Is anyone prepared to undertake the Take Off Challenge? The task is to take off from Runway 16 at HEAJ in any plane (not helicopter) of your choice.  It’s a wide, tarmac runway, not some little dirt-track jobbie.  If anyone manages to get airborne, and clear of the airport, I’d love to know what plane you chose, and how you managed it.
 

PS: Dialling the headwind right up would be cheating.

I was able to do it using the X-Cub, full flaps, brakes on to powered up and then release. It was a little tight. I wonder what the runway looks like in real life -- off to Google maps!

Well done that man 😃. I’ll have to give that combo a whirl. Absolutely no chance in the JF PA Turbo IV 😯. 

7 hours ago, Cognita said:

I was able to do it using the X-Cub, full flaps, brakes on to powered up and then release. It was a little tight. I wonder what the runway looks like in real life -- off to Google maps!

I used the same method in the C182 and had no problem at all getting out of there or back in. It was fun though. Thanks to the OP for suggesting that.

Apparently this "airport" does not exist in the real world. How exactly is it rendered in MFS?

58 minutes ago, Christopher Low said:

Apparently this "airport" does not exist in the real world. How exactly is it rendered in MFS?

Not a clue. I discovered it by accident. I was looking for a quick hop-to point for getting into the main airport at Cairo, just to test some settings. Live Weather, and daylight led me there.

2 hours ago, monica6211 said:

I used the same method in the C182 and had no problem at all getting out of there or back in. It was fun though. Thanks to the OP for suggesting that.

You’re all clearly better pilots than me. I’d need a hot air balloon to get out 😂

Interesting, because the 820 foot runway is real. Look at it on Google Earth!

I took the Shock Ultra, so the runway felt a bit too long. 🙂

Zenith CH-701. Feels like I'm cheating. 

It seems to be a heliport with a short dirt strip of a runway, so those reports about it not existing appear to have been incorrect.

I think I’ve got the Shock Ultra kicking about in my hangar somewhere. I’ll give it a try later 🙂

Easy in this thing, as you'd expect with a WW1 fighter:

If you go to timestamp 4:55 in this footage below, you can see how short a take off roll the most well-recognised WW1 fighter, the Fokker Dr,1, had, where it practically leaps into the air after maybe a 100 foot ground roll. Of course being a triplane, the Dr.1 will inevitably get off the deck quickly, but the Nieuport was a notoriously good climber too, which is why the Germans copied its sesquiplane design characteristics on their own Albatros D.V:

 

Edited March 7, 20224 yr by Chock

The Kitfox works, but then I'm not sure how accurate its STOL abilities are as it lifts off the ground almost by just looking at the joystick! I actually discoverd that strip within the first week off MSFS's launch - easy to get into with a slow plane, very hard to leave!😁

Also, you said no helicopters but you didn't ban this:

😜

Looks like a challenge!!

Has anyone tried landing at C53 - Lower Loon Creek (USA)?? I managed to get in and out of there in the Kodiak but man, was it close. On the first attempt, I had to overfly the runway because the winds weren't favorable. This included flying in a tight tight valley to get turned around to make an attempt from the other direction. SUPER hard, but very rewarding. Another bonus is that its one of the only small handcrafted airports in the NA World Update.