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Old 17th Jul 2005, 22:16
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FlyingForFun

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QDM, why's that?

I could see that you might have a point for an aircraft with its tail in the air, where the underneath of the aircraft would be subject to a tailwind, and would be blanked off from any oncoming air from in front of the aircraft (as someone has already described).

But if the tail is firmly on the ground, the only parts of the rear of the aircraft which will be subject to any airflow are shaped in such a way that the air in front of them, where your hand is sticking out, will be roughly the same as the air passing over those surfaces, are they not?

Having said that, I've never tried taxying a tail-dragger in challenging winds, so my theories and second-hand wisdom will definitely take second place to people with more tail-dragger experience. But I'm curious to know if I'm wrong, and why I'm wrong.

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