Pace
I agree with you it is a myth about aircraft being hard to land, the problem is usually loading.
Most PA34's are nose heavy, put a lot of fuel and two people in the front seats and the aircraft is outside the forward C of G limit...........that is when it runs out of elevator in the final part of the landing giving the impression of being a bit of a pig to land. The moral of he story being to have a bit of weight in the aft baggage bay of there is only two of you in the aircraft.
The hard to land myth has been supported by an airtest in a UK flying magazine about twenty years back when the luminary reported difficulty in getting a smooth landing, a quick look at the way he had he aircraft loaded and there was no doubt why the aircraft ran out of elevator in the flair !
Last edited by A and C; 16th March 2013 at 13:24.