Talking of possible tail strikes. Go onto !!!!!!!!!!!!!! and check out the main landing gear struts on the some of the earlier Dash-8-300s and you'll see that they're vertical. Then have a look on the newer srs 311's and compare. The landing gear struts have been 'tweaked' rearwards due to the high numbers of reported tail-strikes on earlier models, im sure the srs 400 will be fine although I wouldn't fly anywhere in it in windy conditions. I've never seen a prop bend and flex like that before!..........bit of useless info.......cheers