Originally Posted by
BMatthews
Didn't the Tomahawk get a reversed leading edge slot on the stabilator just to aid in avoiding this sudden loss of lifting power at the tail? It's been a LONG time but that seems familiar.
No it didn't I went back ad looked at a couple of my pilot handbooks and I made a mistake the Tomahawk DID NOT have a stabilator. It had a standard stab and elevator. My bad!
But, the Cessna C177 Cardinal did have a slat in the stabilator to help provide positive control at lower airspeeds. the C177A was a poor performing airplane But the C177B was a very nice predictable airplane to fly. Never had the chance to fly the Cardinal RG though.