Landing speed and Thank you to Si Smith

[Keith Leitch]

First of...a big thank you to Si Smith for giving me a ride in his very nice looking Rebel. We recently attended the Fall Colors Tour in Northern MN and he arranged for me to hop aboard his Rebel for a short blast. And Blast is exactly what it was. This was my first time in a Rebel and I was very impressed. He let me take the stick for a bit and I was very impressd with the light feel of the stick. I flew my O-235 powered 7AC in the tour and compared to it the Rebel feels like a sports car as far as the stick goes. I did notice though that the rudders were MUCH harder than on my Champ. Is this typical? I am not saying it was bad....just seems like the stick and the rudder pedals are at very opposite extremes of force needed to move them. I really liked the climb also. Seemed to climb like a rocket compared to my 127 and Champ.
Now to my main question....What speeds are most of you landing at? Maybe I am just used to the Champ but we seemed to land a lot faster in the Rebel than I normally land in my "Super Champ".
I was very pleased with Si's Rebel....Very nice looking and performing plane.
Again Si, thank you for the ride and experience. Sorry I didn't say goodbye before I left but I was not feeling well all day and needed to go home.