TxAgfisher
MEMBER
East Texas
Let me preface this whole thing by saying that I have already been chastised and Cub shamed by Steve Pierce for commenting on how slow this Cub was... anyway, 14.3hrs to go 1055 miles. That’s an average of less than 74mph! Granted, the wind was absolutely horrendous.
Seriously though, the trip was brutal. Least amount of fun I’ve had buying a plane and I’m on number 5.
The burning question though before I dump a bunch of money in upgrades or sell it - how in the hell do you get to the brakes for a wheelie roll out. If I get on the brakes I have to nearly bottom the pedal out for any effective braking whatsoever and in doing so I don’t get the braking I need to control the tail and I lose the rudder trying to figure out how to manipulate my feet. Do I need boosters? I serviced the fluid myself before I left so I know they are full.
I’m used to flying with a lot of brakes, tail low wheelie rollout like this...
Embedding the video didn’t work, here’s the actual link.
https://vimeo.com/445981121
Seriously though, the trip was brutal. Least amount of fun I’ve had buying a plane and I’m on number 5.
The burning question though before I dump a bunch of money in upgrades or sell it - how in the hell do you get to the brakes for a wheelie roll out. If I get on the brakes I have to nearly bottom the pedal out for any effective braking whatsoever and in doing so I don’t get the braking I need to control the tail and I lose the rudder trying to figure out how to manipulate my feet. Do I need boosters? I serviced the fluid myself before I left so I know they are full.
I’m used to flying with a lot of brakes, tail low wheelie rollout like this...
Embedding the video didn’t work, here’s the actual link.
https://vimeo.com/445981121