THE BEST First Flight EVER in the NEW Yakovlev Yak-55M!

Beautiful video !

I'm floggin ma shit rn

These DCS graphics are getting insane

How do you get a c heck ride on it, from a yak52? It's a tail dragger unlike the 52m, is it in experimental category?

Jesus! Hope my 4099 can handle this! 😅 Great flying sir!

Spud knocker was once a rich man.

A DCS style cold start/ taxi and takeoff/ landing tutorial would be awesome. You could use either the Chesty Gopro mount or attach it to your helmet.

DCS got a lot better in terms of Trerrain Details. Does it have a Gun Package as Extra?

When was this exact aircraft produced?

Wow, absolutely fantastic!!
The graphics are awesome and the AR (Actual Reality) ... looks so life like!!
Congrats, I love the new bird ... Spudnik is a great name!!!

This looks a lot like Gillespie Field. Am I right?

Spudnik flies! Really great video, beautiful plane. The camera in the cockpit mounted on the dashboard looking back is great because we can see the tail control surfaces move which is very cool. Your ground camera crew did a pretty great job with filming as well, very nice and smooth camera work with the takeoff and landing.

Some videos about the work you've had to do on Spudnik would be interesting to watch. A cold start tutorial I think would be great, as would some history on the Yak-55M.

There was only one thing missing in the video - Dakota the fluffy dog cameo :)

Living the dream dude.

Hell yeah man! Congrats on getting it in the air, I’d love to see a DCS style tutorial series on it haha.

Recognize that airfield for sure! Many of flights in my Warrior out of there. Congrats on that beautiful bird!

Power.... power....

Very cool! Congrats Spud!

Поздравляю, товарищ!

Congratulations Spud! That is a fine airplane! I wish you tons of happy landings!

Yes please

Knew you had some kind of plan; be it a captains house or toy (airplane), both? Does the prop spin the other way? Russian/Chinese copies? Know older Yaks did. Good way to cool off out in the desert. Nice video. Good round engine noise.

Congratulations Spud. I'm sure you'll enjoy Sputnik and have a lot of fun with it. Please make some videos explaining how you perform the aerobatic maneuvers.

spud: would you like to see more detailed content on the Yak-55?
me; who already binge watches his 3 hour DCS videos: YES
Edit: are you going to have them put the spudknocker flight helmet logo on the tail? Would be very cool

Bad ASS Spudknocker!

Cold start tutorial would be fantastic. The tail dragger on that big prop is really interesting too.. I can't even get the 3 point in DCS.. I imagine it's pretty difficult not seeing the runway.

You dont even have to ask us about a cold start tutorial, OF COURSE we would want that!

Congrats on the new plane. Nothing sounds as good as a radial!!!!

I don't think your nose is that big Spud... Oh you mean the Yak😊 great video thanks for sharing and congratulations on your first flight.

Wow, really interesting video! I really appreciate the detailed commentary on how to operate this plane.
Please by all means do some more detailed videos on the subjects you mentioned.

Congrats Spud! Cool airplane. Great video.

Nice flying, dude, and a smooth landing!

Ok got to admit, the chosen name 'Spudnik' is a good one.

Awesome dude!!! Stay safe and enjoy 🎉

Nice flight, nice plane. Thanks. Would definitely like to see walkaround and cold start video. How leakproof is the air system? So how long can the plane stay in the hangar without loosing too much air pressure for starting?

😎👍

Very cool man! Happy for you, and a little jealous!

That's absolutely amazing. It's great to see a pilot from DCS who is now flying real planes!!!

Looking forward to follow you and learn more about The Yak 55. Regards Yak 50 owner👌

El Cap looked very nice on the fly out to the testing. Congrats!

Did you partner with Miko? I just brought home a new 55M to az so I’m sure I’ll see you at borrego. Also you’ll get better mag drops if you do the prop check first and then mags, gives a little extra time at 70% to burn off the carbon before doing the mag check

Great video and explanation of that it’s like to fly a 55Mike - the visibility looks WAY better than in a Pitts 😎

Gillespie is a great field!

Man guys, this flight was a dream come true!
Let me know If you guys would like to see some more in depth content about the issues we’ve been having with her, the history of the Yak-55M or even a cold start tutorial, let me know in the comments section down below!