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Old 3rd Apr 2007, 21:20
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Rarely Dble Amber
 
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Nothing at all hard about it.
Use your feet to keep the nose straight, thats it. Taking off and landing use lots of little corrections instead of an occasional large correction.
Be smooth.. direct and purposeful, but always smooth.
Spend lots of time taxying around.
Touch and goes wont teach you much, its not about being airborne its about getting used to how they feel on the ground. Stop and goes are better.
Practice a few aborted takeoffs, going from full power at 70 knots back to idle with braking is when the aircraft will tend to want to swing its tail around. No big deal though, just use your feet to keep the nose straight

Have fun, most tail draggers are designed with the concept of flying for fun in mind.
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