In the 1960s, we thought funny cars were weird. Check these out.
Wacky wacers
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Dave Crevie
, Jul 15 2024 08:33 AM
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Posted 15 July 2024 - 08:33 AM
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Posted 15 July 2024 - 02:07 PM
Dave, I think your mother would have really liked this video.
I had a friend who had a Maule Rocket https://www.aopa.org...-sheets/maule-6 and we would take it to a grass field and see how quick we could get it off the ground. It was a lot of fun.
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Posted 16 July 2024 - 09:00 AM
Looks like fun. I'm surprised that an ultralight would need STOL tips, but I can see that for this type of competition you would. I'd try it. Ma would have, too.
Ma liked big horsepower. If you showed up at an airport with a radial, she was there sniffing around. Unfortunately, she was limited to what she could beg or borrow.
Short Take Off or Landing has been around for a while. In WWII the Germans had the Feiseler Storch, which into a 15 mph headwind, could fly backwards.
https://youtu.be/VDcB0pSUYOI?si=tlvQz2f1EUHw5i9H
In the article on the Maule, it is the first I ever heard of "negative flaps".
