Hi Winger.

Regarding the Midwest Aerobat, I love that plane. I also have a Tiger 60 which is a very forgiving plane but the Aerobat keeps me on my toes because it is faster than the Tiger 60 which makes landings a tad faster. I found that I have to 'fly' it into the landing rather than gliding it in at idle.. needs a few clicks of throttle until just before touchdown when I go to idle. The Tiger 60 will pretty much glide in at idle after turning from base to final.

Other than that, it is very capable, doing just about all the aerobatic maneuvers that I am capable of and lots more in the hands of the club experts, who, by the way, also love to fly it.

I used the trike landing gear. I am going to switch over to tail dragger. It comes capable of both (the mounting hardware is on the aircraft already so all I have to do is move the mains to the alternate mounting and add the tail wheel, remove the nose gear (which are typical nose gear.. crappy..). We have a grass field with the usual lumps and bumps. The nose wheel does not hold up very well and tends to bend backwards after several landings. The tail dragger would aleviate that problem so I am going to switch over this week.

Engine wise, the OS 46 ABX is plenty of power for that plane. With the proper propellor, 11-5 or 11-6, it will go vertical and actually accelerate at full throttle, and climbs straight.

Thanks for asking.

Dick.