Come on Chipmunk lovers, they’re a terrible bit of kit. They are slow, unheated, have very little endurance, lose a startling amount of speed in a turn, are spin prone and tandem seating is antisocial and not good for instruction.
All absolutely essential qualities in an aircraft to be enjoyed
.... apart from "spin prone", though I don't understand what that means in the context of a DHC-1. Do you mean low, slow and tight turn = flick and spin? If so, don't be low and slow when in a tight turn
