Yes, it must be fun. And there is no flap.
I spoke to a Pitts pilot around 25 years ago; he told me that the thing would
sustain up +12, -10, or something like that. I now know that even if the
machine could do it, the pilot couldn't.
The other fun machines would be the ones on the Red Bull Air Race circuits,
whose pilots, notwithstanding their advance years (over 40 :-)) must be
extremely fit.
Chris
On 29 Dec 2011, at 19:06, Jim Nichols wrote:
> I've never been in one, but, from what I have read, the Pitts is fun in the
> air, but a challenge on the ground. With all of that nose and wing
> structure up front, there is no forward visibility on the ground, so you
> must S-turn your way from point A to point B. Apparently, the airborne
> attractiveness wins out. ;~)
>
> I noticed the G-meter in the center of the panel, with broad red lines.
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