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Old 08-29-2002 | 12:36 PM
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Jim_McIntyre
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Default taildragger take offs and landings

Not all taildraggers are the same or require the same inputs.
Some are quite tame, others quite a bear.

My Tigermoth is very well behaved and only requires a little rudder 'dancing'.

My Dr1 OTOH requires;
- full up with half right rudder to start
- slack off elevator and rudder slowly as speed builds
- zero rudder rapidly as the tail comes up and rapid inputs on elevator to prevent noseing over or premature takeoff.

And that's just takeoff, landing is much more involved including occasional throttle 'burps' to make the tail surfaces effective enough.