The SuperSTOL has been finished for about a month now. I have had to put my patient hat on as it has been a terribly long wait for Transport Canada to get the delegation papers signed for the MDRA inspectors in Alberta. For the past month, no MDRA inspectors in the Prairie North Region were current for doing any inspections. I will keep my opinions to myself regarding my thoughts on this whole situation . The good news is that I got word that the papers went out Monday. So hopefully next week I will have the flight authority, but I am not holding my breath.

The SuperSTOL has a Rotax 914 with an 84×41 Catto prop. It produces 115hp and will hold 100hp all the way to 16,000ft. It weighs 897 lbs. On dry pave, it starts to slide at 5000rpm with the wheels locked up (Ed note: maybe he needs bigger tires!). Taxi tests showed a very well handling airplane on the ground. The tail comes up very fast and it tracks extremely well. It has a full swivel tail wheel, nice to know that it behaved fine with no linkages. It should be a lot of fun to fly.

On the panel I have a Garmin G3X, GTR 200 radio, GTX 327 transponder. They all talk to each other so it makes transponder and frequency changes a breeze. All lights are led and it is set up for night flying.

I am still trying to decide what shock pressure to use. I had to set up a nitrogen bottle for filling the shocks. The wheels have about 18″ of travel. I may put a little bit more pressure in after I fly it. Shocks are at about 350 psi and the wheels are a 7psi. The plane is going to be so easy to land I hope my flying does not get sloppy

The engine installation seems solid and is working well. Just a little tightening of a couple of hose clamps on the rad hoses and one oil line to stop a little oil leak. So that sums up where I am at. I just hope the mail gets to all the inspectors at a reasonable pace. I REALLY want to fly this plane!