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Tail dragger hire/share

Any one out there know of any tail dragger aircraft for hire or with shares available in the North West of England??

Any updates please? Barton would be ideal, but would be willing to travel to West Mids, Yorkshire area at a stretch ...

Would Tatenhill work? There is an aerobatic T/W machine for hire.

Rod1

Chipmunk Group at Liverpool - a share or two are usually available.

Ohhhh that looks nice :-) £113 an hour solo isnt bad either for a club aircraft. Tailwheel wise I have around 40 hours in a super cub and 8 hours in a pawnee. Any one flown one of these Decathlons before? What are they like? Will also have a look for shares in the Chipmunk, see if I can find any available.

Decathlons lovely. Aerobatic, +6/-5 IIRC, and usually with inverted systems. Piece of cake to fly - I did my initial tailwheel in about 2hrs on one, much easier to plant than a pawnee/cup due the lack of bungees!

Thanks for the replies guys :ok: all sounds in favour.

Chipmunk at Blackpool

Quote:

Originally Posted by cjboy

I think Decathlons are more difficult than the Super Cub or Pawnee!

The Decathlon is much less stable in flight and you need to get the rudder right; you think you have then a bit of turbulence puts the ball out again. Nose attitude in the 3 point is quite low, good visibility.

No flaps though.

Note I said easier to plant (land); that's due to having a spring steel u/c that doesn't fire you straight back up if you're a little firm in the arrival department.

None of them should be difficult in flight. The decathlon is a bit more responsive; I'd consider that fun. So long as you know (or learn) what your feet are for, it's fine. A PA28 it is not (thank goodness :E)

Chippies are worth flying for the experience, but as a regular proposition, I'd suggest they're a little bit high maintenance - like needing to spend half an hour washing the oil off it's belly after every flight (I'm not slandering, they have a semi-loss oil system, throws it everywhere).