Is there a modern airframe that has comparable STOL capability to the Fiesler Storch?

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FZ_Milkshake@reddit

Plenty, there are some insane STOL competitions in Alaska. It's usually not a specific airframe but a basic kit build aircraft with a whole number of upgrades.

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ii_Narwhal@reddit

Mike Pateys Draco X can basically just take off from standstill, but that's because he put probably a million dollars into a STOL plane lol and used a turboprop

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NotACompleteDick@reddit

He crashed it taking off in a crosswind when he could just have taken off across the runway instead. He's going to build another one.

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ii_Narwhal@reddit

That was the original Draco, he's already rebuilt it into Draco X

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NotACompleteDick@reddit

Has he? He hasn't published the videos.

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ii_Narwhal@reddit

He has all the videos sitting in a backlog from what I understood.

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NotACompleteDick@reddit

He hasn't been releasing much. So what is the registration? We should be able to see if he has been flying it. I figured he'd been busy with his military day job.

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ii_Narwhal@reddit

Idk why you are doubting me, all of the recent Draco videos are from 5 years ago, when he crashed it. Idk why he is uploading them now.

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ShaemusOdonnelly@reddit

Technically, every plane can take of from a standstill

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Schmittiboo@reddit

Yup, with enough headwind that is.

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tkMunkman@reddit

The KitFox is a fantastic STOL

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Great_Specialist_267@reddit

Any helicopter will beat it in every category…

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ThoseAreMyFeet@reddit

Including cost to operate, fuel consumption and more..

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SpiritedInflation835@reddit

Pilatus PC-6, but it takes more runway. But it's actually usable to transport quite a bit of cargo.

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Vau8@reddit

Cub comes in mind.

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NotACompleteDick@reddit

Not a standard Cub, but many of the Carbon Cubs and various other aircraft.

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Opis_Wahn@reddit

The Piper J-3 is only two years younger than the Storch. The Storch had its maiden flight on May 10, 1936. The J-3 in 1938. The exact date is unknown.

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Vau8@reddit

Thanks for the insight, had those supercubs with garmin-suites in mind, but that doesn't make an modern airframe, you're right.

Awesome username btw :D

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NotACompleteDick@reddit

Lots of aircraft will do what the Storch did, and on much worse terrain. Steve Henry's Highlander is certainly an extreme example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4lbgmnrlNM

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Evilbred@reddit

To do what?

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NewUser769283@reddit

Just stolling around.

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Evilbred@reddit

Just out for a stol.

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Only_Individual_3960@reddit

Yo mama

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Evilbred@reddit

It's a valid question.

If the goal is to make an aircraft that can take off within the shortest distance we have helicopters.

So really it depends on what the purpose of the aircraft is, because all designs involve trade offs.

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gdir@reddit

I think the PZL-104 Wilga and especially the Draco version has a similar role: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL-104_Wilga

https://flyer.co.uk/draco-lives-mike-pateys-hyperstol-turbine-wilga-in-production/

https://dracoaircraft.com/

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