Husky Short Field Landing and Take-off

[derickeparker]

Anyone think the wind has anything to do with this?

[josechikarelly]

with that wind and that plane any pilot can do it

[lazor222]

This is awesome I love STOL stuff.

[wwjunior]

Very nice, some pilots know how to use windspeed properly.

[cavediverjc]

Great bit of flying! I applaud this pilot and his skills!

[martytheresa]

That would awesome to add the MAckey leading edge droop slats!

[John19182004]

EXTREMELY UNSAFE.

[fly912]

@John19182004 I suppose in your opinion anything off the couch is unsafe? Racing (a dangerous/unsafe sport) anything other than a lazyboy would also be out of the question. Of course it is unsafe! If it was 100% safe then everyone would be doing it and you would have no reason to be looking for this video or commenting on it. John, thanks for stating the obvious, although you did put a little incorrect and unnecessary emphasis.

[furtjager117]

@John19182004 Still safer than driving

[sssammmfly]

Check out flyhusky.com for more Husky information.

[dyl962]

fake.........

[TirianB]

What exactly is so special about this? When you are in the air, it is totally irrelevant how fast the ground moves underneath you. The only thing affecting the plane is the speed of the air moving towards it, and it doesn't matter if that is accomplished by the air moving fast or the plane moving fast. Do this at 1000ft altitude, and you would never know the difference.

[LethalHobo]

How did he even taxi out there?! that must have taken enough skill in itself...

[GutpileCharlie]

I've been around the world twice....to two state fairs....and a goat roping.....and I've never seen anything like that.

I learned over fifty years ago in J3, PA12 and PA18. Did some real short stuff....but that was just out of the ball park!

[Mrpickpocket1]

すげー　ｒｗいらんじゃん

[maxime0999]

I can just park it on my roof ....

[UnshavenStatue]

That thing was flippin HOVERING in that wind. That's awesome!

[ThunderHaus]

Pretty cool...

[daveth121864]

How much headwind you got there, cap?

[bimjim01]

With a 25-knot headwind, the stall speed in this configuration I'd guess has to be somewhere about 32 knots. The 2-engine STOL BN-2 Islander (9 passengers, 1 pilot) stalls at 39 knots in landing configuration. With over 3,500 hours on type plus another 1,000 hours or so on the Trislander (15 passengers) I can tell you that with experience comes the feeling that the airplane is strapped to your backside and not the other way around.

I'd like to see the same flight test done with an Islander...

[JonB83]

talk about slow flight (at 1:30)

[prografico]

spettacolo!!!! è un elicottero!!! lo voglio!! 

[Rikki0]

You're not fooling me. This is obviously a Sikorsky S-55 disguised to look like an airplane.

[transdrole]

No, not STOL. VTOL!!

[IronViking]

impressive for sure

[DaddyJax1]

That's awesome!!!! I could do STOL's in my backyard in town,.....providing there was a 30 mph wind. lol. Great flying!!

[gate292]

Its amazing what a strong head wind can do for take off and landing.

[TheJockeBerglund]

Yes, tell us what the aprox wind speed was? We DO know the husky is a very capable STOL aircraft but it would be nice to know for our own exploration when flying. Thanks

[jamlip]

Amazing - it's like a kite!

[sethch53]

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats all I have to say

[beltcpthebest]

Hi, lovely plaine but can i ask the wind speed as i have a feeling it have a very strong and steady headwind?

thanks

wayne

[carslayer]

That is BEAUTIFUL.

[Northernflyercanada]

Bloody Amazing! Exceptional airmanship. I own a Christian Husky A1 and I sure can't fly it like this. Amazing what this bird can do in skilled hands. Inspiring and impressive! Is this a stock Husky or are there some STOL mods?

[nestokes]

This is a stock Husky. There was a 25kt wind, but as you point out, the pilot is very skilled, with a lot of experience.

[knifeedge63]

@nestokes who needs a helicopter?

[Xenondp]

wow ;D cool !

[JKAJENKO]

I fly here :) currently doing lessons and I am loving them!

[PA28140Cherokee]

Someone posted that this is dangerous and the pilot should have their licence pulled. STOL serves a practical purpose and this isn't dangerous for an experienced pilot. They're operating on the edge of performance but it's a skill you need for flying into rugged terrain.

[donlightbody]

so funny when people who nothing about a subject open their mouths to "educate" the rest of us. Huskys are awesome!

[John19182004]

Incredibly dangerous, needlessly reckless flying - I hope that guys license was revoked.

[ctoney3]

I stand corrected it is a Husky. So now it stalls even slower than a cub.

[ctoney3]

It's a piper cub for crying out loud and the head wind is insane you can hear it ! The Plane stalls at somewhere around 50mph. With wind that strong of course it can do these stunts.

[joedaviesuk1]

It's and Aviat Husky

[skymanuhen]

definitely a husky

[wtsimpson7]

I bet you could fly backwards if the headwind is strong enough!

[bushpilot23]

Yeah you can. It's trippy but it's pretty cool.

[nikonking]

WTF -- is there no freakin way to stall this plane?

[jessehart05]

that is sick. nice flyin.

[carperson234]

the head wind is prob like 30 knots

[jackolabito]

that is insane

[jamesejudy3]

The headwind must be insane to actually get that kind of lift in a few feet. Still cool, though.

Okay, now that I watched the whole vid you see it. Pretty cool

[paulhusi]

Haow in the world did he do that ?

[aymanmagdyali]

ohhhh how come .... it's really amazing :D

[Yperanthropoidsx]

looks pretty sweet

[Cirrux]

haha it looks like VTOL

[hananokuni2580]

Must've been a pretty strong headwind. The TO roll is not even 100 ft.! And the plane can actually hover!?

[Yperanthropoidsx]

Totally agree. There's gotta be mad head wind that day or it's impossible to accomplish.

[jwboll]

even the gliders in the background were trying to fly at 1:06

what was the airspeed indicator telling you on the ground? 40 gusting to 50? looks like fun!

[joedaviesuk1]

No must be lower, because the husky has a very low stall speed. If the wind speed is the same as the stall speed or greater it's possible to hover!

[barefootnhot]

John19182004 learn about flying before you make statements like that. Nothing unsafe on the husky with a good headwing and a good pilot.

[John19182004]

VERY unsafe flying. Nearly crashed on 2nd landing. Idiot for this.

[nestokes]

Not unsafe at all , very good pilot flying a very good plane with exceptional slow speed performance with a powerful responsive engine.

[John19182004]

No, un safe. STUPID.

[jeffman3]

@John19182004 A good landing is any landing you can walk away from. A great landing, you can use the plane again. I think these all count as great landings...

[wachiii]

looks like a very windy day

[xregolit]

i think this plane have at least 40mph wind in front

[joedaviesuk1]

The circuits usually wuite busy at sleap, was there much traffic?

[jsinft]

very impressive good video

[cardinaldriver]

Man, he flies that thing like a kite! Impressive.

[JPH1786]

Unreal!  Unless I had seen it, I would not have thought it possible! Amazing vid!

[batlin]

That's amazing - I've never seen such a thing! On the third takeoff, the plane appears to lift vertically then drift backwards before hovering apparently in-place - is this due to the headwind or an extremely powerful propeller?

[Shardith]

Stall speed 37 kts, yeah, doable with that headwind. Still looks unreal!

[kitmm]

I would love to know what the headwind was!

[Ahuskyjock]

Headwind was about 30 kts.

[broncosdude93]

must have been windy

[gil3115]

Definitely real

[jld9464]

i think thats not real

[anickode]

Awesome.

[moose8154]

I wanna try! It looks like a lot of fun!

[reygross]

Yea Great video, cheers!

[Adveniotu]

Great video man! i got to fly an A-1A with an MT prop, got similar results. not exactly the prettiest husky around though, its a banner plane..

[Ahuskyjock]

The wind that day was very brisk,... 30 kts plus. Taxiing crosswind was a bit difficult but strong winds do enable you to exploit the great short field characteristics of the Husky and test your own capabilities. B.

[AviatorGuy]

I wonder what the headwind speed was that day? I would guess 25-30 straight down the runway??

[bchaveezy]

wow, he was flying backwards... haha

[flyanp2]

the nice stedy (strong)wind helps!!!

[addusernamehere]

Such a beautiful machine.

[wtrav8r]

This isint Fake these planes are made to take off like this for Alasken bush pilots and such where they only have 100 feet or so to take off/land

[Irvine5312x6ma]

At 1:08 - 1:10 he just missed stalling...

[rockyPants4000]

Uh no kidding Sherlock. If you don't eventually stall the wing you just keep flying.

It's called landing.

[abcmccoy]

fake

[Irvine5312x6ma]

What the hell is fake? Don't you know that if you have a STOL airplane together with a high headwind the aircraft almost stands still???!!!

[jorgete25]

Correct. I have the ATPL frozen and i can confirm that.

[jbcanada77]

Who needs a helicopter anymore?!

[Castnkill]

Could you go backwards if you throttled down enough?

[nestokes]

You can only go backwards if the wind speed is greater than the Stall speed!

[Castnkill]

Yeah, that's what I meant. Was it?

[Meuk1982]

Wasn't taxiing hard?

[aviatorsbh]

It takes off even shorter than my RC version! But thats just the wind!

[christian1892]

the wind?

[fersobe]

I think so =)

[bossyroofer]

Know wonder so many bush pilots fly this type of airplane, wow!

Michael

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[Tuckie]

Really impressive! Thanks for sharing!

[Offleycool]

thats pretty sweet

[fenderplaya]

ahh!~ i want one!

[Ahuskyjock]

Landing back on the take off spot would have been impressive!

[berndl]

you have no idea!

[navigator72]

Not an extreme maneuver, it's called a short field takeoff

[crono331]

do you fly? obviously not. at least, not in windy days.

thats just a lot of wind, and a very slow airplane. you couldnt do it differently.

i have seen airplanes flying backwards. is not a stunt.

[hjlkfhyjdl]

wowwowwow!!!!!!

[kitfoxflyer]

nice....... what wwas wind speed? look about 25 knots

[pzaremba]

Jesus...don't stall her out, man. What are the implications of a sudden drop in windspeed or shear close to the ground? I shudder to think about it...

[timmunderwood]

Why is it, on every cool video, there has to be some Jack-off? Quit your bitching and enjoy the video. The pilot is more than likely aware of the risk.

[pzaremba]

Hey Tim, I was asking a naive question, because I'm curious, and this is clearly an "extreme" type of manuevering.

I surely hope you're not involved in aviation, otherwise you're another one of the "jack-offs" all too common in the FBO.

[N1933M]

Ladies, Ladies please..... Anyways nice video, thanks for sharing.

[John19182004]

Exactly. Why do you have to be a Jackoff and disagree with people stating obvious dangers of this ridiculous stunt

[importryder]

you guys should check out this video called, Long Props and Big Rocks. something like that.. it has lots of very short field landing and takeoffs like this 1 but in rugged terrain.

[buybygb]

I've heard that those could take off at 30knots. If you have a 30mph wind, you don't even need a runway.

[Pootangpie69]

Ive landed hear before in a tbm 700 and a malibu mirage i think !!

[jaz39]

its possible to takeoff in shorter distance when you have a strong headwind!specially like this aircraft!amazing aircraft!we built also an STOL aircraft the Piper J3 Cub in the Philippines. i mostly passionate the taildragger aircraft than a conventional.thanks for a great video.

[joedaviesuk1]

ive live next to sleap in loppington

[jetfueljp4]

what was the headwind speed?

[nestokes]

25kts

[Geistero]

One of the favorite planes in Switzerland too, so anywhere with High-Terrain landscape.

[Lageyy]

The Husky sure is an amazing aircraft

[heathfiedler]

damn good pilot

[lauhub]

Since the plane goes backward at some pt in this video, I reckon the wind is probably kicking at 20-25kts on that day. Great take, landing performance but lousy cruise speed. Given that you have more than enough airports with decent runway lengths in this country (US), other than being a bush pilot, this plane is relatively useless.

[captaind1976]

Husky hater!!!!

[alaskadrifter]

You have obviously never been to Alaska

[wy0c0wb0y]

,,,or Wyoming,,,,come on out, I'll show you places that are used everyday where that plane is worth its weight in gold,,,,and if that was the wind speed, we have places like that where the wind blows like that every day,,,,,u goof,,,,

[forgotusername1234]

it went up like a kite!

[ecarfar]

The winds must be near the stall speed of the airplane. It's ready to fly right after he releases the brakes!

[bikepilt]

A supercub did 19 ft at valdez ak in the competition with hardly any wind.Imagine what that would do with 25kt headwind like this husky.

[sushantmohan]

damn

btw

,wts its weight n HP?AND,wt were d headwinds dat day????

[acropilothh]

check out the aviat website. 200 ft takeoff roll. 350 ft landing roll with no headwind. Landing speed is 50kts and climb rate is 1,500 fpm. These things are awesome.

[the1bigace]

its gotta be the headwinds ad the flaps, but thats cool anyways

[cheapmovies9P]

I want that plane!

[Will777ABQ]

What fun!

[ekriirke]

its behaving like a kite, the winds..

[markjbzn]

Really impressive display of the slow flight capabilities of the Husky. I've got a 2000 A1B and this is a great aircraft for back country, unimproved fields. Keep it up, lets see more!

[Saullpz]

Woooooww!!!!!

[DuXofDooM]

nice

[HunsV]

That's pretty amazing stuff. Interesting what a good stiff breeze can do for your takeoff/landing roll. Reminds me of videos of kestrels hanging almost stationary in the wind.

[fly4fun]

I had a Luscombe. It's no Husky, that's for sure.

[fritzkatz]

Big Deal!Aircraft moves backward in climb=wind>25G40.Approaches doble steeper+Lroll shorter descending w/power "hanging on prop" via slipstream induced lift+ max TD brake. Wequires fast response:add power/lift brakes if sink excessive or noseover began=manageable within acceptable risk. Video=routine back country taildragger ops 1 could surpass in clapped out $12G 65HP noflap Luscombe or Cub vs new $140G Husky but the extra useful load is nice. Thanks for the demo.

[airmila]

nice. saving time, money and a runway space :)

[ajseugling]

you sure that isn't a helicopter.

what was your speed at takeoff, do you have Vgs in the plane and the winds in that day?

[nestokes]

Aircraft is a Standard 180hp Husky, wind that day was about 25Kts at ground level. Take off and climb speed was 39Kts IAS.