It's 7AM Sunday morning,wife is still sleeping,I am drinking lots of coffee and its going to be 80 degrees today with calm winds. What a beautiful morning. Sure would like to bolt out that door and go flying like I did yesterday. BUT, I have to do the political thing and wait till she gets up,have breakfast & then bolt ! All you old married guys know !
Anyway, I digress
I have been flying several different light aircraft lately and it seems I always compare them to my Kitfox. I am trying to get a couple of friends up to speed on the planes they bought. One of them is a SkyRanger the other a Rans S-6. Both of these airplanes are nice but don't handle as well as my Kitfox. This is a not a fun chore as one guy is a tall 75 year old "good ole boy" (as we say in the south) His head is up and locked most of the time. The Rans is a handful for him ! (and for me to keep him from crashing it !)
The other guy sounds exactly like Larry the cable guy (he is from Mississippi). He is a little sharper and his drawl makes me laugh. The Sky Ranger is kin to "flying lawn furniture" It doesn't like much wind and it's the first 2 stroke (582) I have flown behind.
My Kitfox 4 sure handles better than either one of these aircraft. The Paradise P-1 I fly occasionaly is nice. Fast little bugger!
Overall though, I like the Kitfox the best especially when I can fly by myself and don't have to worry about keeping somebody else from flying into the trees!
Fly safe ,
Dick