You guys will love this
Links to general aviation backcountry flying-oriented videos. It can be yours or stuff you find on the internet. Please no airline/military.
This guy is a backyard builder. Fuckin aye!!! (in a British accent)
Here's how the crazy bastard built it.
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Holy shitballs!
I think if I built something like that, I'd choose a little more substantial bicycle front end to pilot it with.
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Half a century spent proving “it is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.”
The odds of everything working out ok with that contraption are not even worth discussing.
At least when the rickety bike frame gives out, the flaming jet engine and fuel supply will land immediately on top of him and put him out of his misery quickly. It would be a shame for such a brilliant mind to suffer long!

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"oh my god is this thing unstable!"
Cut.
Next shot: he takes it on a highway.
Apparently "oh my god is this thing unstable" is the bike garage equivalent of "hold my beer. now watch this!"
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in my best British vernacular, "Absolutely Brilliant".
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His "wall of death" stunt is also worth watching.
Here is the final result:
Here is the testing process. He wore his safety shorts for the test ride on the cobbled together plywood sheets.
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