Cheers Evo.
This leads me on to my next question. For the immediate future I am probably only going to fly Katanas and C-172s. Should I be looking for an aircraft that handles/spins in a similar way to either of these two or does it not matter?
In the UK, Katanas are not rated for spinning and I'm not sure about the C-172 so I guess the closest would be a C-152 but this has a high wing as opposed to the low wing of the Katana - does this make any difference?