[Rob Channell]

Thanks for all the info John. Great writeup.

My two cents is to try it. I only had a few hours under my belt as a student (no solo) and had the opportunity to fly with a gentleman in Florida in a Pitts S2A. It was just an aerobatics intro flight. He took me up and showed me some of the basics and then let me fly some. We started with some attitude recovery exercises and then proceeded to try some other moves. I actually got to fly the plane through basic rolls, loops, and hammerhead stalls(unnerving).

Then he took over to show me some more advanced stuff. First, he went into a four point roll....wham! wham! wham! wham! Then we were everywhere at once. I don't remember much about how or where we flew after that until he stopped for a break. It didn't take too much of that until I was green and ready to head back. It's just intense. I loved it! It's kinda like Porsches in 3D.