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![]() "Dave Stadt" wrote in message . com... "Newps" wrote in message ... "Robert M. Gary" wrote in message om... The insurance for a tailwheel vs. similar nosewheel is amost as much more as a retract vs. fixed gear. That should tell you something about the rate of low time pilots putting tailwheels in the maintenance shop. Mostly because there are so few CFIs that know how to teach the basics. Then there never in the entire history of aviation been CFIs that know how to teach the basics. Tailwheel aircraft have always had a higher accident rate than tricycle gear aircraft and they always will. There is absolutely no reason to learn to fly a tailwheel aircraft unless you plan on owning one or have some other special need, such as bush piloting or you are a CFI who wants to instruct in them. Tailwheel aircraft are obsolete. The only reason some people still build them is to satisfy a bunch of macho technophobes who run around spreading the myth that 'real' pilots fly tailwheel aircraft. If you are so insecure that you need to do that then it is useless to point out that tailwheel aircraft will make you no more of a man than any other airplane will. The only reason tailwheel aircraft lasted as long as they did was because the puny engines of the day needed to swing a bigger propeller than a tricycle airplane can handle. Apparently there are a few pilots on this forum who want a bigger propeller in order to compensate for something else. |
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