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Old 11th Jan 2008, 05:19
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Mark1234
 
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A weightshift - quite a lot!

A proper 3-axis - anytime. Currently do most of my flying in a sportstar in LSA guise (100kg more MTOW over UK microlight), on a conventional register (not microlight, so regular hours in the book), and love it. Costs the same as a C150 to hire, similar cruise, much better performance, more comfort, quieter and plain fun to fly. (I do have a soft spot for the 150 tho). Only downsides are more limiting crosswind performance, and a tendancy to get bumped around more.

Interestingly those friends I take as pax are *more* comfortable with the sportstar vs the 150/172/warriors. Not an educated position viewpoint, but 'cos it's a lot shinier and doesn't look like it should have retired 30 years ago.
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