I may be old, but not an old taildrager. I was taught by my instructer to always wheel her on. I own and operate a Kitfox series 3. VH-BJF, When possible, i try and use the grass strip at my local club. The tarmac main strip tends to get the wheels biting and requires a lot more tap dancing to keep her on the straight and narrow.
Sure she does the occasional hop skip and a jump, but with practice, most of the time she settles down 1st time, just have to pin the stick foreword.
Ps, Took me 8hrs to solo, spent many occasions vanishing between the trees off the runway.
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