Hi FFF,
Thanks for the reply!
I was bouncing 3-pointers.... I thought the stick was all the way back, but it probably wasn't.
Funny what you say about the PA-18 being the easiest tail-dragger, because for me it was just the opposite. The Jodels, Citabria, Zlins, and Cap 10 were all OK, and even the Pitts S2A was OK apart from the visibility. (In the Pitts I find just holding a 3-point attitude then bringing the stick hard back on touchdown works). It's been a long time since I bounced as much as I did last Saturday in the Cub!
For holding straight after landing, again I've never had too much trouble in the other types. As you say, you need to be active on the rudder but on one of my worse attempts in the Cub (in a very gentle crosswind) we did an initial bounce and on the 2nd touchdown veered dramatically towards the edge of the runway. Rudder alone wasn't enough to correct it. (Nor was I, alone, enough to correct it! Luckily the instructor had quicker reactions.)
As for wheel-landings, I've only really tried them in the Jodel D140. It's big, easy to fly and quite easy to do wheel-landings in. It doesn't seem such a natural thing to do in the smaller types. I must do some practice.
Unfortunately I've only got access to the one Cub (
and here it is, and
here ). It did occur to me that the bungees may not be quite as they should, but it's more likely that it was me!
