Short coupling attenuates the risk of tail strike. I am not trying to establish a failure path. She does NOT fly "like all other a/c."
Positioning the landing gear has more to do with a very high nose, which is not comfortable in the Flare. Long a/c get long GEAR. The design limits of an a/c are remarkably immune to scale.
I seem to appear as overly critical perhaps. No axe.
Last edited by Lyman; 1st March 2012 at 14:34.