Shaggy Sheep Driver
We have over 40 G115s, the C2 model with 180 HP, constant speed props.
I have about 1000 hours in them. Great aircraft, only problem we seem to have is in the go-around, they are so overpowered they will roll left if you do not add right rudder in when you go around with the application of full power.
I have not found another two seat trainer that I can sit at 50 kts 15-20 deg NU and still climb at 500 fpm. Very precise handling is required to fly the aircraft accurately.
Hopefully some time in the future we will be replacing the 180 HP lycomings with a diesel engine, they will drop the fuel burn down from 38 lph to 16 lph which will give us extra legs, we only have fours hours endurance at 38 lph.
Extremely crashworthy aircraft have a look at these accident reports, any other aircraft, the students would be deceased
http://www.atsb.gov.au/aviation/occu...ail.cfm?ID=410 http://www.atsb.gov.au/aviation/occu...ail.cfm?ID=420