Thanks for the comments Frank, you are correct in what you wrote, the tailwheel Aerobat is an unusual airplane and will probably be difficult to sell.
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" A taildragger configuration may be consider as a liability (not performance wise, just resale wise) because it usually eliminates low time buyers, pilots who have heard horror stories about groundlooping, non endorsed pilots,etc)"
Yes, I knew that when I did the conversion, however at the time I did it I chose to convert the Aerobat rather than buy a Citabria...my reasonoing was that the Aerobat would be a known type as a lot of students learn to fly on 150's, however my reasoning was badly flawed because I forgot to take into account that most of todays flight instructors are very limited in their flying skills and even more limited in their understanding of the subject of how to fly.
So now I'm stuck with having made a bad decision and will just have to wait for the right buyer if there is one out there.
My reasonng for choosing the Aerobat over the Citabria was also based on the simple fact that they are both basic trainers and both do about the same job in teaching basic aerobatic skills...however the Aerobat in the Texas Tail Dragger configuration is quite a bit more demanding with regard to directional control during landing and take off.
It is about half way between a Citabria and a Pitts for yaw control on the ground.
Anyhow I forgot about the abysimal level of flight instructing today and must live with that error in thinking.
I still can't believe that flying a tail wheel airplane requires a special endorsement,how did aviation get this dummed down?
