After the first few problems, kept really close to the airport or farmers fields. Once the confidence grew, started expanding out.
Stalled the sportsman on Tuesday. Very benign. Just like Jake's Glastar.
Configured the AOA. That was fun. Turned off the voice notifications.
Did the climb test, as required by Transport Canada. Piece of cake (except their graphs do not take into account a close to sea level airport, and a high pressure day - resulting in a negative pressure altitude.
From takeoff, climbed 2580 feet in 3 min.
And that was at max gross... all tanks filled, 2 crew, and almost 200 lbs in the back.
Started increasing the altitude and testing cruise. Worked my way up to 8500 ft.
It's not a screamer, but its quick and can haul a lot and is very comfy.
Some other pics from that day...
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