silvaire
you make a good point...a plunger might be a better mecahnism for the mech aspects...but the human aspects the throttle quadrant is much nicer...tell me how come cessna twins have the throttle system like piper????
as to struts...anything as slow as a caravan or a cessna 172 really don't lose too much in aerodynamics...but how many people have been hurt falling off the wing struts checking the gas?
and the only way you can check the stall warning is to suck on it...just lift the tab on the piper!
the piper super cub is the ultimate FUN plane and some of its idocyncricies are just part of the fun.