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Old 23rd Jan 2009, 19:47
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thunderbird five
 
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SM227:

To start, get yourself a copy of the book "The Compleat Taildragger Pilot" by Harvey S. Plourde. It's full of all sorts of information explaining what goes on with taildraggers. Plenty of simple diagrams and great explanations. Most other books and dare I say instructors too often say simply "you must never.... (whatever)" but they don't (and probably can't) explain WHY. Why? Because that's what they got told, and they're just blindly repeating the nonsense.

Good luck with it, it's not the demon many say.
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