Hi PL I'm a low hours guy too. A little trick for the 28 you might find useful is that when you turn base and reduce power, dropping two stages of flap will give you 75-80 kts without retrimming. Make sure you're in the white arc of course
Works for me and I'm not a small person either. I fly whatever is available which could be a 152, 172 or 28. There's obviously a difference between a 152 and 28 but apart from the knobs and stuff being different and different speeds you won't find it much different at all. The 28 doesn't respond to gusts as much as a Cessna so is a more 'comfortable' ride IMO but given the choice between the three I think I prefer the 172. It's got two doors for a start and it seems to go better. The 28 is a bit pedestrian and ours is a 161. I wouldn't mind trying a 180 and see how that goes.
Edit: the 28 smells different to a Cessna. Oh I prefer the throttle arrangement on a Cessna as well, far more sensitive to me.
Last edited by thing; 5th Nov 2011 at 21:30.