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Anyone have a Zenith 701 or similar, on floats, that they land at high altitude on tiny lakes?
The videos I've seen make the zenith numbers seem conservative, and the Just Aircraft numbers seem like they don't even wanna sell any planes... I've seen tons of zenith vids where they're taking off in less than 100', fully loaded, at like 8,000ft a few even on floats doing it in not much...- TheToad
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- Forum: Bush / Float Flying
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Anyone have a Zenith 701 or similar, on floats, that they land at high altitude on tiny lakes?
a bunch of people Poo-poo'ing the 701... Yet when I look up the 701 specs and the highlander/superstol specs, the 701 is far and away the winner... Higher climb rate, lower stall speed, lighter weight, higher G-load rating, shorter takeoff roll, shorter landing roll... Am I missing something...- TheToad
- Post #44
- Forum: Bush / Float Flying
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Anyone have a Zenith 701 or similar, on floats, that they land at high altitude on tiny lakes?
I consider that lake to be "northern california" it's name is Loch Leven Lake, it's a tributary of the south fork of the Yuba river.. Near I-80 @ Cisco Grove... Not sure of that's north enough or not... There's many others I want to also try out... That's just a personal favorite... There are...- TheToad
- Post #36
- Forum: Bush / Float Flying
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Anyone have a Zenith 701 or similar, on floats, that they land at high altitude on tiny lakes?
I'm thinking a tiny STOL floatplane would be awesome for alpine lake camping in the Sierras... But wonder how small of a lake is sufficient at elevations of 7-10 thousand feet elevation... I'm kinda eyeballing a few that are between 500-700ft length range... Anyone doing stuff like this?- TheToad
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- Forum: Bush / Float Flying