dear dr jekyl
I have had the pleasure to fly both the tomahawk and the beech skipper. They may look alike but boy the skipper is a dog. Perhaps it is so robust there power to weight ratio is not as good as the tomahawk.
The owner of our club had 2 tomahawks (by my request) and they were fine, one day he brought the skipper on line and looked at me and said : why aren't you flying it?
We both took off in it, proper weight and balance. Stall warning blaring all the time, even in level cruise flight, safe airspeed NO STALL at all. Poor climb even at sea level.
The visibility from the tomahawk is a HUGE selling point for me, I taught in an exceptionally busy area (11 airports within 30 miles) airliners, military high performance, GA, gliderport everything except balloons.
good luck all
oh, I did like the VARGA KACHINA but have not seen it mentioned.