Ah the beauty of horsepower

Yes the L-16 and it's 90 h.p. was a completely different aircraft
All those rich kids could afford the muscle machines

I thought the first time I climbed into the front seat of a 90 h.p. craft that the Champ would lift off vertical on a short - soft field T/O. 100 ft T/O's were very common in the bird with a little wind flowing down the C/L.

But I didn't get much of a chance to build any time ($$$$ problems) so it was back to the 65 h.p. and daring feats of skills strong arming the tail with feet tap dancing on the rudder pedals.

I fould one of my old Champs a couple of years ago. It's been rebuilt and flying in Alaska. Upgraded with Tundra tires and 150 h.p. powerplant. Now that would be awesomefun.