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Old 3rd October 2003 | 19:38
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SlipSlider
 
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From: Hampshire, UK
Stik, I note your comment re wheeler landings for tailwheel. I've never felt very comfortable with them, so I'm looking to remedy that by having a good workout with someone locally who has the right experience. My tailwheel x-wind method is 2-pointer ie tailwheel-and-into-wind-wheel together (hopefully) and then the other mainwheel, with lots of aileron held in.

On the subject landing left/centre/right.
In a PA28 or AA5 at somewhere like Southampton I must admit I'm guilty of instinctively landing to the left of the centre-line, and I have to talk myself in to landing on the centre-line.

In the Champ on a grass runway with centre-line markings I do try to avoid dragging the tailwheel through the markings as I've seen a few with some fairly severe edges.

Slip
PS Stik: are you still Curry-Chief'ing?
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