[Titanaircraft] Re: If you started new

Thanks for the reply and advice. Do you have a constant speed propeller and how is the noise level in the cockpit?

--- In Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com, "lucien stavenhagen" <lstavenhagen@...> wrote:
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> --- In Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com, "newtoultralights" <stephen_kuczynski@> wrote:
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> > Hello, I am new to ultralights but experienced in 4 seat certified aircraft. I am looking to do gain new flying experiences and I have been intrigued by the Tital line, particlularly the tornado S. I like to fly local, slow with great visibility. For those experienced ultralighters, what advice would you have if you were starting over. I am thinking about doing the quickbuild route with a rotax 912S and a BRS. What advice would you have?
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> I'm an old ultralighter as well, tho I also got my start in general aviation. After I got my private, I accumulated a bunch of time in a quicksilver, a trike and most recently a Kolb FS II.
> I now own/fly a II SS (the super pretty one on the titan website with the wild red/yellowish paintjob originally built by the Master of all things titan JD Stewart).
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> The S and SS with the 912 have a performance envelope somewhere in the neighborhood of the C150/152, tho climb rate is significantly better especially if you go with the 26' wing (mine does close to 2000fpm solo at sea level). It's also a bit faster on the controls.
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> So it's kind of midway between an ultralight/fat ultralight and the typical GA spam can in terms of how it flies.
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> Because it's a high-engine pusher with the wing sort of set back a bit, the view from the front seat is much better than any tractor design (tho not as good as from an ultralight like a trike or quicksilver).
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> You can fly low and slow by putting out a bit of flaps and throttling back. Especially with the 26' wing, I can put along comfortably at 65 to 60mph indicated with a little flaps out, but I can also go 100mph by adding a little pitch to the prop.
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> It is different enough from UL and general aviation flying to require tornado-specific transition training, and it gives you a kind of a mix of both experiences.
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> The S with a 912 is just about the ideal choice and I'd recommend the 26' wing if you intend to do a fair bit of slow flying and kicking around the patch, etc. If you are going to fly dual a significant portion of the time, I'd recommend the SS which is a lot roomier especially in the back seat.
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> LS
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