Original Posted By: Wizzard187(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: serious smoke advice (now Tomahawk)The first airplane I purchased was a Tomahawk, back in the 1980s. I loved that plane. Although I learned to fly in a Twin Bonanza Excalibur, the Tomahawkwas a darned good trainer. If you stalled the Tramahawk, and went into a spin (many folks did, and sometimes instructors and their students didn't recover and a few augured in.) You had to be on your toes, literally and figuratively.It helped if you had spin training in something tame like an Aerobat 152, and then tried spinning a Tramahawk when you had developed some kind of skill.Also, some folks got buggered in Tramahawks because the tail shook like hell during the stall and the break could happen very suddenly, pealing off to the left or right very fast. When the tail shuddered, it sounded like the thing was breaking up in mid-air and Cessna pilots not accustomed to this often wouldland, wipe their be-hinds and go back to their predictable and docile 152s or 172s.For those who originally trained in a forgiving Cessna or other old-lady airplanes, sure, they lament the Tomahawk, but in fact it's like guys who drinkLight Beer or Real Beer, depends on what your taste is. The Cessna is less filling, but the Tramahawk is better tasting. Now, let's talk about ribbon cutting,upside down in a Decathalon... that's a serious pucker factor I won't soon forget, not to mention sore shoulders in a harness... Makes the stall in a Tramahawk look very tame.S.B.________________________________________________________________________________
Re: Pietenpol-List: serious smoke advice (now Tomahawk)
Re: Pietenpol-List: serious smoke advice (now Tomahawk)
Original Posted By: Galen Hutcheson
Re: Pietenpol-List: serious smoke advice (now Tomahawk)
Original Posted By: BARNSTMR(at)aol.com