ORIGINAL: Missileman
I am going to have to take you to task on that to a point.
There just is not enough difference between a tail dragger and trike gear airplane to warrant a warning about needing to learn with a tail dragger.
I respectfully disagree....
There is a vast difference going from a trike immediately into something like a PTS, a Spacewalker, Pulse, etc...
The left yaw at run-up which the trikker will not experience is going to send many a plane to it's doom in the hands of a novice trained soley on a trike...
I've been down this road with students.
Students learn to chop the throttle and let the trainer land itself. With a tail dragger they have to learn how to bring the plane in under power.
They also have to learn to guage the amount of power required, so as to avoid bouncing the plane down the runway or overshooting, something that is not learned with most high wing trainers...
I've had to teach many a student how to learn to fly a tail dragger after they have certified with a high winger...
The skills are usually quickly picked up in 2-3 sessions, but they DO have to learn to fly the plane differently.