Can't say for sure either way. I only know that a T-34 would flip around acrobatically as much as I'd ever want to do. Never flew a Citabria. If it is "better" than a T-34 than I'd never be the one to test its limits.
This much I know from experience -- a T-34 will go straight up in the air (for a while), hang there on the prop (for a much more brief period than the ride up), and then roll over wherever you want it depending on control input. The T-28 (flown only in VT-7 when I was there, and at that time [1981] they were being phased out) was rumored to be even more fun. Never saw it happen and certainly never did it myself, but "common knowledge" was that you could put a T-28 into a vertical climb, run out of air speed, and hang there for a God-awful length of time while the engine and prop thumbed its nose at gravity. http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Aircraft/NonCombatants/T28LowLevel.jpg T-28 had (has) one R-1820 engine, exactly the same power plant that powered my beloved Goat around on two engines. Unbelievable power to weight ratio on that beast. Loud, a vibration factory, lots of hands to make the engine work (mixture, throttle, supercharger, etc.) but supposedly a blast to fly. ... Having had five years experience in Goats as a nav and as a mechanic at the time I hit flight training, I elected to go with the tubroprop T-34C. -- One control input: push forward, go fast; pull back, go slow. Plus, the T-34 had A/C and the T-28 didn't. On 9/4/07, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I only rode in a T-34 once - and it was mostly straight and level > flight. The Citabria is a much lighter and simpler plane, and that > means more fun to me -- > > On 9/4/07, Wonko the Sane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wonder how that stacks up against a T-34C in way of performance and > fun? > > > > -- > OK Don, KD5NRO > Norman, OK > "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics." > -Benjamin Disraeli > '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ Make a small loan, Make a big difference - Kiva.org _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
