The switch... Piper to Cessna

As with everything, practice makes perfect. You'll get the hang of it probably the next time you go out flying in it. As for the stalls, it sounds like you're trying to be too smooth with the controls quite frankly. That's just something to get used to. Now I can see from your post you're used to the way Piper's will float if you're fast. That's just a characteristic of the low wing right there.
 
172's will do power off stalls, just hold it steady on the horizon or a little above. maybe it depends on the model. I flew a B model for 30 hours and never could get a nose drop, but we would be descending. the SP model has a good drop for both power on and off stalls.
 
One thing I'm concerned about it crosswind landings. From the limited experience I have it seems that with the loose nose steering it may be difficult to control on the ground on a day with a bad crosswind. Even if you do have full crosswind controls in. Anyone have any input on this?
 
Ayork62493 said:
One thing I'm concerned about it crosswind landings. From the limited experience I have it seems that with the loose nose steering it may be difficult to control on the ground on a day with a bad crosswind. Even if you do have full crosswind controls in. Anyone have any input on this?
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It's a little bit less stable, and you may notice that the upwind wing will want to lift a little bit more than in a Cherokee.
 
Ayork62493 said:
One thing I'm concerned about it crosswind landings. From the limited experience I have it seems that with the loose nose steering it may be difficult to control on the ground on a day with a bad crosswind. Even if you do have full crosswind controls in. Anyone have any input on this?
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until you are at a slow enough speed your rudder is controlling your direction on the ground. at that point then you can use steering and brakes as necessary. 20kt direct xwind is no problem
 
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