Please don't be so presumptuous as to 'fix' my posts. Disagree with them by all means, but please don't try to tell me what you think I should have posted. And BTW the 'C' in dHC1 stands for 'Canada', not England,but I see you knew that.
No-one has produced a Chippy without the maintenance overhead. Many have tried, mainly by swapping the engine, which simply removes the soul of the aeroplane. As they say in Yorkshire, "you get owt for nowt ". The hassle of Chippy ownership is the price of aerial delight. Other aeroplanes are available if that price is too high.
The ones you mention - I've flown the Stearman and a WACO which is bit like it, and have a lot of time in the L4 and some in the Super Cub.
Good fun, especially the L4 which I have a particular liking for, but Chippies they ain't!
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