flyerme Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I have 2 very different Tail draggers,the first my Thruster t83 single seat can NOT land 3 point..Because of the angle of attack being so high the plane in landing configuration stalls before the tail drops to 3 point so the mains ALWAYS touch first, So its always a wheeler landing plus it stops the well known thruster ground loop... Now my other plane Supercat is the oppersite,if you wheeler it in you are garenteed a hefty bounce,.but if you 3 point her in she fine,,So definatly it depends on plane.. And if flying or indourced in tail wheel you SHOULD be comperdent in both techniques. the goes for instructors too!!!! as i've seen at least 2 instuctors not 100% on the wheeler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guernsey Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Tomo, I've ordered a new wing-suit and many cardboard boxes for you....when will you be ready ???............................................................ Flying one of these would generate a very interesting 'endorsement'....it's not a taildragger and doesn't have a nose wheel and a very centraly mounted object would probably touch first . Any ideas ??? Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 So what would you class this as? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeptic36 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 So what would you class this as? Brainless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan_c Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 So what would you class this as? Falling with style! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Tail-dragger for sure !!..........................................................Maj... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 For info, some interesting articles on this topic at http://tailwheelersjournal.com/ Yes, I had a very good read. I'm guessing that the author/pilot wouldn't see eye to eye with a lot of RAAus management here, probably a bit too common sense for our lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Brainless! I would imagine similar comments were made about Orville & Wilbur, I'm glad they didn't stop experimenting because of it. In fact I know a few people that see all recreational flying as "brainless". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Haha, in your dreams.... I'll have a crack then....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeptic36 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I would imagine similar comments were made about Orville & Wilbur, I'm glad they didn't stop experimenting because of it. In fact I know a few people that see all recreational flying as "brainless". Yeah, I reckon Orville & Wilbur may have seen some potential in what they where doing:plane:. Where do you think this bloke could go next? Perhaps he could strap a skate board to his belly, that should save on cardboard anyway........... Regards Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Yeah, I reckon Orville & Wilbur may have seen some potential in what they where doing:plane:. Where do you think this bloke could go next? Perhaps he could strap a skate board to his belly, that should save on cardboard anyway...........Regards Bill I reckon with vectored thrust & nvg's we have a way forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 solved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryon Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 solved! This looks like a self portrait of Ozzie training for the photoshoot for his avatar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guernsey Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 solved! Now we have it....A Handy kneeler chesty endorsement.. Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Isaac Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Where on earth do you find this stuff Steve ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Where on earth do you find this stuff Steve ... "Out there" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Evans Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 He got all the spot covered for wheeled landing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Isaac Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Has anyone noticed the wheels on his back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Has anyone noticed the wheels on his back? Yes, and they appear to be castors, must be so he can service his car or something, or maybe just so you cart him away easily while he's unconscious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Bit of thread drift chaps. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Is there a thread that doesn't drift off track? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 No. but there is a limit and the original topic is a good one. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Lets face it this is the first guy who has done this and survived............whatever you think of it, there no doubting that it took huge kahoolies to go past the point where it was too late to use the chute...the point of no return if you like. Took big balls to fly that into the cardboard.. I'm an old skydiver who was known back then for doing the odd stunt, but this guy has impressed me no-end........................................Maj... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ozzie Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 OK back on track Original Thrusters single seat. They had a longer tail boom before Belton hacked them down so they could fit in a cargo pod for export to NZ. These could be 3 pointed easily. The later types with the short booms including the two seaters where a lot harder if not impossible to three point with a conventional approach and flare but i did find that if you got them on the back side of the curve you could hold them off with a high angle of attack and power stall them on but it is hard to do without putting the tail on first. usually resulted in a thump and bit of a bounce. I used to have a little display trick where i would place one main on the ground and hold the other off and roll along for a bit then change wheels for a bit, then lift off raise the nose and power up untill the tail wheel made contact, run along for a bit then try and this was the really hard part, lift the tail off without letting the main wheels touch again. It took a lot of practise to get the right power and AoA combination. You need to be really familiar with the aircraft. ozzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Re: thread #98....Sorry I mistakenly thought we were still on the batman into the boxes thread...................Maj... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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