American Champion Citabria High Country Explorer 7GCBC

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7 ай бұрын

The longest name of a single engine taildragger is looked over by Mark and taken for a spin around the patch.
#pilot #stol #taildragger #airplane ‪@skywagonuniversity5023‬

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@Mike_PSU_MSW 7 ай бұрын

Nothing against Super Cubs but this aircraft is faster, roomier, has a better heater, is easier to get into, can do 95% of what a PA-18 can and costs less money to buy/insure. Having flown both (and being 6'5") I'll take the Champ.

@Neil_ 7 ай бұрын

Sure, but J3 over original Champ any day.

@Mike_PSU_MSW 7 ай бұрын

Ahhh the age old J3/Champ debate... I'm sure I'd love the J3 more if I fit in one. I do love any Luscombe with a C85/90.

@Neil_ 7 ай бұрын

I have a Larsen Luscombe, 0320. Great airplane. I actually felt the Luscombe was harder to climb into than the J3, lol... Anyway for me, it's all about the ailerons, and J3 wins that battle all day. But really, we're talking about personal airplanes - they're all great! If you ever get the chance to jump in a C85 J3, take it! I'm 6'1" and fall right into the back seat, no problem.

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

You nailed it. They are all Great.

@Mike_PSU_MSW 7 ай бұрын

It breaks my heart I don't fit in a J3 - we have one with an O-200 and I "fit" but just can't move my feet for any rudder control.

@sski 7 ай бұрын

Wisconsin built 💪😁 One of the coolest acrobatic high wing monoplanes you could ever own, that can also pull duty as a bush plane. If I had the rubles, I'd be all over it.

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Me too.

@boogerwood Ай бұрын

Part 141 college in East Texas requires all students to learn on a Citabria. Looks like a fun plane. Thanks for the review.

@skywagonuniversity5023 Ай бұрын

Learning in a tailwheel is a good idea. Makes a better pilot. Like learning to drive in a manual/stick car.

@azarpour 7 ай бұрын

Love all the videos from Skywagon University. Please keep them coming. The phone ringing is the hallmark of the videos; they’re not a distraction 😊

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Once is enough, twice is annoying. What reminds me to turn it off, is the first ring. Sorry.

@eplyoung 7 ай бұрын

Production value is skyrocketing! Thank you for your videos.

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the compliment! - Don the Camera Guy.

@Fang70 7 ай бұрын

One of the things I find most interesting about the Citabrias is that the triangular frame in the empennage is a piece of design lineage that dates all the way back to the original Aeronca C-2 prototype that first flew in 1925.

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

If it works, why change it.

@Mike_PSU_MSW 7 ай бұрын

What is remarkable is how all the 7's from the 7AC Champ to now are built on the same type certificate.

@johnlucas2037 7 ай бұрын

A triangle boom is one of the best designs for twisting loads.

@Mike_PSU_MSW 7 ай бұрын

@@johnlucas2037 that's interesting that it is that much more stout than a box like a Cub. I know when I look back in the tail of our Champ it looks like an 80 year old truss both delicate and reliable.

@JTEllis 6 ай бұрын

Back in the 70's I had the opportunity to fly an Aeronca Champ and later a Citabria. If I were still flying, this airplane would be my choice. Thank you for this video and keep them coming. This one brought back some great memories.

@skywagonuniversity5023 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@garykendall1376 7 ай бұрын

1966 or maybe 1967 my instructor bought a new Citabria, 115 Hp. Great fun little bird. This video shows how much has changed, and how much has not changed.

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Just a bigger engine and some avionics.

@KTWardlaw 7 ай бұрын

Sweet Bird! Nice job Mark!

@gmonnig 7 ай бұрын

Citabria was the first plane I got to fly when I was about 8yrs old. My fathers buddy owned one and took me up in it around Mt Shasta. This brought back some memories.

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

That would be something in a Citabria. Shasta is a big Volcano with permanent snow on it. I flew into the crater of Mt St Helens once.

@cabdouch 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful plane. Thank you Mark

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Very welcome

@JohnDoe-we9yk 7 ай бұрын

Love the detailed information which makes aviation more interesting. 👍

@ph5915 7 ай бұрын

Always loved the Citabria's! They got too $$$$ for me though, and of course always on the other side of the continent! 🤣 Great video!

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

late ones like this are pricey but when you fly it you feel why.

@boots_n_coots 7 ай бұрын

Wheels it on like a boss 😅

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Oh yes. Wheelers.

@bernardanderson3758 7 ай бұрын

That’s how it’s done Mark and what a Beautiful Wheel Landing

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Thanks.

@bernardanderson3758 7 ай бұрын

Love this Aircraft but my choice is the Cessna 180

@quinnjim 10 күн бұрын

I thought they switched to aluminum gear legs in 2004. He said “spring steel legs”. I could be wrong.

@skywagonuniversity5023 8 күн бұрын

Maybe they are Aluminum.

@waterskicoachdfwski 3 ай бұрын

Enjoyed your Video!

@skywagonuniversity5023 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@markbryan9989 7 ай бұрын

If I were in the market for an airplane, I would be calling you about this one!!

@maxgood42 7 ай бұрын

It wouldn't be a genuine Skywagon University Video without a phone call.

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Damn, it's almost a trademark now...........

@earlelkins9086 7 ай бұрын

And it's the classic 'ringer sound' that we oldies grew up with the landline phones.. it matches the classic big band intro. 😊

@RollieFingers59 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful airplane !!

@dougdrinkwater1119 7 ай бұрын

Mark another great video, you need to ask your wife to stop ringing you to pick milk up on way home! All the best from New Zealand👍

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Ha, yes. It looks staged but it isn't. I forget and the ringing reminds me and by then it is too late.

@asselinbernard5610 6 ай бұрын

That's a super aircraft 👍

@jcl1201 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video always enjoy your perspective on aircraft.. if I didn’t already own one I definitely would by the 170 you have listed.. thanks again for showing us this great bird 👍

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@flysport_tedder 7 ай бұрын

110kts is faster than I expected! acrobatic high country. cool. (lol, your phone)

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Thanks. damn phone.

@billadams8795 7 ай бұрын

Another great video... and another phone call. :P

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Always.

@aaronfranklin3199 7 ай бұрын

Love the content! Keep it up thank you

@musoseven8218 7 ай бұрын

A lovely aeroplane, old lineage. I bet you don't miss blighty in November, cold and wet now, nights drawing in😉😀

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Bit parky here too in the evening, frost at night but warm days. Gets dark at 5,30pm now.

@publicmail2 7 ай бұрын

I always visually verify control surface movement. Imagine pulling back and not moving elevator.

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

very wise.

@rrip1 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the videos you upload.

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@waveydaveyav8r442 7 ай бұрын

Another GREAT video, Mark! And I don't believe you that the phone calls aren't staged. LOL!!!

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

They are totally random.

@doncatchpole 7 ай бұрын

Nice Bird. Enjoyed

@ben3989 7 ай бұрын

I like it!

@Flyinglawyer5286 7 ай бұрын

There is no such thing as a "Citabria Scout." The plane you flew is a CItabria High Country Explorer Model 7GCBC. A Scout is a 8GCBC. It has a constant speed prop, higher gross weight and larger fuel tanks. Due to the higher weight, I believe it is non-aerobatic.

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

My error on the title. I've corrected it from 8 to 7. - Don the Camera Guy.

@KitYeeScott 7 ай бұрын

The early 8GCBC is not even spin approved (don’t know about latter ones). Wings are longer, gear is taller than the 7 series. The early ones had the O-360 vs the O-320 in the 7GCBC. Later engine upgrades changed several times. The other 8 series aircraft is the 8KCAB Decathlon, not to be likewise confused with the 7KCAB. Both 8 series were type certified when Bellanca was building the Citabrias in the early 1970s.

@David-vf9de 7 ай бұрын

Very nice looking plane.

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

@MattMorris481 7 ай бұрын

An older friend of mine has one I think it’s a 2020 he let me fly it. I was amazed at the visibility and control on the ground Beautiful plane.

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Nice to see what they are like when new.

@MattMorris481 7 ай бұрын

@@skywagonuniversity5023 First new plane I ever flew, I knew was 20 years old when I was flying a lot.

@FlyingNDriving 7 ай бұрын

I think I blacked out from all the "toob" talk...14:44 YES I was scared AND a second one!

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Choob or Toob. sorry, it's one word I can't do. I do say aluminum tho'

@scotabot7826 7 ай бұрын

Mark, This is a High Country Citabria, Not a Scout. The Scout is the 8GCBC. Two different models buddy. Great video!!

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info!

@ditto1958 6 ай бұрын

I really like this airplane. Oh, to be young again…

@skywagonuniversity5023 6 ай бұрын

It was a nice one.

@flyingconsultant 7 ай бұрын

Love your videos! Happy to come over one day, and show you how to put your phone on vibrate 🙂

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Please do!

@user-cu8is1pi2m 7 ай бұрын

Great video, started to wonder why I was watching a 15 min video on an aeroplane Ive owned for 13 years.. I guess you make good videos, wish I had the baggage door! What size tires are those on that model, 7.00 or 8.00? I have the factory 6.00 on my 79' GCBC and wish to go bigger due to my farm strip becoming more "rough" Im Glad ACA have kept is so simple even all these years later.. great stuff

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

They are great planes.

@craigsanders6925 7 ай бұрын

That's the plane I want to own.

@FlightSimDude 7 ай бұрын

👍

@priceyA320 7 ай бұрын

Tube. Perfect. Proper English pronunciation.

@xenimaging 7 ай бұрын

Mark, I didn't see this one on your site. How much is it selling for. Funny enough, I fly out of Minden all the time and had no idea this was for sale.

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

It was only on there a short time and a buyer appeared.

@wojciechkowalewski5848 7 ай бұрын

This is AC/DC Citabria

@SkylaneGuy 6 ай бұрын

What's with the goofy 172 yokes? Never noticed that on the later 180s. Why wouldn't they put on the bigger one from the 182/206/210?

@skywagonuniversity5023 6 ай бұрын

In a 180?

@paperclipmaniac 7 ай бұрын

I didn't think Scouts were aerobatic...?

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

It's got a G meter in it and some maneuvering speeds.

@paperclipmaniac 7 ай бұрын

@@skywagonuniversity5023 Oh, I see the title change now, it's a Citabria, got it.

@Conn653 7 ай бұрын

🥰❤🥰

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

yes. it was great.

@alexeygusev698 7 ай бұрын

Any chance to see Yak-18T or Yak-52 scrutinized?

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Only if one arrives here either with an owner or for sale.

@chester8420 7 ай бұрын

0:25 You thought about pushing in the throttle and blasting off right there didn't you?!

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Erm, yes, I kind of did.

@johnlucas2037 7 ай бұрын

How much shorter can this land than a 7gcaa?

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

96 feet less. apparently.

@Saml01 7 ай бұрын

Choobs?

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Yes. The T is a silent "CH"

@ronboe6325 7 ай бұрын

How do you get people to call you, during the video, to buy the plane you just demo'd?! :^). :poke:

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Not kidding, the damn thing rings all the time.

@jackholland6758 4 ай бұрын

It's not a SCOUT

@skywagonuniversity5023 4 ай бұрын

Correct.

@acemacgruber6593 7 ай бұрын

Next time do some stunts!

@skywagonuniversity5023 7 ай бұрын

Not in other people's planes. Sorry.

@acemacgruber6593 7 ай бұрын

@@skywagonuniversity5023 just joking…great videos btw. Since you’re listening, here’s something I’ve been wondering, the horsepower and size of the engine is always given, but not the torque. It seems like the single engine aircraft engines are designed for high torque and relatively low horsepower considering their size. Is that true? Thanks.

@skywagonuniversity5023 6 ай бұрын

People do not really ever talk about Torque in planes.

@acemacgruber6593 6 ай бұрын

@@skywagonuniversity5023 I've always wondered why because a large displacement engine like the IO-360 makes only 200 hp at 2700rpm, but 350 lb ft of torque. A large displacement 4 cylinder low revving engine is made to produce a lot of torque with relatively low horsepower.