Citabra Aerobatics?

[MoMatt]

Interesting. I did not know that.

Glad someone brought this thread back from the dead, it was fun reminiscing.

 

[JustinS]

Nonsense. A Citabria is a perfectly fine aerobatic platform. You're not going to compete in Sportsman with a 7ECA, but you can do almost all inside maneuvers with perfect adequacy. As far as power, people do aerobatics in gliders, which have even less power than a 150.

Super D is fun. Pitts is fun. Great Lakeses are fun. But don't you dare dis da Citabria.

~Foxeh

I'm not hating, just being honest about its performance. I loved flying that plane, and I miss it dearly. A glider might have better performance in terms of less drag going through a maneuver though than a 7ECA I would imagine.

 

[DrunkenWoodpecker]

I saw a Citabria competing in primary category at Delano last year: https://iaccdb.iac.org/contests/446 The scores aren't that bad after all; however its unlikely to be any competitive at Sportsman level.

 

[TwoTwoLeft]

I saw a Citabria competing in primary category at Delano last year: https://iaccdb.iac.org/contests/446 The scores aren't that bad after all; however its unlikely to be any competitive at Sportsman level.

It can in the right hands. The Sportsman sequence is actually designed so a 7ECA can fly it.