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Flying
A Taildragger
by
David Robson, 2001
197 pages
$19.95
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Concerned
about that funny little wheel in the back? Are you reluctant
to fly or build what you really want because of all those
taildragger horror stories or because you're current taildragger
time is limited to 2-3 hours in the right seat of a buddy's
plane.
While no book or video will ever replace a couple hours
of actual flight time with an instructor at your side; what
this one can do, is give you the theory and basics to make
that expensive instructional time as productive as possible.
With that in mind, this is the best taildragger book we
have yet to find. It covers the basic fundamentals
of taxiing, takeoffs, wheel & 3 point landings, and
crosswind operations, and then details the techniques involved
in a good variety of tail dragger configurations from the
typical C-185, to the CAP-10 sport plane, to older heavy
taildragger aircraft like the DC-3. |
from
the authors description...
....If you want to fly a warbird, antique, crop duster,
or a modern airplane with conventional gear, this book tells
you how in a simple, clearly illustrated way. It begins
with the theory and dynamics of a tailwheel airplane and
then describes the piloting techniques needed to safely
fly a taildragger. |
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
The
Tailwheel Airplane
3
Ground & Flight Dynamics
11
Flight Techniques
31
Normal Takeoff
41
Approach and Landing
53
Advanced Takeoffs & Landings
73
Low Flying
89
Some Different Taildraggers
Austers
107
Avions CAP10B
113
Austflight Drifter
117
Citabria / Decathalon
121
Cessna 185 Skywagon
125
CAC CA-25 Little Eagle
129
De Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk
133
De Havilland DHA-3 Drover
137
De Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth 141
Douglas DC-3
151
GAF Avro Lincoln
157
Hawker Sea Fury
165
Piper Pawnee
173
Pitts Special
177
Slepcev Storch
183
Southern Cross Replica
187
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