I used to live in Alaska, riding my bike I watched what I tought was an airplane coming in for a crash landing only to land in a convience store parking lot and taxi behind the store and into his back yard.
Years ago I was at a small airport in Utah, when the winds really picked up. My partner and I went out to make sure the tie downs on our 500 were cinched tight and as we walked out to the ramp, I noticed a Piper Cub with tundra tires just over the fence flying directly into the wind, as I knelt down to check the tension on the skids, I looked back over my shoulder and the Piper Cub looked like he was in almost the same position. The Cub pilot landed with almost zero forward airspeed, he then crab taxied across the infield to get behind a hanger before shutting off the engine. We later talked to the pilot and he said he'd been on power line patrol and his approach and final were dead into the wind. As the wind speed increased he was full throttle on his final and at 500 feet AGL. was pretty sure at times he wasn't moving forward at all.
I remember flying these things. My dad would get me one every month or so. They're easy to assemble. I was a kid and I had absolutely no trouble at all! The wings, the fuselage, the propeller...no problem. The main thing you had to be careful about was how many twists you put in the rubber band. Sooner or later the dog would jump up and grab it and, well, that was it!
I'm reminded of a joke where an inexperienced pilot does a hard, screeching landing and says "Wow, that's the shortest runway I've ever seen!" and his equally inexperienced friend/co-pilot turns around and says "Yeah, but look how wide it is!"
I used to work for this company back in the early 1980s, when it was called Zenair And was located in Nobleton Ontario. My last job I did there was assembling a wing for an AcroZ. Can’t remember who’s plane it was for, whether it was a customers or the company plane flown by Red the companies test pilot at the time. Red was a retired RCAF pilot. I also fondly remember the Zenair Cricket and the zipper.
Glen, I worked for them for a short while during the time they were building the first CH701. Chris test flew it and didn't even let they guys that built it watch the maiden flight. I was working on the CH22 I think it was. We were going to set up and produce the plane in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Somehow that plan got thwarted and they moved to a gawd awful, gnat infested place in Georgia. I think that plan went down the crapper too as they didn't produce any planes that I know of.
@@RC-Flight yes I did. But it was not the factory they have in Missouri (I think that is where they are.) Chris' son Mathieu was running the show there. He was probably just a kid when you were working for Zenair.
Most people are pleased if they can land ON the numbers. This machine can land IN the numbers. (I've been in one, though we didn't land quite that short.) The disadvantage is that, if you get used to that kind of performance, you may expect other aircraft to behave the same way, and that can kill you.
Reminds me of an incident I saw with my very own eyes nearly 40 years ago. I was a member of a gliding club in Australia back then, and one Saturday evening after operations had finished for the day and before the beer started to flow, our two tug pilots on duty for the day bet each other who could use the Piper Pawnee for the shortest take-off. Starting point was the fence-line near the wind-sock, really an across runway take-off, about 30 yards back then, well the first off really gunned the engine, full flaps hard elevator after take off, and was off, he really climbed out hard, and was over the Wireless Mast on the Gliding club roof, a height of 150 feet above the roof, but he must have had at least another 100 feet over that mast. In all the distance would have been about 300 yards from take off to that point, truly a nice piece of flying anywhere in my book. I don't think the second guy thought it was possible, 'cause he never tried it.
Great flying. Irritating sound track. when will aviation video producers realize almost nobody wants to listen to cheezy music? We'd almost all prefer engine sounds with insightful, relevant commentary from actual aviators. Exciting music is just a distraction. It doesn't make anybody excited about flying; we're excited about flying because we're pilots. the music just gets in the way.
+FightClub MeetsHere Most of the pilots are older guys. So, this is their idea of cool music, this was the music they listened to while they were still young and doing the Carlton.
AmericanFartBully It's not the style of music that's bad, it's that they have music at all (instead of airplane sounds preferably with a voiceover talking about something aeronautical: performance specs, construction methods, maneuvering, engine managment, etc.). When will sellers understand 'exciting' music is not necessary, in fact it only gets in the way. Pilots are already excited about flying, they don't need any music, cheesy or otherwise, to get excited about flying. It's just basic salesmanship: sell the sizzle, not the steak. STOP THE MUSIC IN AIRPLANE VIDEOS ! We want AERONAUTICS, not NOT N O T MUSIC ! !
He takes off like planes use to do on Air Craft Carriers , he raves up the engine , holds the brakes , then releases the brakes & takes off!!!!! Pretty cool !!!
+youreale Who's trying to fool anyone? Of course one needs to be a properly trained pilot and the right wind conditions helps shorten take-off and landing rolls. See more: ruclips.net/p/PLE9903C6A444AFF9C
Zenith Aircraft Company Don't take this wrong guys, I mean that one could think that such precision takeoff and landing is a piece of cake when in fact it requires carefull preparation and proper training.
+Zenith Aircraft Company Not to mention planes built to land and take-off from extremely short runways! You can't do this in a Pper Cherokee unless you have a 40+ knot headwind or something.
If bet if the headwinds are strong enough you could takeoff and land vertically. The same winds could also just take the plane and trash it into the ground as well.
If anyone thinks this is an RC because of man on right of screen @ 1:45 needs to look at scale of man vs. runway and plane as it comes in to land not to mention the trees and size of runway. Awesome plane!!! Hope to build my own.
2019 Update: New Zealand STOL Bush Pilot Championships held February 2, 2019. Zenith STOL airplanes again placed first and second. Video of the winning short take-off and landing performances: ruclips.net/video/DlYNz1urPcg/видео.html
I’m seeing leading edge slats , slotted flaps and a very light airframe . So yea this STOL Aircraft can do it . This thing looks like it has stol = to a a F stork .
Here's an update from the 2018 New Zealand STOL Bush Pilot Championships held February 4, 2018. Zenith STOL airplanes placed first and second. Here's a video of the winning short take-off and landing performance by Deane Philip: ruclips.net/video/2VLen_cPlY0/видео.html
Not trying to rain on the Zenith parade, but I’d like to remind everyone of the famous, 1950’s photo of a.Maule taildragger inflight right outside its hangar doors after its take-off roll INSIDE the hangar. THAT’s a classic (and a very fine plane, I might add - since I own one).
My neighbor is a Crop Duster. I've watched him take off and land on a short grass strip. My son's neighbor in North Dallas who helicopters to and from work. Helo pad in his backyard. Noisy for a few minutes, but awesome.
From 2017, here's the winning short take-off and landing performance by Deane Philip in his Zenith STOL CH701 at the New Zealand STOL Bush Pilot Championships: ruclips.net/video/mHMrYq-85po/видео.html
Zenith Aircraft Company How do you do it? The capabilities are amazing, if you were on an aircraft carrier with this you wouldn't need the arrester hook 😎
100-hp Rotax 912 engine. Here's what makes this airplane such an effective STOL (short take off and landing) design: www.zenithair.net/high-lift-design/
It has a low landing speed so you should be able to land without too much kinetic energy to dissipate and not much mass to worry about, it could land on pretty much any flat ground and put you down safely. Just assume that it holds up when flying against the forces on it.
Piotr CKA No it is not a remote controlled airplane. I was working at Zenith Aircraft when the first CH 701 made it's first flight. I can assure you that the 701 is quite capable of doing what you saw in the video without a headwind.
The Zenith STOL aircraft continues to gain popularity over the years! Check out the latest news and updates: conta.cc/3pG6nvB
I used to live in Alaska, riding my bike I watched what I tought was an airplane coming in for a crash landing only to land in a convience store parking lot and taxi behind the store and into his back yard.
Love it! Thanks for sharing
Wow, that really IS a convenience store!
I can just imagine someone on a flight from one place to another, "Hey you hungry? lets stop at 7/11 real quick"
Ehh you guys up north of alaska are lucky XD
Gunther Ultrabolt Novacrunch that must have been kinda funny though
GTA5 airplanes✈️
Haahha👍 the dodo in action
本物や！！
Try landing the jet on the small unpaved landing strip in north blaine county by the lake.
Kkk
HAHAH gta in real life
Years ago I was at a small airport in Utah, when the winds really picked up. My partner and I went out to make sure the tie downs on our 500 were cinched tight and as we walked out to the ramp, I noticed a Piper Cub with tundra tires just over the fence flying directly into the wind, as I knelt down to check the tension on the skids, I looked back over my shoulder and the Piper Cub looked like he was in almost the same position. The Cub pilot landed with almost zero forward airspeed, he then crab taxied across the infield to get behind a hanger before shutting off the engine. We later talked to the pilot and he said he'd been on power line patrol and his approach and final were dead into the wind. As the wind speed increased he was full throttle on his final and at 500 feet AGL. was pretty sure at times he wasn't moving forward at all.
Why would full throttle make a difference to forward speed
In keeping the plane moving forward in heavy winds in relation to the ground.
@@DavidHotz21 Maybe to help disrupt or chop up the air before it hits the wings I’m not really sure either
@@DavidHotz21 Are you really asking that question? If so, please never try flying an aircraft.
@DavidHotz21 you're joking right?
I remember flying these things. My dad would get me one every month or so. They're easy to assemble. I was a kid and I had absolutely no trouble at all!
The wings, the fuselage, the propeller...no problem. The main thing you had to be careful about was how many twists you put in the rubber band.
Sooner or later the dog would jump up and grab it and, well, that was it!
haha
your dad must have been rich wow
Me: "Mom, can we go to the airport?"
Mom: "We have airport at home"
Airport at home:
this one better than nothing
Literally though, I have a much much bigger driveway. Like much much much bigger
SHUT UP
@@angryskitboy7776 lol toxic Roblox kid 😂
Man, right in the numbers!
With a great plane👍
Before the numbers even ended!
He could land on my driveway. What a champ.
I'm reminded of a joke where an inexperienced pilot does a hard, screeching landing and says "Wow, that's the shortest runway I've ever seen!" and his equally inexperienced friend/co-pilot turns around and says "Yeah, but look how wide it is!"
XD
Lol
+Captain Quirk LOL
+Captain Quirk LOL
lol love that
I used to work for this company back in the early 1980s, when it was called Zenair And was located in Nobleton Ontario.
My last job I did there was assembling a wing for an AcroZ. Can’t remember who’s plane it was for, whether it was a customers or the company plane flown by Red the companies test pilot at the time. Red was a retired RCAF pilot. I also fondly remember the Zenair Cricket and the zipper.
Glen, I worked for them for a short while during the time they were building the first CH701. Chris test flew it and didn't even let they guys that built it watch the maiden flight. I was working on the CH22 I think it was. We were going to set up and produce the plane in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Somehow that plan got thwarted and they moved to a gawd awful, gnat infested place in Georgia. I think that plan went down the crapper too as they didn't produce any planes that I know of.
@@krisknowlton5935 Hi Kris,
Thanks for commenting.
So you worked for Chris in their US location?
After Nobleton Ontario they moved a bit North West.
@@RC-Flight yes I did. But it was not the factory they have in Missouri (I think that is where they are.) Chris' son Mathieu was running the show there. He was probably just a kid when you were working for Zenair.
Most people are pleased if they can land ON the numbers. This machine can land IN the numbers. (I've been in one, though we didn't land quite that short.)
The disadvantage is that, if you get used to that kind of performance, you may expect other aircraft to behave the same way, and that can kill you.
Reminds me of an incident I saw with my very own eyes nearly 40 years ago. I was a member of a gliding club in Australia back then, and one Saturday evening after operations had finished for the day and before the beer started to flow, our two tug pilots on duty for the day bet each other who could use the Piper Pawnee for the shortest take-off. Starting point was the fence-line near the wind-sock, really an across runway take-off, about 30 yards back then, well the first off really gunned the engine, full flaps hard elevator after take off, and was off, he really climbed out hard, and was over the Wireless Mast on the Gliding club roof, a height of 150 feet above the roof, but he must have had at least another 100 feet over that mast. In all the distance would have been about 300 yards from take off to that point, truly a nice piece of flying anywhere in my book. I don't think the second guy thought it was possible, 'cause he never tried it.
Well wasn’t that fucking interesting ?
That runway is way too long for that aircraft!!
kdmc40 lol
Maybe it's just the right length, and incredibly wide?
Shit. I' ll never leave my beach towel unattended again 😂
Great flying.
Irritating sound track. when will aviation video producers realize almost nobody wants to listen to cheezy music? We'd almost all prefer engine sounds with insightful, relevant commentary from actual aviators. Exciting music is just a distraction. It doesn't make anybody excited about flying; we're excited about flying because we're pilots. the music just gets in the way.
+FightClub MeetsHere Most of the pilots are older guys. So, this is their idea of cool music, this was the music they listened to while they were still young and doing the Carlton.
AmericanFartBully It's not the style of music that's bad, it's that they have music at all (instead of airplane sounds preferably with a voiceover talking about something aeronautical: performance specs, construction methods, maneuvering, engine managment, etc.).
When will sellers understand 'exciting' music is not necessary, in fact it only gets in the way. Pilots are already excited about flying, they don't need any music, cheesy or otherwise, to get excited about flying.
It's just basic salesmanship: sell the sizzle, not the steak. STOP THE MUSIC IN AIRPLANE VIDEOS ! We want AERONAUTICS, not NOT N O T MUSIC ! !
+FightClub MeetsHere No one likes a sound snob, use the volume dial.
+FightClub MeetsHere this video was very obviously recorded as a promo for the ch701, which isn't even made anymore.
+M9199bro
The Zenith STOL CH 701 is still very much in production and available as an easy-to-build kit.
www.zenithair.net/introduction-701/
I would like to see a cockpit view Please
... and the Wright Brothers worked so damn hard to glide off of a sand dune a few hundred feet.
stereopolice I prefer Santos Dumont.
I had to look him up. Thanks for the info, I learned something. Regards ...
Look for Santos Dumont's flight at Paris, 1906.
If they could see us now...........
Brings a new meaning to “landing on the numbers”.
Creo que no se trata de eso, simplemente estoy impresionado con el
despegue que hizo el avión en un espacio tan corto....¡¡FELICIDADES!!
On a windy day it takes of backwards :-)
Peter Rafeiner lol
He takes off like planes use to do on Air Craft Carriers , he raves up the engine , holds the brakes , then releases the brakes & takes off!!!!! Pretty cool !!!
Don't be fooled gentleman. This require high piloting skills and specific wind conditions.
+youreale Who's trying to fool anyone? Of course one needs to be a properly trained pilot and the right wind conditions helps shorten take-off and landing rolls. See more: ruclips.net/p/PLE9903C6A444AFF9C
Zenith Aircraft Company Don't take this wrong guys, I mean that one could think that such precision takeoff and landing is a piece of cake when in fact it requires carefull preparation and proper training.
+Zenith Aircraft Company Not to mention planes built to land and take-off from extremely short runways! You can't do this in a Pper Cherokee unless you have a 40+ knot headwind or something.
+youreale No, anyone can do this and the wind is not a factor.
+Rocangus f
The point is it can do a STOL in a very very short distance!
I find this inspiring more than anything!
It doesn't need a runway.
Yee..
haaaahhahaaaaaaaaa!!!! i'm agreed with u
that's basically carbon crafters slogan lol
broadcast20081 haha it just needs a driveway!
How
Pretty cool 😎👍
Wow better tie it down when it's breezy
Lol it might fly away
Or when sneezing
Looks like fun! Would be interesting to see a video showing take of landing distances with different head wind speeds.
Huh ig that at some point it will just take of vertically as an helicopter xD
My hallway in my house is longer than that runway. Doolittle would be proud.
In 52 seconds he took off flew and then descended and landed.
In the mean time it takes me 10 mins to shit in toilet with full force.
Life is good
mr rambo This comment made me laugh so damn hard.
LOL
Man I was having a bad day until I read that!
Fucking rambo
Ha ha ha .. right said .. I am in toilet now by the way ..
*Crazy* maybe this thing can Start Taxi and Land on a Wing of a A380 :D
Next idea
Land that thing on an F-104 wing XD
Or land it in a antonnov 225
Maybe it can takeoff on the wing too
(Smart-ass comment)
Very funny 😂
@@ShadowRaptor42 Take off and land in the cargo bay.
Amazing aircraft by the folks at Zenith! Great engineering y’all!
If bet if the headwinds are strong enough you could takeoff and land vertically. The same winds could also just take the plane and trash it into the ground as well.
I have seen a Piper J-3 take off into a headwind, slow, basically back down the length of the runway and land. No doubt this could do the same.
Crazy... Congrats to these pilots for being that good with their planes!
If anyone thinks this is an RC because of man on right of screen @ 1:45 needs to look at scale of man vs. runway and plane as it comes in to land not to mention the trees and size of runway. Awesome plane!!! Hope to build my own.
Круто. С полпинка практически) 👍
that's the shortest take of I have ever seen. looks like less than 20 feet unbelievable
Jonas Guitars It looks like it's Vr speed is 20 knots.
It's the landing that's much more difficult/important.
look up super cubs they take off within 10 or less if the conditions are right
JustBass what's a knots
Jonas Guitars Go look up Quicksilver takeoffs.
Wow! I can't believe this. How that aircraft takeoff and landing on the very short runway?? Amazing!
45 second return flight, skills!
2019 Update: New Zealand STOL Bush Pilot Championships held February 2, 2019.
Zenith STOL airplanes again placed first and second. Video of the winning short take-off and landing performances: ruclips.net/video/DlYNz1urPcg/видео.html
Ya, we got a little time down there and we mostly land on the beach.
@@Volmedics .CA
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Price?
Incredible. It is my life's mission to build one of these bad boys. Does this have the Viking? It sounds like it.
Great aircraft, been a fan for years.
Yeah, a fan.
Dear bush pilots, every other pilot thinks you're insane and the coolest thing to have ever existed.
This would've been a decent video if someone hadn't put a noise track over the top of it, drowning out the sound of the airplane.
SEE ABOVE!
Jon C. that's the kind if music commercial pilots used to play for the stewardesses to dance to....lol
It's normal in aviation videos.
Stunning pilot skills & a aircraft to match.........BRILLIANT !!!
that's a RC plane and u see at 1:46 that the man at right is holding a controller.
DeathGloom GT It's a well known kit plane...
Damn, its Gloom GT, it DOES look like an RC transmitter.
I've hard of landing on the numbers, but you actually take off from the numbers, and only the numbers!
I've never seen an " on the numbers" take off until 1:01 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
STOL is always fascinating to watch.
Love this. It'll be great in our African backyard.
Amazing performance
When you should've been a helicopter pilot, but messed up picking your flight school classes.
I’m seeing leading edge slats , slotted flaps and a very light airframe . So yea this STOL Aircraft can do it . This thing looks like it has stol = to a a F stork .
I don't suppose there's any chance of a Boeing 747 landing there then .
I mean... if you try hard enough...
Daniel Mezhiborsky
Lol I love that reply ! 👍
+Daniel Mezhiborsky let me know how that works out for ya, I'll watch from the ground ;)
007K VERTICAL TAKEOFF 747
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Yeah I wouldn't recommend watching from the end of the runway , there's a slight chance it may over shoot.
That just redefined my defenition of point landing. But I admit I was watching Duck Tales too much in the past.
Here's an update from the 2018 New Zealand STOL Bush Pilot Championships held February 4, 2018.
Zenith STOL airplanes placed first and second. Here's a video of the winning short take-off and landing performance by Deane Philip: ruclips.net/video/2VLen_cPlY0/видео.html
Zenith Aircraft Company
I dare you to try this at Ultralight Strip in the USA
Futures
These folks are the best!
Highly recommended for drug smuggling.
It only has a useful load of 500lbs, so after subtracting the pilot's weight you're down to what, 250lbs?
Derek Heuring unless that pilot is 6'5 he needs to lose some weight lol.
RA, true, but we're all not like the skinny little ANTIFA dweebs you see on TV either.
Yeah Derek a measly 100 'keys' of Coca is only worth about 30 million wholesale lol!
Derek Heuring plus fuel right? Better weigh under 150.
There used to be a 600’ runway between I 270 and an office building, in Germantown Maryland. The runway is now used as a parking lot.
what will it do loaded
Zenith Aircraft Company
Cool plane
Yeah it be great to use in Alaska
Pierre P , 😣😣🎖😤😮😩😮
if it was loaded I would have crashed.("_")
5 seconds from final to the hangar. This pilot knows their trade.
That first take off... WOW
Awesome piloting skills
A friend of mine has 1 of them and we went for a ride in it 1 day. It's not quite a helicopter, but it's not far from it either.
Great video.☺️
even my bicycle needs more distance than that aircraft to reach a full stop 😝
Not trying to rain on the Zenith parade, but I’d like to remind everyone of the famous, 1950’s photo of a.Maule taildragger inflight right outside its hangar doors after its take-off roll INSIDE the hangar. THAT’s a classic (and a very fine plane, I might add - since I own one).
Plot twist : that’s a regular run way , they’re just giants with even bigger planes
then its just a verry thicc runway lol
My neighbor is a Crop Duster. I've watched him take off and land on a short grass strip. My son's neighbor in North Dallas who helicopters to and from work. Helo pad in his backyard. Noisy for a few minutes, but awesome.
From 2017, here's the winning short take-off and landing performance by Deane Philip in his Zenith STOL CH701 at the New Zealand STOL Bush Pilot Championships:
ruclips.net/video/mHMrYq-85po/видео.html
Zenith Aircraft Company How do you do it? The capabilities are amazing, if you were on an aircraft carrier with this you wouldn't need the arrester hook 😎
Look up "Fi 156". ;-)
Zenith Aircraft Company I live in nz
Memek janda
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its always the small planes with big wheels that make the small landings and takeoffs.
he could nearly land that thing on a helipad.. nice
No way! Very cool!!
here's the real idea behind it (i think) to me it looks like a field for RC planes
Guys it takes a good and experienced pilot to do those kind of take offs and endings.
That's not a runway.. that's a ROFL! :p
+1BassJohn Now we have a uses for at the closed malls in the USA.
salute this poilot plus airoplene 4 second take off great engners work
That's a small plane with a big engine...
Sander Datema sp
100-hp Rotax 912 engine.
Here's what makes this airplane such an effective STOL (short take off and landing) design: www.zenithair.net/high-lift-design/
What are the V1 and Vr speeds of this plane????
Hungry Guy looks like 5kts lol
and a lot of head wind!
Cool plane.
Awesome tune. Who did the music?
And how long's the runway? Also, where's the pilot's mom?
+Sol Cooper I think she fell off after the first take off LOL
She's with me.
2 feet by 1 foot
impressed good flying.👍
I don't think the thumb nail is an actual runway, probably just for rc planes
Ben Wachtel it isn't the thumbnail is click bait.
dekallium no that runway isn't even in the video, but do you really think that aircraft take off from that daily? Like think man
the aircraft you have been watching was already a RC plane lol
Looks like a real sturdy and safe aircraft...said no one ever!
It has a low landing speed so you should be able to land without too much kinetic energy to dissipate and not much mass to worry about, it could land on pretty much any flat ground and put you down safely. Just assume that it holds up when flying against the forces on it.
Like
Based on the title, I thought you were going to say that is was very wide, though once the thumbnail loaded, I was not disappointed
Love it, it's up like a fart out of a bath.
lol
😉👍 a real good pilot dont need a long runway because he knows what he is doing and exacly where his plane is
i think this is just a remote control airplane
+Bottle head 27
See more: ruclips.net/p/PLE9903C6A444AFF9C
XD made my day
a 1:1 scale RC XD
Piotr CKA No it is not a remote controlled airplane. I was working at Zenith Aircraft when the first CH 701 made it's first flight. I can assure you that the 701 is quite capable of doing what you saw in the video without a headwind.
Watch closely. No pilot in there
I'm so proud that I can land ON the numbers. In that 2nd go, this guy took off and landed entirely WITHIN the numbers!!! Hat's off, man.
Perfect for drug traffickers...oh wait...
Meh... We have a WALL now.....
Reminds me of the old Pilatus Porters we flew in Vietnam. You wouldn't believe some of the runways we had to use...
The world's shortest runway is the kind supermodels walk up and down.
USNVA Difference is the styles they wear crash on takeoff.
USNVA And ironically, with the longest legs.
+USNVA Can cant afford either.
Truly a thing of beauty!
Love the short stuff!
Just wow. Very impressive
Wow!!! Skilled pilot for sure..
That is impressive
How is this possible ?
Would something like this work for a hemmel ultracruiser
Great man , short runway i can't belive it
The 701 was designed in the 80s the take off quickly with two-sroke engines. Put a 100hp engine on it and it climbs like a homesick angel!
Very cool! Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful, my compliments!!