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  2. PAC P-750 XSTOL - Wikipedia

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    Data from Pacific Aerospace General characteristics Crew: one (pilot) Capacity: Pilot + nine passengers or 17 parachutists Length: 11.11 m (36 ft 5 in) Wingspan: 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in) Height: 3.88 m (12 ft 9 in) Wing area: 24.88 m 2 (267.8 sq ft) Aspect ratio: 6.59 Empty weight: 1,633 kg (3,600 lb) Max takeoff weight: 3,402 kg (7,500 lb) Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 A-34 turboprop ...

  3. Landing gear - Wikipedia

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    The landing gear represents 2.5 to 5% of the maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) and 1.5 to 1.75% of the aircraft cost, but 20% of the airframe direct maintenance cost. A suitably-designed wheel can support 30 t (66,000 lb), tolerate a ground speed of 300 km/h and roll a distance of 500,000 km (310,000 mi) ; it has a 20,000 hours time between overhaul and a 60,000 hours or 20 year life time.

  4. List of STOL aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Take-off to 50 ft (15 m) Landing from 50 ft (15 m) Notes AAC Angel: US 1984 Utility Production 1,404 ft (428 m) 1,046 ft (319 m) [1] Aircraft Industries L 410 NG: Czech Republic 2015 Utility Production 1,936 ft (590 m) 1,969 ft (600 m) [2] Antonov An-14: Soviet Union 1958 Transport Production 656 ft (200 m) 985 ft (300 m) [3] Antonov An-72

  5. STOL - Wikipedia

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    STOL (Short Take Off and Landing). STOL performance of an aircraft is the ability of aircraft to take off and clear a 50-foot obstruction in a distance of 1,500 feet from beginning the takeoff run. It must also be able to stop within 1,500 feet after crossing a 50-foot obstacle on landing. —

  6. Flight control surfaces - Wikipedia

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    The main control surfaces of a fixed-wing aircraft are attached to the airframe on hinges or tracks so they may move and thus deflect the air stream passing over them. This redirection of the air stream generates an unbalanced force to rotate the plane about the associated axis. Flight control surfaces of Boeing 727

  7. Rotation (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    During landing, the reverse happens when the nose-wheel touches the runway and the wing assumes a negative angle of attack with no lift. For aircraft with a tailwheel, the pilot initially pushes forward on the yoke during the takeoff run, lifting the tailwheel off the runway, and the aircraft lifts off the runway once sufficient speed is achieved.

  8. Why reclining seats are vanishing from airplanes - AOL

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    Most modern and lightweight airplane seats are somewhere between seven and 10 kilograms (15-22 pounds) per passenger today. Any weight that can be saved means reducing the fuel needed to carry it.

  9. Piper PA-18 Super Cub - Wikipedia

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    These Cubs would take off in about 400 feet (at gross weight) and land in about 300 feet using flaps. The Super Cub is renowned for its ability to take off and land in very short distances. The first Super Cubs were going to be offered with a unique four-wheel tandem main landing gear designed for landing and takeoff from rough terrain, but ...