ORIGINAL: brenthampton79
okay i guess its the way it was worded that made me think that, I see what you are saying now that IF you land too fast then the taildragger would be less succeptable to damage and that makes sense. sounds like we are on the same page then i just didn't want someone to get bad information and learn the wrong way. Sorry i misunderstood you.
No problem "brenthampton79".
We sometme read fast and are left with a first impression that is not as written.
In the old days in elementary school I attended we had to analyze sentences and write in our own words what we understood. That was part of language classes that my children never had. Formal education has changed a lot and not for the better. These days teachers have to go to the internet and wikipedia to keep up with the kids LOL.
Model Decathlons are generally over powered and more sensitive to control if we compare to full size.
It is a lot easier to fly the full size than the models. That does not mean that a model pilot should get in a full size and attempt to fly it without having training from a qualified full size airplane instructor.
No one rolls a full size Decathlon at two full rolls per second
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It is hard to tell if it is a fast "slow roll" or a "snap roll".
It has been found on the original full size that some fuel tank installation had a mechanical support problem and doing aerobatics was doing damage to the wing ribs.
When the local club acquired a Citabria (boad of directors decision not knowing the club staff qualifications) it turned out that I was the only instructor with experience on tail draggers. I learned to fly on Cessna 120 and 140 when spin recovery was part of the curiculum and of the flight test. The spin had to have a minimum of thee full turns before recovery. Those were "The Good Old Times".
I was originally teaching on 120s and 140s and Cessna 170 and J3 cubs.
The Bombadier brothers of "skidoo fame" in Valcourt , Quebec bought a J3 and made a runway behind the Skidoo plant and became my students.
Most know of Bombardier present situtation in the aviation field.
When I moved to Ontario province in 1965 theflying club had three Aeronca Champs and two grass runways 1800 feet long.
I have no interest in building a model Citabria or Decathlon having flown and teached on one for dozens of hours. My next project is a Twin Comanche (my avatar) . I used to fly one when first hired as a corporate pilot.
Nuff said ___all have a great day ___
Zor
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