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Smith Miniplane flight characteristics

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I'd really appreciate input as to the flight characteristics of the Smith Miniplane compared to those of the Pitts. I have a SMP but have no landings in a Pitts. My Miniplane is a very honest airplane, stalls, spins loops and rolls seem normal to my limited experience. I suspect that the SMP is more docile in landings than the Pitts, is that correct? I have approximately 50 hours in mine, it has an O-290 GPU, controllable tailwheel just like my Luscombe has and my experience is that the airplane is just another airplane, contrary to some of the wild stories that had me freaked out before I flew it. One guy told me that without a lockable tailwheel I would be trapped inside a smoking ball beside the runway, he was totally serious. Since all my experience had been in Luscombes I couldn't understand how that could be, and I was right.

Someone has been telling a friend of mine that the SMP flies just awful, and I just don't get it. Thanks,
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