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If you can only do one lesson a month, my advice is: buy yourself a nice big RC model and forget about flying real planes. On the other hand, a friend of mine that also flew RC models, could land my Foxbat within an two hours! He just could not keep it on the runway as the RC flying does not help with the rudder.

Sorry Sorry Mate, can't help U on this one.

I don't think that you should make a "thing" of "easy to fly" aircraft. Not one of the recreational aircraft is particularly more difficult to fly than another. The tail draggers are pertinently more difficult to take-off and land than the others, AND THAT'S WHY I recommend that you start your training on a tail-wheel. If you can fly a tail-dragger, you won't have a problem flying anything else, ever. Even recreational flying requires a lot of skill and you will be "more skilled" than the pilot that has been trained on a Bantam that doesn,t even require a IAS indicator on approach. I had experienced co-pilots in the right hand seat and they only use their feet for taxing and breaking. A friend of mine is on crutches for more than a year now because his feet was inactive during a stall. Pilots that haven't flown tail-wheels, (or choppers) has got no nerve connection between their brains and feet while flying, over and out.

Not offended at all. That was good advice. I have flown with experienced airline pilots with surprisingly "dumb" feet. It is only the "Chopper boys" and taildragger pilots that has grown nice thick nerves between the brain and feet.

Hi and welcome Greg. Yeh, UR a youngster mate. I am 66 and, thanks God, very healthy. I intend to fly at least another 1000 hrs recreational flying before I loose my licence. Well, maybe I should aim for 2000 as I have done 350 in the last two years. Blessing with the hip replacement.

Hi BC. Welcome to the forum. Went for my first flight in a PPC the other day and it was great fun. This friend wanted to send me solo after 20 mins flying, but I did not have the confidence. Enjoy.

Wellcome Grasshopper. I am also new. Enjoy. PS. Why "Grasshopper"? Is your plane underpowered? Fit a stronger engine and call yourself "Swallow" (ha ha)

Hi Eiclan. Welcome to the forum. I get a bit home-sic when I hear the name: Perth. I did lot's of flights there when I was still flying for South African Airways

I do not think my figures will be of help as it depends on the pitch of your prop. Mine is set to give a +/- static max RPM of (depending on the desity altitude on the day) between 5150 to 5250. My field is 3600 ft AMS and the density alt is often over 8000 ft in summer. I normally cruise at 5200-5300 RPM, depending on my weight, giving me a TAS of +/- 90 KTS (IAS +/- 83 KTS). Should I put on Tundra tyres, it will only be on the main wheels, as a new nose-wheel fork will be too expensive. Think I am OK with the more sensitive rudder as I often fly tail-wheels and I have got lots of chopper experience. Flew a TW today as I forgot the Foxbat's ignition on, so flat battery this morning when a few of us were on a breakfast run. The one friend then picked me up in his Cessna 180 and let me fly. Regards.

Considdering it seriously. I beleave that you loose quite a few Knots due to the extra drag.

So Thanks Mate. Sorry for the late reply but we had a "fly-away" nearly every weekend and I also went for a holiday in the Kruger Nat. Park.

OK then. Here is where we do the "pyjama-departures" from. I also upload a pic of people that often see me in my pyjamas. It is a bunch of trike owners that every so often chase me out of bed early on a Sunday morning.

Thanks. Radio is a locally made (I think) MGL which I will NOT recommend. I had a Filster (spelling?) in my Bantam which was an excellent radio.

Hi all, I am retired airline pilot. Flew 11 years for the Airforce, Harvards, choppers and then fighters, before joining the airline. I bought a Bantam after retirement, but fly an A22 LS Foxbat now. I live on a game farm, about 80km north-east of Pretoria, with my hangar and airfield next to the house. This has got the advantage that I can just hop in and go. Me and my wife often get in the Fox on a early morning for a "game-drive" dressed in our pajamas!! This of course, has the advantage that you are perfectly dressed for hospital should you have an engine failure!!! One thing I realized since retirement is that I can never get enough of flying. Regards and ENJOY.