The Beech Skipper has a better electrical system, a better
panel and control lay-out IMHO. The only thing wrong with a
Skipper is it really could use another 25-50 hp. That way
it would climb fast enough to do more spins in an hour. And
maybe a nice, electrically driven airconditioner that could
be mounted in the baggage area and removed when it wasn't
July and August.

Google for Beech Skipper and then click on images, lots of
good pictures and details. 225 pictures
ditto for Piper Tomahawk and 604 pictures.


Not all the pictures are correctly identified, no doubt
because the words are on the same page with the picture.


"Peter Dohm" wrote in message
.. .
| "john smith" wrote in message
|
...
| In article VY5Zg.6004$XX2.3553@dukeread04,
| "Jim Macklin"
wrote:
|
| Really. They both have T-tails. The Commander 112 has
a
| cruixiform tail.
|
| Looking at the Wiki photo, I think that is a Tomahawk.
| I always looked at the tail to determine which airplane
was which.
| The Piper tail is definitely a T because it sits atop
the vertical
| stabilizer.
| I always remembered the Beech tail as mounted below the
top of the
| horizontal stabilizer, hence I referred to it as a
cruciform. Not as low
| as the Commanders (mid-vertical stabilizer), but not
atop the vertical.
|
| Both links and the photos shown are accurate.
Regrettably, both are small
| and taken from different angles. However:
| The Tomahawk T-tail is mounted to look like a DC-9.
| The Skipper T-tail is mounted slightly higher.
| The Tomahawk side windows are nearly rectangular.
| The Skipper side windows are trapezoidal.
| The Tomahawk has a longer wing.
| The Skipper wing has deeper chord and greater area.
| The Tomahawk has wider spaced main gear attached
outboard.
| The Skipper main gear extends from the wing-fusalage
intersection.
|
| There are some other visual differences that I don't
recall.
|
| Peter
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|