Float Short-Takeoff-Landing

[sunny91]

In the .rar file you have the same vid but in .FLV It is only 10.3 megs.

Sunny

[ccheese]

Wonder what type of wing/flap arrangement he has on that plane. I also
noticed he yanks the right float off the water first.... Interesting....

Charles

[GaryMcL]

Zenith STOL CH-701 homebuilt. It has full-span flaperons and also has fixed leading edge slats. Bigger brother is the STOL CH-801 that's a four-seater. The CH-701 seats two.

Gary

[Matt308]

They are flaperons, not slotted flaps? Hmmm.

[GaryMcL]

Yep. Check out Zenithair.com. That's the kit manufacturer and they've got specs and pics for both the 701 and 801 on the site.

There have been a lot of flaperons on high wing kit airplanes for quite a while. The Avid, Kitfox and Zenith aircraft come to mind immediately.

Gary

[Matt308]

I did! Excellent discussion of the designers philosophy and a rudimentary course on aerodynamics to boot!

Anatomy of a STOL Aircraft