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Old 27th January 2014 | 05:59
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waren9
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From: south pacific vagrant
a groundloop is when the cog tries to overtake the point that drag/braking can be said to act through.

tail draggers with mains forward of the cog, yes.

tricycle types with mains aft of the cog and betw 3 points of contact, not so much.

sufficient loss of traction in the pissing wet will turn a metro into a 5T weathervane and gravity will take it downslope but it aint what i was taught to be a groundloop
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