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Old 4th Mar 2014, 14:49
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Lukesdad
 
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I owned a rather delighful Robin ATL for several years. Indeed my son, in common with Pierre Robin's, did his PPL in this lightweight V tail.

Aside from being a little underpowered, this economical liitle aircraft exhibited very benign handling and the V tail allowed a high crosswind limit, (22 knots if memory serves) As has been pointed out previously, people were always curious as to how the plane handled with it's unconventional tail set up. The only quirk I ever experienced was a rather disconcerting vibration when a strong tailwind was experienced in the circuit.
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