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aboyd Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 3. "RE: First Flight in My Pitts!" 12-11-02, 01:50z  Congratulations! Aren't they just a barrel of monkeys? Suggestion on the tailwheel for a Pitts: think about an APS from AC Spruce. It's better than either the Maule or the Lang, IMHO, and 'way cheaper. Free advice: 1) Put lots of 100LL through that engine! The more you fly, the better a pilot you will become. 2) Start aerobatic maneuvers just a bit higher than you think you really need to. 3) Do lots of landings. When the airport is quiet, seize a few minutes to do a bunch of quick touch and goes. 4) Slowly but steadily expand your personal crosswind envelope. After a while, you will be landing in crosswinds that no one else can - the Pitts is that capable. Technically speaking, it's got a tiny vertical fin close to the main gear. 5) Avoid contaminated runways (ice, snow) like the plague until you get a lot more hours in. Landing a Pitts on a narrow, ice-covered runway with tall snowbanks and a blasting crosswind is not a lot of fun. Neither is 3 inches of slush. If nothing else, I worry about the wheel pants filling up with crud and locking up the tire, which makes the landing even more interesting. 6) Keep a good lookout! You'd be amazed at how many Pitts come to grief both on the ground and in the air. 7) Be careful when landing on grass runways, because of the lack of visual contrast at the edge of the runway. A snow-covered runway has the same problem. Welcome to the cult^H^H^H^H club! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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Subject      Author      Message Date     ID      First Flight in My Pitts!    TomParsons       12-10-02              RE: First Flight in My Pitts!    djpacro       12-10-02       1            RE: First Flight in My Pitts!    TomParsons       12-11-02       2         RE: First Flight in My Pitts!    aboyd       12-11-02       3         RE: First Flight in My Pitts!    vgbaron       12-11-02       4         RE: First Flight in My Pitts!    DHamblin       12-11-02       5         RE: First Flight in My Pitts!    Ben_Chiu       12-11-02       6         RE: First Flight in My Pitts!    CRodin       12-14-02       7         RE: First Flight in My Pitts!    TomParsons       12-17-02       8            RE: First Flight in My Pitts!    djpacro       12-17-02       9         RE: First Flight in My Pitts!    Patty_Wagstaff       12-25-02       10         RE: First Flight in My Pitts!    Ninepilot       01-20-03       11

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