Maul STOL - spinning a yarn or credible story?

a friend of mine used to do this in his supercub when prospecting for
orebodies.
he said that he eventually stopped when he realised that he could
never reliably see the ant nests in the spinifex. he missed a 3ft high
one by 6 inches and never knew it until walking the takeoff line to
check it.

taildraggers like the supercub and the maul get tipped on the nose if
they hit an obstruction while landing.
these ants nests btw can be huge. it is not unrealistic to see a mud
ants nest chest high and about the area of a small car. land into one
of those and you are history.

And a lot bigger.

http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/k...TarltonDns.jpg

after a fire the area was probably littered with sticks about the
diameter of your thumb, fairly straight and anything up to 6 ft long.

I dont read anything in the account that is implausible.
Stealth Pilot

On Apr 12, 2:43*pm, WingFlaps wrote:

Bellyflop down? WTF is that?

It's what happens when you stand up if you eat too much or drink too
much beer. *It's very common in the USA now -even among young people.

Cheers

Well, we Americans gotta make use of these beer bellies somehow. It's
sort of like having a built-in airbag when you do your drunken face-
plant. It's very convenient.

Phil