Originally Posted by
chevvron
Got a ride in a Ka7 at Lindholme; was there much difference?
Fair question. There are some. The rear seat view on a Ka7 is restricted in many ways, on the 13, you can see just about everywhere you need to and certainly Cadet Bloggs actions could be easily monitored. . Plus, the 7 could "bite " if mishandled...although it was still a good trainer. The 13, in comparison , was very forgiving...it would happily just "mush " in a gentle stall, recovered very rapidly and smoothly from a full stall, and, as was demonstrated, recovered almost by itself from a full spin or two. Airspeed was also very easy to control and the brakes worked as advertised.