It was Piper's first model with side-by-side seating; combined with docile low-speed handling, this made it a good trainer.
The thin-section wing had a leading edge sweep of 45 and was equipped with a boundary layer control system for better low-speed handling.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105 was a manned test vehicle to explore low-speed handling and landing.
Its low-speed handling was tricky due to the port wing stalling before the starboard wing.
These features, in combination with the thrust reverser-equipped engines, gives the Tornado excellent low-speed handling and landing characteristics.
Its inherent strengths were good low-speed handling during landing, and a low-risk development that was relatively immune to changes in weight and balance.
He also felt that the poor low-speed handling of any of these layouts presented a real danger during landing.
Four Fowler flaps were fitted to give good low-speed handling for landing and the wing had retractable dive brakes on both surfaces.
Later versions with 17 and 18 m wingspan offer much better low-speed handling.
Leading edge slots were fitted to the upper wing to improve low-speed handling, with ailerons on the lower wings only.