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It certainly does fly slow.

What is the advantage of the extreem tall landing gear?

tcj wrote:It certainly does fly slow.

What is the advantage of the extreem tall landing gear?

Allows the airplane to land at a higher angle relative to the ground. Also, as demonstrated in the video, it helps you crash your airplane

soggyc wrote:

tcj wrote:It certainly does fly slow.

What is the advantage of the extreem tall landing gear?

Allows the airplane to land at a higher angle relative to the ground. Also, as demonstrated in the video, it helps you crash your airplane

I love the humor on this site. My coworks have recomended that seek counselling on regular occasions but I'll laugh for no apprent reason. When I tell them what made me laugh they uslually say, "I'll call and make the appointment now."

ouch

NoseDragger
Probably should have done a weight and balance first.
Probably dusted it off and flew it home.

whoops..

Well, the brakes sure seem to work well.

I think it's just "stolen" from Youtube. That video was up briefly 2 days ago, but then the owner removed it. Now it's back. I wonder what that was all about.

Your looking at this completely wrong! That was a short landing, did he win?

Zane wrote:I think it's just "stolen" from Youtube. That video was up briefly 2 days ago, but then the owner removed it. Now it's back. I wonder what that was all about.

different angle on this one

EEindNW wrote:Your looking at this completely wrong! That was a short landing, did he win?

Yes, short and expensive.

soggyc wrote:

tcj wrote:It certainly does fly slow.

What is the advantage of the extreem tall landing gear?

Looks like a Mackey SQ2 wing. The leading edge slats need a horrendous aoa to function properly.

That Cub is already flying again too. I was playing around in the Knik River area a couple days ago and spotted it. I thought it was interesting because I had already seen a different video of the same nose-over earlier that day! I guess he REALLY wants to win at Valdez this year!

here is some photographic proof.

Its on the lower left side above my cowling.

Here it is cropped and zoomed

exodus wrote:Looks like a Mackey SQ2 wing. The leading edge slats need a horrendous aoa to function properly.

The interesting thing is that he came in pretty flat (i.e. not even using the slats). I wonder if he was unable to get the tail down lower because of the long gear. With the weight of the gear hanging that low, the tail would need to be more effective to "lift" that longer arm created by the mega-extended gear legs. Bummer!

AAH... Competition in America, bringing out inovation. Weather it works or not, my hats off to the fellow.
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PoorMan's180 wrote:Its on the lower left side above my cowling.

That's close to a camo paint scheme for that neck of the woods. Really tough to pick out against the trees and flats.

WOW! That was short!

Maybe I'm the only one but that is the dumbest looking supercub I have ever seen.... I don't get the point of extended gear like that. 3" yeah but 3'...WTF?

Nature's STOL champs also sport extend-o-gear: