Laser handling
Deja vu....I used to fly a Yak 52 and now fly a Laser!
Ground handling is at the easy end of the taildragger spectrum (although I never made it look that way!) and certainly easier than the Pitts.
The Laser does everything faster and more easily than the Yak 52 so aeros are a real joy. All the performance is a mixed blessing....some of the figures are easier but the powerful controls will exagerate any mistakes you make...and if you fly beginners/standard on anything like full power you will finish the sequence in the stratosphere so rein in your throttle hand if you want to keep the sequence anywhere near the judges!
I was flying Intermediate when I started flying the Laser but Steve Todd (Barton pilot) won the Tiger Trophy at Standard level in a Laser.
I would say Mark Jeffries is the font of all Laser knowledge in the UK. Hundreds of hours and medals at Intl Advanced and UK Unlimited.
Call him at Yak UK and ask him about it.