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 The Texas T-Cart is a highly modified, clipped-wing
Taylorcraft BC12-D, and first rolled off the assembly line in 1946.
Randy spent two years modifying this homebuilt taildragger in his hangar
at Cottonpatch Aerodrome in Frisco, Texas.
The wings of the Texas T-Cart have been clipped eight
feet for a total wingspan of twenty-eight feet, and the engine is a 180
horsepower Lycoming. It also has both an inverted fuel system especially
designed for aerobatics and a smoke oil system that Randy uses during
all of his air show performances.
Texas T-Cart Airshows offers competition style
aerobatic demonstrations and truly exciting "Texas Style" air
show performances. During our crowd-pleasing shows, the Kid from
CottonPatch performs three truly unique maneuvers at air show center:
The Texas Two-Step, the Texas Turn, and the Texas Touchdown.
The Texas Two-Step is a fishtail hammerhead that
makes the T-Cart's tail swing from side to side as it "dances in
the sky." The Texas Turn is an original maneuver. Randy turns
his airplane 360 degrees without banking the wings, and he is the only
pilot on the air show circuit who knows its secret. After his flight,
our championship pilot comes down from the sky with his Texas Touchdown
- an exciting one-wheeled landing - as the Texas T-Cart blows clouds of
smoke down the runway.
Watch the Texas T-Cart ground show
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Our "Texas Style" airshow ends with a song,
as Randy honks the Texas T-Cart's horn, gets out of the airplane, and
kisses the ground.
Find
out what's special
about the T-Cart's cowling
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