ORIGINAL: forestroke
for some reason the sonic is the trainer of choice here in taiwan. everyone and their mothers have started on the sonic. high wing followed by the low wing.
a ton of people put tuned pipes on their low wing sonics. i don't know why. but they do. and they love them. i've never flown one but that's probably because i learned to fly outside taiwan. otherwise... who knows... i might be giving first person advice! :-)
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As soon as I saw the Sonic on the Tower site, I ordered one, thinking about the same way about it as you are describing them being used at your field. Some models just have that certain "it". The Sonic appears to be one such model.
If my two Super Tigre .34's don't sell on eBay, one of them will power the Sonic (low wing). If they do sell, I'm going to start looking around for a Fox .25BB. Always wanted one. Had their .19BB in 84 and loved it. Very, very powerful and light.
Ed Cregger