A friend of mine who is a low-time pilot will likely be partnering with my on my project. I'd been on the fence between a 7A and a 9A, but had recently decided on the 7A.
I'm by no means an old salt (approaching 300 hours total time), but because I had plenty of opportunity to fly my Dad's 6A, I'm perfectly comfortable with my ability to fly the 7A. My friend/prospective building partner, however, has in the neighborhood of 75 hours total time and has never flown anything but 172s. I've flown with him and he is a good pilot. But a good pilot in a 172 does not necessarily mean one would be comfortable in a fast, responsive airplane with high wing loading and the resulting high power-off descent rates.
Should I have any concern about how comfortable he would be flying the 7A? Would he be fine with a transition training course?
I'm by no means an old salt (approaching 300 hours total time), but because I had plenty of opportunity to fly my Dad's 6A, I'm perfectly comfortable with my ability to fly the 7A. My friend/prospective building partner, however, has in the neighborhood of 75 hours total time and has never flown anything but 172s. I've flown with him and he is a good pilot. But a good pilot in a 172 does not necessarily mean one would be comfortable in a fast, responsive airplane with high wing loading and the resulting high power-off descent rates.
Should I have any concern about how comfortable he would be flying the 7A? Would he be fine with a transition training course?