This was my final lesson in the 1974 Bellanca Citabria 7ECA. My instructor does well at explaining the fine corrections needed for my wheel landings and three point landings. Now it's time to practice and hone these new skills!
That's a 1974 Citabria and I know that because I used to own that plane. Sold it 17 years ago and haven't flown since, until I Googled the N number. Drove up to Lakeville and took an hour of dual with Mason just to see if I could still fly. Looks like you did a great job. Side note I took an hour of dual today in a Super Decathlon. I told Mason an hour with him was going to cost me a lot of money. :)
I learned to fly in a Citabria at Warbird Adventures here in Kissimmee, FL. I love the bright green on your plane and it looks great against the snow you guys have up there. I tell ya what I'll take some of that snow vs the heat we get down here trying to fly in the Summer getting tossed all over the place with the thermals.
I used to work for a Citabria new dealer in the 70s always loved seeing the new bright colors come i when someone bought a new one...the Orange or Green always were my favorites.
Nicely done video. You fly it well. This was helpful for me as I have my first checkout in the Citabria (partnership) I just bought tomorrow. Only thing better would have been if you could verbalize speeds/RPM while you are talking your way through the flight fases for those of us who are pilots. Look forward to more videos!
A great airplane. I owned an Aeronca Champion 7AC with tricycle landing gear original manufacturing. I guess that tail dragger has much more personality and I like it a lot, much more than mine. Thanks to Buzz Wagner who always gave me good advise on the maintenance and general information on the airplane. Unfortunately, they broke it in Mexico, killing the pilot/owner and seriously hurting the guy in the back seat.
Exce;;emt video. I'm almost at the "sign off" stage in a J3C but flying time is hard to get due to our local weather. I learn a lot from instructional videos. They don't contradict what I've been told by my instructor, they reinforcement what he's told me.
Bring below stall, aileron yaw into the brief. Focus: ailerone, proportionally & opposit the rudder. This supplements the rudder with directional control.
Hey great video, I really love the camera angles. I am training in a Decathlon. Can you tell me, what camera mount did you use for the strut images as I would like to get one? Thank You Todd.
@@HoustonGamerTVHGTV get with a good instructor, get a taildragger and go take a few lessons. Taildraggers are unforgiving, not uncontrollable you will overcome your fear, and it will make you a much better pilot.
Do you happen to have any advice for taildragger and or Citabria pilots? I’m looking at getting my tail wheel rating in one soon and I want all the help I can get, wonderful video by the way :)
The Citabria is such an amazing airplane. It is one of the more forgiving tailwheel planes. Just keep it in the back of your head that the tail wheel is always trying to swing around to the front because of where the cg is located. So with that in the back of your head you always want to do subtle dance and jabs on the rudder pedals to keep that tail wheel straight. Also you MUST control that tail at all times on the ground. This plane recently went off the runway because the gentlemen who rented it was neutral stick on take off. That doesn't work! The tail started bouncing and wanting to fly and then the gyroscopic forces started pulling left and he caught the snow bank. Good luck be safe and have fun!
Citabria is one of the best aircraft to learn to fly in, or to get your ticket in. They are the best behaved, easiest taildragger to learn in. You can see over the nose as well. That's a great benefit for a O/low time taildragger pilot!!
