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Old 23rd Jan 2009, 03:46
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Chimbu chuckles

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Speaking of taildraggers that 'can't' be wheel landed...The Helio Courier was much like that. Like the 185 the Helio was an aeroplane that circumstances dictated I teach myself...a phone call to a mate who had flown it many years before being the sum total of 'dual' received. I never actually tried to wheel land it...something about the geometry and its landing characteristics just said 'don't'. If anyone reading has time in Helio Couriers and wheel landed them I'd be fascinated to hear about it.

Mind you with a typical Vref of about 25kts and a max crosswind limit of 7kts there was no need...if the wind was strong and across you just land on an into wind taxiway...or across the runway for that matter.
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