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Old 7th December 2012 | 12:49
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Fuji Abound
 
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Yes.

On a practical note it is always revealing when you watch a pilot new to twins fly a twin for the first time.

Consider perhaps a 20 knot gusting cross wind and in most if not all singles the pilot will be working reasonably hard (some more than others ). Now fly the same approach in one of the more substantial twins (perhaps and Aztec is as good an example as any) and you instantly wonder what all the fuss is about - it just becomes a complete non event.

The difference is quite surprising at first, even if the approach is not nearly as much fun.

Of course aerodynamically there is a great deal more going on than the aircraft changing from any old light single to any old heavy twin but most pilots are interested in how in looks and feels rather than the physics.
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