Piper Warrior or C152?

[sternone]

Sternone, why do you say that? Always found it to be the other way around myself.

Then it must be my fault, i landed both, and found the warrior much easier and much stabler.. do you find the cessna more stable ?

[IRRenewal]

Sternone, why do you say that?

Cause he hasn't got a scooby?

[hobbit1983]

Then it must be my fault, i landed both, and found the warrior much easier and much stabler.. do you find the cessna more stable ?

No; I agree with you on the stability issue - I too found it lighter than the Piper, and not as stable in the cruise.

What I was asking was about your opinion of it's landing characteristics (I didn't imply it was your fault either, or at least didn't mean to). Do you mean that you found it easier to land because it's more stable on the approach, or some other reason?

My points, regarding landing the two types are that;

The Cessna lands at, IIRC, a lower speed than the Piper. Also I found it lighter on the controls, plus easier to crab/slip due to the high wing.

Also the later models of PA-28 I think float further due to the redesigned wing (as opposed to straight-wing Arrows etc). With the high wing of the Cessna I found this not to be the case, and easier to put it where I'd like.

Overall I found the 152 easier to land than the 28. Bearing in mind that the last time I flew a tricycle 152 (as opposed to the tailwheel converted aircraft I'm on now..) was over a year ago, so I apologise if my recollections are slightly inaccurate.

[flyingfemme]

Can't you do both, Robbo?

Maybe do 2/3 of the hours on the Cessna, to save some money. Then do the rest on the Arrow to keep up to speed on the wobby prop/retract stuff with maybe some IMC thrown in?

[Robbo0885]

i would like to do both, however, there are strings attached with the 90quid an hour rate for the arrow. you have to do full 100 hours, or else you get charge normal rate, and you have to fly 16 hours a month. so, if i do half, i will not get 90/h rate, it will be 150something. if i could have done half and half, i would. with the 90 an hour rate it is all or none at that rate. with the c152 at 73/h i can do as much or as little as i want, the only restriction being i get that rate when i pay for a block of ten hours flying.

simple eh? lol

[vinayak]

my vote: the cessna 152!! save the 17 bucks a hour dude... then again warrior is fun to fly sometimes. I flew both of them btw.