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We've all got our favourite places to fly, but I've found one I like for a short take off and landing challenge, and I thought I'd recommend it to you. Purkeypile, Alaska has a gravel strip about 1,000 feet long with obstructions and hills on either end, making it a suitable challenge even without crosswinds or turbulence. So far, I've been able to shoehorn the Cub, Super Cub, Scout, Maule M7 and a Junker W34 onto the runway and then take off and live to tell about it. Also Brian Gladden's Zenith CH 801. Oh yes, and the Siai Marchietti SM1019, which climbs like an elevator.

The surrounding scenery is beautiful as well, so you can enjoy it on the go around after unsuccessfully attempting to land on the strip. Any other challenging places you like to land?
 
W88 is nice for short field practice too. A few years ago, I made a new AFCAD to take away much of the excess ramp that's not really there and replaced it with the missing grass portion of the runway. Search wither of the big two for W88 and my name.
 
Turkeypile ? .....

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So far .. so good ..
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Nice landscapes ...
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Brrrr ....
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Approach .... hmmm ..
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Well .... :isadizzy:
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I love those little middle of no where short gravel strips. They are usually surrounded by the best scenery to be found in flight sim.

While I was not able to take off after landing......I once put the Alphasim C-141 down on an 800 foot gravel strip and brought it to a complete stop before going off the other end of the runway. I was mid-flight when my wife called me down for supper...instead of just ending the flight and closing the sim, I pulled up the GPS, found the closest strip, flew to it and landed. And that strip was really just a big driveway. Full flaps, parking brakes set.....and as soon as the wheels touched gravel....full reverse thrust. It's amazing how fast a big plane can be brought to a dead stop.

Tim
 
The reason you couldn't take back off was because all of your main wheel brakes were melted, which melted the thermal plugs, and so your tires were flat too! :isadizzy:
 
Brilliant Tom!

i'd have assumed it was something to do with a prop strike and ramming it into a hill on the far side.... :icon_lol:
 
I think OBIOs FDE is a highly tweaked Special Forces model...doing a quick interwebs search I found the landing distance for the C-141 to be 1220m or 4002.6 ft. So doing it in 25% of that means something is a bit off. :)

http://www.doc8643.com/aircrafts/view/C141

During testing of our L-749 I put her into a few very short strips I think 1200ft was the shortest I managed without any damage or overrun. But that took some serious planning to fly from a given departure airport to the destination and make that landing with just enough fuel left to keep the engines running long enough to taxi clear of the runway. No reserves VFR or IFR.

That Turkeypile strip looks do-able in a C-47 without going to those extremes.

Cheers
Stefan
 
Purkypile is a bit to the West of Talkeetna, quite narrow, but without obstacles at either end. It sits in taiga with just a few small black spruce.

A few years ago we had a bush pilot race around that part of Alaska, including Purkypile, the FSX trees were an issue! I flew the DC2 in there and many other places.
Cheers. T
 
Stefan, even with an accreate FDE, it's amazing how quick you can reign in a heavy if you lock the parking brake prior to touchdown! :isadizzy: I've seen what that does in real life too - on eight B-1B main wheels no less!
 
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