ORIGINAL: NorfolkSouthern
MMcConville: Would you recommend the Tango as a second, or third plane? My experience after flying trainers is with a scale Cessna 182. The plane loses aileron effectiveness with insufficient airspeed and will tip-stall. However, it does well as long as proper throttle management is used and the plane is kept above that threshold. Friends have told me that a plane like the Tango or Twist is generally easier to fly than a trainer for a pilot with some experience, even if that experience is somewhat limited. Any takers? Should I consider a Tiger 2 instead, if I want something less demanding than my Cessna?
NorfolkSouthern
I'll preface buy saying this again: I'm a beginner and don't know a whole lot. However, I own a trainer and Twist 150. I have soloed both. There's not a huge amount of difference in landings between the two. Both float in slowly in my opinon and are easy to land. Difference is if I make a mistake with the Twist on landing my corrections would have to be much faster and more precise. The good part about landing with the Twist is if you have to abort on landing the engine has plenty of power to pull you out of trouble. I can't say that for my trainer. I think that the Tango might be similiar to the twist for landings. Mr. McConville is the expert here, he designed both and has probably flown both for countless hours.
I haven't flown the Tango but the Twist is awesome with a Saito 180.
(the above statements should only be considered as opinion and by no means should be considered as factual evidence of anything except the part about Mr. McConville)[sm=wink_smile.gif]