Wheelbarrowing and Flare

Ramapriya, this website will answer many of your questions.

http://www.av8n.com/how/

Brian Burger wrote:

"There are two categories of tailwheel pilot: those who have groundlooped
their aircraft, and those who will."

Been there, done that, just once.

So far, the only time I've done it was deliberately. Landed long on a grass
strip. The trees were approaching rapidly, so about 60' short of them, I locked
the right brake. She spun around just as advertised. The left wingtip got within
3' of the ground. The next time I changed the tires (years later), I found
blades of grass trapped between the bead to the left tire and the rim.

Don't mistake that for a claim that I've kept the plane under perfect control
during all my landings. :-)

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

Jay Honeck wrote:

Sadly, it rattled him so badly that he absolutely disappeared off the face
of the earth after that episode. I've never seen him again, and I presume
he's quit flying.

Probably still making installments on the damage bill.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

"Brian Burger" wrote

the next thing I knew I was rolling down one of 09's taxiways and Tower
was saying, "Juliet Tango Mike, you OK out there?"

Brian

The proper response for that situation should have been, "Give me a minute.
I ain't done crashin', yet!" VBG
--
Jim in NC

On Sun, 26 Dec 2004, Morgans wrote:


"Brian Burger" wrote

the next thing I knew I was rolling down one of 09's taxiways and Tower
was saying, "Juliet Tango Mike, you OK out there?"

Brian

The proper response for that situation should have been, "Give me a minute.
I ain't done crashin', yet!" VBG

grin I've heard that joke too; thankfully it didn't really apply in my
case - no damage to self or plane!

I think my reply was something like, "Uh, yeah Tower, I'm OK; I'd like to
switch to Ground for the taxi back to 09 for another takeoff..."

The next two landings went fine; Tower might have been holding their
breath a bit though! A strong coffee after landing helped me a great
deal...

Brian.
www.warbard.ca/avgas/

Wheelbarrowing and porpoising are very different things. In
wheelbarrowing, insufficient back pressure leads to directional
instability. A fairly common response is to release even more back
pressure and concentrate on trying to steer, which immediately makes
things worse as the airplane swerves sown the runway in a series of
overcorrections.

In porpoising, the aircraft's nosewheel hits, causing it to bounce in
the air, drop to the runway, and repeat. This is often a divergent
oscillation -- the amplitude increases with each bounce until either
back pressure is applied or the energy decreases sufficiently. It
usually happens on touchdown.

A nosewheel landing usually results in a porpoise. Releasing back
pressure on rollout (often in crosswinds) is the normal way to initiate
wheelbarrowing. On Cessnas, retracting flaps for a touch and go
without adding back pressure can start the wheelbarrow.

Paul

On 28 Dec 2004 07:24:15 -0800, wrote:

In porpoising, the aircraft's nosewheel hits,

I probably shouldn't say this, but taildraggers can porpoise too.

In article ,
Cub Driver wrote:

On 28 Dec 2004 07:24:15 -0800, wrote:

In porpoising, the aircraft's nosewheel hits,

I probably shouldn't say this, but taildraggers can porpoise too.


Just remember the old adage:
"A nosegear is nNOT a *landing* gear!

On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 00:17:49 -0500, "Morgans"
wrote:


"G.R. Patterson III" wrote

And doing it (nosewheel landings) in front a a thousand people or so is
embarrassing. Flaring properly is an excellent way of ensuring that this
never happens to you.

George Patterson


George, is this a confession? g ducking and running

Welll... on one of our Young Eagle Saturdays for EAA Chapter 1093 we
had a Beech Musketeer, or Mousekateer start a porpoise in front of
about a hundred or so spectators., many of which were getting to send
their kids out for a ride. He busted the nose gear off on the third
bounce. What an impression that must have made.

To top it off he landed down wind. Fortunately it was a light wind.

We explained to the audience he wasn't any one any of us knew.
Probably from one of those big cities.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 22:42:18 -0500, "Morgans"
wrote:


"Brian Burger" wrote

the next thing I knew I was rolling down one of 09's taxiways and Tower
was saying, "Juliet Tango Mike, you OK out there?"

Brian

The proper response for that situation should have been, "Give me a minute.
I ain't done crashin', yet!" VBG

Ahhh... Stand by one, I'm busy counting seat cushions.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com