I find it hard to believe that a competent instructor would...

I do too, but that begs the question of whether, =given= that the
instructor did this and the examiner allowed it, would the student be
legally able to fly a taildragger without a separate endorsement. I can
actually think of scenarios where this might occur, but it is not
necessary to do so in order that the question make sense.

Jose
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