OK, they might be a bit more "tricky" but that's the challenge of aviation isnt it, learning to get a "handle " on something and enjoy the doing of it?
I think its called " keeping yr hand in", and in the Auster case, yr feet as well.
Bush Pilots Airways / "Bushies" had plenty of them pottering around the wilds of Cape York for yonks, and served them very well.
I guess if the bungee u/c had a damper in the system somehow, it might aleviate the "sproing!!" if you touch down too early....or too late.
Currently peddling a J2, 90 hp Cont... hardly pulls the skin off a rice pudding, but its the most idiot-simple, dinky machine with 2 wings.
Its the 'no flaps' bit for a landing...needs a bit of extra drag from somewhere.
Re the Darwin pirouette... If departing off a runway, I always try and land back on the grass..tis said the extra drag on the tail wheel helps.??
So far, so good.
Happy touch downs..... and roll outs for 2012..!
