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Trigear? Taildragger? Fixed pitch prop? Which Engine? ...anything related with model selection considerations and questions about buying a Maule
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I am in the market for an airplane to get my PPL. I was looking at 1975 Cessna 172 but looks like the deal may fall through. I ran across a 1968 Maule M4, 0-300, 175hp for sale in my area. Would this plane work well to learn to fly and build hours? or should I stick with tri-gear 152 or 172 to learn and then transition to tail dragger, possibly a Maule?

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stopher wrote:I am in the market for an airplane to get my PPL. I was looking at 1975 Cessna 172 but looks like the deal may fall through. I ran across a 1968 Maule M4, 0-300, 175hp for sale in my area. Would this plane work well to learn to fly and build hours? or should I stick with tri-gear 152 or 172 to learn and then transition to tail dragger, possibly a Maule?
That seems like a good time builder. I love the classic look of the M-4 with the round tail. Your biggest problem may be finding insurance that won't bankrupt you. It took me a while and some time building hours in a less-expensive-to-insure taildragger before any insurance company would touch me. Maybe the M-4 is easier to insure? That one's an unknown to me.

But you might get lucky :)

Learning to fly in a taildragger? I can't imagine a more awesome thing to do!

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I'm a fan of learning in a tail dragger. They'll teach you to fly properly with the rudder, and that will translate directly to a tricycle if you go that direction later on, but the reverse can't be said- thus the need for a tailwheel endorsement.

Someone mentioned insurance (possibly in another thread). My first plane was a Stinson 108-1 with a 150hp Franklin. I paid $12-1300/yr for insurance for $15,000 hull value starting with 20 hours under my belt and no tailwheel time. 300 hours later, I got into my M4-220 and pay $100 more a year for $40,000 hull value. YMMV of course.

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