On Mar 25, 7:19 pm, "Peter Dohm" wrote:
Traumahawk-worst of both worlds. Scary thing is that it was a
"clean-sheet" trainer...

I trained in a Traumahawk. I liked it. When I checked out in the 152,
I
found it to be a dog in comparison.

Jose

I trained in a 152, then bought a Tomahawk. It was a much more
enjoyable
aircraft to fly due to the wider cockpit, better crosswind ability, and
better visibility. The only downside was that the Tomahawk needed 10
more
knots in the pattern, which is fairly standard when you compare the slow
speed regimes of Pipers and Cessnas aiming at the same market segment.

I never found the stall characteristics in the Tomahawk to be bad. Keep
the
ball centered during a stall, if a wing drops, use opposite rudder, then
use
pitch and power to recover from the stall...

KB

The main nuisance in Tomahawk is the spring -operated pitch trim.

I flew my basic training in a Tomahawk. It's still light-years
more an airplane than a C150.

--

Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio (at) iki fi

My only criticism on the spring-operated pitch trim was that didn't add any
redundancy to the control system. OTOH, I have never heard of a Tomahawk
losing its elevator control linkage; so the added redundancy may have never
been needed.

The wider cockpit, improved visibility, and crosswind ability were certainly
a great improvement over the C152--and the more direct and precise ground
handling was very nice as well.

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To the list of pluses for the Tomahawk add Fuel Capacity. It has
nearly 2 hours more range than most 150/152's.

As an interesting note if you research the NTSB reports for Spin
Accidents in Pa38's you will find that for the most part only Flight
Instructors and Examiners seem to have issues with the Stall spin
Charateristics.

I have taught a lot of pilots to fly in Tomahawks and I think they are
great. My biggest pluses are, in no particular order,the Switchable
fuel tanks, Large Cockpit, and Fuel Capacity.

Brian
CFIIG/ASEL