The '5hr tailwheel course' should be re-named the '5hr preparatory course', 'cos it only just scratches the surface for most nosewheel pilots
Couldn't agree more. I went solo at Clacton after a little more than 5 hours in a Super Cub. Then got checked out on my group's L-4 Cub and then nearly scared byself sh**less by almost loosing it on the take-off roll. Fortunately we got airborn very quickly and paralleled the runway on the climb out.
Moral: Don't be in such a hurry, and lighter and less powerful does not necessarily mean easire to control.
Its taken me another 6 hours to feel comfortable and go solo again.
Cambridge, if anyone's interested charges £100 per hour solo and £120 duel. Not bad.