Opinion - article: taildraggers suck
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2023 10:04 pm
Got a kick out of this article: https://www.flyingmag.com/technique-pro ... gers-suck/
Taildraggers are new to me. Got the little 140 that i struggle to make good consistent landings: 3 pt or wheeled -perhaps i should accept that when perfection happens i celebrate, otherwise learn to forgive myself and be happy with good enough. I think about landing my '48 Navion, i swear that airplane can make a novice look good on landing -i speak from experience. But the little taildragger, on landings (touchdown) is a handful for a couple of seconds. one day, with more practice, sometime down the road, i'll get closer to feeling consistently confident in my ability to put it down right where i want in the center of the runway wheeled or 3pt, or perhaps close is good enough (no ground loops, no off runway excursions)... but i'm not giving up, more practice is what's needed, I need to increase my skills (technique) to match the little old airplane and shake-off my bad habits with nose gear aircraft - tail draggers are an absolutely blast to fly even if i dread those last 2 or 3 seconds at touchdown!
Taildraggers are new to me. Got the little 140 that i struggle to make good consistent landings: 3 pt or wheeled -perhaps i should accept that when perfection happens i celebrate, otherwise learn to forgive myself and be happy with good enough. I think about landing my '48 Navion, i swear that airplane can make a novice look good on landing -i speak from experience. But the little taildragger, on landings (touchdown) is a handful for a couple of seconds. one day, with more practice, sometime down the road, i'll get closer to feeling consistently confident in my ability to put it down right where i want in the center of the runway wheeled or 3pt, or perhaps close is good enough (no ground loops, no off runway excursions)... but i'm not giving up, more practice is what's needed, I need to increase my skills (technique) to match the little old airplane and shake-off my bad habits with nose gear aircraft - tail draggers are an absolutely blast to fly even if i dread those last 2 or 3 seconds at touchdown!