How can they do this?

CasterTroy · 10-14-2009, 02:14 PM

Holy cow

http://break.com/index/world-record-....html?matchid=

anthonyk · 10-14-2009, 02:17 PM

It's easy, you just speed up the treadmill.

pauldun170 · 10-14-2009, 02:19 PM

That's outta Alaska I'm guessing.

shmike · 10-14-2009, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by anthonyk

It's easy, you just speed up the treadmill.

Well played, sir.

Krabill · 10-14-2009, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by pauldun170

That's outta Alaska I'm guessing.

Yup. They hold pilot games every year for bragging rights. Any professional Alaskan bush pilot can land a Supercub on a postage stamp.

Cruzergirl · 10-14-2009, 03:41 PM

I've seen a couple do a good job of trying to cut off a mountain top.

(mountain always wins)

Particle Man · 10-14-2009, 03:57 PM

that's is freakin' insane

derf · 10-14-2009, 06:02 PM

I'd like to know what the windspeed was that day, it didnt look bad

ericr · 10-14-2009, 06:11 PM

With the right prop, enough horsepower and a light plane it's easy enough. If you notice the plane makes enough power to lift the tail before it moves. They've got an extreme pitch on that prop and probably a 40knot top speed with it

Phenix_Rider · 10-14-2009, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ericr

With the right prop, enough horsepower and a light plane it's easy enough. If you notice the plane makes enough power to lift the tail before it moves. They've got an extreme pitch on that prop and probably a 40knot top speed with it

Can you imagine JATO on such a small plane?

"Instant matchsticks"

My grandfather flew out of Alaska many, many years back. He had a few stories about slewing- sideslipping- a floatplane around a dropping almost vertical.

Liked the end of the landing, with full brakes, and still enough air off the prop to keep the tail up.

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