RE: flying a tail dragger
One bad habit I have seen trike flyers do is to fly down to the runway,plant the gear in the grass and then chop the throttle and use the drag of the nosegear to stop. That same pilot will one day be watching his tailwheel airplane either fly by him in ground effect or ballon up and stall from carrying too much forward speed. Tailwheel models teach you to contol airspeed so you can make that 3 point landing just as the wing is losing lift.