[ruddct]

Topical, someone just landed a Carbon Cub plane on a ~90ft helipad for a stunt with Red Bull a few days ago. The video[0] is insane, I've flown in STOL aircraft before but had no idea some were capable of landings like this.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfKL7XEnxr4

[schiffern]

When it showed the cockpit I was surprised it wasn't Mike Patey. It seems right up his alley!

Then I went to his channel, and it turns out Mike built the plane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xac5Qhxd4k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXmGoQi670c

[dmurray]

Is the takeoff here less impressive than the Super Cub in the OP? It looks like the Red Bull plane falls off the side, but can trade altitude for airspeed until its back in normal non-stalled flight. The Super Cub starts on flat land and only ever goes up.

(And likewise, the landing is less dangerous than it looks because even if the pilot overshoots, he has plenty of time to get the plane back to powered flight after it falls off).

[hodgesrm]

Was just coming here to post the same link. Definitely a "hold my beer" moment.

[irrational]

I saw this too. When I saw the title, I assumed it would be a link to this stunt.