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piperboy84
10th Sep 2012, 18:13
Landed between the straw bouts out of the combine on a freshly cut barley field had about 14ft max width with slight xwind.

Roll on the wheat harvesting, will be plenty more landing choices

Here's the link to the vid if your interested

Maule MX7-180 landing between the straw bouts in freshly cut barley - YouTube

Proteus9
10th Sep 2012, 20:20
Excellent video, looks like fun! Are you sporting some small bushwheels? how do you rate them? I've been toying with the idea of the 29's or 31's. But won't think any further until I can base from grass rather than tarmac.

piperboy84
10th Sep 2012, 21:20
Yes 26" Alaskan Bushwheels I love them, they really smooth out rough terrain. I considered 29 and 31" but felt the 26" was a good trade off speed etc.

fattony
12th Sep 2012, 16:31
Nice vid. One question though: do you not wear hearing protection?

piperboy84
12th Sep 2012, 18:11
Thanks, No headsets if I am just bouncing around farms/fields, but if I am going into towered fields I use them, although I am trying to find a good hand mike.

Sir George Cayley
12th Sep 2012, 19:11
At around 1.41 during the landing there are what looks like a pair of Collies by the wind sleeve. Or does my eye deceive me?

SGC

piperboy84
12th Sep 2012, 19:39
Not sure what it is , but don't think its dogs, as i would not have taxied by them. There is a few deer that like to hang around the threshold

aviate1138
13th Sep 2012, 18:33
Deer?

Gary Larson.......cracks me up......

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn77/aviate1138/ScreenShot2012-09-13at193046.jpg

Lone_Ranger
14th Sep 2012, 21:43
Black+White Deer?, fancy american breed?