Icebound wrote:
"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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On 2005-09-12, Kevin Dunlevy wrote:

With tailwheel planes or with aircraft with retractible gear, I always
do stop-and-goes.


As I understand it, with a tailwheel, you cannot count a touch-and-go as a
landing, anyway, for the purpose of logging (currency).... or is that just
in Canada?

No, I believe the requirement in the US is that you have to have three
full-stop landings in the past 90 days (in a tailwheel plane).

Personally, I seem to have the biggest problem (when I haven't flown in
the past week or so) with the last 10 feet or so, at least on those real
bumpy days... once I'm planted on the ground I do a lot better. Maybe
it was just from riding right seat one day when the guy in the left
brought us down so hard we bent a gear leg a bit and destroyed the leg
fairing and wheel pants. Anyways, I can't do full-stall landings for
beans, though wheel landings aren't too bad (airplane handles much nicer
at 75-80). Therefore, T&G is easy; just push the throttle up, get
airborne, and retract the flaps before passing 100. No carb heat to
worry about, there's plenty of power, and the flaps are manual
(hand-brake style) so they come up real quick if you need them. I don't
mess with the flaps on the ground as I'm trying hard enough just to keep
going straight.