Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Piper J3 Cub - Brand New / Modernized

Helen: Have you ever looked closely at the Rans S-7LS powered by a Rotax 912? This aircraft is quite the performer and has good looks and many improvements over the Cub. Also, it is American made and Rans Aircraft has a good reputation for product support. I would think that it might make a good trainer. I have only sat in one but the thing is easy to get into (large doors on both sides) and the visibility is quite good compared to most Cub clones.

I know that I should not say this but I can't constrain myself. I think that it is nostalgia that keeps the Cub alive. My bet is that most of the Cub clones available today are great improvements over the old Piper version by most any measure. The old Cub that I flew was powered by a Continental 65 hp engine, had truck-like handling qualities and every take-off with 2 people on-board kept your attention for a long time. I admit that I loved flying the thing but nostalgia, I think, played the leading role in this judgment.

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