Why Pilots Love The Husky

Todd Christensen, Husky Sales Rep from Alaska, talks about how he has been flying the Husky for just over a year - and highlights of how it excels when flying STOL. He talks airspeed, braking, landing short - and about the joys of being a bush pilot and stol pilot.

[@sblack48]

A friend's Dad gave me 40 min in the front seat of his husky. I've got a few hundred hrs of tailwheel experience and I've flown a few different ones. This was by far the nicest flying TW airplane I have flown. It seemed to be the perfect balance between feeling solid and yet maneuverable - stability vs control. I've flown airplanes that had a lot of one at the expense of the other but this seemed perfect. The handling was entirely predictable, which is exactly what you want. After 2 landings (26" wheels helped hide one's sins) I felt entirely comfortable and confident in it. I would have taken it into a short strip with a crosswind with confidence. Also with the O360 and CS prop it had way more punch than I was used to. It was an absolute blast. I would buy one tomorrow if I didn't need to live in my house.

[@adotintheshark4848]

The front wheel to rear wheel bias is such that you have to be a real dufus to nose the thing over, there's so little weight in front of the gear.. That's a plane that says "drive me", not "fly me if you can".

[@Toflwaffle]

dream plane

[@clouddancerticino7006]

Thanks for the nice and positive video about the Husky! Unfortunately, I can and may only fly the Husky in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020/22, which is unfortunately very poorly simulated, especially with the brakes you have to be extremely careful not to do a hand or headstand with them, it's a bit annoying if that only a real husky pilot could change the software for it! ? 🤨

[@turbotimthree]

Nope, it is exactly that way in life brother.

[@sblack48]

@@turbotimthree the issue probably is that in real life you would feel the deceleration and would modulate the brakes accordingly but with a sim you only have visual feedback. Acceleration happens before movement. By the time you see the tail coming up it's too late. I've worked a lot with pilots in fixed base and moving simulators and you have to be careful interpreting results. A configuration that is unflyable in a sim might be fully controllable in the air, simply because of the acceleration cues that you feel through the seat of your pants. And yes, any tailwheel airplane with decent brakes can be put on its nose - and some nosewheel airplanes can be too. Lots of the VAns homebuilts with nosewheels have had them collapse from heavy braking by hamfisted pilots. Tailwheel airplaines demand respect.

[@justinsalaskanadventures]

Great video, loved it

[@AviationWP]

It's like a baby Courier.

[@johnp.3090]

Very nice airplane

[@clarencehopkins7832]

Excellent stuff bro

[@melissasalasblair5273]

Thank you!! Lonestar is great 1:18 is especially awesome.