Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: tailwheel operations

OR, you could just buy an Ercope and learn to keep your feet flat on the floor! OK, bad comment :-) .

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Roger Poyner <rogpoyn@...> wrote:
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> Regardless of how long it takes I believe tailwheel training will make you a better pilot in any aircraft.  You will become familiar with the function of your rudder pedals very quickly as well as improve your line up for landing.  The amount of time it takes to get comfortable will vary.  Get comfortable might not have been the right choice of words because you shouldn't get comfortable when on the ground.  They tend to bite when you relax.  There is plenty of time to relax after the plane is tied down.  Roger P
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> From: Jiim Kress <jim.kress@...>
> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tue, November 3, 2009 9:08:47 AM
> Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: tailwheel operations
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> I find that generally it takes about 80 takeoffs and landings for a pilot to become proficient in fair weather flying, tailwheel operations.  In my opinion, that dual flight time and associated ground instruction is equivilant to an 8th grade education in conventional gear aircraft operations.  The first time you find yourself in taking off or landing with a forty five degree crosswind component  in a wind gusting to fifteen or twenty, you will probably feel very inadequate at the controls, and believe me, there is a lot more going on in tailwheel operations that most can envision. Items such as weather vaning, engine torque, spiriling slip stream and gryrscopic propeller action are forces that need to be understood, experienced and continually thought about. 
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> Although you may feel comfortable in one tailwheel aircraft you may feel very uncomfortable another, so it is prudent to get instruction in the type of aircraft you will actually be flying.
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> Jim in Oshkosh
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