Perhaps Graham is recalling experiences with the original tailwheel
setup as opposed to the XS?
Kevin
GLENN CROWDER wrote:
> <gcrowder2@hotmail.com>
>
>
> Geez Graham, I'm not saying you're wrong but I just can't fathom what
> you're referring to.
> I did a few swerved landings when I was first training on the mono but
> really none since then for several hundred landings. Every time I
> hear this stuff I get really tensed up for the next flying session and
> wait for bad things to happen but it always floats in like a pussycat
> with no
> theatrics required. Most landings I don't touch the pedals at all,
> maybe slight pressures. Maybe you were flying a poor example or I'm
> flying a very good example, just makes no sense!
> Possibly your a/c was much lighter than mine. I can see where that
> could be an explanation.
>
> Glenn
>
>
>> From: Graham Singleton <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
>> Reply-To: europa-list@matronics.com
>> To: europa-list@matronics.com
>> Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Main monowheel tyre
>> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:51:51 +0000
>>
>> <grahamsingleton@btinternet.com>
>>
>> Tom
>> you were obviously very well trained, I would love to have flown a
>> DC3, a most admirable airplane. You will however need to be very
>> quick on the pedals with the Europa. It's not like a long wing
>> glider, unless you are lucky and have the long wings. You need to
>> read its mind and react before it does then avoid overcontrolling.
>> Currency is the key, I know I'm not current any more. Last time I
>> tried a Europa landing on tarmac I ended up essing down the runway.
>> (My previous landing was 5 years earlier.
>> Graham
>>
>> Tom Friedland wrote:
>>
>>> I have over 2000 hours of tailwheel time in Cessna 140s up to
>>> DeHavilan Otters and some in a DC 3 but none for 40 years... I am a
>>> little aprehensious but will probably be just fine.
>>> There is over an inch of clearance from the tire to the sides of
>>> the tunnel so misalined landings should not cause rubbing or binding
>>> but they can sure cause other bad things.
>>> Tom
>>
>>
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