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Tom Gourley wrote: ""Twitchy" is a highly subjective evaluation.
I learned to fly in a Grumman AA-1B... The first time I flew a Cessna 172 I
thought it felt like a truck; a very unresponsive
truck."
I know what you mean! I learned to fly in a
Grumman Cheetah and loved its responsiveness to simple finger inputs.
First time I flew a C-172 I was alarmed when I went to bank, and complained to
the check pilot that I thought the control wheel was stuck (due to its
relative stiffness and slow response rate). First time in a Piper, same
thing. ("Trucklike" was the word I used, too.)
After thirty years of flying I still judge any
aircraft's handling by comparing it with my early learning and later
hundreds of hours in my own Cheetah. The Rocwell 112TC-A I owned after that
was definitely "more stable" and much more suitable for crossing the
Rockies regularly, but felt comparitively sluggish in
responsiveness.
JHK
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