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Ain't nothing wrong with spinning tomahawks.

What the test pilots probably did was give up on the standard recovery too soon, played around with it and made it worse!! All a T-hawk needs to recover is constant recovery technique.

It's not like a 150/2 which comes out of a spin within a quarter turn, it takes a minimum of one, usually 2 with opposite rudder and nose down elevator the entire time!! That's basically all you need to keep in mind.

Now... my .02 on the airplane. It's not my favorite, I think the doors are poorly made and designed (even the nicest one leaks like a sieve) and they are no fun cross country on a sunny day (bumpy, weird yawing motion in turbulence, hot because it's just a flying greenhouse, which also sucks because of the water that leaked in from that rainstorm the day before adding to the moisture inside.)

BUT

I think it's a hell of a training aircraft. Sure tought me how to fly and stall and recover, and landings are pretty nice. It has a little more range than a 150/2 which is a plus.

So all in all it just boils down to personal preferance.