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Old 17th Apr 2013, 16:07
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Chuck Ellsworth
 
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Logic dictates that you land as close to a three pointer as you can, and get that stick back into your stomach pronto.
Only if you are doing a three point landing........

.....logic also dictates that once the airplane is on the ground you still have to control yaw......

.......my students have already been exposed to yaw control on the ground at both low and high speeds therefore direction control after touch down is not a new experience for them.


Playing around in ground-loop/nose-over country is not something I'd have a novice doing. Wheelers are best left to the experienced pilot.
I believe in teaching a pilot how to properly handle a tail wheel airplane and teach both three point and wheel landings and expect them to be equally proficient in both.


If they can not master both types of landings I will not sign them out as competent on tail wheel airplanes....period.
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