VNugget
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- Dec 4, 2002
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Well, as of today, I am officially a hundred-hour wonderboy.
Also, I'm now technically a warbird pilot
I came in to drill some holes in one of our Citabrias, but on a whim decided to get checked out in our Taylorcraft L-2. Afer 20-some-odd hours in the Citabrias I could definitely feel how much lighter the L-2 is. It's also in this plane that I have noticed the biggest difference in performance between dual and solo. Dual, my CFI calculated our climb rate to around 350-400 fpm, but solo I estimated we were getting around twice that. It also felt pretty cool lifting it off in a hair short of 300 feet of a takeoff roll (7 kt headwind)
Also, I'm now technically a warbird pilot
I came in to drill some holes in one of our Citabrias, but on a whim decided to get checked out in our Taylorcraft L-2. Afer 20-some-odd hours in the Citabrias I could definitely feel how much lighter the L-2 is. It's also in this plane that I have noticed the biggest difference in performance between dual and solo. Dual, my CFI calculated our climb rate to around 350-400 fpm, but solo I estimated we were getting around twice that. It also felt pretty cool lifting it off in a hair short of 300 feet of a takeoff roll (7 kt headwind)
