Why doesn’t anyone build a PA-14 side by side cub with full dual controls both left and right seat?
Seems a no brainer to me. I just prefer side by side over tandem, but it seems no one builds them
Why not buy a Cessna or Maule? The magic of a Cub is enhanced by piloting it from the center.
New Companion model, basically their 4 place fuselage without the rear seat or large baggage door. Shortened mount and Patrol wing. More to come
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They do it is the 4 place cub. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvUB8UhtKv
DENNY
Why doesn’t anyone build a PA-14 side by side cub with full dual controls both left and right seat?
Seems a no brainer to me. I just prefer side by side over tandem, but it seems no one builds them
DENNY
I have watched that video a few times, and the Airframes 4 place looks cool, but I believe Kirk is building that plane with a single stick in the middle isn’t he? I am sure he could build dual sticks.
I like the longer wings on the cub for sure.
Why doesn’t anyone build a PA-14 side by side cub with full dual controls both left and right seat?
The long wing Maule looks really good looking at the numbers for slow flight.
I was really just inquiring, I am not building one. My wife likes sitting side by side, I doubt she would ever fly tandem as she is not even good riding in the backseat of a car.
Tri Pacers used to be cheap enough to chop up and modify. The Producer was the result, which seems to be the answer to your question.Why doesn’t anyone build a PA-14 side by side cub with full dual controls both left and right seat?
Seems a no brainer to me. I just prefer side by side over tandem, but it seems no one builds them
For a low time guy? Buy a 172 and learn to fly. Get a couple hundred hours and then you’ll know better what you want and need. And for a low time pilot a 172 is plenty capable of off airport where a low time guy is likely to go. Cheap to insure. Comfy cabin. Great airplanes!
Our first plane was a Pacer, it was perfect fit for us and she loved sitting next to me. One day she got to fly in the back of my friends cub. It only took her about 30 min to figure out the view was a lot better in the cub so new plane approval went fast. Find a cub with glass door and see if you wife likes it. We have a 180 but my wife prefers the cub due to the view. If I did get a side by side I would prefer a yoke to a stick getting in and out is easy with a yoke. DENNY
While I am a low time pilot, every hour of my flying has been tailwheel, so why would I want to go tricycle?For a low time guy? Buy a 172 and learn to fly. Get a couple hundred hours and then you’ll know better what you want and need. And for a low time pilot a 172 is plenty capable of off airport where a low time guy is likely to go. Cheap to insure. Comfy cabin. Great airplanes!
To learn to fly. Landing is an itty bitty part of that. Forget the internet hype that taildraggers are some badge that you’re cool. Airplanes are tools. Choose the tool that makes the best sense for the job.
A friend’s wife always stuck to a rule. Nobody in her family was allowed to fly with anyone that had fewer than 500 hours. Smart lady. Crawl before you walk, walk before you run.