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80mph stall, 2,600' ground roll take off
4,000' minimum runway as currently running
looking to add protective trailing edge on fixed prop to use reverse
(as I recall, per conversation with demo pilot)
That’s bad and getting worse. 4,000’ is a lot of runway for something that could only hope to compete as a personal commuter into urban areas.
Adding features like “reverse” will only degrade performance further, making it less attractive to the marketplace not more.
