I dont know about all of you that are saying tail draggers are easier, but IMHO I dont trust anyone who learns on the tail dragger. We have some members that scare the !@#$ out of us when they cannot control there takeoffs and buzz the hangar almost everytime. The problem with tail draggers is they dont require as much input in rudder control as the trike so you can "oversteer" very easily and then over correct to some messy results. One member thought to learn tail draggers with a Piper Cub. He has 350 parts telling him he was wrong and he actually had a gyro to help. Tail draggers are a third plane accessory.