Hmm, AerBabe, how many times have I told you, you can't put down every Pitts just because of one w@nker pilot
Only have 1 hour on the Pitts, and I have to say it's an awesome machine. Not something I'd necessarily like to own - when it comes to aeros, I prefer to go looping lazilly around the sky - but if you're serious about aerobatics, it's incredible.
Can't see what all the fuss is about re. ground handling. Take-off is easy, and landing is no harder than any other tandem tail-dragger where you can't see the runway. As far as taxying is concerned, it's by far the easiest tail-dragger to taxy of any I've ever tried.
Much easier than the Great Lakes which I was flying two days earlier - the school had 3 Great Lakes, and each had different taxying characteristics, including one which would not turn right!. It was fine at very low speeds when the tailwheel had some authority, and would turn right at moderately high speeds when the rudder started to become effective, but at "normal" taxying speeds full right rudder would just about keep you going straight, and the only way to turn right was differential braking. Nearly took out several taxyway lights!
Anyway, go and enjoy the Pitts, you lucky git - wish I could afford it!
FFF
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