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bretttdc(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:20 am Post subject: Reality check



I completely agree with Mike. I have seen the STOL

701 operating from extremely short strips. Five

hundred feet can be enough but you will need some

additional STOL training. If you want to continue to

touch down at 50mph you will need a longer strip. The

all terrain gear with disk brakes would be a big plus

in this type of operation as well.

My first STOL ride was in Costa Rica. The plane was

flown by a Colombian that had been flying a different

701 as a crop duster. During the flight he turned to

a short final on a strip that could not have been an

inch over 400'. I was almost in shock as the plane

came to rest with a considerable bit of the strip left

in front of us. I have seen videos of this same

person landing the 701 in the length of a long city

bus!! Granted, he had a gentle headwind and a uphill

grade on the strip. Even with those factors

considered I was impressed.

I do not think that there are very many pilots out

there that have mastered the short field capabilities

of the 701. Check the builders section on the Zenith

website. There you will find an article on learning

to do short take offs and landings. Please be sure to

practice and refine your technique where you have

plenty of room until you have it mastered. You will

know when you are ready to take on the the shorter

strip with confidence.

Brett

Time: 08:24:03 PM PST US

From: Mike Sinclair <mike.sinclair(at)ATT.NET>

Subject: Re: Zenith-List: Re:Take-off roll reality

check...

<mike.sinclair(at)att.net>

Doug

I can pretty much guarantee you can get the 701 into

and out of places

you

won't get the 206. With just an 80 hp engine, about a

10 degree uphill

slope,

and 15 degrees of flaps, I'm still off in under 200

feet. Full flaps, a

15

kt. headwind, and I was off the ground in about 30-50

feet. The

shortest

strip I have landed on so far, a friend of mine has a

strip about 700

feet

long and landing from the north you have to clear some

30 foot oil

field

power lines that are about 70 yards north of the

barbed wire fence at

the end

of the strip. Still can get it on the ground and

stopped by about the

halfway

point. Looking forward to the takeoff (and climb)

performance

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