It's going to feel quite a bit different from a trainer. You'll be on that right thumb a bit more to keep the wings level, for one thing. Plus, it will be more pitch sensitive. Yank the elevator on takeoff without enough airspeed, and you'll find yourself doing an expensive cartwheel. It won't "harrier" at slow speeds very well, so you'll have to fly it, not float it when landing. It'll do aerobatics, but you really don't want to push it too much because it won't recover as easily from stalls as other sport planes. So, there you have it: Tippy ailerons, a somewhat twitchy elevator, and kind of a bad habit of spinning after stalling. At least it won't be as hairy as my little HOB Decathlon, but it's not going to be as easy to manage as a Pulse XT either.

NorfolkSouthern