Originally Posted by
clipperskipper
They operate the Alarus AMD 2000 which has some very positive feedback as a primary
and IFR trainer.
That has to come from the manufacturers website. Anyone who has flown this piece of junk knows the real deal. Sierra won't even use them for trainers and the only reason the go (simulated) IFR is because of the 430.
Heres a few quotes from another board...
The one I flew had a nasty stall characteristic where if you let it develop into a full stall it would almost always snap to the left
I flew one for my CSEL train up...maybe it was just me, but the thing felt as stable as a unicycle.
By far the worst plane ever. Period. It's amazing the thing can even get off the ground...not very water proof. Horrible fire wall. Would melt your shoes in the summer in California. Yup worst plane ever.
Favorite quote: a bunch of instructors sitting around discussing what we would do after an alarus had an engine fire on start "i would have pushed it into all the other ones so they all burn"
It was originally a kit plane and was never really meant for the abuse that student pilots throw at it. After a few hundred hours they start to fall apart.
These were all separate posters and hardly a fraction of what was being said. Best thing is they don't make them anymore so all you can do is cannabalize parts from the ones they crash. I'm sure milehigh could chime in about how many Alari they have in the boneyard there at Castle.