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Super Decathlon
The Super Decathlon Matt performs in was built by the American Champion Corporation in 2004. This is the same Decathlon that Bobby performed in at Oshkosh and Sun-n-Fun in 2004 and early 2005. Bobby bought the Decathlon with the intention of teaching both Matt and his sister Amanda aerobatics. After his untimely death in July of 2005, Matt took the Decathlon out and taught himself aerobatics in it. Bobby had flown with Matt twice in the airplane and worked with him mainly on slow rolls. Bobby stated that the slow roll is the key to almost every aerobatic maneuver. If you can master the slow roll, you can master anything. Matt took this to heart and once he perfected his slow rolls, Matt used his RC model airplane skills to teach himself aerobatics, just as Bobby had done many years before. Matt’s first airshow was in the Super Decathlon and his sister Amanda took her check ride for her private pilot’s license in this airplane as well. Matt and Amanda own this airplane jointly and Matt continues to fly airshows in it all across the country to this day.

Wingspan...................32 feet
Length........................22 feet 10 inches
Powerplant.................Lycoming IO-360 (180 HP)
Propeller....................MT Composite (3 Blade)
Fuel Capacity.............38 US Gallons
Cruise Speed..............147 mph
Top Speed...................200mph
Stall Speed..................53 mph
Empty Weight............1340 lbs
Gross Weight.............1950 lbs
Capacity......................2