Oh, he's good...

Dudley Henriques wrote in
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William Hung wrote:
On Feb 10, 11:11 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
William Hung wrote in
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=FCWFMJaBLl0&feature=related
While "researching" stol aircrafts, I came across this.
Wil
This is actualy pretty easy to do in a lot of taildraggers,
especially a cub. Just a bit of brake against power with some
forward stick. You can taxi around all day like this.

Bertie

Keeping the tail off the ground? I suppose it is even easier in a
tricycle geared ones. lol

Inches from a prop-strike, seconds from a prop-strike. I wonder how
many engines he had to have torn down before he got that good.

Wil


Bertie's right. It's not hard at all. Used to do it myself in a comedy
act we threw together based on my good friend Dick Schramms flying
professor routine. We used a J3 Cub. The only thing you really had to
worry about was getting oil on your shoes. I always wore tennis shoes
when doing this act. The J3's brakes were heel brakes and were located
next to the rudder T's slightly inside. If your foot slipped off the
brakes at the wrong time...well..let's just say that writing a check
to Sensinich would have spoiled the day for us :-))


You knew Dick Schramm? Cool!

Most of the time I did this I was flying barefoot anyway....

Bertie