tricycle undercarriage

Cub Driver wrote:

The major exception would be rough-field landings, where a
wheelie in a taildragger is more likely to have a happy outcome.

????

Having spent a few thousand hours flying in the Idaho and Montana
backcountry in both taildraggers and trikes including 206's and 210's, I
have to call BS on that one.

I will take a 210 into nearly any field that I would not think of wheel
landing a taildragger. For one thing, a wheel landing requires a higher
touchdown speed, imposes greater loads on the gear and airframe, and
burns up runway that may not be there to begin with on a rough field.

Try wheel-landing that cub on a field that is rough and sloped a few
degrees and you will trash it in a hurry.

A trike can be full stalled as well as a taildragger and in the case you
mentioned would nearly always come out the winner in that game over a
wheel landing. The ability to stand on the brakes without worrying about
a noseover also leads to a shorter rollout than a wheel-landing taildragger.

Rick