ORIGINAL: Stickbuilder
ORIGINAL: RCKen
ORIGINAL: piper_chuck
ORIGINAL: RCKen
ORIGINAL: piper_chuck
ORIGINAL: MinnFlyer
Personally, I would never tell a kid to learn to drive with a stick... Nor would I recommend a trainer with a tailwheel.
More proof that I'm a contrarian, I learned to drive with a stick and learned to fly using a trainer with a tailwheel.
I got ya beat here. I learned to drive on a '63 Chevy pickup that had a 3-speed on the column!!!! Talk about a work out while driving!!!
Ken
I had one of those for a while.
Not sure of the year, but it was the same vintage. I remember that it didn't have power steering, so the wheel was supersized. The one I had needed engine work. Burned lots of oil. When someone decided to tailgate me I took great delight in stomping on the gas and watching the blue smoke pour out of the tailpipes. They quickly decided that tailgating was a bad idea.
Ours had one purpose, and one purpose only. It was a farm truck. We used it mostly for cutting firewood. We would load down the bed with so much cut wood that the frame would be sitting on the axles, and then we would come up out of the woods were we would be cutting wood. That ole 6 banger would moan and groan, but she would always make it out with the load on it's back. I really miss that ole truck now. I know I sound like my dad (and grandpa) but they really don't make em like that any more!!!
Ken
Me, I learned to drive in a 1936 Dodge 1/2 ton pickup. 3 by the knee and armstrong power steering, footstrong power brakes. I learned to fly Radio Control with a Livewire Champ. It was a Taildragger. In fact, I don't remember ever flying an airplane (model or full scale) with training wheels. It just ain't natural. Sure does look easier though.
Bill, AMA 4720
WACO Brotherhood #1
1960 Ford Falcon. School had a fleet of them. Some automatic and some manual. The guys drove both and most of the girls just drove autos. Their choice.