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Originally Posted by vreihen16
Long shot question. Does anyone here have stick time in both the regular tail and T-tail Piper Saratoga? Does the T-tail version have any notable handling deficiencies at slow speeds, stalls, and unpowered glide when compared with the regular tail version?
The Canadian Saratoga that was in the fatal Nashville crash a few days ago was a 1978 T-tail version, and from what I've read Piper quickly abandoned the T-tail design early in the Saratoga's production run.....
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I know the Tomahawk's nickname is/was Traumahawk.; and the T-tail had a lot to do with that.