Thanks GA10. Makes a little more sense now!
@GG.
We were flying brand new out of the box GA8's with the 3 bladed props.
While they were good to get off the ground (use the collective on the right hand side to pop up off the ground...), the climb rate was around 100-200ft/min.
Density altitudes were around 5-6000ft on good days. Worst I saw was 9,500ft.
The C206 preformed much better on the days with high density alts.
A slightly bigger engine would have been fantastic to get say 400ft/min climb.
Don't get me wrong though. I loved the machine. Much more than a C206 thats for sure!