> I've heard for sometime that the R-22 is harder to fly than the little
> ultralite Mosquito.  This past week end I took a 1/2 hr ride in an R-22.
> In my opinion the cyclic in the R-22 with its lack of feel or any kind of
> force feedback is at least an order of magnitude more difficult to adjust
> to than the Mosquito.  Had I tried to lift the R-22 off the grass without
> the benefit of an instructor, I would probably have rolled it.  On the
> other hand I have soloed two versions of the Mosquito with no trouble.  I
> think I agree with the wags that claim if you can fly the R-22 you can fly
> anything. It took me about 10 minutes before the instructor felt like
> leaving his hand off the cyclic. I now have some stick time in several
> versions of the Bell 47s, a Brantly, 300CB, several different Safaris, two
> different Mosquitos, a Huey UH-1N and the Hummingbird.  To date my pecking
> order in ease of flight would start with the Huey, then the Mosquito, then
> the Brantly, then a toss up with the Safaris and the Hummingbird, The
> Bells and the 300CB and certainly last the R-22.
> I did like the governor tho.

> Stu Fields