A good clean airplane. Going to the straight tail configuration actually
took a lot of the bugs out of it. I never actually got to the point where I
can honestly say that I "liked" the V tails. We also had a Bellanca Viking
that I liked a lot more. Sort of a tank with wings if you know what I mean
:-)) Bobby Bishop used to use one for airshow demonstrations. I believe they
had two Sumo wrestlers that Bellanca hired who would stand on the wingtips
and jump up and down on them. You could use that airplane for a paper
weight!!
:-)
Dudley Henriques


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http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?...FA021& akey=1

"The airplane was being operated as an instrument flight rules (IFR)
cross-country personal flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the
accident occurred. The non-instrument rated, solo private-certificated
pilot, sustained fatal injuries"
......
"The flight originated at the New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport, New
Smyrna Beach, Florida, about 1920 eastern standard time (EST), and was
en route to the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, New
Orleans, Louisiana. "
.......
"The instructor noted that the accident pilot had been practicing the
flight route to New Orleans using a Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000
program, on his personal computer. "

If it gives a private pilot confedence he can fly IFR, I would say it
can kill you. The weather was 100 foot ceiling and 3/4 mile visibility.
This is a very hard approach for ANYONE to make.

I used to own a 35 model Bonanza (the one with the forked tail). The
plane is unstable in roll, very unstable. You look down to get the next
chart and the plane rolls to 45 degrees in a flash. If you do nothing,
roll will increase. It would be VERY easy to loose control of the
plane. He had a J35 model which was made in 1958. I wonder if he had
any type of autopilot. Just a simple wing leveller would help a bunch
with the unstable roll of the plane.

Danny Dot

A gun will kill you as well, if you point it at yourself and pull the
trigger. :-)

I've flown the early V tail Bo quite a bit during my career and never had
trouble in roll. I found the airplane quite stable in all axis. It does
however have a tendency to oscillate in a continuous coupling that can
make the back seat pax sick as hell.
Our line boy hated the airplane. Every time I brought it back from a
charter, he had to clean up the back .
:-)

This is very true of the V-tail Bonanza. Many pasengers get sick.

I liked the roll characteristics myself. Much more responsive in roll
than most light aircraft.

Danny Dot

Dudley Henriques
[MVP] Microsoft Flight Simulator