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Old 06-09-2007, 09:21 AM
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trainers land slow are are very stable. Low wing trainers fly faster and if they have symetrical wings with no dehedral then they fly inverted well. Tail draggers are not harder to fly or takeoff but you have to be aware of flying the tail before the plane lifts off and how you steer with power on the rudder or at very slow speed with the tail wheel. Taxing is the hard part because the plane can flip forward with gusts hence you fly the tail. Tail draggers do not roll over forward in a diagnal direction like nose steering airplanes do. Warbirds are finicky. they usually have high wing loadings which make them require speed and power to fly at slow or stall speeds they have a tendency to snap so this means you must practice at altitude to determine what the minimum safe speed to fly is. Some warbirds are adjusted to be more sport model then scale which means that liberties are taken in the design to make the plane more stable and have lower stall speeds. Most unknowledgeable people can not notice the change in wing dimensions or the lines of the aircraft that this has been done too though.