Here's what I posted over on the 'Chippy' thread:
He could not be more wrong! Of course, it won't have the whizz bang handling of a Gnat - it's only a 145hp light aeroplane. But among all the very many light aircraft I've flown, none come close in handling terms.
Some (like the Acrosport or Yak52) have much higher roll rates etc, but none are as well harmonised, or give that 'strap-on-a-pair-of-wings' feeling quite like a Chippy does.
Those who've flown the Spitfire and Chippy say the former is just like a bigger, infinately more powerful, Chippy.
Be intersting to know just what enicalyth does consider to be a nice-handling light aeroplane?
SSD