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Dave - I also want to add my thanks to you for your awesome videos. While I sit here in this office it is just so enjoyable to fire up the video and watch all the fun you are having.

Keep 'em comi ...

Michael - I'm sure you are right - there is no one answer about taildragger or nosegear. It's a lot like the high wing / low wing issue.

Have you ever heard the saying that the real test of findin ...

Oh - you guys are really putting it on me here!!! LOL -

Rex - thanks for a really detailed explaination of how you learned to fly a taildragger. I'm going to read that several more times.

I ...

Appreciate all the kind and thoughtful responses. Where to start.

Sjklerts - Glide ratio/ability is very important and more than one person has mentioned that the Kitfox is superior in this catago ...

Paul
Your first paragraph really made me laugh! When I first got my pilot's license I made a trip from Lubbock to Tucson, Az. It was in an old Cessna 172 with the 145 hp Continental engine - we had ...

Av8rps

Thanks very much - this is exactly the level of experience I was hoping to find. Appreciate your taking the time and effort to reply.

I think your advice is very sound about finding ...

Dave - thanks for your reply -

At least two reasons I don't want a taildragger - 1. It's been 30 years since I have flown a taildragger and I just don't want to go thru the learning curve. 2. I w ...

I have decided I definitely want a tri-cycle gear stol airplane. My concern is that the CH701 nosegear appears to be much more structurally solid than the current Kitfox design. However, I think the ...