Nanuq Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Here in Alaska we have an event called the Valdez Fly-In where the goal is to make the shortest landing possible, and then take off in the shortest distance. You have to stick it between the cones. This is the best short landing I've ever seen. http://m.liveleak.com/view?i=5d3_1468355217 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sogeha Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Awesome. I love GA 'planes on tundra wheels, they always look like cartoons. I guess tundra wheels are normal in Alaska. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Yep! If you're going out in the bush you gotta have them. The gnarlier the terrain, the bigger the tires. This would be my ultimate toy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sogeha Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Got to love a radial. When I stop working twelve hour days I hope to build a fly baby or pietenpol. I love retro open cockpit 'planes, but they don't suit your climate. My dream would be one these, which would be absolutely useless to you. My home in Poland is up a mountain less than 1/4 mile from the local flying club and my parent's place is about five miles from another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imajedi Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 He's landing in a 60mph head wind. That doesn't count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted July 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Sure it does. Anything goes at the Fly-In. Check out those cheater STOL flaps and ultralight body... that plane gets used for one purpose. BTW that's probably more like a 30mph wind. Lots of planes here (like the Helio Courier) can fly and maneuver at 30mph, unimproved. The winner at last year's Fly-In had a 20 foot landing and a 24 foot takeoff, for a combined win at 44 feet, with a 14 knot wind. Here's the winner from this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted July 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 @Sogeha, that's a beauty. This is where I'd spend all my spare time if I had a Beaver on skis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imajedi Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Next year someone will enter a chopper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sogeha Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Landing into the wind isn't cheating, it's standard practice in aviation. Even in a specialist 'plane with a Vne below the Vstall of many craft it still takes real skill to put one down like that. Just dropping the wheels onto the chalk line is much harder than these guys make it look. I doubt one in a hundred PPL pilots could consistently get within ten foot. Skill makes anything look easy, there is a reason it's a competition. The only way I could beat that would be to kill the engine and pull the ballistic 'chute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanuq Posted July 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Did you hear them commenting on the video about the chalk on his tires? That's crazy skill. The only way I could personally beat his performance is if I was pointing straight down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpackJarrow Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Very interesting thread. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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