Robin ATL characteristics
I operate a Robin ATL out of Manchester Barton and I can say that it is a very pleasant little aeroplane to operate and fly.
The stall is quite benign and well advertised by a buffet of the tail. In the stall the aircraft will descend at stall attitude without any tendency to drop a wing.
There are quite complicated aerodynamics over the V tail and one characteristic of the ATL is that the tail stalls long before the main wing. This results in the rear end buffet.
The aircraft is very well harmonised and extremely stable. Being a Robin it has an excellent view from the cockpit.
The other point of note is that it is very much a stick and rudder aircraft. I also fly a C172 and so have had to get used to the idea of actually using rudder peddles! The narrow rear boom and V tail means that the maximum crosswind component is 20kts. That's an improvement over what I'm used to but I have yet to test it out.