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Old 05-02-2005 | 09:59 AM
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Default RE: stroke of good luck

Not knowing your level of flying, I will assume that you are new to flying and are looking for information on what to do with either one of those planes.

First of all, if you are very new, you will find that the trike gear will be somewhat easier to land. I am not quite sure why that is because I too am fairly new and find that my trike gear planes land nice and smooth but the tail draggers seem to bounce a couple times on landing.

During take off, there is somewhat of a different behavior too. The trike will pretty go in the direction that the front wheel steers it to, but the tail dragger, as soon as that rear wheel comes off the ground, it tends to vane into the wind (normal function) and you actually have to get familiar with the rudder and the slight delay in the action/reaction with using the rudder on take off.

Other than that, keep them light (weight wise) and if you ARE new, find a good instructor to help you with and mentor that person, follow instructions and do as the instructor suggests, you can't go wrong.