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Old 9th Feb 2014, 01:03
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Lima Juliet
 
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Perhaps more of us should hone our skills on taildraggers?
I own a taildragger and have more hours with a wheel on the back than with a wheel on the front!

I fly the Eurostar also (microlight version) and flew the Tecnam Sierra the same day I was flying a Eurostar. They handle differently and the Tecnam had far more yaw instability on the take off roll than the Eurostar - for an aircraft to learn to fly in, I would say that the Tecnam is sub-optimal (especially, when I couldn't see out of it properly either!).

Can I fly a Tecnam - yup! But would I buy one or ever rent one again - no! I even thought it was so bad that I wrote an e-mail to the Accountable Manager of the Club and the CFI to say that I thought their recent purchase for a PPL training aircraft was a poor choice. I pleaded with them not to buy another!

I'll stick to my taildragger and the Eurostar, thanks...

LJ

PS. The roll bar on the Eurostar is behind your head so it doesn't sit in your main line of sight - now there's a novel design!
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