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Old 8th Feb 2012, 17:38
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Comparing microlights and light aircraft

Ok, so there was a thread that popped up a few days ago asking whether someone should carry on learning in a Tecnam P2002 or a Cessna152, and various comments included references to the Tecnam being "microlighty".

It started me thinking, and I wanted to ask, those of you have have experience in flying both microlights (3-axis) and light aircraft....what is the difference?

I don't me regulatory, or specifications, but rather, to fly. I'm learning in a microlight, and I love it, but who knows, one day I may want to transfer. And what I want to know is...how does it feel different. Is one easier to fly and the other easier to land? What does it mean that one has more momentum than the other, in real terms, rather than physics terms?

And with this spate of new 3-axis coming out, where they can be registered as either 3axis or Permit aircraft, is the difference fast disappearing?

Any/all comments welcome!
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