High-tech eSTOL aircraft hardly needs any runway
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https://newatlas.com/aircraft/electra-estol-first-short-takeoff-landing/
... the most fun part is the way those small props concentrate airflow over the wings, creating a blown-lift scenario that allows operators to take off and land on soccer-pitch-sized 300 x 100-ft (91 x 30-m) airstrips. That's pretty wild for a nine-seater.
And you certainly won't need all of that 300 feet. Electra has now flown its first STOL operation at the Manassas Regional Airport in Virginia, using its EL-2 Goldfinch demonstrator aircraft – and it needed just over half that length.
in the video below, the take off is at 1:35. Landing is at 2:25
Link to video
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@George-K said in High-tech eSTOL aircraft hardly needs any runway:
I wonder that @copper thinks.
Nice
But
Take another look at the video between 2:25 and 3:00.
And ask yourself, how did they take that shot? That was a magic camera or super-drone or something.
It looks a lot like a MS flight sim video to me.
It might be real, but I have questions.
And the story said:
Electra has now flown its first STOL operation at the Manassas Regional Airport in Virginia,
I've been to Manassas airport many times, at 2:59, that doesn't look like Manassas Regional Airport in Virginia.
Manassas Regional Airport in Virginia, has 2 parallel runways 34L and 34R, the video shows runway 33
See the Manassas airport here:
https://www.google.com/maps/search/mannassass+airport/@38.7184152,-77.5142764,1222m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu -
@George-K said in High-tech eSTOL aircraft hardly needs any runway:
I wonder that @copper thinks.
Nice
But
Take another look at the video between 2:25 and 3:00.
And ask yourself, how did they take that shot? That was a magic camera or super-drone or something.
It looks a lot like a MS flight sim video to me.
It might be real, but I have questions.
And the story said:
Electra has now flown its first STOL operation at the Manassas Regional Airport in Virginia,
I've been to Manassas airport many times, at 2:59, that doesn't look like Manassas Regional Airport in Virginia.
Manassas Regional Airport in Virginia, has 2 parallel runways 34L and 34R, the video shows runway 33
See the Manassas airport here:
https://www.google.com/maps/search/mannassass+airport/@38.7184152,-77.5142764,1222m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu@Copper said in High-tech eSTOL aircraft hardly needs any runway:
Take another look at the video between 2:25 and 3:00.
And ask yourself, how did they take that shot? That was a magic camera or super-drone or something.
It looks a lot like a MS flight sim video to me.
Well....
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@Copper said in High-tech eSTOL aircraft hardly needs any runway:
Take another look at the video between 2:25 and 3:00.
And ask yourself, how did they take that shot? That was a magic camera or super-drone or something.
It looks a lot like a MS flight sim video to me.
Well....
@George-K said in High-tech eSTOL aircraft hardly needs any runway:
Well....
Well, well, well, I don't know, I have to say the plane is probably real.
The video looks kind of fake, maybe it is just a nice day with a nice camera.
The thing that got me was that the plane in the video was not at the airport they said (Manassas).
I found references to Warrenton as a test site. So, ok, that runway in the video looks like Warrenton. Warrenton is never mentioned in the story, I thought that was suspicious.
