Hey pilots, check this GIF out....

[Fly320s]

Yep.  Beech 1900D.  The more strakes the merrier.

[BobR]

Or as the Chinese have figured out... variable winglets...sort of.




bob

[Fly320s]

Isn't that a Russian plane?  An2?

Modernized version: https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/modernised-an-2-demonstrator-completes-first-flight-413382/

[BobR]

Isn't that a Russian plane?  An2?

Modernized version: https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/modernised-an-2-demonstrator-completes-first-flight-413382/

Chinese copy of AN2, Y5B.

http://an2flyers.org/chinese.html

bob

[230RN]

From Fly320s' link at

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/modernised-an-2-demonstrator-completes-first-flight-413382/

"That design change* improves the speed of the An-2 by 50%," Sukhoi says in the press release. The testing also shows the minimum flying speed of the aircraft is “close to zero”.

Damned plane is its own parachute.

Terry

 *  I think the "design change" refers to the new engine and prop, not the additional struts.  It is not clear from the structure of these passages what they mean.  But even the original AN-2 has sprung slats of some kind on the wings which reduce the stall speed to zero.  Maybe they mean they only just discovered that particular feature of the AN-2.

The An-2 has no stall speed, a fact which is quoted [stated] in the operating handbook. A note from the pilot's handbook reads: "If the engine quits in instrument conditions or at night, the pilot should pull the control column full aft and keep the wings level. The leading-edge slats will snap out at about 64 km/h (40 mph) and when the airplane slows to a forward speed of about 40 km/h (25 mph), the airplane will sink at about a parachute descent rate until the aircraft hits the ground."[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-2

[Hawkmoon]

The An-2 has no stall speed, a fact which is quoted [stated] in the operating handbook. A note from the pilot's handbook reads: "If the engine quits in instrument conditions or at night, the pilot should pull the control column full aft and keep the wings level. The leading-edge slats will snap out at about 64 km/h (40 mph) and when the airplane slows to a forward speed of about 40 km/h (25 mph), the airplane will sink at about a parachute descent rate until the aircraft hits the ground."[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-2

Now that's my kind of airplane!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTbm5ZzZQy8

[BobR]

Now that's my kind of airplane!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTbm5ZzZQy8

Save up your pennies, it won't take that many surprisingly. There are quite a few of them out there for sale with prices all over the place. This one looks nice for the price.

http://www.planecheck.com/index.asp?ent=ap&man=Antonov&des=AN2&type=&grp=An-2&id=0

bob

[230RN]

But wheяe do you get paяts nowadays?

[Fly320s]

But wheяe do you get paяts nowadays?

Probably from a VW dealer.

[RocketMan]

There is an old saying:  "There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots.  But there are no old, bold pilots."  I would amend that to read, "There are very damn few old, bold pilots."  We have to account for the Chuck Yeagers, Bob Hoovers, and Scott Crossfields of the pilot world.

[230RN]

In general, I hate all-encompassing aphorisms like that.  It's like the BS "There are only two kinds of pilots --those who have made a wheels-up landing, and those who will."

Catchy when you say it fast, dumb when you think about it.

(Reminds me of hyperlefties, come to think of it.)

(Yeah, had to stick a politics thingie in there.  Sorry.)

Terry