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Flown my 1971 P28R more than 750 hours over the past 5 years. I love the plane; my only mild complaint is that it seems very “pitchy”. She definitely seems to have very little positive dynamic stability. I fly with my hand pretty much always resting on the trim wheel, making minute adjustments. Any disturbance in airflow sets up a porpoising that will last many cycles if I don’t act to cancel them out. While the oscillations are damped (they don’t increase, and don’t remain indefinitely), they aren’t dampened much. If you let the oscillations get away from you (over correcting) things get really interesting in a hurry.
Over the years, I’ve gotten so used to her flying characteristics that I don’t really notice it much; it’s become almost muscle memory to correct it. But flying with a friend recently, he noticed the pitch sensitivity and commented it seemed much more pronounced than in the other Arrow he flys in (mine is a Hershey-bar wing; he’s flown a taper wing).
Should I be looking for a cause or is this typical?
Pete
Over the years, I’ve gotten so used to her flying characteristics that I don’t really notice it much; it’s become almost muscle memory to correct it. But flying with a friend recently, he noticed the pitch sensitivity and commented it seemed much more pronounced than in the other Arrow he flys in (mine is a Hershey-bar wing; he’s flown a taper wing).
Should I be looking for a cause or is this typical?
Pete
