Ever since the concrete arrow thread came up this last winter, I've wanted to go check out the one by Locomotive Springs in Northern UT. Then when another BCPer told me about some hardpan that he knew about, I really wanted to go explore. So yesterday I went for a little flight with my buddy that shares a hanger with me and we had a great day of flying. We checked out the hardpan, talked to some ranchers (who hoped we were out there hunting coyotes), found the concrete arrow, and landed on a grass strip that I thought had been closed a long time ago. It was actually the place where I did my first grass strip landing back in college, so it had some special meaning to me. All in all, a great day of flying!

On the hardpan.




My buddy's phone really picked up the wind, so turn your volume down!





Checking out the concrete arrow.




Traces of the yellow paint are still visible.


The generator building foundation.




Cut a little grass at MLD.

that was great mate!

Great exploring, Grasstrippilot! Now you KNOW the rest of us N Utah guys need the co-ordinates!

Any more thoughts on your vortex generators?

Have you seen and felt a significant improvement?

MAU MAU wrote:Any more thoughts on your vortex generators?

Have you seen and felt a significant improvement?

I love them! It's still hard to quantify, but I know it wants to fly sooner on takeoff, I can land slower, and roll authority is plentiful at slow speed. The only thing to keep in mind is that when it stalls, it stops flying abruptly. The other day I was doing an approach using the technique featured in that video for shortfield landings and it stopped flying about 6 inches from the ground and there was a very distinct break. Nothing horrible, just something you need to keep in the back of your mind. In the takeoff video above, I was pretty light. About 30 gals of fuel, 100-120#s of gear, and a 15 knt quartering crosswind at a 7,000 ft DA. I was aggressive on the rotation and it came off pretty quickly. Anyway, good money spent and I'd do it again for sure.

Steve, PM sent.

Thanks Cory for your thoughts on the vortex generators.

After viewing your installation video I was thinking about installing them on my Maule, but a few of my friends who are very experienced Husky pilots do not like them at all due to the abruptness of the stall that you mentioned.

They probable change the flight characteristics differently on different airframes.

MAU MAU wrote:Thanks Cory for your thoughts on the vortex generators.

After viewing your installation video I was thinking about installing them on my Maule, but a few of my friends who are very experienced Husky pilots do not like them at all due to the abruptness of the stall that you mentioned.

They probable change the flight characteristics differently on different airframes.

I imagine so. But for me, the gain far outweighs that small drawback...at least on the 205. You have to be pretty aggressive to get it to that point and should know when you're getting close to it.