Shortest take off and landing
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Shortest take off and landing
Check this link out;eye popping.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b6d_1203640939
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b6d_1203640939
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The clip looks to be one from the "Big Rocks - Long Props" V2 DVD where the guys attend a STOL competition. The aircraft, if memory serves me right, is a modified Maule (M5 Fuselage and M7 wing).
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patataur It doesn’t seem to be anything out of the ordinary, looking at the spectators clothing the wind doesn’t seem to have any effect on them. So I reckon there isn’t a supportive head wind, still it’s hard to believe.
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I've seen a Cyclone AX3 with a Rotax 912 engine take off shorter than that in nil headwind.
Didn't see the landing of the AX3, but I read once many years ago it was possible to land a Harvard that way ie semi stalled, hanging on the prop, almost vertical descent, just a quick burst of power just before the wheels touched to avoid the undercarriage legs appearing above the wings.(Bloke called Nobby Clark writing in 'RAF Flying Review c1960)
Didn't see the landing of the AX3, but I read once many years ago it was possible to land a Harvard that way ie semi stalled, hanging on the prop, almost vertical descent, just a quick burst of power just before the wheels touched to avoid the undercarriage legs appearing above the wings.(Bloke called Nobby Clark writing in 'RAF Flying Review c1960)
I've seen a Cyclone AX3 with a Rotax 912 engine take off shorter than that in nil headwind.
Didn't see the landing of the AX3, but I read once many years ago it was possible to land a Harvard that way ie semi stalled, hanging on the prop, almost vertical descent, just a quick burst of power just before the wheels touched to avoid the undercarriage legs appearing above the wings.(Bloke called Nobby Clark writing in 'RAF Flying Review c1960)
Didn't see the landing of the AX3, but I read once many years ago it was possible to land a Harvard that way ie semi stalled, hanging on the prop, almost vertical descent, just a quick burst of power just before the wheels touched to avoid the undercarriage legs appearing above the wings.(Bloke called Nobby Clark writing in 'RAF Flying Review c1960)
