June 7, 2008
Very short rc plane take-off
This video shows the shortest take-off I ever did with my 2.3m - "Christen Husky". The plane's weight is around 6.8 kg and its powered by an OS FT120 engine (1.9 hp) and a 18×6 inches prop. Of course its possible to take off even shorter with headwind, but in this case the air was absolutely calm! The rolling distance was approximately 25 feet! In another video of mine you can see the Husky towing a glider into the air.
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me too
me too
It did not almost …
It did not almost stall!, the plane did a very nice climb…
But that only works …
But that only works with heavy headwind!
I've seen real …
I've seen real planes take off in less distance than that
If you look at the …
If you look at the plane's movement directly after taking off you will notice that it almost stalled. This very short takeoff was not planned; there was some kind of hump in the grass that pushed the plane up. BUt as you can see the engine works quite well and I can do good climbs with it.
looks like the …
looks like the plane does not need much engine…nice
maybe a size 40 gasser would take it off in one meter?