Originally Posted by
Radials Rule
As for stall spin characteristics, a couple of sessions of starting at a high enough altitude and holding the stick back to the stop, so as to keep the airplane in a stall, keeping the wings level with the rudder and then rudder and ailerons will give you a great feel for the airplane. You will build much confidence in the airplane and you will never be unsure of its stall mannerisms.
This is totally true, I've done all my training so far in Tomahawks and I really like them. At first I was somewhat apprehensive because of all the bad hype (traumahawk etc), but it's pretty much all down to the way you treat the plane.
After about 5 hours in it doing the basic stuff I had a senior instructor take me out to a quiet area and did stalls and spins for a good hour and a half. It certainly builds your confidence in its abilities and limitations. As Radials Rule explained keeping it level with the rudder gives you a good idea of what happends when.
A few of the Tomahawks at the club I fly with have had a few knocks on the corners of the wings from bad taxiing etc which affected the handling a little in stalls too, one wing would drop pretty quick when you entered a stall in it. But it's not really an issue and they're great to fly. I did my first solo after 14 hours and did it in the Tomahawk most prone to wing drops (some people are sh#t at taxiing), lived to tell the tale
