that to. But if Mike doesn’t like it he will come up with a way to fix it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
thinwing Posted September 11, 2019 Report Posted September 11, 2019 Can’t wait to see this compete at dead cow lake in oct...give Draco a run for its money Quote
carusoam Posted September 11, 2019 Report Posted September 11, 2019 It was an interesting tour around the Lycoming shop... and test area... Best regards, -a- Quote
kris_adams Posted September 11, 2019 Report Posted September 11, 2019 Can’t wait. His excitement comes through and you can tell he loves what he does...Let’s go! Quote
carusoam Posted September 11, 2019 Report Posted September 11, 2019 Back to work... I can’t tell which brother is which... Best regards, -a- Quote
bradp Posted September 16, 2019 Report Posted September 16, 2019 Mike’s talented with composites. I met him at Oshkosh and told him I learned a bunch of tricks (mostly speed mods) for doing composite work. I do think he’s got an engineering staff on hand as well. Some of the videos don’t show that aspect. That doesn’t take away from his awesome builds. Maybe the toiling raptor dude should get together with Patey to finish off that project... Mike probably would have completed it in 9 months instead of 4 years plus. Quote
EricJ Posted September 16, 2019 Report Posted September 16, 2019 1 hour ago, bradp said: I do think he’s got an engineering staff on hand as well. Some of the videos don’t show that aspect. Their company makes large processing equipment primarily for the oil industry. He is a serial entrepreneur in engineering spaces. He's not a hack mechanic cobbling stuff together.https://www.ecovap.com/our-company/ Quote
cliffy Posted September 16, 2019 Author Report Posted September 16, 2019 I know Mike's FAA IA. Mike's for real. He doesn't sleep. Very friendly to everyone. Quote
bradp Posted September 16, 2019 Report Posted September 16, 2019 Im not doubting he’s for real - I know he is. I also surmise that he has help with some of the engineering problems he encounters by a staff of professional engineers. Quote
EricJ Posted September 16, 2019 Report Posted September 16, 2019 Draco crashed pretty hard today. No word on injuries that I could find. Quote
TonyK Posted September 16, 2019 Report Posted September 16, 2019 The video was hard to watch. I heard no injuries so that was the best outcome. 1 Quote
carusoam Posted September 16, 2019 Report Posted September 16, 2019 Video not available? Some note saying it is private. Best regards, -a- Quote
carusoam Posted September 16, 2019 Report Posted September 16, 2019 https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/229076 Way to go Mr. Patey... now get back to work! He has an interesting sense of humility... Best regards, -a- 1 Quote
thinwing Posted September 17, 2019 Report Posted September 17, 2019 Yikes...that xwind was incredible with right ,downwing gear oleo fully compressed...when I first saw the video ,couldn’t understand why it was leaning so much to the right Quote
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