hi  Jerry,    i have watched the 701's fly at Oshkosh many times  and always marvel at their
performance, however as an Old pilot, who is not as bold as he was  at 20 i would recomend you
fall a few of those trees and give yourself a better chance at  staying out of the accident
statistics. you take care, Wyo. walt.

PS those harley belts look promising, the fellow in
canada, i think his co. was GAP, said he was developing a light  weight planetary at about
25#, that was a couple yrs ago. been meaning to talk to him again  soon. if we can get enough
fellows together to make a good group buy you can count me in.

Walter Williams

Here is a way around it Jerry.

Paul Lamar

I don't think I will need it but the banked runway looks like fun.
It would fit easily in the space available.  Jerry

Just haul in some dirt :)

A ski jump ramp at the other end will help braking greatly if you have to abort
or if you are going too fast to stop. The centrifugal force pushing the airplane
down as it transitions to the ramp enhances braking and you get a little
help from gravity. Make it low enough so you would hit the top of the trees long
before you hit the top of the ramp on take off.

Here is another idea.

Place two short retractable tail hooks out board of the main axles to pick up an
arresting rope lying on the ground with sand bags tied to the ends. The nose
wheel will run right over it. Grass is slippery. Wet grass is REAL slippery.
I totaled a BMW 720 at Hockenheim when I went off into the grass :)

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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