cstolaircraft
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How does a courier at gross compare to a stock super cub at gross in performance?
cstolaircraft said:if you where hauling big loads out of small strips what would you prefer helio or cub? and does anybody know what a turbine courier vs cub would be like?
Well to much $$$. If I had that choice, it would be a sherpa k650t with 3000 lb useful load and ( I think) about 400 ft ground roll!! Kodiak is still neat plane thoughSpeedo said:cstolaircraft said:if you where hauling big loads out of small strips what would you prefer helio or cub? and does anybody know what a turbine courier vs cub would be like?
Why not a Kodiak? 3,100 lb useful load, 760 ft ground roll! Pretty cool plane. funseventy on this site was one of their test pilots.
Eric
bob turner said:Still not much experience at the Helio, although triple the amount I had in my last post.
Here's one - in very general terms: Suppose you pull the gear off a Helio (140lbs or so) and add a set of amphibs (say, 750 lbs). You have lost the equivalent of being able to haul three big passengers. How much load carrying capabilty would you guess you have left?
And what happens when you do the same thing to a Cessna 206?
Not a test - I am still working on the answer.
flyboy said:You might try asking someone at www.flyhelio.com/ or the helio courier on Facebook.
Here was another recent helio discussion from last week
http://www.supercub.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=20775&highlight=helio
Cub junkie said:Sorry, Helio's with tri-gear are just wrong.