Ray,
Your answer, the post in the thread of the P39 King Cobra. Taildragger versus tricycle plane.(Sterling P-63 King Cobra restoration)
After my explanation of the difference between the taildragger and the tricycleplane in the thread of the P 39 King Cobra you did show us the drawings of the Yak 18 PM and the Yak 18 PS, see picture 1.
ORIGINAL: RFJ
So, not only Ed Kazmirski did know, also the Russian of course, the difference between the taildragger and the tricycle!.
They didn't make many changes here.
Ray
You do not see any difference?
To be honest I also not.
But, can I be wrong? Is there no difference between the tail dragger and the Tricycle plane?
To answer the question I did look for another picture. Picture 2
What’s that?
A Taurus(Primus) as a taildragger.
In the period of the Taurus there were 17 Taurusses in Belgium on the world champs 1963.
17 Taurusses of the 39 members and none as a taildragger!
The Taurus is a tricycleplane, and designed as a tricycle plane.
So of course, you can find a Taurus converted to a taildragger but that’s a loser, will never win the game!
In 1960 the Orion was a taildragger and Ed was worldchampion with that plane in Switserland.
Many people did fly the Orion and they did convert them in the tricycle (picture3).
I did count 0 of Orions as a tricycle plane in Belgium! And of course Ed did not use this, he did know the differences!
The Orion was a champion as a taildragger, but you cannot convert this plane to a tricycle. That’s a loser but will sometimes win the game.
Your YAK 18.
The Yak-18P first tricycle plane was present at First World Aerobatic Championship, Bratislava in 1960.
Your YAK 18 PM is the tricycle plane from 1966 the absolute winner in Moscow.
And the Yak 18 PS is taildragger, so a loser. And what did we say about them!
You cannot convert a tricycle in a taildragger so never will win the game.
So all the losers exists, (Piper PA12) of course, but look to the differences when you see a tricycle and the taildragger of (nearly) the same type and try to find out what’s the winner.
And that YAK 50? That’s a taildragger of course!
To help you, look at the tailcone!
I do make several picture combinations of the Yak 18 PM and Yak 50 but also from the Taurus and the Orion.
When somebody wants to see them, let me know and I make a extra post of them!
With this pictures I can show you the way Ed did look to the Yaks, because he did!
Cees