Sounds like you're having more issues with a tailwheel plane and the transition than with a Cessna 140 specifically. I'm not sure I would blame the plane explicitly for that, you may have ended up having the same experience in any starter taildragger.
Most Cessnas have the panel mounted on "shock mounts".
Yah I have the 100hp c85 and we fly max gross basically every flight and it is fine, but you will recall the T&J crash in Sedona where they probably just got into a sinker two up and couldn't fly out of it. So you aren't doing any serious commuting with multiple people over long distances and having any real reserve performance for hot or high or both type environments. There is a ton to be learned from flying an underpowered airplane like a 140 because you can really see the effect upon performance of flying the airplane poorly, e.g. it really climbs less well if the ball is not centered and in the pattern you will not get to pattern altitude by the numbers if everything is not done properly so you are constantly looking at everything. The guy above who could not land it clearly does not see the fun in learning what he (or she) does not know - there is no messing around in a 140 and no faking it, and like most things there is a bigger feeling of satisfaction in developing your skills and really keeping it straight and centered when conditions are not perfect. Lately trying to put it down and make the first taxiway on a calm day has been the challenge - again you can play it all back on cloudahoy and really see where a constant, slow approach speed just makes it all so smooth. And whoever said flaps don't do anything has no idea what they are talking about - Full flaps make a big difference when you are doing power off 180 landings and trying to make the first exit. My plane also climbs noticeably better with one notch for whatever reason.
I had two Cessna 140s and I sure miss that 4.5 hour fuel burn. One had a C-90, the other had a C-85. Flying around at 100 mph, low maintenance, and plenty of attention! The red/white one had wheel extenders and I would never recommend them to anyone, but as I stated in an earlier post, there are plenty of people who recommend them... mostly people who know nothing about it and have never flown one!
Taken at Brenham, TX at the 50's Diner that was there. My 1946 Cessna 140
This was my beautiful 1946 Cessna 140. I still love and miss this plane!
If you're really bored, click here to see an album of photos I took of our Cessna 120, 140, 140A planes we were flying. We had quite a group for awhile.
