Probably for people who think of backcountry airport as anything under 5000' runway.

The low wing make me think you'll wind up with damaged wings and flaps.

Put piperpainter in that thing and see where it will go[emoji3]

My pops is always grumbling about the million ways there are in this country for 'them' to take your money… I've always looked at it as the million more choices in life we have over some less fortunate

Rather than try to see the evil in marketing, I appreciate the fact that they are trying to keep, or more importantly get new people interested in GA… unfortunately , at the end of the day I'm going to have to agree that starting with a clean slate would have been a million times better… Not because they're low wing, that's been done… not the stall speed, that sucks, but could probably easily be improved…

For me it's all the glass, and what's left around it. If I only include people I know from this forum that have come to a stop upside down in an airplane, the number is still enough to come to the conclusion that this type of canopy and backcountry flying (whatever your definition of that may be) is probably not a wise combination… FWIW, if I include the folks I fly with that are not on this forum the odds get even worse

Oh, and Mike, I really don't grasp the negative of long high lift wings, those are qualities I like in a boon docker. Maybe you were alluding to the limit in landing area choices afforded by the wingspan? Now that I think about it, the floating comment was weird to me too… one highly experienced / knowledgable poster says on landing it stalls fast (not flying so great), the other extremely experienced and knowledgable poster says it floats (flying pretty damned good still) which is it? damn i feel dumb sometimes….

But again… yep, starting from scratch would have been a way better plan… Barring that, if they just redesigned the location of the steering wheel, they just might have a modern day Jodel, a low winger with a rich history of 'real' backcountry flying

Take care, Rob

Rob,

From one who has ended up on their back, low wing is a nice energy absorbing structure to crash on but a steel tubing cage is nice too.

I had little problem with holes in the Pawnee or CallAir wing from the many rocks and sticks on remote spray strips. Very fast and very expensive turbo-jet spray planes have pretty much done away with remote spray strips.

Kiman, after about thirteen Pawnees still around, has bought a new turbine Thrush. He runs a small school as well so I think it will be the two holer. In that case I will get my first ride in a jet spray plane.

Jim

gbflyer wrote:Put piperpainter in that thing and see where it will go[emoji3]

That is what I was thinking! ...or is it the red paint that makes it go?