Of course CaptAirProx:
That is exactly what I was driving at.
Ocasionally when we were empty and bored we would three point the DC3, really not difficult to do as long as you don't drop it from to high above the runway. For sure if you had passengers it would stress them as it is quite a strange feeling stalling one on. The Beech 18 is another animal, I can't recall stalling one on, the problem is with full flaps which you normally use there is no rudder authority in the full stall.
Speaking of the DC3 ever seen a C117? Looking at the tail fin and rudder you would think it would be better in a x/wind than the three. Not so due to limited rudder travel it is not as good as its little sister the DC3 in a x/wind landing.
Anyhow we are all getting a chance to express our thoughts on flying and that is what it is all about.
Incidently the most difficult tailwheel airplane I have flown for a living would be the Grumman Goose with the P&W PT6-20 turbines on it, lots of torque and short coupled. We always wheeled that mother on.
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The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no.