newimaging
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So I finally had to get an idea about the tailwheel behaviour for myself. After hearing both sides complain about the other, thats the only way to do it.
I haven`t flown as PIC for about 3 years now, and at that point I only had 65 hours.
So I went to Van Nuys today and got some intro in a Decathlon with a constant speed prop, which was also something new.
We did a bunch of manuvers such as dutch rolls, cuban eights and rudder stalls. All things I can`t remember doing in flight training. Louie really emphasized the use of the rudder
My landing attempts were about as butchered as they could be, and even so I only did about 6 of them, I am sure they guys in the tower where rolling.
Everything at once, including the constant prop, half my normal instruments were somewhere else, added lots of load to the rusty skill.
But I do have to say that I had a lot of fun. These taildragger don`t land themself, and its a challenge, but I am looking forward to learning it.
Yes, I will be ordering a 7-
I haven`t flown as PIC for about 3 years now, and at that point I only had 65 hours.
So I went to Van Nuys today and got some intro in a Decathlon with a constant speed prop, which was also something new.
We did a bunch of manuvers such as dutch rolls, cuban eights and rudder stalls. All things I can`t remember doing in flight training. Louie really emphasized the use of the rudder
My landing attempts were about as butchered as they could be, and even so I only did about 6 of them, I am sure they guys in the tower where rolling.
Everything at once, including the constant prop, half my normal instruments were somewhere else, added lots of load to the rusty skill.
But I do have to say that I had a lot of fun. These taildragger don`t land themself, and its a challenge, but I am looking forward to learning it.
Yes, I will be ordering a 7-