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March 22, 2021

Draco Lives! (In Miniature)

RC Model of Near-Legendary STOL Turbo-Prop Hits The Model Market

The GA community was all agog for a period o time at the exploits of Mike Patey and a one of a kind upgrade of a STOL aircraft into something of a 2500 lb Super-STOL bird... complete with a massive turbo-prop engine. Debuting at the EAA AirVenture Fly-In at Oshkosh in July 2018, Draco was an immediate hit, a YouTube sensation, and the winner of many a STOL competition. But... a takeoff accident at the Reno-Stead airport in September of 2019 put Draco down... once and for all, unsalvageable, and thought never to be seen again... until now.

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