I'm absolutely obsessed with that Yamaha engine. It looks like such a terrific aircraft engine and blows Rotax out of the water in pricing & performance.
I guess that 4 blade prop likes that screaming High RPM engine...and you can call that Jumping off the Runway and then Sticking the landing...most impressive for sure !!! its great to see another video from you, hope we get to see more.....
Any idea what the cruise speed loss is with the slats? And don't say there wasn't one! By that I mean you have the excess power to overcome any minor added drag, so still cruising at 100 after adding the slats may just mean you're using a tad more power, not that the slats don't hurt cruise. I've heard everything from 10 knots (or so a Carbon Cub early adopter reported) to 2 or 3 mph.
I bought mine from Steve and excited to have the build completed. Crikey Steve, you never seen to be settled with the Performance mods. More fences, leading edge slats now. Look out 2020 High Sierra and Reno competitors. Steve Henry rocks!
Holy crap man !! it looked like you were airborne in less than 20'. And the climb out. Holy cow man. Touchdown and stop in less than a 100'. That's just some unbelievable stuff.
I've watched your older videos with the SuperSTOL. What are your personal reasons for favoring the Highlander over the SuperSTOL? There are very few people who are more awaited with these two planes then you, & I'd love to see a video contrasting the two. Thank you.
Dan Marquis I’m sure there are people that would think Yamaha has drawbacks but I like it better than any engine I’ve flown with. I think there’s only a handful of airplanes flying with Yamaha so far but I know that quite a few are being built right now to fly with this engine. I wouldn’t really think It would be that good of an engine for a big heavy airplane but it’s awesome for a two seater like my Highlander.
I'm also a fast fancy foreign car mechanic who specializes in the exotics... among other things... high temperature metals that can be obtained in useful amounts easily.. bio plastic lighter and stronger than carbon fiber.. it's the original carbon fiber... so I have platinum and AuPt... and a few other things
They don’t serve any purpose at all for just a normal takeoff and landing like I’m doing here. Another thing that I really have fun doing is stol drag racing, and that’s what those panels are for. When I’m in a hard slip to get slowed back down they help me slow down quicker.
I'd like to try that with a Rotax 4tec which is a light weight 3cyl watercooled and supercharged jetski engine. They are a bit more compact that the yamaha and feature dual oil pumps to help them run in different orientations which should be a nice feature on an airplane.
Sufy561 It is ridiculously fun. The slats are made by Carbon Concepts in Alaska and they do move, they’re hinged at the front and they tip open and closed.
Reuben Gullackson lols. Thanks Reubin, I was looking at them thinking, they’d energise the air through turbulence, but I was so focussed on keeping the boundary layer attached, that I didn’t consider it to help with short landings. Always new things to learn. Cheers. 👍
I did fly about 750 hours on my own Superstol a few years back and I liked it but I just like my Highlander even more. There are a few simple things that I do to the Highlander that make it perform much better than if it were just stock.
It looks like you could use one more hand to run all the controls, has anyone ever tried putting a twist grip throttle control (like on a motorcycle) on the stick? Just a thought
