I finally got to fly the Tiger 2 for the first time. Its a bit faster than what I'm use to. I had a Mag 46 AX and was having problems. I had it tuned but when I advanced the throttle, it would sputter and I would have to catch it before it dies. The "old timers" who know some stuff about engines told me that the low end needed adjusting. I had never mess with the low end so they grabbed a flathead and adjusted the screw. It likes to glide fast. I had a deadstick and when I turned toward the runway, I turned a bit to early and overshot the runway and landed in the grass. I recevied a small hole( barely noticed it) in the wing. Patched it up and took off. When I took off I got lil close to the weeds and flew through'em. [&:]I flew around a bit. I did a few circles and did a roll. I made many approaches to the runway, each time getting lower and lower. The third pass, I greased the landing, I never had a landing that nice.[8D] After gettting the plane, I found several holes on top of the wing from flying through the weeds[:@], I had no holes on the bottom. I guess when I it the weeds, the weeds went over the LE and were hitting the top of the wing. Over all very nice plane. I look forward to next week. In the mean time I'm gonna be putting stickers on the holes instead of white trim. I need to tell ya what the older guys said " You get on to us for being old, but we know a lil somtin about engines." They are right, I'm young and new and know little, they have been flying longer than I've been alive, and know a thing or two.

As you gain experience you will come to love the Tiger. Notice that it sits slightly "nose down." Not sure if this contributes, but the World T34 also sits like this...and both planes land and simply stick-no bounce at all. You'll get used to the speed, and it should fly well at slower speeds as well...maybe half throttle. It will do a slow roll with almost no tendency to drop the nose...even when you aren't using anything but the ailerons. And in terms of strength it will take a lot of hard landings. Wire landing gear on the wings are always a bit suspect to me...but the Tiger's are supported well structurally and just simply stay put even with less than perfect landings.

Have fun. I think it is one of the best low wing trainers I know of