On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 12:28:18 -0500, Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:

Wow, that's news to me - I flew a Beech Sport for a while. The only problem
I has with landings was that I had a hard time getting the hang of the flap
thingies (I was too used to slipping in with no flaps in a Cessna 120).

Don't recall any problem with bouncing once I got it to the runway. Perhaps
I just didn't know that it was supposed to be hard? Or perhaps, the
reputation exceeds the reality.

I *think* the porpoising tendencies started with the Sundowner / Sierra
series?

More weight in front with 180HP vs the sport 150HP would be my hypothesis.

Allen