It was you who substituted "rough" for "short"! I was just going along!

Short, rough field takoff and landing along with high cruise speed where
indeed the design goals for the MU-2. The main feature used to accomplish
these goals were full span double slotted fowler flaps. which eliminated the
room for ailerons, hence the spoilers.

Mike
MU-2


"EDR" wrote in message
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In article .net,
Mike Rapoport wrote:

How much rough field experience do you have? Rough field is about prop
clearance but it is also about gear strength and low stall speeds.

Ahhhh!!! Now we're talking rough field! Just pump up the struts on them
Pipers. But, I am guessing that structurally, what you are getting at
is the load difference in having a landing gear box structure (Cessnas)
vice the wing attachment to the spar (Pipers).

BTW, IIRC, the Mitsubushi originally advertised short and rough field
capability for the original MU-2's. Even created advertising photos
with shots of the aircraft on grass with the outdoors backgrounds.

Alas, we digress! Back to the original topic, two cockpit doors.