Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Control surface failure (reply) Message-ID: <6435@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 00:01:05 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.6435 Posted: Fri Dec 7 00:01:05 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Dec-84 06:34:29 EST Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 17 > Tomahawks will crash with a perfectly functioning airplane. They are so > notorious in fact that the CFI's at our airport claim that the survival rate of > primary students who receive training in Tomahawks is about 1/2 that of > students trained in C-152s. They become so intimidated by the airplane that > they give up the idea that they can learn how to fly. > > Too bad. I flew a tomahawk for a while because it was cheap. I can say only one thing for them, is that they are slightly easier to land than a 152. They aren't very good at flying, they are good at plummetting. There is a one knot difference between Vs0 and Vs1, however it drops like a rock with the flaps down. It also doesn't have the nice stall taht the Cessna has. It just falls. If it weren't for the rumble strips instralled on the wings, you'd have no warning at all. -Ron