AirLooped wrote:
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> Has anyone any experience flying a Aviat Husky?  I am intereseted in
> buying one of these but I ahave heard some negative things about it.
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> How does it handle?  I have heard over the years  that you can=92t get a
> full stall landing due to insufficint elevator or forward CG.  And that i=
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> is difficult to land, hard to flare correctly despite person in the back.=
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> Any comments?  It sure looks well built.
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> Pls e-mail AirLoo…@aol.com
> tks vm

A few years ago I talked the Aviat rep into a ride.  He brought thing up =

for the Gulkana airshow, & we met later to fly it.  Keep in mindd that I =

am a dyed-in-the-wool Cub driver.  I showed up for the flight with 80 lbs =

in salt bags for "ballast" – I needed to know how it handled at gross wt. =

 Although the rep really didn’t want to, I was in the front, so we went =

out to a strip I use for off-airport training.  Cruise was about 130 kt =

IAS, and slow-flt was very nice.  I got the feeling that i could learn to =

land it as short as I land my Cub with practice (200-300ft).  I did not =

see any of the negatives you mentioned.  The brakes do have authority, =

and could nose you over if you aren’t careful.  The only ting I did not =

like is the inability to extend inside baggage, and the crease the flap =

hinges put in my head  {;-(.

All in all I found it a very nice utility aircraft.  I offered to trade =

him my Cub for it on the spot…. but he didn’t take it.  I haven’t run =

out an bought one either.

Clay