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Old 05-24-2005 | 04:16 PM
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Default RE: Tricycle Gear vs. Tail Dragger

Try a roll out with a smith miniplane or another short coupled tail dragger aircraft like th e pitts and say it's no big deal. I'm afraid you might eat crow! Even on grass they will ground loop like nobodys business.

Of course those aircraft are the exception, not the norm. But as Richard L. says, it is just much more gratifying to use a tail dragger- it uses a little more skill.