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I've seen one flying backwards on an air-show. It has an extremely low stall speed.
Apparently the Antonov An-2 [1] can also fly backwards. There is no published stall speed in the flight manual and realistically it's around 25 kt (50 km/h). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-2
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Go watch the build videos and you'll understand how he got it done in 5 months. The guy is definitely "special" in the sense that he's incredibly driven, very positive, and a bit scary. Apparently, he only sleeps a few hours a day.
The playlist is here [0], and it's definitely worth watching! The completed plane is just insane, and I was amazed at how much of it he made from carbon fiber. 0: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9OFkVHYEhoEfWmN0lQRZ...
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Carbon: One of the most popular high performance light bush planes at the moment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubCrafters_Carbon_Cub_EX Turbines: The money makers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-3_Otte... (plus it's twin cousin) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherpa_Aircraft_Sherpa So these aren't bush planes? Edit: further, there's nothing inherent to carbon or turbines that make them unsuita…
My worry with a turbine on a bushplane would be the potential for it to ingest gravel / sand / rocks etc. Surely a prop is better suited for this? You could even carry a spare "just in case".
Small/medium sized turbines are used all the time on helicopters, which routinely see backwoods operation.
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And most true in aviation. With enough funds you can buy some very magical things. But it isnt a bush plane if it cannot be fixed in the bush . Things like turbines and carbon fiber dont lend themselves to repair in an actual field.
Carbon: One of the most popular high performance light bush planes at the moment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubCrafters_Carbon_Cub_EX Turbines: The money makers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-3_Otte... (plus it's twin cousin) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherpa_Aircraft_Sherpa So these aren't bush planes? Edit: further, there's nothing inherent to carbon or turbines that make them unsuita…
As someone who does this kind of work, the timeline is absolutely insane. The aircraft started out as a PZL-104MA Wilga 2000 but he redid part of the wing, built an entire carbon fiber cowling and redid the wiring, all on top of the engine install, though that and the carbon fiber he had fairly extensive previous experience with. One thing you'll notice if you watch the build videos is he makes extensive use of very…
Insane timeline indeed! I wish I had a work ethic like that. It's interesting how he tells that as a child, he was encouraged by his parents to "always finish his project, no matter how much you disliked it". I wonder what the reliability of this beast is like, but I guess only time will tell. If anyone is interested in this kind of stuff (fiberglassing fuselages, building cockpits...), Peter Sripol, a model plane en…
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Carbon: One of the most popular high performance light bush planes at the moment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubCrafters_Carbon_Cub_EX Turbines: The money makers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-3_Otte... (plus it's twin cousin) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherpa_Aircraft_Sherpa So these aren't bush planes? Edit: further, there's nothing inherent to carbon or turbines that make them unsuita…
My worry with a turbine on a bushplane would be the potential for it to ingest gravel / sand / rocks etc. Surely a prop is better suited for this? You could even carry a spare "just in case".
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Insane timeline indeed! I wish I had a work ethic like that. It's interesting how he tells that as a child, he was encouraged by his parents to "always finish his project, no matter how much you disliked it". I wonder what the reliability of this beast is like, but I guess only time will tell. If anyone is interested in this kind of stuff (fiberglassing fuselages, building cockpits...), Peter Sripol, a model plane en…
> "always finish his project, no matter how much you disliked it". Yeah, I wish my parents would have taught me this when I was young.
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I've seen one flying backwards on an air-show. It has an extremely low stall speed.
Apparently the Antonov An-2 [1] can also fly backwards. There is no published stall speed in the flight manual and realistically it's around 25 kt (50 km/h). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-2
Woo, turbines are great; fantastically reliable, awesome power-to-weight, able to use cheaper and safer fuel than gasoline piston engines. They are pretty expensive though, wikipedia says the PT6 used in this project starts at around $500K. There's a few companies designing smaller turbines (100-200 kW size) for aircraft, http://www.turbotech-aero.com/ and https://www.turb.aero/ , competing with Rotax 912, Lycoming,…
For example the Viking Air rebuilt turbine beavers:
https://www.vikingair.com/viking-aircraft/dhc-2t-turbo-beave...