Had my first taildragger lesson on Saturday ( I am PPL with 85hrs all on Cessna/Piper trikes) in a Chipmunk.
Loved every minute of it and thought ( in my limited overall experience) that it handled very nicely and certainly illustrated what the rudder is for in coordinated turns.
BUT-The take off/landing runs were like a demented shopping trolley-very cool guy in the back basically leaving it all to me
( although gave a very thorough briefing preflight).He seemed very happy with my general handling and my approaches and touchdowns (although the stick back to the stomach takes a bit of getting used to) but once on the ground it was Tesco time again
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Had thought up till now that my future lay in flying spamcans for the ubiquitous bacon butty ( have done the L2k thing as well) but I think flying something like a Chippie is likely to be more challenging/fun.
Does it generally take very long to master this and do experienced tailwheel pilots still have the occasional meander?
Any special reason why the Chipmunk doesn't have a lockable tailwheel which might have tamed it a bit?
MM