Tricycle gear because the taildraggers still scare me (though I will get used to them eventually no doubt)
If you don't fly them, you won't get used to them
Although I do fly taildraggers reasonably regularly, and they still scare me. The only time I've ever not been scared by a taildragger was when I was hour-building, and flew one nearly every day. The more you fly them, the less scary they are. I would suggest the Bolkow, as recommended by Mark 1.
FFF
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