A2A Cub helped me get my license
Posted: 30 Aug 2013, 07:52
A short message from a 32 year old newly baked pilot out of Stockholm, Sweden here.
Just wanted to offer some testimony as to how good the A2A Cub is...
I recently passed my checkride in a flying club which uses Cub-based taildraggers for schooling - for various good reasons, most of which are outlined here: http://airfactsjournal.com/2013/08/why- ... ildragger/
Right about when I started, I found out about this great new Accusim aircraft from A2A, and started flying it daily. I practiced maneuvers, the pattern, radio chatter, and thanks to the accuracy of Accusim, and my stick/pedal setup, could practice things like steep turns, forward slips, side slips and the all important landing flare to my heart's content in the simulator.
During most lessons, like my initial cross country, my instructor was impressed by how I was able to handle the aircraft - and I would usually tell him I had flown the whole lesson five times already in flight simulator...
Thanks to how realistically this aircraft behaves, I was much more prepared for the mechanical aspects of flying, and could focus on flying well instead.
I'd like to thank A2A for saving me a truckload of money on flying lessons! And truly, Accusim is the next best thing to being there. Now bring on the next challenge.
Here's a few pics of the aircraft I flew my lessons in, a EuroCub:
And a shot of my lovely Accusimed Cub (with amazing Bushwhacker paintjob), in the late afternoon sky:
Just wanted to offer some testimony as to how good the A2A Cub is...
I recently passed my checkride in a flying club which uses Cub-based taildraggers for schooling - for various good reasons, most of which are outlined here: http://airfactsjournal.com/2013/08/why- ... ildragger/
Right about when I started, I found out about this great new Accusim aircraft from A2A, and started flying it daily. I practiced maneuvers, the pattern, radio chatter, and thanks to the accuracy of Accusim, and my stick/pedal setup, could practice things like steep turns, forward slips, side slips and the all important landing flare to my heart's content in the simulator.
During most lessons, like my initial cross country, my instructor was impressed by how I was able to handle the aircraft - and I would usually tell him I had flown the whole lesson five times already in flight simulator...
Thanks to how realistically this aircraft behaves, I was much more prepared for the mechanical aspects of flying, and could focus on flying well instead.
I'd like to thank A2A for saving me a truckload of money on flying lessons! And truly, Accusim is the next best thing to being there. Now bring on the next challenge.
Here's a few pics of the aircraft I flew my lessons in, a EuroCub:
And a shot of my lovely Accusimed Cub (with amazing Bushwhacker paintjob), in the late afternoon sky:
