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· Sit as high as possible, this allows you the best possible view over
the cowl of the aircraft and will help in taxi, takeoff, and landing operations.
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· Stay off the brakes until they are absolutely necessary for stopping.
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· Busy feet are happy feet, keep busy, but don’t overcorrect.
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· Keep the tail behind the airplane.
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· Find a spot on the cowl or side to determine a good view angle for a
3-point stance.
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· Use the taxi out to learn the position of the nose angle.
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· Add power slowly, a 3-second count works well for most aircraft.
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· Dutch rolls are good rudder practice, think of a beam of light at the end of the runway.
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· Taxi Attitude = Go Around Pitch.
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· The way you taxi is the way you land (3-point stance).
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· Speed vs. Altitude (pitch for airspeed, power for altitude).
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· Tailwheel airplanes have rudder steering and tailwheel steering.
You'd better have one before you give up the other.
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· Tailwheel aircraft with narrow gears and high centers of gravity are more susceptible to grounds.
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· The size of the vertical fin on the aircraft determines the aircraft’s weathervaning tendencies.
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· Bounces = Go Arounds!
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· Never stop flying a tailwheel aircraft until it is tied down.
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