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Old 14th May 2012, 08:04
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M-ONGO
 
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Really?
In my humble opinion, yes. I'm not a fan of the TB series for the following reasons:

The doors - not the best for emergency egress in a forced landing.

Relatively high best glide speed (as does the Arrow 4)

The instrument panel looks like Renault designed it (granted, older Pipers are not much better but have you seen a TB10/20's after years of student use?)

From your excellent website
Construction was mostly aluminium, with a curved composite roof and a lot of car-type plastic (a little like a 1970s Renault - apparently they designed the interior)
Not so fantastic visibility from either front seat

Plus sides of the TB series that I can contest to:

Comfy seats relative to other SEP's

Fairly decent rear seating position

Despite its 1970s design, the aircraft looks a lot more modern than most other GA types
to that, I will agree.

It's all a matter of personal opinion Peter, horses for courses. I've instructed on both TB's and the Piper range. Most students seem to prefer the Piper range, certainly most instructional/rental operators do.

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