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Old 16th Nov 2014, 02:52
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I was trained to do this in the first Tiger Moth I used to fly, as it had only a wooden skeg, instead of a tailwheel. Just a co ordinated jabbing of nose down and power, with the rudder held. But that was a Canadian Moth, which has the main gear canted further forward. I did it a few times on the Piper Vagabond, but it really was not required, and a little un nerving...

A few times I have done this on skis in the 180, just to get the tail out of the deep snow, but no more aggressively than needed.
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