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Post subject: Re: Let's talk cheap taildraggers.........  Posted: 11 Jul 2016, 23:51 |
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I've been watching videos of the Just Super STOL, (you know, cheap tail dragger  ) I thought tailwheel first was normal 
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Post subject: Re: Let's talk cheap taildraggers......... Posted: 12 Jul 2016, 12:05 |
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Username Protected wrote: I've been watching videos of the Just Super STOL, (you know, cheap tail dragger ) I thought tailwheel first was normal I'd been told it wasn't a big deal too, up until it caused a linkage in the tailwheel steering to break on an asphalt runway. A pretty decent landing with a quartering headwind turned into absolute chaos for about 5 seconds while I tried like mad to keep from groundlooping. The best I managed to do was herd the plane between runway lights to the tall grass where it slowed down pretty quick on its own and I could taxi at a crawl. I didn't figure out why taxiing was so wacky until I got home and went to tie it down. One linkage was dangling in the grass.
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Post subject: Re: Let's talk cheap taildraggers......... Posted: 12 Jul 2016, 12:24 |
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Username Protected wrote: I've been watching videos of the Just Super STOL, (you know, cheap tail dragger ) I thought tailwheel first was normal I'd been told it wasn't a big deal too, up until it caused a linkage in the tailwheel steering to break on an asphalt runway. A pretty decent landing with a quartering headwind turned into absolute chaos for about 5 seconds while I tried like mad to keep from groundlooping. The best I managed to do was herd the plane between runway lights to the tall grass where it slowed down pretty quick on its own and I could taxi at a crawl. I didn't figure out why taxiing was so wacky until I got home and went to tie it down. One linkage was dangling in the grass.
That's not really something that can be blamed on a tailwheel first landing. Landing tailwheel first shouldn't put any more stress on the tailwheel steering than a normal taxi turn or a decent crosswind.
The typical downside of a tailwheel first landing is the inevitable "body slam" that can result. If you touch down tailwheel first with any kind of vertical decent then you have boxed yourself in a corner with no possible way to add angle of attack to the wing. Pulling back more on the stick in this situation only plants the tailwheel more firmly on the surface and relaxing pressure decreases angle of attack and decreases lift available. Addition of power and/or flaps are the only way to increase lift in this situation and neither are well suited to producing a smooth landing at this point in the flight.
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Post subject: Re: Let's talk cheap taildraggers......... Posted: 13 Jul 2016, 08:30 |
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Username Protected wrote: I've been watching videos of the Just Super STOL, (you know, cheap tail dragger ) I thought tailwheel first was normal I'd been told it wasn't a big deal too, up until it caused a linkage in the tailwheel steering to break on an asphalt runway. A pretty decent landing with a quartering headwind turned into absolute chaos for about 5 seconds while I tried like mad to keep from groundlooping. The best I managed to do was herd the plane between runway lights to the tall grass where it slowed down pretty quick on its own and I could taxi at a crawl. I didn't figure out why taxiing was so wacky until I got home and went to tie it down. One linkage was dangling in the grass.
I know it's not normal but if you watch a few "Just Superstol" videos you will see it's made for that....more of a helicopter landing :-)
http://youtu.be/aJ5uudaAPPY
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Post subject: Re: Let's talk cheap taildraggers......... Posted: 13 Jul 2016, 20:58 |
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Username Protected wrote: Tony, let's find a 170 and do this together.
I stopped in on Sunday afternoon but you were nowhere to be found! Come a little further north I was at Dayton, TN all day waxing the BO. You could have bought me lunch. 
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Post subject: Re: Let's talk cheap taildraggers......... Posted: 13 Jul 2016, 21:30 |
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Username Protected wrote: Tony, let's find a 170 and do this together.
I stopped in on Sunday afternoon but you were nowhere to be found! http://www.barnstormers.com/classified_ ... a+170.htmlBuy this and you may find a young man with a lot of 170 time who is building hours willing to ferry it to you for cheap. :P In all seriousness, this does appear to be a great airplane for not a lot of money.
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Post subject: Re: Let's talk cheap taildraggers......... Posted: 14 Jul 2016, 11:19 |
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Username Protected wrote: Wow, that's pretty!
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Post subject: Re: Let's talk cheap taildraggers......... Posted: 14 Jul 2016, 12:44 |
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Username Protected wrote: He's alive! It's almost been a year since we've seen you around here ale. Got a PM, found myself browsing/procrastinatin'. Back to work! 
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