I have about 20 hours in a Tomahawk and I only stuck with it just because I will not be defeated. I hated climbs in it because it would hunt for direction and landings were not the most fun either but I did get it down pat and then stopped flying it. Joe Horton, Coopersburg, PA. joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com
On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:30:30 -0600 "Mark Wegmet" <markweg...@charter.net> writes: > Rumor has it that it was called a "Trauma-hawk" because it was "spin > friendly". :-) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On > Behalf > Of Dave Arbogast, CISSP > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 11:46 AM > To: KRnet > Subject: Re: KR> Thrust Line issues > > Funny, my instructor called them the "Trauma - hawk" because of the > T > tail being less responsive to prop wash when you need it the most - > > stall recovery. > > Raising the trust-line I would think increases the loads on the > upper > half of the firewall. Maybe not enough to worry about, but I sure > like > the idea of more ground clearance for the prop. > > -dave >
