Conventional v tricycle gear

On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:10:51 +0200, Bertie the Bunyip wrote
(in article ):

"Kadaitcha Man" wrote in news:eklxir
:

Bertie the Bunyip, ye rank don worm, goodness is poison to your
stomach,
ye disputed:

"Maxwell" luv2^fly99@cox.^net wrote in
:


"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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Well, three pointing it means you're going as slowly as you can --
guts football would be to have it hanging by the props and touch
down tail first -- so when it's on the ground it's done flying,
and
breaking should be effective. Did the 3's props have a beta
setting?
With Reverse pitch the damned thing would probably stop short of
the
numbers!

No, it didn't have beta or reverse. Only the larger piston trikes
had
that for the most part.
I'm intrigued by the wheel landing shorter concept, but I'll have
to
try it for myself. I'll only have one taildraggr to do it with, bu
tI
will be flying out of some very short fields so if there's an
advantage I'd use it.


Bertie


So thrill us with you knowledge. How short can you stop an empty DC-
3
on dry asphalt?

Why? You'll never fly one, luser boi.

But for anyone else who would like to try it, less than 2,000 feet at
MLW.


And much less than that if you come in at a 90 degree angle.

Or if you land directly against the terminal.

Bertie


WTF, am i in kiddie land?

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