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Old 07-07-2004 | 11:01 PM
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Default RE: Tail dragger take off

Not to be a contrarian, but...I have flown taildraggers for years, mostly Gee Bees and military fighters and it has been my practice to set the elevater trim so that I must add a bit os down elevater to get the tail up as I advance the throttle. As the plane comes up to speed down elevater is relaxed to keep the plane from nosing over. This allows me to keep the plane on the runway until I determine if there is enough speed for lift-off.
You will find that with planes such as the Corsair, holding up elevator is suicidal.