adrian222

Here is someone learning.

There is only one way to learn.

Bex I just love they way you can come in and use the suspension on these things.

Yes the honda weighs a bit more but I can live with that when you compare running costs,and purchase price. (just leave the missus at home for the short landing stuff)

Old Koreelah Wonder if they would fly the super stol they have out to my place as I would love to see one in the flesh. Plus I am only roughly 200km away as the crow flies.

To keep the cost down I am thinking of going with the Viking Honda 130hp engine,as has been said rotax engines are not cheap.

Yes I am aware of them, I will contact them soon,just need a few more planets to align themselves. And the dollar to head in the right direction.

http://www.justaircraft.com/media/Kitplanes-October2013 JustAircraftSuperSTOL.pdf Superstol not the Highlander

Thank you fly_tornado that is all good information. Adrian.

fly-tornado How did the exercise go for you.Was it costly to arrange the container in the states or did you have a company do it for you?

Thanks for the replies so far guys. What I am thinking is may be flying over buying the plane you are after sticking it in a container (kit plane) sending it home. The plane I am after is a Just aircraft super stol kit which will cost roughly $80.000 U.S to get it here and build it. Then I was looking at barnstormers and found one for sale for $80.000 and got me thinking of the viability of it all. BARNSTORMERS.COM Find Aircraft & Aircraft Parts - Airplane Sale, Jets, Helicopters, Experimental, Warbirds & Homebuilt Adrian

Hi people. Time to pick the brains of people who know. What are the hurdles,procedures,requirements, to buy and ship a plane here to Aus. Adrian.

And if you want a spare 130 hp engine you can pick a low mileage one for around a grand US .Thats what I like about this concept. 2016 Honda FIT Used Engine - Auto Parts Fair® Adrian

Here is the latest turbo engine viking uses.

I am liking the viking 130 hp the more I look into it and the price is very inviting,the only drawback might be the weight but the horsepower should compensate for that.The thing I like most is you are dealing with a engine that is driving around on the street and parts and maintenance should be straight forward.

SDS EM-4: Aircraft

like to see it fly

I have been researching a few engines Rotax,ULpower,Viking,VW,MWfly,I looking for something around 125hp.But it is hard to find proper info and the prices vary heaps. I like to get info from the horses mouth. A lot of info you read seems to try to put you off a particular brand. You always seem to read whats wrong with a engine.

I am planning to get a superstol kit from just aircraft .I am doing my home work on engines which is rather confusing, to get real info on engines that I am interested in. Plus the dollar is not helping.

Sorry to hear that you had a problem,at least the engine went well. Thanks for quick reply.

Thanks Mate. Just trying to gather info from UL owners I am considering this engine for a plane I am looking to build.

Just wondering how the engine went?