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I bought an entire book on the subject.
The one thing you have to remember from this book is :
An taildragger on the ground is mechanically unstable (on the yaw axis). You have to control this unstability in two ways :
- Try to minimize it (apply force on the tail)
- Most importantly, always be in control of the aircraft, have a faster than light look and correct any deviation before they have any time to develop. This may require large control inputs, but which always have to be very precisely done.
You really cannot give the deviation any time.
Originally Posted by
Kemble Pitts
pull the stick into your belly as soon as you touch down (in a three-point landing),
When first given this advice, I wondered why this would not favor a bounce.
I concluded that the energy level of the aircraft was degraded by the first touchdown, and that the pulling back would also increase drag because the angle of attack would increase above the best lift to drag ratio angle of attack.