2nd airplane

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

Robert,
I think you got some bad information. Most citabrias don't have any
inverted systems. Only the decathlons and 7KCAB's have inverted fuel and
oil. The 7ECA, GCA and others are about as simple as they come. You
can check the spec's of the new ones at american champion's website.
Other than the metal spars and a little higher gross weight, not much
difference between the new ones and the old ones.

Dave
M35


Robert M. Gary wrote:


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