Canyon TX here. Howdy.

Stinson is ok. Champ is way better for primary. j-3 is best. Opinion. I have done primary in all three. Best Stinson is 108-2 with Lycoming 180 HP; Clevelands. Too bad they made them with steering wheels, and watch out for those seat tracks.
 
Bob I flew in my buddies J3 last weekend. I was in the front. Couldn’t see shi@. On takeoff the tail came up and I was fine. On landing once again I couldn’t see shi@.
 
Bob Turner said:
Stinson is ok. Champ is way better for primary. j-3 is best. Opinion. I have done primary in all three. Best Stinson is 108-2 with Lycoming 180 HP; Clevelands. Too bad they made them with steering wheels, and watch out for those seat tracks.
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Yeah, youre right about the seat tracks. Had one slide back on me on takeoff in a 185. It was ugly there for a few seconds.
Hard to beat the champ for vis.
 
Darrell - that is why the Cub is such a good trainer. My Stearman checkout was in 1976, and with a thousand Cub hours (and almost no time in anything else) I was way better at it than my instructor. We used a gosport as an intercom!
 
I agree Bob, the A/C owner is a 200 hr. private pilot... He can fly the crap outta the Cub BTW.. I did do some taxiing in it. He's offered to let me fly it many times, I did some airwork in it.. The stall warning is the door coming up!!! Haven't taken him up on it yet... Mainly cuz I would have to hand prop it...
 
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Not all the doors do that. The best indication of a stall is when you pull back on the stick a teeny bit harder the nose gently descends through the horizon.

Recovery - release a teeny bit of back pressure.

The airfoil generates a lot of lift at and even beyond the stall. Don't practice this at low altitudes until you have lots and lots of experience.
 
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