Ever flown an airplane you just don't like?

I dont understand why any of the Cessna singles are as popular as they are. They're all boring to fly and over-engineered. Though at least the engines on the 172s are mostly painted the right color, unlike the 206/207/210 family (a set of airplanes that I loathe).
 
Cessnaflyer said:
King Air. It does the job but I can't land it.

I loved the baby Dash though. I could do everything with that airplane. Landing and taking off out of Kapalua was amazing.
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I still cant seem to land the CASA either. But I just learned that a couple good turns of nose up trim in the flare works wonders.
 
ASpilot2be said:
I still cant seem to land the CASA either. But I just learned that a couple good turns of nose up trim in the flare works wonders.
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The only time I have good landings are in the snow or rain. I need all that extra paying on the runway.
 
ASpilot2be said:
I still cant seem to land the CASA either. But I just learned that a couple good turns of nose up trim in the flare works wonders.
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if you have manual electric trim on the yoke, that works wonders. Makes it much easier to grease in the Navajo or Caravan.
 
Roger Roger said:
I dont understand why any of the Cessna singles are as popular as they are.
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There is not a single Cessna product that I really enjoyed flying after the first 20 hours.

Most of them were good planes that did their job very well, but they handle like trucks, don't go very fast, and are made out of cheap matterials and generally display shoddy workmanship.
 
Anyone else notice that the aircraft most described as 'Boring' are designed and built by aircraft companies then (and sometimes still) owned by huge conglomerates whose major businesses are not aviation? :cry:

Could there be a connection? ;)
 
Cessnaflyer said:
The only time I have good landings are in the snow or rain. I need all that extra paying on the runway.
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That doesnt help me much. Every one of our airplanes seems to land differently. We will see if the snow helps. I know gravel does!
Screaming_Emu said:
Meh, centerline, TDZ, don't break anything. Those are my standards.
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Very few of our runways have center lines, and some that do are in such bad shape you want to land either side of the centerline. The TDZ for us means a very long taxi, so we land long most of the time. Not breaking anything is my goal. :)
Roger Roger said:
if you have manual electric trim on the yoke, that works wonders. Makes it much easier to grease in the Navajo or Caravan.
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I wish we had manual electric trim!
 
I don't like the 402 - flew about 6 hours in, hated every minute. The 99 was "ok," but I wouldn't put it up there in airplanes I'd voluntarily fly for fun. The caravan was fun at first, now it's "meh- it's a Cessna." Still fun to fly, but not my cup of tea. In terms of airplanes I've routinely flown. 172s are easy and utilitarian but boring.

At the bottom of my list I'd put:
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C172
Piper PA32 "Cherokee 6"
C402
 
drunkenbeagle said:
The 172P's actually have a somewhat useful useful load. But yeah, easily my least favorite thing to fly. Thankfully, I hardly ever do fly them.
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Yeah, ours did. Got to the point to where people would look at you like you were going to die when you loaded three pax into her.
 
ASpilot2be said:
I still cant seem to land the CASA either. But I just learned that a couple good turns of nose up trim in the flare works wonders.
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Experience. This is a pretty good sized airplane - your first one of that size too. I found that I landed the 1900 like crap when I had 500 to 700TT, but when I flew the thing 5 years later from the left seat I found that it was super easy to land. With bigger airplanes I've found that trying to fly it into the touchdown zone while gradually reducing power works really well.
 
For me it was the Bonanza.

It had that fat bar that joined both controls in the center. And that FAT bar just blocked my view of all the switches, the flap switch and gear lever were reversed. Not to mention the right seat didn't have any breaks.
 
The piper arrow sucks! Low wing, super hot in the summer, only one door and no window on the instructor side, no brakes on the instructor side, drops like a rock, and pisses me off when I look at it.

I do love the 152, 5000 hours in that thing
 
ocdflyboy said:
For me it was the Bonanza.

It had that fat bar that joined both controls in the center. And that FAT bar just blocked my view of all the switches, the flap switch and gear lever were reversed. Not to mention the right seat didn't have any breaks.
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Wow. I love the Bonanza, and the Cherokee 6.

-Fox
 
ppragman said:
Experience. This is a pretty good sized airplane - your first one of that size too. I found that I landed the 1900 like crap when I had 500 to 700TT, but when I flew the thing 5 years later from the left seat I found that it was super easy to land. With bigger airplanes I've found that trying to fly it into the touchdown zone while gradually reducing power works really well.
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Thanks. The experience is certainly coming. The landings are coming together. Except for crosswinds. The plane sucks in crosswinds. By the time I get it figured out I will be in the 207.
 
ppragman said:
I don't like the 402 - flew about 6 hours in, hated every minute. The 99 was "ok," but I wouldn't put it up there in airplanes I'd voluntarily fly for fun. The caravan was fun at first, now it's "meh- it's a Cessna." Still fun to fly, but not my cup of tea. In terms of airplanes I've routinely flown. 172s are easy and utilitarian but boring.

At the bottom of my list I'd put:
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C172
Piper PA32 "Cherokee 6"
C402
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You really hated the 402? I loved that damn thing. :)
 
dasleben said:
This will probably get me kicked off the board (or stuff thrown at me at NJC), but there was an old, crooked-assed 757 that I wasn't a big fan of.

Oh, and ERJs. Sorry, the -145 sucks.
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LOL, if it was operated by company that started with a certain 4 letter word that starts with O, they had an uncanny ability to take something that should be good (757s and Learjets) and absolutely ruin it in the name of being the cheap skates that they were.

T-tailed Arrow and Seneca II for me, just never liked them.
 
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