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Old 10th Jun 2015, 02:23
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I have been flying my friend's 172 taildragger recently. After trying both three pointing it, then wheel landing, I certainly find that wheel landing results in consistently nicer landings.

One of my experienced pilot friends is passionate that taildraggers should be three pointed. Another learned friend tells me that you'll get better landings by wheel landing, but you must be more precise. That seems to be my experience too...

I'm really liking that I can prevent any bouncing by lifting the tail once the mains are on, and reducing the AoA of the wing. I also like that the tail wheel, when it finally contacts, might be going 20 MPH more slowly - less wear and tear!

I have his 180 HP PA-18 type amateur built to fly next, so I'll be trying both ways with it too...

Is there any passion here, one way or the other?
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