A taildragger incident today

On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 05:40:38 -0500, Cub Driver usenet AT danford DOT
net wrote:

Then there are
the winter problems associated with a grass field: much of the time it
hasn't been plowed or is muddy.

Or icy! One I came around the racetrack loop to find Bonnie the CFI
ice-skating in the plowed area between the taxiway part of the
racetrack and the gas pump.

At the north end of the racetrack, the ground drops away a little. At
normal taxi speed, the Cub wanted to sideslip into the boundary fence.
I'd switch to left magneto, since the engine ran slower in that
position, in order to get around that turn.



-- all the best, Dan Ford

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