Landing airplanes
john smith wrote:
How much? As much as you had on touchdown? More? Does it matter?
Any good taildragger pilot can tell you the correct answer... the stick
should be sucked all the way back into your gut on roll out. :-))
I fancy myself at leat a minimally competent taildragger pilot (at
least I've managed to land a few of them, 500 times or so, without
going for a ride) and I agree that at least in the taildraggers I've
flown, that is the way. On the other hand, I've flown a few airplanes
where doing that is a recipe for banging the nosewheel on the ground -
hard.
Michael
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