AMD Alarus Feedback

[FlyingToIST]

I have been looking at this aircraft for sometime. It looks like a great trainer to invest in, with dual role capability (primary and instrument training), cheap price, low operating costs.


I am looking for a feedback from owners, operators, pilots..

Thanks..

 

[Traumahawk]

Flying pepsi can....plenty of MX problems after time. My flight school had a problems with the ribs basically needing replacement after only 500 hours...and it was basic training they were doing. The planes aren't built tough enough for what they do and then think about corrosion after time on top of that if you aren't out west.
Sorry to be negative. But it's a true spam can.
Go with the tried and true....texas taildragger aerobat with an ILS.

Or of course a Tomahawk!

T-hawk

 

[FlyingToIST]

Thanks for the input Traumahawk. I am actually thinking about using PA38s for primary trainers, but there is a lot of hype going around the Alarus. Idealy looks like a great plane, but in practice doesn't make sense for it not sell like hot cakes.

Unfortunately, both Piper and Cessna have really high price tag and the design is a few decades old..

 

[CDVdriver]

Beware.....

Toist, have you flown this plane.....?
I never have but the school I work for had an interesting experience when they were evaluating this thing.
Apperently, in a full slip with full rudder the ("all flying rudder")
will stall the stabilizer/elevator and induce a very significant nose-drop.
So much that hwne demonstrated to the examiner we use he refused to fly it any more!
Might be something to look into.
Now something completely trivial, even a 152 looks better than this thing..but thats my personal opinion.
Let us know what the results are..

 

[Flight_Line]

I've flown them and I really don't care one bit for them. Students at the school that had them in Ft. Myers kept either banging the nose or banging the tail or both. What CDVdriver says about the plane is true. If you slip the plane too much it will blank out the stabilator and cause a very signifigant nose down attitude (which is solved by letting off the rudder). If your student or CFI is over 6 feet tall their knees will be right against the pannel. Also, they are or at least were very difficult to hot start.