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Old 29th Nov 2017, 12:17
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gasax
 
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If you already fly an S6 most of the potential difficulties are behind you.

I've been test flying a short tail S7 (VLA - just) and been pleasantly surprised by its directional stability. I suspect the S6 has similar adverse yaw from the ailerons so your feet will already have a good idea what to do.

So the remaining challenges? Let the tail come up in its own time and the S7 yaws very little. The spring legs mean you have to finesse the touchdown and I suspect the S6 loses airspeed the same way as the S7 does - rapidly - so the hold off has to be just clear of the ground.

I suspect you could probably teach yourself given suitable open spaces, but an LAA coach might be a good choice if you cannot find a microlight instructor. (which sort of presumes it is the microlight version!)
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