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Old 17th Sep 2010, 05:36
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sru
 
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East-West and a young sru.

For me the F27 taught me patience and a bit of forward thing. It seemed to have an inbuilt delay from input to response … waiting … waiting … ah that’s it. . The brakes, NWS as DORA-9 posted, and roll rates required a bit of thought when flying a bad wx circuit.

Loved the thing – you actually had to manipulate all aspects. Flight idle into Syd from top of decent without touching the power levers until touch down – a challenge but could be done (got to love the Fuel trimmers! – I know that’s cheating lol)

It was all about good management

Have also done a bit of time on the F50, But the F27 will always be the “Pilots” airplane to me.
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