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Old 17th Dec 2011, 12:35
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Shaggy Sheep Driver
 
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Anyone got any more good taildragger tips?
Practice, really. Practice until the aeroplane is an extension of yourself. That way your feet will counter any swing long before you are concious of it starting (once you are concious of it, it's developed, and it may be too late).

Keep flying the aeroplane until you shut it down and get out of it.

Do wheelers occasionally and keep the tail up as long as possible so you become happy to travel fast on the mains with the tail up. Once you are happy in that regime of flight, try fast tail-up taxying. It trains your feet! But be really sure you have it mastered before doing this as a fast tail-up taxy that swings and groundloops will be disasterous.

Enjoy the fabulous ground handling (spinning around 360 degrees in your own length, then the same the other way, if you have a fully castoring tailwheel!).
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