"jan olieslagers" wrote in message
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schreef:
On Oct 5, 1:05 pm, jan olieslagers
wrote:
-) It is a taildragger and I am but a beginner pilot, took all my
training on tricycles. Can a taildragger Avid Flyer be converted to
tricycle? If so, how much of an effort does it take?

I bet it would probably cost as much money and time to convert
that
airplane to a trike as it would to convert you to a taildragger
pilot.

To make that assumption, one must be able to estimate both factors.
Being a slow learner, I think the effort to make me a taildragger
pilot
might be considerable; with the added complication of having to find
an
adequate instructor, available when I am, &C

Best thing about becoming a TD pilot is that you will be ably to fly
any subsequent airplane, not just your triked Avid. Isn't that a
better investment?

Acquiring the technique is one thing, keeping it up is another. Your
reasoning applies for someone flying often, and in different planes.
Bar
major financial progress, this is not my outlook. And in the long run
a
tricycle will be intrinsically safer, I believe, but that's another
discussion.

So allow me to repeat the question: what kind and amount of work would
it take to convert a taildragger Avid Flyer to tricycle?

Once your feet get woke up learning to takeoff and land the taildragger
you will not lose the skill. I went for a few years not flying a TD and
had no problem getting back in to one. I think you will find this true
for anyone who has mastered TD's.

--
We have met the enemy and he is us-- Pogo

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