Piper PA28R Arrow IV Turbo T-tail. (PATK) Talkeetna Airport, Alaska.

Описание: The Arrow III lasted only two model years. In 1979, Piper made a controversial design decision, opting to equip many of its airplanes with trendy, fashionable T-tails. The Arrow was no exception, and the resulting machine was dubbed Arrow IV. Predictably, performance suffered. Like many T-tail airplanes, the Arrow IV flies differently than Arrows with conventional tail feathers. The T-tail, depending on airspeed, is either very effective or far less effective than a conventional tail (which isn’t as prone to abrupt transitions between different flying regimes). This is due to the fact that the stabilator sits up out of the propwash, and so is less effective at low airspeeds. Many pilots complain that the Arrow IV has odd low-speed performance, with a tendency to over-rotate on takeoff. Others, who don’t try to fly the Arrow IV like the earlier models, look more favourably upon the T-tail. Performance can also be variable depending on how much fertilizer the resident birds have left on top!

Start-up, taxi and depart from (PATK) Talkeetna Airport. It is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile east of the central business district of Talkeetna, in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.

Fly to, land, taxi, and park for arrival back at (PATK).


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