Completed my dual check on the PA28 yesterday afternoon. Glorious weather so climbed to 5000 ft to perform stalls, advanced turns etc.
Either I am rather unfit or the PA28 requires the application of a hefty back force on the yoke to stay level during steep turns? At 45 degrees I underestimated the amount of force required and kept losing altitude
Feeding in more power and trimming back slightly seemed to help so once I had mastered that bit we went on to stalling.
Unlike the 152 which I trained on, the PA28 seems extremely reluctant to do anything frightening at the stall. Power off recovery S&L lost a couple of hundred feet on the first try. "Base turn to final" recovery was better - 50-75ft.
Take-offs and landings were on Denham's 24 Grass runway. The experience was more comfortable than landing on grass in the 152. I guess the PA28 has a more forgiving undercarriage which my passengers will like
