[rrice]

Thanks for the reply! We'll check out the cargo pod first hand.

Regarding the STOL kit; our humanitarian service provided support for some really short no-go-around airstrips in the mountains (Guatemala). The 206 with the Horton STOL kit was just fine but the 336 has substantially faster landing habits.

We were really hoping to install the Robertson because of the advertised 52 MPH approach speeds. Mark Huffstutler from Sierra Industries has been working with us to get the parts together, as a charitable effort on their part, but that effort may be more difficult that either of us had hoped. Horton is our fall-back plan and is definately much simpler. I would like to see some semi-scientific comparison regarding relative stall speeds.

We also purchased VGs from Micro Aero (thanks for the charitabley discount Mr. White!). I recommend Mr. White to anyone that wishes to speak with a very interesting fellow!
It'll be interesting to see if the combination of a Horton STOL kit and VGs will get us down the the approach speeds of the Robertson.

Thanks for the feedback,
Rob Rice - GreatCommissionAir.org