even more in the air when they kick the plane sideways. btw those STOL planes go into a lot of rough country. lot of vids of their crazy antics.
philltauranga,
Jan 12, 8:31am
There is a neat STOL bush plane on youtube called DRACO, has a 680hp-P&W turbo prop with reversible props, can stop real short with reverse thrust, and take off in a very short distance. It was in a crash tho, i think it will be rebuilt
bitsy_boffin,
Jan 12, 9:09am
The "Draco" was a Turbine powered PZL Wilga.
About. 30 years ago the NZ Police had a (standard Radial powered!) Wilga that they flew out of Wigram.
They should get another one, that would put the people who thought Eagle was too loud in their place!
philltauranga,
Jan 12, 10:50pm
Yea Draco is heavily modified, bigger wings, control surfaces, wheels, turboprop, ect. The guy who built it has some other unique planes, worlds fastest single engine turbo prop. Mike Patey on youtube, his planes are neat. Heres a link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvdee86uThqIrloZjWwNVg
tweake,
Sep 29, 3:13am
i have heard of it. i watched the STOL races in reno a while back. they look like a lot of fun.
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