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Old 26th October 2012 | 19:26
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MakeItHappenCaptain
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From: Hollister, Hilo, Pago Pago, Norfolk Is., Brisbane, depending which day of the week it is...
The "beware" reference is more directed at the low hour pilots rather than those who have been citabria trained. The aircraft behaves much differently when it has a couple of hundred kilos tied to its tail and if something goes wrong, you haven't had the exposure or experience to cope as well as, say, a 500 or 1000 hour pilot.

The citabria, being relatively low powered (compared to a 180) and a reasonably good main gear width to front/rear wheelbase length is a beautiful aircraft to start tailwheel training on. Fairly forgiving. I would suggest waiting a while to look at the towing, but you could do much worse than getting a TW endo this early in your flying. as mentioned, it promotes good rudder use, something that often needs work for tricycle only pilots (myself included when I started flying).

Kalavo,
RA can count towards the 200hr course, just not the 150hr CPL course.

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