Did you subtract the weight of the chocks?

Yep, we did indeed subtract the chocks.

You must be pumped to be over that hump! Good job!

Heck yeah Matt, that is awesome!!!!!!! You didn't waste any time either, congrats on doing a fine job

Great Job Matt. Thank you for sharing the experience and lessons.

Awesome! At least your close to flying. I'll have to get out that way sometime. It will be interesting to see the weight of my 180 winter project. Didn't do any stripping of weight, more like adding it. Ha ha. Just trying to get the gear lined up now, toe in and camber.

Matt, really enjoying your project, and so much the better that it's YOU doing it and not ME: I'd be five years with that much scope-of-work. And I'm not just impressed with the final weight, but FAVORABLY impressed. Ask the guys at Beegles how hard it is to get a C-180 of your vintage or newer any where near 1600#.

Lookin' forward to seeing it perform this season.

Thanks. cubscout

Thanks for all the kind words guys. Time to go fly!

Tom wrote:Awesome! At least your close to flying. I'll have to get out that way sometime. It will be interesting to see the weight of my 180 winter project. Didn't do any stripping of weight, more like adding it. Ha ha. Just trying to get the gear lined up now, toe in and camber.

When you're flying, come on over Tom, lots of great flying here in CO. Would love to see a picture or two of your 180 project.

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Flying yet?

Flying He is.
Got the chance to meet Matt and his wife and adorable little Luke at Garden Valley yesterday. The Skywagon looks great!!!
They were packing up to head home when I left this morning around 8:15.

The wagon is flying great! Almost have 50 hours on it since getting it back in the air.

Will try to install the Sportsman STOL kit in July.

Sportsman STOL kit here and hoping to install it July 23-25th. Can't wait!

Sweet! You're gonna love it.

This update gives me a big smile. With help from Hector and Jeff at Aircraft Repair, LLC at KGWS, I was able to get the Sportsman STOL kit on. Also, a BIG thanks to Willie Stene for all the incredible help.

Virgin wing


Foam blocks on


No more gap in the ailerons


Test fit, mark, trim, then repeat dozens of times. When things are all in sync, tape it on and begin to carefully drill holes.


One wing almost complete


All finished! I'm very pleased with how it turned out. (I'm leaving it unpainted for now.)


Between the install instructions and online photo albums, the kit was straight forward to install (helps to have someone who has installed them before too). I'm extremely pleased to send my money to such a great company for such a great product.

As for the flight results.... WOW!!!

Yeah, baby! Awesome, isn't it? Congrats!

Very cool Matt! I didn't know the Sportsman cuff went all the way back to the ailerons. Is there any difference where it terminates at the flaps?

Right on Matt!!! Another Sportsman STOL believer

Barnstormer wrote:I didn't know the Sportsman cuff went all the way back to the ailerons. Is there any difference where it terminates at the flaps?

Barnstormer- Those are separate little filler strips, independent of the cuff.

Matt- Looks great! I anticipate it will serve you well!

denalipilot wrote:...Those are separate little filler strips, independent of the cuff...

Phew! Thanks for the clarity.

Awesome Matt! I think it looks cool unpainted...