Tail dragger hire/share
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Ohhhh that looks nice :-) £113 an hour solo isnt bad either for a club aircraft. Tailwheel wise I have around 40 hours in a super cub and 8 hours in a pawnee. Any one flown one of these Decathlons before? What are they like? Will also have a look for shares in the Chipmunk, see if I can find any available.
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Decathlons lovely. Aerobatic, +6/-5 IIRC, and usually with inverted systems. Piece of cake to fly - I did my initial tailwheel in about 2hrs on one, much easier to plant than a pawnee/cup due the lack of bungees!
all sounds in favour.
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Originally Posted by cjboy
I think Decathlons are more difficult than the Super Cub or Pawnee!
The Decathlon is much less stable in flight and you need to get the rudder right; you think you have then a bit of turbulence puts the ball out again. Nose attitude in the 3 point is quite low, good visibility.
No flaps though.
The Decathlon is much less stable in flight and you need to get the rudder right; you think you have then a bit of turbulence puts the ball out again. Nose attitude in the 3 point is quite low, good visibility.
No flaps though.
None of them should be difficult in flight. The decathlon is a bit more responsive; I'd consider that fun. So long as you know (or learn) what your feet are for, it's fine. A PA28 it is not (thank goodness
)Chippies are worth flying for the experience, but as a regular proposition, I'd suggest they're a little bit high maintenance - like needing to spend half an hour washing the oil off it's belly after every flight (I'm not slandering, they have a semi-loss oil system, throws it everywhere).
