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Old 8th Feb 2015, 10:25
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semmern
 
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I have around 150 hours in the Tiger Moth now, and will say this: It is huge fun to fly! Taking it to airshows around Norway, navigating by P8 compass and a chart on your thigh (with just enough room underneath the panel to flip it over once you'd better fold it correctly before you strap in) while enjoying the experience of flying a vintage biplane is fantastic.

The handling is not very harmonious to say the least, but that is what made it such a great training aircraft. To fly it is one thing, to fly it well is another. The somewhat overly powerful rudder, for example, gives one the opportunity to arrive nearly inside the airfield fence on downwind and perform outrageous side slips to get down. The undercarriage is actually very good, in that it is well damped but not stiffly sprung, leading to easy wheel landings and soft three-pointers, compared to the Cub, which bounces like mad.

There is immense satisfaction in being able to aerobat a Moth without making a fool of oneself, and the same satisfaction is found in learning to land it at the spot you're aiming at with a glide from keypoint and in. The ailerons are mostly adverse yaw-generators, as has been pointed out. A pair of ailerons on the upper wing as well would have done wonders. So, handling-wise, not the best, but it is still one of my favourite aircraft to fly.
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