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On Jul 7, 11:45 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

On landing the three point attitude provides some aerodynamic braking
that slows you more quickly, but, OTOH, you can't brake quite as had
as you do with a trike.

If proficient, you can brake *harder* with the
taildragger, depending. The trike, when braked hard, tends to shift a
lot of its weight on the nose, and that weight is coming off the mains
and causing them to lose traction. In a taildragger, you can get the
tail up immediately after touchdown, and use brake and elevator to
control pitch, and with lots of braking early on there's enough
elevator authority to keep the tail where you want it. It has to by
tail-high to stop the wing's lifting. The trick is to know when to
ease up on the brakes and get the tail on the ground.


Well, yeah, but I'd rather do it with the tail down!

In any case, I'd disagree about being able to brake harder in the
taildrgger. I agree that the nosewheel has a tendency to dig in, bu tif you
have the stick in your gut that's not a problem at speed and near max
braking is available. Braking that hard in taildragger is going to lead to
grief!

Bertie