The Wittman Buttercup has wing morphing. He designed and built it in the '30s. Wittman claimed 45mph stall and 130mph top speed on 85 horse. That's not terribly impressive on the bottom end but it was an interesting design.

EB

Awesome plane!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you notice the guys wearing the masks to load spray on the plane, but the field workers got sprayed.

I recall seeing an ad in Trade-A-Wreck for the tooling and TC for the Porter.

Build your own!

SE6601KF wrote:Awesome plane!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you notice the guys wearing the masks to load spray on the plane, but the field workers got sprayed.

Yea I did notice that

SE6601KF wrote:Awesome plane!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you notice the guys wearing the masks to load spray on the plane, but the field workers got sprayed.

Are you back down in Utah for the season?

Hafast wrote:

SE6601KF wrote:Awesome plane!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you notice the guys wearing the masks to load spray on the plane, but the field workers got sprayed.

Are you back down in Utah for the season?

Still in AK.
Will be back south sometime in November.

As long as were dreaming, I want this one instead

Interesting thread and one close to my heart. It's totally true what's been mentioned about the Porter's range and speed. It's not an aircraft you want to go anywhere too far in a hurry in! However, if you have about 8-900kgs of cargo you want taken into a short, unprepared mountain airstrip about 70-100nm away, then it's perfect and you won't find a better suited aircraft. The Kodiak and PAC-750 are good but neither can match the Porter's climb rate or short take-off roll. And when it comes to steep sloping, unprepared strips, tailwheel wins every time for me.

I want one so bad! I better go buy some lotto tickets

IndoPilot. wrote:Interesting thread and one close to my heart. It's totally true what's been mentioned about the Porter's range and speed. It's not an aircraft you want to go anywhere too far in a hurry in! However, if you have about 8-900kgs of cargo you want taken into a short, unprepared mountain airstrip about 70-100nm away, then it's perfect and you won't find a better suited aircraft. The Kodiak and PAC-750 are good but neither can match the Porter's climb rate or short take-off roll. And when it comes to steep sloping, unprepared strips, tailwheel wins every time for me.

Welcome, IndoPilot! Good to see you here.

This guy has some great videos posted on Youtube, check him out:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MattMooseD

If you're following BCP on Facebook, you'll recognize some of those.

Thanks Zzz! If you enjoy those videos from Borneo, you're going to love the one I'm currently filming for here in the mountains and jungles of Papua

58Skylane wrote:Clay Lacy behind the yoke of his Pilatus PC-6/C-H2 Turbo Porter

Photo credit: JAMES BABINSKI
Photo from: Jetphotos.net (http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=7438715&nseq=4)

There is no yoke in a Porter

low rider wrote:There is no yoke in a Porter

It's a cyclic...wait no, a collective. (STOL joke)

Basking in the moonlight....

Zzz wrote:

low rider wrote:There is no yoke in a Porter

It's a cyclic...wait no, a collective. (STOL joke)

Oops..............

blackrock wrote:Basking in the moonlight....

Is that blond headed gal mooning the pilot? Dad gummit I think she is! Well good for her. That's the kind of stunt my beloved used to pull all the time. And we got pictures! You know what she says? That could be anybody's ass.

Emory Bored wrote:Is that blond headed gal mooning the pilot? Dad gummit I think she is! Well good for her. That's the kind of stunt my beloved used to pull all the time. And we got pictures! You know what she says? That could be anybody's ass.

Yes indeed she is mooning Mr. Lacy. It was hilarious!

I thought she was the Landing Signal Officer..........

Is that px somewhere on the Kern?

Not always....

http://www.aviationls.com/en/sitecore/c ... orter.aspx