RE: HELP LEARNING TO TAKE OFF WITH TAILDRAGGER???
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I'm left handed so the rudder was very natural to me. But if your not your reaction time is slow and on take offs you don't want to be slow releasing the rudder.
I do also agree with you about Tricycle gear being better for beginners.
I agree that the tricycle is better for beginners, but so is the automatic car rather than a manual.
Taildraggers are more fun and a bit of a challenge ( it's great trying to perfect a 3 point landing, just touching down as it stalls).
If you learn in an automatic car you almost certainly will never be able or willing to handle the stickshift and clutch, and so it is with tricycle and taildragger.
Point is if you learn first on the manual car, or you learn to fly on a taildragger, you'll be able to handle the alternatives no sweat, - but not vice versa, and so you could miss out in some major enjoyment!
Surely the enjoyment and challenge is what the sport is all about, not having everything laid out and made easy for us.