Extreme STOL

[C-Bag]

https://www.facebook.com/337645475070/videos/10153231773380071/

[Bando]

WOW!!!

 

Some flying there.

[SCG_Space_Ghost]

That's awesome.

 

All I can think of now is doing some similar flying in a Storch or Ju-52... *hint hint* 

[II/JG17_HerrMurf]

It's an annual event. Take offs and landings are typically less than 75 feet. Record last year was 58 off and 54 down.

 

Guys build some hot rodded and completely skeletonized fuselages just for this event.

Edited September 25, 2015 by [LBS]HerrMurf

[Finkeren]

Looks awesome, and those landings seem to require a lot of skill

 

Less amazed by the take offs. Such light aircraft should pretty much be able to lift off without even turning on the engine in a steady moderate head wind.

[C-Bag]

I love where the skeletonized Cub is too nose heavy so he tapes a 3lb sledge into the tail True get 'er done engineering.

 

Does anybody know when they went to those balloon tires?

[II/JG17_HerrMurf]

Alaska bush pilots have been on those types tires for decades. Some use them almost as skis to skim across stream beds before stopping on small sandbars.

[BeastyBaiter]

Nice!

 

I can't help but wonder when one of them will get the idea of filling the wings and fuselage with helium. I would very much like to see a Piper Cub with pilot with a total takeoff weight of 3lbs. Simply jettison that sledge off the tail for VTOL.

[C-Bag]

I guess it's been decades since I checked in on what the bush pilots were up to. I admire their skill and daring. Just flying over that kind of terrain in a single engine aircraft takes guts. Alaska is another world. A great Alaska survival book is 81 Days Bellow Zero about a guy during WWII that was a B24 test co pilot who crashed in the wilds of Alaska.