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freebeard · 12-17-2023, 01:02 PM

A tail dragger without wings?

With tricycle landing gear, you can rotate into liftoff, but with a tail dragger wouldn't that drive the tail wheel back onto the ground? I haven't ridden in a light plane since the mid-70s.

12-17-2023, 01:02 PM	#20 (permalink)
freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 28,317 Thanks: 8,000 Thanked 8,816 Times in 7,273 Posts	A tail dragger without wings? With tricycle landing gear, you can rotate into liftoff, but with a tail dragger wouldn't that drive the tail wheel back onto the ground? I haven't ridden in a light plane since the mid-70s. __________________ . .Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster ____________________ . .“You belong to Universe” -- the voice in Bucky Fuller's head