STOL Kits: Bang for the Buck

There’s a good chance that there is some sort of STOL kit for your airplane. It will reduce stall and approach speeds, but is it worth the money?

Rick Durden

March 3, 2025

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There’s a good chance that there is some sort of STOL kit for your airplane. It will reduce stall and approach speeds, but is it worth the money?

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Rick Durden

Senior Editor Rick Durden has written for Aviation Consumer since 1994 and specializes in aviation law. Rick is an active CFII and holds an ATP with type ratings in the Douglas DC-3 and Cessna Citation. He is the author of The Thinking Pilot’s Flight Manual or, How to Survive Flying Little Airplanes and Have a Ball Doing It, Vols. 1 & 2.

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