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The axe logo was applied at the Piper factory to many PA-38s delivered The Tomahawk is a single-engined low-wing cantilever monoplane with a T-tail and an enclosed cabin for two. It has a fixed tricycle landing gear and is powered by a Lycoming O-235 four-cylinder piston engine with a twin-bladed tractor propeller.
Well-known designs that use versions of the O-235 included the Cessna 152, Grumman American AA-1 series, Beechcraft Model 77 Skipper, Piper PA-38 Tomahawk, American Champion Citabria, Piper Clipper, and the Piper PA-22-108 Colt.
Nose, cowling, and engine installation adapted from the Piper PA-38 Tomahawk [2] Wings adapted from the Schweizer SGS 1-36 Sprite, including extensions to bring it from the Sprite's 46.2 feet (14.1 m) to 59.5 feet (18.1 m) and leading edge cuffs to improve stall characteristics [2] Tail from the Schweizer SGS 2-32 [2]
Retractable landing gear variant of the PA-32 PA-33 Comanche: 1966 1 Pressurized Comanche PA-34 Seneca: 1972 5,000+ Twin-engine derivative of PA-32R PA-35 Pocono: 1968 1 Twin-engined pressurized commuter airliner PA-36 Pawnee Brave: 1973 938 Single-engined agricultural monoplane PA-37 0 Proposed twin-engined PA-33 PA-38 Tomahawk: 1978 2,519
Though the aircraft first flew with a standard tail configuration, by the time it entered production, a T-tail configuration had been adopted, giving it an appearance very similar to its close competitor, the Piper PA-38 Tomahawk introduced in 1978. [1] [2]
Piper PA-38 Tomahawk; Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer; Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche; V. Piper PA-15 Vagabond; Piper PA-17 Vagabond This page was last edited on 24 September 2020 ...
On 21 January 2010, Piper Aircraft announced that they had licensed a derivative of the SportCruiser and would market it as the PiperSport.Piper CEO Kevin Gould said: "The PiperSport is an amazing entry-level aircraft that will bring new customers into Piper and lead the way for those customers to step up into more sophisticated and higher performance aircraft within our line over time."
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