On 2 Dec 2004 11:29:59 -0800,
(Michael) wrote:

Anyone who flies a taildragger from the back seat knows you can't see
crap from there - but there are controls there anyway.

In the case of the J-3 Cub, the controls are there for a very good
reason: the airplane is or ought to be placarded "Solo From Rear Seat
Only".

As a matter of fact, I've never flown a J-3 from the front seat, but
I'm told that the viz up there is actually worse. (The big problem
flying from the rear seat is not what you see of the airfield or the
sky; it's what you don't see of the instruments with a passenger in
the front seat.)

I have flown a PA-18 Super Cub from the front, but the seat is higher,
since that is the expected pilot's location.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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