I did this landing a couple years ago. Filmed by Henry flying behind. A LARGE jet had just taken off preceding, so the protocol would be to touch down before he developed lift (his takeoff point) ... so I decided to see just how short I could land it.
and yes, it is repeatable. ;)
Pistons seized (even 503s die some-time!) the ground was frozen ( 20deg ), and bumpy! my 12 meter wing didn't like slowing down. this happened on 1st january 2011,...
...esulted in emergency landings! (I may have video of those issues buried somewhere deep in the ttabs video archives as well). I even replaced the rotax fuel pump TWICE before findin...
Jan Bohm prepared his trike with new (in that time) Rotax 912 with turbo for years. But in Himalaya the engine had broken. Then they flew other trike with R582. Sorry it is an old document in Czech language without subtitles. But the views are worth it.
...ers) on their Jetskis. On a side note, the jetskis are both powered by Rotax engines too! My GoPro 7 Black...camera... Lots of fun nonetheless! If you do this, I know Rotax engines are "bulletproof" but...
...utes to climb from 3,700 to 16,000 MSL (average 300 FPM) Climb rate at 16,000 MSL was about 200 MSL. It is not too bad with stock main jets in my Rotax 912uls engine. I stayed 15 mi...