the_other_dougreeves
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Excellent attitude. That's why I'm finishing my TW transition.Oh, I'm going to learn to fly one, but I may or may not be building one.
TODR
Excellent attitude. That's why I'm finishing my TW transition.Oh, I'm going to learn to fly one, but I may or may not be building one.
As for why no different endorsement is required, I've been curious. I fly RG sailplanes and TW sailplanes (my Libelle is both), but I have neither a complex airplane nor TW airplane endorsement (working on the TW airplane). The landing attitude is a little different for TW gliders, but the key is the lack of the swivelable TW. You can certainly ground loop a TW sailplane, but I think it's a lot easier to do in a TW airplane with that TW on a swivel.
TODR
Excellent attitude. That's why I'm finishing my TW transition.
Oh, I have been here the whole time and have read some thoughtful comments.Boy Larry, I didn't take you for the kind of guy that lobs a pin-less grenade into a closet full of pilots then locks the door behind you! ...
Prior to getting my TW endorsement, my landings were not always directly on the centerline. I have now noticed (since I started flying TWs) that when I jump in that same tri-gear airplane I flew prior to having a TW endorsement that my landings are always dead center centerline and coordinated.
I dont think that is a coincidence for me. TW endorsement improved my skills.
Landing on centerline is about holding yourself to a standard. You probably just didn't think much about it before. You're telling me you couldn't land a trike on centerline before hand?
Landing on centerline is about holding yourself to a standard. You probably just didn't think much about it before. You're telling me you couldn't land a trike on centerline before hand?
Same for me; in that I trained on the usual PA-28's etc. at a 'big airport'. My instructor, appalled that I couldn't keep it on the middle 100' of the runway, took me north to a 50' x 2500' field. Funny how I could track the centreline when 'needed'. Now I even taxi on the centreline, unless it's rough, just to 'keep myself to a standard' as someone so eloquently put it.
Nothing like fuel to the fire...
The reason the military uses nose wheels is because the students crashed too many taildraggers...
The reason the military uses nose wheels is because the students crashed too many taildraggers...