C182Q with added foreplane

[Mictheslik]

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Cessna-182Q/0885188/M/

In front of the cab is a yellow bit on the bottom blue stripe....this is a pair of foreplanes....

Anyone have an idea why they are needed?....it came up on another message board and I'm curious as to the reason for adding the extra foreplane.....

.mic

[C]

Mmm, interesting, and at the moment, not really - certainly not with an agreed* logic yet...

Agreement within my own brain that is!

[specter177]

It's made for extreme STOL ability.

[Splinter562]

This STOL mode is called the Patterson 260SE. Here is the literature:

http://www.katmai-260se.com/
http://www.katmai-260se.com/documents/brochure.pdf

[Hagar]

One of those is a regular visitor to Popham. I've posted photos of it here before. Here's a couple of recent ones.





The owner told me it improves take-off performance considerably. This is useful as he operates from a small field. He also said that it takes off in a level attitude instead of nose-up.

[Mictheslik]

Thanks for the info...sounds like a nifty bit of kit  8-) 8-)

.mic

[C]

Interesting. Didn't know that.