Yes, you are correct. What I should have stated is that the Twinstar is
more sensitive to it than the seminole. I find I've needed to put in
more correction and need to keep it in longer on the landing roll than
the seminole.

The seminole is more tolerant of taking out the crosswind correction in
the beginning part of the landing roll, whereas the twinstar needs to
have it kept in till you are just about stopped.

Len




Jim Macklin wrote:
All airplanes need continual crosswind correction, any time
there is a crosswind.



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| On Jan 14, 10:00 am, wrote:
| Hi,
|
| i'm interested in the multiengine rating (land),
VFR-add-on to my
| PP-ASEL.
| Any comments about the best training aircraft for these
purpose ?
| (PA34 Seneca, Beech Duchess, PA44 Seminole, Diamond
DA42, ..)
|
| There are big differences concerning the rating
requirements.
| Some flight schools offer a multi training of 6 hours,
other 25 hours
| for the rating.
|
| Why it is so ?
|
| Mike
|
| Hey Mike, my $0.02-
|
| I learned in a Seminole, and now I am transitioning into a
DA42. Both
| are fairly easy to fly. The Seminole has counter rotating
engines
| which make the critical engine not a factor. The one I
trained in has
| steam gauges. The DA42 is a G1000 plane, and FADEC
controlled.
|
| Are you familiar with the G1000? It will take you a while
to get used
| to the display and setting up the GPS, finding pages, etc.
You can get
| a free simulator from Garmin to work through this, but be
aware it will
| take a little while. (If equipped the Avidyne in the
Seminole will need
| some transition time as well).
|
| The DA42 is really nice to fly. Decent power, nice
handling
| characteristics while flying, and during single engine
operations. The
| 44' wingspan takes a bit getting used to (the winglets sit
over 7' in
| the air, so it requires careful taxiing).
|
| A little info on both:
|
| Seminole:
| -Will teach you about controlling constant speed engines
with standard
| controls (mix, prop, throttles, and manual feathering)
| -Cowl Flaps, and proper cooling needs
| -Burns around 20 GPH.
| -Counter rotating engines means that Vmc is lower
| -You can shut engines off during training and fully secure
them w/o
| damaging the engine--
| -Janitrol heater and associated controls/limitations-
(quick heat!)
| -Stall characteristics are pretty benign
|
| Twin Star:
| -A bit faster (~165 to 170kts cruise)
| -G1000
| -FADEC-- not as much to master, engine shutdown,
feathering is just the
| flip of a switch
|
| -A lot of failures will need to be simulated but not
physically done,
| for example, you can not shutdown engine using full
shutoff during
| training (as it will damage the fuel pump).
| -Burns around 10GPH (Jet A)
| -Has a critical engine
| -Stall characteristics are pretty benign
| -can extend the gear at any speed up to Vne
| -Anti ice capability along with oxygen
| -newer models have the Garmin autopilot with flight
director
| -About 50 different abnormal conditions that require the
use of special
| checklists (not critical problems, but need checklists to
resolve)
| -Full electrical system failure will eventually lead to
engine shutdown
| -Quieter than the Seminole (from the inside)
| -simple run up
| -needs continual crosswind correction during landing
(those winglets
| work like sails as well)
| -takes a while to get heat in the cabin
|
| Len
| CPS/MEL IA
| KBFI
|