Horton Stol Performance

[cfc1234]

Is there no flight manual supplement with the Horton Kit Installed?

[cessnadriver]

Cfc1234.
The answer is "NO". As another poster stated the Horton has the pilot determine speeds with experimentation. I talked to one of the original engineers at Horton and he gave me that information as well. Nice old guy that talked about how the owner of the STC was tight with the local FSDO and that's why they didn't have to do the flight tests that Robertson had to do? As for one of the posters said it's almost impossible to stall the skymaster. It's true, during my rating check ride I had to fly my bird at around 65 mph with no stall warning horn, no problems. As many Skymaster owner can contest that the tail stalls/shudders in stead of the wing as with most other Cessnas. Hope this helps.
Regards, BILLS

[cfc1234]

Does anyone on here have a copy of the STC by chance? Is there a "partial install" of a Horton Kit? What all is included in a full install?

[hharney]

1. Leading Edge Cuff
2. Stall Fence
3. VG's on rear cowl
4. Boom to Vertical Cuff
5. Wing Tips (various extremes)

The only item that I have seen partially done is the wing tips. Use the factory Cessna tips or buy the Droop tips from Horton

[cessnadriver]

Hello ALL.
I threaded this before about the wing tips for the skymaster. I didn't like the SUPER droops, the ones that extend about 18" below the bottom of the wing, that came with the Horton kit. I ended up talking to one of the original engineers from Horton, and he told me that you HAVE TO HAVE some amount of droop on the tips. So I sent him pictures of the tips I purchased from a SOAPA member. It looks like single engine Cessna tip, that droops about 4" from the bottom of the wing. He told me that would be fine! He also sent me a blue print of the kit showing a less severe tip with Cessna part numbers.The plane flys fine with these tips and make OUR Skymasters look better than those ugly super droops.
Hope this helps.
BILLS