Landing my Eurofox in a cattle field... deliberately 

Thanks Chris. Much easier in the gyro; flew it in last week and will be on YT soon.

You raise an interesting point Chip that I’ve been considering for a while concerning wing loading. It’s illuminating that quite a few folk are commenting on the bumpy ride the Eurofox gave on this flight; this is actually entirely typical for my Eurofox flights. I came to it from a Cessna 182, which at the weights I flew had a wing loading of around 70kg/m2. Your calculation of around 40kg/m2 for the Eurofox is about right; it’s significantly lower than the 182. The upside is great STOL performance - I wouldn’t have taken the 182 into this field. The downside is a bumpy ride in all but the most benign conditions. My gyro gives a much smoother ride in turbulent conditions, at least in part because of the much higher rotor disc loading. And I do prefer that smooth ride as I’m not a fan of bumpy flight.

@@StuWithAView The Cessna 182 is one of my favorite airplanes, as long as someone else is paying for the petrol. As a member of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), I used to be able to get one for $48/hour + fuel for proficiency flying, 20 years ago. CAP training flights and search and rescue flights were paid for by the CAP with USAF funding. The current CAP rate is $115/hour (+ up to an additional $11.50 if the squadron to which the airplane is assigned wishes to charge it) + fuel. A local FBO here in Prescott is charging $229/hour, wet. The fuel price here is $6.77/U.S. gallon. If I've correctly identified the field you used (same as for the gyrocopter flight, I think), it's only about 1100'/335m long. You _might_ be able to get a 182 into and out of that field, if the hedge next to Telegraph Rd. isn't too high, and the grass is short and dry, and you do it solo with your tanks half full. But I don't think I'd try it either. We used to land at Kentmorr Airport (3W3) in Maryland for lunch with a three-man aircrew in the 182, but that runway is a little over 2400' long. It was a little challenging to get airborne again if the grass was tall. The Eurofox will certainly help keep your reflexes sharp.

In the UK AVGAS is around £2 per litre, or just under $10 per US gallon. So that’s £100 per hour just in fuel. But the bigger cost with the 182 is its certified status. We were regularly seeing 5-figure annuals. In contrast, the Rotax in my gyro and Eurofox burns around 16 litres per hour of premium E5 super unleaded, which works out at around £25 per hour. Against that, it seats only two and flies at 100 knots rather than 130. I think you have the correct field. The diagonal is just under 350m ground run, but there are obstacles on both approaches, particularly westerly with a major road, high street lamps and a phone mast. I think you’d be really pushing it in a 182, with its 50% higher landing speed, plus the very bumpy field surface making a tailwheel far preferable. I like the Eurofox, and its tailwheel, need for rudder and lack of autopilot has made me a better pilot; but I do miss the easy cross-country ability of the 182. I don’t miss the bills though!!

Insta 360 X3 on a Flight Flix aluminium pole attached to two wing Flight Flix strut mounts. Very clever piece of kit.

@@StuWithAView Clever indeed. Your use of it goes beyond "Clever". The amount of work you do in making and posting these videos is nothing but "Top Drawer", thank you.

Thank you David

Yes, it was bumpy for sure.

Great to see a new Video 😊 I managed to go to Spamfield (Sandown) in my Gyro a couple of weeks ago. Great fun 👍