Alaskan bush pilots manage zero-roll takeoffs and landings, in favorable conditi...

dredmorbius · on Dec 6, 2014

Some examples:

http://fixyt.com/watch?v=bPSElw8qEsI

http://fixyt.com/watch?v=lv5BtJMKamM

Getting competitive: http://fixyt.com/watch?v=tvT5LMhvogw

And a non-Alaskan entry:

http://fixyt.com/watch?v=0zDo7hkmCNY

bashinator · on Dec 6, 2014

Those planes have ridiculously big knobby tires. It makes total sense, but certainly not something I'd have thought of.

dredmorbius · on Dec 7, 2014

Not so much knobby as balloon tires.

If you're landing on a wide range of terrain, much of it unimproved, soft, and/or uneven, large tires will float you over the soggy stuff and smooth out the lumps (large wheels experience less shock with terrain / surface variation than small ones)

fnordfnordfnord · on Dec 6, 2014

I flew with negative groundspeed in a Taylorcraft once. That was a "fun" day.