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Old 13th May 2012 | 17:10
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Cows getting bigger
 
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From: Hotel Gypsy
FPG, my comments come as a past owner of an Arrow I and a few hundred hours CPL instruction on an Arrow IV. In no particular order:

A pain for engineers and routine maintenance.
Less responsive in pitch.
Faster approach speeds = longer landing distance.
A 'feeling' that the aircraft really doesn't want to fly when taking-off.

Basically, I don't think the T tail made any improvement and, casting everything else aside, brings a heavier engineering bill.

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