Yo Dan!
OK, the -7 I have flown (about 30 hours in it) is MUCH less pitch sensitive than my -6 in the flare and it floats more down the runway (longer wing). The roll rate is not as fast and it doesn't seem to turn in as tight a radius, but the engine/prop combo for some reason just sings like silk on this particular airframe (ECi/Hartzell). It's like driving down a new interstate road in a new Cadillac. The larger tail gives you more rudder in a crosswind. In a Xwind where I would run out of rudder correcting in my -6 (and maybe need to use a little low wheel brake or diagonal landing angle) I have something left to give in the -7.
My -6 seems to require more attention while landing...well maybe that's not worded right....it's just more 'twitchy' (which I like actually).
This help?
b,
d
PS:
Dan's referencing Spinal Tap. Man I love that movie.
Nigel Tufnel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and...
Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten?
Nigel Tufnel: Exactly.
Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder?
Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
Marty DiBergi: I don't know.
Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven.
Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.
Marty DiBergi: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
Nigel Tufnel: [pause] These go to eleven.