Tail Wheel Training

I'm sure the training varies widely. My training started with 15 minutes
discussing the physics that make tailwheel aircraft behave differently than
the regular sort.

Then we climbed into a Taylorcraft, and off we went. My first lesson was low
speed taxiing. Waay different than in a nosewheel aircraft. Next, the wild,
swinging departure followed by a landing at a nearby grass strip.

At the grass strip we did several high speed ground runs, followed by
numerous full stop landings.

All of this took about 2 hours.

The next weekend, we spent another hour doing full stop (full stall)
landings on the grass strip, followed by an hour or so of wheel landings,
followed by a few circuits on a paved strip.

I figure 6 hours total spread over 2 weekends...

A dozen or so solo hours later, my takeoffs and landings moved from the
"spooky" category to the "be careful and it won't bite you" category.

Your mileage may vary.

KB



"Jim CRQ" wrote in message
om...
Could someone give a brief outline of what is involved in getting a
tail wheel endorsement.

I'm interested in upgrading my skills and would like to know what type
of training is involved. I suspect its mostly landing and taxing.

Also how long did it take to master the tail wheel techniques.

Thanks

Jim