Here we go with Landing on the mains again. We get into that argument out at the airport. out of 10 people that land on their mains seven of them have hit their prop at least once. there's no need to land on your mains three point Landing works every time Crosswinds it doesn't matter I've got 800 hours in a KR and 3000 hours in a tail wheel altogether. I probably land on the mains once a year just because, I have been in Crosswinds that eventually I have had to go land on a taxi way to deal with them. We even had a couple people say it was easier to get into a short runway, landing on the mains so we had a little contest nobody could land as short on the mains is they could on three-point. Really don't want to hear from the commercial pilots at 30,000 hours because if you talk to them it's all in the bigger planes it is completely different than our little ones.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 21, 2023, at 6:22 AM, colin hales via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > > Hi Phil, > > Can you just clear up for me and possibly for all your thinking and > reasoning... > > Why would you want to increase the angle of attack with your main wheels on > the runway? When you take off, you push the stick forward to get the tail off > the ground and lessen the angle of attack to reduce drag. At about 60 mph the > plane should take off on its own anyway without having to apply up elevator > or get the tail anywhere near the floor again. And to land, you don't want a > high angle of attack at low speeds trying to three point it, or it will drop > a wing and possibly ground loop. All my landings I wheel it onto the main > wheels to land and keep the tail wheel up until the airspeed does not allow > the elevator authority to do so, by which time you are down to 20 mph anyway. > > A larger possibly rubber pneumatic tail wheel is quieter as it absorbs the > ground noise and gives more traction for better ground handling than a > smaller harder skittish tail wheel. > > I see no benefits from reducing the tail wheel size. > > Regards CH. > -- > KRnet mailing list > KRnet@list.krnet.org > https://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet
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