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Every plane needs to be flown with one eye on the speedo, at all times.
But some more than others
Twins like the aerostar are less forgiving than a Seneca. Some aircraft will protect pilots from innacurate handling and speed control others will punish them for that.
I am sure many of us have flown with pilots where we cast our eyes up to the sky with despair as their speed goes up and down like a yo yo.
The pilots who drop flaps or gear above their limiting speeds, who forget to put the gear away then grab the gear handle when they realise their mistake not realising that gear retraction and extension speeds are different.
The list goes on, and these are often pilots who have been flying for years!
Put pilots like that in the wrong aircraft and they will get punished.
I have spent quite a bit of time in mooneys. Off autopilot the aircraft trimmed out feels as if its on autopilot. The wings remain solidly level and take more than a inadvertant twitch on the yoke to displace them.
The aircraft can be flown like that hands off with just rudder pressure to hold a heading.
Try that in the Cirrus! The Cirrus is a good aircraft but in the right hands and I am afraid there are a lot of wrong hands out there.
Pace