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Old 9th July 2012 | 23:55
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shumway76
 
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Tricycle & tail draggers
Just out of curiousity I have 2 questions regarding tricycle & tail draggers:

1. Why were aircraft initially (as in WW1 & WW2) era basically all tail draggers, but nowadays most are tricycle?

2. Why are most aerobatic aircraft today tend to be tail draggers?
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