Austers had a couple of other oddities
Pantos. ..like short ski , to land on water and slide up to stop on the beach. Could be fun if yr judgement of distances was out, loss of lift on the water landing and subside into the surf.
Not enough distance/ lift off the beach...subside into the surf. Can’t understand why this fun idea never caught on.
And a tank track like arrangement, but very light weight build, for landing on soft or rough ground .
Cant remember if it was this odd job that had the ability to offset for drift.
Austers hopefully are forever..the normal ones. 9.5 out of 10 for the aircraft. 0.5 / 10 for the crappy cable operated shoe brakes.