Robin, sure would like to see some photos of your project, think that can be arranged?

Dear Robin, Hope the bush wasn't too thick and you didn't have to hack you way back to civilization. Ha! ;) Anyway glad to hear you have a working airplane and yes we all would like to see photos of it as well as your area, many of us will never get the opportunity to see much less go into the bush so we are interested. As far as a factory contact, they are always happy to answer any questions, you can always send them an e-mail or call if it is really important. Keep in mind also that here on this site you have access to a world of knowledge about the 801 from those of us who have built our own so please feel free to ask any of us questions, I am sure you will get answers. Look forward to hearing from you sooon.

At this time the fellows that I know who have considerable time flying the 801 are Ben Haas and Larry landucci, you might also add Roger Daubert, and Matthieu Heintz to that list. If you check the 801 members list you will also find others that have a fair amount of stick time in the 801 as well as would be a great source of information. Hope this is helpful.

In checking the site I came up with a few more for you some in your area,Philip Cronje in south africa has done a lot of bush flying and would be a great resource for you with experience in your type of flying environment, also Jonathan Portor from Gahanam Michael Dawson a missionary in Venezuela, Gary Liming from st. louis, Mo. Caleb gebhart from the factory as well as Sebastian Heintz from the factory. This should provide a wide and varied field of experience in the 801 for you to work from.

Flying the 801 is too easy. I recall on my first test flight, I said to myself, "I built this what does that mean?" Then I just pretended it was another Cessna. I love doing take offs, I pull back around 30-40mph and climb out at 55mph. In the air very stable, especially in steep turns. Landings, well it is not like my 601, which gives me 3-5 flare options. The 801 gives me about 1.5 flare, so I come in with a little power to slow descend and soften the landing. My 801 tends to be nose heavy in landing, the power on landings help, like some old pipers. That is my simple process, I am sure others can give you some great information. Have fun!

Robin, hope progress is a good to you as it has been lately for me, Finally finished on Friday the 28th so now we will be on to flight testing, looking forward to hearing that you are doing the same. Have some photos available on my page.

Boy do I understand the two step forward and one step back scenario, been there for the last 10 years, finally cracked the ceiling and finished. You will get there just keep up the great work.