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Old 9th Apr 2009, 12:26
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Arnold E
 
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3 Pointers Vs Wheelers

I have had both an RV6 and a C150 taildragger. I have also flown other taildraggers ofcourse. What I have found is that some lend themselves to wheeler landings (the RV6) and other aircraft lend themselves to 3 point landings. I found the RV6 very easy to land on its wheels and somewhat less easy to 3 point and the C150 exactly the opposite. Still other aircraft (Decathalon / citabria/ pawnee) didnt appear, to me, to be easier one way or the other. So it would appear to me that you tend to support whichever method you are adopting at the time, depending on the aircraft you are flying at the time. I would be interested in comments from high time taildragger pilots on this theory, since I have only about 200Hrs on taildraggers
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