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Reply #15 -
Aug 30
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But as for just flying taildraggers; you've got 5 hours - give it time. If you - like most - are used to trikes; it feels a helluva lot different but believe me it gets comfortable real quick. Taxiing a GA 'dragger like the Citabria is more intuitive than steering a Cessna. That means its a bit harder to get used to; but once you do its totally natural. In fact - once you get your rating; I'm willing to bet you find a 172 comparitively cumbersome and awkward!
Cheers!
Yeah I have about 180 hours in nosedraggers ... and the first half an hour taxiing around in the Champ was .... traumatic.
My first 4-5 takeoffs where things out of a horror movie.
Until you learn the trick that you gotta be on the plane's ass with every inch of that rudder.
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Whoops - forgot the man of the hour!
Great job, Tacit! You've passed another mark on the way to freedom!
Just keep in mind one thing: A lot of students I know (I was one of 'em) hit the 'I Know Everything' wall at around 40 hours. Be warned in advance - don't do it. I don't care if you fly for 10,000 hours - never take any landing for granted. There's a lot of things you can't screw up in aviation; and landing tops the list. You haven't seen yet just how quickly a landing can go bad. There's gonna be a lot of times in your flying career you're going to stop and ask yourself "What the
hell
just happened?" Every time that happens; it's vitally important you answer that question BEFORE you fly again.
Cheers! And congrats!
Theres always this odd time that, although I'm doing everything as close to the book as I remember, I would crash in flight simulator during a landing. Glad its a simulator, and theres always something learned, and hopefully it doesnt happen in real life
Cheers,
RB
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