How I Placed 1st at the National STOL Competition! + Held the Kitfox SOLO in 70mph Winds...

I won the National Stol competition in Pinedale, Wy with my Kitfox model 4.
I couldn't be more stoked with my performance and to be able to beat the brand-new Carbon Cub with a Turbo is saying something! Let's GO!
Super thankful to Jake, Hal stockman, Brent Hoskins, Ray Montgomery and others for the help at the competition to finish it up. I Installed the last VG an hour before I competed.
On top of that, we were flying at a density altitude of over 9000 feet with shifty winds.
To my knowledge, this is a first for a kitfox to be on the podium(correct me if I’m wrong) let alone a win. 🙌🏻
Shortly after the Competition, I was moving my kitfox back to camp when a Windstorm with 70mph Gusts came through and I single-handedly held my kitfox from flying away. not sure how, but I did.
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[@WatchmanForthePeople]

Great work Jonas! Hats off to all helpers! STOL and Pilots are a Great Group of People, so glad to be a part of it! 🤟🤟🤟

[@JonasMarcinko]

Couldn't agree more!

[@shaggydogsales]

You worked your butt off to get that plane ready, well-deserved kudos! A labor of love

[@thefreshies]

Congrats! That guy landing in that windstorm was nuts.

[@JonasMarcinko]

Captain Rabbit!

[@challenger2ultralightadventure]

1st Place on your 1st competition! Congratulations bro! That is amazing. Cheers from Winnipeg.

[@seafuryphil]

Awesome, so glad to see you flying regularly again and having so much fun doing it . Congratulations on your first competition and 1st place 🏆🛫🛬

[@JonasMarcinko]

Thanks! its the best :)

[@k6lsn]

Good job Jonas and everyone that helped. ✌️ Wheelchair John in Idaho

[@JonasMarcinko]

Thanks John! :)

[@BornInOz]

Congrats, Jonas, tremendous flying!

[@JonasMarcinko]

Thanks mate!

[@elbandito14]

Beast mode…well done, Jonas!

[@JonasMarcinko]

lol. I do get a bit competitive!

[@Clif_Brown]

Congratulations Jonas! Awesome flying!

[@Huckflys]

Congratulations! What an awesome accomplishment!

[@luke_atthat]

Great video ! So intense ! We feel your emotions and stress like we were in the plane with you ! Congratulations !

[@HomesickforAlaska]

What a GREAT performance 🎉 I think skill combined with CRAZY helps a lot 😁

[@JonasMarcinko]

you might be right! LOL

[@HappyTrailsToYou]

Congratulations to you Jonas. You are the best.

[@MarekMarcinko21]

Congrats! Its fun to watch you crazy guys :) Cheers form Slovakia.

[@JonasMarcinko]

Hey thanks! Maybe we are related!? Slovakia is where my fathers parents are from.

[@gregwatruba4541]

My peoples came from Czech Republic, maybe we kin. ​@JonasMarcinko

[@jcwilcox6210]

One word comes to mind....... Awesome!

[@nathankesler8974]

So stoked you back flying your own plane!!!

[@JonasMarcinko]

Me too!

[@rcaviatormodeler]

Big congratulations Jonas to your first place in first competition 😊 ... Your plane and your skills are awesome 🛩️

[@joelmoore9697]

Awesome video, Congratulations.

[@murdoch9106]

Just get helicopters already guys, what are you doing! 🤣 Okej, I jest, awesome performance there Jonas! 😁

[@johndean2925]

Really good to see you back flying and doing so well!!! Your really need to get your CFI, hold tailwheel clinics and sign off endorsements!!!

[@JonasMarcinko]

I know, I really need to! I just need more time in the day!

[@johndean2925]

@@JonasMarcinko Okay...I get the time issue!!! As someone as old as your Dad I can tell you that if you wait till the right time you will be too late :>). You are blessed with a tremendous gift and unbelievable talent!!! Teaching tailwheel and backcountry flying allows you to fly, make safe, competent and proficient pilots and you will be surprised how many folks will be scheduling instruction from you! Your love of aviation pushed me into getting my PPL and finding the time 5 years ago!!! When given such gifts you need to share that talent with others...and charge for your time!!! I would fly up to you for 10 hours of dual and my bet is so would a lot of other folks!!! Thank you for the awesome videos!

[@michaelspunich7273]

Dang!, A new Kitfox and the videos are fire!

[@GotTrq]

Congratulations Jonas! I always knew you were a great STOL pilot.

[@richardturner6278]

Great job dude! Love the tail wheel mod. Do what u gotta do man. 1st place, 1st competition, can't do any better.

[@JonasMarcinko]

yes sir!!

[@Stefon02554]

i love the harelip you make on your face when you drop the flaps haha maximum concentration.

[@JonasMarcinko]

lol true!

[@jrs9144]

Glad to see you in a KitFox again. You are a perfect match for it. It's cool to see your low-buck plane beat more expensive craft. Does your aircraft have the KitFox STOL wings?. Now you need a plane with a back seat for the baby.

[@JonasMarcinko]

Right! nope they are the stock kitfox 4 wing. And we totally agree on a plane for the family!

[@TeemarkConvair]

!! well,, DAMN!!! Way To GO0000000

[@JonasMarcinko]

yeehaw!! :)

[@two-strokesmoke7289]

Excellent flying!!!!! (one with the machine)😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@JonasMarcinko]

Thanks 👍it was wild!

[@malcolmwhite821]

Nice to see you back in a plane Jonas

[@josephf376]

Awesome job. I hope to be there one day my friend. Keep up the great work and content!

[@BryanNichols]

Good Job Jonas!

[@sterlingmadsen8900]

CONGRATS JONAS ! ! ! I think this plane is your "LUCKY CHARM" ! ......course, the guy in the cockpit MIGHT have a little something to do with generating and culminating that luck into a FIRST PLACE TROPHY ! ! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAW ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

[@mascaret3845]

Congratulations ! 🏆🍾

[@mehdidalvand2735]

Congrats Jonas 👏👏👏

[@JonasMarcinko]

ThankS ! :)

[@Eric-gi9kg]

Serious Congrats

[@JonasMarcinko]

thanks mate!

[@burnin240sx]

Such awesome sportsman ship! ❤🎉

[@Idaho-Brett]

Nice work man! That’s awesome! I want to talk to you about an eprop. I’m in Preston ID and fly a SS7 kitfox.

[@JonasMarcinko]

Email me at [e-mail]

[@johnslugger]

*Jonas. Ever consider putting a turbo on that 4 banger? Imagine what an extra 50hp would do?*

[@JonasMarcinko]

thought about a little shot of NOS could be fun.

[@johnslugger]

@@JonasMarcinko *That would sure work. Just be sure to use Alcohol injection with it to keep the piston tops cool. On the other hand keeping laughing gas in the cock-pit could be risky on long flights. I mean there has to be worse ways to go than to die laughing.*

[@nigelappleton2963]

Well done.

[@billynaff3218]

Nice work. Congrats. 😊

[@JonasMarcinko]

Thank you! 😊

[@toodie-em2mp]

Congrats Jonas!!! Great flying in a new ship too.....outstanding!!! Proud of you. Toodie

[@michaelspunich7273]

37 gusting to 55! OMG!

[@JonasMarcinko]

it was wild!

[@Kingcactus20000]

just farken awesome! well done

[@its9429]

Bravo!

[@NoNonsenseScalping]

Awesome dude!

[@philgee6901]

NICE! GREAT VIDEO, TOO.

[@JonasMarcinko]

Thanks!

[@Doug_Morgan]

Congrats!

[@JonasMarcinko]

Thanks Doug!

[@crushednutts8934]

Gratz man!

[@W7LDT]

Well done,

[@TheShays]

37 gusting 55! I guess his big balls kept firm on the ground with all that wind LoL 😂

[@nano5513]

Great video Jonas! I have a couple question about your Kitfox. How tall are you? I'm 6'-1" and 220lbs, do you think would I be comfortable in Kitfox like yours? It looks kind of small... Thanks!

[@JonasMarcinko]

im 5' 8" and yeah you might be okay in it. a rans S7 may fit you a little better.

[@aMaff]

Congrats on the W! What ended up being the fluid on the windscreen after your 2nd takeoff? (9:15)

[@dansw0rkshop]

At 9:23 what is that stuff all over your windshield on the left side?

[@brummythebrit1899]

Coolio !

[@JonasMarcinko]

whoop whoop!

[@ulrichstauss3077]

Just wondering why nobody lifted the tails of those planes to reduce the angle of attack in the high wind. Put a box or a ladder or something under the tail wheel... Everyone was just trying to hold down a wing that is designed to lift them into the air.

[@JonasMarcinko]

yeah very true! We eventually put a 4 wheeler under mine. It was Just hard to go get something and hold the plane at the same time. all hands on deck!

[@JMC9837]

💥💥Check out the trail wheel on the NEMESIS NXT aircraft you want a low profile trail wheel!!!💥💥

[@JonasMarcinko]

yeah that might be a little too low!

[@timskiff9422]

Didnt know he still had a ticket

[@willf5768]

😂👍👍👍👍👍

[@robinr.2233]

“No one in this class don’t have a chance”……. ?

[@TheeAthis]

That 2nd place guy was so salty LMAO!!! CONGRATS BROTHER!! WELL DESERVED!!!

[@pvesely299]

Way to go! Congratulations Jonas!

[@JonasMarcinko]

Thanks! :)

[@petercrowhurst]

congrats mate well played , looks like you had fun . well done

[@JonasMarcinko]

it was a blast!

[@JohnSimonMe]

Some skill, I'm thinking it was the jeans to shorts that give you the edge, buddy 😀

[@JonasMarcinko]

I think so too

[@biplaneflights]

CONGRATULATIONS Jonas on 1st place in your class! So good to see you thanking the people that helped you too - in the preparation of the aircraft and when holding the aircraft during the windstorm. Fantastic people.

[@JonasMarcinko]

Absolutely!!

[@rizzywizzy]

Jonas, many congratulations to you. I just watched the video of the competition. That was pretty close. Wow! And how cool is that you just finished changing the prop and putting the VGs on it and win the competition.

[@JonasMarcinko]

it was so close! Thanks : )

[@JoshuaPainter-rw8jw]

So Awesome! So exciting! Life's an adventure!

[@BankAngleCheck]

King of completing side missions 😄 very cool!

[@JonasMarcinko]

Thanks 😁

[@portnuefflyer]

Great job Jonas, but I expected full video coverage of the wind event, but I guess thing got a bit busy! Actually, I'm surprised you got as much as you did, that was a nasty bit of weather.

[@richard8405]

Wow, amazing video, super inspiring! Probably been thought of already but would it be possible to put an s-or z shaped pipe extension on the flap handle to raise it higher?

[@JonasMarcinko]

yes, I have thought of it. such a pain in the ass to put down. hopefully ill have enough time to figure something out before the next one.

[@russbell6418]

Love your horrible tailwheel! I’ve considered something similar with a fiberglass spring for my experimental Pacer. Insufficient angle of incidence.

[@lohikarhu734]

Jonas, I wonder if you could put a motorcycle shock absorber on the tail wheel, to eliminate the bounce... Indeed, if you don't need the weight of all that steel, possibly use a motorcycle coil-over shock for the spring action, and redo the assembly in aluminum, with the pivot right at the forward mounting point. Or, getting a bit goofy; if you used an air shock on the tail wheel, you could have it "retractable" just by bleeding air, so it might give you some advantage on transit flights, and give you adjustable tail wheel height by adding air with a portable pump...if you have a vacuum source available, you could run a double acting air cylinder with a "shock absorber" action by having an adjustable bleed on one side of the cylinder, so that it's using air as the "working fluid"...or... Might be worth it to manufacture some stowable wheel spats to reduce the drag on the tires for transit flights, and take them off for"river running" or any other rough terrain use...if you designed them well, you could probably make them "stackable" to stick them somewhere out of the way when you get to, or near, your rough area destination. So, just throwing around a few ideas... (You-all on the channel, with tons of experience, please just ignore the goofiest stuff, no 🔥, since I'm in hospital, and don't have my Nomex suit with me!)

[@lohikarhu734]

Well, damn! Great job, and thanks are due to the folks who selflessly helped you get the Fox in shape! Not to forget the support of " the home team"!

[@dr.dansgarage]

Congratulations! Great exhibition of skill.

[@JonasMarcinko]

Thank you !

[@ronhott]

Well done, Jonas. Awesome score for a 9,000 ft DA. :)

[@JonasMarcinko]

thanks! kinda crazy to think about.

[@danaskubic2145]

Great job, congratulations and thank you for sharing this.

[@JonasMarcinko]

Thanks for watching!

[@JohnnyFaber]

That was so badass!!! Congratulations! Was stoked to see one of my favorite pilots kill it in a STOL comp!!!

[@Blaircraft.Engines]

Awesome. Stay safe. Hopefully I’ll see you next year with the STOLish Clipper 😎👊

[@JonasMarcinko]

whoop! that is going to be sweet!

[@gorgly123]

If you retire now you would be "undefeated".

[@JonasMarcinko]

haha true! that wouldn't be any fun though. I'm sure the other guys want a rematch :)

[@BrianPhillipsRC]

Congrats! That was very cool!

[@Komfortonset]

Great editing, so much suspense

[@JonasMarcinko]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Richardcecker]

Congrads Buddy! Well Done!!

[@Dozer04r1]

NICE WORK! However...have we as a society just given up on all things...including english? The announcers..."No one in this class right now, this weekend, don't have a chance to take first place." Read that a few times and let your brain eat on it for a bit...

[@FlyingShotsman]

Since we're nit-picking others' use of language, you might be interested to know that ellipses do not replace other forms of punctuation. Rather, they indicate that superfluous words have been omitted from a sentence. Also, in this context the word English is a proper noun and should always be capitalized.

[@Dozer04r1]

@@FlyingShotsman all Very true!

[@jakematijczyk6905]

That was so greatest .best stol weekend ever thanks for letting me pit crew for you. It was fun

[@JonasMarcinko]

Best Pit Crew ever!! we did IT!

[@ChangeYourBodyChangeYour-hk4iz]

Dude! You don’t need no stinking runway in that thing!

[@JonasMarcinko]

it performs well!

[@markwebb8013]

Congrats,Great Video.

[@RADThird1]

So Epic! Neat that Sylvija, Ava and your in-laws were able to watch it live as well. Steve H. was a big help there. Oh, and now I know why Trent really decided to sell Freedom Fox ;0)

[@JonasMarcinko]

National Stol does a great job broadcasting live!

[@ss-gc9qq]

love this shit, stay alive bud

[@MsRandiCook]

Congratulations ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@alexmikhael5061]

hey JONAS DUDE!!!!! RE : TAIL WHEEL if you hadn't gotten to VERSION 2.0 yet.... MAKE IT HAVE SKEEYS ON THE SIDES INSTEAD OF THAT SQUARE 90 ANGLE!!!! WELD A TRIANGLE ON THE FRONT TO MAKE THAT A 45 OR EVEN 30 DEGREE ANGLED SKI-CURVE like the tip of a SKI ;) so it slides OVER SAND instead of DIGGIN THE WHEEL DOWN INTO THE SAND !!!!

[@alexmikhael5061]

yea you don't want that PLOWING INTO THE SAND!!! and end up DIGGIN IN!!!

[@haroldtanner9600]

Twin Falls???

[@davidlangford3841]

Congratulations from New Zealand. Great video.

[@JonasMarcinko]

Thanks! I lived in Wanaka every winter back in 2006-2008 Some of the best memories! I love NZ

[@patstreet6690]

Nice job.

[@carlhendricks349]

Congratulation! I can't wait to see you grow in this area. Keep it up and be safe.

[@JonasMarcinko]

Thank you!

[@greggkoeppen6276]

That was great to watch you win that 👍

[@digitaljustin92]

Congratulations Jonas! Well earned.

[@JonasMarcinko]

Thank you!

[@markdixon215]

Congrats Jonas, well done. Cheers from NZ

[@JonasMarcinko]

Thanks 👍

[@garygolden5262]

Yeeehaaawww congratulations. That was awesome.

[@JonasMarcinko]

Thanks so much!!

[@nevsmate8663]

1st place... wow, congrats from UK.

[@JonasMarcinko]

Thanks mate!!

[@robertcorbin2749]

Congratulations Jonas! Let’s go!

[@JonasMarcinko]

Thanks mate!

[@alexeyyakovlev7022]

Congratulations from Ukraine !

[@JonasMarcinko]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@mattf49006]

awesome run Jonas...well done from KAZO

[@JonasMarcinko]

Cheers! It turned out good.