Flying The Waco EGC-8
PacificFlyer | Jan 06, 2012 | Comments 0
By Jim Clark
Owner/Pilot
If you can fly any taildragger, you can fly this big Waco cabin.
It is just a truck, tremendously stable in flight.
On take off, I accelerate and push hard to lift the tail, put a little bit of back pressure on the control wheel at 62-63 mph, and let the speed build up in the ground effect until reaching 80 mph to climb.
It is a fingertip airplane at cruising speed with elevators and ailerons. The controls are very well harmonized.
It is an honest airplane and a real pleasure to fly. You just think what you want to do with it, and it just does it, there are no surprises.
Upon landing, if you cross the fence at 80 mph with flaps, and target a point down the runway while holding a level flight attitude the airplane will just land and roll in a wheels landing attitude.
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