On 9/3/2020 6:27 PM, donald january via KRnet wrote:
Taylor monoplane. Some thoughts on tailwheel training.
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My advise on tail wheel training: You don't have to be a "super pilot"
to fly tail wheel aircraft. Almost every tail wheel aircraft handles
differently. Get a tail wheel endorsement in anything available. Then
learn to fly your tail wheel KR by learning it's ground handling with
taxi testing.
I had only 13 hours tail wheel time over a 30 year period before flying
my KR. I got the feel for it's ground handling in an hour or two of
taxi testing, building up speed to near lift off and then shutting
down. No one can "give you" experience in flying your KR, you have to
earn it. Get enough recent time to be comfortable in any type of
aircraft and then learn your KR.
Tail wheel time in a KR doesn't necessarily transfer to other aircraft
either. With 700+ hours in my KR I did a bi-annual in a C170 and the
landings didn't go well. Because of the different site pictures I
wasn't flaring high enough and when the wheels touched the pavement that
springy gear kicked me right back up in the air. The instructor would
take over and three point from there. It would have taken me several
hours in the pattern to get it right. Of the 5 or 6 different tail
wheel aircraft I've flown, no two handled the same. Some were terrible
in handling and my KR on the other extreme handles great. Generally
speaking, the fear and anxiety are a greater hurdle to overcome than the
actual event. Just get out there and do it,............ safely.
Larry Flesner
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