Weird. Aircraft nose sitting on the ground. #Besnappy #aviation #planespotting #pilot #ultralight

Added: 2026-05-15

[00:00:00]Carl's got a really weird looking aircraft behind us. Why is the aircraft sitting on the nose wheel? Like where's the nose wheel gone? With the engine behind the main gear, if it's sitting level, it wants to flip over backwards.

[00:00:10]Whenever we go flying, we just have to physically pick it up and crank down the nose gear.

[00:00:18]Wow. But if I let go of the airplane from here, it wants to go over backwards. Carl, the weight and balance is obviously very sensitive here. So, why don't you just shorten the nose wheel? On a normal airplane, you're pulling the tail down to make the airplane go up. Uh Burt Rutan, he didn't like that idea. He said, "Why don't we lift the nose up to go up?" So, this is now a lifting surface. So, even if we put the gear further back or we shorten the nose wheel, this is still a lifting surface. So, if it's parked on the ground on a windy day, this can create lift and it can still take it over backwards.