wrote:
Other than the 'holier than thou' aspects of taildraggers and their
pilots, what are their real advantages? Has it to do with prop
clearance on unimproved fields, or fatter mains being better in that
same environment? Does anyone know if, with the same level of
experience pilots, they have a better or worse accident record when
compared to airplanes of the same general size that have the tailwheel
under the engine?

If you look at most tail draggers, once the tail comes up the prop
clearance isn't significantly different than that of most trikes.

The biggest issue in my opinion is what happens if the nose wheel
"digs in" on a soft runway, which obviously can't happen with a tail
dragger.

A secondary issue is that you CAN put special purpose mains on a
tail dragger that if put on a trike would put the prop into the
ground when parked.


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Jim Pennino

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