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Old 05-07-2004 | 12:07 PM
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Default RE: HELP LEARNING TO TAKE OFF WITH TAILDRAGGER???

SLOWLY advance the throttle.

Hold a little up elevator until the airplane has built up some speed so that the rudder is flying instead of just deflecting propwash.

Then let the tail come up... and watch the model lift off.


If the wheels are aligned correctly... that should do it.

Sometimes shimming the landing gear to move the axles back under the LE of the wng while the airplane is level helps.

Wider landing gear always helps.

As noted above.... if the wheels point out... it will be very bad. If the wheels point in a little its good. If they point in too much it gets bad again. Straight works.