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When do controls return to neutral?
Ron Wanttaja writes:
It's a moot point, since I usually keep the elevators full down for the initial part of the takeoff roll. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this? Clearly, it keeps the aircraft from leaving the ground, but other than that, what are the pros and cons? Does it put stress on the nose gear? -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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When do controls return to neutral?
Mxsmanic wrote: Ron Wanttaja writes: It's a moot point, since I usually keep the elevators full down for the initial part of the takeoff roll. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this? Lack of tailwheel training, laziness, etc. -Robert, CFII |
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When do controls return to neutral?
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T o d d P a t t i s t wrote: I use full down elevator in my Champ during takeoff. It has a tailwheel, and the purpose is to get the tail up quickly and get the nose down to normal flying attitude. The rudder is effective, so I'm not very worried about yawing in a crosswind gust. I don't want to get launched into the air with a high angle of attack at low speed. The Champ accelerates faster when it's in a normal flying attitude with the tail up. The Champ takes off perfectly fine with the stick neutral on takeoff. In fact, the three point take off can actually be shorter than tailwheel up takeoffs. |
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When do controls return to neutral?
T o d d P a t t i s t wrote: john smith wrote: The Champ takes off perfectly fine with the stick neutral on takeoff. I find with a passenger in the back that stick forward gets me up on the wheels, while neutral leaves the tail down for far longer. Most of my time is Chief rather than Camp (although I do have about 20 hrs of Champ). By myself the plane takes off from the grass quiet well from the 3 pt. With a pax I find I need to bring the tail up about a foot to gain speed necessary to get off the grass. BTW: In some tailwheel planes, moving the stick full forward disconnects the tailwheel steering and allows castering, not a good idea on takeoff roll. -Robert, CFII |
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When do controls return to neutral?
On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:36:36 +0100, Mxsmanic wrote:
Ron Wanttaja writes: It's a moot point, since I usually keep the elevators full down for the initial part of the takeoff roll. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this? Clearly, it keeps the aircraft from leaving the ground, but other than that, what are the pros and cons? Does it put stress on the nose gear? Taildragger aircraft; no nose gear. Due to poor forward visibility, I like to get the tail off the ground as early as possible. Here's a video of the takeoff, shot from an aft-mounted camera on the axle: http://www.bowersflybaby.com/takeoff-tail.mpg Once the tailwheel is off the ground, you can see it turn left and right as I keep the plane tracking (sorta) straight using the rudder (to which the tailwheel is connected via springs). You can make out the elevator position, too. Ron Wanttaja |
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