One of my students owns a Darter, so I have about 20 (mostly hands-off) hours in it now. But whenever I have to demonstrate things, it flies very nicely.
Because of the relatively short dashboard and resulting forward visibility, people who come from the C172 seem to think that its level flight attitude is more nose-down than it really is.
His airspeed indicator is in serious need of recalibration, so I'm fairly certain that the V speeds we settled on (there are none published) are higher than reality.
Yes, it's kind of wild that it shipped like this. He tied a loop of string from the door latch forward to the fixed handle. Pull the lop to open the door -- much easier!
Agree 100% about the seat and rails being superior to Cessna's.
