Just out of curiosity. . . What's the SLOWEST fixed-wing aircraft for MSFS2020?

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Alright then folks!! I’m back hahaha

If we are talking low stall speeds here, I got a bunch to add!!! :slight_smile:

  • Mignet Flying Flea (~25 stable)
  • Zenith (~30?)
  • Wilga (~37 a bit edgy/risky)
  • Wittman Tailwind (~40 stable, bit less possible)
  • Tomahawk (not tested but it’s not fast at full pelt so must be in this ballpark)
  • Bulldog (Autogyro doesn’t count!! Naughty me. It’s not fixed wing, but has got a forward pulling engine, so hey!) (~almost zero with a bit of headwind, really about ~20 I think)
  • Maule M7 (pretty slow I think! Those flaps are insane. Can’t give a number. And not tried the new update yet myself)
  • Still thinking!
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I could be wrong, but are all of these available in the sim? --Redeye

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What, the ones I just put in the post above yours?
Yes they definitely are, as I own them all lol

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Oops. Great list and sorry about that, chief! --Redeye

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That’s part of its charm. Also, it’s pretty amazing in VR

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I was going to say, “Wright Flyer”

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lol’ing at the “Specifications” section of its Wikipedia article :wink:

Maximum speed: 26 knots :smiley:

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Why isn’t anybody mentionning the Jenny ? Is it that fast ?

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Is the Jenny available in the sim?

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Well I certainly have one in my hangar :confused:

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Probably just got overlooked then. I wasn’t sure if it had been modeled in this sim and I was too lazy to start the program to check in Marketplace, since it takes a while to start the program even with the PC I have.

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Hi,
How about the Zlin Aviation Shock Ultra?
With a stall speed of 30 kph it is pretty slow.

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Jenny was free in the 40th Anniversary update so you should have it in the hangar — nothing needed from Marketplace. I quite like it actually!

Have not tried to fly it really slow, but yea it’s not that fast going forwards haha

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Back in the 30’s ish, 50kts was thought to be plenty fast. I was reading up on Stout, the creator of the AT-1/2 which was bought out by Ford to become the AT-3/4/5 series. Some good history there. This was at a time when air travel was still not popular. Aircraft of this era were going as fast as possible, but still slower than today’s ultralights.

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It’s not available in this version of the sim, but the Vought XF5U “Flying Flapjack” has a stall speed of only 17 KIAS. But… This may take it out of your rules, but it also has a max speed of 393 (estimated) knots. That’s a pretty impressive flight envelope!

(Wikipedia is my friend…)

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That was one of the photos shown in the MSFS Developer stream last week when they were showing that unusual surfaces can now be CFD modelled more accurately!

I didn’t know it until I searched for an image just now. I was calling it the “crab” but that is definitely it!

I bet seeing a picture of it will have set the seed for someone to make it. My bet is on @RaraAvisSims hahahah :wink:

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Thanks. I’ll take a look at it. I really haven’t been able to explore very many of the planes available in this sim yet. Right now, my setup is pretty piecemeal and I don’t have a dedicated area set up for it, so it is hard to engage in the sim on a regular basis.

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If we were going strictly by the OPs first requirement and it was in this sim, then the clear winner would the Gossamer Condor with a max speed of 8.2 MPH/hr.

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Sorry, but if not maximum speed and yes the minimum stall speed in a non-prototype, is the Harrier.

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That’s because air travel back then was like space travel today.  It’s doable but you’d better have your life insurance paid up before you go!

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