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Old 11th Sep 2007, 01:30
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hard_yakka
 
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The robins usually have a tail skid for that very reason - not advisable to use it, but not a real problem either.
I've seen a Robin with a wrinkled ventral fin skin because of excess nose-up attitude on takeoff and/or landing. Dragging the skid is not a manouevre that will endear you to the CFI.

Best to let it fly off from a few degrees above level, and land with just a minimal wrist-twitch of flare. It is completely different to the "stall warning wailing, controls hard back in your gut" technique I was taught in C172s.

Mind you with my physique, the "controls hard back in your gut" is getting closer and closer to level flight as each year passes...
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