Instructional aircraft Brumby 610

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Designed originally for training fleets, the Brumby 610 Evolution fulfils that role perfectly. Yet what makes the Brumby great in a training environment, also makes for a safe, easy to fly, personal commuter—with the added capacity for fast cross-country flights. We all know that students can be hard on aircraft, especially in the touch down phase of the landing, and the 610 Evolution acknowledges that reality by coming equipped with an undercarriage manufactured from heavy duty, high quality, spring steel legs, secured to the chrome-molly vanadium airframe by particularly hefty attachment bolts. Another area of importance to both students and instructors is in the handling. While some instructors argue that the student needs a challenging trainer, flying schools run the risk that difficult to fly, aerodynamically unstable training aircraft can cause students to be lost by setting the bar too high. The Brumby 610 Evolution addresses this point by being unapologetically easy to fly. The aircraft responds quickly to control input, has excellent visibility and is very stable in flight. But if there is one area almost guaranteed to unnerve students it’s having to stall the aircraft. Certainly students need to practice “the stall” but in some aircraft that stall, if not handled properly, can develop into a spin and that can have a highly detrimental effect on the mental health of students and their on-going confidence.