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Skycather's not TOO ugly, just needs tailwheel
On Jan 8, 10:11*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
William Hung wrote : On Jan 8, 10:04*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote: William Hung wrote in news:be77d163-9a42-40ce-a12d- : On Jan 8, 9:54*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote: William Hung wrote in news:bb1c9f98-c895-407d-8670- : Sounds like the Glastar. Bertie- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That's the one. *It had aluminum wings and 2+1 seating. Was supposed to be a pretty good airplane, too. Not cheap though. Bertie Great article on it in PM's Cotober '07 issue. PM? Practical mechanics? Not my cup of tea, though If I wanted a good solid airplane to get around in I wouldn't throw it out of bed for eating crackers. Bertie- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Popular Mechanics. *The author helped a buyer build his Glastar at the factory finishing center. *Then they went camping with it. Nice. I think if I were to go for an airplane for that mission it would be a bearhawk or even just an old Pacer. I like rags. Bertie - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - CH701 or 801 would be good also, but they're not rags. Surprised you didn't include the SuperCub or any Cubs. Wil |
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Skycather's not TOO ugly, just needs tailwheel
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Husky Cub Crafters Legend Cub BT wrote in message ... On Jan 8, 3:40 pm, Ricky wrote: After looking at Skycatcher quite a bit I decided it looks fine, nice, not great, just o.k. My dad was responsible for the "Texas Taildragger" C-150, 152, 172 conversions and I think the Skycatcher would look GREAT with a tailwheel. Then again, almost anything looks better with a tailwheel. Those C-172s had quite a bit of sex appeal with the conventional gear, so did the 150s-172s. Then putting the 150 or 180 horses on the nose of the 150s-172s (another of my dad's conversions & STCs) made them an altogether different aircraft, a beast akmost... Skycatcher looks fine, just needs a tailwheel. Ricky I would expect that the composite construction would make it much harder to convert. No hard points and difficult to retrofit them. Not many folks building "real" airplanes any more. Dan |
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Skycather's not TOO ugly, just needs tailwheel
On Jan 8, 10:36*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
William Hung wrote : On Jan 8, 10:11*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote: William Hung wrote innews:98018895-9e63-4c81-bf3d-bca4 : On Jan 8, 10:04*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote: William Hung wrote in news:be77d163-9a42-40ce-a12d- : On Jan 8, 9:54*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote: William Hung wrote in news:bb1c9f98-c895-407d-8670- : Sounds like the Glastar. Bertie- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That's the one. *It had aluminum wings and 2+1 seating. Was supposed to be a pretty good airplane, too. Not cheap though. Bertie Great article on it in PM's Cotober '07 issue. PM? Practical mechanics? Not my cup of tea, though If I wanted a good solid airplane to get around in I wouldn't throw it out of bed for eating crackers. Bertie- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Popular Mechanics. *The author helped a buyer build his Glastar at the factory finishing center. *Then they went camping with it. Nice. I think if I were to go for an airplane for that mission it would be a bearhawk or even just an old Pacer. I like rags. Bertie - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - CH701 or 801 would be good also, but they're not rags. *Surprised you didn't include the SuperCub or any Cubs. Also Good, but very expensive these days. Also was comparing like with like. You can camp in a Bearhawk. Sport aviation has an article in a recent issue about one. Nice airplane. Pacers are cheap and under rated. Anyhow, got a Citabria and that will do me for a while. Bertie- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Citabrias are almost Cubs but better from what I have read. Have you flown the Husky? That's supposed to be a better Cub too. Bearhawks are $100k+ to complete aren't they? Wil |
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Skycather's not TOO ugly, just needs tailwheel
On Jan 8, 9:36*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Anyhow, got a Citabria and that will do me for a while. Bertie- Citabria! That's where I got my original tailwheel checkout at Le Tourneau University. What a fantastic airplane! I had never had a stick in my hand or flown a rag. I remember for a few seconds after my first rotation I literally didn't have much control over the Citabria! The stick was so strange, and I was already a commercial/instrument with about 300 hrs at the time. The school allowed no aerobatics but the Citabria was used for tailwheel training. I loved that airplane so much, it was so much fun to fly! I don't know why, though. It seemed ultra-responsive and the stick was just way too cool. It was gentle & simple and within a few touch & gos I was doing it all be myself. Within an hour I was doing wheel landings and 3 pointers as well. I've had a hunger to get back into a tailwheel rag for a while & it started with this Citabria. Ricky |
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Skycather's not TOO ugly, just needs tailwheel
William Hung wrote in
: On Jan 8, 10:36*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote: William Hung wrote innews:cceba3d5-e93a-4f53-ac95-5bd8 : On Jan 8, 10:11*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote: William Hung wrote innews:98018895-9e63-4c81-bf3d-bca4 : On Jan 8, 10:04*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote: William Hung wrote in news:be77d163-9a42-40ce-a12d- : On Jan 8, 9:54*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote: William Hung wrote in news:bb1c9f98-c895-407d-8670- : Sounds like the Glastar. Bertie- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That's the one. *It had aluminum wings and 2+1 seating. Was supposed to be a pretty good airplane, too. Not cheap though. Bertie Great article on it in PM's Cotober '07 issue. PM? Practical mechanics? Not my cup of tea, though If I wanted a good solid airplane to get around in I wouldn't throw it out of bed for eating crackers. Bertie- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Popular Mechanics. *The author helped a buyer build his Glastar at the factory finishing center. *Then they went camping with it. Nice. I think if I were to go for an airplane for that mission it would be a bearhawk or even just an old Pacer. I like rags. Bertie - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - CH701 or 801 would be good also, but they're not rags. *Surprised you didn't include the SuperCub or any Cubs. Also Good, but very expensive these days. Also was comparing like with like. You can camp in a Bearhawk. Sport aviation has an article in a recent issue about one. Nice airplane. Pacers are cheap and under rated. Anyhow, got a Citabria and that will do me for a while. Bertie- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Citabrias are almost Cubs but better from what I have read. Have you flown the Husky? That's supposed to be a better Cub too. Well, a Citabria won't fly as slowly or take off and land shorter than a Super Cub with the same engine. On the other hand it is mildly aerobatic. It's also a good bit roomier inside and is a little bit faster. I've never flown a Citabria with flaps, but they're not supposed to do much at all. Bearhawks are $100k+ to complete aren't they? Dunno, I won't be buidling one anyytime soon , but I would think you could build one for about 30-40 from scratch.. Probably a lot less if you are a good scrounger. Bertie |
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Skycather's not TOO ugly, just needs tailwheel
Ricky wrote:
My dad was responsible for the "Texas Taildragger" C-150, 152, 172 conversions and I think the Skycatcher would look GREAT with a tailwheel. I flew a club Texas Taildragger 150hp C-150 many moons ago. It was loads of fun, but without an increase in fuel capacity, it's range was pretty limited. Skycatcher looks fine, just needs a tailwheel. I'm one of those folks that need a good reason for a tailwheel (looks don't quite cut it). If I were planning on flying a Skycatcher into unimproved strips, I might go for it. John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) -- Message posted via http://www.aviationkb.com |
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Skycather's not TOO ugly, just needs tailwheel
"JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote in
news:7df719fa5e00f@uwe: Ricky wrote: My dad was responsible for the "Texas Taildragger" C-150, 152, 172 conversions and I think the Skycatcher would look GREAT with a tailwheel. I flew a club Texas Taildragger 150hp C-150 many moons ago. It was loads of fun, but without an increase in fuel capacity, it's range was pretty limited. Skycatcher looks fine, just needs a tailwheel. I'm one of those folks that need a good reason for a tailwheel (looks don't quite cut it). If I were planning on flying a Skycatcher into unimproved strips, I might go for it. Well, two oter god reasons are a decrease in weight and drag and improved ground handling capability. and no, I'm not kidding about the latter. Bertie |
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Skycather's not TOO ugly, just needs tailwheel
"JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote in
news:7df719fa5e00f@uwe: Ricky wrote: My dad was responsible for the "Texas Taildragger" C-150, 152, 172 conversions and I think the Skycatcher would look GREAT with a tailwheel. I flew a club Texas Taildragger 150hp C-150 many moons ago. It was loads of fun, but without an increase in fuel capacity, it's range was pretty limited. Skycatcher looks fine, just needs a tailwheel. I'm one of those folks that need a good reason for a tailwheel (looks don't quite cut it). If I were planning on flying a Skycatcher into unimproved strips, I might go for it. Well, two other good reasons are a decrease in weight and drag and improved ground handling capability. and no, I'm not kidding about the latter. Bertie |
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