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"Jim Doyle" writes: Interesting site, although one question, Quoting Dudley: "I used wheel landings a great deal when I had the space and the runway" I guess the other kind (no wheels!) is a bit maintenance intensive! Kids these days! For an airplane with a tailwheel landing gear: Wheel Landing - setting it down on the mainwheels with the tail wheel off the ground. The airplane's still flying, at this point, but you can see what you're going to run into. Directional control is easy(ier), with plenty of airflow over the rudder. Full Stall or 3-Pointer - stalling the airplane just before ground contact, setting all 3 wheels on the ground at the same time. (pretty much, usually/often/sometimes). The airplane is no linger flying, but you can't see what's in front of you. (Especially in a P-51, with that big long nose) Directional control is not so easy, with the rudder blanked, and the landing gear geometry giving a nifty positive feedback to any tendency to change direction. -- Pete Stickney A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. -- Daniel Webster |
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