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You hit upon the one major concern, Wayne. Though it has been told that one can wear a cap in the front seat without it blowing off. The backseat is rather breezy. In looking at the Pusher, I was thinking it wouldn't be too difficult to fabricate a windshield for the back seat. Then the light bulb flashed and duh? What would that do for the airflow for the propeller?

I know that was a real deal killer when I was considering going to a trike. All that wind in the face was very uncomfortable for me.

Thanks Wayne,

Bill
Grants Pass, Oregon

Jim,
I am not ignoring you;) I just hadn't been back to this thread for a while.

As you most likely know the AirCam is twin, using two Rotax engines. It has pretty good thrust. The airplane has a huge wing; I don't regret not flying it in high winds. It gets off after a very short run; The tail comes up quickly and very shortly thereafter the plane will fly off of the runway.

It would be unkind to call the AirCam's flight slow and plodding; I prefer stately.

Thanks. I always thought there would we be a strong pitch down when power is added due to the high thrust line.

Harris Wood's Woody Pusher is a remake of the Curtiss-Wright Jr. A founding member of EAA 569 had a replica Curtiss-Wright Junior. I saw it in flight in the 70's. He owns rental properties and has the fuselage in town, the wings in a barn out of county, and the empennage in a rental house attic. Been nagging him for years to get all the pieces together in one spot. I've seen the parts that he's got here in town.
Bull-headed inertia.

Well, I have had several responses back on the baggage area available in the Pusher. And though it seems to have a bit more then most LSA's. There still isn't nearly enough for Cheyenne. Darn it any how. So the focus now is being shifted possibly an Experimental Taylorcraft. A taildragger.............shivers!


we never would have dreamed that it would become such a long drawn out search to find a light sport aircraft to replace the simple ol 150.

Bill
Grants Pass, Oregon

It hasn't really been that long, Bill. Just a couple of months or so, now. You have been all over the map exploring your options, which are seemingly more limited than you may have first expected. But, that is just fine. Isn't it always that way? You might wind up keeping that 150 of yours much longer than you had expected. Good luck on your continued search!

is this one of those?
Saw it at George's place today, Sterling MA,
The "occupant area" is plexi-glassed in

Those things are Ugly....there is another one similar but, different, called a Boorabee, similar meaning roughly looking the same, different meaning taildragger - its a two seater by the way

It appears to be a Quad City Challenger. See

quadcitychallenger.com

Our Jim Curns owned one.

As Tom said, that looks like a Challenger II. I was looking at those before I bought my 150. You can do some very interesting things with them. They make for neat Amphibious airplane when put on amphibious floats.

Quite capable but slower than the 150. The one I test flew had Cub (J3) like performance with a slower roll rate. kind of sluggish in roll actually, but improves slightly if you initiate the turn with rudder first then add aileron.

Visibility is excellent in all directions as the wing is back behind the pilot and it's a pusher. Belt drive gives me some pause.

Won't really work for Bill as there is little to no baggage area. Certainly no room for the pooch.

Still have the amphibious version on my short list as a summer time fun vehicle after I buy my lakeside camp...