I am currently flying a Legacy and have not experienced any
of the issues that have been discussed so far in this thread. I had great
transition training from Charlie Kohler which I think is a huge plus but the
plane itself is a joy to fly. It makes sense that the small surface area
of the wing which helps derive the speed at altitude also demands more speed in
the pattern. Unfortunately, stall/spin accidents happen quite often
and to almost every type in GA. If RA thinks Lancairs are “twitchy”
maybe he should hand fly an approach in a Cirrus SR22 (of which I have 300+
hours) – my point is that with less than 1 hour in type RA is wrong to be
blasting these planes – he has no credible basis. I find the CAFÉ
flight tests to be quite unbiased and saw nothing in them that would lead one
to the accusations so proposed.
Happy flying,
Stuart