I'd agree with most of the comments - it's a really nice aircraft and you'll be finding fault with most other types once you been spoilt by the DR400.
I've never had a problem with the nosewheel but I was flying well-serviced examples. You'd think it would be a fragile aircraft with all that wood, fabric and nosewheel but we've been operating a brace of them out of probably the roughest, most undulating grass strip in the UK for 20+ years and have never had a problem. Keeping the oleos adjusted correctly appears to be key.
I would reinforce the point about the load carrying capacity. You can fill them up with fuel, people and luggage and they still go very well but remember to accelerate the aircraft before trying to climb away when heavy, as you're really on the back end of the drag curve when it's just unstuck. You can feel the increase in wing loading through the controls and airframe but it's that 'feel' that makes it such a delight to fly.
Last edited by FullWings; 9th Sep 2012 at 13:57.
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