Absolutely, YMMV:-) My thinking with a BFR is get something out of it rather than just get a pencil log book entry. Let the instructor have you short field land it, no flap landing, pull the power on you, soft field land it....get something out of the instructor time, use him. If one is trying to kill two birds with one stone, a BFR and be able to walk away with a feeling on tailwheel airplanes, you have short changed yourself on the BFR and knowing whether you would enjoy the tailwheel experience. and whether you would enjoy owning and flying a tailwheel airplane.
As for tailwheel training, in my opinion, there is no way you will walk away from an hour of tailwheel time with enough knowledge to make an informed decision. It's going to take you time for everything to soak in and put you ahead of the airplane. This will enable you to anticapate inputs, instead of reacting to diversions. Are tailwheel airplanes more difficult to master than nosewheel airplanes, I'm going to leave that one alone. You use, what should be, the same techniques you would use with a nose dragger, rudder for directional control, up wind wind to control drift. It really is no different, just a little more unforgiving if you fail to fly it the way you should fly a nosewheel airplane. As a tailwheel pilot, I hate to admit it publically but it does not take super human piloting abilities of which a mere mortal does not possess, to safely fly a tailwheel airplane....I can't believe I just said that:-) Oscar, we obviously flew different conversions, as I had to do the Texas Two Step to keep that dang underpowered, small ruddered, spider geared contraption on the center line:-) How's that for a description. Plus, with two on board, we were climbing out at a whopping 300 fpm at 65 kts. I guess I'm a little spoiled with being off in 350 feet, and zooming off at a lazy 1600 fpm at 120............... Dana Overall 1999& 2000 National KR Gathering host Richmond, KY i39 RV-7 slider "Black Magic" Flying..well sorta, useta, kinda Barrett Precision O 360 A1A Hartzell C2YR-1BFP/F7497-2 http://rvflying.tripod.com/blackmagic.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMi05-WU2D0#GU5U2spHI_4 http://rvflying.tripod.com do not archive > From: taildr...@hotmail.com > Well, I guess the old saying "your results may vary" applies to flying the > Texas Taildragger conversion of the Cessna 150/152. _________________________________________________________________ Rediscover Hotmail®: Get quick friend updates right in your inbox. http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Updates1_042009
