>> all aerobatic aircraft are heading towards a mono-wing and that the pitts
>is
>> a step backward. Any advise welcome.
>
(snip)
>The Pitts is an unlimited class aerobatic airplane. If you're lucky and have
>a
>lot of talent, it will take you years of hard training before you're even
>remotely capable of wringing more out of "some" monoplanes (i.e. the Extra)
>than
>a Pitts.
>

Not being a Pitts pilot but having observed many, I would also conclude many
models are a "step backward", but from the point of making life harder and more
stressful than it needs to be, not performance. We don't know which sense the
original speaker meant. Agreed, for a beginning pilot to avoid them because
they aren't as flight-capable is pretty silly.

Some people like the challenge and bragging rights. But for a beginning pilot
to avoid Pitts' because they don't want to deal with the, ah, unique
characteristics isn't so silly. Many would call it prudent. And although the
Zlin spins terrified the original poster, Pitts spins have a lethal history of
their own. Tailwheel time isn't a big deal (unless you want to upgrade to a
Pitts...). I'd investigate cost, solo priviledges (my FBO will sometimes
allow solo in an Extra 200 but never in an S2B), checkout and training
requirements, then, personally, probably pick the Zlin.

Greg Dinning

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