I put 140 hours in my 2013 A220. She stalled like butter. For fun, I’d often pull power, pull the stick full-back at about 50 MPH, hold it full-back until she stalled at about 40 (IIRC). If I let go of the stick she would fly herself away, but if I HELD the stick full-back, she’d lose 100ft of altitude and then start flying again, fly forward maybe 200-300 feet, and then stall and drop another 100feet, then fly again. (Remember, the stick was full-back the whole time) When I’d fallen in as many “increments” of 100 feet as I wanted, I’d release back pressure on the stick and either glide to a landing, or add power to fly away. The Aerotrek’s don’t have normal flaps, so they’ll glide forever. Fortunately, they LOVE to slip and then come down nicely. If I touched the wheels down within a few feet of the threshold, I could often be stopped before the top of the runway numbers with no wind. Figure 40# of gas and gear and 180# of pilot. Not as short as my Super-Stol, but 30MPH faster and a lot snappier in the air! It’s easy to adapt to left-hand stick/ RH throttle, or it’s easy to fly from the right seat. I’d suggest maybe 40 grass landings before hitting pavement in the TW version, as they are very short-coupled. I had about 100 hrs of TW when I got mine. I’d never flown right-seat before, but wanted to learn, so I went up with a safety pilot in the left seat and had it sorted in maybe 10 landings. If you’re a Cub guy, you can straddle between the seats for a familiar sight picture until you’re confident enough to choose a side. Another fun game was touching the mains down, rolling 100 feet, adding power to climb 15 feet, pulling power abruptly, touching down, rolling another 100 feet, and repeat. I often got in 6-7 “landings” in one pass of a 5,000 ft runway. Every now and then I’d stall about 2-3’ from the runway when I was really pushing it. She’d soak it right up in stride. Of the 7 planes I’ve owned, including a Maule MT7-235, SuperStol, Bonanza G36, Supercub-180, RV7a, and RV7 TW, the A220 is the most fun of the bunch. It would ALMOST takeoff and land as short at my 1225# Supercub, and cruised 10-15 MPH faster on just over half the fuel. They are about 100# lighter than most Kit Foxes, and you do feel it. They handle like an RV7 with a 40% weight reduction 😊
@@autonomous_collective Aeropro founders built an Avid Flyer and created their Eurofox design directly from that kit. Kitfox did the same presumably... The Eurofox/Aerotrek is a better aircraft than the Kitfox in every respect since the design changes like the larger tail and thru airframe main gear suspension system are superior to what Kitfox offers.
