In stock form, the 185 is nearly a
STOL airplane. With those big barn door flaps at 40 degrees, stall speed is under 45 knots so 55-knot approach speeds are doable.
The Arrow is not a
STOL airplane, but it doesn't eat up runway, either.
Although bigger, more complex and more expensive aircraft like the Helio Courier have established excellent reputations for STOL performance, if you ask the people who really use them--the bush pilots, the cropdusters, the outback charter pilots--the Super Cub is usually considered the ideal
STOL airplane.
We haven't seen any data that supports the notion that a purpose-built nosewheel
STOL airplane can't go anywhere a tailwheel airplane can.
This was our introduction to a
STOL airplane that flies slowly without a steep deck angle, and at a relatively low angle of attack, something Peterson touts as increasing safety.
Although bigger, more complex and more expensive aircraft like the Hello Courier have established excellent reputations for STOL performance, if you ask the people who really use them--the bush pilots, the cropdusters, the outback charter pilots--the Super Cub is usually considered the ideal
STOL airplane.
While not a
STOL airplane, the 208B can easily use almost every public airport in the U.S., paved or otherwise.
It's not a
STOL airplane, but it will deal with most all general aviation airports in the U.S., as well as many of the unimproved strips around the world.
Maule has been building tailwheel
STOL airplanes so long, one can't help wondering if the first ones were open-cockpit.