Tough Day -

When the gear collapsed I knew I was in trouble, when I couldn't get it to relock I got nervous, when the engine quit things got serious. Come along on what was supposed to be an easy program helping a new owner with his "proven" P-51 mustang replica. A great example of how you always have to be ready.

This video includes some very interesting discussion about how a ground crew adds value, and why it is important to understand the background of the folks supporting you via the radio. On the early space programs they used non-flying pilots for this role, at Wasabi it's typically Justin and I trading off the test conductor / chase pilot role. Unfortunately Justin was in Hawaii supporting another Wasabi customer and he was sorely missed.

This video covers the entire Wasabi portion of the program from the inspection through the three successful flights to the final flight in the airplane. It's a long journey, feel free to use the timestamps to jump around.

Thank you for coming along with us. We at Wasabi feel so fortunate to have customers like Jim Oddie willing to show their test programs and a vibrant community like this to share that work with. While our customers pay for the testing itself these test videos are funded by us and subsidized by our sponsors and patreons. Check out our sponsors below. Thank you for your support. See you in the comments.

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Outline:
00:00​​ airplanes are cool
00:52 Introduction
01:32 Sponsors
02:01 Background
04:55​ Background - Ethan's Flight
06:14 Wasabi Starts Program
09:11​ Inspection
14:14​ Ground Run
17:54 Flight Prep
18:51 Flight One
25:58​ Flight Two
30:14 Flight Three
30:57​ Flight Four Incident
32:35​ Incident Summary
45:59 What Happened
50:30 Accident Site Cleanup
53:56 airplanes are cool


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