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Old 22nd September 2003 | 15:11
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Genghis the Engineer
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Can't disagree with anything Zlin says, but I'll add two things...

(1) On the ground, before taking off, take your chinagraph out of your pocket and mark a small line on the canopy in front of you directly in-line with the horizon.

Then, for landing, use that as your landing attitude reference. I do this whenever I fly a new taildragger type, makes life a lot easier since I find that my ability to accurately remember the 3-point attitude when landing after flying for an hour or so is limited.

Best to rub it off before giving the aeroplane back however.


(2) Spend a qualty hour before flying with the manual, and transfer all the key operating speeds - especially approach speed - to your kneeboard. Then use them - as exactly as possible; taildraggers are far more intolerant than nosewheel aeroplanes of not using the right approach speed.


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