On Aug 29, 3:59 pm, dave wrote:
EridanMan wrote:

(BTW, I'd suggest a Citabria, but I don't know the ins and outs of
maintaining them or Champs).

I had a citabria before I got my bonanza. It was the 7ECA model with
the o-235 lycoming. The only maintenance problem I had that was
difficult was locating a replacement fuel shut off valve. Kind of an
odd thing to break but once it did, it took me a month to find one.
Everything else on it seemed to be pretty straight forward. I averaged
around 6 gallons an hour at 90knots. I can fly at modest speeds with
low fuel consumption in the bonanza but it's really not the same.
Dave
M35

I used to fly and instruct in a Decathlon (which is mostly a
Citabria). Its hands down the easiest tailwheel plane to fly that I've
ever seen. However, you're paying (in $$$ and complex fuel/oil) for
the ability to fly inverted, etc. If you want to fly up-rigtht all the
time its probably not the best deal.

-Robert