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Old 07-13-2009, 07:28 PM
Kyle Boatright Kyle Boatright is online now
 
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I think a Piper Tomahawk or a Gruman AA-1 would be a good place to start regarding energy management on approach to landing. The sight picture is similar to an RV and the glide performance is similar to a dirty RV. I had about 300 hours in a Tomahawk before I flew the RV, and I think it was very helpful. I also had 6 hours in a Taylorcraft, 3 hours of dual in a -6, and a couple of brush-up hours in a Citabria which prepared me to fly my -6 on calm days until I improved my tailwheel skills.

None of the low powered airplanes will give your prospective partner the p-factor or acceleration on takeoff he will experience in an RV.
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Old 07-13-2009, 11:11 PM
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Years ago I flew with a student who was close to 300# in a fabric wing Luscombe 8A. The Luscombe will do just fine, with the metal wing it does not perform nearly as well in takeoff and climb. The 120/140 is pretty much the same except that the metal wing conversions and the factory metal wing 140A do not perform as well as the fabric wing. The PA16 and early PA20 have the same landing gear and are the same physical size. Most PA 20's have flaps and all have control wheels vs the PA16 stick. The PA 20 will handle a crosswind a bit better because the ailerons are a bit more powerful. The Pipers have rust problems in the cabin area. Be careful of this. It appears to be a buyers market right now for Luscombes or Cessna 120/140. I am very partial to the Luscombes as being the best transition trainer for high performance taildraggers with the PA16/PA20 a close second. The Citabria and Decathalon are much too easy to fly to be effective.
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Old 07-14-2009, 07:18 AM
the_other_dougreeves the_other_dougreeves is offline
 
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Having the instructor in the back is just fine. He hits me on the side of my head when I screw up. I also plan to move to the Super Decathalon like Doug said. I am building a 7, so when it's ready I will have to get used to the side by side seating. They are always for sale but they are fairly cheap to rent also. I'm paying $100.00 wet in the SF Bay area. Probably more expensive than the rest of the Country?

Phil
Exactly right, the smack upside the head from the instructor. Not that I'd ever know

Renting a Citabria in the bay area ... I'm guessing Amelia Reid at RHV?

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Old 07-14-2009, 06:07 PM
Phil MacFarlane Phil MacFarlane is offline
 
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Renting a Citabria in the bay area ... I'm guessing Amelia Reid at RHV?

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Well I was going to go to Amelia Reid, now called Advantage Aviation. But I live in San Mateo, I did the test drive down the 101 in the middle of the day on a Saturday no real traffic to speak of and it still took almost an hour. No wat I was willing to do that.
Flying out of Palo Alto PAO with West Valley Flying Club.

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