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Tis a “Davis Special”. Basically a modified super-cub. From the website:
“The Davis Special is an experimental 4 place super cub type project with a 180 hp Lycoming engine and a 66″ chord Riblett Airfoil wing. The riblett airfoil has a chord that is 1.5″ thicker and 3″ longer than a piper airfoil”
http://www.mykitlog.com/Rick%20Davis
They’re probably Super Cubs, designed with the excess horsepower, high lift wing, and big-a$$ tires to be landed just about anywhere up in the Great White North. I wouldn’t consider them representative of your normal taildragger.
My typical takeoff includes getting the tail up with a titch of down elevator (increases visibility down the runway) until she lifts off, then accelerating in ground effect until the prop unloads. I have a cruise pitched fixed pitch prop, so it’s kind of bogged down from liftoff speed (~60 mph) to about 120 mph. Once it unloads enough to get good rpm out of it, I climb away from the ground effect. I have a YouTube of the whole deal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TPU5iszwkI
Twotter in action
Take off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AucYmaWQw5k
Landing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8wmZ6hhpg8
Discussions: http://www.supercub.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11641&highlight=
Backwoods: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS0-5WVIHMM
Cheers
Landing airplane appears to be a Maule with tundra tires. Note the shape of the vert stabilizer and rudder. The takeoff plane appears that it could be a Bearhawk but I bow to thems’ that knows on that one.
This looks like some sort of takeoff-landing competition to see who can use the least pavement for their bid’ness. Note the apparent judges all over the place. Crazy what they do for entertainment way up North.