In article ,
(Rick Durden) wrote:


If your pilots
know what they are doing they'll make an unmodified airplane perform
very close to the STOL mod without the extra weight.


Depends on the mod. The WingX extensions are well worth the money. We
saw about a 20-30% decrease in ground roll on takeoff along with
a100-200fpm gain in climb.

STOL modified airplanes can be fun when landing at light weights in
gusty winds. G

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

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