Hi Guy's; I've been reading all of the e-mails on landing KR's and which is the best way to do it. Well, I've done it both ways but I decided to give it a lot of practice in X-Plane and see if I could decide which way I thought was best (it really depends on your skill at either) so I set up a situation on short final in X-Plane with NMYKR2 (a tail dragger) and saved it so that I could repeat it quickly without flying the whole circuit to save time. I've got to admit that I prefer a wheel landing if I've got plenty of runway. There's better visability over the nose from your higher airspeed and keeping the tail up untill established on your rollout but if your real good in controling your plane then a three pointer is also easy to do. So I guess the question goes on, you'll have to decide for yourself.
I remember seeing a pilot landing a P-51 Mustang in a stiff crosswind out in Vagas, he landed it on the right wheel with the tail up and kept it there just as smooth as could be untill there was no more air to keep him up and the left wheel and tail came down so smooth and slow that I bet it wouldn't have rippled the water in a glass. Now that's one kind of skill. Regards, Dan F.
