"Robert M. Gary" wrote:

Students tend to think that they
will hit the prop on a wheel landing (some times you can though). They don't
realize that most tailwheels will "tuck" the prop under the plane before it
hits the ground.

My Maule has 9" of ground clearance for the prop tips. The mains are a bit more than
5' behind the prop, so that prop isn't going to "tuck under". The 180hp version has
6" of clearance.

This is one of two reasons I've heard for the fact that Maule discourages wheel
landings in the MX-7 series. As Maule Driver says, you don't need them anyway.

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
been looking for it.