Guess I should qualify.. I also know some Cub guys that land where the Scouts wouldn't consider.. haha

My dad owned a Scout, I flew it a lot, I have owned a Super Cub, Arctic Tern, Citabria and 2 Husky's. The Scout is a very good airplane but I much prefer the Husky over all the airplanes I just listed.

I think Scouts just suffer from the same bad press the old Champ suffered from which was... it just wasn't a cub. The Champ and all it's progeny are good airplanes. I'd love to have a Scout if I could afford it.

Coyote Ugly wrote:Guess I should qualify.. I also know some Cub guys that land where the Scouts wouldn't consider.. haha

Pops, I know a Cub guy that lands where other Cub guys won't,

Eduardo was great seeing you at both airshows I really enjoyed them

Im trying to book test flights for Sun and Fun , want to test a Scout, a Maule and a Carbon Cub.
Im pretty much sure Im going to like the Carbon Cub better, but just in case wanna test all of them.
Last year I test flew a Husky, liked it much more than my 182 for sure, but its too expensive I think.

Great airplanes. Underrated.

heres a link to new and used Scouts:

http://m.northwestbackcountryaircraft.com/

Wow Z, Beautiful airplane! Tell us about it and the location of the picture.

ZPilot wrote:


Great airplanes. Underrated.

I suddenly have scout envy.

DoubleUgly wrote:heres a link to new and used Scouts:

http://m.northwestbackcountryaircraft.com/

Yea, Bob Hannah us a guy that can really fly a Scout.. And that's an understatement..

Double Ugly- where are you guys located at KSAC? North or South hangars?

This is TopSec / NoFor information:. The Scouts are dispersed around the field for security reasons. Lots of Big Tire envy in Sac these days. Need to make sure my 35" ABW don't end up on a Rans when I'm not looking.

G44 wrote:Wow Z, Beautiful airplane! Tell us about it and the location of the picture.

G44-

Lake Isabel WA. Last summer.
All I can take credit for is ownership of the plane. A couple of instructors from Rainier Flight Service took the plane to the lake and snapped the photo.

Motoadve: If you're headed to Sun-N-Fun, you should make a side trip to Moultrie, GA and book an hour at Maule Flight with Ray Maule. You can also see a number of Maules in for repair and modification at Maule Air, usually including a bare bones fuselage in for recover. On the other side of the same airport you can visit the production facility at Maule Air. You'll get a much better look at the planes there than Sun-N-Fun can offer. The airshow is a blast though, and should not be missed. With a bit of luck, I'll be camping at the show with my Maule this year.

That is where I thought it was. Z, you have one VERY nice looking Scout!

G44

flyhound thats a good idea and pretty tempting will take a look at that option.
Maules are also a plane Im interested in.

I have a grand total of 30 minutes in a Scout (4 touch and go's)... I have to say that, for the money, and if it fit my mission, I would have no reservations whatsoever...

Great performers and seemed much easier to handle on roll-out than my Maule.

Cool...

Larry, I'm going to be at SNF also this year. I would love to get together and do some of the test flying of the Scout, Maule, and CC with you. I'm also in the market. Let's PM each other.

Hey BRD, that yellow/blue Scout looks to be on Wipline amphibs. Haven't seen that before. 150 lbs over the straight floats, 400 lbs overall. Some of the corporate/government stuff around here was on amphib (I flew both amphib and straight Wiplines), but to earn a living you couldn't afford the loss of payload for the minor benefit. Not to mention insurance for steely-eyed agents that are too well aware of the things that can go wrong with amphibs.

I flew a Scout one summer on straight floats, dropping into the all-girl college by a lake. Loved that airplane....could have been that time in my life as well.