The Caravan has some competition

Cheechako

Cheechako

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A friend of mine works for this company. Check out their website:

Quest Aircraft

Mission Aviation Fellowship, a Christian mission and humanitairian organization, is looking very closely at replacing all their 206s with this airplane...
 
One of their planes was in OGD the other day. It looked like a nice plane, dirty and powerful.
 
The Kodiak is a dead ringer for the Gippsland Aero GA-8 Airvan, save for the PT6 in the nose (the GA-8 is powered by a 300 hp Lycoming I0-540). Civil Air Patrol recently purchased 15 GA-8s as an advanced techology sensor platform. I remember reading somewhere that the Kodiak costs around a mil, vs ~$300k for an Airvan.

So Chris, how long do you expect before we'll see a Kodiak on tundra tires, skis or floats?
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http://www.gippsaero.com/

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straight floats, amphibious floats

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Someone want to help me here? My little google adventure yielded nothing on the difference between them. They look the same from what I found.
 
if i remember correctly straight floats do not have the ability to have wheels put in them.

Amphibious you can but wheels in em.
 
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what about this bad boy.

http://www.helioaircraft.com/ourplanes_stallion.htm

While i m sure its not as cheap as the other 2. I doubt the others can take off in 350 ft.

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I remember one of my instructors telling me about the Helio Courier and how awesome of an airplane it is...too bad I can't remember any of the details. I would love to get my hands on one of these.
 
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if i remember correctly straight floats do not have the ability to have wheels put in them.

Amphibious you can but wheels in em.

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That is correct. Although amphibs in theory offer you greater versatility, most people up here don't like them because of their weight penality. From my experience up here I'd say that only about 20% of the float aircraft here in Alaska have amphibs on them. Also seen several Lakes (although not in 135 service) and there's a Seawind that hardly ever moves here at Merrill Field.
 
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