Originally Posted by
tossbag
It 'tends' to be around 6 hours. No mandated minimum.
Thanks, not really any different to when I did it ~15 years ago. As I recall I was set to go off on my own at about 4 or 5 hrs but made an arse of a landing, got whacked about the head by the instructor with the proverbial rolled up newspaper, and made to do another hour of circuits.
Probably a good thing too; given I still clearly remember is testament to his dressing down, and I was much quicker to apply power when needed after that.
Getting back to the subject; I agree with the earlier comments that completing a tailwheel rating is well worthwhile, however I can understand why, if aeros are all the OP is interested in, they might want to forgo the expensive hours of circuit training.
Good to know we're all different - I'm not in the slightest interested in aeros, but if I could spend all my time landing taildraggers I'd be happy :-)
FP.