Kodiak 100 Walkaround with Mark Brown

American Kodiak was nice enough to let us use their beautiful brand new Kodiak for this walkaround. Mark Brown, Kodiak's Chief Pilot did a fantastic job and really knows his stuff about this impressive aircraft.

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[Agwings]

Spent 13 years in Fairbanks AK working for an Air Taxi operation, we had one DC-3, 7 Navajo's, 4 Beech 99's and two King Air 200's, the 99's and King Airs all had belly pods. Many of the villages we flew to had gravel strips. At this stage of the game Im sure somebody makes rock deflectors for the main gear on the Kodiak, just like the Cessna Caravan, without those, rocks will quickly destroy the deice boots on the horizontal stabs. But what we discovered is that the rocks coming off the nose gear will destroy the front of the belly pods, we didn't have the technical ability to do it but everybody agreed that if somebody could actually vulcanize some rubber onto the front of the belly pods, that would be the ultimate solution . If theres a rotating beacon on the bottom of the belly pod like our aircraft had, you'll also have to fabricate and install an extruded wire mesh cage around that beacon, to keep the rocks from taking it out. Routinely operating aircraft from gravel strips is a learning process, just thought I would share a couple things I learned while working in AK, just in case Kodiak wanted to go after that market.

[MissionaryBushPilot]

I like the new paint scheme. It is an incredible airplane. I have some videos showing that here in PNG. 😉

[eddieo]

Sold!!! Now that’s an airplane I would buy!!! The Kodiak is a rugged, functional, practical, and ultimately among the safest aircraft for any Part 121 operation out there. Thanks very much for your thorough review!!!

[Surfercurtis]

I’m very privileged to have been the lead engineer on the Kodiak as I designed this aircraft from the ground up. I hope you enjoy my life’s work! I also stayed at a Holiday Inn last night.

[rnordquest]

It was a privilege for me to do the initial powerplant installation design. Fond memories of starting in Priest River before moving to Sandpoint. Very pleased to see it finished.

[Random-rtec]

Excellent presentation you sold me & I wasn’t even in the market. Low stall speed, short take off, rugged landing gear, cargo pod, versatile interior, this plane is amazing.

[envitech]

Wow, first time I heard of a Kodiak. Looks a lot like a Cessna Caravan. Nice design. Sleek lines. I'm thoroughly impressed.

[noe]

This is the best walk through of a plane ever. I want one

[javar]

Flew these in northern Canada as a Canadian out of my IFR flight school. Perfect aircraft for off strip landings. Bullet proof, great in very cold weather . Love these birds. Time for a “kode500” plus version. Single engine but 20 feet longer. Always needed 1000 pounds more of payload for mining gear. The pt6 was fabulous. Stalling it was ALMOST, to impossible, even in a severe shake . I Think the “ kode” I flew for 400 hours had the regular tire type. The large tire model option looks versatile and awesome. Does Kodiak plan to compete with the new Cessna courier twin ? . Looks like a larger Twin Otter. Kodiak did well at 70-80 kts circles in valleys. Range was always short in the north where we needed6-7 hours at cruise with out stopping What is the range now? Terrific airplane.

[PluckyUnderdog]

Introduced to this aircraft through MSFS. And it really can do everything, can't it. I love the power of the thing. I mean the power means it does require A LOT of trim, but it really is the definitive turboprop, I think. Longer range ones like the PC-12 or say the TBM don't have the versatility of this thing.

[mikeh]

I am absolutely impressed by the functional refinement and the thought that went into this plane. That you can take all of the seats and carpet out and stow them into the underbelly and then haul cargo is amazing! Some good thought put into the de-icing and the landing gear as well.
Thanks for the nice presentation!

[hugos.]

Wow this video was incredibly detailed... I’m not a pilot but I love airplanes and this made me want to become a pilot... thanks!! 👍

[ttaviation]

I was a big fan of the Grand Caravans but the Kodiak has stolen my heart!

[captainzeppos]

Very impressive and thorough presentation, well done. And yes, I am here because of MSFS.

[eksemos]

How about a walk-around of the Kodiak 100 Series III? Mark did a great job of this video, so maybe he could do an updated in-depth review of Kodiak's latest version of this awesome aircraft. I can't wait for another great video! Thanks Kodiak!

[BennyLandron]

I'm buying more lotto tickets! My beautiful dream machine!

[nightfury]

Nice thing about the cargo pod is you can separate the kids if they're fighting 😎

[rimurutempest]

This and the dhc-6 twin otter are my favorite turbo props

[danield.]

This thing boots faster than my car. Great walkaround! Even if I'm only an interested viewer and not a pilot, I liked that video a lot. Thanks!

[jamescarroll]

The "Walk Around" themed videos are quite informative. I like this one as well as the previous Bull Moose one.