Piper builds the big indians nose heavy and skimps on elevator
authority.... Fat Albert is the same way... Flying solo with full fuel,
a forward limit CG condition in an Apache, either power or speed is
needed to flare it at all... But load the back seats and/or the baggage
compartment enough so the CG is somewhere to the South and he is a
different critter... Then the nose comes up enthusiastically and a
light touch is needed; compared to the usual 'grab yoke with both
hands, hollar yeehaaawww, and pull'... That fat piper wing will lift
like a homesick angel, but you gotta be able to get the nose up...

Try an experiment today... Use the POH to determine how load the CG to
near the rear limit and go fly (solo)... Bring it over the numbers with
the usual smidgen of power until the wheels are ~6 inches up, then cut
the power and simply refuse to let it sink - just keep raising the nose
as your butt tells you it's sinking... You will be amused at how high
the nose is pointed into the sky before the wing finally gives up
flying...

denny