Piper PA-38 Tomahawk
Target for the Piper PA-38 Tomahawk
30 to 60fpm
Full marks for descent rate up to 60 fpm; under 30 fpm the coach says the touchdown was softer than this aircraft is normally flown.
- Vref reference
- 67ktat 757 kg
- Tail-strike limit
- 12°the category's
- Ideal touchdown zone
- 50 to 200mpast the threshold
- G-force
- 1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve
Two-seat low-wing T-tail trainer from Piper with a 112 hp Lycoming O-235, designed with input from flight instructors and built from 1978 to 1982.
Roundout scores this aircraft with the Light Single-Engine GA category's curves and touchdown-zone window. The figures it uses are below.
How its touchdown is scored.
The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.
No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.
For reference.
Aircraft data
- Manufacturer
- Piper
- Model
- PA-38
- Variant
- Tomahawk
- FAA approach category
- A
- MTOW
- 757 kg (1,669 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Adjusted to the weight you land at
- MSFS source
- Payware (Just Flight)
- Category
- Light Single-Engine GA
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