terry

On Apr 28, 2:09 pm, Sushidot <sushi...@> wrote:
> Hello-
>
> Just wanted an opinion on the piper archer versus the Cessna 172 for
> training purposes.  Is the piper a more stable aircraft...less prone
> to retriming, control inputs, etc?  I talked to a student at my flight
> school who flew both and made the comment that the PA was more of a
> stable aircraft...i just wanted to check with the group and find out
> if anyone could relate to his comment and perhaps explain?
>
> Thanks
> SD

dont know about the Archer, but I did my primary training in a 150 ,
then changed to a Piper Warrior for the Nav training, and then once I
had my PPL I went to a different airfield and started flying the
172. in both cases the transition was almost a non event. The
biggest difference I found was the tendency of the warrior to want to
float forever, which I think might be related to ground effect on the
low wing? but I soon overcome that little problem by knocking a bit
off the approach speed. There is hardly any performance difference
between the Warrior and 172 in cruise , range and useful load. The
Archer has the extra 20 horses but I doubt that would make that much
difference, but prolly more expensive i would imagine.
Terry
PPL Downunder