Turb time
AB, the best piece of advice was Rogcal's suggestion about doing some time in a 2 seat Jodel. A Chipmunk is nothing like as light in handling as a Turb, neither is a Cub. Of the three, the Jodel gets nearest.
I had mates who with zero tailwheel time and who had bought single seaters (Turbulents and Taylor Mono).
I took them in my 117 and reasoned that if they could get to a standard where they could fly the 117 from the right seat ( ie throttle in left hand, stick in right hand as in the single seater) and not need any intervention from me, then they would be ok to go off in their respective Turb/Taylor Mono's, after a suitable briefing.
In every case they had no problems at all...