{"id":2558,"date":"2016-06-02T13:27:31","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T13:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/?p=2558"},"modified":"2016-06-02T14:16:14","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T14:16:14","slug":"i-got-a-highlander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/?p=2558","title":{"rendered":"I got a Highlander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seems a bit crazy but I went out and got myself a Highlander. Yes, the cub should be done soon but this deal popped up and I could not pass it up.<\/p>\n<p>I have wanted one of these for sometime but always had the opinion that I was to big. After flying it a fair bit, I retract that thought. I have plenty of room and it feels like a I&#8217;m sitting inside a Ferrari. The response is very quick giving me the first impression that it was very sporty. Now having a few hours in it, it&#8217;s just awesome.<\/p>\n<p>The plane has 500 hours TT on it with a 112hp Rotax engine. It&#8217;s certainly not my 180 but again it&#8217;s not for that mission either. The Highlander reminds me of getting on that YZ 125 when I was a kid and riding it in the backyard. Fun, fast and responsive. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2561\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image2.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"2448\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image2.jpeg 2448w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image2-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image2-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image2-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image2-90x90.jpeg 90w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image2-75x75.jpeg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2562\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image3.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"1789\" height=\"1403\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image3.jpeg 1789w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image3-300x235.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image3-1024x803.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1789px) 100vw, 1789px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2563\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image4.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"454\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image4.jpeg 454w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/image4-300x159.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_2750-e1464876937624.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2566\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_2750-e1464876937624.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2750\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_2750-e1464876937624.jpg 2448w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_2750-e1464876937624-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_2750-e1464876937624-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seems a bit crazy but I went out and got myself a Highlander. Yes, the cub should be done soon but this deal popped up and I could not pass it up. I have wanted one of these for sometime but always had the opinion that I was to big. After flying it a fair bit, I retract that thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2558"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2567,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558\/revisions\/2567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigtirepilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}