Dear Chiglet how could you be so horrible about the lovely Trident "Ground Gripper" yes but once the super stickey tyres left the runway and the wheels were up the words "pocket Rocket" spring to mind .you'll be saying next that the reason for the off set nose leg was to stop it making a thumping noise as it wouldn't keep hitting the runway center line lights.
Can we old Aviation types give the poor originator the right answers to his question, I thought on the old tail draggers the yoke was eased forwards to get the tail up to gain flying speed but what do I know I was AVIONICS
Last edited by avionic type; 14th Jun 2011 at 18:18.
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