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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
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Posted: Fri Dec  7 00:01:05 1984
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> 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